Spectre_USA

Yessir, DX9 or 10, which is XP or Vista. As long as you have the November update to DX9.0c, you're Golden. I just wonder why it is that M$ won't upgrade the name beyond 9.0c, which it has been through many upgrades...

Well, I'll save you some time, DH. MP was given the axe...

Not the best choice in wording, but I can understand the sentiment. There was a Mac sim of the Hornet back before the turn of the century. When I saw it's 5th or 6th iteration, I picked it up, and did a review on it. Tore it a new one. There were a couple of new features, but it was, overall, the same thing as the original Mac version, which was only fair when it 1st came out, I found out later. I am not comparing this, SF2, to that, but there are parallels. With a name like SF2, you'd expect a from the ground up re-write. New everything. Especially the terrains, which IMHO is the main draw back to this series. Sure, it is clearly stated what it is, and isn't, and the price point reflects it, so I have no problem purchasing it. It is just convincing some folks on other forums I inhabit to do so. I can only take the fanboi cracks for so long, ya know? I, too, am a sensitive guy...

Ooops! I did a little overkill on the INI and can now carry Sidewinders as well. No biggie, as they are both about useless versus Bears over the Bering Straits...

Uh, oh. I may have been flying WoI too much, as I can tell right where WDH's cool A-10 shot came from. Behind him is the Bekka Valley, in from the general direction of Beirut, Lebanon. The favorite area for armed recons, and usually festooned with AAA and mobile SAMs. Yup, too many sorties into the area, I reckon...

Cool! I did used to use that, for pretty much the reasons mentioned. I think it will really be great as part of my SF-Platinum install. Maybe I'll even rename it WoX-USAF or summat...

I really like the layout of the site, but there are a few broken bits. Mission sets 1120 - 8190 say "Mission set overview content would go here," and have a pic that says 400x197 on it. On the YAP Overview page, neither link on it works. Just in case 8lein or anyone there wants to know. The mission descriptions are a very cool idea for isolating a package you might want...

Maybe these will assist in a portfolio for a new job. Heck, if you do this stuff for fun, given some time off, I'd hire you as a 3-D modeler. People with passion are better'n wage slaves...

I have often described it as a "sports car of the sky!" That little single seat Scooter is looking a lot like one as well!

Zokay, I must have read it wrong. Intent is a hard thing to get across on the internet...

Yo, razgriz31m, don't start going all rivet counter on the man. He just put up a very fine example of aerospace excellence at the cost of nothing to you or me. Show a little gratitude, that last post came off as demanding. Take a little time and look at the changes. After all, he took the time, and lots of it, to make it.

There are places in the aircraft_data.ini's, IIRC, but they are based on skill. When I am trying to egress at the speed of heat, 1/4" off the deck, I usually sic `em on whatever is causing me distress. They at least go into cautious and defensive mode when tasked...

Some passerby may shake their head in wonder over a 500 post guy calling a 3500 post guy a n00b. But us regulars? We just point and laugh...

I actually renamed mine Shturmovik III! Flew it over a newly installed Red Range, and noticed the tendency to nose up, even when the wing leveler is on. Since it is a beta, I figure you'd want this type of info. If not, please let us know. As to looks, a beauty, it should be quite the combatant!

I've deleted a couple of WoI campaigns due to this error, and never have figured out why it was happening. I just re-created my own Lebanon War 2 - 2006, which was the main culprit for these errors, from scratch, and hope it doesn't happen again with the new patches. In your searches, you may have seen my reports on it, but there has been no fix that I know of, unless it was on of the latest patches...

Oh, behave!

So, you plunked your hard earned down on the counter for the newest copy of Flight Journal, `coz you just can't wait to read what that kooky Spectre dude wrote. Pop to the end area and leaf a bit, no Virtual Pilot column? Leaf to the front, check the table of contents, and there is the listing, but what page? There is a little red mouse icon, and a key that says, check FlightJournal.com. Sure enough, but WTF? I started my writing on the web, back in 2000 at CombatSim.com, now I've returned to the "Information Super Highway" in the zenith of the air simulation era? (Remember when it was called that?) It may just be my last one, as the subject material is all but defunct, so enjoy...

I just had an epiphany! Snoopy is Santa! Way to go Veltro, you are spoiling us rotten. I have been flying it's big brother, the Delta Dart a lot since the release of the updated Bering Straits. I'd love to have a `102 wingie there, it just fits. Or maybe it was just gas I had...

I hope my saying it was fake was not misconstrued as a slam, as I think it is ingenious! There are a few add-ons that are must haves when I do a re-install, which I do too often from flubbing something up. This is now on the list of base install items.

I agree! And I figured out why I wasn't seeing them on my 1st attempt, I had Deuces effects from 2005 installed, and one of these conflicted; I don't see how though. I am, of course, kidding. You can only stretch effects so far. This is most coolio, great job!

Just took a test spin, F-91's & Voodoos versus MiG-17s. Bagged a few of the Fagots, even an AIM-4 kill, never got a chute. Maybe it was due to it being over the Bering Straights, and it was too cold to do anything but smolder? I saw a lot of that. Will try over Israel in the morning, must crash now...

Negatory, Raptorman, that dog won't hunt. Vista is DX10, and XP is DX9, and never the two shall twain. There was to be a DX10 for XP, but it never did materialize. And there just is no Vista version of DX9, so there is flat out no way that is going to happen...

It is just a fake. Replaced a fire effect, but I can't wait to test it out this evening! Will be cool to see a `chute or two pop out in the action, and the canopies slowly going down as you egress the area.

Let us just say thet there is a bit of a history on that subject, and leave it alone. As to the add-on, another on my list o' little peeves being put right, I love it!