MigBuster

A STOVL jet with the performance of an F-16 and stealth capability - not bad! - Best of all its not reliant on static runways!! I suppose considering the Harrier was in service in 1969 this is the least we should expect.

Yeah is why im sticking to pre 80's conflicts untill they invent a tiny laser gun to shoot them down :)

Mayb that fix should be in the general download section because I dont think it was ever patched by 3W.

PS is this refering to "Out of the box" installs or modded also??

1. WoV - Great planes, historic accuracy and crap missiles so loads of dogfighting chances - and YAP add on! 2. WoE - I actually like the stock campaigns in this - talk about saturate the skys with Soviet planes - can be pretty difficult in the 60's too - Agian like WoV an opportunity to include load of rare jets! 3. FE - The uncontrollable spins annoy the hell out of me - I die spinning much more than getting shot down :( 4. SF - Love the desert terrain and never used the merc feature tbh - The gameplays WoE with less planes and much less action

You will only get a lock on the rear of a jet because it needs a good heat source to lock onto (ie the engine exhaust). When the growl tone changes then it is locked and you can fire . If you are using AIM-9B's then expect 1 hit out of every 4 you fire - and if the enemy jet is turning then forget it because they wont follow it. Also make sure you are not pulling any G's when you fire it if poss. You should try an AIM-9L in the 1979 campaign to see how progress was made - and there is a mod you can download from here that makes the growl change more distinctive. ps - The AIM-4s are even worse then the AIM-9B!!

Is that taking this into account? "Lockheed has been able to lower the plane's visibility on radar by coating its body with certain materials, though for security reasons, Lockheed officials declined to be more specific. Critics contend that long-range precision missiles limit the need to fly within range of radar and that many enemy air defense systems aren't sophisticated enough to do harm to the F-16. " http://www.f-16.net/f-16_forum_viewtopic-t-9597.html

apparently that sound is very realistic - you may just be used to gun sounds from arcade games :) :tomato2: If you wanted to change it you would have to (after backing up these files) replace the 6 wav files in the sounds folder (.....\falcon4AF\sounds) There is a vulEnd.wav a vulloop.wav etc etc

Despite having F-111s and A-10s flying over my head nearly every day I totally fell in love with the F-16 as a modern day jet - looks performance, and innovation rolled into one, also designed as a close range dogfighter!! - still going strong nearly 30 years after its first service year!

Well all new tech has to start somewhere - look how crap the first car, plane, missile, computer, etc etc etc - "its no good because it cant do x y z"! - think its called progress!

Agree with the AI's stupid flying and them not appearing during single missions - are you flying the expansion pack btw? because thats supposed to change the AI habits, I think spin stalls and gun jams are toned down also! As for the difficulty level you can customise the various options - although I get clouds with everything set to Hard. Sying that though dont expect clouds on every mission. There is a great photo realistic terrain that I downloaded for my install if you dont have it: http://forum.combatace.com/index.php?autom...p;showfile=3943 replaces the default patchwork terrain quite nicely!

Yeah its a helicopter - like who cares!

Many congrats on reaching the next level!

The issue here is that there may(among other things) be a problem with his install of IE or even his install of Windows - trouble is we need to accertain that by asking some basics in the light of zero useful information

Is this a recent problem and does it occur with any file you try to download? If you are going through a router try restarting it and restart your PC if you havnt done that also. Try clearing out the temporary files from Internet Explorer - You can of course just download and install Firefox and try that - you can run Explorer and Firefox together if you like (I do) http://www.mozilla-europe.org/en/products/firefox/

I think the F-102 was cancelled - there is defo an F-106A that you will probably have to make do with. Swear ive seen screenshots for the F-101 but dont think it was released - One may be due in YAP possbly??

Welcome Dale - Yep Track IR - I just wont fly without it in any sim!

Now that is cool - perhaps in 20 years I can have a mini version to stick on my F-16 to take out any incoming missile automatically. Who is developing the laser blast shields btw?

On a bombing mission (single large target) I either load up my extra wingmen for A-A - or leave them at home. I used to load them up for iron hand and get them to attack general ground targets - but if you do this remove their gun ammo and dont give them rockets otherwise they will get shot down (80%)

Has HUD Cycle always been there - or was it added with a later patch? (not at home to check myself)

Also what is it with the bombers that constantly try to climb at 1 knot then stall into a dive and crash into the ground? they seem to switch into some kind of suicide aversion mode when they are losing

Havnt tried the EP yet - but I get a lot of offensive and defensive single missions where no enemy shows up. I start near the IP mainly because I want a quick dogfight - then time accelerate to see if anyone shows then give up. Intercept missions almost always provide aircraft.

Bit of a comic sketch - but pretty funny http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6h8i8wrajA

Would be interesting to know what actually happened here - if two sets of (an equal number of) planes started out at a distance to each other with heaters only - then you should expect the jets with the better IR sensors and longer ranged missle should win - (even a missed shot would cause defensive action) a HMS probably wouldnt even be used unless the fired missiles missed and the jets merged somehow. I know that the AIM-9L wasnt as all aspect as advertised when it was used in the Falklands and wouldnt lock up headon (in a freezing cold environment)- wonder if the AIM-9M was just as bad?

I dont think any jet has a significant advantage in WVR and even an AIM-9M would be good enough in some cases - Its got to be said that anyone caught in a close range dogfight these days has screwed up so badly that getting out alive regardless of what hes in is gonna be luck - whose going to win out of 2 jets with HMS with the latest heaters? even if you do get a first shot in and the opponent decides to try and dodge (and not fire back) you are probably a few seconds away from a missile from another plane hitting you becuase your SA at that range is gonna be non existant against a similar enemy. I think the F-18E/F is a good plane - although tbh an F-4 Phantom with an AESA and 8 AMRAAMs would be pretty formidable - may not be as stealthy or carry as much but its faster :) - just goes to show that its the avionics and tactics that matter these days. Is there any evidence that Asian/Russian radars are anywhere near what the US Military has?