Jeremiah Weed

Hmm, I didn't know of this website. They will really address any petition that gains 5,000 sigs? There is room for abuse or backfire there, there has to be some criteria, I mean you can find 5K people to sign anything. There are conspiracies so absurd the government shouldn't even publicly acknowledge, like Presidents and government officials actually being lizard people etc.

Seeing Eric's posts on Facebook brought me back here, will def be reading the AARs, really interested to see how this works out. I'm just too busy teaching at the moment to mess around on the net let alone get some stick time :( Though it reminds me I need to re-up my subscription to keep supporting this great place. Looking forward to reading AARs. JW

A couple months ago I decided I wanted to start doing some modding and campaign building for the TW series. I have learned the engine decently I think and have made a few campaigns for my own amusement and have decided to build a major mod for the series. The focus of the mod is based on my own tastes for COIN operations, so not everyone will take interest, however I hope to add stuff so that everyone can find it enjoyable. The Mod will be completely hypothetical entitled: Wings Over Rhodesia - 1980's It will explore a "What If" situation in which Mugabe never comes to power and Rhodesia continues to fight on through the 1980's against the ZANLA, ZIPRA, and FRELIMO in Mozambique. I have yet to come up with a backstory as to why this happens, or how Rhodesia is allowed to upgrade it's foces, and this is the least of my worries at the moment, but I will probably come up with something pertaining to Mugabe being killed when Operation Quartz was actually allowed to happen after the 1980 elections and Ian Smith gaining power again, and Ronnie Ray Gun doing some Cold War shady deals to get the Rhodesian Air Forced better equiped to fight the Soviet backed insurgency. Note this mod is not intended to make a political statement pertaining to Africa, it is just a setting to fly a COIN operation in a low tech enviornment. Things this Mod will include: Terrain: All of Rhodesia, parts of Mozambique, parts of Zambia, parts of South Africa, and parts of Botswana. Aircraft: (Granted I can obtain proper permission) Rhodesian specific mods of: Canaberra B.2/T4 Hunter FGA9 (there is a FGA6 available need to check what needs to be done to change the standard) (both of these will be upgraded to other units in the campaign) F-5E (from Chile in 1982 in exchange for aid from the US) A-4G (Accuired from Australia in 1983) OV-10A (8 accuired from Thialand in 1981, 8 more accuired from Venezuela in 1983) C-130H Rhodesian AC-47 (As well as 4 more accuired from Thialand) I would have liked to add helicopters, but as most are not readily available to everyone, I will be leaving them out. I might be adding more COIN tailored A/C but not sure yet. All Squadrons will have skins, numbers etc. Ground Units: Infantry units to represent all factions. Technical Trucks Rhodesian T-55s Eland UR-416 Weapons: I will be putting together an install specific weapons pack that will only include the weapons in theater Campaigns: I want to show the war being long and drawn out with the time period covering 1981-1989. I am considering making a few campaigns of differant phases or operations in the war. I hope to be able to manipulate the system in a way so that there are no "front lines" per say. So there is interest from people that are not into COIN operations, I will be including a not as detailed campaign in which the Soviet Air Force deploys to Moz and air battles occur so some Cold War dogfights can occur over the terrain, but this will not be my main focus. Odds and Ends: All New Menu Screens Install specific hangar and loading screens Rhodesian music for all screens Rhodesian Pilot picture Pack Comprohensive Read Me in PDF form explaining the War and its phases.(For those interested in my alternate history) This is a lot of work for one man to attempt, however, I have a lot of time on my hands and will be working on this dilligintly and will keep this thread updated as work is completed. I will not be asking for anyone to do any work for me, I take pride in figuring stuff out myself. If someone with intrest in this project wants to do some of the little things in their spare time, let me know and I will certainly accpet the help, but I'm not posting this as an attempt to recruit anybody to work on my project for me.

Thanks guys, I get so busy of late, I hardly get a chance to visit here, hopefully life will slow down and I can get back to flying TW sims!!!!

Hey folks, especially those that kept in touch with me on Facebook, I had some rough stuff going on in real life and then I moved to Russia so I had to take a break from sims and a great part of the internet, but all is well now. I have been hangin out at this "Russian Knights" cafe in SPb. Lots of really neat stuff there, and really good food. I'll try to get some better pictures next time I am there.

Happy Birthday Mannie!

Captain Micheal Speicher's remains were found and identified. Link Great news.