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for modern time flying (post Gulf War, with some restrictions even on that) SF2 really isnt the sim to use. if your interested in WW2 through Desert Storm, SF2 is a good base, along with many of the mods out there (esp. this site as it has the most). it took me about 2 1/2 years to work upto a fully merged install. some were just to get things to enhance the European experience (Israel for the Viper, Vietnam to have carriers then NA later for naval war). If you get Expansion Pack 2, you get many more aircraft(but no Netz), most of which have had pits developed here at CA. I very much understand about simming on a budget so to answer if you should or shouldnt, ask yourself this: Do you want a wide variety of available aircraft with not a lot of procedural depth (full checklists and such)? If you would prefer the checklists and in depth procedure to flying anything from a Spitfire to a Netz then you may want to save your money a little longer and enjoy flying in Nevada or the Ukraine. as for me, i enjoy the ability to fly any type of Phantom that entered production (and a few that didnt make it), and modding the many planes that are out there for a little better historical accuracy. the game out of box may not seem worth it, but the wealth of add ons is (that is presuming by the phrasing of your post that you dont own any of the titles)

cool pics, tho i'll be the rivet counter and point out the F-17 would have been the Cobra in USAF service. makes you wonder tho about a world where the F-17 won the LWF competition and the F/A-16 the Navy Air Combat Fighter requirement

Enoc, did they use same colors as the European 1 schemes on A-37s? colors look like a slightly off version of that scheme. Awesome work though!!! mandatory screenie or how to turn SF2 into your own private FSX in 180 weeks

I'm not sure its a good idea because 1. money in a generally free group (hats off Erik on making the site work on donations!), either only contributors get access or they get mad at all the uses of what they paid for, 2. legality. best bet is first CombatAcer to win the lottery buys the rights to WoX/SF2 and secures a two year consulting contract with TK on whats going on with the code (a common daydream of mine that includes setting up an international company. hiring some tolerably qualified folks from here of course)

ok, update for the public at large had a few projects i was working on when i first had this idea and am wrapping up the last one now. given my specialty is more on skins and particularly historic markings, my next project is BUFFs, by Provisional Bomb Wing and with multiple camos in each skin. already have done a lot of research into this (90 airframes to choose from across the 4 wings), setting up to start the mod next week. the PM has been quiet, but it is summer and alot of modding slows during the warm months. I said it would be a slow cooker at the thread beginning, just posting to let you all know I havent forgotten about it (however much i want to drop what im doing and make an OZ coded B-1B right now)

well, this will be worth the wait judging by teh lodviewer shots!

that (and a quick scroll through Quora) brought back some memories this morning! one of the more interesting memories of them though is seeing one one its back! (in Hohenfels Germany at that)

curious, whats your hook on a SF2 fan fic? i've thought of working one for a long time now, centered on the real Dhimari AF. not the merc centered deal there is now

how many other modders out there, get deep into a project (or even release), just to find a more detailed reference on what youre working on? or so thats what the yellow squiggles in the Jersey tail are

it happens. thats why you saved constantly, and throw away nothing

this week on StrikeTankers2, obscure units lost to history (or at least the 70s) just moved to Beale AFB after a long stint at Wright Patterson is the 17th Bomb Wing and out of Kinchloe AFB we have the 449th Bomb Wing two last minute additions to SAC decals for the 70s. nice thing is i could just add them and the 301st BW at the tag end of the 80s decals rather than copying a folder to the tune of a few hundred more tga in the pack

question 1: could some of those either consolidated into one or been put on the skin? statement two: its your world, put it where you like. observation 3: make the 000 and 001 Modexs (nose numbers) colorful, they are usually the CAG and squadron commander birds and the ones that are fancy. do the rest subdued.if you make the squadron markings level 2 decals, and have the main unnumbered decal subdued, then you only have to make two more that are colorful (same with insignia) otherwise very nice!

would you believe its almost the original J57 exhaust? simply modified by upping the particle life time to 120 seconds and visible distance to 17000 meters. sounds like alot, but the old pics and vids show them things to be smoky mandatory screenie

twas a typical lazy day, at any given airfield...

saw one over Grafenwhoer once, although not as many Brit planes operating in Germany at the turn of the century. also happened to be outside when one burned in on takeoff at Kandahar (pilots punched out, saw his buddy take off then heard something off and saw two chutes very shortly after.) time moves on, but till depressing to see how many planes I grew up watching and observed (or flew on) after joining the Army are now retired. F-4s over DC. Tomcats, Skyhawks, Starlifter, Jaguars, Mirage F-1s. I remember seeing the "new" VC-25Bs, and now they are due for replacement too!

legally implies getting it anywhere other than where you got it from. cant speak to your system, but just updated Win10 on my system this week and Crusaders are still present in untouched installs. had to double check as i pulled them and some others from my usual installs for a smaller dropdown list

found the proper J57exhaust! two symbols of an era long gone (that smoky J57 and Eastern Airlines. the tanker will still be truckin a few more decades)

80s tankers done soon. bulk of unit work is done just gotta tighten up a few things. i expect cards. after all, i cared enough to send the very best

well, you don't. that's the nature of a crash. however; jotting as many parameters as you can prior to pressing "fly" will help pinpoint, and allow you to select things to see what is going wonky

a general bit of advice for you two, as well as all others that do campaign/mission modding would be to jot down features of a mission prior to testing. i dont mean this for fun flights, but rather those in which you are checking out features youve created. this should help pinpoint issues what type of install; what type of mission; aircraft; type of targets; number of targets; what is the target area; noting this info when testing and seeing what is different when it does or doesnt crash can help pinpoint the issue yes, i know its QA/bug hunting 101, but a reminder couldnt hurt

so with all the talk about top gun 2, and my continuing work on tankers, i thought why not combine the two? (evidently the brown stain in the tower officers uniform popped up elsewhere in the sequel)

true and posts get screenshots. hence the phrase mandatory screenshot

or a Reservist.

you went to contribute in a fashion that you could. it went south, as things do from time to time. no worries and hopefully it gets back running again

because TK (the original developer you bought the series from) hasnt done so much as a patch or said so much as a peep about PC development. one could hope for a suprise, but after 5 years dont hope too hard all forward progress on this series has been from the modders for the last half decade. while there is much great work out there, we are a bit fragmented and preoccupied with our own lives to get a community SF3 rolling. Shoot major campaigns and aircraft are stop and go, let alone the whole series revamped mandatory screenie