Major Lee

Congratulations to Mk2, Erik, Dave and Fates, for an extraordinary achievement. Ten years is a primary milestone in any business, but for an internet website community, this is well near an eternity. For all the money spent, the many hours given and the many headaches and frustrations, I thank you all for your kind and generous efforts. You have given us all a place to have virtual community and comradeship. For some, this has even turned into Real Life™ friendships. Along the way, CombatAce also became the 2nd Home™ of many Old Guard™ simmers; I won't attempt to name them, there are too many to list and I would feel bad if I missed someone. You know who they are. Some have come and gone, many are still around. Still, through all of life's ups and downs, CombatAce has stayed in place as a primary source of information, inspiration, mods, updates and community. CombatAce; a Shining City on a virtual hill. Thanks to all involved... Ken "Major Lee" Golden

Oh Russ, you big tease you...

Oh yes, thanks to SZ for the heads up on this!!

Time to PCS to SF2... So long series 1...

Been taking pain pills in the aftermath of my foot surgery; must be getting to me and affecting my judgement... I just bought SF2-WOE, WOI and WOI-exp1 during the fantastic Thirdwire Memorial Day sale.... If only there was a Really Hi-Fi ™ P-47D-23 and -28...

huh... That's a sale....

It is the VETERAN, not the preacher, who has given us freedom of religion; It is the VETERAN, not the reporter, who has given us freedom of the press; It is the VETERAN, not the poet, who has given us freedom of speech; It is the VETERAN, not the campus organizer, who has given us freedom to assemble; It is the VETERAN, not the lawyer, who has given us the right to a fair trial; It is the VETERAN, not the politician, who has given us the right to vote; It is the VETERAN, who salutes the flag, who serves beneath the flag, and whose coffin is draped by the flag. Father Dennis Edward O'Brien, Lt. Col. USMC

Luftwaffe "Tip and Run" Raiders of 1942; 109s and 190s targeting SE England from France *Hi-fi local terrain, some E boats, a couple of flying boats, some good ground targeting... Need good Spit MkXII 1944 - 45 Tactical War Over Europe; tactical air 9th AF and others, D-Day to VE Day * Need Hi-fi P-47D23 and D25/26/28 variants, Hi-fi Tempest and Typhoon, Late Model Spits. *Broader terrain, but would need good target areas, towns like Bastogne, Metz, Njimegen come to mind. France, Belgium, Holland, Northern Germany...

Always used EVGA brand NVidia cards and usually purchase them from Newegg.com ... Always had fine performance with that combination.

What a sad future for SF series... I was with SFP1 at the start (before WallyWorld release), but grew disillusioned long ago. I had hopes that game play would at least match EAW 1.4, but that never really happened. In EAW, you would at least get different missions occuring at the same time (at least some of the time). This added greatly to the immersion factor. Granted, SF does send a neat force package out, but that is still less than EAW. The lack of proper AI behavior for WWII heavy and medium bombers really killed SF for me. Seeing twin and four engine bombers go flitting away like individual drunken ballerinas after one firing pass was just sad. I have never had a huge passion for late gen jets; early jets (gen 1 and 2) are cool for me, but I really love the WWII prop stuff. How tough would it be for TW to release their P51 and Spits for DLC? As for the terrain, I found out early on the joys of working with the TE... Some expanded parameters and the basic terrain could be much better, but the new terrain engine, well, I'm just speechless over SFNA's "islands"... Now you must have MAX and be a skilled 3D guy just to make a terrain? Whatever... How much would it cost to fix the TE bug of not drawing the invisible mountains that rise above a solid overcast? I guess that is not worth it. For the record, I don't own a tablet and won't be anytime in the foreseeable future, so buying an SF mobile app isn't going to happen here. Hell, I haven't even bought SF2 because I held off installing Windows7. (I recently installed Wi7 on a new HDD) So, do I buy SF2 now? I guess I might get SF2 WOE, but I would probably just try to add WWII stuff and be dissappointed. Anyone know a good WWII ETO flight sim? (replies of EAW will result in a very ugly release of eels... ) Anyway, SF has lots of good features, but the growing distance between TK and a group that has loyally been supporting his efforts is a bit discouraging.

You the MAN!!!

Minor outpatient stuff on my right foot, nothing life threatening of any sort... Just cleaning up a bit of bursitis and a cyst... I got pills, I'm good... Thanks, but really glad CA is back up! ML

and Combatace is back in business!! YEEEHAAAWWWW Great job to whoever flipped the reset switch!

Happy Birthday!!

Nice shots there, thanks! That F-86 shot looks like a great foundation for a main screen or loading screen... Assuming your group would allow such usage...

Air Capital Images? And when/where can we see your online gallery???

WOW! What a great shot!

I'll be there sometime this summer too... My work is having a company recreation event to see the Tigers... Several Tiger and baseball fans at my work; too bad I'm not one of them Not sure what date yet...

Happy Birthday to two True SF Cornerstones ® ! I hope it was a great day!!

Happy Birthday!

Thanks Gentlemen! It was a great day; birthday supper out with the wife at a favorite Chinese joint. I definitely got down on a platter of Mongolian Beef... She got me a copy of Win7Pro.64 and a 1TB HDD to install it on. I suppose now I'll need to find a new flight sim to fly? Any suggestions?

Bf109 and Ki61... Oh yes, the Hughes H1 racer and the early Fw190... especially viewed from head on.

Google Earth maybe???

Well, that figures, oh well, the warbirds the better!