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I think the advice to make a clean install of the sim is best. After running the uninstall make sure you manually check for left over folders and files. Scratchs on the disk can make for corrupted files so get the toothpaste out if you find any and grind them out

OK fellas I have read all of the posts on this popular thread, I was drawn immediately to the title and expected a debate on the merits of various aircraft, being a fan of heavy aircraft I went for the Vulcan, i have seen one up close in IWM Duxford and was impressed, i gave money to the project to restore a Vulcan to airworthiness. That all said I am more than a little disappointed that this thread turned into a wrangling match about how many aircraft were shot down by who. This was a war, people died, people on both sides. Regardless of your politics and nationality ( I am British for those who want to know) that merits some respect to be displayed. Servicemen did not decide to go there, the politicians sent them. They all did their job nothing more nothing less. Do not belittle the bravery of Argentinian or British service personnel by trying to fight the war again in these threads or by inflammatory point scoring posts. There are two sides to any story and somewhere in the middle is the truth. I will remind those who read this thread and those who choose to contribute further to stick to the original topic.....aircraft.

oops theres your problem, you will need the Ace Expansion pack plus relevant patchs to make the 110 flyable, it wasnt added until later. sorry!! You could try eBay for a copy There is a trick to make AI planes flyable but not from the cockpit, only from an exterior view, so its not simming then, its arcade planes.

just to make sure can you let us know what version of the sim you are using?

hi it sounds as if there is a possibilty that English files have gotten into the folders for other languages. I have the subtitles switched off and to compensate for my complete lack of Russian i did this to deliberately obtain translations. Perhaps search thru the folder relevant to the various languages and ensure there are no English files there Failing that it may require a reinstall of the sim?

The above information is correct but I would like to add to it if I may. There are "signs" that a stall is imminent. For one...... listen! Not to get into the physics too much but a stall is a consequence of not enough airflow over the wing, this has a distinctive sound, go into a server on your own and induce a stall, you will begin to pick up the sound ok. Try adjusting in game sound settings to help, if you have ground chatter over all the plane sounds it will be hard. You will also have a visual clue, white contrails will form at the wing tips when you are just about to stall, so keep an eye out for them (easier if you have a TrackIR) Also you have a FFB stick by the sounds of it and it should give you some sort of feedback when the wing is not generating enough lift, the prelude to a stall. The instructions for recovery are good, I would also suggest cutting your throttle, this will actually speed up getting the correct airflow over the wing and allowing you to recover the stall. THe other thing to check but may not apply is to ensure prop pitch is set to fine, or higher setting so as to "grip" the air better, its like shifting a car down to a lower ratio gear to climb a hill. Then when you do apply power again to recover the dive, you are getting maximum thrust at the low speed you are probably at.

UNfortunately reskinning the planes is all that is officially encouraged by 1C, you would need to be familiar with the way sound is coded in the sim to alter it. SO far as I am aware the only sound you can change are the sounds played at stage such as Take off, game menu and so on

is there a lobby to hook up for a game? i have had this sim for ages and think its great but never had the chance to fly online with it

to make changes like that you need to get to grips with the FMB or editor, the planes are pre-selected for you just like coops will give a limited range of options for aircraft types and loadouts, these options are saved in the files so need to be edited. If you open up the campaign file in the FMB you will find you can change the planes available there. Sorry I cant be more specific as its not something i have done a lot of. I would recommend trying to build a basic dogfight map to familiarise yourself with how to manipulate the FMB and work from there. Come back to me if you get stuck

look down at the window in the cockpit floor, as you move up to the panel there is a row for four smallish gauges, the one on the far left is the fuel gauge, its the same for all variants

hi you might try the coop rooms on Hyper Lobby, there are always loads of coop missions going. If you want to fly regularly with the same people, the best way is to join an online squadron, check out the recruiting forums on the pacific fighters official site, there are hundreds out there looking for new recruits./ Before you sign up decide what kind of flying you want to do and then look for the squad which offers that!

If you have the 4.04 merged patch its there, just keep searching through the list. Remember also if you are using custom maps you need to add the Tempest and any other new aircraft to those available using the FMB

Hi You have fallen foul of the modelling which Mr Maddox and his team have for shipping in general and carriers in particular. Carriers are VERY hard to sink in this sim. The most effective way to sink a carrier is using torpedoes and the Japanese ones were very good, much better than the american ones, certainly at the beginning of pacific hostilities. However it can take as many as seven direct hits in PF for a carrier to go down. This is questionable as only one in the right place could have done it, certainly 2 or 3 direct hits and a carrier was in serious trouble. Bombs on the other hand if correctly placed hit will hit above the water line and the carriers will take even more punishment, i wouldn't be disappointed that 2 X1000lb bombs didnt sink her, i would have been delighted if it had!! The solution? lots of planes with lots of bombs! Sorry!

I wouldnt want to discourage anyone from getting PF eightlein but i would have to agree with revvin about the merged install, there is a bigger community flying the merged one. I would also have to say you are not going to get the best from the game in terms of graphics from your system, 512 is a minimum spec but bear in mind that 1.5Gig of RAM is considered by many flying PF to be essential. As the patchs progress the demands on the system get a little heavier. I would recommend this sim but be prepared to get hooked and find yourself looking to upgrade to get the best from it!!