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Grabbed it last night Vyrtuoz and looks great. I have one small problem on my new box Q6600 with 9600GT video card...my screen will black out intermittently when I try to play a tac file in tacview. Its almost like Tacview is exhausting the capabilities of my display. Runs Lockon on high detail @1680 x 1050 vut cant run tacview without black screen. Any ideas?

I have just done a fresh install and applied Walmis F15 mod and the Sim-Mod A10 which all works as advertised. As a precaution I backed up my meinit.xml before using Modman to apply the following mod. Thanks for making it a bit easier there CEROL. A quick test flight revealed in the Mission Editor payload screen , that not all of my comprehensive list of skins for the A10 were available and so a quick check of the back up meinit.xml and the now edited one revealed vast differences. Acting on impulse I backed up the new meinit.xml (in case I wanted to uninstall the mod) and I reinstated my first backup (from the fresh install with Walmis F15 and A10 Sim Mod, but prior to applying ALS mod) and then I simply manually edited the meinit.xml from step 4. down ( as I figured that CEROLs mod had done all the rest correctly). All works fine and the A10 skins and I am presuming Walmis F15 should all be as they should be. Short version 1. back up your current meinit.xml 2. Apply CEROLs mod for ASL (Thanks HUAF by the way) 3. Reinstate your backed up meinit.xml 4. Edit it manually as per HUAFs post/quote from step 4. onwards 5. Base all your missions on the ALS.mis (use it as a template, thanks Lucky Bob) Cheers

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Can anyone confirm whether ECM blinking has any effect whatsoever against AI piloted enemy. Not being an "ECM blinker" myself, I tried stabbing "E" repeatedly on my keyboard whilst pressing a BVR engagement and it didnt seem to deter the AI at all, who managed to get a lock and launch on me. Was just wondering...

The Event I like to fly online whenever possible, and always try and use whatever online Comms are running for that server, be it TeamSpeak or Ventrillo. When there's not much happening (I am GMT +10) I will fly offline and try and hone my skills or try an airframe I am not as familiar with. I see in this thread that several of the offline only crew like the sound of an online coop flight. The logic here is quite understandable, You would still be flying against AI Aircraft and AI Surface to Air threats, only your wingman, escorts and fellow package members would be piloted by humans, which are hopefully more reliable for you than the AI ones. The enemy AI pose no greater threat to your survivability and ego than what they normally would in an offline encounter, and you get to experience flying and fighting in coordination with fellow Lock On enthusiasts with voice comms as well. Notwithstanding that there are always plenty of servers running on Hyperlobby, I think its going to require a little bit more coordination to ensure that its as easy and painless as can be, to encourage more offline pilots to try a little bit of online, and I can think of no better medium than right here in this forum and in this very thread if need be, to get things started. I am not a server owner so it would require the cooperation of a Server admin to make their server available for a session as a COOP with maybe some GCI AI to shoot at and some nice AG targets as well. But here's the thing, I think we should only request this after we have all confirmed here, that, Yes, we would like to participate. Maybe even with suggestions as to what airframes you would like to fly and what sort of engagement you would like to participate in. Now of course online flying just isnt right unless you can talk to your fellow pilots. So if you dont already have one, go and buy a headset with a mic and download Teamspeak. Have a go at getting it all to work and if you have any problems, report back here and we will help fix them. If it requires a comprehensive guide as to how to use TS in a flight sim environment then I am happy to expand on this, but the main points to note are; Install Team Speak, plug in your new mic and headset, set the TS TX (transmit) function to PTT (Push To Talk), map the PTT key you selected to your HOTAS or just make it a handy key on the keyboard. Now its not mandatory, but probably easier for all, if you install Hyperlobby, and also ensure that you are running a relatively straight v1.12a install. Anyhow the finer details can be elaborated on here prior to the event. "The event", it has a nice ring to it, I think I will use that as a point of reference. The primary purpose of "the event" is to see how many, normally offline, pilots we can get in the air at the same time, in an online environment. Maybe given the many different time zones, we could have multiple "events" planned across the globe, all participating in the same engagement, and at the conclusion, the participants from each time zone "event" can debrief back here, yeah that sounds like a bit of fun. Now of course something like this will and should take a bit of preparation prior to execution so I encourage all that are interested to speak up and have some input. This post has turned out far too long so ...

We are all 1.12a and Hyperlobby compliant as well as TeamSpeak. Nice to know there are so many Aussies around, now lets try and see how many Aussies we can get online at the same time. The biggest server capacity we ahve between us is a couple with 1500/256, I can usually get 4 clients airborne @56k.

Theres a couple more Aussies up here in Queensland; Jetwash (Noosa) and myself (Brisbane), our mates Crow (Adelaide); Mazza (Perth); Recker (Sydney). We are on most evenings if you are looking for some action.

I came across this story http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilyushin_Il-2 adn was impressed and amused by the antics of this Soviet Hero, whom I guess the Carrier is named after. A brave and versatile pilot no doubt. He must have had the fly any plane mod enabled and was lucky to get home without someone Team Killing him.

Life is NOT fair In the big bad real world, there would be a lot more Flankers going down in flames than the F15. I too prefer flying the Russian jets, and take it on the chin every time I get downed by an F15, but I sure savour every moment when I do get the better of an F15. When I do, I have beaten the odds and lived to tell the tale.

Scott I cant remember which mod did it, but I suspect the FPS Tweak mod made some of the plane types flyable. Such as an FA18A model wrapped around a Su33. You can grab that Mod at LockOnFiles. Provided those you fly with online all have same mod, no problems. Most hyperlobby servers never allow you to fly a non standard plane anyway. If you are worried make a backup of your whole Lock On folder. Run one as a clean legitimate LockOn 1.12a and the other for hacked, modded, just for shits and giggles Lock On. Just rename the folder you wish to use to Lock On...you'll work it out. I would probably do a fresh install for that anyway No you cant , but you do get the Su33 pit, I am not sure if its the Su33FM, most probably. You can launch US weapons with RU avionics, even Mavericks, although they dont seem to lock so you have to "sniper" them English Just last night a few of us were hooning around in FA18s going AA and AG with Rockeyes and Mavericks, all US ordinance, and we only discovered the mavericck hack by accident, its not perfect, but useable with a steady hand. Its a little bit awkward and definitely unrealistic, but good fun all the same. You can launch the F18 off a Carrier, but without a tailhook its hard to stop on one. There is a tailhook mod for the Tomcat F14, which works fine and similar to all above, ie SU33 with a Tomcat model. Modman is your friend and very simple to apply and unapply Mods. Back up your LockOn folder and have a go, if you screw up just reinstate your backup. Cheers

DrafTech, It is my experience that upon entering any jet already airborne or after turning off Autopilot, you need to reset trim Ctrl T (for every jet except Su25T). Failure to do this will have you fighting your jet for control. The other thing to do for the fast movers is go into Options/Input and select your Saitek from the Devices dropdown, select the axis toggle and then fine tune the axis response for Joystick X and Y. By default they are quite linear, ie a straight diagonal line. I have put a S curve in mine both X and Y to give me a relative flat spot in the central position, so that it requires more aggressive stick movement around the central zones and increases in intensity/reaction, the more I pull. What this means in flight is that your stick is nowhere near as reactive when you are looking to make fine tune adjustments to your pitch and roll and you should find that you are able to enjoy a more stable flight. Image How to Alter Pitch Axis Image How to Set Roll Axis Image How to Set Throttle Axis The last one for throttle is where I have tried to soften the input around the central zone as well as try and align the min and max with the Idle and AB detents on my Cougar. For myself and many mates, we have all experienced the dreaded porpoising and found this to be the easiest way to soften it. You should find close formation flying a lot easier now and of course once merged you still have all the maneuverability available with full stick deflection. And once you get used to this, prepare to trim your jet out frequently anyway as its a fact of life with these airframes, just remember your friend is Ctrl T when it all gets too much. I have only just started messing with the Su25T and its a whole different kettle of fish, the manual suggests going with a more linear curve, and after having tried it, I can understand why. Now my question is with the Su25T is if I have engaged one of the many different AP modes available here, is there a sure fire way to disengage all and reset trim? Half the time I am not sure whether I still ahve some form of AP engaged or not, its such a handful at the best of times, the last thing I need is some AP fighting my inputs.

Graywolf It is possible...you need a utility called LOTU (LockOn Track Unlocker) which you can probably get at Lockonfiles. Its easy and does exactly what you are looking for.

Anyone who has managed to get Lockon to a workable state on their computer is more than qualified to sort out whatever technical difficulties may present thmselves with setting up a mic and something like Teamspeak. Of all the hardware they have invested in to virtually fly, a humble microphone (wit headphones) is by far the cheapest and quietest. I remember flying flight sims offline before there was any such thing as Internet and before the flight sim even talked to me and at times I thought I must have been the only person in the world, who was into them. Now we are able to fly with people from anywhere in the world, and talk in real time, and for me that is the ultimate flight. I probably embarrass myself online everytime, I open my mouth online, but the great thing about the internet is that I am unlikely ever to meet any of you in person and so I don't worry about it. At all. As for language barriers, yeah that could be a problem, but what a great opportunity for you to practise your english, and maybe I could learn a little French, or Spanish or even Russian :D It has been my great pleasure in this community to chat and fly with a great many wonderful people, at least they came across that way online, and the immersion of real time comms with fellow (v) pilots has been a lot of fun, even with the language issues that we have contended with. To all I say, don't hold back, grab a mic, get TS sorted jump online and say G'day, or whatever it is you say in your language to meet and greet your fellow pilots. You wont regret it.

Yes it was a nice try Arbritrator, but I cheated, I put lots of spaces, line breaks and punctuation in mine to pad it out. A bit like spamramming only for forums. ;) Great to see you're enjoying your online flying.

Mate, it was aimed at you and anyone else who is yet to experience the hair-raising excitement of flying LOFC online. I hope to see you up there sometime.