Icarus999

Ok, I wanted to use the Cuba terrain to set up a new series of mid eighties era missions, so I grabbed the OTC pack but just installed the terrain. first I tried the instructions - pointing to the germany ce cat in the germany terrain- Crash to black when the mission loaded 80% - blue dialouge box- program is not responding and needs to close. so I tried the usual cat trick and coppied a cat from another terrain and renamed it. AE.CAT- Same problem CTB this is my XP machine with a fully patched copy of WOE -this is stock cuba terrain (did not install the CA Starry tree mod yet) instructions say OTC needs a dedicated install; but I only want the terrain at this point not the campiegn. Any Ideas as to where I went wrong here?

This will fix your hud problems. You can thank Fast Cargo for this - the guy is a wealth of info: Quote Fast Cargo Okay, part of the issue is that you've got a combo HUD there...you've got parts of the older F/A-18A HUD mixed in with the newer F/A-18A HUD. The 'fuzzy' stuff is the old stuff. Alright, here is the most straight forward way to fix it, but it takes a while to download the file you need. Go to this link and download the Mega Pack C6: http://www.checksix-fr.com/bibliotheque/in...hp?Fichier=4541 It's a HUGE download, and has a lot of stuff in it. Install the pack, but NOT into any of your current installs. Make a 'fake' install location for it. Once that's done, look in the Objects/Aircraft section for a F-18BA. It's a Blue Angel F/A-18A, but has the modern avionics. Put that aircraft into your Objects/Aircraft directory of the install you want to fly the F/A-18 in. Now, go into your old F-18 directory...you see the subdirectorys of skins? (most named for the squadrons they belong to). Copy those directories to your F-18 Blue Angel directory. Go into the F-18 Blue Angel directory (F-18BA)...you see the subdirectories with the Blue Angel skins (BA, B1, B2, B3, etc)? Delete them...all of them. Open up the F-18BA.ini file and first look for the entry that says this: [AircraftData] AircraftFullName=F-18 Blue Angel etc... Change it to: AircraftFullName=F/A-18A Hornet Then, find these entries: [TextureSet001] Directory=BA Name=BlueAngels N°1 Nation=USN Squadron=Blue Angels Specular=0.150000 Glossiness=0.500000 Reflection=0.100000 [TextureSet002] Directory=B2 Name=BlueAngels N°2 Nation=USN Squadron=Blue Angels Specular=0.150000 Glossiness=0.500000 Reflection=0.100000 [TextureSet003] Directory=B3 Name=BlueAngels N°3 Nation=USN Squadron=Blue Angels Specular=0.150000 Glossiness=0.500000 Reflection=0.100000 [TextureSet004] Directory=B4 Name=BlueAngels N°4 Nation=USN Squadron=Blue Angels Specular=0.150000 Glossiness=0.500000 Reflection=0.100000 [TextureSet005] Directory=B5 Name=BlueAngels N°5 Nation=USN Squadron=Blue Angels Specular=0.150000 Glossiness=0.500000 Reflection=0.100000 [TextureSet006] Directory=B6 Name=BlueAngels N°6 Nation=USN Squadron=Blue Angels Specular=0.150000 Glossiness=0.500000 Reflection=0.100000 Delete the entries...yep, go ahead and delete all of them. Save the file as FA-18A.ini. Delete the following files from the F-18BA directory: F18_fuse.bmp F18_leftwing.bmp F18_nose.bmp F18_rightwing.bmp F18_tails.bmp patch.bmp Rename the F-18BA directory as FA-18A. Done. It works...I just did every single step myself to verify it works. Also, you should be able to delete your old F/A-18 too. Let me know if this works for you. FastCargo

YAP has an outstanding RF-8G As well as a kick butt RF-4B.

Use the find feature to search your weapons data ini for Quad_Rack then enter that info in the loadout ini. You will have a weapon station# a rack and a weapon.... in this case the tow pod.

Your question is why are they hanging in mid air... right? You must specify a rack in the loadout data ini. You will run into the same problems with hellfire/ brimstone/ stinger and other missiles. I have not used the tow pod yet so I am not sure what rack/pylon is required.

Wow Dave this really looks great!!!

Yes it is a WIP payware from Razbam, I asked him about it a few days ago. No date set for release but Ron says his entire A-4 series is going to be made available for third wire games. This is going to kick some major butt!!!!!

Im thinking about taking the plunge here... and wondering if anyone here uses this product: dreamflyer clip clip3 Curious about how compatible this is with third wire sims, notice how the demo splits views and assigns each to its own monitor - in cockpit view on the small monitor that is fixed to the frame while an overall view like a wide angle camera on the birds nose is fed to the projecter/ big screen, other veiw can be sent to additional monitors. Also wondering if third wire sims will support this in addition to Trackir, i know trackir works with the sim but i do not know how many usb inputs the sim can handle, as the dreamflyer alone requires 2 usb imputs to the computer in order to function properly. Any advice would be welcome here. Thanks

the SR-71 is a work in progress, there were images posted in a thread a month or so ago. I do not remember who was working on it however.

slave owning land holding aristocrat? Can't we all just get along. Honestly this is one of those issues that needs to be discussed In a logical emotion free environment. As an expert in hand to hand, hand to weapon and weapon to weapon combat I can attest that everything that rugbutt is saying here is true. For some reason untrained people fear guns more than knives, or for that matter improvised explosives. Yes some one could obtain a squad automatic weapon{illegally..on the black market} and catch a lot of people in what we call a fatal funnel, but that is not what we are talking about here. We are talking about handguns, rifles and shotguns sold lawfully in the united states. The major difference between living in our times vs th founding fathers- to put this carnage into perspective -is not as much the weapons as it is the mindset of the people who may obtain weaponry. We have devolved as a society when it comes to morality and a respect for the lives of others. We have a greatly increased perportion of dysfunctional sociopathic individuals who freely roam our nation. We have adopted a culture in which the shame falls on those who "judge others " for their bad behavior, no shame at all falls on those who act out in a bizzare manner( early warning signs that this guy in not right in the head). We have also largely done away with the concept of the Insane asylum, in the past those with the tendency to "Nut Up" could look forward to an extended stay thus removing them and their behavior problems from the population. I understand that some people think that the simplest solution -disarming every one- is a no brainer. But actually that is exactly what it is because the killing will go on and all that will be affected is our freedom. Mass killings continue around the world in the wake of draconian gun control measures. Many of these people who fault the guns in this issue are really good people at heart they just do not see the full equation. And responsible gun owners are rightly angry that the Banners are so willing to Sacrifice the bill of rights rather than take a serious look(with out emotion) at the problem. Anyways lets try to get along here, we don't really come here to talk politics .... do we

Count me in, this site and all of the modders who share their works here have improved my games so much that I would feel like a total jackass if I did not give something back to this community. Thank you all.

Thank you MK2 for making combat ace what it is... The premire flight simulation site bar none.

Loved the B-52/ F-22 and F-4E ,the phantom even dropped its centerline tank, very cool .

Never under estimate the power of large groups of foolish people bent on saving us from ourselves: Doctors in UK call for ban on chefs knives

Ok guys I am sorry to bother everyone with this . I decided to move my game over to my newer computer, read the knowlage base and followed all of the steps. The game loads and I can arm my aircraft in the loadout screen but when I hit the Fly button to start the sim I get a CTD. This is killing me because my missions are maxing out my old computer and my new kick butt machine is not liking WOE at all my specs are: Vista 64 bit ultimate -w/ latest dx9 /Asus striker extreme MB/ 4 gigs of corsair XMS2 ddr2-800/Asus 8800GTX/ 2 WD 500 gig Hard drives/ sound blaster Xfi. Has anyone experienced this CTD on WOE at the start of a mission? The flight engine ini information in my WOE install is the same data as is provided to cut and paste in the KB vistas page so I did not do that step.

Thank you fubar512, i just gave that a try but no luck. but I have made a little progress, a few minutes ago I figgured out running the game as administrator allows the game to start but now the CTD comes at the end of the mission instead.

You are totally right here dave, white racists have been delt with pretty effectively in the united states, they are a dying breed. This story however has no merit and msnbc has no credibility as an unbiased news organisation. This is a white wash of a bigger story- Barrak obamas racial seperatist church. Yes racism will play a factor in the election, people will hold him accountable for his racist belief system and not vote for him! This artical is a damage control piece pure and simple.

awesome Salvadore!!!!! The F-4S was one amazing aircraft and skins for it are sadly under represented, this looks like the first skin I have seen with the overall light gull gray scheme. Great job

nice that would be a great addition Canadair. Thank you WarlordATF for helping me with the A-!2 problems

Guys, as some of you know my ability to read the French language leaves much to be desired, so I could not understand the instructions in the A12 beta. My A12 only has a bit of a problem, the right wing has no skin/textures but the decals are in place. Did I botch the Install or is this how the beta was released?

And you downloaded and installed the newest directx9? As per instructions. This part worries me as well, as I do not want to screw up my directx 10 so untill I get that clarified I am not messing with it. the upcoming patch is supposed to fix the vistas problems but for some reason it is taking a long time to come to fruition.

Wow..... I second that ErickJ. that is one sweet A-7E And knowing mirage factory's attention to detail it will probably have the FLIR pod. Really looking forward to blowing somthing up in this bird

Oh my lord look at all the awesome works in progress that have been posted recently, you guys rule!!!! this is going to be a great year... the F-35, Ah-64 apache, B1B, the F-101 and F-102 An SR-71, A Mig -31 Thanks guys!!!!!

I second that Get yap, it will greatly improve the game.

This skin rocks Dave, thank you for releasing it.