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LOL Aren't you glad we get to go before europe? Seems like they're all set to sell this thing at the same time stateside.

Yeah! Would like to see that!

I like the idea. But can understand your reservations. Doesn't have to be $20 - just $3 a month. Just enough that you could bar entrance based on a credit card number - not an IP which isn't a good enough identifier. Also, I don't think its adolescents that are spoiling the online experience. Every poll (forum thread) that asks ages - its predominantly the over 30 crowd. You're seeing a very sad commentary on just what real people are really all about. I saw a post on the Ubi forum that I think everyone is referring to - saying that they were disappointed in the last video MM made. The guy got banned. Don't know what else you could do. The internet is a wild and whooly place - gotta have a pretty tough skin I guess. No matter what you do, someone's always gonna try to put a stick in your eye.

Yes they are!

Have you noticed how the CBUs look when they detonate on the aircraft targets in the latest vid from MrMudd? They're GREY! Just like in the real world (hey, what a concept!). Cause for celebration, if you ask me. :D

Is that part of shock and awe? On the way out (or to the target) do the armed forces "intimidate" the country we're bombing? As a way of psychological warfare? (Not bashing the military - I think its a great idea - a great use of US taxpayer's money.)

Cool.

I wear glasses - that's one reason I'm a little hesitant. At the extremes the frames of my glasses (near my nose) start to interfere. I would want to try it before I buy it.

Yeah - that's what I always thought. Its very sad.

Yeck - like WHAT?

I always wonder what happens in those accidents where seemingly nothing went wrong - the guy just flew into the ground. Complete mystery what was going on in the cockpit. My dad was a pilot and I remember reading stuff about accidents and almost 100% of them are attributed to "pilot error." Maybe its stuff like that - grabbing for something, etc.

LOL! Or sound power phone batteries! Or an HT punch! Or...(you follow up!) :)

First off - I'm definitely not an expert on this stuff. But first, some Qs of my own. ARM? Anti Radiation Missile? Does that mean A-G or A-A? Reason I ask is - that looks like an A-A display. Something generated by the big sensor up front - the radar. You called it - you said a b-scope. I agree. HTS is A-G and is fed by a sensor other than the radar. Its not a b-scope - its more of the "God's eye" variety. I don't think the two are in the same class, for that reason. How sure are you that the vertical scale is distance? (I don't read Russian.) Could it be something else? Like frequency? Actually, I doubt it, but I've atleast got to ask. Because it is a b-scope, can we assume its for A-A? And if its A-A, does this mode indicate the emissions associated with oncoming A-A contacts? Just pure speculation here - I've never seen this stuff before in my life. What do y'all think?

What's "G2"?

Hey - btw... Why can't we get that cool canopy effect on all the jets?

Hope to God for the 'bug! She suuuuuure looks good!

Whoa. This is wierd. Today I was playing the demo for a few hours (and I'm off to "demo land" after this post!) and yup - I was feeling like I was in a constant lean to the left. Even though I knew I was sitting straight up and down. I just chalked it up to too many hours "flying" at once and I was just getting fatigued. And now you go and post this. Too wierd.

Tried to d/l these vids this morning, this afternoon looks like we've made some changes. But still no joy. Remaining patient here. But waiting on pins and needles.

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Just read where MrMudd mentioned using fraps to record missions. Now, do you NEED fraps to record missions? Isn't there already an in-game recorder? Or *is* fraps the in-game recorder? Or is fraps a BETTER recorder than the in-game system? Help me out, please. :)

Wow! When will you be able to post your findings about the AI??? :)

? Didn't know there was a second vid! If you mean that it seems to be incomplete - your right. The vid ends in mid-flight - at least mine did.

Mr Mudd (cool handle, btw!) - I've been ravenously reading your stories! First order coolness! But, you recently mentioned about timing being important in mission planning - I couldn't agree more. Is there a way to time AI's HARM missile arrivals? Can you even have AIs launch at pre-planned targets (as you can in Janes F-18)? I noticed your reply that said you can lock a time of arrival for a jet at a waypoint, or set the jet's airspeed at a waypoint. But coordinating HARM's arrivals onto a target with strikers arriving is an important part of mission planning. I was just wondering if this can be done in LOMAC. Thanks, and I'll wait for your reply. :)

That's good to know - thanks for the response! I'm sure you know so much better than I how important timing can be. Whether the other units are AI or humans, timing the actions of cooperating units is critical to successful mission accomplishment. Perhaps (wishing!) you, or someone with your background, can consult with a flight sim development team at some point in the future and build these tactically important aspects of air combat into a sim. :)

I don't think the word "mutiny" and "Air Force" normally go together, but that's just what you'll have on your hands if you put the words "Eagle" and "air to ground" together. Now, I'm exagerating (sp?) a bit, but there will be a significant change of mindset necessary to get the Eagle community shoe-horned into the business of delivering ANY kind of A-G ordnance. That's just a fact. These guys wear the air to air mission on their chest like a badge.