Lexx_Luthor

gascan you need to czech out B-58 stargetic cockpit, works amazing. Orbiter was nice at first, but the HUD was just too intrusive. That alone made it Delete~able, as it could not be changed.

Which mission editor you looking at? I use KMD its very tricky but *waaay* fast and quick once you learn the ropes.

mmm, NO that was F-106, F-104, T-38. No matter, all cool planes and stuff.

After seeing Top Gun, Tom Cruise, or anything made by the city of Hollywood, one wishes to fly Soviet strategic bombers. Well, the most inspiring movie/tv footage is that jepisode of I Dream Of Jeannie showing Major Nelson taxiing out in F-106, flies around with F-104, and taxis back in F-5, or some such order. That was a heap flying. Very inspiring.

er no, not below the puffy cumulus cloud textures. I'd guess THAT plane is for use in the middle stratosphere. Granted, this kind of flying is a totally "new idea" for combat flight The Sims. TK's Patch had overly conservative high altitude environment. This is what it should kinda look like (Jug may be a better bet to ask though, having been up there!!)

First thing I thought of was a horse stable. heehe Next try an experimental 3D cumulus cloud. ...just for experiment. Could be setup as balloon. Could be skinned. Multiple levels of detail. Perhaps for a very large 3D thundercloud, some very small collision points inside to simulate chance of encountering extreme turbulence. Eventually, if the idea works, perhaps changing shape like aircraft landing gear or canopy closing is a change in shape. 3D cumulus cloud should interact with the SF Sun like any 3D object. Very interesting, and a change from the industry standard "fligth sim" puff textures.

That's one good reason among many I prefer crapp jets instead of the all in wonder digital superHUDjetfighters made by the post - Cold War McDonell/MiG/Nortrop/Sukhoi corporate merger. WretchFest Maximus. Less current "secrets" involved. But still alot of secret stuff hidden in the Olde Stuff I would imagine, but probably not as much that might effect a sim of this detail (although, one never knows!!).

TargetWare, eventually Pay~To~Play but still in free development, but very slow development, much like Duke Nukem Forever, FighterOps Forever, or Oleg BoB Forever (or TK SAC vs PVO with both sides flayable ya that's gonna be awhile). ~> http://www.targetware.net/

Wilch:: Directly, no. This happens. The A-Team's Valiant, Thudwire Su-7, ArmourDave's Su-17, and Tomcat74's/Wpnssgt's MiG-25, are examples that share the same one-sided canopy frames. However, there are several possibilities for F3D.... (1) Use the full Thudwire A-6 cockpit, like a normal simmer would, which works pretty good actually. Other full cockpits might be used. S-3 Viking, or A-26 for examples. (2) Super Stargetic Cockpit , here~> http://bbs.thirdwire.com/phpBB/viewtopic.p...a&start=304 But this has limitations caused by seeing the "pilot" aircraft wings and structure from the cockpit. This worked on the Valiant because, as a V bomber, there was no rear view anyways. (3) Best fix would be...if you read that page and the next, capun went back and changed the Valiant model for me, with some spectacular results. Contact the A-Team. I bring up the F3D issue on page 12 ~> http://bbs.thirdwire.com/phpBB/viewtopic.p...=a&start=88 ...with Thudwire A-6 cockpit...

Gascan had some issues, now resolved. page 45 ~> http://bbs.thirdwire.com/phpBB/viewtopic.p...0&start=352 I use the S2 pit from A-Team's Vulcan. ModelName=Vulcan_Pit-R1.LOD

What tail? Which end is the front, if any? pf:: There are some lizards and maybe insects that have a fake head for a tail, to confuse predators. Maybe that's what this is. In The Dogfight, you can't tell what end is the real head. That could work.

Moving? Need a Planning Map? (needs tile work).

Iceland?

Awsim stuff there for Mach 4+ near space stuff. Distance to speed, and turn radius at altitude and speed? What size map would this need?

That's not bad at all, pretty dam good really. hehe in that BoB movie ... its a heinkel no its messers*** ... never could spell it.

Thanks Dave. So that's Kennedy's plane that was shot down. Is it still thought to be a lone SAM site?

Wrong sim for ground detail. A 1m resolution might be "okay" for a helicoptor sim or (maybe) 1915 WW1 sim, using far smaller maps, say 100km size. Especially considering near Mach 1 speeds at low level.

W: "don't forget Ordway's 19P/PM cockpit mod." Interestingly, Erikgen and Team's F-101 cockpit might be good fit for this.

As far as I know, you can make tiles any 2x multiple of 2km. I use 4km tiles (with 4km heightmap) on the experimental Six Million Meter Map. Right now, because PATCH 2008 hits terrain framerates, I'm using 8km tiles (with 4km heightmap) so I can get good frames with my minimum standard of 200km horizon distance. It turns out...framerates seem to be more tuned into tile size than heighmap size. I didn't expect that.

*bump* um...woah that is deep thanks!!

Syrinx Joe Haldeman Rules! FW best novel of .. well forever.

butt...even home brew B-52s still depended on air refueling. Maybe air refueling was the greatest face change OF ALL TIME. What was the first widely used air refueler. KB-29?

The greatest post-WW2 operational face change was designed into the B-52. With minimal air refueling compared to other bombers, B-52 range allowed SAC to close overseas bases, operate from bases inside Ussia, yet strike anywhere in Russia. Strategic Frontier: American Bomber Bases Overseas, 1950-1960, by Kurt Schake....massive PDF file. here, link #13 ~> http://www.theblackvault.com/modules.php?n...e&pageID=13 For reading large PDF files, I suggest the free FOXIT PDF reader http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/rd_intro.php ... I have the earlier 2.0 without the new fancy features...it may be gettable there still. Much faster than the slow and bloated standard PDF reader.