cichlidfan

A BMP or Humvee doesn't weigh anything close to what a jet fighter weighs. In the case of something like the Abrams, please consider how many square feet of contact you have between the treads and the ground compared to the tires on an aircraft. The concept is called weight distribution. Do the math. Math is your friend.

Why? Pilots are expected to keep the aircraft on the taxiway. If it were compacted enough to support significant weight then grass certainly would not grow. Btw, those are nice links but they tell you nothing about test results for the ground around the taxiway.

Yes, some are, but not the one you were driving, apparently.

Update is for the Open Beta, as stated in the patch notes.

There is no key for the Harrier. https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?p=3304775#post3304775

Wags did not state that 2.5 would be out in a couple of weeks. The words used were 'in the coming weeks', which does not imply a time frame.

v2.5 will, initially, be an update to the Open Alpha and then cascade down to the release version (IMHO). Control mapping will work just like it does now when you update a given version.

On topic, The first one was IFR Flight Simulator, on the C-64. Unless you want to count Zaxxon. ;) Oh, and I am 58.

Better check with Aluminum Donkey first, since your data is incorrect. ;)

Yes, software. API = Application Programming Interface

I said so because... a) In 1985 Eagle Dynamics did not exist. b) NTTR, for example, was first shown by ED in late 2010 and was a 3rd party project at that time. c) Nobody was producing consumer 3d graphic games in 1985. Vector and sprite graphics were as good as it got. d) The computing power needed for 3d modeling was not available on any personal computer platform in 1985. It did come along a couple of years later but only at a level suitable for static models with a limited number of polygons. e) In 1985/86 (I was 26/27) I was researching the available CAD/CAM 3D modeling systems being considered for purchase by my employer. I have a rather intimate knowledge of what kind of machine it took just to render a simple static 3D object, much less to animate it. We ended up with a MicroVAX based system which supported 8 *NIX based workstations. The price tag was just shy of $500,000, not counting the maintenance contract. A 32MB memory board (a square foot board covered with memory chips) for one of the workstations cost in excess of $10,000, and those didn't even exist when we purchased our initial system. Date is confirmed for me since I was on the way back from a trip to a local HP office when the Challenger exploded. It was a very long and quiet trip home. I don't think you are delusional, merely mis-remembering the quality and identity of what you were playing.

Personally, 5 years for a video card means nothing to me. The only video cards that I have ever had for that long are the ones sitting in boxes because I was too lazy to try and sell them. Currently, I think I have at least four retired cards. My two gaming boxes are both running Zotac 1080 AMP! Extremes.

Every week after right now is 'the coming weeks', not just the next four.

That occurred in late 2010.

No sir, you did not.

Actually, 'DCS World' did not exist until 2012. Prior to that we had three standalone sims (FC2, DCS A-10C and Black Shark) that were integrated to become DCS World in 2012. Technically, only DCS A-10C was integrated into the newly created DCS World product since Black Shark and FC2 required the purchase of an upgraded product for use with DCS World. From April 8, 2012 https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=86848

Well we won't have either one at EA release so I don't guess it will matter for a while.

When round things are round then it is correct.

Nope. I haven't touched one since 1989.

If you can lift, then you probably can. :)

Your video card is the likely issue. That is not a gaming card and only has 1GB of memory which is way below the minimum requirements for DCS.

Not needed. Navigation is done by looking outside and measuring with your thumb. ;)

That is what the forum is for, and what we do best (aside from argue about silly things)! I hope everyone had a great holiday.

Aside from a model that ED may have purchased, I seriously doubt that anyone is dumb enough not to create a 1:1 model. Even in the early days of CAD, having come from the pencil on vellum era, the best thing was that you could draw everything at actual size and there was no reason to do otherwise. Before becoming an IT guy, I spent many years designing and drawing parts for everything from Navy ships to the Space Shuttle and scale was always a hassle to deal with. It is actually easier to draw full scale so why would anyone do otherwise?

Having taken many thousands of photographs, some of them damn good even, all I can say is Oh my God!!!!