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Pretty much why I haven't purchased anything with Razbam stamped on it. This isn't the first F-15 drama when it comes to certain RB Devs, although that does all depend how the individual looked at it. Won't go there though as not relevant to the ED/RB issue, maybe the F-15 is just jinxed.

Probably because none of us know whats in the private contract between ED and RB. Technically, if ED pull the plug on the module it leaves them open to being sued by RB for loss of revenue through sales so pretty much damned if they do and damned if they don't.

Still got that stored away in my old tech boxes, big box with the massive manual, over 300 pages. Used to play it for hours, loved all the Janes stuff. Imagine trying to play something like DCS on a dial up modem Made a slight alteration to your date

No Problem, glad you are enjoying it and the XFX card is really nice.

That's what I use Gimp, used to be Photoshop until they started the subscription and my suite became outdated. Good that you have had a go though and can do some stuff, Gimp has got a bit of a learning curve but I've always been been able to reproduce anything I could do in Photoshop. When I do skins I open the base DCS file, well copy of it then create off that. Each bit I add has it's own layer so you can make alterations or switch layers on and off, the F/A-18C had left and right names as separate layers. With the flag I just opened it in Gimp alongside the DCS file I was working on and copied the entire image, switched back to DCS file and pasted as a new layer then resized and positioned it off that. Always save a working copy of the file in Gimp XCF format, pretty much the same as Photoshop PSD. That way it saves all the layers separately so you can go back and alter things or add new stuff, as soon as you save as DDS is flattens the image to a single layer. I normally open the DCS DDS file and save straight away as XCF then work off that. Once you have finished or want to test what you have done Export As: DDS for the first time, after that you can just press save as normal. When you save as DDS select MipMaps: Generate MipMaps and Save: All Visible Layers and you don't need to change anything else. If you want to check in real time what you are doing use the DCS Model Viewer, you load either an EDM or LOD file for the aircraft then select the skin off the list.

Hi Lasken, I'm a bit tied up with work at the moment but will have a look to see if I can do anything in the next few weeks if I get chance when I'm back home.

That has been on the site for ages, long before any of this started and they stepped away from FSX because it was becoming almost obsolete with newer flight simulators. Why would Razbam be interested in sinking money into old, outdated software when you have two much newer products from Microsoft. It would be like Eagle Dynamics still producing content and actively updating Flanker 2.0 from 1999, absolutely pointless unless you expect developers to support products for infinity.

I use the Thrustmaster T.16000M HOTAS and have just as good control with rudder using the flappy paddles on the throttle as I did when I was using pedals. You can buy the Thrustmaster TWCS Throttle on it's own which is handy. It's much better and easier than trying to used the twist function on a joystick. I had pedals for years, with small breaks in between but after the last ones broke I decided to go back to not using them, I had spent 20 years flying without them and other times never had real issues with twist axis controls but the paddles are so much better. Might be a solution until auto rudder is introduced. People reported issues with the Thrustmaster TWCS Throttle being a bit sticky, mine was out the box but I undid the tension screw underneath and cured it almost completely in less than a minute. I think the reason why so many people were likely having issues was because they were too heavy handed. Out the box, if I used normal force on the throttle it did feel sticky, totally different if I just rested my hand on it and operated it gently but then even better after the tension screw. If you aren't bother about warranties then you can get a bearing mod really cheap or just use something like a teflon grease on the slides. I think the only time now I am likely to buy another set of pedals is when I eventually build a cockpit, until then I'm happy with my paddles

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In the A-4E-C/Cockpit/Scripts/Systems/ folder. Just overwrite the one that is in there.

It's the full install file, once installed it gives options for repair/uninstall. It's a genuine Microsoft file, I downloaded it and tested it like I do before I submit links for anything and it's from a Microsoft site so can pretty much rules those issues out. Often when you are getting this issue with preventing the download it's due to permissions, I take it the system you are downloading on to that you are logged in as a default admin and not a user, quite often with users they are unable to download various files unless logged in as the administrator to prevent malicious actions. We used to lock people out at work, they would have full use of the computer but the minute you tried downloading or installing a driver or piece of system software, even an update it blocked it. If you aren't having issues with any other things though pretty much rules that out as well. It could be corrupt system files, previous versions of the VC 2015-2022 have left users unable to install, uninstall or repair. Try the follow: Open a Command Prompt as Administrator and type the following commands. DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /ScanHealth Once that has finished type the next command: DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth and once that has finished type: sfc /scannow You might have to reboot the system after that command finishes, depends if it finds and repairs anything. Don't know if you use anything like CCleaner but if not another possibility is redundant files in your temp directory, can clear that with the Command Prompt using: del /q /f /s %temp%\*

No problem, Microsoft like to make things difficult and don't keep older versions in easy to download places, probably in there My Visual Studio section you need to log into which is a pain. I have found the file though, will link the page rather than just the file, I have downloaded it to check the version and it is the one you need, it's the second link marked [Version 14.32.31332 (x64)] https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/looking-for-microsoft-visual-c-2015-2019/1c3734af-d1bb-46ce-ba76-9e2f07b766f3 As MAXSenna said, it doesn't always work but worth a try.

I remember you posting about it before so downloaded it but never got round to trying it Probably a newer version by now so will downloaded it again now you reminded me.

I normally resolve it by downloading and reinstalling the file in question, in this case version 14.32.31332