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I don't have an AV8R but you shouldn't have to actually flip the switch when programming. If you open the data view in the editor you should be able to program directly into the cells for each mode.

You are running the SST programming software?

SF Series is the Strike Fighter series from Third Wire. Strike Fighters/Wings over Vietnam/Wings over Europe & First Eagles are all based on the same game engine so have a lot of commonality. The biggest complaint gfx wise with them from people usually is the terrain textures - this is probably a result of a combination of the aforementioned wish to keeep the games playable on modest hardware & the fact that Third Wire is a very small studio with a limited budget. In fact First Eagles was entirely self-funded with no developer/publisher advance etc.. However, there are many upgraded (& indeed new) terrains available for the series by community modders when you feel ready to try them.

as has been said it sounds like you need to do some option customising. Personally, I've never found the view system odd but I don't know how you have yours setup. This developer's games are designed to be not only playable at decent rates on todays PCs but also those of a couple of years ago. As PCs move on so the game engine is updated through patches to take advantage of improvements. This does mean that there are going to be diferences between them & e.g. LOMAC, FSX, etc. which are usually designed for the hardware that will be out a year after the game .... :tomato2: As for terrain addons detc. did you look in the downloads section here at Combat Ace? http://forum.combatace.com/index.php?autom...s&showcat=2 & we are only 1 of several such sites ... Similarly you may find http://forum.combatace.com/index.php?showforum=99 useful.

afaik the fixes weren't for shadows but for clipping.

Well, as long as you are prepared to take the views of both sides & balance them in your own mind rather than just those of 1 side. It also of course doesn't just affect Ireland - in particular the West coast of Scotland, Liverpool etc. & Ireland have very close ties.

ThirdWire released their Starfighter as an official addon for SF Gold - afaik it should be here on CA for download.

Do you really want to get into this? It's very complicated & has lots of angles & 2 very different viewpoints depending upon which community ...

Apparently that tender is being re-opened again for whatever reasons ... Whilst it's a great aircraft & can operate at ranges & heights that other choppers can't it's not exactly quiet which you would have thought would be an advantage .

iirc even the stats for the Il2 series have the % of people playing online v units sold in single figures.

You might be surprised - TK does take note & often surprises us with unexpected things. You do have to consider though that he is literally a 1 man band who hires in a few extra people for artwork etc. when needed. & so far FE was totally funded by TW (no developer advance etc.) & hasn't yet made a penny profit although TK thinks that it will. TK has always been upfront in that he believes that MP is not an important feature for his main target market (& I tend to agree with him with I suspect probably under 5% using MP). It wouldn't surprise me if at times he has seriously considered what Shockwave did with BoB2 & just dropping MP altogether. On the other hand nor would it surprise me if one day MP got improved.

http://bbs.thirdwire.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=4146 you'll probably need to log in.

what Thomas said although it's more like 5DOF than 6 on this engine.

well, it's all done with blue screen & CGI rather than a cast of 1000's (needless to say a lot cheaper). & there are certainly going to be historical inaccuracies like the armour ... It's a terrific story though & another generation could use reminding about duty, self-sacrifice etc.

iirc http://forum.combatace.com/index.php?autom...mp;showfile=691 is the Third Wire template for the Mig-21

let us know what you think once you've seen it - I've also got my eye on this one.

yes, there is. It's probably to be found in http://forum.combatace.com/index.php?showforum=99

WOE was designed to merge install with WOV as they both were published by the same company (Bold Games). Strike Fighters P1 was not published by the same company & as such doesn't have an easy merge install option.

welcome :yes: No, you don't need to be an expert for First Eagles & it should make an excellent introduction. I would look at the Saitek Evo Force & the Logitech Force 3D Pro

The UK bought some upgraded ones (digital cockpits & all) a few years ago for Special Forces Ops. & they have sat in a hangar ever since they were delivered as the RAF refuses to certify them as safe to fly - I don't know the full details but afaik it centres around the control system.

TK will support both equally.

Yes, Dell now own Alienware. If you give us a budget & your main requirements we can spec. up something for you as long as you are confident that you can do the asssembly part (the mechanical assembly is easy, installing the software is a bit longer). Everything that I read about Vista screams at me not to upgrade to it for a while.

I think that as long as the author isn't recently active, that the original release allowed for free use & attempts to contact have been made & proved negative that it can be considered abandonware but credit should be still given in any mods?

you do have .NET installed?

that's called target fixation - a very real threat in real life.