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there is a real RA-5 on the way....

Hey guys, anyone having luck with VTOL on the AV-8A in WOE? I can lift off and hover for a while, but I am not having any luck transitioning to flight. Any advice?

Nevermind.... Not 30 seconds after posting this I fired up WOE and did it like I have been doing it for twenty years...... No idea how, but I did it twice! Oh well.....

We just had a pretty large update.... Here is the list... FJ-3M Fury VF-33 Starfighters (Blue camo) VF-33 Starfighters VF-211 Checkmates F-14A Tomcat Aggressor (blue MiG camo) Aggressor (MiG camo) VF-2 Bounty Hunters (Camo) F/A-18A Hornet VMFAT-101 Sharpshooters VMFA-225 Vikings EA-6B Prowler VAQ-134 Garudas VMAQ-4 Seahawks Toolbox ALQ-99 (Hi Viz) ALQ-99 (Lo Viz) In other news...we are getting close to reaching 10,000 unique visitors since the site relaunched in Jan! Maybe something cool will happen to celebrate......

Numbers are easy..... What I do is just create my own in Photoshop, or you can even just find the USNfighternumber you want to use... Then, rename then something like "Nose" or something....stick them in you decal folder, and then make sure you reference them in your decal.ini.

Do yourself a favor......do what every other skinner that has come before has done..... Go download some other skins, and see how they do it....... That is the absolute best way to learn

Does tomorrow work?

OK, I just uploaded a huge update.....here is a list.... FJ-3M Fury VF-91 Red Lightings VF-191 Satan's Kittens VMF-122 Crusaders VMF-232 Red Devils VMF-312 Checkerboards (updated) VMF-333 Shamrocks EA-6B Prowler VAQ-133 Wizards VAQ-136 Gauntlets VAQ-137 Rooks VAQ-138 Yellow Jackets VAQ-139 Cougars F/A-18A Hornet NSAWC in Blue Camo NSAWC in Desert Camo NSAWC in Grey Camo F-14A Tomcat NSAWC in Blue Camo F-16C Block 52 Fighting Falcon 107th FS S-3B Viking VS-27 Grim Watchdogs Go check em out and get downloading...

I just noticed something else.... Any changes made to the "Textureset.ini" file in a skins directory no longer update the main file for an aircraft... Example.... Updating my VMF-312 FJ-3M Fury skin so it is bare metal. I made my to the TextureSet file (Specular, Glossiness, etc) and saved....in SP3, it would have automatically updated the "FJ-3M.ini" file in the root directory for the A/C....I have to manually make the changes for it to show up in game....haven't had to manually touch that file since SP2...

I have also been noticing something goofy with the numbers.... If you select the first number or last number in a squadron, all the AC in the flight will be that same number.... Example....select number 0 through 3 for all four AC.... Once it loads up, all 4 aircraft will show the decals that correspond with the 0 aircraft..... Go back and change the 0 to say 8, or some other number, everything shows appropriately...

No.... "Fighter Pilots make movies, Attack Pilots make history (while blowing crap up, getting hot chicks and making fun of fighter pilots).

Yeah, I am getting the same thing

no reason to get snippy boys. SP4 represents some huge changes, with those changes one cannot expect some difficulty.

I knew there was a reason I took today off! Boo Ya!

Hey guys, I need some assistance... I am skinning a new Fury, and I cannot seem to find how to get the stripe to go all the way around... I am at my wits end with this one....is the only way to go all the way around painting it on the bmp? Please say no!

Yeah....it was what you think! I think you will like the finished version....it turned out really well

Hey guys, I need you help....I am trying to make a band go up and over the hump on the default A-4F with a decal. This is what I have so far.... I cannot seem to identify the part needed to go over the top..... ANy help would be greatly appreciated...

smart ass.....

Yeah....it does look pretty damn cool....I got lucky though.... My first line was right on the mark, and then it was just a matter of getting the right thickness.... Thanks again....

Dave, Although I hate to admit it....you are a damn genius! Thanks man!!!

Tried it. I extended it about five times and angled it...it changed nothing.

First off....an announcement HrntFxr has agreed to join Fist of the Fleet and provide his excellent skins on the site. I look forward to working with him. With this latest update to the site, you can already find some of his great work.... OK, now....update time! Added two new sections to the download area... FJ-3M Fury - Download skins for the FJ-3M Fury TopGun - Download aggressor skins for Misc. A/C New skins..... Squadron Section VAQ-137 Rooks EA-6B Prowler VF-202 Superheats F-4 Phantom VMFA-333 Shamrocks (Updated) F-4 Phantom VF-14 Tophatters (Alt) F-14 Tomcat VF-41 Black Aces (updated) F-14 Tomcat VF-114 Aardvarks F-14 Tomcat VF-154 Black Knights F-14 Tomcat VF-213 Black Lions F-14 Tomcat VFC-12 Fighting Omars (Blue Camo) Top Gun VFC-12 Fighting Omars (Desert Camo) Top Gun FWS F-16B Top Gun FWS F-16B in Desert Camo Top Gun FWS F-16B in Blue Camo Top Gun FWS F-5E Top Gun VF-142 Ghostriders FJ-3M Fury VMF-312 Checkerboarders FJ-3M Fury VA-23 Black Knights FJ-3M Fury Sorry guys, no big pics this time.....You want to see what they look like? Go to Fist of the Fleet!

Sidewinder....message inbound....

No, sorry mate. Since that skin was not correct, I overwrote it with the updated version.....

Well.....you may just find this when you get there too.....