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Fates, the two hangar screen packs arent there! They were, now they aint??!!??

MJ, Glad to hear your ok and still kicking! Was starting to wonder. I figured it was RL stuff...darn world...

...and ready for download at BiohazCentral SFP1 Downloads. The A-7 "Pack" includes two screens of the A-7B in VA-15 Valions colors during CAW-6 tour on the USS Independance CV-62. One screen is a screenshot, the other a photo. Hope you like them...let me know what screens you'd like next. Ill have my copy of PSP v7 here soon... :D

Nuns...I had nuns...they taught 6th grade at a school I went to...nuns...they hated children, or at least me...nuns...

Version 7 anniversary with all the manuals! Man am I stoked! Cant wait. Was hopin it would show today but not yet...

Ive been wondering myself about several of the new planes in AEP including the flyable ME-110. Found this thread on the Ubi forums, man, I cant wait to get this baby! ME-110 Thread

This thread at Ubi tells all...AEP out at EB! This is an early review by the Military Gamers group...AEP Review Some nice screens in the MGG Review, check 'em out. Im gettin all twitter-pated...:D

Im with Firehawk and seawolf on this one. Does anyone really doubt the enemy woulda done the same thing if given the chance? War is all about not giving the enemy the chance. I might point out, they were the ones who declared this war when they creamed 3000 people in the WTC so I cant find too much sympathy despite hating war as much as I do. I also expect those boys who did the shooting will be spending a lot of time in the coming months and years wondering if what they did was right, going far beyond all the rhetoric and so-called "glory" in their conscious. Killing is never easily reconciled for anyone with a heart, even in wartime. Its why civilized people turn to war only as a last resort. Those boys have earned my sympathy, they'll be carrying a scar not easily healed, a scar on the heart. Courage isnt nessesarily at its toughest facing an enemy who can kill you. Sometimes we are faced with having to do the hardest thing of all; taking another life, to protect our family and home... or our country. Its called duty.

This would be a good time to ask the girlfreind how much you mean to her... ;) Or you could just resort to my usual tactic and beg and grovel. It only hurts for a little while...then you play the game, hehe. :D

Just found this post by Oleg himself in his "Ready Room"... Info about Aces Expansion Pack Post Reads... "I can't tell you when.... Probably already very soon (will be officially anounced) But I can tell you that there are finally 29 (not 20 like officially anounced in the past) new flyable aircraft and 7 AI, 9 campaigns, 4 online campaigns (completely new feature), 33 single missions, 10 coop missions. It is possible to install over any of FB version. Witht he release of AEP we also will release free expansion for AEP with several more aircraft: at least 2 flyable and 4 AI. We did also more protection against theoretically possible online cheaters. So, finally we have 112 flyables in FB + AEP. We did for all "missed" in the past important flyable aircraft the complex damage model. And we have over 150 aircraft in total... Please name me any other flight sim that has the same amount and equal quality of all planes I'm happy myself. :) Will be more later." I KNEW they would add more aircraft...WOOHOO! :D

It'll be interesting to try to "tip" a V-1 out of its trajectory. It'll be neat to see a condor, FW-200, in flight too.

This was posted by Thunak on the ubi forums... "New Aircraft. Flyable: P-51B P-51C P-51D (N-9 gunsight) P-51D K-14 gunsight) P-63C P-38L P-38J YP-80 Shooting Star Me-163B He-162A-2 Ta-152H-1 Mistel Bf-109Z Ju-87D-5 Ho-229 Bf-110G-2 SPB (Tb-3 with two flyable I-16s under wings) IAR-80A IAR-81C Fiat CR.42 Fiat G.50 Ki-84-1a Ki-84-1b Ki-84-1c A6M2 A6M5 J8A – (Sweden Gloster Gladiator) Spitfire Mk.Vb (Merlin 45) 1941 Spitfire Mk.Vb (Merlin 46) 1942 clipped wings Spitfire LF.Mk.Vb (Merlin 50) 1943 Spitfire LF.Mk.Vb (Merlin 50) 1944 clipped wings AI-only Aircraft: B-17G Hawk 75A-3 Hawk 75A-4 Fi-103(V-1) with launcher Gloster Gladiator MK.I Gloster Gladiator MK.II C-47 FW200 New ground models: Willis MB Jeep – US Willis MBt Jeep – US Willis MBtc Jeep – US M16 self-propelled AAA Chevrolet truck Chevrolet ambulance Chevrolet radio truck Diamond T 5-ton truck Pup tent Pyramidal tent Command tent Pole with wires Pole no wires Bunker - small caliber guns Bunker -large caliber guns Bunker Elevated -large caliber guns Omaha Beach Bunker Observation Bunker Sandbags – Round Sandbags – Wall Caen Castle Chateau – Small. New ships Destroyer Tashkent Destroyer type 7/1944 M-Boat Battleship Tirpitz. Notes: These ships are made for use on European maps for creation of new missions. Ex.: Destroyer type 7/1944 is intended to be used for the allied forces and M-Boat – for Germany. In the View Object menu, text information is not present for every new model or object, because some of them were included as a bonus in the last moment. New Maps Normandy1 - Large historical map based on the Normandy coast and Northern France. Pre-Invasion state. Normandy2 - Large map based on Normandy and Northern France, with a non-historical Allied base off the French coast. Normandy3 - Large historical map based on the Normandy coast and Northern France. Post-Invasion state with 18 temporary Allied strips. Ardennes Summer - Non-historical medium sized summer map for online and offline play, loosely based on the Ardennes region. Ardennes Winter - Non-historical medium sized winter map for online and offline play, loosely based on the Ardennes region. Online8Islands - non-historical map featuring a “Pacific Theater” locale for online gameplay. Can also be used for user-made single missions and short campaigns. Online campaign Online campaign is a new, unique feature of this CD expansion. It is similar to coop mode, but missions are generated sequentially, with date, time and battlefield situation developing from one mission to another. Players' actions can influence it and top scores of players are recorded. System Requirements: IL-2: Forgotten Battles is required to play this expansion pack. Supported OS: Windows® 98/ME/XP/2000 (only) Processor: Pentium® III 800 MHz, AMD Athlon™ 800 MHz, newer recommended RAM: 256 MB RAM (1 GB RAM recommended) Video Card: 3D video card (DirectX® 9 compatible) w/ 32 MB RAM (128 MB recommended) Sound Card: DirectX 9 compatible DirectX Version: DirectX 9 or higher CD-ROM: 4X CD-ROM or better (not recommended for use with CD-RWs) Hard Drive Space: 1.1+ GB Multiplayer: Internet connection (56 kbps or better) or LAN" I can hardly wait! When was the last time you saw a Gloster Gladiater in a flight sim?? :D B)

Check out the link...SimHQ IL2FB Forum thread

I was wondering, does PSP do layers? Also, are the photoshop file format the skins are in usable/compatable with PSP? Id like to edit some skins if I get PSP. Thanks fellas... B)

Thanks Dagger, I bought a copy of PSP 7 anniversary edition with manuals for $40 on Ebay. The seller also included a digital photo program he had from JASC also. The fellas on SimHQ told me that PSP opens photoshop files no problem and most of them use it to do their image editing and aircraft skins. Very cool, cant wait till I get it. :)

Dagger, I think its pretty outstanding. It adds a LOT to the atmosphere of the game. I espesially like the inclement weather...makes me want to pee... :D The only things I noticed was, 1st, the layer was awefully high it seemed, since most inclement weather is usually lower, say around 3000 feet. 2nd, The layer should be thicker, say a couple thousand feet at least. 3rd, I LOVE to see some lightening, ala, F-22 lightning3 or IL2FB or Lomac. There may be nothing you can do about these things because of possible inherent deficiencies in the game engine, I could be wrong on both counts. Other than that pal, this is a very cool weather mod. Thanks for the effort. One more thing to make this game play ever better.

You oughta figure a way to incorporate SFP1 into it. Have the video splashed on the screen, kinda like projection TVs, throttle and stick inputs, everything...lol. Now THAT would be cool, hehe. :D B) If he's ever around San Diego let me know, Ill get a picture, lol.

Lets see...hmmm...I gots: IL2FB SFP1 Lomac BF1942 Unreal Tournament (First version) Strategic Command Combat Mission BO and BB Fighting Steel w/ Thunder at Sea addon Age of Mythology Rise of Nations Homeworld UT2004 demo CMAK demo Homeworld2 demo Probably a couple Im missing too but cant think of. (Im doing this at work on my laptop, hehe. SHHHHHH, dont tell...) :ph34r: PS. I also like and play once in awhile still Aliens vs Predator, Age of Empires2, Fleet Command, Aces High, etc. Yeah, Ima nut... Oh, and forgot to add, my 3 favorite sites, or at least the ones I visit the most, are Biohaz, SimHQ, and the Military Gamers Group.

I havent seen it yet but heard its really outstanding. Ill see it soon Im sure. I hear it gives you a keener appreciation for what Christ went thru for us. I think that should give us a keener appreciation for our value to him...

PG, Rest assured God knows your needs. Be patient and have faith, he'll work in his time. The really neat thing is that he has this uncanny ability to turn lousy things into something good, Ive seen it all too often to my delight. You and your family are in my prayers.

being a former sailor and miner, my humors' always been a bit rough so bear with me. This just cracks me up. Proof positive even a cutie can get whapped... :D LMAO! Thanks go to Octupi on the MGG forum for this one...HE's to blame... :D

Being a former sailor on the USS Independance, I couldnt help but fool around with Beers' TF58 addons' USS Forrestal and see if I could convert it to the USS Independance seeing how they are both the same class of CV. All I had to do was change the hull number on the ship bitmaps from 59 to 62 and modify the GROUNDOBJECTDATA.ini. I think I had some good success... :) The PORT side... The STARBOARD side... And a view showing the label of the ship... Anyone interested, it is attached to this thread, and will be hosted at Beer's site and my own gaming site. cv62.zip

Also, was wondering how you did your hull number. You have a font or just freehand it?

I think it would be cool to host it with you, seems appropo. ;) Its pretty small zipped up so shouldnt be a bandwidth hog. When I get home tonight, Ill check out Mcflys and his fonts and see if I can make the hull number look more Navy! As soon as its squared away and ready to post, Ill let you and everyone know.

Noticed it last nite about midnite. Maybe servicing?