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This is a specific SA-10 tutorial I made years ago, and still works of course... As for the Guidelines I may have gotten that wrong... but yeah they launch when they do and its not so much turning on a dime it's just player skill :) Don't worry sometimes I get spiked (back then anyway) by SA-2s sometimes. Overall I run ECM before entering the envelope. I think it's game logic that if you're jamming BEFORE they detect you then it works. Once you get detected and run the jammer it doesn't work.... SA-10 Grumble.pdf

Lol wow... The Gimlets/Grouses/Grails are easy, just stay away from close to the objective. Gadflys (SA-6) is a real pain in the ass while the Guidelines (SA-2) is what I descrbed as let theme fire and jink, and jink again. I'm a bit rusty on SAM evasion (haven't done any since at least DCS anyway) so I'll have to reinstall SF2 again, but I'd look into carying a few HARMs if possible though, and pick off the 6's and 8's, and maybe 2's. You won't be able to see he rest until it's too late anyway. But like DACT sometimes it;s don;t think, react, and so on and it;s not ike Behind Enemy Lines where they magically follow your every move as while they do maneuver once you evade that's it. ECM and chaff as well.

I take it you're up against SA-2s? Seriously you shouldn't be pelted by them too much, they're high altitude but not anything called maneuverable. Best thing is to get a launch and jink hard slightly and jink again. It's not going to correct in any sense of fast. Hell sometimes you can just let it fly off the rail (depends how close you are as well to the launcher). Also saisran maybe it'd help if you take a look at what is shooting you down so we can better help you as I'm not sure what is shooting you down so its kinda hard to help.

Well I don't know as usually I have crap performance with the ALQ-131 (or maybe it's me) so you get some mileage out of the Viper, but remember that the USAF likes podded jammers as opposed to internal (US Navy) so your centerline will be taken up. But given the distances on the Desert map, it's not an issue.

Well I'd stick to the VIper or Phantom as while the Tomcat was one of the best air-to-air fighter, it's not a good mud mover. Yes, OEF allowed it to carry bombs but overall while I don't like the Viper that much (radar performance sucks IMHO) you can still carry a good bomb load and still have some decent air-to-air capability (especially if you can carry early model AMRAAMs) and the Phantom itself is a good bomb truck. I can see the Tomcat for low threat areas (mainly AAA) but again the Viper should be good. Besdes you should be able to carry HARMs to help wiht the SAMs

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.