allenjb42

Many Happy Returns

Great list Ed. Looking forward to whatever you bring us. btw Never heard of the Q1W1 Lorna and had to look it up. Looks a lot like a Ju-88 at first glance.

I thought that Predator 2 was pretty good when I first saw it. It's a lot like the very first Dark Horse comics spin off from the first movie, except that it's set in New York instead of LA and the 'Danny Glover' character was actually the brother of 'Dutch' played by Arnie in the original movie. http://www.darkhorse.com/Comics/91-346/Predator-1 For me the best bit about the movie was the trophy room on the predator's ship and the very familiar skull on the wall.....

I still think that small fighters will be able to avoid the turbo lasers and we'll have to destroy them ship to ship plane to plane. :wink2:

Wasn't there a lady test pilot for it? or am I thinking of the movie Operation Crossbow?

Great skin - looking forward to it.

Now I've seen everything!

Bad boys bad boys Watcha gonna do, whatcha gonna do when they come for you

Got mine too!

I thought that setting the graphics options to the max levels increased the amount of parked aircraft (of whatever type).

The Ministry of Defence has unveiled its prototype unmanned combat air vehicle (UCAV). Taranis is a concept design for a long-range strike plane that has taken over three million man hours to produce. Full story: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/10602105.stm EDI anyone?

Veltro's 747 or a new one?

DAT's Sea Gladiator vs Veltro's CR-42:

My condolences. May you and your family be spared any further sorrow in future.

Many happy returns!

Many happy returns!

Many happy returns!

Capun's just put out a Sea Gladiator too. As his model is based on Thicko's models we could expect a Mk 1 in due course from him. Here's a search at the Military Machine blog for books on the Gladiator (there might be some Roman stuff in there too for you fans of Captain Clarence Oveur!): http://military-machine.blogspot.com/?domains=military-machine.blogspot.com&q=gladiator&sa=Search&sitesearch=military-machine.blogspot.com&client=pub-3868273468931858&forid=1&channel=9989165702&ie=ISO-8859-1&oe=ISO-8859-1&flav=0000&sig=mh1figYFoBb4pMbO&cof=GALT%3A%2399C9FF%3BGL%3A1%3BDIV%3A%23191919%3BVLC%3A663399%3BAH%3Acenter%3BBGC%3A000000%3BLBGC%3A336699%3BALC%3A80FF00%3BLC%3A80FF00%3BT%3AFFFFCC%3BGFNT%3Afffff0%3BGIMP%3Afffff0%3BFORID%3A11&hl=en

That sorted it out. Thanks FC and everyone else. Case closed.

Sony, the line in the file is: [Options] OptionsFile=Options.ini So what do I need to change it to?

There's no options.ini in the main install C:\Program Files\Thirdwire\Strike Fighters 2 but there are options.ini files in the mod folders created after running the game in: C:\Documents and Settings\Allen\My Documents\Thirdwire\StrikeFighters2 C:\Documents and Settings\Allen\My Documents\Thirdwire\StrikeFighters2 Europe C:\Documents and Settings\Allen\My Documents\Thirdwire\StrikeFighters2 Vietnam C:\Documents and Settings\Allen\My Documents\Thirdwire\StrikeFighters2 Israel If I re-install the base game to the J drive do I need to leave those folders, move the contents except the options.ini files to the J drive and then edit the options.ini files to point to new mods folders in the J drive, or is there a way of taking everything off the C drive?

I've looked for this in the KB but can't find anything. I'm running on XP and I've got a merged install in C:\Program Files\Thirdwire and my mods folder is in C:\Documents and Settings\Allen\My Documents\Thirdwire. So far so good. However, I want to move or reinstall my merged install into a portable hard drive, so the path will be J:\Program Files\Thirdwire Now, how do I move my mods folder to the J drive? Do I create J:\Documents and Settings\Allen\My Documents\Thirdwire, or if I just create shortcuts for SF2, SF2:V etc from the J drive on the desktop and then run the game will it create a mods folder in the J drive and I can then move my existing mods folder over from C to J? Thanks

I've flown all of the sims on the list but push came to shove and I voted for F-19. It was the first sim that I really got into and spent ages on it, first on friend's PC (cyan sea et al!), and then later on my own Amiga and then PC. Truth be told, those first missions on my friend's computer were the best, and often lasted well over 1 1/2 hours (because the computer was just so damn slow!), threading your way between the threat circles of the SAM sites, dodging the IL-76 throwing AA-10 missiles at you and eventually tossing an FAE at the sub pens at Severdmorsk(sp?) but at least they gave you time to read a manual that was written like a Tom Clancy novel. After F-19, and before the Strike Fighter's series, probably the most time I've spent has been on the Janes fighters series, although I did like EAW a lot but still can't get it to run on my current system.

My take on the next few releases, for what it's worth; SF2: Tomcat - From everything TK's said, I think this going to be GIUK or North Cape scenarios, like Microprose F-14 Fleet Defender back in the day. The F-14A will replace the F-4J on the USN's decks and he gets to re-use the A6 & A-7 (maybe with an A-6 cockpit). NATO planes could be re-used from SF2:E and he can add skins for Norwegian F-104s ( and maybe F-16s too). For the opposition maybe we will see a MiG 25, Bear and\or Backfire and some Sov warships (including Kiev and possibly a Yak 38 too?). It may well be easier for him to do Iran\Iraq (he has most of the other aircraft already available, except the F-5, so would only need skins and a terrain) but I don't see it happening. I wouldn't put it past him to include an Iranian skin for the F-14 as a teaser or to spur a 2nd Gen remake of this scenario though. I think after that we may see a return to SF2:E, with TK dialing it back to the 1940s\50s - he said as much when he said that he made the Spitfires for SF2:I with an eye on putting up some opposition for the P-51 over Europe in a merged install. So say he goes for a Berlin Airlift gone hot scenario we could see some USAF\NATO fighters from that era, like the F-80 and F-86, bombers like the B-29, and some more allied transport types, possibly a C-46 or more likely a C-54. The red side would get some prop Yaks or MiGs, maybe an early transport type and possibly an Il-10 to support the Red Army's thrust in western Europe. So, after a new game (SF2: Tomcat) and an expansion pack (SF2:E - Berlin Crisis), we may then see another new game - SF2: Korea, because by then then TK will have far fewer new planes to add, such as the Sea Fury, F4U and F9F for the UN and the La-9 for NK, and can concentrate on a new terrain and skins for the Koerean era planes. And in time an expansion pack for this one could give us a 1980s Korean War II scenario with F-4s, F-16s etc against MiGs, Sukhois etc. Of course I'm probably totally wrong!

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