BlueCaneCorso

It appears that the link yesterday did not work, sorry about that. Let's try this.

The Wargame franchise has come a long ways since European Escalation, and the newer titles do have better single player experiences. As someone who has many hours into multiplayer Wargame matches I can attest that it too provides some pretty compelling cold war era battle simulations - although you have to put up with other people which can be a problem. Now for the plug - some folks in the Wargame community are trying to keep that feeling alive while the developer lets the game die. I'm not sure what kind of customization and single-player battle staging will be available but this project is worth sharing and following to see what it becomes:

Term limits would be hugely beneficial. I also think we somehow need to get a primary process where normal people participate rather than only the ideological extremes of both parties. This year we have a choice between a lying sack of shit and the man who would sell it to you. It's a sad state of affairs, but as long as most citizens pay no more than lip service to our democratic process it will never change. I pray for whoever it is to be a single-termer.

There really is so much good content here the best way to get what you want is to put the time in searching the download section. One trick I use is to filter the results by most popular or newest, within a specific section such as 'maps / terrain mods'. Having said that here's a couple of personal recommendations: NATO Fighters 4+ by Dave (Missions / Campaigns) - be sure to find all of the update packs Germany Terrain Rework by Rends (Maps / Terrain Mods) Operation Darius by Dave (Missions / Campaigns) Happy Hunting!

You know he's been waiting decades for an excuse to write that article.

Hmmm, thinking of excuses to leave work early and get this update ASAP!

Gepard - who knew you could predict the future! Well kind of, Erdogan wasn't smart enough to take the hint...

Thanks Dave. Sweet setup. Something to aspire to while I slowly acquire equipment and skills! The MFD's are cool, hadn't looked at those before. It seems to me that Track IR5 or something similar is the top priority as the constant need for mousing my viewpoint is a huge challenge.

That looks awesome. I've had trouble getting started with DCS as right now I've only got a laptop and xbox 360 usb controller, which is fine for SF2 but leaves something to be desired in DCS. I recently picked up a couple good monitors and your screen shots are providing motivation for more gear as I would really like to step up to DCS flying. Any advice for pedals/hotas/track IR? What do you use and/or recommend?

Yep. Well said greyhawk. Thank you to all who've done so much to not only keep this thing alive but to improve upon it in so many ways.

Couldn't upload the spreadsheet but here's a screen shot and the formula text in the cells. To be super accurate you would need some aerodynamic coefficients specific to individual aircraft but this seems pretty reasonable. in cell D3: =B3*0.5144 in cell E3: =(D3*(D3/9.81))/A3 in cell A7: =(D3/E3)*H2

Two of your snot-nose jockeys did a fly-by on my tower at over 400 KNOTS! I want somebody's butt, I want it now, I've HAD IT!

I like your style Ironroad! Here's my daily driver and my 12+ year project together:

I'll keep my eyes open for a sale. The trailers look like the same game as ALB with some half-a$$ed naval combat thrown in. Not gonna fork over $40 for that. Multiplayer is great in ALB but the single player campaigns are disappointing. Any single player improvements in Red Dragon?

Found some resources for abandonware and fixes for other old games (some only if you still have the CD if they are not abandoned) to get them running on Windows 8. So it's been a recent adventure down memory lane. I find I really enjoy playing games that I used to love for a few days, then am ready to move on. Starfleet Command 1 Warlords 3 Age of Wonders Command & Conquer: Generals Jane's Fleet Command & 688i To the Wargame: Red Dragon players - I still play Wargame: Airland Battle occasionally, is it worth upgrading to Red Dragon? Maybe pick that up on the next Steam sale. I would also be interested in playing with CA members.

Have you installed the update pack that was released for ODS? I had a similar issue which was fixed after the update. http://combatace.com/topic/71944-update-1-for-sf2e-ods/

A decent series of photos from the trials: http://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/week-one-of-the-f-35cs-initial-ship-trials-in-stunning-1654529635

1. Red Storm Rising 2. Hunt for Red October 3. Clear and Present Danger 4. Sum of all Fears 5. Debt of Honor

How could I not post in this topic? You are too generous. Here's some random steam for you:

Sad to see this squadron go. Seems like past lessons about the need for this kind of training are being forgotten... http://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/usafs-dubious-priorities-results-in-axing-of-f-15-aggre-1633886869/1634598078/+ballaban

Hi Erik - Include me please. Thanks!

I also really like this idea. I've thought about something similar even as far as using different maps - e.g. Iran/Iraq03 and other Middle East maps to crush ISIL, or Central US and SW US in a Red Dawn inspired campaign - because I totally agree that the stock campaign engine fails in immersing you in a story or even giving you an idea of the overall campaign status/progress. I'll test it out this weekend for inspiration!

Cleopatra the lazy. She's just a large teddy bear.