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My respect Dave. I read your issues about your job, and being in a similar position at the moment, in a world where respect to the workers and those who serve dwindel every day more, I wish you the best in every new position that you are going to occupy.

Quote you guys. I may add that in a crowded environment against same level opponents, say mig vs mig and with a touch up on the AAA fighting is really lethal

Yes it does. that setting is related to AI capabilities to spot other planes. I raised the value to 12000 to all planes. My procedure for BVR is: Lock the target on radar. Press CTRL-R to enage it visually, even if, of course I can't see it. Attack it or order to the wingmen to attack my target. They will launche AHM and SAHM; sadly so will do the enemy planes. Actually the engagements BVR are fast and frenetic and still quite tactical at times. Fubar what do you think of 12000 as visability, do you sugggst a difeerent value? Yes it does. that setting is related to AI capabilities to spot other planes. I raised the value to 12000 to all planes. My procedure for BVR is: Lock the target on radar. Press CTRL-R to enage it visually, even if, of course I can't see it. Attack it or order to the wingmen to attack my target. They will launche AHM and SAHM; sadly so will do the enemy planes. Actually the engagements BVR are fast and frenetic and still quite tactical at times. Fubar what do you think of 12000 as visability, do you sugggst a difeerent value?

According to type.ini and targets.ini there should be one or more TV tower objects in GermanyCE sttock WOE terrain. One is in berlin I took a flight over berlin and I spotted the amazing Brandeburg gate and the reichstag, but I can't see the tower. It is marked as Commbuling in the types ini ; is there a reason why it does not show? any one can post a picture?

:biggrin: well that was actually the purpose; I was on a bombing hunt Now I have the picture of the tower escaping on little stick legs! And of course I am trying to have it bombed with an LGB by an AI-controlled flight Anyway it is a date problem, The Berlin Tower appears after 1969, and flying the mission in late 50's does not help

Exactly what I meant. Perhaps I have to learn to word concepts in shorter sentences

Yeah I know, I remember it. Now why in the hell it does not show?

Of course I know I can send my wingman to attack primary. Point is that, as someone else stated in this very thread, 3 and 4 will go all over the place, performing SEAD. It is true that at times there are other flights performing attacks on the same target, which is good and realistic. Still would be nice to have the option of more managing of my flight group; maybe 3 and 4 can ataack and I will perform SEAD or Cover? yes I know there are escort and sweep flights, but still, I guess we would all agree that the more managing option the better. One point is IMHO also that this SIM is not really "lite". Better, it is called "lite" when some "unrealistic or inadequate" situations show up, (and some of them are really only one step up, or down, from ACEcomabat) but rightly so, it is called "not-lite" when discussing flihgt modelling, or loadout options, or AA-networking, or some weapon modeling characteistcs. So "lite" or "not-Lite"? I think we should decide, and so should TK. As for now the game is in a limbo in between two worlds. A few steps up from Ace-combat, and some steps down from Falcon4. Most likely TK will pick "lite" since this is what sells in a fast-gratification world. (sigh) I am led to think that everyone that plays SF seiries is aviation and sim -skilled like people on this forum. Probably I am wrong, , the average user does not mod, does not read aviation history, does not care about realism, but he can't or won't play Acecombat because it is too childish and his son is playing Acecombat on the playstation in the next room. I 'd like it to go up a few steps towards higher level of simming, but again it is MHO. Still perhaps this -between two worlds- situation is probably fun since we are all playing this game afer so many years after all, and in this community we are alla viation entuasist and we crank the SF series to the highest realsim possible with the various mods. Still one hits the "wall" and wonders what this could be, with a little effort. Not to mention the god graphics on older system etc. But we all know the good points otherwise we won't be here at all. The idea is having a feedback from the community to TK, without being scared of thinking and asking. I did not understand many of choices until he clearly stated that many are just a budget problem. He simply does not have the money to fund a bigger operation. Supporting him, especially in this sim-middleage is the only way to go to a renaissance. But I think that we should "push the envelope".

That tracks the file opened by an application, in order to track down CTD's causes?

Indeed a lot going on Thanks for the idea "Jake" IT does not help loads yet with CTD thoguh, although the idea has potential

http://forum.combatace.com/index.php?showt...mp;#entry156105

Uzzo è solo il Deserto di Default. In realtà non c'è nessuna campagna dietro, almeno per ora. Wrench sta per finire una lybia rivista vediamo come viene.ù Volevo dare visibilità alle decal fatte dal nostro amico bobrock, che ha assecondato il mio feticismo per le nosearts

-Use of smart weapons from AI in every kind of mission -Better briefing screen with in the least position of known SAMs sites (Not even in Acecombat you go with the poor level of information you get in this series. -Wingmen's improved targeting orders (they should go after the primary targets too, as in real life.; TK thinks that the player must "focus" himself on primary. Perhaps he will change his mind) -some radio call changed; (instead of 5o'clock, indicsation od bearing and distance) Secondary: A-A refueling Populated aircraft carrier's deck model. A mission editor, with a graphic interface and easier to use and LAST but not LEAST A crashlog, for CTDS.******* Those "ideas" range from quite difficult quite easy to implement IMHO. I had a few "direct" exchange of ideas with TK on his forum on this matters. Requesting and suggesting all of them togheter perhaps is a bit too much, but maybe some of them?, especially considering that some are specific TK's choices, while others are complicated programming routines that might require a lot of testing, and TK is apparently on limited funds. One solution would be for TK to sell his SDK, like Microsfot does, starting a trend of improving and modding like MS FS. But again there are obviously implication of higher level behind, of financial kind, or maybe of copyrights, or maybe just TK does not want for his own personal, understandable reasons. Wha happens is that it is sad that in 2008 the Flight Sim scene is basically a desert with very few titles, some of them remakes of sims of the late 90s such as Falcon4 in his new patches.Truth of the matter., Back in the JAne's era we would have not accepted anything like SFP, simply the competition level was too high. Perhaps this very same higher and higher stake of complication of hard-core flight sim decided the death of this genre, with the programming-flop of Falcon4. On the other hand the moddability and the ease of play of this series made it a winner in this "Combat Flight Sim Middle Age". It is fast, playabel and fun , and I can add the very plane I like with the very skin I like, in every terrain I like, (which I can quickly mod if I really want too) Brilliant. In evey middleage there are the embryos of renaissance. On the other hand the WOI choice that TK made left me puzzled. Would have been better IMHO a BIG pay patch with added featurea and characteristic instead of known scenario with known planes. Some solution like the airbase population thoguh are full of potentioal indeed

I like all the skins and the nosearts! For download soon?

Thanks guys for the ideas. I actually had tried already admintools as in "eventviewer", and Drwatson has no log dumps for the SFP's CTD. Which is where the whole problem is, that there is no error message to start looking at. The problem is that I am having am apparently random " CTD, ( I guess "year" related) in a secondary install of Strikefighters, and I can't undestand why. Of course I tired all th classic methods I read on the boards, and on the toher hand the crash happens when clicking accept on single mission selection screen, i.e. where you pick plane, level of opposion, mission and year. Knowing what load at the peculiar phase would be an help. Posted and 3rdwire, but no answer yet. For modding purpose, being able to quickly trace CTD's roots.

Sicily is full of ruins! You could add Agrigento, in central south of sicily, (one of the biggest and well preserved greek ruin site in the world. And in trapani too, on a hill north of the airbase, called ERICE. in Marsala, along the coast and south of th airbase there is a WE radar facility., and in Comiso quite east of trapani there was a cruise missile base.

Glad Pantelleria will be there. To be really picky should be crossing runway airfield, and sitting on flat high terrain area. Look really like an aircraft carrier. Lampedusa further south would be a good add airoport too As for the tiles, you pick of course; I guess deuces repaints, which IMHO is the best idea, are named like standard tiles. And the tall building trick can still be done with Fubar's idea which was discussed in the thread you mentioned (F-16s yes, it was really neat to play mouse for them on their mock intercept practice, and formation ILS with them, really cool..)

I am setting up a new install and I get random CTD, (roughtly around dates from 1968t o1980) about 1 to 4 ratio (1 CTD 4 OK) when I click to go to the singlemission hangar screen (I-E) after the plane , date, type or mission selection To your experience, what could cause a CTD in this phase?