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did anyone else get the email from TW? the one about meeting some dutch guy, Gold something or another? you are all now free to hum the theme song.........

i was just teasing, not meant to be a personal attack. as said, at bazillions mentioned earlier in this thread austin powers came to mind.

Nice busdriver. is your tail on skin or a decal? nother mandatory screenie

TK(on the light issue): ahaahaahaa. Lasers mounted on fricken Skyhawks! DanW: ummm sir the Skyhawks are on the National registry of Historical Aircraft. we're not allowed to mount lasers on them. However, we do have a Cessna 172 available. TK: Is it evil? DanW: ill tempered.

in the TW board room......... DanW: One year ago we started to release DLC mods at cost to our customers. many of them have already been released for free at Combat Ace. However enough people are ignorant of this fact to be profitable. For files already done we charge 2.99. For the things the modders could do but haven't yet we charge 5.99. what should we charge for DLC from the files that have been locked sir? TK: (sorry bout the next thing that gets locked guys. but that thought's been running thru my head ever since readin a bazillion Skyhawks....)

keepin fingers crossed that it's recoverable bud.

thought yes. but the main gist of what im trying to knock out by thursday(when i start back in fall semester) is to loviz the tails for the dlc. i have a headstart on it from my personal project but have had to make some new like the VF-302 displayed above. for those w/o F-4S mod the stock J will have to suffice. those with S or my J_74 (w/ DECM) will see whole different skins for those birds. but with the DLC, TK took away alot of the decal.ini dance getting things placed and was nice enough to give me USNR squadron decals to play with. lets say the inital release will likely be a version 0.7 until i get my other loviz skins for J_74, N and S complete. it will also only feature those squadrons that actually flew it US Navy from 78-86.

you'll need SF2 or 2V to run it. the object cats might list it but likely wont actually read or use it. i think SF2E might have the navy birds also but its been long enough since i had it unmerged that i really dont remember. my opinion, i got Europe first, then added everything else to enhance that theater. more progress on the lo viz project.

explains his recent silence.............

i'd have figured the Dutch for Heater-Ferris myself. still awesome job, i'm muddling thru just makin lo-viz for the appropos schemes.

Thanks Eric. VF302 during a working lunch.. again 1st shot is stock, second mine. gonna hafta make a F-4J_77 after all though, the DECM stands out abit and its added via fakepilot. damn.....

working on loviz tails for the new DLC. trying to knock it out by the time i start school next week. first of each is the stock DLC, the second my new decals. please don't judge aircraft or sides as i'm using my personal loviz skin and its decals folder to develop them. final release will have my skins and edited decal.ini lines for the DLC. finally VF-74 didn't wear bright AJ codes in the late 70's.

um whats the backstory on that shot?

Fiskous Fi-170 from Dale Browns Night of the Hawk. Russian version of the EB-52 Megafortress/ EB-1 strategic escort. by description sort of like a combo B-1/ F-19 on steriods. Flankers would still be a good match depending on the avionics fit and weapons used. though not stealthy most Soviet design were less technical but more mass produced than American planes. like tank warfare on the western front in WW2, one side has better equipment and tactics. the other side simply has more to throw at you! going a Chinese route, you could say they bought or stole french radar and missles then tailored to the Flanker force. would be a wicked combo........

i know. i'm finishing the decals on my skin, already in progress, and uploading a pack with the lo viz tails for the DLC as well as my own.

For the Navy most flew J's right upto the beginning of the 80's. VF74 and VF-103 were the last to fly the Phantoms on cruise in LANTFLT and had J's in 81, S's for the 83 final cruise. N's lasted in PACFLT until around 82-83 on Coral Sea and the S bowed out on active duty on the Midway in 85. however all displayed models will be on J right now as decals placement is the same for all naval Phantom models and when i get the lowviz tails done i'm makin a folder and editing the decal ini for the new DLC.

and USAF Phantoms!

would have been better if they were flying in their native skies again but we'll put them to good use. any word of Kiwi pilots coming with to fly em?

and more in just 2.99 weeks but seriously gotta get decals made for VF-151, 161, and TPS versions for 74 and 103 as well as a modified 201 and 202 up and running. frankly i like my loviz grey better but will edit the decal ini so the DLC can use the lo viz decals. still gotta touch up some of the decals but all markings except the walkway are tgas. screenie on the screenshot thread shows the ferris with my VF-154 decals although my research only shows VF-194 trialing that scheme. HUGE thanks to mytai whereever you are. if anyone has a book or pics other than the Color and Markings no 17 and 22 i would appreciate a peek.

Sundowner, pleeeease tell me that Black Mike is in your current F-4M pack. mandatory screenie

been thinking the same streakeagle working on these last night. i figure the decals are fair game as always (thank goodness cause my VF-202 tail is a bit off on the angles), the Ferris, Heater Ferris, TPS and LoViz Grey need modification to paint the antennea, traffic lights and some other minor details. the skins such as Blue Angels i'm leaving alone though after lo-viz'ing the tails and adding carrier names i'm thinking VX-4 could be changed up to make a Black Mike (display FGR2 for RAF 111 Sqn their last year in Phantoms). got frago to run a family friend to a funeral late last night so will post pics from work tonight after getting back. posting this mssg on wifes Acer as i finish re-setting it up. and slarti, i can call you Eddie and Eddie when you call me you can call me Al.

Rogersmith, depends on your college major. i'm using GI Bill and Pell Grant. getting a tablet with my next Pell check in Sept. but it's a computer oriented course. exhausted, good luck with the website.

looking at the acer iconia myself. as said previously on this site original intent was for a library for my pdf e-books. but if i have it and am in school for game design........ on screen size though i want the 10.1 myself. thinking of many applications for games in general and this game in particular but cant putz with it w/o the hardware.

all natural or modded Malibu? and i know how to use the catextractor Wrench. this is just my first DLC and i misread something earlier in the thread. already all extracted and workin the ini dance. N works nicely with it but the J skins will hafta be edited abit for the S due to slimers. big ugly black rectangles!

i just got 3DS for school a bit ago but don't have time to putz with it to learn with other projects nor will i start class on it till January. however if someone wants to mentor on it i would be willing to take a stab at Sk 60. think i know the likely answer but just throwin that out there....