Cliff7600

I've been there, even though it wasn't a relative.

It's a very hard moment to pass through and it digs very far in your personal resources. Obviously it worths all the efforts.
I'm 100% behind you and your family and I wish you a total success during these extremely difficult times.

Don't hold back and show all your love. I would say it's the easiest part.

All the best for your family and don't forget to take care of yourself as well. You all need to be there for her.

Aerial battle over Al'Aranak

I was testing and I got shot down by a totally illegal nuclear thingy.
I decided to watch my wingman who managed to fire his two S-24 and was chased by two old F-86s.
And then...

That's science : you don't get what you expect.

@Spinners
Something you need to know, TS472 was a JU.88S-1 

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Dhimari intercept with Mighty Mouses

Dhimari intercept with AIR-... err... 
Well, a more powerful rocket

EB-X in stripes is back !

I think the 707 serie aircrafts' flight model has never been finished and what is saving it is the normal mode.

I would say it's a dynamic stall and it will go down 'til the ground.

On 03/09/2023 at 3:08 PM, Gepard said:

layout of french airbases in the 1960th.

This site might help a bit :

http://www.france-air-otan.net/STRUCTURE/Pages_web/Accueil-Fr.html

Click "bases aériennes principales" or "bases de dispersion", choose the air force and you'll have several views available.

About Wissant, the airfield disappeared when the Luftwaffe left : "After the area was taken over by the Allies in 1944 however, it was returned to farmland"
That's why you can't find infos about it.

https://forgottenairfields.com/airfield-audembert-1068.html

Another update

You'll have the "ace of spade" decal for EB-J MB 840 and a more rounded "J" letter.

The data.ini is updated with the correct entry CanopyNodeName=CanopyFrame

And I deleted the "DDayStripes017" decal for EB-X.
In case you don't agree and want it back, just copy and rename "DDayStripes003" or "DDayStripes019", they're the same tga.

1 hour ago, yakarov79 said:

birds chirping

This ! ...is the #1 issue to address. It completely ruins the immersion of the game. I'm about to rage-quit / uninstall everything if a fix isn't available in the next 2 weeks.

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@snapper 21

Just asking in case someone would know :

This is EB-J / MB 840, it's a Spitfire Mk.XII

Does someone know what is painted near the cockpit ?

I don't think it's the 41 squadron badge.

Okay there's historical issues everywhere, so if you want to fix one :

In the "Decals" folder, "Spitfire12 / RAF41", remove / delete the "DDayStripes017" tga.
MB 803 left the 41 squadron in may 1944 so it probably didn't have the D-Day stripes painted.

It's a 2.14 Mo file so I guess it worths the move. But I won't make another update just for that.

And for the fans of EB-X with the D-Day stripes no worry it will be back soon 

Spitfire12 skins and files have been updated.

More to come

Escadron de chasse 1/12 Cambrésis, Mirage 4000B n°237, Tiger Meet early 90's

I'd like to share the landing lights entries I have, if you don't mind.

The original entries are :

[NGLandingLight]
SystemType=LIGHT
Position=0.125,5.84,-1.004
LightSrcOffset=0.0,6.0,-0.2
Color=0.66,0.66,0.6
Brightness=0.05
LightSrcRange=5.0
CanFlash=FALSE
IsLandingLight=TRUE 

[LeftLandingLight]
SystemType=LIGHT
Position=-1.277,0.354,-0.971
LightSrcOffset=0.0,6.0,-0.2
Color=0.66,0.66,0.6
Brightness=0.05
LightSrcRange=5.0
CanFlash=FALSE
IsLandingLight=TRUE 

[RightLandingLight]
SystemType=LIGHT
Position=1.277,0.354,-0.971
LightSrcOffset=0.0,6.0,-0.2
Color=0.66,0.66,0.6
Brightness=0.05
LightSrcRange=5.0
CanFlash=FALSE
IsLandingLight=TRUE

Lights 6 meters forward of the aircraft, 5 meters range

and it gives :

The entries I've changed are :

[NGLandingLight]
SystemType=LIGHT
Position=0.125,5.84,-1.004
Color=0.66,0.66,0.6
Brightness=0.05
LightSrcOffset=-0.125,135.0,7.5
LightSrcRange=100.0
LightRange=100.0
CanFlash=FALSE
IsLandingLight=TRUE

[LeftLandingLight]
SystemType=LIGHT
Position=-1.277,0.354,-0.971
Color=0.66,0.66,0.6
Brightness=0.05
LightSrcOffset=1.277,90.0,5.0
LightSrcRange=100.0
LightRange=100.0
CanFlash=FALSE
IsLandingLight=TRUE

[RightLandingLight]
SystemType=LIGHT
Position=1.277,0.354,-0.971
Color=0.66,0.66,0.6
Brightness=0.05
LightSrcOffset=-1.277,45.0,2.5
LightSrcRange=75.0
LightRange=100.0
CanFlash=FALSE
IsLandingLight=TRUE

which is wrong because on the real plane there's 3 beam of light combining, and what I've done is 3 lights creating one beam of light.
In game it gives :

The light entries are working as sphere of light.

So LightSrcOffset= is the position of the sphere of light, located from the light position.
LightSrcRange= is the size of the sphere.

On 14/08/2023 at 11:31 PM, jeanba said:

All added, changes were significant

Well it's my choice, and I can explain it.

I like to have 16+ aircrafts on the number list of each skin when it's possible (I mean without making up the serial numbers).
In game it avoids aircrafts without serial number and tactical letter.

With the details of the evolution of the Spitfire MkXII there should have been 3 models :

Fixed tail wheel of the MkV : 0 aircrafts for the 41 squadron / 6 for the 91 squadron
Retractable tail wheel of the MkVIII : 16 aircrafts for the 41 squadron / 8 for the 91 squadron
Griffon IV : 4 aircrafts for the 41 squadron / 2 for the 91 squadron

So it means : - one skin for the early version with 6 aircrafts - two skins for the mid version with only one numbers list file with 16 aircrafts - 6 aircrafts for two skins for the late version. 
Otherwise I would have had to produce many more tgas. It's not a problem when I want to, it's just I chose not to do it.

I chose to have two skins with 20 and 16 aircrafts, without asking for another 3d model just for a tail wheel.
The making of this MkXII sneaked out between other projects. The A-team MkXII has the fixed tail wheel. All the other changes are ini edits.
On the production list I have, 81 aircrafts are powered by the Griffon III and 19 by the Griffon IV. -> 80 aircrafts are powered by the Griffon III and 20 by the Griffon IV and some of them were retrofitted with Griffon III.

I agree there was another way to model the MkXII but, given that aircrafts were retrofitted during their service, I chose this way even if it's not the best.
Since the beginning of this project there have been many "licenses" taken and all the Spitfires and Seafires released have some. This MkXII is no exception and I'm happy with it.

49 minutes ago, jeanba said:

Early or late ?

It's based on the Mk VIII so it's the late version.

Some serial numbers won't match but it was simpler than doing the early and late versions.
Mainly it was a matter of drag, fuel tanks and retractable tail wheel (if I'm right).

Maybe the engine too.

Testing testing

No I don't take screenshots when I'm the one shot down... xD

I forgot to check the tractor beam. Nothing wrong by now.

I too have met Mirages

Because they have too much lift at touch-down speed.
(And the game cannot handle a wrong approach / go-around.) --> turned out to be false during a test

I don't have it but wanted to post anyway 

Testing (and editing) over the welcoming kingdom of Dhimar

The wingmen reach out of fuel, the propellers stop but the aircrafts don't slow down, and they held the formation until WP 9 to finally crash when doing the landing approach.

If you're cheating, do it til the end damn !