Trotski

apparently the Letord was built in 7 versions, including one being a heavy escort fighter , presumably to escort the Letord recce and bomber types, it seems it was common practice to have bombers escorted by similar aircraft, on the allied side, so I assume that the Caudrons were much the same, both of these aircraft are pleasing to the eye, compared to German, British and Italian heavies.......with the exception maybe of the 0/100 - 400

I just like what you did with the pilots, they look more realistic, facially especially, I know its only Aesthetics, I have tried all sorts of different ways to make the gunners look a little more realistic, but I just dont have the skillset needed to do it, you know what I mean about the gunners though yes ? most of them look weird and , well, just not right.

Yes sorry, I have them mate, I was just pulling aircraft names out of thin air, forgot we already had Spad 2 seaters, however an Albatros C XII would be nice, as would some of the Italian 2 seaters, maybe a couple of the French heavies such as the Letord or Caudron RII I so wish I had the capability to do some myself, but that is beyond my miserable capabilities unfortunately.

ahhh see, these clever and wise persons, I a mere humble skinner, awed by the majiks and pokery being jiggered.......makes my heart swell, there is life in the sim yet methunks !! I still do seriously have this mad notion about porting the whole thing over to the SF engine though, I am sure it could be done, true it would not be an overnight job, but I feel sure with all you mystics and number crunching ( not to mention 3DS Max wielding ) clever chappies, and with humble input from the likes of a humble and lowly skinners such as yours truly, it could be.......just imagine, the ability to have skins in JPG format, and not in mere BMP....I have as you may or may not have seen, done some of the FE aircraft to work in SF....and they are a thing of beeeeuuuteeee .......So my fellow Knight, ( I am a knight of St John ) I am so looking forward to playing with your " hack and slash " along with Stephens rifle totin' observers.....and look forward to seeing more of the same, maybe if Mr Geezer would do us some of his rather nice pilots, but as gunners/observers, and with the hard hat helmets too....in the meantime, I must do my next set of skins, hopefully coming to a site near you !!

For sure we do !! we have needed these early types for a long time now, along with more 2 seater Albatri variants and numerous other 2 seater scouts, think most of the Fighters have been covered now, except for some really obscure ones, a S.I.A 7B for the Italian front would be nice along with a pomilio and SAML oh and some 2 seater Spads and a Vimy and a ...........the list goes on eh !!

ahhh sweeeet.....it would be nice to be able to get the obs to fire single pot shots , or another nice touch would be the ability to fire a Verey flare , a pipe dream I know, but still......one can dweam ......maybe one day if we get this all ported over onto SF's engine it could happen......yeah yeah....I know....I'm a delusional loonie hahahaha

ooooh NICE picture !!

Welcome home mate !!

1 Dont give the OC a map 2 let the OC think he is in charge 3 remember I am actually in charge 4 throw any grenades TOWARDS the enemy 5 remember to remove the pin before you do 6 dont get killed, I hate having to do paper work 7 if you slot a bad guy, slot him again just to make sure 8 make sure you have a brew kit, we cant operate with out a brew 9 dont carry all that crap you used to carry on excercise on Salisbury plain, we aint on fuckin' holiday now 10 dogtags to be worn, and a spare in yer boot, that maybe all thats left next to the smoking hole in the ground 11 dont panic, the poor sod downrange from you is just as scared as you are 12 when you return from patrol, dont just flop down and slob out, get yer fuckin' weapons cleaned, you may not get a chance later 13 finally dont make complete cunts of yourselves, we have invested a lot of time and effort into training you fuckers, so dont fuckin' waste it, or else Her Majesty will be well pissed off

Yes I have done a few, if you go to SF2 downloads I have put some in there, however, be aware the FM doesn't behave the same as it does in First Eagles.

I had DCS on Steam, but I found it better to go solo via the DCS site , but its horses for courses really, most of my games are via steam, I just found DCS easier out of steam.

I think that was why the dummy gun was added to the gunbus if I remember correctly, think some of the Farmans have it too.......dunno if it could be adapted to other 2 seaters or bombers........a little out of my league doing a mod like that though, maybe Stephen 1918 or Geezer may have an idea on getting that to work ?

None that I'm aware of, think it just racks up as a personal kill, but dont quote me on that, it should show in the log after though then x amount of rounds were fired by x gun , I hadn't really thought about it before truth be known.

Yeah a nice HE51 would be really good stuff, Rata or Chaika would be nice too as the ones available are getting a bit long in the tooth. oh and an up to date BF109 B is pretty desirable as well

Ohhh someones been a busy lad !! lovely work as per usual mate, love the Breuget !!

Yes there is a relaxed and happy atmosphere on this site, very little petty bickering, and some knowledgeable folk on here as well, plus tons and tons of add ons and mods, most of it very good indeed.

ahhh there you go, glad to have been of some help, if you need any other assistance , please feel free to contact me, and I will help as much as I can, or I may know who would be able.

Yup, I assumed you have that dont you ?

OK, I fired up SF today, now bearing in mind I have all 5 SF titles merged, I just flew a mission as a mercenary in Vietnam, flying a Mirage F1, Granted the mercenary markings were not showing, but as I said, that is most likley because I dont have a merc squadron in my squadronlist.ini for the Vietnam scenarios, I then did the same with SF Europe, and again was able to fly as a Merc, all be it sans merc markings. So I reckon your issue is you are only using SF Vietnam, you need at the very least, to have the Base SF installed, and the Vietnam merged over the top of that , I am unsure if you need any of the other titles as well, but as I said before, there is no downside to owning all the titles anyhow mate !! plus the DLC's I assume when you used the Campaign editor, you mean the fly as merc option at the bottom of the selection page was greyed out, if so, then for sure it is because you dont have the base game and 'Nam merged.

That would explain the random nature of the thing indeed

OK, well it maybe worth your while investing in the other titles in the series as well, a full merge of all the titles adds a lot more options, and flexibility, it's a case of more is better with Strike Fighters. SFNA in particular adds a lot better carrier support and operations, I have all the titles , including First Eagles, I just like the flexibility of the Sim, yes its maybe not as refined as more up to date ones, but it has the advantage of being extremely modifiable and accessible, I have other more accurate and up to date sims, but I generally only play the Third wire series, as I find the likes of DCS, though superb, and realistic, too much like hard work, if you get my drift. Also, as I previously mentioned, getting the DLC aircraft is a good plan too, even though they are not 100% needed for day to day flying, but they are nice to have , just because. The other side of the coin is also, the satifaction you can have doing some of your own modding and tweaking, 4 years back when I first started with the SF/FE series I knew nothing at all, but with help and guidance from the community on this site, plus the knowledge base, and some very very good modders, I have learned a lot. So I do skinning , as I am not really able to do anything else as I don't have 3DS MAX so I cannot cockpits, or new aircraft etc. but I actually enjoy the skinning, so all is good eh ! Anyhow, food for thought there, and again, if I get the chance I will have a play around and see if I can get a merc mode up and running in Vietnam, no promises though it may not be within my sphere of knowledge.

are you playing the Vanilla WO?V, or are you playing the add on campaign ? also do you have SFNA merged with your set up, or is it the base WOV only ? I am sure it is not an insurmountable problem, if I get time next week I shall try and have a look and see what can be done.

SF does random stuff like this at times, but its usually for some innocuous reason, never had this particular issue myself, so its a bit odd to say the least, is the skin you are using, the default skin for the Dornier, or is it an extra add on one ? We need to establish that first off, second, do you experience the same issue with any other aircraft ? and finally, are you fully patched up. I have never flown the Alpha jet in game yet, so I have not seen if the issue repeats on me.