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here it is F/A-18 part at 2:10
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Highest resolution I've seen so far http://www.air-actualites.com/video/red-flag-2008.flv
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ahhh rumors (and videos) ...... It's too bad the development is underground! I'd love to see the progress and read developers comments... FF is better on that point.
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Pretty good post. I'll try to add a few things That's the main point. For anyone who would like to know what version is the best, just try it by yourself. AF is the only legal version. And it's the whole sim. You don't need the original F4.0 CD. Just buy F4 Allied Force, install it, patch it, configure it and play. Squadron have been able to fly a multiplayer mission with 20 people with no problem. Last year, an international exercise took place with simmers from all over the world. No big issues have been reported. For any problem, you can go to F4forums.com and ask for help. OF includes IVC (Internal Voice Communication. Basically, you have to manually tune your VHF and UHF radio to be able to talk to the tower and hear your package. Same when you fly between humans. If you're not on the same frequency, you won't hear your buddy. It works like in real life. The Dash34 is well made and it's easy to understand and very immersive. That's right, during the briefing, you can build up your Data Transfert Cartridge which will display on your HSD the informations that you want. You can place threat circles (yellow circles), HSD lines to square a zone or a no-flight zone. You can set some radio frequencies and set default pres-elections (so you don't have to manually tune the frequency but just choose the preset, which is quicker, you can also build your counter measure system (#chaff drop, interval, repeat ; same with flares). This again is well explained in the Dash34. Also you can manually control the Datalink, you can send your wingman (human or AI) a bandit position on the air, on the ground, you can see where your package is. You can add a max number of 8 planes to send and receive informations from. Same, read Dash34. You have also the advanced targeting pod (sniper pod), the HAD (for HARM missile) better moddeled, etc... OF is clearly avionics oriented. Red Viper, aka Free Falcon 4 is also FPS friendly. Free Falcon 5 is on its way. Progress can be seen on the freefalcon forums, in Aragorn's FF5 preview thread. You can NOT install Open Falcon over Allied Force. Over F4.0 only. You CAN install Free Falcon over Allied Force. It has been designed for that. Over F4.0 of F4AF, you will have the exact same result. Any other version that OF, FF (RV) or AF is obsolete and not supported any more by the community. To be up to date, you must install one of the three sims (or the three of them!). I personally fly Open Falcon. I look for an advanced avionics. I'm impressed by this sim everytime I fly it. The realism provided by the ability to set your DTC before flying, change frequencies in multiplayer, control the datalink and so on is really amazing. I've flown the three latest versions. OF is my thing. RV is great but lacks too much avionics compared to OF. AF is totally outdated : ugly, poor avionics Then again, you're the only judge of your tastes. So don't hesitate to try rather than being told.
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Hi Vekkinho, Sorry i've just come across your post. I don't come often in this part of the forum. I don't know if there's an aviation museum in Paris itself. However, close to the surburbs, there's the Bourget museum of flight which is held the Bourget airshow every two years (not this year however). I don't know if you read French, but I couldn't find an English version of the museum website : http://www.mae.org/ The museum is at the Bourget airport, not far from Paris. You can easily go there by train (RER B, station "Le Bourget"), by the underground (line 7, station "La Coureneuve - Place du 8 mai 1945") and then you'll have to take the bus or walk a bit. Or you can still go by car if you rent one. http://www.mae.org/index.php?id=36 There are various static aircrafts, including a Mirage IV (retired a few years ago). But this museum as reading the website, the museum is a lot focused on aviation history. Here's what you can always see at the museum : http://www.mae.org/index.php?id=15 The museum is open from 10am to 6pm. Closed on Mondays. Uderage children must be with an adult. No pets except guide dogs for blind guys. Important : the museum is free from January to end of June (lucky you). However, you have to pay 5€ to see (walk through?) the 747 and the Concorde. Same for a planetarium show. Same for audio guide (like headphones I guess, available in French, English and German). Hope it helps
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Merci Paploo, very good video. It's always a pleasure to fly with you guys. See you in HL. Cheers :)
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At the moment, it works with tracks. I guess the final version will work the same way. If you plan to watch your flight in the ACMI, once the mission is over, press "record track" instead of "fly". can't wait to see the final version :)
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Online play and communication.
FAFGargoll replied to Allochtoon's topic in Lock On: Flaming Cliffs 1 & 2
Yes, one needs practice to be better. But I (I speak for myself but i'm sure i'm not the only one) feel that I would be less useful than a noob during a mission... I sometimes listen to live ATC (http://atcmonitor.com/) for practicing and can't repeat what i can hear ... This looks like an easy exercise for you but I just can't understand what they say... or I understand just the end of their sentence, or the figures. But It's hard to repeat them. well that might be a reason why people don't join TS before flying on HL servers. I think they don't want to be there, whithout understanding the pilots on their side. They don't want not to answer a question because they didn't get it, or they don't want to make one repeat everytime he says something ... -
Online play and communication.
FAFGargoll replied to Allochtoon's topic in Lock On: Flaming Cliffs 1 & 2
I got your point but you forgot something: language. I understand quite well written English, but I'm sure I wouldn't understand anything of what my wingman would say. Especially in combat missions, when you must speak quickly ... -
http://lomac.strasoftware.com/lomac-acmi.php quick translation: 05/27/06 The tool is now in alpha version. Optimisation has been done on it. All seems to work well. Now Vyrtuoz is working on it in order to make the ACMI look nicer. So I think a beta version should be released soon.
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mhhhh strange I didn't try the method with a big track. For my video, I edited several tracks, all of them last 30 seconds max. Then I render the moment I need: only a few seconds. And every time, when the tool is working, I can hear that the speed of the track is doubled, untill it reaches the right moment. Try a short track to test. Maybe yours is too long :( For the field of view, did you try changing the ratio? (1.33 is the ratio by defaut)
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i got the answer for that. on the top right corner of the render avi tool, you have "Start" and "Stop" (cf screenshot) So if you want to render 1 minute after 1 hour, just enter (let's say your track begins at 12:00): START: 1 /13:00:00 END : 1 /13:01:00 this way you'll record only 1 minute. Press start to let the tool work. This will last a few seconds untill the track reach 1 hour of playing. Then the tool will render 1 minute. Same for sound: this will take a few seconds, then it will record the sound in the minute you rendered. :)
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My Contribution to the Movie Craze: Venom
FAFGargoll replied to EvilBivol-1's topic in Lock On: Flaming Cliffs 1 & 2
Hey Evilboy, very nice vid. I have some questions about a camera movement: 1)How did you do the camera movement at 2' of the video, when the first 2 F16 take off? 2)same at 3'02 when the F16 turns: i'm not talking about the shake movement, but how did you manage to place the camera at the 8 o'clock of the F16? i can do this, but with the F4 key. However, the F4 key only works with your plane, not a IA plane... or did I missed something? -
thanks Chizh, That was basicly what I was doing, except that I recorded both track and video edit with graphic settings on High. I also rendered the video editied track into an uncompressed .avi file, 720x576 @25fps. Then I put this avi file into Windows Movie maker. Unfortunately, when I try to play it, I have a big stuttering video. That makes the video editing very difficult, as I have big difficulties to put effects, transitions, etc on the right moment, because of the stuttering. But when I render the final composition, the stutter is gone, and I keep the 25fps ... I may try to find another tool to replace Windows Movie Maker. Anyone knows a freeware to replace WMM?
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Thanks Andrew_McP Now I can do it. And if there's a bug, I can solve it by stopping Lock On and running it again. However, no matter what I do, I really can't get the same quality as ED did in their last BS video. My graphic settings are maxed (everything is at its maximum, except visibility range), and my Graphic card (6800) is at its maximum too. But still, the quality I obtain with the render avi is really under BS video. Any idea about how they did that?
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guys i'm in the same situation. I tried several methods but none of them worked. 1st: theory Record a track video edit the track (change views, camera position, etc) render to avi what you've done Now what happens (i.e. problems): 1)Too many video and audio codecs. Which one is the best? 2)I tried the DivX one: awful compression, this was really ugly 3)Sometimes it strarts, then stops immediately. Why? 4)unable to record sound. Really impossible :/ I've just done something that works: 1)no Video nor Audio compression 2)do it for little tracks. if you want to do a video, you'll have to cheat. For exemple, each scene I'm making come from a unique track. With this method, you will increase your chances to make the avi tool work, because it will last only a few seconds. known bugs (for me at least) every time I quit lock on after doing this "render avi", I have a error message (memory can't be read) Now my question is: What the hell did ED guys do with they last Black Shark video? Did you see the Quality? Did they use the lock on avi tool? I see Their video is a 720x576 resolution with 25 FPS, but How do they do that?