Lexx_Luthor

Woa, thanks for the tip. Wondering what happened there.

104:: Not at all. In a fictional "hot war" high altitude campaign, a minimaly changed A3D would still be optimized for high altitude, and also have better performance, longer range, and be available earlier to desperately replace B-45, over the later B-66B. Best, the A3D 3D model is fantastic and the crew compartment is very suited for stargetic cockpit or "open cockpit" use as I think TK calls it now. I got some nice results on this near the bottom of page 42 in this Thudwire thread... scroll down ~> http://bbs.thirdwire.com/phpBB/viewtopic.p...0&start=328

Wait till he sees this one. For a fictional SAC/PVO campaign, I need an immediate replacement for B-45, optimized for high altitude, so I applied my silver smithing to CPL's NAVY A3D, shown here captured and flying in enemy bare metal/white paint and markings, same as B-52 above. I assume cross dressing is not a bannable activity at the combatace? The tail fin is a lab experiment in using decals instead of multiple skin files for unit colours. It might work out.

BW is Good!

A good angle for near-sunset metal look. Kinda getting to where I want it all to look like, still needs more Enviro work.... Awsim skin pappy!

From below, a white against deep blue. From above the skin either is *dark* or shines bright near proper sun/skin angle. Here it shines bright with the SF sun above. From another angle, the upper bare metal looks dark. I further darkened pappya's upper surfaces and turned way down my Enviro file's DAY sun colour to increase contrast between sun shine metal and away-from-sun metal. I added white vinyl top.

* bump * Thanks Wrench. I'm thinking of using large size decals to do outer wing or tail colouring, so a "blank" metal skin would be useful. I missed this too. Alot of things I'm only now discovering, and they been here the whole time, cos I never asked.

Fubar:: What? How? Combat flight sims are not supposed to do that. I have never done ship combat yet in this sim, maybe I am missing something totally new here.

hey somethin's foobar WoI is rumoured to have AI doing BVR range missile attacks. This range must be overiding the classical SF aircraft MaxVisibleDistance function for the AI. Did TK make a radar search engagement cone where radar equipped fighters can detect and respond to targets far beyond the MaxVisibleDisance? Su-27 Flaker 1.0 from 1995 had AI radar search cones far beyond automatic "visual" detection range (12km) and it worked fantasmically. (1) MiG-23 probably has MaxVisibleDistance range less than 10km (2) Is there a radar target size variable that could make an AIRBUS detectable at 80km?

Awsim seat! Player view from frame chopped F-86F cockpit (by Zurawski) inside Mirage Factory's F-84F external model (older model having opening canopy).

I'M ON IT LIKE BLUE BONNET DL now, I'll get back after some tests. Man/Manette this looks to be great.

Patch busted old radars. This should fix it... ~> http://bbs.thirdwire.com/phpBB/viewtopic.p...oo&start=16

Wrench, that map line -- can a frontline be defined as a closed area in TK's closed campaign engine?

Nice vids, thanks. Especially the first. Real sci-fi like. That's what I like about that era.

Positions are easy. For offset, you need to find a good panel and plug in the offset numbers until you are happy. I find F-4E panel to be a great fit. The RWR can be moved out if desired, or slipped back in. Maybe Saudi Lightnings had RWR I don't know. Its exceptionally nice with ravenclaw's 500kb Martin Baker seat. Amazing! If you need help, pop over at the Thudwire stargetic cockpit thread. That could always use a good bump.

hehe good idea!! Did this a while back... I call it "hello down there"