Fates

Sweet job USAFMTL, I think MJ's got the files up now for ya! Awesome screens And nice Skin as well Thanks for the hard work! Fates

Ranger.... Klinger once tried to get outta the Army because "Wifes-Brother Pregnant". I'm sorry dude but your photo edit of your photo album is a joke. If you were to turn the pics about another 2.8 Degrees to the left and maybe blured/darkened them a little it may have passed. And why all the other post...are we trying to detour from the real concern! Man you are a piece of work....is that someone elses piece of work... Fates www.Biohazcentral.com

He posts this work as his and it is apparently not. He then tells a Member that theirs has been done before....and I Quote: From: http://forum.biohazcentral.com/index.php?showtopic=2240 Yours or not, where did you get the picture. My point being Ranger....your not putting up a very good case at all. If I were accused, I would post a link to website that I got the pic...and maybe admit to using it. The PIC IS the same. However I don't know if the Hanger Screen is the same...maybe MJ can confirm that. If the latter is true, then I would be pretty pissed. If you took the screen of a webiste somewhere and produced a similar screen that USAFMTL produced....then, well, goto the link above...it does happen. Needless to say Ranger, your track record isn't very shiny. You know it, I know it MJ knows it several over at SW know it.

Agreed, Posting anything and leading others to believe it's your work will only make others frown upon you. Give credit where credit is due. FatesODB www.Biohazcentral.com

Dueces.....I got a small project for ya. That site is great!!! as well as all the work on TC Teaser and everything else. Don't stop man!!! <C> Fates

I disagree a little thier Dice. I fail to see how we are shooting ourselves in the foot by making HIGH-END games. If the end goal is to get more people playing flight sims, then we have to look at how to acheive that goal. and we can do it in many ways. 1) There are many games that don't require High-End machines to run. IAF and USAF are good examples as well as JF-18 and Flanker 2.5. Nurse the new SIM PILOT into one of these based on the Computer that he has. Peak their interest with online play as well. 2) Invite them over to play on a High-End Machine to see what all the talk is about. Let them experience what life could be like. 3) look into the older games like Janes WWII and Janes USAF. Show them how mods over the years have made them better and better. CFS is another one that has several mods that improves the game as well as working well with older machines. Eventually they will have to upgrade, lets say in 12 months. When they do, they may take their experience from these older games and plan more accordingly the next time they purchase a computer. What I'm really getting at is: I didn't learn math overnite. It took a great deal of time. I was hooked into flight sims a long time ago, but technology has changed and I changed with it to accomodate my hobby. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- One of the MISTAKES that I see the FLIGHT SIM industry making is real easy. Popularity walks a fine line between Hardcore Simmers and Hardcore Gammers. If the game is too realistic...then only the hardcore simmer will play it....ie Falcon 4. If the game is too arcade, then only the gamers will play it....ie F22 Lightning. I think this is why games like Janes USAF became so popular. Both factions played it and dealt with the games faults of being less sim like or less arcade like. Why? Because of it's entertainment value. Let's all face it...the reason I buy anything to install in my computer is for its' entertainment value. Unfortunately everyone defines that term differently. I think both sides just need to understand that flight sims must contain a certain amount of enjoyment for everyone to be popular. This brings us back to your original concerns. How do we get more Flight Sim Pilots? Well.....You increase a games entertainment value. You have to make games that balance the SIM and ARCADE functions. LOMAC seems to be doing this. They have chosen the RIGHT aircraft for their audience. They have limited certain things like "CLICKABLE COCKPITS". They have an excellent Multiplayer setup with IL-2....I think that will carry over to LOMAC. All their decisions, IMHO, have been choosen to attract both Simmers and Gamers. That will incerease it's "Entertainment Value", which will attract more PILOTS. Add to that the pilots that are attracted from the lower end games that eventually upgrade to newer computers...and you have a whole new generation of Sim Pilots.

NM Jeff....figured it out...had to resort them. Then ones I uploaded went to page 2....alls better now :) Fates

Trying to add mine MJ...gonna have to help me out on this one. Gotta a question on adding to the gallery. Here are the 800x... I'll post on front page as well with link to TEAMODB site for other sizes for now. Fates

Until I get the files up on Biohaz, you can download them from here: www.teamodb.com/flightsims/files/CARGOSHIP_DATA.zip

BigBeerODB has done it again. This time it the CV-59 Carrier christened for is initial voyage into SFP1. This Forrestal class ship was the Navy's first SUPER Carrier. Forrestal was the first carrier designed specifically to operate jet aircraft, and included an angled deck which permitted simultaneous takeoffs and landings. Forrestal's revolutionary design became the basis for all US carriers that followed. As the first aircraft carrier designed specifically for jet aircraft, she featured an armored flight deck. Additional "firsts" were an enclosed hurricane bow, steam-powered catapults for launching aircraft and four deck-edge elevators for moving aircraft to/from the hangar and flight decks. Here's the Screens: I'll get the files up soon... Fates

All I got to say is get the game I think you'll find that with those BIG flight controls, you may just wind up on your back if you hold the elevator back to long....But, I'm sure the compressor will stall and both engines will flame out. If you want to practice before attempting to duplicate the video, do as us real pilots do. It's called "Approach to Landing" manuevers. You merely pick an altitude that you can recover from if something goes WRONG. I like to pick 3000' AGL. I consider that to be were the deck/runway is located. I start at 6000' AGL and attempt the manuever reaching the appropriate speed etc as if the runway were at 3000' Or, since its just a simulated game, crash alot. hehe Fates

Kedas.... 1) It has been stated that Real Pilots are testing LOMAC for it's accuracy. This comes directly from Matt Wagner. 2) I have seen the cobra performed at airshow's. Momentum is a big factor, thus his dive from 3000 feet to the runway. But an even bigger factor is not the flight controls, but the Thrust to Weight ratio. I've seen this aircraft stand on it tail and near hover like a helicopter. It truely is a sight to see. It also something else to hear. Fates

Your killin me man.... Stop the madness.... Great work!! Fates

Has anyone followed this sim? Just wondering what your thoughts are. http://www.graphsim.com/operation-iraqi-freedom/# I hear there already a site that's prepping to do mods for it: http://www.fa-18hornet.com/ Fates

Extra Monitors? Check this: http://members.chello.nl/~s.ferris/ Fates

With all the Gound pounder games I've been playing lately, it makes me feel good there's no Frogfoot or A-10 in those games. You just can't run away from bomb drops like that. Ouch

LMAO...love it

Dont let Dice see this ...

Yes....this is an official release...check out the link Cheers! Fates

OK....didn't get any replies to my first post on BF1942, this game is just great to sit back and blow things up...and it been made even better with the release of DesertCombat 0.35, But Now...VIETNAM!! In other news on the Battlefield, the 1.4 Patch is out as well as the Battlecraft Map Editor. Here's the Link to the site: http://www.eagames.com/official/battlefiel...ial/vietnam.jsp BTW, I've been told not to get the DC 0.35 for BF1942 because version .40 is soon to be released. <C> Fates

OK...I just had to post this one...have fun: http://crew.tweakers.net/JvS/zooi/realhussein.swf

I will if Beer does.....

These are great.... I do have a question though, since I'm no designer, can you have this layer of clouds and as you fly thru them, you break out into clear skies?

Ranger, wouldn't that be easier and less confusing to just post a link to the above conversation? It's difficult to discern what you wrote vs what others have wrote.

CT...zip them all up and send them my way