Jug

I am available to help with the lighting. I can research and fix the .INI files for lighting on any aircraft. Not much to offer, but it may save a modder with a model near completion some painful hours. Probably the wrong thread to mention this, so sue me. (I've left the comment post in, as Jug's work with lighting is a critical to the enjoyment of night flying )

The first battle of the War of Northern Aggression (1860-1865) did not turn out so well for the sons of the South, and, to tell the truth, I am glad of that. There are some things to remember from the old South that are good, but embracing that also embraces the bad stuff and that sorta puts you on the other side of the fence from this native son. Driving the BUFF as a SAC crew commander / cold warrior was for America. All of it.

This is a great add-on aircraft (Kudos to the team) and I thought I would do some minor lights adjustments for it................hope the authors don't mind. // Lights --------------------------------------------------------- [LeftPositionLight] SystemType=LIGHT Position=-5.6151,-3.6906,0.1448 LightSrcOffset=-0.0,0.00,0.00 Color=0.88,0.25,0.25 Brightness=0.03 LightSrcRange=0.5 CanFlash=FALSE [RightPositionLight] SystemType=LIGHT Position=5.6151,-3.6906,0.1448 LightSrcOffset=0.00,0.00,0.00 Color=0.25,0.88,0.25 Brightness=0.03 LightSrcRange=0.5 CanFlash=FALSE [TailLight] SystemType=LIGHT Position=0.0,-7.55,2.4262 LightSrcOffset=0.00,0.00,0.00 Color=0.88,0.88,0.88 Brightness=0.02 LightSrcRange=0.5 CanFlash=FALSE [TopRotatingBeacon] SystemType=LIGHT Position=0.001,2.0,1.65 LightSrcOffset=-0.0,0.00,-0.01 Color=1.0,0.0,0.0 Brightness=0.03 LightSrcRange=0.5 CanFlash=TRUE FlashTime=0.90 [bottomRotatingBeacon] SystemType=LIGHT Position=0.0,2.4,-0.7 LightSrcOffset=0.00,0.00,0.01 Color=1.0,0.0,0.0 Brightness=0.03 LightSrcRange=0.5 CanFlash=TRUE FlashTime=1.00 [NoseGearLight] SystemType=LIGHT Color=0.88,0.88,0.88 Brightness=0.40 Position=0.0000,4.3,-0.8268 LightSrcOffset=0.00,0.00,0.00 LightSrcRange=150 LightRange=45.0 CanFlash=FALSE IsLandingLight=TRUE [RightMainGearLight] SystemType=LIGHT Color=0.88,0.88,0.88 Brightness=0.40 Position=0.8552,-1.04,-0.5432 LightSrcOffset=0.00,0.00,0.00 LightSrcRange=150 LightRange=45.0 CanFlash=FALSE IsLandingLight=TRUE [LeftMainGearLight] SystemType=LIGHT Color=0.88,0.88,0.88 Brightness=0.40 Position=-0.8552,-1.04,-0.5432 //LightSrcOffset=2.5,50.0,3.5 LightSrcOffset=0.00,0.00,0.00 LightSrcRange=150 LightRange=45.0 CanFlash=FALSE IsLandingLight=TRUE

Great suggestions from all contributors and now my life as a lighting fixture ornamenter has taken on new meaning. Thanks to all and my contributions should get a little better. Jug

You're correct. I guess it is no worse than the position lights on the swing wing birds. Unless you're just a hot stick and know how to use the rudder properly, most folks will fly with their feet on the floorpan and won't even notice.............................

Look at Auburn University in Auburn, Alabama. They have a wonderful Aeronautical Engineering program, Aviation Management program, and a strong AFROTC unit. I am a graduate, so I know of what I speak. They make fall Saturdays nice too, because they play a pretty good brand of football. They have a real eagle that flys around the stadium pre-game and craps on the opposing team. What more could you want? Bye the way, it becomes a lifetime infection......................War Damn Eagle!!!

In my opinion, we are dealing with two things here. PC conduct and officer conduct. Not sure what the PC world expects in terms of male conduct. It appears to be an on-going battle. On one hand you sorta want the male type in the military, but it is not PC to use male expressions about females. Guys are guys and guys like girls.........duh! What if they didn't like girls (talking about straight guys here since I know nothing about the other type)? Is it exploitation to look at every female you see and envision her in a bikini? Or weaing nothing at all? If so, we all are going straight to exploitation hell. To put the question more directly to the point, how would a girl feel if a guy looked at her and did not imagine her in a bikini? It is the same thing as a girl wearing a short skirt and frowning when the boys stare at her legs. What if they didn't stare? It is a mindless, chaotic, duplicitious state. Setting the gay community aside as a minority, guys like the girls, like they way they look, and will continuously envision them in all sorts of sexy stuff. It is just the way it is. Do the girls not want that to continue? I think so! Otherwise, all this fuss about fashion should go away and Muslim dress rules should prevail. I doubt if the guys would stop envisioning the girls in bikinis anyway. Now having cast the PC world as it is, it is another thing entirely to have a serving military officer, much less a commanding officer, speak publicly (that is what occurs when you speak to a reporter of whatever flavor) about his/her crew in such a manner. Discretion is how officers deal with things not explcitly regulated by written guidance and this dude does not understand what that means. As an indicator of how he would handle future situations requiring a little of this discretion, in my opinion, he is not fit to command anything. It is their Navy, so Aussies will do as they see fit, but to my way of thinking this guys days as a commander are numbered because he is unable to grasp the concept of discretion. It is really irrevelant that the subject is what it was.

Attached is a file for add ons to the splendid Draken of all flavors: Landing lights Taxi lights ECM Flares/Chaff Draken_Addons.txt

Here's an uplifting thought..........think about how many candidates there will be for this year's Darwin awards! Look who is now no longer in the gene pool. Things are looking up all over.

Ditto.

Or "Son, you can be there for the birth or the conception, your choice, but not both!"..................

Only real men could fly her. That is with a Robin Olds size mustache. Beautiful work, FastCargo. Cannot wait. Did you do an ejection animation where the pilot dissappears down the intake???? Engineers rarely have to fly their visions..........................

Many Happy Returns, Ghostrider!!!!

Share the joy.....................where is it?

If you can drag Wagsled into this, he actually flew the F-4S and may be able to help. Try a PM to him.

Gonna have to replace my keyboard..........been drooling too much. Beautiful work to all involved. Very Well Done!!!

That bird looks like it is hard-charging just sitting there on the runway. Nice work!

Hope it was just metal that was bent, Dave. Need you here on-site. Family OK?

Ditto!

Welcome, darkcondor!

Turquoise has a soothing effect on the pilot when his intestines are wrapped around the throttle quadrant and his blood and puke is coating most of the instruments. I have it on good authority that the Rooskis tested this thoroughly at a remote Siberia test site............................

Actually, I think you're going to have to strap several J-57s to the back of Dave's Bison to get those tiny wings to develop any lift......................... Beautiful work, Veltro.

Probably. Only in America can one person out of how many that day (thousands) screw up boarding a ski lift and have the right to sue the company owning the ski lift. Give me a break, this guy is a dumb-ass and he can prove it!!!!!

My vote goes to the Voodoo!!!! Or anything Veltro2K tossed in..................

Me too!!