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Skyrat

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  • Birthday 07/19/1970

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  • Flight Simulators
    LOMAC:Flaming Cliffs 1 & 2, FSX, X-Plane 9, Enemy Engaged 2, IL2, Pacific Fighters, DCS:Black Shark
  • Location
    Cocoa, Florida, USA
  • Interests
    Flying, Computer Games, RC Helicopters, Bike Riding
  • Occupation
    Corporate Pilot

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  1. So other modules allow us (who don't have TrackIR) to use the mouse to free-look around the cockpit. I believe you press the middle mouse button and can then pan around and zoom/unzoom with wheel. Then when you need to press a button, you either release the middle mouse button... or it was a toggle... now I can't remember... but I don't seem to be able to find a way to get this to work in DCS: AH-64D. Any help would be GREATLY appreciated!
  2. Okay. So I've owned about every ED product since SU-27 Flanker from the early 90's. I bought a Track IR just for the original Black Shark when THAT came out. Being a pilot I really appreciate the attention to detail the the gang puts into these spectacular flight sims! Up until Black Shark came out I was cool with the trees not being "solid". Thought it was kinda' lame honestly that now here's a true helicopter sim, but I can fly through the trees and they can't be used to protect us from incoming fire????? Okay, just hide behind a building? What? Honestly, I still haven't accepted getting past the whole tree thing. Now that they've (ED) decided to include an armor sim (Combined Arms) where we're REALLY in the weeds, I still can't use trees as cover. WHAT... WHAT???? Everybody's talking about how I wish it had THIS plane, or THAT helicopter..... and YES those things don't require a REWRITE of the entire engine, but DANG! I can't imagine ANY OTHER company being allowed to go this long without adding tree collision detection (solid trees) and be called a simulation company. I still play A-10C and FC3, but I am disappointed that we have to fly P-51 Mustangs or F-86 Sabers in Georgia/Caucasus. That's really getting old! Sorry for the rant. I just don't get it? Why are we putting up with this still???? Oh that's right..... what else is there. Damn, I miss the competition in the Simulator arena!!!! Bummed..... Skyrat.
  3. Hey Guys, thanks for the information! I used to mess with the mission editor in ARMA and ARMA 2, so I get the percent of probability thing for the randomness of missions. I'll definitely dig deeper into the new and improved mission editor capabilities! Thanks again for the responses.
  4. I'm sure I'm just missing this, although I looked at many posts where it's been hinted at, but I haven't seen a definite answer. I haven't purchased A-10 yet (only own Black Shark #1) so I want to be sure before I do... may even pay for the BS 2 update as well. Okay, question is..... If I used the "Create Fast Mission" (mission generator), can I then turn it into a MP Coop mission? I've made plenty of missions in Lockon/Flaming Cliffs 2 using the mission editor for me and my friend but I really hate that I always know exactly what's going on. I want some surprises as well. So can I just role the dice on the mission generator, and stick another "client" A-10C in there to play a coop mission? Thanks in advance, and I apologize if this has been answered previously. I really did look first! :-)
  5. Derrrr............. I'm a retard! Thanks asparagin! Still looking for the best weather combo to witness the sun rays.
  6. Just looking for a suggestion about a good water texture/quality mod that will work with Platinum/FC 2.0. I'm not really happy about the water being so mirror-like in FC 2.0. It looks nice down VERY low, but overall it's very difficult to tell the difference between sky and water. I've tried different quality settings in the GUI, but it just seems to add more or less reflections. Let me know if there's something I can do to darken it, or if there's a mod that will make it more realistic. Thanks!
  7. Is it just me or doesn't anybody want an F-16, F/A-18, or F-15E to fly on the US/Allied side of LOCKON/FC2??? I love the game and have been playing the series since 1996. I really wish we had something that can dogfight AND drop some bombs that wasn't a Mig-29 or Su-33. I've seen some F-18 and F16 mods but apparently we STILL can't drop bombs, etc. Hopefully that changes in the future, but if anyone knows of something I don't...... Please reply! Thanks!
  8. Hey Matze81, No, those aren't the Campaign missions (should check those too actually), I find them in the Flaming Cliffs 2 folder under Missions (root). They are labeled starting with A-10 (there's about 7 A-10 missions) and F-15 (about 9 missions) both of which also include training-type missions to become familiar with the weapons and delivery. Actually in my Missions folder it has 5-9 missions for each available plane in the game. Not sure why you wouldn't find 'em in your download version? Are you looking in the actual Program Files(x86)\Eagle Dynamics\Lockon Flaming Cliffs 2\ folder, or your USER folder???
  9. First I don't understand why there are only like 10 threads under "General Discussion"??? I know this doesn't fit under Bugs, or Missions anyway..... but am I missing something??? Ok sorry, my issue is as follows..... Does selecting a cloud thickness work for anyone else when the Density is set at 9 or 10? The Base seems to be accurate, but the thickness seems to ALWAYS be about 1200M-1800M no matter how I set it. Just curious if anyone has noticed this. I'm actually trying to create Sunbeams (which I've seen in the past) and have been trying EVERY combo I can think of. If anyone has any experience or tips for this I would really appreciate any info you can provide. Thanks in advance!
  10. I hope I'm using the term "localization" correctly in the fact that some missions have a mix of both English and Russian in my US version of Lockon Platinum. For instance: Steerpoints in FC2 F-15 mission's Blinding Action & Poti Patrol show up in Russian. Also, half the "Group" names in Blinding Action & Poti Patrol are in Russian. As well as in the A-10 mission's: A visit to the Port, and Airbase. I really hope this hasn't been mentioned previously, but I just wanted the PTB to be aware of this for any future patch. I really LOVE this game and have been a fan of this "series" since SU-27 Flanker and Flanker 2......... Keep up the GREAT work you guys, your FANS appreciate the updates!
  11. nomdeplume..... Thanks a bunch for the info regarding editing the View.lua worked like a charm!
  12. Couple of quick questions/issues..... 1.) Is there a way to set the cockpit view to NOT default to Head Shift Movement - ON? 2.) When using Easy Avionics (easy radar) the =/- keys change range on radar, not the 65D Maverick zoom toggle. Is there a fix for that like in Black Shark? I assume there isn't an actual "Easy Radar" toggle as in Black Shark? 3.) ATC will often make "Glidepath" guidance announcements even after landing. Sorry if these have been mentioned earlier, I hadn't seen any posts regarding these issues.
  13. Hello, My friend and I are playing Flaming Cliffs 2 (with 1.2.1 patch) over LAN using ADSL 256/128 setting (although we've tried all but to no avail) and after about 5-10 minutes of flying smoothly his game suddenly drops to 1-2 FPS! Never at the same time nor place in a mission. This doesn't happen to me when he hosts the missions. He is using Vista 64 and I'm using Win 7 64. All other games seem to be fine over LAN. Any ideas? Thanks in advance. edit: Haven't verified the issue yet, but it's likely a NIC/Vista issue with my buddy..... he's going to try a add-in NIC and bypass the onboard to test. However, if anyone has any good advise for the perfect LAN settings to edit the network.cfg (or any other relevant file) with, I'd appreciate it!
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