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Any chance we could make this guy better-looking, smarter and then throw him in the right seat of an Intruder?

Most awesome post in this thread.

I'm a Bears fan, but in this case - Go Packers!

Afraid not. It's eight hours bottle to brief, big guy.

Incoming wounded! All personnel report to operating tent four! Repeat, four! I mean five! Repeat, four! All personnel, prepare to evacuate - and not just because it's meatloaf night!

Raven, hope things get better for you and your family. *** I agree with King Albert in his assessment of the "charity model" - it needs to be sold. Am I correct in understanding that the only real reminder for folks to donate is the little banner at the bottom of download pages? If so, that's lousy advertising. It's a tiny box at the bottom of every page - the saturation is a good idea, but the presentation is all wrong. On those pages, I'm looking at pictures, for the "click to download" button, and maybe - maybe - glancing over the readme section. I'm sure as hell not noticing that the little box at the bottom that says something about CombatAce and has images of jet aircraft is asking me to help keep the site running. I had no idea we were looking for donations until I saw this thread. Honestly, this was more informative than the little banners. I've since kicked in my bucks, but I think we need to revamp the way we're asking for support from the community. Also, while the guilt is a good motivator, we need to be careful about alienating folks by bashing them (free-loading so-and-so's, etc.). As we've established, not everyone has the means to contribute even if they have the desire. I think we should redesign the subscription support banners. They need to be bigger and more eye-catching. They need to be placed differently on the page. They should probably say something about supporting the site, rather than just subscriptions. When you simply state it in terms of a subscription, ask yourselves: why would someone pay for something they can get for free? Now, if you put it in terms of keeping the site running, it changes the perspective. Sign up for an "Elite Membership" - Support the CombatAce site, and get the following benefits: yadda, yadda. Additionally, we need threads like this every so often to let people know where we stand financially - what we have, what we still need, what things could change - for the better or worse. The biggest thing is to get this kind information out to the community. It does little good for a handful of people to know the situation. And then, they're surprised when they aren't seeing any support. How well has the community been informed?

Tanks, Wrench.

Yeah...that did it. They were too heavy for the stations. I swear I was using those Sparrows before. Must have imagined it. D'oh! Thanks, all.

That's it exactly.

No, fellas, I put the RF-4 tanks on the F-4S. Here's the original 370 gal tank entry which I copied: [WeaponData075] TypeName=Tank370_F4 FullName=370-gal Drop Tank ModelName=tank370_f4 Mass=1230.619995 Diameter=0.621000 Length=6.168000 SubsonicDragCoeff=0.075000 SupersonicDragCoeff=0.334000 AttachmentType= SpecificStationCode= NationName= StartYear=0 EndYear=0 Availability=0 BaseQuantity=0 Exported=FALSE ExportStartYear=0 ExportEndYear=0 ExportAvailability=0 WeaponDataType=5 MaxFuelAmount=1090.910034 Asymmetrical=FALSE Now the edited entry for the RF-4 tanks: [WeaponData186] TypeName=Tank_RF-4_370 <----changed FullName=370-gal Drop Tank ModelName=Tank_RF-4_370 <----changed Mass=1230.619995 Diameter=0.621000 Length=6.168000 SubsonicDragCoeff=0.075000 SupersonicDragCoeff=0.334000 AttachmentType= SpecificStationCode= NationName= StartYear=0 EndYear=0 Availability=0 BaseQuantity=0 Exported=FALSE ExportStartYear=0 ExportEndYear=0 ExportAvailability=0 WeaponDataType=5 MaxFuelAmount=1090.910034 Asymmetrical=FALSE F-4S data.ini edits (right side same edit): [LeftOuterWingStationFT] SystemType=WEAPON_STATION StationID=14 StationGroupID=1 StationType=EXTERNAL AttachmentPosition=-3.47,0.37,-1.10 AttachmentAngles=0.0,-2.0,0.0 LoadLimit=1400 AllowedWeaponClass=FT AttachmentType=NATO,USN ModelNodeName=wing_pylon_outer_left PylonMass=41.73 PylonDragArea=0.02 LaunchRailNodeName= MinExtentPosition= MaxExtentPosition= FuelTankName=Tank_RF-4_370 <----changed Does the mission and default loadout affect what weapons appear? To my knowledge, that should only affect the starting loadout when you call up a specific single mission - meaning, you can change the loadout to use other weapons provided that they fit the weight, dimensions, pylon and year of service criteria.

Ok. After a bit of fudging around, I manually added the RF-4C fuel tanks to WOI. I wanted some tanks that didn't have the SEA camo green on top to go with my all-grey Navy Phantoms (specifically, the F-4S Late). I copy an pasted the original F-4 370 gal tanks entry into the weaponsdata.ini and edited several lines to call the correct fuel tanks for the RF-4C. I went back into the aircraft data.ini for the F-4 and referenced the new tanks for the wing stations. Loaded up the weapon editor and made sure they were there, saved it, etc. Now, I've got the tanks working, but for some reason, my Phantom doesn't want to find any AIM-7F/Ms to load. I'm using the TMF May Weps pack for WOI. I didn't change anything else in the F-4 data.ini - all the Sparrow stations still look like they did before (still semi-recessed calling for SAHMs). Also, I didn't change anything in the weaponsdata.ini for the Sparrows. If I have the aircraft hardpoints set to load the correct type of missile and the missiles available and set for the corresponding years, shouldn't they be showing up? Obviously, the short solution is to go and undo what I did, but that again leaves me grey fuel tank-less. What all is required for an aircraft in game to be able to load a weapon/fuel tank? I know this is a long and involved question, but I'd appreciate if someone could give a detailed answer.

Gave that a shot, too. No dice. First trigger squeeze with the gun pod locked the game.

Same problem w/ me. Got the F-4S airborne yesterday w/ twin SUU-23's. Took a test fire on climb out and everything worked fine. Later the same flight, was trying to bounce a MiG and as soon as I pulled the trigger the world stopped, sounds kept going and had to ctrl+alt+del to get back to the desktop. Same thing today on the first trigger squeeze. Trying the drivers. NVIDIA GeForce 7300 LE, Sigma Tel Audio

Had the same problem. Be sure to put the LOD's in the main 'Aircraft' folder - not the 'F-14D' folder. Then, you should be good if you follow the rest of the directions.

Glad to hear she's on the mend and back at home with loved ones to take care of her. That alone is probably doing a lot to help her. Will keep praying.

"Ooh, but he couldn't stick the landing. That'll be a deduction." China's latest effort to retake Taiwan: "Steve, get more volunteers."

Dude, that's excellent. "Frank, you see that?!"

...and skull. "Charlie Foxtrot, Alpha Bravo, adjust fire 50 meters left. Fire for effect!"

Mark, I use the Saitek X52 Joystick/Throttle combo. I've kinda thought about getting some pedals, but never felt like coughing up the change required. I've kinda got my own HOTAS setup with radar, weapons, countermeasure controls on the throttle or stick - the only things I actually have to take a hand off to move are the gear, flaps and hook. To get around the lack of pedals, I've thrown my rudders onto the L/R functions of the lower HAT switch. Honestly, I rarely use rudder. It probably makes a slight impact on some jets, but you can really get away without using any - except maybe a little here or there to aid with gunsight tracking. If you want to turn, just roll and pull - you'll be fine. I think there may be a limited amount of yaw damping in general for jets in the game, though I don't think it's really "auto rudder." I don't really know the answer to any of your other questions, since I don't have pedals and I've only used this setup to play WOV and WOI. So, I will let someone else field those.

Where are they at TW? I'm not seeing them. I may not be looking in the right place.

I did not know that was an option. Huh. Guess I never noticed that in the d/l section. Thanks.

I'm looking at moving some jets over from WOV to WOI. I've got the .cat extractor to open up the objectdata.cat, but what I don't know is what are all the files I would need to move a single aircraft over. I'm looking at getting the A-4F and moving it to WOI, but I could also do this for other jets later. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks. (PS - I realize there is an A-4F in WOI already, but I was looking to get some USN skins on them. So far, the addon A-4F skins I've tried to bring over for the stock WOV A-4F work fine on the WOI A-4F except that all the decal coordinates are off. Rather than trying to fix all the decals blindly, I thought this might be the easier route to go. So, if anyone has an alternative suggestion, I'm open to that as well. However, I would still like to know the files needed to move other aircraft over - like the F-4B/J.)

I sit corrected.

Not to mention that technically, the Gregorian calendar that we use, is off by several years at least. I believe it is already 2012 or later according to historical research. If I remember correctly, I believe the actual year 0 is by our calendar 3 or 4 BC. There may be small elements of truth to those "predictions" but I tend to agree with Silverbolt in general. Anyway, I think Russia's interests/actions merely set the stage for future conflicts, including but not limited to a new (or continued, if you like) Cold War. Russia's ties with Iran as well as its actions in Georgia set the stage for plenty of potential conflicts in the Middle East - mostly related to energy resources, though there are security issues with Israel, even Iraq, that could come into play as well. And that is by no means a comprehensive list. There's security issues between N and S Korea, areas of Africa, etc. I see potential for a lot of wars in the future, but I seriously doubt we will see a Doomsday scenario. I think countries that have many nuclear weapons realize there is little profit in using them. This can be seen in recent history. Although The Bomb was dropped twice in anger in WWII, no one has used it since then. And there certainly hasn't been any shortage of war. The wildcard comes in from small nations without much to lose, or more likely terrorists. Large or established nations would rather fight a conventional war that they have a chance of winning and gaining something from their efforts.

I highly doubt that is accurate. Not trying to start a pissing contest here, just share information. There is one instance I recall reading about from the Iran-Iraq war where an F-14 made a successful landing back at base with most of a wing shot off and the engine on that side out as well. So, an Iranian pilot landed the jet single-engine, single-wing - and those were the less than stellar TF-30 engines. Also, there were plenty of test flights made with the Tomcat in an asymmetrical wing sweep configuration and it still flies just fine. They also proved that it could be landed safely with one wing completely swept and the other unswept. Back to topic. *** I'll amend my first answer to include the F-14. Now that I think of it, I've only been shot down once by a sneaky SAM in the Turkey.