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Community produced game?
column5 replied to column5's topic in Thirdwire: Strike Fighters 1 Series - General Discussion
Hmmm...have one plane as a study, with others flyable but not with the same level of detail. Its an interesting idea and would lend itself to expansion packs to increase the level of detail of the other planes. A Vietnam sim with the F-4 as the primary, perhaps, with the Thud and some others brought up to standard in expansions? -
Which Aircraft do you like most
column5 replied to hgbn's topic in Thirdwire: Strike Fighters 1 Series - General Discussion
The '6 got an M61 in the project Sixshooter upgrade in '72. If you see a '6 with the bubble canopy, it means its weapons bay is modified to carry the M61 in a semi-recessed pod. -
Community produced game?
column5 replied to column5's topic in Thirdwire: Strike Fighters 1 Series - General Discussion
One good thing about it, if the game were succesful, the updated engine could be used to make more "Study" at reduced cost, because a lot of the programming would already be done. Course, that's the whole rationale behind the SF series--incremental expansion. Personally, I would take an F-14 study over even the F-4, but the Phantom's less complex avionics and systems would probably be easier (cheaper) to model. -
Community produced game?
column5 replied to column5's topic in Thirdwire: Strike Fighters 1 Series - General Discussion
Me either. -
Century Series
column5 replied to hgbn's topic in Thirdwire: Strike Fighters 1 Series - General Discussion
Well, regardless of how they rate, they are some purposeful and mean looking aircraft. In sharp contrast to planes like the F-22, which are infinitely more capable but have a strange, almost cartoonish and unrealistic appearance. -
Century Series
column5 replied to hgbn's topic in Thirdwire: Strike Fighters 1 Series - General Discussion
Agreed. Andy did say that he angered the brass by outflying an F-15 in a demonstration, IIRC. He was flying an F-104. LOL, similar to the Supa Hornet getting a gun kill on an F-22, but proof that the pilot is the most important factor. -
Century Series
column5 replied to hgbn's topic in Thirdwire: Strike Fighters 1 Series - General Discussion
I hear you. No argument the Thud was a legend. My "rating" was influenced by its suscpetability to catastrophic battle damage. For example, the lack of redundant hydraulics early in Vietnam. I believe over 50% of the total production was lost in Vietnam? -
Century Series
column5 replied to hgbn's topic in Thirdwire: Strike Fighters 1 Series - General Discussion
Interestingly, it was really the fruit of a program to provide SAC with a long-range escort for B-36s and other bombers. IIRC it never carried an air-intercept radar. Can you imagine being in an F-101, with its known characterists, over Soviet territory on a one-way mission confronted by MiG-19s and MiG-21s? It would be unenviable to say the least. -
Century Series
column5 replied to hgbn's topic in Thirdwire: Strike Fighters 1 Series - General Discussion
Actually it was designed as a long range escort fighter for SAC, not an interceptor. SAC had them on strength for perhaps 3 months before they were transferred to TAC to server as nuclear bombers. The idea of an F-101 tangling with MiGs was apparantly as preposterous to SAC as it is to us today. Except of course the one that was shot down by a MiG over Hainan Island. If it had been so succesful, it would have remained in Vietnam, but in reality it was completely unsuited for the job, just like the F-102s that were deployed there. -
Community produced game?
column5 replied to column5's topic in Thirdwire: Strike Fighters 1 Series - General Discussion
I mean--and pardon me for rambling--it seems like the games released these days across all genres are generally crap. think of the best games you have ever played. I bet most of them are over 10 years old. For me, things like the Sierra adventure games (Kings Quest, Space Quest), the early Janes sims, Chuck Yeager's Air Combat, Gunship, Thief and Thief 2, the early Civilization and Sim City games, etc. come to mind. All old games. Even highly reagarded modern games leave me somewhat unimpressed. This may be due to nostalgia, but I also think that producers and developers were mroe in tune with their audiences a decade ago. I'm wondering if the next revolution in the gaming industry could be games whose development is driven and financed by gamers themselves? -
Community produced game?
column5 replied to column5's topic in Thirdwire: Strike Fighters 1 Series - General Discussion
All excellent points, and my experience with beta testing for TK indicates that if a team came to him with a certain amount of money (be it 250K or only 100K) and a general idea of what they wanted, he would produce the best sim possible with as many features as possible for the budget. In this sense there would be no room for feature-creep because the budget would be a rock-hard number and the developer would only implement the features he was paid for. I suppose. -
Century Series
column5 replied to hgbn's topic in Thirdwire: Strike Fighters 1 Series - General Discussion
The century series were all showpieces of advanced design and engineering, but in reality few of them were actually very good aircraft. My rankings: F-100 -- C, poor maneuverability, low payload, only fast in a straight line at altitude F-101 -- D, awful design that only found use as recce platform, where straight-line performance at altitude is valuable, turn radius the size of Texas F-102 -- C+, after false start became a credible interceptor but was underpowered and never had the intended fire control system F-104 -- C+, the hardest to rate, very fast in a straight line, poor maneuverability, unbelievable that Lockheed has such export success while the USAF quickly dumped it F-105 -- B, legendary fighter-bomber and the most historically significant of the bunch, but never optimal in its role, a credit more to pilots than the machine (IMO) F-106 -- B+, I rate it the highest because of its technology and engineering, only weakness was its AIM-4 missiles All my opinion of course, having flown none of them. ;) -
Community produced game?
column5 replied to column5's topic in Thirdwire: Strike Fighters 1 Series - General Discussion
5000 seems like a lot of people but it is a very small fraction of the total number of people who play flight sims. Also consider that since payment and delivery would be electronic, this would be open to everyone in the world. -
Community produced game?
column5 replied to column5's topic in Thirdwire: Strike Fighters 1 Series - General Discussion
I know its hairbrained but when you think about it, are we ever going to get the sim we all really want if we don't produce it ourselves? -
Which Aircraft do you like most
column5 replied to hgbn's topic in Thirdwire: Strike Fighters 1 Series - General Discussion
I voted for the F-106 for these reasons: 1. Of all the century series, it was arguably the most effective in its intended role. 2. It represents the apex of 1950s technology and engineering, with its advanced fire control system and aerodynamic design. 3. In my opinion, its the most aesthetically pleasing of the century series. When it comes to impact on history, the F-105 obviously takes the crown, but I think the 106 was the real king of the series. -
The old A-7B had over a thousand in the first 24 hours when we released it.
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Its springtime for BLTDAN and Combatace Winter for Cofield and SimHq
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F-106 Canopy
column5 replied to delta6's topic in Thirdwire: Strike Fighters 1 Series - General Discussion
The beauty of this game is that you can do almost anything you want with it, no matter how weird. -
F-106 Canopy
column5 replied to delta6's topic in Thirdwire: Strike Fighters 1 Series - General Discussion
Kesselbrut did the pit, so he would be the man to consult. I don't think this can be achieved via a mod or hack. -
Don't let your pants get too big as a result of this, Mr. Big Founder / Admin man. Congrats!
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A1E Skyraider Skins
column5 replied to Syrinx's topic in Thirdwire: Strike Fighters 1 Series - Mods/Skinning Discussion
I'll have to get my arctic gear out of the attic and see if it still fits. Don;t worry about Neil, I just play his music for a good friend of mine here on the forum. :yes: -
A1E Skyraider Skins
column5 replied to Syrinx's topic in Thirdwire: Strike Fighters 1 Series - Mods/Skinning Discussion
I love it when a plan comes together! -
A1E Skyraider Skins
column5 replied to Syrinx's topic in Thirdwire: Strike Fighters 1 Series - Mods/Skinning Discussion
Give me names and I will have their charred remains sent to you. -
Great game so far. Both defenses really playing well. Much lower score than I expected at the half.