SilentSparrow

Still it's better than no Super Hornet. If we are going to mix and match the Lot avionics so be it. If Heatblur, Razbam, or Leatherneck (ED doesn't want to do mishmashes at all: See the F-16) has the time to do it, and is reading this, please: Just make an F/A-18E/F Lot 29 (With WSO cockpit in Lot 24). We can make an exception one time. ONE time.

You can't physically do that. Can you do that in DCS? I don't see why not. We've done these kinds of mishmash things in the past, like the aforementioned JF-17 and F-15E.

Why exactly do the WSO and Pilot cockpit have to be from the same Lot?

Yeeaaah, I wasn't implying that, I was half-jokingly saying that he could slam a bunch of MFD buttons and be like WHOA LOOK AT THAT CLASSIFIED ACS Anyways were the Lot 24 WSO displays color displays? Would it be a stretch to have an F/A-18E Lot 29 and an F/A-18F Lot 29 but with the WSO cockpit stuck in Lot 24? Or would that be ok with a mishmash a la JF-17 and F-15E?

I know about Integrity Check, but I installed the F-16I and CJS Superbug mods. Now, I deinstalled them, but it doesn't pass IC. So, how do I make my DCS pass IC?

Yeah that part wasn't really meant to be taken seriously.

@SkateZilla, I kinda exaggerated things. What exactly in the HOL and ACS is classified, and what exactly are the HOL and ACS? Many people might not know, so for the record. I don't know what in the HOL and ACS is classified. Also, if it is classified, why did the US Navy let the Top Gun: Maverick cast fly in the backseat of Block II Super Hornets, due to the possibility that, I dunno, Glen Powell spied for the Chinese Government?

Sorry about my ranting, yeah, I'm sorry.

We have an M5.2 Tape F-16. However, we don't have many features. So, I would like to list the features not in the M5.2 in the M6.2 Viper which DCS could make: Improved IFF system (Mode 5 waveform with better distinction between friendly and enemy aircraft, maybe unclassified) Introduction of AIM-120D missile (two-way datalink, improved navigation and High-Angle Off-Boresight capabilities, a doubled range, but not necessary for DCS) Introduction of more advanced A/G weapons (GBU-39 SDB, GBU-54 LJDAM, unclassified) Integration of improved Link-16 functions with net-centric capability (UI Probably, likely unclassified) Integration of a new Universal Armament Interface to standardize communication between the aircraft and the weapons, illuminating the need for new OPF tapes with every new weapon system (UI again, probably unclassified) "Clean-up" tape (intended as correction to imperfections found in earlier phases, which are just bug fixes so nothing classified) Included minor updates like Auto GCAS capability nearly eliminating Controlled Flight Into Terrain (CFIT) accidents, a leading cause of F-16 loss of pilot and aircraft accidents. This is probably unclassified. I might be wrong about some things, but I would like to make a feature request: I hope we can add as many of the unclassified features as possible. Thank you.

I don't think it has any effect anymore. The F/A-18C and CJS Super Hornet can run simultaneously, too. So, you can fly the CJS Super Hornet if you're ok with removing it from the Mods folder once you want to play multiplayer.

Yes, Buddy Tanker has been working for a long, long time now.

Chiller Juice Studios. AKA The best hope we have for a Super Hornet.

IIRC the Super Hornet has some classified parts to it like the HOL and ACS and ED might not want to fake systems to get around that.

Now that the Super Hornet mod is so good, maybe they should start making their own standalone mod. It will seriously help post-2006 carrier ops.

Sad. I give up. There is no way we get a Super Hornet other than a community mod. Until someone like CJS just pivots to making a full-on F/A-18E/F standalone we will never have it.

What would happen if the CJS guys just said, "<profanity> it, throw the 11th and 12th pylons on"?

Question: I have seen that the outboard pylons can hold weapons now. Can they fire the weapons? Also, are any of the pylons removed?

Here you can clearly see F110 engine nacelles on the F-15E. Is this an F-15 Advanced Eagle variant? Is Razbam making that? Or is it some trick of the eyes?

Nice! What mods are you making next? Also, did you ask the CJS guys for their external model? If they said no, then maybe ask the VSN guys to partner up. They prolly make slightly better AI-only aircraft than ED.

So do they have the HOL and ACS or not? Maybe go ask the Indians. If it's a cockpit problem then they could have a problem selling the HOL and ACS to an uncertain ally like India.

@SkateZilla you know the HOL and ACS. Are those on Australian Hornets? If not, we can make a Lot 29-style Australian F/A-18E/F. If so, however, I will give up and accept a Super Hornet isn't happening.

I've spoken with GR and he says he'll release everything he has in a few months. So, just wait a few more months and you can use his AIM-120D, AIM-260A, AGM-158C (And whatever else he may make) for your F-15EX.

So let's just make an export-style F/A-18E/F and we'll be fine, right?

What do you mean, depends?

Hey! Would you like to make other magical things for DCS? Like, say, Disney characters? I know, weird idea, but considering there’s Santa Claus, I think you can start trying to make Disney characters for DCS.