SDirickson

Definately use Plane-Maker! Thats what sold me on the sim. Its great not to be limited in the number of aircraft available. I can't wait for the combat version to be released either, but frankly I think it will be a major disappointment. Its just too hard for one man to make a realistic military flight simulation, or at least on that can compete with other sims out at the moment.

1.4 Athlon 512 PC-2100 DDR Radeon 8500 SB X-Gamer 5.1 I installed DX9 beta, vast improvements. Went to DX9 full, and it seemed like something was lost in the translation. Still better than 8 though.

And I hope they can do it quick. I sent an email to the original designer, so hopefully he can help.

Chief, those inflight deployement problems were do to the fact that the bomb was ejected directly into the turbulence caused by the engines. The bomb would ride back there in the jetwash, and it was impossible to predict when it would 'decide' to fall out of it. They were afraid the bomb could potentially fly back into the aircraft, or do something else equally damaging, not to mention that you completely lost any accuracy you might have had. Not too much of a problem with a nuke, but with normal weapons, thats quite a factor. I hate to basically advertise for another sim here, but if you would really like to design a new Vigilante with an updated layout, and actually see how it would fly, try X-Plane, www.x-plane.com. It actually mathematically derives the flight model, meaning the aircraft will fly in the sim just like it would in the real world.

My God. Don't ever do that in real life. The recoil from the pods is like twice that of the engine thrust, and the shear weight of the pods will keep you from flying long.

OK, heres the address: D:Strike FightersObjectsAircraftA-1H All the files from the application are straight in there, including the paintscheme folder. I just can't find any place to choose the plane in SF.

Its now hosted here. Check the front page. I can't get it to work either, Chief. I installed all the files from the *.exe into a new 'A-1h' folder in my objects/aircraft folder just like the website said to, but nowhere in SF can I find a menu that lists it as flyable. Disappointing, this is one of the aircraft I wanted to fly the most.

Its been released. Look for it on the Skunkworks forums. You need to do some file work, but it looks OK. I am currently downloading it.

Well, wasn't the B model Vig meant to be an interceptor or long range fighter? They planned to remove the bomb bay and add a third engine, right?

Dude, Todd, welcome to my world. Every time my physics teacher mentions anything about flight, its like the entire class groans and says, "Talk to Sam. He knows about planes and stuff." The same thing happens in JROTC, sadly.

Thanks, I'm gonna take a look at it right now. Maj., Sorry I didn't see the link in the Radar Mission topic. Can't wait to do some A2A in the O-1E, :D.

So, there isn't a publicly available mission creator yet?

Where can I find this mission generator of yours? I've looked, but evidently not hard enough.

God, Snakeyes are great. Toobad they're missing from SF :D .

I think it was me, but I was talking about all the clouds EXCEPT the overcast ones. I meant that the broken and scattered cloud cover was impossible to fly through. They are just kinda 'painted' onto the background. At least, they are no where near the level of Il-2 (My current benchmark for all things flight sim). Nobody get in a huff or anything, :), I like SF, and I don't mind the clouds. I just wish the scattered and broken were 'real' so that you had to fly above them and do ground attack through holes in the cover.

Mission editor? Can somebody point me to the link?

If you don't want to go messing around with *.ini files, you can download most of the MiG's directly from Marco's site. For the other aircraft, though, you will have to do a little work.

Oh man, I cannot wait. Good 'ol CAS.

Aliens?

MadJeff, LV426? Where is that exactly? Its not a ship, is it?

The best thing about the quality of the A-10 is that it looks like a proper replacement for the aborted Jane's A-10. I can't wait to do some CAS in it.

http://www.simhq.com/simhq3/sims/boards/bb...TML/001568.html My lord, this game ROCKS. If the flight models and avionics are on par with the graphics, SCREW the AF Academy. I am just going to sit at home ALL DAY LONG.

I like the look of the cloud cover, no matter what the percentage, but its too bad they are just eye-candy, and don't really serve any purpose. You can't use them for cover, they don't restrict your vision, and they don't block the sun. But, I suppose its better than clear skies, all the time.

Try reading Escape from Colditz. Its a great book, especially if you liked The Great Escape.

SpaceHogg, I've been playing WWII Fighters since it was released, and I have to say its only gotten better with time! Namely, cuz I now have a system that can run it properly :).