Colt40Five

Yes it's time to name another of my wackadoo skins...any ideas? :helpsmilie:

Thanks for the kind words. I haven't been skinning for very long. In fact, I started just like you. I wanted custom paint to my own tastes(with Punisher skulls all over...haha), so I got GIMP and learned by doing!

I use a freeware program called GIMP. Check it out, it's like a free photoshop :) More Punisher!!! hehe

That's my skin(if it's got a punisher logo on it 99% chance it's mine...hehe) and you are more than welcome. Looks good!! If you want to release it, (since it's for the Walmis model) I don't mind, just give me a credit. you should have posted before you got started, I would have sent you the .psds so you could do it right. :)

I was looking forward to this, but people are reporting lots of problems at SimHQ. Looks like it may be a dud until some patching can occur... http://www.simhq.com/forum/ubbthreads.php?ubb=postlist&Board=99&page=1

They are in the "How To-DIY(do it yourself)" category at youtube....hehe Thanks for the links.

I plan to fill the time I would normally use chasing infantry by practicing lateral strafing on moving trains. And by flying upside down. and ejecting just to watch the sequence. So what's the problem? hehe

My new desktop! Sweet! I wish we had rough seas in the game. Would be nice to see the deck pitching when coming in for a landing on the Kutz...

If you put an ECM pod on an enemy AI plane they will use it.

I just got done reading "Black Aces High" about VF-41's cruise on the Roosevelt during Operation Allied Force(Balkans). Talks about the first implementations of LANTIRN among other things. Kind of a shame to read how shite the engines really were on the A models. Not the best book I've read about aviation, kind of read like a soap opera...lots of drama in the ranks, but an interesting look nonetheless into tomcats in combat. http://www.amazon.com/Black-Aces-High-Robert-Wilcox/dp/0312997086/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/104-6700563-0015160?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1177905129&sr=1-1

For the Ukrainian Army(or just the Ukrainian babes)? Maybe the US forces should take this approach for generating recruits...:D http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4a01PpeoK8

Check out this site... http://betah.co.il/BooksCatalog.aspx?category=Aviation

Nice of ED to keep us in the loop....

I didn't find the avionics in falcon very difficult. Lots to learn sure, but once you know where everything is no big deal. especially if you have a HOTAS with plenty of buttons and modes. Ramp starts may seem daunting, but it's just following a checklist. I did it a few times just to do it, but all it does is add 15-20 mins to your flight time. After that I just started from the runway. I put about 200 hrs into F4AF, beat several campaigns, then came right back to lockon. F4's FM sux IMHO, no matter if the "numbers" are right or not. Lockon "feels" like flying to me and that's what keeps me flying it. F4AF isn't even installed on my system anymore.

Don't apologize! We were all noobs once...hehe Have you been to http://www.flankertraining.com/ironhand/ yet??

I read a book by Alexander Zuyev (stole a MiG-29, flew to Turkey and defected to the US) part of which details his life at Armavir in the early 80's...it was rough...but not all bad...there was a female nursing school in town and no shortage of alcohol... :)

Okay you can create the 'gamedata' folder yourself to put the mods in. Make sure you go into fsgame.ltx(which is in your stalker folder) and change this line: look like this:

I'm so cheating this time around(mods :thumbup:)...lol

I've had a blast with this one as well. finished once before the patch, then again after(still haven't gotten one of the 'good' endings). I'm playing through it again now with a ton of mods. Good stuff!

And about time too! http://www.kommersant.com/p-10456/Army_Helicopter/

wow nice job! :thumbup:

Any chance I can get just the fix for the single install so I don't have to download again? Thanks TekaTeka!

The single mod broke my install!! I had to reload my backups. Any ideas what might be causing that? I was looking forward to this...:helpsmilie:

No TrackIRs?? :)

Anyone got any links to info on how the Russians would fight the Kutz and its Su-33s if they had to? Things like how far the CAP is from the boat, do they take-off with limited fuel and then tank before heading out for their mission (I seem to remember something about the 33 not being able to take off fully loaded IRL), what's the full complement of 33s available...etc And doesn't the Russian navy use a helicopter with a radar underneath for their AWACS? Any chance to see this in LOBS? (hey everyone else is asking for crazy stuff why can't I??) Any info appreciated!