Trotski

I dont have OFF , I must purchase it at some point, FE hasa to be my favorite though due to the amount of available aircraft, done a fair few skins for FE too, I have rise of flight, but I have only played it a few times, its certainly a very good sim as well though,

Got to agree with you to some extent Streak, sometimes decals go all sparkly and look a bit odd, the main issue I have with painted on markings though is they tend to lose some resolution, especially on some of the older models , I guess its horses for courses really, I just prefer the decal option myself, plus with decals you have more randomisation, and date specific markings which change as the years go by, can't do that with a painted on marking, so good and bad on both ends of the spectrum really.

I must admit I am no lover of painted on markings, however, sometimes it is the only way to get them on the aircraft, I rarely do a skin with pre painted markings if it can be helped, but sometimes it is just the way it is unfortunately.

Ahhh you are missing out, first Eagles is super, and its pure air combat dog fighting, no stand off missiles and radars, its up close and personal knife fighting, so dont dismiss it, as learning to dogfight in a WW1 aircraft , teaches you the basics of doing it in fast jets too, also gets you used to looking around and not relying on radar . I love both genres of the sim. I do skinning for both too, so loads of options there as well.

The beauty of the SF/FE series is the modability, although some of the files are locked up, and we cannot get access to them, which is a shame as the mod has so much to offer, no other flight sim I know of has quite the amount of flyable aircraft, and scenarios available, yes some sims are technically better, DCS being one, none of them in my opinion has the same level of accesibility as this series of flight sims, it is fun to fly , it is easyish to mod, and there is a great community on here. I see you have all the variants except Vietnam, or is that going to be added at a later date ? There is a vey good Vietnam add on on here and worth while getting, also Korea, and to some extent WW2 , you are actually spoiled for choice !! and if you have First Eagles too, then you get the whole set, and a smarty point hahahaha. Anyway, enjoy and help us keep the series alive and kicking !!

That is the beauty of SF/FE you can make as many duplictes of the sim as you like with different set ups for each, for example I have one that is purely for testing new stuff on, I usually use a desert map for that as it is better to see what is going on, NATO fighters can be either merged with SFNA, or with SF Europe, SFNA is better as it adds carriers into the sim.

'appy New Year Rusty, and to everyone else on here you bunch of rogues and reprobates I look forward to the coming year and all that we can squeeze out of SF and FE ......Not to mention the chaps from all the other sims on here, Canvas Knights, DCS, the IL series, WOFF and everyone else too ......the motto for the year shall be, if it aint broke, dont fix it, but if you can enhance it, do it, just dont break what aint broke

I hope this come off, just re purchased the Star wars collection on Steam, X-wing, Tie Fighter, and Alliance are still as good as they ever were, just the graphics now are so date they give you a headache lol, Allaiance is ok though, but X-wing and Tie need a lot of love to bring them up to a nice standard.

and a very Happy Crimbo and a prosperous new year to you too ...........the sleigh is epic mate !.............think the futurama santa would be a good one to model as well, do some santa airstrikes hehehehehe

Yeah I dont buy into the pete spray line of reasoning, I just dont like the aircraft , unreasonable maybe, I'm sure it will become a reasonable aircraft at some point, but an aircraft that is outstanding ? hmmmmm........I agree with your comments about SA with the drones, but they are a definite asset if not perfect, the other option of course is to increase the amount of helicopter gunships available, the Apache is a mean mother frakker, the only downside is the speed that they fly at, making them a bit slow to get to a hot spot . I stand by my comments about members of the top brass being in the pockets of the aerospace industry though, going back to my statement about the CVRT being equipped on RAF Regiment Squadrons, the Air Officer Commanding the Regiment just happened to be married into the family of the CEO of Alvis, funny that eh !!

Hmmmmm....still not a fan, I still think the Raptor is a better aircraft, but I'm not techno boffin with a slide rule, so I may be wrong, on top of that, the F35 is one of the ungainliest fugly bloody things , the A10 is no looker, but the F35 aesthetically is pretty gruesome, I know thats not reallly an issue, but it doesn't help either, the old saying about if the aircraft looks right, it flys right is generally true. the A10 may be ugly, but it looks right , the 35 is just the arse end of a pig with piles to my jaded modellers eye lol I also do get the whole logic behind a multi role aircraft, and I am most definately in favour of them, however CAS is a very specialised issue, and that is why certainly since the end of WWI ground attack aircraft, have been just that, even the Russians are still using good old Froggy , but I do get the point you are making, of course we havent discussed the use of drones , also a very viable and capable platform, and a lot cheaper than a manned aircraft, also a massive loiter capability, even iff the payload they carry at the moment is a little limited. Another thing maybe to consider is the likely hood of a non limited conflict, the old style all out war is unlikely to be an occurrence anymore, so maybe super duper , you cant bend it , got cup holders in the cockpit option is not the way to go, again, I aint a general, who knows this sorta stuff, just a grunt with my arse in the grass and in need of a friendly airstrike.

No no, that was never my intent or reasoning, maybe I phrased it inadequately , my main issue is with the upper echelons of the military, making piss poor judgements, for example, when I was in the RAF Regiment, some bright spark thought it was a great idea to make us into light armoured units, bear in mind our role was Harrier site defence, and taking and holding forward airbases, and defending those airbases, so mobility was indeed a factor that was paramount, however we were mobile in Landrovers etc, and the Spartan/scorpion idea was sort of ok, however, they deemed that as we had Scorpion, that we no longer needed 81mm mortars, so in a stroke, they took away our indirect fire capability, and replaced it with a CVRT with a direct fire capability only, this experiment in ludicrous bullshit lasted for 8 years or so, until some one actually listened to us and binned the bloody light armour, and reverted us back to how an Infantry unit SHOULD be armed, I agree the F16's and 15's are caapable of doing the job, however when they do that job, they are diverted from their main role of being fighters/interceptors, which I guess for the US isn't such a big deal as they have a massive Air Force anyhow, but I still think that a specific aircraft for CAS, Recon, Iron hand / Wild Weasel is better than having an aircraft that is jack of all trades but master of none, and lets be honest there are options available, such as the Scorpion which is tailored for the job. I'm all for change, as long as the change is actually viable, and logical, the jury is out on the F35 personally I hate the damn thing, but then I hated Tornado too, but the Tornado was never excellent, unlike the F16 and F15, and the A10 ..........dont get me started on the infantry mans gripe about 5.56 vs 7.62 .....us old bold cold war warriors do like our 7.62 lol

Oh I dont doubt the F35 will become an acceptable airframe at some point, because it will have to, too much money has been wasted on it , same with the eurofighter development and the MRCA/Tornado before it, so no I am not saying we must keep something , because we like it, I am saying dont ditch kit untill you have something in place to replace it, and I'm sorry but the F35 hasn't swayed me at all, I think its a bag of shite , like the Tornado was, untill they faffed about with it and made it almost acceptable, I'm just saying that certain aircraft, such as the C130, and the B52, which are both ancient in comparison to the A10 are still in service, because there is nothing to adequately replace them, or rather there wasn't in the case of the Hercules , the F15 was a logical step up from the Phantom, as was the F16 , and yes they are both capable mud movers when the need arises, but the thing is with A10's are the loiter capability, and the low speed, which is desirable in a ground attack aircraft, thats why Apache is so good at its job, cos it can hang around and spoil the bad guys day, I am all for replacing tired and non fiscally viable kit, but not at the expense of having nothing at all, the RAF is a good case in point, with Harrier force gone, and the Jags and buccs out of service, the RAF has limited ground support if us poor benighted Brits ever need it, certainly nothing low and slow , so that was my point, not the fact that the A10 should be kept just because.

Old....yeah.....outdated....yeah......but what else can do the same job , with the same success rate....that isn't the Apache, the F35 ?....a pile of junk that is. like I said if it aint broke dont fix it, just build newer versions, as for my comment about surviveability, I was meaning the pilot not the airframe in particular, but even the airframe is tough as old boots, finally the Avenger, so, it cant take out MBT's anymore, but It sure as hell puts the fear of fukkit into the poor bastard on the receiving end of it, it will pretty much eat through anything that the poor grunts on the ground are having a bit of trouble dealing with, with the added morale boost of the damn thing, or the demoralisation if you are getting the pointy end shoved in your sorry face. It's a bit like the RAF and Royal Navy loosing their Harriers, yes the aircraft is "old" tech but it worked, and it worked well......and remind me....how long has the C130 been in service ? Too much emphasis on getting bling and shiny shit, instead of utilising what is already at hand, and ok, will cost to maintain, but still cheaper than that pile of junk the F35 . as for old airframes , out of date airframes......the F15/16 are just as old but I dont hear plans for tham being replaced in any hurry. Its all a money making scheme for the corporates and the top brass on the payrolls of the Aerospace companies.

The old saying "if it aint broke, dont fix it" applies here , using aircraft that aren't specific for task is both counter productive, as it removes those aircraft from their primary role, and illogical, as F16's and 15's are not ideal mud movers, yes they are capable of it, but not as capable as the A10, also they do not have the survivability of the A10 in a hostile AAA/SAM environment, and one final thought........AVENGER !!! Nuff said.

Mues tools .....but i believe the Thirdwire editors will work on all versions

bloody spot on !! I just wish I could fly successfuly in DCS lol......the Gazelle is driving me potty.

Oh no, its far from dead, I know there are several projects in the works, there are just fewer people involved now as many have moved on to the likes of DCS , I as you may have noticed am taking a break from SF, and doing a bit of work on FE , just for a break from SF. The sim is far from dead, its just a shame we cannot get full access to the locked files, as I am sure the sim could be modded up to date.

This sim looks sooo tasty

Yes there are some "must have" aircraft over there, but as Daddyairplanes says, the FM's can be a little on the dodgy side, some of the aircraft have been updated, the Viggens are a prime example, unfortunately though you need to aquire the relavent LODS to allow thes to work, unfortunately, no one is activley updating and producing many new models of some of these aircraft, which is a shame, but the sim is getting on in years now (in relative terms) and the modding community is a lot less than it used to be unfortunately.

the SE5 is integral with FE anyhow, so you just need to add the datafile.ini that the FM is part of, to your SE5 folder as far as I am aware there are no SE5's available as downloads only skins , you can use any skins for the SE that are available, and the FM/Datafile is applicable to the SE5 period, there is an even more up to date FM done by Von S if you go to the downloads add on aircraft flight models section, plus peters Fm's and hangar files for pretty much all the aircraft available in game.

Pfft the guy is just a cockwomble, he gets off on making it as difficult as possible, which is ridiculous......the problem is we cannot post any of his files on here because it would start legal bullshit up, which we sure as hell dont want, what makes it doubly ridiculous is the fact that these are freeware files which should be freely available to all users of SF/FE , but he has some fuckin' bee in his fucking bonnet....mans a dicksplash.

Hmmm unfortunately you will have to brave the minefield of Herr Obersturmbannfuhrer Crapuns site, as there are a fair few modls he has "ownership" of just be careful, and follow his pathetic "Look at me, I'm the big cahoona" rules and you should be ok,.........me ?....bitter ?....me ?.....naaaaaaw .......

File Name: Fokker EIV File Submitter: trotski00 File Submitted: 16 November 2016 File Category: Fokker Skins The final collection of Eindeckers, the infamous EIV . apparently there were only ever 50 airframes operational, one assumes that different squadrons were allocated 1 or 2 at a time, and as the aircraft was really not that much of an improvement over the EIII it must have been a rare bird indeed, as the Albatri were starting to come into service around the same time, so few of these aircraft were around, So, the skins are as follows, for the EIVa or 3 gun version, of which there was only ever one, thats the one you get ( you can of course use any of the other skins with this version if you like the idea of 3 Spandaus ) the rest of them are for the production 2 gun EIV , so I have done 2 factory finish skins, one CDL, and one Grey, I have also done Max Immelmans EIV, along with Kurt Students from Fokker Staffel 3, one skin representing a machine from KeK 3 flown by many different pilots, the final skin is of an aircraft called Hannah, now I have seen a few different colours for this particular aircraft, from Kesta 4, there is one pretty clear photo, which shows that it was at some time camouflaged, the colours are speculative, but I think they look about right, I have also seen pictures of the same aircraft in CDL as well, so I did both of them just for good measure. As with the other releases, the requisite files are all included, the ~~Numbers for the named aircraft are correct to the best of my knowledge, the other FOK numbers, are again speculative, but not far off the mark hopefully. The call outs for the usual suspects is as follows, Von S and his troupe, for all the behind the scenes jiggery pokery, Laton for making the models, and to peter for the FM's, also Gambit and Von Deutchmark for any original skins I have butchered and hacked about ( hopefully for the better !! ) As always, please please ENJOY !! Click here to download this file