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That's not accurate . One can take off from, and recover back onto a carrier in a scripted single mission. I've written quite a few of them in my time, and if I'm not mistaken, both WoV and SF2V come with at least one carrier-based single mission, by default.

Just a heads up, I'm not experiencing this issue at all under DX9 in Windows XP.

He's a poet, and he just don't know it (but the s--thouse walls, sure do show it! )

Combat Tree. The real answer to the "pop quiz", was "It's named boresight, because it acquires the target that you have bore-sighted in the combining glass." One is not likely to see a fighter-sized target much beyond five miles or so. Even at that range, the likelyhood of distinguishing, say, a MiG-21 from an A-4 Skyhawk from a tail-on profile is slim and none, and I'll place my bets on the latter probability.

The Thirdwire F-15s and F-16s all feature IFF display symbology (in TWS mode), Kevin.

Does the word "boresight" itself perhaps provide a clue?

POP QUIZ: There's a bleedingly obvious, and as of yet, unmentioned (at least in this thread so far), reason for limiting maximum acquisition range in boresight mode. Particularly on older aircraft. Can anuyone tell me what it is?

And my counter to that last one, well...it isn't an ad of any sort, but if one watches it 'till the end, they'll get the idea.....

The "experiment" () I mentioned, was performed using the F-14B against the default TW Badger at 200 nm, and then, against the F-117 at 17 nm. I ramped down the Tomcat's radar search and track strengths to "60" for both tests, I believe (though I'm not sure, it was almost two years ago), that even at "60", I could see the '117 at perhaps 15 nm. Anyway, the interesting thing isn't maximum search distance...play with maximum track distances, and see what happens The results may surprise you.

Here's a better explanation for you, my friend: http://www.alphalpha.org/radar/intro_e.html "When discussing about the radar range, a distinction must be made between the non-ambiguous range and the real detection range. The non-ambiguous range is (for a pulsed radar) related to the Pulse Repetition Frequency (PRF, = 1/PRI, Pulse Repetition Interval) A typical radar timing is shown in fig.1: the two transmit pulses (Tx and Tx2) are divided by a time equal to the PRI. Rx1 is the echo from Tx1 reflected by a target placed at "Range A". Rx2 can be either the echo from Tx2 reflected by a target at "Range B" or from Tx1 reflected by a target at "Range C In the latter case the target is said to be at ambiguous range. Figure 1 A typical radar timing is shown in fig.1: the two transmit pulses (Tx and Tx2) are divided by a time equal to the PRI. Rx1 is the echo from Tx1 reflected by a target placed at "Range A". Rx2 can be either the echo from Tx2 reflected by a target at "Range B" or from Tx1 reflected by a target at "Range C". The maximum non-ambiguous range is the one corresponding to the PRI"

There is such a thing as a minimum effective range parameters for A2A missiles, and it can vary wildly within a given missile's family. AIM-7D sparrows, for example, had a minimum minimum range of 1500 meters (just short of a statute mile), while the later AIM-7E-2 and 3 variants would maintain lock well inside of that range. The value that you're seeking (pun intended) is "MinLaunchRange=", and can be found in either that specific missile's entry in the weaponsdata.ini (you'll need the appropriate weapon editor in order to effectively change it), or, as is the case of a third-party wep, in that wep's data.ini. That file should be located in your thirdwire/ objects/weapons/"weapon name" folder. The latter requires nothing more sophisticated than wordpad to edit. I encourage you to read Killerbee's thread on adding or modifying weapons, in the SF2 Knowledge base, before you try your hand at editing either file.

Ask TK if he's ever held a USCG radar operator's endorsement, if he's ever had to sit and sweat through the actual examination required to qualify for one (If my memory serves me right, the minimum passing grade was the same for that as it was for the rules-of-the-road portion of the exam....a "90" ). He's already confused PRF with PRI in his explanation (a common enough mistake, even wikipedia has it wrong). In layman's terms: PRF is the frequency change within the pulse that is used to define a target's characteristics and movement (doppler). PRI is the actual interval between those pulses. But don't take my word for it, we have quite a few military and civilian radar operators here. I'm sure that they'll chime in. A figure of "100" in game has absolutely no corollary in real life. I've set in-game radars at (for example) "60", and had absolutely zero issues detecting and acquiring bomber-sized targets sporting a default RCS Modifier value, at 200 nautical miles. The flip side of this is that while a radar set at a value of "120" was able to detect a stealthy model at 17 nm, one imbued with a value of "30" was still able to detect that same model at a range of 12 nm (be my guest, perform the math for us). I'm sure that TK used (some) real-world data to a degree....but as he's said on numerous occasions "Think of this series as a sim-lite"

You mean rotate the nozzles? Start the game, go to options, control, and then map "thrust vector control", to (preferably) a two-way switch on your game controller.

I've assembled a potato cannon or two in my time, mostly to compete in a potato-gun competition in Lewis County, NY. The largest one I saw had a 4" (102 mm) bore, was almost five feet long, and was mounted on a cradle, and even sported an elevation adjustment screw and a red dot LED sight. It looked like a freaking 100 mm mortar The guy is certifiable for fueling it with propane, and then resting his cheek against the breech section while shooting it.

Its terrain specific, but if one sets the overcast or inclement chance too high coniciding with the set time & duration of a campaign, then you'll wind up with those results. If I were to redo it, I'd google "Tel Aviv, average sunshine by month", or something along those lines, to get an idea of what to set the values to.

P-shop, unfortunately. 10% Gaussian blur.

The overcast or inclement chance value may be set too high.

LOL... Is this a desktop, or a notebook system?

That's not a tiled effect, but rather, either the horizon-color, or fog-color line. Ideally, the effect should result in a seamless transition from one color to the next, but differing light levels, sky height settings, and a desire (on the part of the developer) to create an ominous-looking stormy sky, often conspire to produce am immersion robbing effect like that. EDIT: Upon further examination of the screen shot, I realized that it's an issue with 3D clouds topping out against the overcast cloud deck. The issue can be solved by lowering the overcast or inclement cloud altitudes so that they are completely below the overcast deck. The effect would then look something like this:

I don't believe that there's one accepted naming convention for them, Lexx. In Newark airport, for example, they call it the "skywalk" in one terminal, and the "autowalk" in another....or at least they did the last time I flew out of there...it's been almost three years since then.

This guy is whacked out.

A shark was sighted (and captured on video) swimming in the surf-line off of a popular NJ resort (Sea Side Beach). The idiots-on-the scene called it a "sand shark", when in actuality, it's a blue shark (Prionace Gluaca). http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local-beat/5-Foot-Sand-Shark-Forces-Closure-of-Snookis-Beach--99690509.html Blue sharks are normally found in deep, offshore waters, and are usually gone from this area by the time the water temperature starts to climb above 72 degree Fahrenheit. They are also, while technically not "man-eaters", they are potentially dangerous, as they're known for their curious nature. And by that, I mean they will try and taste anything that they find appealing. I've had them bite boat propellers, and they just loved the crap out of the zinc anode on my boat's electrical bonding system. A person's forearm or shin would simply be another "curiosity" for them to sample So, I believe that the authorities took the proper action by closing the beach....I just love the stupid comments made by some of the sunshine supermen..."Oh, it's just a harmless sand shark". They wouldn't know a "sand shark", if it swam up and bit them on the arse.

That'd be Donald Gibb, who played "Ogre" on the first two Nerd flicks. He was also "Dr. Death" on the HBO series, "1st & 10", and played a supporting role in "Bloodsport".

Are you running onboard sound, or a soundcard? Onboard sound typically has a CPU utlization of 10-15%, while a good soundcard barely exceeds 2-3%. Some soundcards even sport as much as 64 mb of dedicated onboard memory (Creative X-Fi Fatal1ty & Auzen prelude X-Fi).