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Alpha: Thanks. Now it is starting to make since. However making an all digital cockpit is going to be a very big pain and undertaking. No needles just info displays and numbers. I think making the cockpit will probably take longer than doing a 3D model(lol). If you can manage to keep your sanity long enough. I think more ED tools might be a big help but getting them may be near to impossible. Anyway thank you for your patience and it is now making more since.:thumbup:

Alpha: Thanks for hanging in there with a brain dead member. Still brain dead(lol). Lets take Fc1 as I am still(unfortunately) using FC1. Now lets take say the F-15 pit. I want to make it appear as a digital not analog cockpit. The problem I assumed we had was that we could make all the textures we liked but the needles would always appear where the original needles were. So we could have a nice looking MFD (digital look) but the needles would alway be where the original was and we could not move them. Same for the radar,Tws and hud information, we could not remove them or move them. What the F-15 looked like on the left and right MFD's would alway show through the new textures as did the gauge needles. Am I right or all these years I was able to do more things than I thought possible. Now for FC2 which I have not gotten into yet, could you just briefly tell me what is possible now. Brain dead comes with age(LOL).:doh:

Well now, I am slightly confused. So, lets see if I can make since of what you have all said. Now, first I guess we are talking about FC2. Right. Now in Fc1.1 we could not move the gauges and needles so we were stuck with their positions in the cockpit. Now with Fc2 , what I think you are saying is we can move these gauges and needles but the glass material that you would also like to move out of the way, we have not found a way to do this yet. Am I on the right track or am I sidetracked(LOL).:doh: Just re read oldcrow's post. Ok, the actual MFD's IE.radar and tws as well as info and any mod attempt to the HUD is not figured out yet. Now am I on the right track.

Man. we've been trying since Fc1.1(lol). Hope some new dude figures this out. Then again ED might not be happy and we don't want that. Their our only hope for decent combat sims. I think we are between the Rock and a Hard Place.LOL:thumbup:

I may have missed this in the threads. in FC2 can we make a custom cockpit or is it like what we had to do with FC1.1 re-texture. In otherwords can we move the gauge positions or is it still hard coded? thanks for any info.:)

Check lockonfiles.com downloads under texture mods. There is a re-textured pit using the Su-27. Your f-16 mod has to replace the su-27 in order to use this texture. Will not look exactly like an f-16 but best we can do at the moment. This is for use with Lockon sim. only.Cheers. The Eurofighter Typhoon is being worked on now. Keep an eye out for the VEAO Eurofighter Typhoon For FC2.0!!

I would suggest staying with the F-15, as the main purpose of the F-22 is air dominance.

DD: Yes the cockpit will be a re-textured f-15 pit. I should have most of the key elements of the F-22. As we do not have the code to move gauges we are left with just re-texture work. We did the same for the EF-2000. It will look different. when I get it a bit more refined, I will send you a pic. Hopefully soon after, I will be able to send you the files. Cheers. give a shout if you need anything.:thumbup:

DD: Lots of help her3e for 3d models. I don't build 3d mods. The F-22 as far as I know uses the external tanks only for long range and drops them to remain stealth. I have a couple of shots for you of the bays. I can help you get the shots and info on a/c if you need it. Tomcatz, did an f-22 beta. He is a very helpful person to talk too. Here are the pics.:thumbup:

DD: No pun intended. the F-22 has bombbay doors as well as two side bays. Is the second one you are thinking about the New or Proposed Japan answer to the F-22. While trying to find inside cockpit shots, I think I ran into some info on the Japan prototype that looks a lot like the one you have posted. I am trying to re-texture the f-15 cockpit for the Sim-Wolf F-22 mod. If you use the F-15 for your modded a/c, would be happy to send you the cockpit when completed.:thumbup:Cheers.

141St. There are 441 people who looked at this post as of 05/02/10. I think there are a lot of people interested in your F-22 Raptor in which you released a public beta. Can someone pleaseeee give us some information. Is this a dead mod? I think a lot of people would like to see your F-22 updated a bit if this is still possible. Any news would be better than none. Thanks guy's for the beta, at least we can fly it.

Interest By the looks of the no. of people looking at this, there seems to be some interest in an F-22. Would someone from the 141st. Please let us know if there are any plans to finish this fine project. I think a lot of people would like to know!!

The Sr-71, you have no idea what it got away with.Let me see, ah ,yes speed, still a secret. We do know that it was capable of Mach 3 + for sustained periods of time. I wonder what the + means. Lots of times it was there and back and none the wiser for it. Alt. ah, lets see 60,000 +, there's that plus again. It traveled where ever it was needed and was there and back and none the wiser for it. Many, Many times. For each time it may have been picked up and I say may, there were a huge amount of flights that were never detected and I doubt whether they could detect it today, in most cases. Meant to do one thing in the end of its development stage and it did it extremely well.

Hi guy's. I am very interest in your F-22 and was wondering if you plan on doing some more work on this great mod. I am trying to do a cockpit for FC1.1 to make it more like the F-22. When completed if you would like, I can pass it along to your group. I do not plan to upload this cockpit but to share it with people who would like to fly the F22 that you have created. Please get in touch. Thanks.:)

Jimack Thanks for the news. Welcome. I understand about the distributor. Hope they realize how popular this series is. Thanks very much for the information. You were the first and appreciated. Cheers.

All of the above plus, is North America left out!!!! Only option is download and burn. PLEASEEEE. Yes an option but only a last resort. I have all cd/dvd versions, so why would you stop now. NO interest in North America or what. I get the feeling that this question does not want to be answered in fear of losing the download version customers in North America. Its been asked many times and I will admit a few from me too with no reply other than get the download and back it up on disc. Well if a disc is availiable, it may not be quite the same as the download. So we wait especially in North America for this answer. I will purchase it regardless but easier if dealing with North American distributor. Waiting for an answer and hoping that I don't get flamed for this post. Just try to imagine the frustration on this side of the WATER. Yes I will say it, people have been frustrated in Europe as well with just getting download. So lets just say there are people frustrated everywhere that need an answer to their questions. Most have been dealt with , this one has not.:(

Wags Is it to early to tell whether there will be a North American distributor for FC2?:(

Then this would mean that all gauge lights are white. which has been done as pointed out. Only gear lights, warning lights and similar are of different colors. which I believe are already done for those in the original files. Correct me please if I am wrong. Aero , wonderful work and looking forward to more. Cheers.:thumbup::thumbup:

Tomcatz: Really like you to do a nice job on the F-22. Would you be interested in carrying on with this project?

Can you please look at your PM box. Thanks in advance. You can let me know if this possible, here or PM:thumbup:.

Just a note. I have had the original cd Lockon and then lockon gold when FC became available(2 disc set). I never had a problem with starforce until I tried to make a backup copy of Lockon Gold disc's as you need to put 2nd disc in every 7 days. I lost my new DVD/rw. That said, I went back to the original but was lured back to Fc1 for what was being provided.(mods and Patched). I have had Fc1 on my machine now for several years and have not had any issues with starforce BUT I have not tried to make a copy of the disc's. This may not have anything to do with losing disc drive, then again other people had issues when trying to make copies of the discs. I would not worry about starforce, go ahead and get it, as a precaution only, do not try to back up the discs. IMHO, This my have been the cause of my problem and then again maybe not. FC2 will have no problem with starforce at all from what I understand. Hope this helps. cheers.:thumbup:

Thanks for the info. Can you give me a link to their site. If not can you get one of them to contact me here or by PM. Thanks.

Hi guy's: I am look at the F-22 raptor done I think by the sim-mod team. 141st_Alper I believe was one of the team. Anyway I have a request if one of the team still is interested. Could someone animate the wheels. I am going to do a cockpit for it and would love to see the wheels turning. Needs a little work on the placement of a couple of pylons so the 120's don't show the fins outside. If one of the group is interested or anyone who can get permission, do the wheels. Would be nice to have an F-22 to play with and this mod is a great start. Hope to hear from you. cheers.

I always wait for lock onto target and have fired thousands of 120's over my fc1 flying. Not many at very high alt. but a lot around 14 to 20 thousand and they have missed there target a lot. Too much so. Had an su-27 locked at 43km but no shoot cue till within 20. fired 4 in fire rate about 30 sec. apart. none hit and that was an AI a/c. Glad to hear that's at least been fixed as best it can in FC2.

Evil: Thanks very much. Clears that up perfectly. Thanks for the comeback. Cheers.:thumbup: