Jimbib

That's what I meant mate The laser designator you see on the Eurofighter in this pic is called the PIRATE (Passive InfraRed Airborne Tracking Equipment)... http://www.airliners.net/open.file/1245958/L/

Hey craig are you thinking of doing a Pirate?

Many happy returns buddy!

It is yep, its in service with the United Arab Emirates Air Force.

When you see the .dll files named as the menu screens, they are not the actual screens you see in game, but instead is the coding behind them that allows all of the available functions to work. For example, when you use the drop down menus, that's made possible by the .dll files. To get to the bitmap paint files of the menu screens, you will have to download and install Skypat's Cat Extractor tool and extract the appropriate bitmap files from the MenuData.CAT file. When you're done editting the menu screen bitmaps, just place them in the Menu folder.

I think the problem resorts back to the max exporting. A modeler can either export the model with or without decals. When it is done without, this can cause some bleeding. I think.

I've started on the F-15 aggressors of the 65th Aggressor Squadron....

Man, seriously, good luck with the placards, looks manic. I think we should start up a skinning competition, someone choose a scheme, and we all have to give our best shot at it. EDIT: Found a link that may help you with some of the placards mate, try this... http://www15.tok2.com/home/lttom/military-...sento/sento.htm

Sounds good C5, looking forward to adding this to my NF install.

Looking great mate!

Would anyone know which units are currently operating from Groom Lake in terms of non-experimental aircraft? What I mean is, the most recent sat pics of the place show some vipers, a hornet and black hawks at the place. It would be interesting to know which units these "chase-planes" perhaps belong to. EDIT: For those who are not too sure of what I'm talking about, try this... http://dreamlandresort.com/area51/sat_image_2007.html

I've heard about that theory too, about the real top secret stuff being moved out to places like Dugway or White Sands, and can understand the reasoning behind that theory. However, the very latest satellite imagery of groom and lake and even the newest pics from Tikaboo suggest that Groom Lake is going to be active as it ever was with the latest expansion of the base. For starters this includes a new 183'x345' hangar at the south of the base, next to the old SR-71 hangars, as well as the re-surfacing of the west side of the north ramp, where the Red Hat hangars at situated. Also, due to the presence of an F/A-18 on the imagery, it tells us that not only are the USAF there, also the USN or USMC are there, probably the USN, as they have been involved in projects there for many years. An expansion to the PE (Personal Equipment; pilot ready room) also coincides with activity at Groom Lake increasing. Another sign of expansion is in the re-surfacing of the south ramp and the addition of fuel tanks in 2003. I think it could be safe to say that Groom Lake could well be hotting up again. From the guys at dreamlandresort, they paid for their own satellite imagery quite recently, and using the google earth imagery overlay they have at their site, you can easily see the new additions to the base.

Nice pit you got there mate, texturing looks bloody good.

lol lucky so and so. Will the game handle 4096^ bitmaps? I painted a bird a short while at that rez, templates turned out at a bleedin gig!

Looking great Ant, you gonna be a total nutjob and do all those millions of placards the DJ aggros have?