EricJ

What are your typical threats as far as SAMs? Usually stuff like JDAMs are better sometimes as you can get a quasi-standoff distance but if you're going for LGB delivery then I'd recommend practicing technique and then go "to combat". But usually if I can standoff the better, etc. Given that I use the Super Hornet sometimes I simply JSOW or even a Maverick, but overall I rarely iron bomb unless the threat is either low or I'm bored. Then again I don't low level fly on the Desert map hardly either... Pretty much what you did is what you get on that terrain anyway. Other terains that have mountains, valleys, and pop up, bomb and get the hell out of there.

Lol you don't need much of an FM for the Death Star. Up/Down, Left/Right

Meh I've dropped enough as it is right now so no thanks.

I hope so, that's a nifty little jet...

Okay just the Legacy or Supers? In either case you may want to look at your video card settings or patch level. I'm assuming its current as I'm sure you just bought it. I mean I need to reinstall it myself but even back a month or three months ago they worked fine.

Cool, these should the correct values to get it working: [CockpitSeat001] LightInnerConeAngle=360 LightOuterConeAngle=360 LightAngles=0.0,0.0,0.0 DiffuseLightFactor=0.5 NightLightOn=0.25 NightLightColor=0.0,1.0,0.0,0.7 Just paste that in the Cockpit.ini and go fly.

Yeah all I did was reconfigure the cockpit "lights" to be more around the cockpit (360 degrees if my tired mind serves me right) and activated automatically when it switched to the night cockpit. Wasn't anything special but it helped as much as it could.

Including one WAAY out in Pearl?

Sweet man much appreciated!

Okay.... since I've gotten somewhat back into skinning again... the Rafale M, can anybody confirm that its for SF2, or in a two week flux due to Ravenclaw's health? Or am I just cornfused? And if its out, there a template available?

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One it hits Steam I'll get it that's for sure. Not much you can do with it but a more modern "sport" jet would do good.

I think the main reason I don't fly Red is that you get shot to hell against Blue, or maybe the game didn't like me. Still have memories of taking off in SoCal and bushwacked by some Eagles and was like "Never again"

I could be wrong but I think until the 90s? Or maybe somebody in the USAF can confirm if they're still in the inventory but with stuff like Thermobaric warheads (which I think was the evolution of FAEs) they're pretty much extinct? I mean most of the development I've seen was smart warheads and the like, and Thermobaric weapons just around of some kind of variety. Again I could be wrong but overall in even Afghanistan the only thing remotely close was White Phosphorous fired from artillery but no FAEs or the like.

I really can't say much more personally about FAEs as I just don't use them in any missions (HE has always worked for me ) so no help from me. I can get in the seat sometime but overall again... HE works :)

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I think the rare times I actually flew the A-7 as a DACT it wasn't too bad. Given the time period though it was sort of like nothing impressive. Then again it's been so long as well.

Yeah it blows monkey nuts that Don Color is down (permanently?) as that's THE site to get colorschemes from...

I'll buy it when it comes out in a few years.

Same, full merged with some DLCs.

That'll be in a decade man

Yeah I've noticed the Super can sometimes be a bit more finicky with certain decks so unfortunately that's just beyond my control.

Yeah but as soon as you make a globe everybody wants to go everywhere and given the issues with one area it'll be in the next century (even at the FSX level so I think for a "globe" would be FSX.. But as a shooter? Yeah I'd like that given the fidelity of the DCS terrain mapping, but that's another issue then you get into various areas such as basic gun mods and so on. Overall with the dearth of aircraft able to be brought in it's just a bigger issue rather than just hoping. Then I'd stop playing Arma and go for DCS as I can do what I like, go flying and if I feel like clearing buildings, etc. then it'd be great. But overall it's just not feasible at the current moment in my mind.

That's cool I do a lot of (admittedly rare) mountain warfare training in the Caucascus as it's the only thing I got to play in the mountains with as far as being in the pilot's seat.