Romflyer

Here are some options for adjusting the in game hud settings Open up your huddata.ini and you can make various adjustments to suite your needs. InfoDisplay] BackgroundImage=TextBackground.tga //BottomLeftPosition=0.01,0.985 --slashes remove all the text in the bottom corners of the screen //BottomRightPosition=0.99,0.985 DisplayWidth=0.20 VerticalBorder=0.0015 HorizontalBorder=0.008 EnemyTargetColor=1.0,0.0,0.0,1.0 FriendlyTargetColor=0.0,0.0,1.0,1.0 UnknownTargetColor=1.0,1.0,0.0,1.0 WaypointColor=1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0 TextFile=HUDText.str NormalColor=1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0 WarningColor1=1.0,1.0,0.0,1.0 WarningColor2=1.0,0.0,0.0,1.0 AGLAltStart=609.6 AGLAltWarning=152.4 [Display001] DisplayType=DIRECTOR ObjectType=TARGET_ENEMY ConeSize=15 you can also remove the cone by using 0 BoxSize=2 changing the red box to a red dot on visual target BoxType=SQUARE BoxColor=1.0,0.0,0.0,0.75 ConeModelName=redcone [Display002] DisplayType=DIRECTOR ObjectType=TARGET_FRIENDLY ConeSize=15 BoxSize=2 BoxType=SQUARE BoxColor=0.0,0.0,1.0,0.75 ConeModelName=bluecone [Display003] DisplayType=DIRECTOR ObjectType=NEXT_WAYPOINT ConeSize=0 BoxSize=0 gets rid of the waypoint markers BoxType=TRIANGLE BoxColor=1.0,1.0,1.0,0.75 ConeModelName=whitecone [Display004] DisplayType=RADAR PosX=0.865 PosY=0.015 Width=0.0 gets rid of the top right radar screen Height=0.0 Alpha=0.60 InitTime=2.0 [Display005] DisplayType=DIRECTOR ObjectType=RADAR_TARGET ConeSize=15 BoxSize=10 BoxType=DIAMOND BoxColor=1.0,1.0,0.0,0.75 ConeModelName= Hope that helps.

VOZ looks awesome and if I hadnt shelled out for Ground Environment Pro then I'd be using it too.....I suggested perfect water just to help with the water colours, but the real gem is actually Vilk's Vater, it adds texture and reflections to the surface that are better then any others I've seen for FS9, and I'm sure it would compliment VOZ as well.

I always start on the runway but I think that when you jump to the target your initial waypoint is where you jump too........so before you launch the mission go into the map veiw and adjust your initial waypoint to be further away from the target.......I think that should work. Good luck

I would suggest you copy the default.ini and then name it something......maybe call it X-52......then you can leave the default settings and do any re-mapping to the X52 profile, you can have keep many profiles and choose them from within the game.

Hard to believe no one has mentioned any of EricJ's bugs..... Wrench's remake of the American North West 4seasons

I'm curious to see if you like it, so please let me know. Cheers Rom

Hey Malibu43, My suggestion for getting your water looking good is a combination of two mods together......to improve the colours install 'perfect water' from here http://www.surclaro.com/fsdownload-detail-14742.html ......after you install that then install 'Vilk's Vater' over top of it http://www.fs-freeflow.com/index.php?ind=downloads&op=entry_view&iden=100 this adds reflections and textures to the surface. I have tried lots of water upgrades for FS9 and this combination works really well. Good luck Romflyer

A ways back I tried to get a thread going for people to share their ideas on hardware ideas and simpit set-ups........not many seemed really interested in sharing ......anyways you might be interested in some of my ideas about using dedicated keyboard set-ups for specific games. http://combatace.com/topic/44449-show-off-your-pit/

Well........that thread put it into perspective for me that I wasnt gonna get very far without investing alot of time and energy into the rather steep learning curve of getting into it .........wife, two young kids, mortgage, busy career etc. etc. etc. ............not enough hours in a day for me to really get serious about it. Basically if it cant be adjusted with an INI edit......then I'm OUTY

Have a read through this thread and you'll be as up to date as the rest of us who are anxiously waiting http://combatace.com/topic/56540-cockpit-f-16-block-50-52/

Well I'm not familiar with the layout of the X45 but on my X52pro I use one of the joystick hats to control the radar, I use side to side for next/previous radar target(HOME) and then up and down to cycle radar modes(PAGE UP/DN) and then another button beside the hat for lock(INSERT) As for the 3 modes I use Nav mode, A-A mode, and A-G mode You might want to check here http://combatace.com/files/category/51-sfwo-joystick-config-files/ Good luck.

The F16 cockpits available for 1st and 2nd gen are actually pretty darn good......they are f16A cockpits not f16C cockpits ....try googling pictures of each type of real world cockpit and you will see that the ones available are pretty good f16A cockpits......there is thread in the gen1 modding forum about a C cockpit in the wind, apparently it should be out in about 2 weeks

Retrograde..........Nice work!! I just tried it last night and it is such a great improvement that almost everyone has asked for at sometime or another.........do you have any plans to look at the tower operators, because fixing them would be the icing on the cake.....leaving Red Crown as she is, but making control sound.........less enthusiastic. Anyways, welcome to Combat Ace.......you've made a great first impression

Maybe I'm just to damn sceptical......but I keep thinking that this is a civil war in Libya.....nothing more and nothing less. The freedom fighters that they keep showing on TV don't look to me like students peacefully protesting in the town square, they look like full blown ex-military militia trying to over throw the Libyan government........now I agree that seeing Ghadafi gone would be a good thing but I really think we are sticking our noses where they don't belong......Again.

Well, field of veiw is something that we computer pilot addicts are always challenged with, and I don't think Mosherec's remarks were intended as rivet counting.........I agree with him that the latest MF F-14 is spectacular......BUT.......taking a little artistic license with the canopy frame would dramatically increase the field of veiw on the computer screen, and increase the enjoyment factor of flying this plane.......This game that we all love so much is full compremises intended to make our computer flying experience more enjoyable.........and it would fabulous if someone who had the modding ability would try to make these canopy frames thinner. Allthough anatomically incorrect, I think most of us would enjoy the wider field of veiw accross our computer screen with this VERY nicely modelled aircraft.

Open up your huddata.ini and you can make various adjustments to suite your needs. InfoDisplay] BackgroundImage=TextBackground.tga //BottomLeftPosition=0.01,0.985 --slashes remove all the text in the bottom corners of the screen //BottomRightPosition=0.99,0.985 DisplayWidth=0.20 VerticalBorder=0.0015 HorizontalBorder=0.008 EnemyTargetColor=1.0,0.0,0.0,1.0 FriendlyTargetColor=0.0,0.0,1.0,1.0 UnknownTargetColor=1.0,1.0,0.0,1.0 WaypointColor=1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0 TextFile=HUDText.str NormalColor=1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0 WarningColor1=1.0,1.0,0.0,1.0 WarningColor2=1.0,0.0,0.0,1.0 AGLAltStart=609.6 AGLAltWarning=152.4 [Display001] DisplayType=DIRECTOR ObjectType=TARGET_ENEMY ConeSize=15 you can also remove the cone by using 0 BoxSize=2 changing the red box to a red dot on visual target BoxType=SQUARE BoxColor=1.0,0.0,0.0,0.75 ConeModelName=redcone [Display002] DisplayType=DIRECTOR ObjectType=TARGET_FRIENDLY ConeSize=15 BoxSize=2 BoxType=SQUARE BoxColor=0.0,0.0,1.0,0.75 ConeModelName=bluecone [Display003] DisplayType=DIRECTOR ObjectType=NEXT_WAYPOINT ConeSize=0 BoxSize=0 gets rid of the waypoint markers BoxType=TRIANGLE BoxColor=1.0,1.0,1.0,0.75 ConeModelName=whitecone [Display004] DisplayType=RADAR PosX=0.865 PosY=0.015 Width=0.0 gets rid of the top right radar screen Height=0.0 Alpha=0.60 InitTime=2.0 [Display005] DisplayType=DIRECTOR ObjectType=RADAR_TARGET ConeSize=15 BoxSize=10 BoxType=DIAMOND BoxColor=1.0,1.0,0.0,0.75 ConeModelName= Hope that helps.

Well.......I thought it was worth the extra dough, it looks so much better in black, and yes they apparently improved the spring even further with the pro......I haven't tried the non pro version, but the feel of the pro is really.......amazing

They fixed the spring when they made the x52, and if you are used to using a hotas then it would be hard to go back to an all in one stick (IMHO) I would suggest the x52 or the x52pro, the pro has improved on the spring mechanism even more.... But it cost quite a bit more than the x52

The last little while I've had some time available to do some upgrades to my set-up, and it's turned out to be........well, Awesome!! so I figured I really wanted to share(show off) what I've been making. And extend an offer for other people show what their set-up (sim-pit) looks like. So here's mine

Couldnt fit this one in

I know this is an old post but it seemed like the best place to show off my lastest contraption

Well.........if we are gonna spend time and energy pretending to fly planes......(like we do ) then it seems to me that the first and formost part of the simulation should be putting the controlls in the right place, having rudders pedals is another one of those things that you can get buy without them.........until you get a chance to fly for a while with them, then you need them..........my advise on pedals is the same as the advise I gave you on TIR ....don't wait........ Actually if you asked me which one to get first.....I would have said pedals......... I love my CH pedals........but if I was looking at a new set I would be looking very closely at the new ones from Saitek, they look spectacular

Try this trick To enable the trick you have to open the Default.ini file in Controls folder and add this line: [ControlSet001] //scroll at the end of the list// REARM_WEAPONS=ALT+W And save. I havent tried it but.........apparently it works?

The road was covered with maple leaves and frequently blocked by moose??..............I know this is a uphemism for something, I just cant figure it out for what ......did your CO actually buy that story? .......seriously, what is that a code for? .........I too am from Nanaimo (don't hold that against me)..........we have no moose........and not very many maple trees.