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uhhh... let's see here... Dell Dimension 2100 with intel celeron processor, 996MHz, 512 MB of RAM running Windows XP Home 2002 Service pack 2. Oh, and an ATI Radeon 9250 PCI video card.

Yeah, I'm not even gonna bother trying to get these new HD planes to work, I just downsize the skins to 512x512. Besides, right now I plan on chasing down some MiG-15s with the Cutlass. And I know that I have no right poisioning these forums with complaints from a low preformance computer, but what I have is what I have, and there is no chance at all that anything new computer-wise is in my future, even if it is only a matter of double-digit prices.

WOOO-HOO! I'M OFF TO LOAD UP MY HD! ooh, look! a Eurofighter! how long has that been there for?

Hey, i was gonna say that! All right, another biker! I thought I was the only one here! Although my XL350R isn't that... shiny.

hey guys, I'm back. Anyway, my computer hasn't gotten any faster, and for a couple of months I had trouble running internet, let alone strike fighters. Now I've finally got this piece of junk running again, and I figured I would try to run SF. I installed it and tried it in it's stock form. It sucked. Lag and general badness ensued. Then I got the service pack from the thirdwire website, installed and tried that. It runs great, no lag and, even though my graphics settings are on "low" for the most part, the resolution and colours are good. I've enjoyed many a dogfight with the stock planes. But here lies my question. I know that when I left, all you modders were making add-ons compatable with WOI and it's more advanced physics engine. I'm looking for some simple planes (MiGs, F-14, F-8, P-40, some Japs to shoot at) that I can add to strike fighters 1.5 here that will work with the now-outdated system. I can substitute sounds, loadouts, weapons, effects and all that, but I'm wondering if HUD or gauges will be missing, or if the way the plane flies will be different.

Man, I've seen that a million times and it still makes me laugh!

Nice first post!

juys? Happy birthday! Buncha April fools...

I thought he was that guy about a month back who went out on a suicide bombing mission but fell down some stairs and went boom. Premature detonation!

We just put our lights back on. Why couldn't they have it during the day, when it's light out? We had do play uno by candlelight for an hour.

Oh-ho, you didn't see the CF-188 that "landed" here last year! 4 Landings and an arrival. The pride of out airforce didn't flare and hit the runway going down 200 feet per minute! bounced like a Basketball!

Hmm. Disposable fighters being used long-term. Therein lies the problem. And there's not much that can be done, with small military budgets and expensive fighters. At least they all have ejector seats.

Well, even though the hornet is nothing special, and it'll be a step down from the F-111, it's probably a good choice for Australia. Athough I still don't like hornets. At least you guys are getting NEW ones. We had to settle for a bunch of old beat-up F-18s handed down from the US NAVY because they were too old to land on carriers.

what a load of BS. Just because a plane crashed it doesn't mean that it's the manufactuer's fault. While he's at it he should sue the crew chief for not maintaining his plane, the Air Force for giving him a defective plane, and the state of Missouri because it's air broke his plane apart. Besides, he survived, didn't he? most people would be happy that, of all things, the ejector seat didn't defect.

don't the Soviets (sorry, Russians) have a general purpose missile? I know that they have the K-13, which can be equipped with radar or IR seeker. A universal missile design would be a good idea, but it'd have to be modular.

what do you mean by context and in-cause?

dah, I should have guessed. It's disgusting how some of the best, most timeless shows and songs are beign brutallized in an attempt to make them moderen and popular again. We saw Thunderbirds go down, then Speed Racer, then Rocky, Rambo, Indiana Jones, now Knight Rider. Hopefully the new A-team will miss the mark and end up being good. did they at least keep the same old Knight Rider theme song? EDIT- another addition to my list of ruined classics. Remember that groovy 70's song by Charles Wright calle "Express Yourself"? Well it was redone by some woman pop/soft rock singer and it's horrible.

yep. Same here. I think the reason the TW series gets low ratings is because TW is a SIM, not a game. And those who play it are pilots or want to be pilots, not gamers.

sounds good.

ok, I think I understand. I definetly know the IAS and TAS, I learned that from my dad. I looked up the corsair's universal cruise speed and put it into the ini file so it's nice and slow now . Also, at the altitude I was at, Mach 2 was about 950 knots TAS, and I was going 820 knots indicated. in that situation, I was going 928 knots true (if my math is right), so i was pretty close to mach 2. I was also in an F-14 with weapons and a pretty full fuel load, so I think the top speed was accurate. Also, I'm gonna keep that chart.

yeah- and we want pictures too! If you can take photos of your dinner ( ), we want to see that photos from your party. :yes:

Dah, you don't want to get involved with those spaniard girls.

I was playing around with my A-7 and I was on a strike mission escorted by a bunch of F-4s. I noticed that my Corsair, loaded with four LAU-10 pods and 2 'winders, cruised at 503 knots, while the F-4s, with four sparrows and 'winders each, cruised in the high 400's. Does the A-7 really cruise faster than an F-4? This raised another question. I noticed that most planes that should be able to go mach 2 or so only get up to about 800 knots. According to my calculations, Mach 2 is 1,322.9 knots, but I have never used a plane in SF that can reach that without being modded (heheheh...). So is the airspeed as displayed in SF the actual speed your plane is going? It must be accurate in the lower speeds, because stall is usually more or less where it's supposed to be.

I wonder if they're gonna use any of the original cast members? After all, Hasselhoff is still Michael Knight, Stallone is still Rambo and Ford is still Indiana Jones.

lol "Good Lord.."