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all modders shall now be addressed as "my dope ass fresh prince" 

We've been bombing cities every day and every night all over the U.S., only people never know it.

Wrench when someone asks if they know a moderator that can approve something

me i just gotta hope he's on or pester him on FB 

homework prep believe it or not.......

2 hours ago, EricJ said:

I personally don't care either way, since I'll be more focused on it hitting the target than the type of lugs that it has.

i feel ya

but this is ravenclaw we're talking about. heaven has looser tolerances for perfection than he does.

i wish i could tell you. that missile is new enough to have alot of details kinda secret. and with the Secretary of Wine i mean War clamping down on who can talk to who, might be a minute for details

that said, i didnt know the new HARM had retractable lugs. my suspicion, as a former support type soldier, is retractable.  boost the orders to the company that makes em, and brings the price down buying in bulk. but thats just swag, not official info

On 10/20/2025 at 12:25 PM, debmalya said:

Never mind the cockpit !...

is it possible to switch FM files  of aircraft in sf2

switch, not so much. there are bunches of values tied to specific aircraft parts, which iirc might get name changed from one model to another. so straight copy paste doesnt usually work well

modify, yes. especially singular aspects (takeoff speed, afterburner percentages). its done all the time as a modder decides this aircraft doesnt behave like they think it should. but again, its usually one or two FM aspects, not the whole thing

modify entire thing reliably with intended results?  well Harry, thems is dark arts that few here truly understand.  its why many versions are kinda copy and pasted (F-16C Block 30, block 40, F-4E and G etc etc)

but most people arent like me (or you it seems) and want a realistic pit (a major part of my mods is always the external appearance)

On 10/24/2025 at 1:24 AM, PCastro said:

Can the F-15EX advanced avionics be modelled in the game?

its possible, but would take a lot of effort. the most advanced avionics get by default is 1970s, anything more advanced is done with workarounds

you gotta change the years in your option.ini for the instal,  in any maps you use in that install. also if you plan on flying past 2020 you often times gotta change the data ini for the aircraft (alot of modders 10-15 years ago set end dates as 2020. who knew we'd still be modding and flying SF2 past then?)

 but the nice thing is you can make period or region specific installs, like say Balkans 1991 thru 2002

7 hours ago, Trotski said:

Yeah, but not the mile high club though Har Har Har De Har Har 

you never saw the stewardess on v2k's IL-76 did you? 

nope

nice thing about SF2,  it supports almost all airborne kinks 

well,its good seein ya back in here. in fact i got five words for ya

50 minutes ago, Stratos said:

You guys are talking chinese to me! lol

could be worse. try learning it, and knowin just enough to have a glimpse, but not fully understand.

off Gonzo Station, 1980

you sir, are prime proof of why i say this sim aint dead yet 

welcome to CA

not meaning to be rude or a dick, but also thank you for being the first publicly visible trial of the new system. once your 30 days are up im sure you will enjoy it much more (hey, i know watchin aint as fun as playin)

alternately, theres no limit on subscription downloads. even the 2 day $6.95 version. so you could make a list, pay the cost of a coffee or lunch, and spend the net 48 hours getting what you want w/o the wait

possible,certainly. we have an F-15SA,  which preceded the QA and EX

the hard part will be setting up a new pit, and adjusting the avionics for SF2. SF2 doenst like 1990s avionics much (the most advanced bit being teh 70s avionics DLL) let alone 2020s. and theres not to many modelers left to make the new almost all glass cockpit

but aircraft model and flight model,  it would be no problem to make one. you could do it yourself in fact

52 minutes ago, simonmiller416 said:

It works, there's a thread about it, but ca's search engine is a bit broken at the moment (is this just me?)

 

its always been wonky. it often works better to search the topic in the wider web, and let Google send you to the page than to use the sites search engine.

that said, not sure actually how its been on the new and improved site (old habits and all)

even as late as '93, there were some old steam engines rolling along....

dunno if you need the input, but non newbie downloading seems to be workin fine

got a kick out of the countdown to DL after i signed out/back in

2 hours ago, yakarov79 said:

that airframe... base for countless possibilities 

dammit, would have to redo at least the E-8s and E model tankers all over again 

the optimist in me hopes it works

the reallist/retired NCO in me waiting to see how joe goes and screws this up

as somebody once said, make it idiotproof and the world will send a better idiot.

but i hope im wrong and this works 

that would be rather nice

the current USAF one covers C model and later via fake pilot. not bad, but on model is always nicer

Rifle!

29 minutes ago, Erik said:

If you want to help I'll gladly take your new badge ideas and images.  

i was just curious what the new ones were, especially bumpin up to "contributor" today.

you'd hafta design the only one i suggested, you being the HMFIC 

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