Firehawk

Now that we have the 2nd patch, which fixes most of the bugs in the SIM, maybe TK could dedicate his work on new flyable aircraft. This is my idea: There are a lot of different aircraft addons already available. I myself have tried out many of them and I have to say they are all very impressive. However most of the Flight Models are somewhat questionable. Maybe we could handle this like it is done with "IL2 Forgotten Battles" The 3rd party modelers stick to creating the 3D model and cockpit (and maybe also weapon models required for this specific plane). When that's done they send their creation to TK who then gives them an authentic flight model... this would speed up the development and also increase the quality of these addon-planes!! What do you think?

Yes VERY nice...! ;) The game has developed pretty well now with the release of the 2nd patch. The campaigns are really enjoyable now. There's a lot of "life" - for example I was on a CAS mission; my targets were enemy T54 tanks. When I finally reached the targets I saw an intense battle going on down low. At least 30 tanks were fighting against each other in a furious fight. It was breath-taking! I haven't seen anything like this in any other Combat-Sim up to now The FMs have become much more realistic too. No more roll inertia YES!!!! However if you try some of the AI planes like the B57 Canberra you will see that these planes still need some tweaking in terms of flight modeling. The Migs on the other hand are pretty fine I think - but the Canberra for example flies like an UFO (try it out... roll 45° to any side and then pull the rudder in this same side - you'll be able to "hover" above the scenery and at the same time attack anything below)

Could you share some insider-info here!? If the patch is SO close to being released: where will it be available for download and how large will it be approximately (for us 56K users)? can you also tell us something about the improvements? Are there new multiplayer modes / new (flyable) aircrafts / new ground troops&units / an improved campaign mode with WORKING transition to newer a/c as they become available / ... ???? Come on - we've been waiting over a year now... don't you think it would be fair to give us some info - at least SOMETHING!

Looks interesting! Keep up the good work!! :o

Well let's just hope that "very very close to release" means somethings like in a few days...

THIIIIIIISSSSSS GAAAAAAMMMMMMMMEEEEEE IIIIIIISSSSS SSSSSSOOOOOO SSSSSLLLLLLLLOOOOOOOWWWWW OOOOONNNNN MMMMMMYYYY CCCCOOOOMMMMPPPPPUUUUTTTTEEEEERRRRR.................. Seriously: I recently bought a Sapphire Radeon 9600 Pro Card with 128MB DDR and thought this would speed up about any game I have. I can now play IL2-FB and Lock-On (the demo) at 1024x768 with all details without any real stutter (System: Athlon XP 2000+, 512MB RAM, 40GB HDD, Onboard LAN and Sound) However the performance in Strike Fighters hasn't really changed... I had a Geforce2 MX before I bought the Radeon and I think the game was running even faster with that card (which would be ridiculous). Furthermore a RWR display in the F4 doesn't show up properly (just a blurred grenn-gray texture) I know all this has already been reported and it is even stated in the readme file in the Strike Fighters dir, however I just hope we'll get the 2nd patch REALLY fast... It's driving me crazy more and more!

WOW! Where do you have these effects from!? This explosion looks just wonderful! I've downloaded Deuces effects pack which is already VERY beautiful but this looks even better!!! Would you mind giving us a download link!? thx!

Hmm I will try that option... Anyway I already tried this effects mod you put up and it's really great. The effects (especially explosions) were already very plastic and realistic in the stand-alone SFP but this is amazing! However I think I found a small "bug"... I flew a mission (Fighter Sweep) in an F100 against a formation of Mig19 Farmers... I went in for the knife fight an was immediately behind one of them. Then I started to fire bursts at the enemy but the smoke made by the guns was so dense that the enemy often disappeared behind it... so I had to guess where to fire :) Maybe you should lower the smoke intensity for the guns in the F100 (or just for all of them if it's not possible to edit it for one specific a/c)... I also flew all of the other stock planes and this "bug" seems to only appear with the Super Sabre... Anyway, great job you did. I love when a smoking bandit hits the ground and explodes........it looks so great now!

Thanx Deuces for your reply... But the file still doesn't play with Media Player (keeps on telling me that one or several codecs are missing :() However I just d/l the file and am going to look at it in the game... the screenshot looks just awesome

Can somebody pls post some screenshots from that movie? I tried to view the movie file with Windows Media Player, Davideo DVD Player and Quicktime and none of them could open it... then I thought: well let's just recompress this sucker with Virtual Dub - hmm not working either... cannot open it because of licence restrictions (Microsoft owns the patent for that and that file format...... blablabla) So anyone!? Please? What kind of player do YOU guys use??

damn... I've downloaded the movie but I can't view it :( The Codecs are missing! Can anyone help me with what kind of codec I need to download? I've got the standard Win XP Media Player (9 I think)...

Sorry for the double post :roll:

Yea I'd also love to see the Tomcat. To my mind it's the most beautiful modern fighter a/c. It's a shame the Navy insisted to develop the Super Bug instead of an even more advanced version of the Super Tomcat... Anyway, I have no experience on 3D Max and I don't even have it (1000$ is a bit too much for my taste ;)) but I hope somebody else will make an F14A or B. I guess The Super Tomcat isn't going to be in because digital avionics aren't yet modelled in SFP1 (unfortunately :() Phoenix away...

Yea I'd also love to see the Tomcat. To my mind it's the most beautiful modern fighter a/c. It's a shame the Navy insisted to develop the Super Bug instead of an even more advanced version of the Super Tomcat... Anyway, I have no experience on 3D Max and I don't even have it (1000$ is a bit too much for my taste ;)) but I hope somebody else will make an F14A or B. I guess The Super Tomcat isn't going to be in because digital avionics aren't yet modelled in SFP1 (unfortunately :() Phoenix away...

Hi guys! I'm new to this forum and I'd like to know if somebody could tell me when the 2nd service pack/patch will be released... this week, next,... !? Another question: Will ThirdWire overhaul or edit some of the user made mods and planes? I've already downloaded the A-10 and F-105D (plus lots of skins ) - they are quite nice but not that good compared to the stock planes in SF. I could imagine that with some tweaking done by the dev team those planes could be terrific... 3rd question: I saw some pics online of a Saab Viggen model - is it already finished and ready for download?? Can somebody share a link :roll: Last but not least - although there are some bugs in the game I think it's awesome. Hope to see more support and planes from ThirdWire... Give us the F14A/B Tomcat !!!!!