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Su-25 Frogfoot
Fubar512 replied to mono27's topic in Thirdwire: Strike Fighters 1 Series - Mods/Skinning Discussion
Nah, it doesn't exist for this series Frogfoot.wmv Those of you with sharp eyes may notice an interesting effect -
Screenshot Thread
Fubar512 replied to Dave's topic in Thirdwire: Strike Fighters 1 Series - General Discussion
Just for that outburst, I'm going to taunt you even more!!!! -
Screenshot Thread
Fubar512 replied to Dave's topic in Thirdwire: Strike Fighters 1 Series - General Discussion
The Mirage Factory's B-model Tom Kitty by moonlight.... -
WoE OCT 08,wich sky mod?
Fubar512 replied to X RAY's topic in Thirdwire: Strike Fighters 1 Series - General Discussion
Do you want to try something extraordinary? PM me....I have a mod to a mod (wide sky), that you might enjoy. -
Performance degradation
Fubar512 replied to Luiz Carlos's topic in Thirdwire: Strike Fighters 1 Series - General Discussion
Performance in as far as maneuverability is definitely effected by damage in this series. Just because an aircraft can no longer pull 8 G's after it loses most of its pitch authority, due to the loss of say, one elevator, doesn't mean that it still cannot turn inside of you at a lower airspeed. MiG 17's, for example, will stay airborne and are quite controllable below 130 knots, whereas Phantoms need at least 250 knots of indicated airspeed to perform the same maneuver. -
Is the MF MiG-29A a Sparrow Magnet?
Fubar512 replied to NeverEnough's topic in Thirdwire: Strike Fighters 1 Series - General Discussion
What I'm applying, was a known Soviet tactic for evading lookdown radar, and that's flying so low that you blend in with the ground clutter, making it easier to break radar lock. Once a sparrow's launched and tracking, forcing it to break track for even a split-second will cause it to go ballistic. Watch here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5AbpZ3tcLg...feature=related -
Why Is My Coastline Doing This?
Fubar512 replied to a topic in Thirdwire: Strike Fighters 1 Series - Mods/Skinning Discussion
Do you mean the actual sea tiles, or the shader bitmap (or tga)? -
Is the MF MiG-29A a Sparrow Magnet?
Fubar512 replied to NeverEnough's topic in Thirdwire: Strike Fighters 1 Series - General Discussion
Yet, those same sparrows (albeit a later series than was employed during the Vietnam War) achieved the most A2A kills during Desert Storm, downing 22 Iraqi aircraft. -
Frame Rate question
Fubar512 replied to WangoTango's topic in Thirdwire: Strike Fighters 1 Series - General Discussion
First Person Shooters and Racing sims can get away with GPU-based shadow rendering, but that's not an easy task for a flight simulator. In a flight sim, aircraft shadows are often cast at extreme distances. For example the TW default value is 10000.0, lowering that value to 800.0 (800 meters = 2400+ feet) will help reduce the load on your CPU. Also, the cockpit mirrors are rendering a 2D image...TK was smart here. Had he gone to 3D rendering, I'm sure that only the latest and greatest of CPUs would be able to run them. The shader effects are GPU-driven as are most of the particle effects (the the CPU is still called upon to calculate and render complex geometry, such as clouds and smoke effects). In SF2, TK's gone to DX10 geometry shaders in place of many of the particle effects, which helps those with Vista-based systems, allowing the title to run smoothly with all the eye-candy turned on. -
Your Toughest Opponent
Fubar512 replied to Caesar's topic in Thirdwire: Strike Fighters 1 Series - General Discussion
Even the R-60M and MK support HMS systems. Again, it's the track rate and gimbel limits that determine the missiles ability to maintain lock. I believe that the Russians went to the "cheese-slicer" fins on later model AAMs because their track rates where so high, that the missiles would sometimes tumble when fired off-boresite, when they still used the conventional steering surfaces. -
Your Toughest Opponent
Fubar512 replied to Caesar's topic in Thirdwire: Strike Fighters 1 Series - General Discussion
The early R-73 (AA-11) has a 2.5 degree filed of view in RL. This translates to 5 degrees in-game (2.5 degrees when measured out from the centerline of the seeker head). The track-rate and seeker head Gimbel limits should 40 and 90, respectively. -
WOE
Fubar512 replied to Barron_V's topic in Thirdwire: Strike Fighters 1 Series - General Discussion
You just need to apply the latest patch (dated Oct 2008), and then update to the latest DirectX user runtime, and all will be fine. -
Is the MF MiG-29A a Sparrow Magnet?
Fubar512 replied to NeverEnough's topic in Thirdwire: Strike Fighters 1 Series - General Discussion
Start on the ground, or the air (which places near your home base), not "near target", where you'll automatically find yourself at a disadvantage. Stay low, follow the cues from your controller, adjust your heading, and stay within 300 meters of the ground. Watch your radar warning receiver, That will tell you in which directions your threats lay. Learn to use the radar. When you ID the targets and their position, go as low as possible and order your wingmen to stay in formation. Acquire a target, and order your wingman to attack it. Pick the next target, launch an Alamo (AA-10/R-27) at it, and just maintain enough altitude to maintain lock until the missile either hits it or misses it. Remember to stay low. If you're not low enough to find yourself in danger of hitting treetops, you're too high. -
Is the MF MiG-29A a Sparrow Magnet?
Fubar512 replied to NeverEnough's topic in Thirdwire: Strike Fighters 1 Series - General Discussion
My strategy for fighting in the MiG-29: The AIM-7's most common weakness is its inability to maintain lock on a target that's close to the ground. I exploit this weakness by approaching a formation of F-4s or F-15s at tree top level. They're usually maintaining one to two thousand feet of altitude while searching for me, and often make themselves tempting targets for a long-range Alamo shot, yet they cannot hit me with their Sparrows. Once you merge with them, though, it's only a matter of time before you get toasted by a '9 Lima or Mike, both of which have more than twice the effective range of your Aphids. -
Do not understand WEAPONDATA.INI concept.
Fubar512 replied to ktickner6767's topic in Thirdwire: Strike Fighters 1 Series - General Discussion
My weps editor does come up as version 1.0.0.1, though I would not trust that, as the edtor has gone through at least three revisions over the years. The one to use is version listed in our downloads section as being compatible with TW titles "after 2008". -
I highly recommend "Scream of Eagles" by Robert Wilcox: http://www.amazon.com/Scream-Eagles-Dramat...r/dp/0743497244
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Screenshot Thread
Fubar512 replied to Dave's topic in Thirdwire: Strike Fighters 1 Series - General Discussion
No image enhancement, no ENBseries bloom shaders..... -
Your Toughest Opponent
Fubar512 replied to Caesar's topic in Thirdwire: Strike Fighters 1 Series - General Discussion
The MiG-17 is not as nasty an adversary for the Mirage III (in WoI) as is the Hunter. 17's are dogmeat if you Z & B in a Mirage, but the Hunters seem as if they're imbued with almost an occult sense as to what your intentions are. -
Aircraft file problem
Fubar512 replied to warthog64's topic in Thirdwire: Strike Fighters 1 Series - General Discussion
Simple answer: Nested folder. -
TMF MiG-29s Released!
Fubar512 replied to column5's topic in Thirdwire: Strike Fighters 1 Series - General Discussion
Until someone creates a brief tutorial, try to find a copy of the LOMAC manual online. I believe that Eagle Dynamics offered it for free...at least they did at one time.