Gocad

Some eye candy: 18 Vals vs. a USN Task Force (2 CV, 2CL & 6 DD). The Vals did try to bomb the ships, but failed to score a hit. 15 Vals were shot down. I still think that the ships need to put more lead into the air... Also, I should get some effects packs.

Like I said in the screenshot thread; go to FotF and get the VA-46 and VA-163 (1967) skins and you're set.

The latest patch mentioned there is the v08.30.06 patch, which you can get either here @combatace or directly from Thirdwire.

That's right. Also, nice terrain, Baltika. That would be much better than the WWII Okinawa terrain.

Scripting an attack...well, definitely not in a campaign. But it shouldn't be too hard to turn a Zero into a strike aircraft that's going to divebomb a stationary carrier (you heard me). Add plenty of AAA fire and doesn't matter whether that's a kamikaze attack or not. Anyway, I would like to see this mod being made, but you all know the phrase: no terrain, no campaign. So is there anybody out there willing to that? As I said before, planes are not the problem, most of them exist already and thanks to Wrench also the templates for them. EDIT: I've just realized that a terrain exists that could be used for this mod: Edward's WWII Okinawa terrain, which hides @avsim. Click me! It would probably need a makeover, but it's not like there are no experts for such a task around. :yes:

Well, the IJN didn't have much ships left in late 1945 or 1946, especially not capital ships, but the USN used its cruisers and battleships mostly as swimming AAA batteries to protect the really valuable ships...the aircraft carriers.

Is that some sort of russian NOTAR design?

Well, I hope I'd be able to contact him, since I do not want to know how bad a template made by me would look compared to his. IMHO the biggest problem are not the planes or missing skins (template or not, it doesn't take an eternity to do them), but rather the terrain, since this scenario needs a new one. A few ships couldn't hurt either (I'm thinking of Fletcher destroyers and Cleveland cruisers here)

After seeing the cool pics Klavs posted I realized that it would be really nice to have a template for the Bearcat. Just saying.

Ahhh, now that was a great game.

Hmm, you're right. I searched for some pics of the Su-25UB, which is the basis of the Su-39, and it does look different. I still think it looks a bit too short, but it's hard to tell from the pics Erwin posted. My desire for a Su-25 must have affected my judgement here. Ukranian Su-25UB

Ahem, is it just me or this aircraft way too short? Look at this 3-view and compare it with the pics posted here. IMHO the tail is too close to the engines.

That was some sort of rhetoric question, right?

And what's so bad about this? Sure, those 4/5th gen fighters with AMRAAMS, JDAMS and what not are fun, shiny, etc. , but they're also boring compared to the 50s/60s/70s stuff, because you have to work to get your bandit shot down or bomb land on the target.

The result of some 60 minutes of work (messing around with Photoshop that is): F8U-1E VMF-312 Checkerboards Teh world needs more Dash-1 skins...

View File VMF-312 'Checkerboards' skin for the Mirage Factory F8U-1E VMF-312 'Checkerboards' skin for the Mirage Factory F8U-1E (aka F-8B) Making this skin would not have been possible without the work done by the Gunfighters team and the Mirage Factory or without Column5's fantastic template. Thanks a lot, guys! Installation instructions Extract the contents of the rar file named 'CB_B' into a TEMP folder. Read the text file for further instructions. Legal stuff 1. The work may not be used in payware projects or in projects that will not be freely distributed under these same terms. 2. You must give proper credit in your readme file. 3. If feasible, include the original readme along with your new mod. Submitter Gocad Submitted 09/06/2008 Category F-8 Crusader Skins  

I can't wait for the WOV/WOE patches...but I guess I'll have to. Anyway, here are some Screamin Eagles for you all:

EDIT: Uhm, have you checked the size of the afterburner effect .tgas?

Something else I can't stop to work on... VF-13 Night Cappers