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Thanks Eric. I love this bird in FSX. One of my favs. If you choose to go low-viz on this, I'd grab it as well. Smaller wolf maybe? Jeff P.S. None of the download link for your skins are working. All errored

Not really, still just lurking. But this was an interesting topic.

And that inbalance is what could break a sim after a short time. People want realism, but IMO, not 100% real. Aside from the 45 year old guy who lives in his Mom's basement and doesnt work, most of us have a life that prevents us from learning a 500+ page -1 on procedures. With DCS/LOMAC, 25% will learn the systems on the hardest settings and fly it exclusively. The rest simply want to be able to jump in on the ramp, Ctrl-E to start everything up, taxi and go. Sims need to find that delicate balance to keep everyone interested and not overload the player. But the basics have to be there in the beginning. That is where TW lost me. They dumbed down the mid-high levels down so much to meet the occasional/new players wants and never found the balance. Plus, many of the basics were never implemented/added since SF1. Some new FSX payware models are just like that. I got the IRIS F-15E and it comes with a huge manual. There are a lot of real features, but it takes some serious hours to read through everything. Plus, the F-15E is a complex aircraft. It takes 2 people to fly and run the systems. In FSX it's difficult to do both, so you lose out in some areas in order to keep that balance. Do I fly on autopilot and work the WSO stuff, or hand fly and not crash trying to configure and drop weps? DCS has the right idea, but I think they might be jumping too far, too fast. A full MP environment is awesome. But DCS World needs to be tight, right out of the gate. And adding so many complex aircraft may also drive players away. Mods are nice, but I've seen how they can sour a person (me included). The basics are first. All elements have got to work properly. Eye candy is second. How often do you fly around outside of the aircraft? Just my $.02 -Jeff P.S. I'm still lurking from time to time.

Guys it's been fun, but over the past 1 1/2 or so, I've become less and less enthusiastic about the SF2 series. Patches that arent tested correctly which break more things than fix and releasing the unfinished SF2NA was the final straw. I've followed the progress and tried to hope for the best, but I continue to be unimpressed. TK does not give a rats a$$ about how this community has kept his sim alive and carried through the delays. The latest round of DLCs are proof of this and FC's words on them, pretty much sealed the deal. Over the past year, I've spent less and less time in the sim. Maybe an hour total in NA. It's just the same old thing repackaged in a shiny wrapper. I don't see it going further. So, I wish you guys well and hope that soemthing else comes along that was as fun as the early days of SF. I'm not going to delete my account, but won't be active here. Cheers! Jeff

Just heard that a MAFFS C-130 went down on Sunday. Here is what I could find so far: http://www.gazette.com/news/colorado-141079-year-old.html Hopes for the crew.

"We accept responsibility for these past violations and we deeply regret they occurred" Ok, so now the CEO and whomever was involved are sent to prison for espionage! Make an example of them.

From what storm? They havent had any precip in a few weeks prior to the fire. I spoke with a friend in C Springs yesterday and it's believed to have been started by people. Since most hikers dont smoke, possibly on purpose? Another friend of mine from work here, was there the exact day it started and took some of the first photos of it from his hotel. Again, not a cloud in the sky. Hopefully the winds die down and cooperate, allowing the fire teams to get this put out.

I've got to learn HDR. Great work on the colors. Interesting look for photos. -Jeff

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Funny how unforgiving the summer UK skies can be. Especially around airshow season. Great work with what you had Ant. And yes, that Typhoon shot is outstanding, but I think the contrast on the Red Arrow formation is the best!. Jeff

Nice grabs. Two Messerschmitt aircraft at the same time is awesome. I got to see Red 7 fly back in 2004 during my last summer in Germany. The sound was unreal. Glad you got the chance to check them out. How did the Shwalbe sound? Jeff

Happy Birthday Przemek!

QRF-4C Phantom II skin by me.

I'm slowly adding my effects to SFNA and as the first thing, would like to add new flares. They look realistic with the added glow and smoke stream. However, I no longer have just those saved. Does anyone know the exact files for that? I'll extract them myself. Thanks! Jeff

Found them myself through trial and error. Glad the 90 of you who looked this over couldnt bother to assist.

You dont expect people to actually read those, do you?

Make it a downloaded spreadsheet. If it goes into the KB, it's lost. The newbs don't read through it and will only ask again.

The UN.

I'll call you this weekend. I havent done anything with SF in about 3 months, so I'd have to install the Vipers, weps, etc...

After reading through sophocles' thread on his new F-5A and the development of the LOD/model files, unless you've added places for decals in the model, I dont think you can add any since there is no placement parameters. I like your idea though.

Yep. One steps forward and two steps back.

RACKOUTSIDELIMIT?

Great work as usual. I'd love to see the AT-6B get a skin like what Hawker-Beech has on N610AT and N620AT. The sharkmouth and two-tone grey is cool!

Mk.84s are 2000lb GP bombs. Could you be thinking of the Mk.83 1000lb GP bomb? Several things come to mind. The stock hardpoints only support up to 2000lbs, so 4 would be over and not show up. Is the Blk25 hardpoint capable of a dual rack? Is that even listed in the data_ini? 2BR is the code I think. Check the availibility of the rack vs. when you are trying to fly it.

My CH gear is still working fine, otherwise I'd snatch them up.