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I have another question. I have 2 PCs. And, I would very much like to go against my brother on LAN. SO, can we use the same installer of the game (and the same Activation key) on 2 different PCs? Wouldn't it give an error like CD key match error?? 'cause if it doesn't work, I think it would prove tooo costly. :(

Roger that!! Well, I also think that the biggest help will be by buying the game, legit and straight from the supplier. ED eliminated the 2nd option by taking up 1C games for Russia and giving an online download option for the rest of the world. The ONLY problem I have with online download? Well, what if some little file is corrupted? Do we pay again? Or simply re-download? Yes, ED has done a great job in the flight sim world. FC is just gonna make it better. I still can't believe it... N-019 and N-001!! *drools* I think that the people's idea to "leave the game because it took so long" is STUPID!! Sure, they took long... but what we will get now, is a ripened fruit. So, I guess waiting isn't so bad. DMut, Biolog, I copy what you say. I believe you fellows should be harsh. There's an old saying here... "laton key bhoot, baton sey nahin maante". Well, it's hindi, but what it means is simple... those who are in a habit of being beaten, don't pay attention if you talk. ;)

After reading a lot of "ranting" and "cursing" about extended release dates, I realised that it's the "cursing" which is taking the dates forward!! As GGTharos just said in another thread... "And THEN a bunch of.... ". Well, I was wondering? How can we help? One thing is obvious... patience is a virtue. So, just staying calm and dreaming about FC should be better than shouting of "planning not to buy the game"! Come on fellas! Copy Protection is just as necessary as anything else. Ever wonder how much a game developer can lose just by piracy of their games? No-one likes to push the launch date further; not even the Devs! But, CP is just as important as anything else, especially for the Devs! They have put their time and hard work in making a game for us, and we can't rob them of their work's worth by using pirated games!! Would you like it if you made a game and just 1 guy bought it while everyone else got it for free?? So, I ask again... how can we "players" help? Many of us are talented in modelling, while some are just awesome at web-site development. So, why not save everyone's time and get some "freelance" workers? Personally, I don't mind if the pay is low... after all, we get to work close to the development team and also get the game quicker!! It's beneficial for both the sides. What do you guys think??

Interesting... I will download the mods right away. :) About the Su-34, well, I didn't know it had a rear-looking radar. I will check... Regarding S-37 and Su-47... yeah, it had me confused for some time too! :P With respect to the 2-seater aircrafts, LOskins has been down for me all day today! I will check it tomorrow. I have the links now. Thanx. :)

Well, you better get your facts straight mate! The Su-37 and the Berkut are different things!! The Su-47 is the Berkut... with forward-swept wings; kinda like the US X-29. The Su-47 is the ONLY aircraft in the world to feature a rear-looking radar. I can even give you a link if you don't believe me! I only say something after I myself believe it is correct. The Su-37 resembles the Su-35 and is MUCHO agile! It can fly at AoA angles unimaginable! I have seen it in action... on the TV, of course. Yes, it may not have a radar installed... yet, I believe you. Probably because it's still in the test phase. Even if it got a radar, I doubt that the Russian AF will tell anything about it! The R.x is still in experimental phases... Russian missiles are better than their western counterparts!! The R.x works... I found pics of it in action on the Internet. But, of course, US hardware is more "famous"... getting publicity through use in wars.

Well, I never said that getting a rear-firing missile would mean that you need to let the enemy get behind you! This just means that you just got a whole lot "safety". Especially the bombers!! About the US giving out info, well, no-one in this world is STUPID enough to tell people their secrets!! They probably make an information public when they come to know that others already know about it!! Regardless of what people believe, Russian intelligence agencies are much better than their Western counter-parts! The possibility of looking for heat-blooms in the surrounding air-space is quite nice but I do not really think it will be 100% accurate! It will be more like a sumbmarine's sonar system! Your own engine's heat will camouflage everything behind you!! Plus, the IR-Warning Reciever (or whatever they call it) would also probably go after Flares!! I read an article though... the US is scared of the Russian cruise missiles! The article said that the only reason US was not attacking Iran, despite Israel jumping up and down and saying "ATTACK ATTACK", was that Iran had procured some Moskits and Granits from Russia!! They fly low and fast. By the time they hit, the target doesn't even know it's there!! I also heard of an idea to use a laser and/or ECM beam to destroy/disrupt an incoming missile. It's still in the experimental stages but I believe that, if implemented, such an aircraft would be invincible!! About 2-player idea... well, we see it in action in some games... BattleField Vietnam can handle multiple players in one vehicle... but it's an arcade game. IL-2 Sturmovik also has 2 players in one aircraft... the second player is the rear-seated gunner. If the same is implemented in Lock On, I would love to fly a Su-30 MKi or the F-14D. Also, I would like to say one thing extra... ED RULES... We english-speaking folks get a glimpse of the N-001 and the N-019 for the first time! :D

Well, that's the problem. Russians do not let out much information about their weapons!! For example, when ED asked them about the RWR system in the Su-25T, they replied with the info being classified. So, the Su-25T gets the SPO-15 in the game!! USAF is a different issue. It seems that they let out info to "scare" the other countries. Anyway, this is not a matter we should discuss. The sources for the R-27T and R-27ET may be wrong... or they may not be. But, I am sure ED gave as much realism as they god info from the Russian AF. ED loves realism and removed the R-27EA when they got news that the missile was out of production. Lock On is not just a game... games are balanced and rather un-real. Lock On is a true MODERN AIR COMBAT FLIGHT SIMULATOR!! About the EOS/Radar coupling when using an IR guided missile, I agree with you. But, let's not forget that Russian aircrafts are not as "automated" as their US counterparts. What happens in one attack mode, probably happens in others as well. So, heh, what I do is use the EOS in BVR to "guess" enemy pos. I do not lock them as this would switch on the radar and ruin my surprise. When I get behind them, I switch on the radar and fire a missile! You should see them freak out! :P Yes, SARH missiles are fun and require much more work on the pilot's part. But, frankly speaking, US aircraft designers try to keep work-load on the pilot the lowest! That's why the F-15C is much more "user-friendly" as compared to the Su-27! OF course, the AIM-7 does have its pros and cons; but, then again, every missile does! I think you are right about the F-15E... but, heh, the harder the better. :) Ideas to detect changes in atmosphere? Well, we have satellite imaging, barometers, pulse-doppler radars and some more I can't remember yet? About the Su-47 and R.x, well, I said rear-firing... not rear aspect. Sidewinder, when it started off, could be fired at an aspect angle of 10 lol... now, it's all-aspect!! The R.x is fires forward. It then makes an astounding 180 degree turn and goes back!! It must look awesome lol.

This is with regard to the disussion going on about the R-27ET and radar/EOS team-work. Well, if Avimimus is correct. The R-27ET has a data link. IF you remember it right, BVR mode locks the targets using the radar, or STT as the F-15 pilots like to call it. Now, when you fire an R-27ET, it is getting the co-ordinates of the target from the targeting aircraft. This means that the missile is getting guidance from the aircraft... not tracking itself yet. This is COMMAND guidance. If you lose lock on the target, the missile gets "timed out" and switches to INERTIAL guidance. This means that the missile follows the path according to last known target position, speed and heading. If you resume lock again, the missile returns to COMMAND guidance. Now, when the missile is in range (15 KM for the R-27ET) for it's on-board IR seeker, it breaks the datalink and starts tracking the target itself... passively. The coupling of the EOS and the Radar. As my fellow player SharpShooter wrote "... you are screwed.", I believe he is right in some regards. He is wrong in some others as well. Have you ever thought about this? Russian aircrafts chiefly use SARH missiles, with the exception of some. Now, as you already know, SARH missiles need guidance from the targeting computer. Now, let's suppose you managed to lock up an F/A-18A at a distance of 48 km. You fired an R-27ER when he was at 45 and waited for the missile to hit. Now, of course, missiles are faster than aircrafts but you may not be so slow either. The F/A-18A pilot was skilled and started beaming you... what do you do now? Well, the EOS helps you here... the EOS switches on it's laser range finder and starts tracking the enemy. As you may remember, every 3 pulses of the IR laser range-finder and followed by a radar pulse. This radar pulse gets a much accurate reading as compared to the laser range-finder. Plus, when the radar is able to lock, it switches on... automatically. Thus, we see that the coupling of the EOS and radar mean that the enemy is "screwed"... not you. Regarding the discussion on adding some rear-aspect IR missiles, well... I believe that they are obsolete! Lock On is "Modern Air Combat"... rear-aspect IR missiles are a thing of the past now. SharpShooter is correct about the AMRAAMs though. I, too, believe that the US aircrafts should get a much wider range of missiles. Actually, an F-15E would have been more "fun" than the F-15C. Also, I do not think that there are ways to detect an IR missile launch. Flanker 2.5 even showed an A-G radar in the Su-27! So, it was quite wrong... in many respects. Plus, to detect changes in the atmosphere to detect missile launch, the aircraft would need a radar... a radar which never switches off... this would just add weight and really get the pilot "screwed"!! I would like to add a piece of news here... talking of missile launch warning systems and radars, did you people know of the Su-47 and the R.x missile? The Su-47 Berkut features a rear-looking radar and the ONLY rear-firing missile... the R.x. What this means is this... you get behind a Su-47 planning to "riddle" the pilot. But suddenly, he shoots a missile behind... at you!! The R.x will also be added to bombers and some fighter/bombers. The link for the AMRAAM was nice. Thank you. :)