EricJ

Well that sheds light on what the end result is, because so far I can't tell what the TRIM (never heard of it really) looks like. Thanks snapper21

Yeah this is by far the best place for content. I mean there's DAT, but then again the policies and the weird nature of the place turns me off, as while I haven't applied there, I stick mainly to here due to less drama and the like.

That's fair and I think a lot of players here look at the Vietnam war as a pinnacle of aviation, and support the aviation side. My beef somewhat is the high rate of civilian casualties on the ground, I'm a former US Army Soldier, and I so far haven't killed a civilian between two combat deployments, so I have a sort of stuck up personality of the war. Anyway, it's mainly the tech that keeps me away. A lot of things were only done because of the level of tech. I have flown in the map at least with modern planes, and it's an interesting thing (imagine Hanoi with SA-10s and the like, yeesh!) given the technology ot today versus SA-2s and the like. It was a good thing that the SA-2 was what it was, and thankfully didn't down too many planes during that war.

I guess so, I honestly don't mess with the Vietnam-era planes (I have an ambivalent view of the war itself), but I'm spoiled by modern CCIP and the like. it's good that you viewed it though I'm sure it was a good refresher. I'm sure if I took some time to learn the Vietnam-era planes I could expand my knowledge, but then again I haven't flown in a few months, so there's that.

Im pretty sure it's in a weapons pack somewhere, maybe killerbee's? But if you can incorporate it in the 3D model it'll make it easier to skin and the like.

The F-4 is a pain in the ass to trap. I learned by dropping flaps and watching my speed. I do it by eye since I zoom in for landings (just so I can watch the deck and stuff). it sinks pretty bad but once you figure out how to land it, it's not hard to trap. I stick with the Super Hornet (modern era flyer here), so it's not that difficult to land, once you figure everything out it's fairly easy, given the modern era flight controls and how the plane is setup and so on. But the F-4 is just about maintaining speed so you don't sink too much really. Other than that it's somewhat easy to fly. I don't like flying the F-4 because it's a flying brick, and the Super Hornet, depending on its version, isn't that much fast on most throttle settings, but it has it's charms and I stick with that. I've never done a Skyhawk so I can't offer any tips with that, you'll have to ask some other people about the Skyhawk, but the A-6 is a nice plane, I give it two thumbs up on how it flies and so on, always liked flying it though.

Devin Horner has a good tutorial on YouTube for the Vietnam era planes, or the users here can give you tips. I'd suggest going to the Downloads section and in the SF2 Terrains section, download The Range map. It's an enemy free map where you can practice with weapons and the like without getting shot at and so on. It has a Red Range too for the Russian/enemy planes, etc. A lot of it is finding resources as TK despite his faults, as I understand was an aeronautical engineer, or something like that anyway, so a lot of the stuff you find in manuals can be used in the game. But it also helps us to know what you're flying so we can help you better too. There's so many planes, and default planes that narrowing it down will help us help you.

I mean I can't help you (I sorely wish I could), but that's some good work so far though.

A new cockpit or the same one that's been used for years? I mean I don't really mind either way as it works for the most part, and since this isn't DCS functionality isn't a thing anyway.

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No, you still have access to the other game content. I use SF2 Complete and use one executable and I have access to everything with one Saved Games folder

Ahh yeah the downloads are messed up so I can't get the Viggen, but a non-Scandinavian Front download will be cool, as I think it's a cool looking plane and such.

Plus it will be available through CA and not a DAT bird too, less politics and more flying. I'm down with the A-6 family as they are fun to fly (and frankly we could use a new Prowler) and nice birds in general.

I have to agree, even the F-14A has some WTF mapping on the tails. I couldn't pull off a good rendition of a skin, and it looks all jacked up because of it. I did one for the TMF bird, so that was pretty easy once you figured it out. But yeah a new derss can't help a poorly mapped model.

Well... I guess I can agree, and maybe say "okay" to this. I know I did the Super Hornet PSDs (even had to update them recently), but it's there for other users to make, and I encourage (though not well) because I don't want to do every freaking skin for the plane by myself. That's what the templates are for, for other people to create their own skins, and maybe make me look like I need to improve, which I'm not sure if I have to or not. But it's a flattering thing to see your work though being used and people liking it.

I'm not a ship expert, so I don't know what the reasoning is. If there was some kind of log I'd upload it so you can go through it.

I had issues with the Type 052D Block III ship so far, the screen blacked out, and couldn't use the game. Type 054 Block III game froze at 50%, both Renhai destroyers CTDs.

Nice FLOGGER23

It's to not have the game render the object at the same detail at that distance. Distance LODs for any game eases the workload on the GPU/CPU and so on. It's basically done to show the plane, but details aren't a requirement at a longer distance.

He would need the 3d models to do that, unless there is some other method that I think I don't know about, maybe. As for the fuel it may be a glitch with the game. Some other user mentioned that and you may have to reinstall the game for the fuel issue.

The more western SAMs the better, thanks for this GKABS

I got you

You're better off figuring out the proper release envelope than that, as it'll go... somewhere perhaps. I mean I can use JDAMs fine, I just tend to prefer LGBs because they're easier to use in some cases, the GBU-12 is my favorite as you can do a lot with it envelope-wise.

Ahh my bad Meusli...

It creates its own install, so you'll have to create a shortcut on the desktop or something like that. I haven't installed it yet myself (on the fence really), but that's what I did last time I had it.