EricJ

Finished, just have to upload it and await approval.

Some VAQ-141 Shadowhawk Line bird skin. I may do one of the CAG schemes, not sure yet.

Is there a chance we can get the templado in PSD format?

An EA-18G from VAQ-562 patrols near the Global Sedition/US border

Yeah, it is incoming, just have to do some things with the external model then I'll release it.

An EA-18G from VAQ-134 practices low-level flying during Unit Level Training near the GS/US border.

Thanks to allenjb42 I now fixed the folding wing issue on my Supers. The only problem is of course the open canopies, but that's not a problem since I brought it up to FastCargo to lower the canopy. Frankly I think the wings are more important than the canopy myself.

Despite the truce with the Global Sedition in the Southern California area, reserve units like VAQ-562 operate around the area, providing electronic jamming support to warfighters.

I don't like working that hard on decals for birds. If it's large enough and I can work with it I'll use it. If it gets too complicated I may pass it up. I wanted to do a VAQ-142 line bird for the Growlers but was having issues with the reference and PNG image of the tail art. So I decided to wait and see if something better came along.

Talked with simonmiller416 and the glare depends on the lighting from the cockpit mesh more or less. So right now that's a known issue with the inability to fix without Brain32 (as far as I know anyway), and he's MIA so it'll have to be something players will deal with. It's not a game-breaker but it is an issue and will be noted on the next update. Also, it seems that the US Navy finally went with the EPE engines if I read things right. So that means the Block III jets will have 20% more thrust and so on, with the same fuel burn, so nothing too bad for players. I've been flying EPE modded jets for awhile now and it makes a difference with gameplay and the like. I prefer the EPE versions and now will be a "default" thing for the jets.

I mean yeah, it would be nice, but not something that I particularly need either for this game.

Nearly ran out of gas flying this thing (course I was at 100% thrust most of the time) and I had to land here. I wish they had ground refueling like DCS, then I could have made it to the boat.

An EA-18G from VAQ-562 returns to the carrier after a night low flying mission.

One thing that is a problem (an unforseen issue) with the new cockpit is the shaders by simonmiller416. I PM'd him about it and maybe a version with less light can be made so they won't wash out the pages so much like this:

https://thaimilitaryandasianregion.wordpress.com/2016/01/14/ea-18g-growler-electronic-attack-aircraft/ Going over this page seems like there's some stuff in the Growler community. Also I found out that the Growler is a Block II aircraft, so the names are going to change in the download for folder names and so on. This will help deconflict with other mods too in the future if you grab a lot of mods (like I don't but good to know), and the Block III is the newest version. I'm hoping to get the ALQ-214 pods installed via FastCargo for the Block III version and going to have Coupi do the cockpit...

Coupi PM'd me about this and I think the work he did so far is awesome. One of the issues I'm having with the Super Hornet Block III is the cockpit. Since Brain32 is MIA (haven't heard from him in a long time) it's kinda hard to find somebody to do a proper cockpit. Since we don't know what it looks like we can all do guesswork. The below image is what Coupi did and frankly, I like it. It makes things easier to see and make better calls (If only the Growler was getting the same treatment I'm ready for that too). Still have to do some tweaks but yeah, looks good.

Me back in the day of memories...

Some Hornet flying on a chill Memorial Day

View File EA-18G VAQ-142 CAG March 2021 This is a representation (the best I could do with the tail decal) of the VAQ-142 CAG jet in March 2021 Simply drop in your EA-18G folder and go fly. This can be found in the drop-down menu for the aircraft. Select "VAQ-142 CAG March 2021" and go fly. Submitter EricJ Submitted 05/28/2023 Category F-18  

Finished, uploading soon and waiting for approval.

VAQ-142 CAG March 2021 WIP

A VAQ-209 jet coming in for a trap

That once in a blue moon times that I fly an F/A-18E

Thanks Menrva, I was a little confused by the mention of the shader but cool, thanks for that.