Piecemeal

Ireland and the UK have taken a severe battering over the past week or so. Here it's been the worst storm since the '30s. One of the worst affected in Ireland has been a seaside town about 35 miles from me......... Before: During: After: I love the sea, but the pictures prove just how sometimes it can also be your worst nightmare

Best of luck on Wednesday, bud. And remember; just make sure you milk that TLC from the nurses! Worked for me on occasion

I think it's sorted now. The Startairdefenselevel= prompt was at zero. Just for the hell of it I went to the second mission and the AAA was there. Will try again in a while with the new strategic nodes to see how that goes with the new adjustments. Thank for the help MiG buster!

I've worked on and off over the past couple of days creating new strategic nodes for some stock Desert campaigns. Weird thing is; when I start one of the campaigns it's ALWAYS an anti-shipping mission and there isn't a single AAA gun anywhere on the map. Not even on the red side. Flying in single missions are fine - there's more AAA than you could count on both sides. It's just when I try to start a campaign with the new strategic nodes there's nothing there at all I've even tried re-instating the original nodes in the campaign _DATA.ini but to no effect. Anybody got some suggestions as to how I can solve this problem?

Good luck with that bud. My 40th birthday is on the 9th - let's hope I'll have an extra reason to celebrate

I'm assuming the decals are painted on the skin; but if so, maybe a pre-revolution IIAF skin? It would go nicely with a Desert terrain scenario

Don't know if you've seen it already but this page in the svsm.org gallery might be good for referencing: http://svsm.org/gallery/a4m_cockpit

I can't take it any mooooore!! Me want Actually in real life; Spey engined 'E' models almost became a reality when the post revolutionary Iranian Air Force considered the possibility re-engining their Phantoms with Speys, due to the shortage of spare parts for the fleet. If I remember that correctly I read it in Osprey's "Iranian F-4 Phantom Units in Combat".

Golden days

Five stars. Well done, bud.

Whoahhhh; that's a nice pair of, ehm, engine nozzles you got there Spinners! How did you get that sorted? Fake pilot method? The nozzles themselves look a lot shorter than the stock 'E' ones. I'm assuming the RWR fairing on the vertical tail is a fake pilot job. I've already got a few interesting back stories for Dhimari FGR5s going through my head. Hoping for a release to the what-if hangar

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wdk1a3z7X1E

As pcpilot said; one good thing about family emergencies is the way it brings family closer for mutual support. I know exactly how you feel my friend. Be strong. Don't be afraid to share your feelings.

First flight in a long time It's like riding a bike I suppose - you never lose the knack

Hi everyone. After a long and silent absence from the boards of CA, I've finally had time to catch my breath and poke my head in to see what's been happening in my absence. Reasons for my absence? Well, where do I start... Of course the most pronounced of my activities would have to be the long overdue marriage to my Fiance Sharon on September 21st last. After my breakdown last year, this lady fought tooth and nail, argued and verbally wrestled with the health authorities to ensure my recovery; no easy task for any individual in today's austerity plagued Ireland. What Sharon's done for me in this regard is something I don't think I can ever repay. My doctor has since cleared me as being fit to find work, and I've been busy also trying to find a job, another daunting task here given the lack of them. We're also busy packing and stacking everything for our big move to a new home nearby next Friday. A new life, a fresh start. I have to say though that the low point over the past three months has been the diagnosis of my Mother having advanced lung cancer. A big shock to all my Family, considering that my Father is in remission from prostate cancer. A positive thing that's come out of that bad news though, is how it's bonded my siblings and I closer together than we've been in a long time in order to assist our parents and to be there for them. On the SF2 front, it's good to see that the CA community is still as strong as ever. Admittedly, I haven't even played any of the games over the past couple of months. However, for anybody that might be interested to know, I'm still committed to completing my upcoming (and final version of) Desert V.4 terrain. Watch this space........

Well done Erik. You're a giant amongst men in my opinion. I'll be lodging something via paypal on Friday. Note for TK: Now this is one reason for you to continue working (at least to some degree) on the PC series. It's because of the devotion of people like Eric and others that the SF series has lived this long.

I'll say this much; when you see that ravenclaw's uploaded a screenshot, you just KNOW that it's gonna be 5 star material! Obligatory screenshot:

True enough. Actually on the subject of loiter times, I tried out a strike mission in a Hunter FGA9 with an edited cruise speed last night; came over the target at about 500 knots. Had a look at my fuel gauge after going all the way on autopilot and realised I had only about 2,500lbs of fuel remaining If you're the type of fella who likes to fly a mission all the way to the target and back this certainly is NOT good news. Hmmm. Still haven't been able to pinpoint on how to help reduce formation sizes though. Tried changing aircraft availability to "RARE or "VERY_RARE" but without any luck

Just tried out a cruising speed of 282 m/s and my AI A-4Fs went over their targets at 470 knots or so. Out of two missions their bombs hit the targets on both occasions! I know this also means higher fuel consumption, but wasn't that what external tanks were made of?

He was definitely NOT Ireland's most endeared historical figure, but when I read this speech of his it occurrs to me that, like the UK, Ireland could do with a man like this right now. Both our parliamentary systems are completely ROTTEN TO THE CORE and need a complete wipe out, in every sense of the term. The UK and Ireland; what were once proud nations, are now nothing more than subservants to a foreign dictatorship. And while both our countries gradually fall to pieces, our citizens prefer to catch up on brain draining crap like Jeremy Kyle and Dr. Phil........

Fubar: I've been doing that up to now, but I'd rather find a way of changing this without having to go through the mission editor every time I want to fly a single mission. Same goes for having to change the formation sizes. Wilches: I've been thinking the same myself as to editing a specific INI file. I'm just hoping it's not locked away in ObjectData002. Stick: I was looking at that just now. Here's the aircraft data from the A-4F and I think it may be editable there: [FlightControl] StallSpeed=49.81 CruiseSpeed=150.43 <- - - - - - - - - - - - - - what unit of measurement is used here? ClimbSpeed=210.05 CornerSpeed=158.78 LandingSpeed=53.65 MaxG=7.00 MaxSpeedSL=302.67 MachLimit=0.930 PitchDamper=0.6 RollDamper=0.4 YawDamper=0.0 GunBoresightAngle=0 RocketBoresightAngle=0 FlapSettingForLanding=2 FlapSettingForTakeOff=1 FlapSettingForCatapult=1