EricJ

View File F/A-18F Block II "Vandy 1" Skin A rendition of the new VX-9 scheme for the famous "Vandy 1" scheme that has been shown throughout the ages. Simply drop in your FA-18F_BlkII folder and go fly, and can be found under Vandy 1 in the drop-down menu. Submitter EricJ Submitted 02/24/2023 Category F-18  

Tweaked the gloss a bit more, or more exactly the reflection and it looks good enough for gubmint work. Also uploaded and waiting for admin approval.

I found my old Blue Angels Super Hornet skin and used the settings to get this:

Yeah, that's what I have too on my hard drive. I have that pic and another one but that's it so far.

Practically done. I'll work on it tomorrow, I may try and add some names or something or leave it out.

Most of the body finished:

Here's a start. I still have to do the bat symbol (I've progressed quite a bit since this shot) Also, what is a good gloss setting for planes using the TextureSet.ini? I had an old Blue Angels skin (might need to look it up) for glossy planes, but any recommendations?

Going to get around and do this one sometime, once I get more shots of the aircraft , but the two here seem good enough for now.

I use a one I made off of a 3D model that I bought, but that looks good Gepard, much better than what it used to be.

Lol methinks you'll have better luck with the lottery but you never know...

Thanks, it was a good thing to work on with the team and all too. They did most of the work, I just did the textures and so on.

Stealth really isn't the reason, or the lack of stealth, but I got killed by an Su-27 that snuck up on me and shot me down. I mean if the RWR was functioning properly I would have not been hit like that. But yeah I guess the Tomcat has it's charms to some people. I flew it around a bit (TMF and stock) and never really got that much interested in it. I like flying strike missions a lot so that's a reason why I fly the Super Hornet compared to other aircraft. It's a bit of a lemon yes, but I can get to most places fine with it. I've also flown the A-6E and enjoyed it as well, nice plane for Cold War era flying.

Fair enough I guess, but I don't fly it enough to really care anymore in all honesty. I flew it for a little bit, but in a high threat environment I wouldn't use it.

Haha lol okay

I honestly don't think DCS has hidden costs, they're pretty upfront about how much things are in my opinion. But I can't have DCS on my laptop due to the file size, I just don't have the room to play it right now, and not motivated to fly either. SF2 is a good game to just fly around and blow things up without having to learn a lot about it. I do like the complexity somewhat, and of course, wish it was in SF2 (that horse has been beaten to death though), but it is what it is and it's a nice distraction from other games.

Looks better Gepard for sure...

Yeah it's CTRL+J if my mind serves me right. It shouldn't be doing that, perhaps a glitch?

In fairness the external model is fine for the F-35 in the downloads, but the cockpit itself needs a complete rework IMHO

That is nuts...

Lol true, but it is what it is. Most of the time though it's no threats. Then again I haven't flown a combat mission in ages so there's that too.

Sometimes I don't mind fighting the old birds as they rack up kills for me. Only when more modern jets come out do I worry. And no problem

I don't think it's possible as I run a modern install and they rarely show up. I think you're just going to have to deal with it.

Nice work Ravenclaw...

Nice...