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I also recommend any of Mark Berent's "Rolling Thunder" series, which covers the Vietnam war from 1965 through 1972 http://www.markberent.com/

Has anyone heard from Krizis since he last posted here?

This is hilarious http://www.viralnova.com/32-dumb-things/

Sight-seeing off the southern coast of Iceland:

Red Phoenix, by the same author who worked on RSS with Clancy, Larry Bond: http://www.amazon.com/Red-Phoenix-Larry-Bond-ebook/dp/B008LYZQ74/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1383800534&sr=8-2&keywords=Red+Phoenix+larry+bond

I'm sure that many of you have seen or will recognize a few of these images, the others are quite rare, and provide a rare glimpse into the past. http://blogs.denverpost.com/captured/2010/03/18/captured-blog-the-pacific-and-adjacent-theaters/#more-1547

The closest thing to a "barf cam view" in this series is a rear chase view, accessible from the F5 key.

They have to be setup specifically for each carrier. There are coordinates to be determined, effects parameters that need tailoring, etc.

Actually, it is exactly that easy. Though you do have to watch what you copy back, as TK & Company often add features that may cause an incompatibility with certain mods (as you may have recently discovered with the Razbam A-6 series). I usually create duplicates of the ini files, and save them as text files to prevent them from being over-written. After I apply a patch or install a DLC, I simply copy them back as .ini files, and I'm good to go. A word of warning, though. Several of us have encountered situations were the series seems to "fix itself" back to a default state, without any prompting, so always have your files backed up.

"Migbuster, SidDogg, and Fubar have something up their collective sleeves" would be a much more accurate statement

The physical model itself has to have those attributes.

No, not using the game engine the way it was intended to, by the developer. But, sometimes, one can create a "cheat", using parameters that were designed into the series for other purposes.

Awesome!

Perhaps I should have explained it better, installation of a new title, a DLC, or an update (patch) will overwrite the ini files in your saved games folder.

If you add it, it will revert some object mods (specifically, Thirdwire .ini files) back to stock format. Backup any of your custom ini files for Thirdwire aircraft and objects, and backup the Razbam A-6's, as the ini files for those may be overwritten in favor of the Thirdwire versions that are included with NA. Otherwise, enjoy!

Phantom in the groove... Versus the real thing

All I can say is...wow! He had more than his portion of good fortune that day.

I disagree. That's clearly an issue with a ground object LOD. Also, it appears as though you need to install Stary's latest environment mod, while you're at it. And I'm also quite surprised that the Wrench made no mention of the UFO at the eleven o'clock position in the image.

Crusader just reminded me that another CA member (Crab-02) tried this quite a few years ago. He created a fake carrier (data.ini only) placed it as a static ground object, with the flight deck at ground level, and the landing deck oriented with the center-line of the runway. He doesn't recall if it worked or not, but it does provides food for thought.

Not "effective" ones. However, one can create guns and launchers that fire visual effects that will not decoy missiles.

Arresting cables as used in the series are applicable to ground objects, and most likely, limited to ground objects only. In order for any "event" to take place in the series, it requires coding in the respective DLL files in order to execute that event, be it arresting gear on a ship, or countermeasure dispensers on an aircraft.

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All of that should be spelled out in the SF1 and SF2 knowledge base, unless of course, it was accidentally deleted.

Having lost my best friend to brain cancer, back in 2001, I can appreciate what you and Sheila are going through. Keep the faith.

Congrats!