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Unfortunately I think that will land Erik back in the same position... instead of people exhausting their previous 5 downloads a day and then making duplicate accounts, they would now do it after only 1-2 downloads creating a bigger multi-account problem. A lower download cap won't fix the problem sadly, what is needed is revenue generation to cover the operating costs.

Thanks for sharing this @FalconC45, I wouldn't have heard of it otherwise The game already looks quite impressive for only £15 on steam, I might have to give it a go and if the development roadmap (https://nuclearoption.wiki.gg/wiki/Development) is anything to go by there is a lot of bang for buck with this. If modding was enabled, it would be cool to get realistic aircraft, vehicles, weapons, terrains, airbases etc. into it.

To quote Erik... "With out more income CA will close. If CA closes then nobody gets anything. I just write what will happen." Pretty simple. EDIT: What I'm more surprised at is the passive aggressive tone coming from people towards Erik on this decision. A couple of thoughts: The running of CA is purely for the enjoyment of others, it makes zero profit, in fact it costs him a shit load of money to simply keep the website up and running. Does anyone seriously think he would ever want to apply a subscription to access downloads? It's been made abundantly clear from multiple posts in this thread that it is now beyond financial viability for him to keep things going without much needed help from the broader community I'm amazed at the sense of entitlement being shown by some... I'm yet to see one shred of thanks to Erik for personally bankrolling this site where we all come to blow off some steam and enjoy SF2 (and other games) for over 20 years. That's his own money, that he's perfectly entitled to spend on his own hobbies... but instead, he keeps this place open for all of our enjoyment. Instead of criticising the guy, maybe we could help with him out by buying a subscription? Crazy idea I know, but christ on a bike... come on.

Hope you are feeling better again soon Ravenclaw!

As per your last thread on this topic @PJB... https://combatace.com/forums/topic/98381-strike-fighters-3-request/

A couple of thoughts on the NODs, they could either be animated manually like alexis99 suggests here: Or I wonder if there is a way of hijacking the slimer self-illuminating feature described here that would need doing in 3ds max?

Hell, I would gladly settle for GTAV's simple rotary flight model using mouse and keyboard to be somehow magically implanted into SF2's engine just to be able to zip around a battlefield blasting ground targets and then drop in sharp on a helipad / ship to re-arm.

Looks like a Bartini Beriev VVA-14 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bartini_Beriev_VVA-14

Before it was CombatAce, I believe it was BioHazard as DA mentioned, old URL was http://dev.biohazcentral.com/ (old captures can be seen on the wayback machine). Congrats to @Crusader and @Wrench and the rest of you on the 20 year mark! Because it's your CA birthday, that means you brought the beers and cake in... right?

This one here? Can you be more specific? Is it the external model... the cockpit... the skins etc.? Like Wrench said, the only way to get a better external or cockpit model is to build a new one.

a MASSIVE thank you for all your hard work keeping CA in fine shape, Erik. There's a reason so many people love being on this site for all these years, hats off to you

Hi Dels, you may have come across these already, they aren't particularly high resolution or close up, but they offer some alternate angles of what looks to be a similar, if not the same pod: http://nabe3saviation.web.fc2.com/images5/ac-109.jpg http://nabe3saviation.web.fc2.com/images5/ac-108.jpg from this link http://nabe3saviation.web.fc2.com/waAC130.html also photo 9 here https://www.arcair.com/awa02/1101-1200/awa1115-AC-130-Belanger/00.shtm and photos 20 and 21 here https://www.arcair.com/awa01/201-300/awa208-AC-130H-Deters/00.shtm That wiki commons link you posted says that the pod is on display at the National Electronic Museum, perhaps there's a curator there who wouldn't might sending you some additional close ups of it? https://www.nationalelectronicsmuseum.org/about-us/contact/

Good to see you back at CA Ed, wishing you all the best and hoping your health improves

Yup, unfortunately the fundraiser did not meet it's target, TK mentioned in an update on the following webpage that the money that was gathered would go towards funding an eventual windows 10 update but sadly it has not materialised since. A big shame, was looking forward to it. https://fundrazr.com/31YZNe?ref=ab_5VbhvRz81op5VbhvRz81op P.S. good to see you back around @russouk2004, hope you're keeping well.

Would love to see these in game, they look great Ant!

Expansion Pack 3 would have added the Mirage F1 as a flyable aircraft, however like Coupi says there are some fantastic mods that the very talented ludo.m54 and Mirage F-1 team have produced available here: https://combatace.com/files/category/649-mirage-f1/

Welcome to CA

Inside the LODViewer directory there's a folder called "doc", within that is a readme text that mue wrote that should help with all the controls, how it works etc.

I don't think any templates for Centurion's F-5E ever got uploaded here (although the download does contain a grey Honduras skin), I did a quick check on the mapping compared to the Mirage Factory F-5E (which Centurion's was developed from and does have templates available), but unfortunately the UV's don't match. That might necessitate making your own templates, but I say go for it! The best way to learn is trial and error. Make sure to grab mue's LOD Viewer, it really speeds up reviewing your skin on the model instead of constantly launching and shutting the game down:

A few resources that may be of use: The skin templates downloads section here at CA - there are tonnes of excellent skin templates uploaded by other modders here, would recommend opening some in GMIP (I believe it can use .psd photoshop file format), have an explore and see how other modders lay out their layers. Usually, there are separate layers for base paint, camo patterns, panel lines, rivets, stencils, dirt, aircraft parts, markings etc. A couple of discussion threads worth reading: https://combatace.com/forums/topic/81503-need-experts-advice-on-creating-a-template/ https://combatace.com/forums/topic/76264-skin-templates-sf2/ A couple of tutorial threads on making skins and decals specifically in GIMP: https://combatace.com/forums/topic/83470-creating-a-skin-step-by-step-with-gimp/ https://combatace.com/forums/topic/76701-making-decals-using-gimp/ and finally a gratuitous mention of the Knowledge Base section of the forums here at CA, there are tonnes of useful tips and tricks written out in detail by other modders over the years, it is well worth the time browsing through: https://combatace.com/forums/forum/268-thirdwire-strike-fighters-2-series-knowledge-base/

Would Windows Game Bar work for you maybe? It's probably a bit less sophisticated than the others you have mentioned and settings are fairly limited but it should do the trick, I've used it before on Windows 10 and it records SF2 just fine. Guide here: https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows/record-a-game-clip-on-your-pc-with-game-bar-2f477001-54d4-1276-9144-b0416a307f3c

Good to see you around Kreelin! Lots of helis to play with here: https://combatace.com/files/category/447-helicopters/

The static aircraft I've made so far are all conversions of existing models, some of them from open source models on the web, others are from here at CA... e.g. I have converted YEYEYE's Mi-24 from the Modders Repository into a static that can be placed onto a terrain - I wanted one for my MCAS Yuma and Tonopah Test Range airfields. For a lot of the airliners I have manually re-mapped them to aircraft mods here at CA to take advantage of the great skins that already exist and as the eagle-eyed @daddyairplanes spotted, this is why my static DC-9 looks like Veltro's as it shares the texture, but is in fact a far lower poly model. That would be the dream, but alas I don't think there is a way to do it with the gear animation extended etc. placed as terrain objects. The LOD can be referenced as a terrain object but they appear half sunked in the ground. Alternatively, I seem to recall it's possible to make 'engine-less' duplicate aircraft and place them as static flights in single missions, but that's a very long-winded way of just wanting to see some eye candy around airfields. I much prefer the hybrid option of terrain object method (for specific aircraft in specific locations - think 737s on the Janet ramp at Groom Lake) combined with airfield parking for generic statics placed by the sim engine.