warthogmadman987

So is it? I have read a few times on this board of people wishing for ED to open up Lockon to the community for us to be able to mod it to a better extent, such as changing flight models and things that right now the average modder must work around. With that being said, was Flanker 2.5 ever made so that the community had open access to it to change such things as flight models and junk? I ask because I just want to know how much of a reality that Lockon will be "open" if you will. When I ask this, I am not asking on a basis of soon, but instead a long time after BS is released, several years, like when ED moves on to Tank Killers or something of another nature differnet from Lockon. I get the feeling that if ED has not given such access to Flanker 2.5 then neither would they for Lockon. I guess I am just trying to futher paint the picture in my mind for the future of Lockon after Black Shark!

Well to my knowledge, the coding needed is there and working if FC. IIRC the Su-25T has its pylons animated when it drops its payload, like there is an animation of a moving part as the bombs dropped. If so, couldnt you incorperate that same method into the idea of a door opening as a missile is launched?

You might be able to do that in photoshop, but you can do it in game. When flying press f2 to get outside the cockpit, then hold down control + /. That will give you that effect. To change it back, hold down control + *. That should do everything. Secondly, I am not questioning your truthfullnes getsno, but are those photos really just screenshots, or have the gone through photoshop? I would like to know the specs and settings of the person whom captured them, cause those look pretty good!

Well you have to prove me wrong then, cause I can't find any free ones...

nope but for the sake of safety, make sure to backup the old files that you will be replacing.

If they arent found I might be able to help. Let me know...

I will not have anytime until the weekend (prolly Sunday) But i can assume that they are correctly labeled on MFSX so I can look on there and see if I can help with the labeling...

Because almost all of the models out there are published. You can only do certain things with them. It a form of plagerizing that is illegal by internation law AFAIK. Since many are not free, when you pay for it, you can do what you want with it, but you are not allowed to distribute it. That would defeat the purpose of paying! So this way he can make his model and choose to not license it, giving us the ability to use it too!

BEEE E A YOU TEE FUL Those look good. Sorry though, cant help with the night textures.

That would have been my guess/suggestion too.

Is there anyway to label not only the runways but also the taxiways and places to park so that way if we dont exactly remember each base we can work our way around the field, like real aviation bases.

Dang right. We think alike my friend. I'm not rich, but I pay good for quality.

I agree with you cool_t. I have been playing single player for almost 3 years now and it got really boring. I figured I would never be able to keep up with the environment online. I actually broke the ice only 2 days ago and went online seriously to fly. It was the most exillerating time in my Lockon career. I still have many questions, and it would be cool to have something like what you mention not only for us noobs, but also for anyone whom wants a quick question answered fast. I see a lot of posts on this double and triple threads in this forum over just a few weeks!

So I havent heard any info on this lately. I heard something about a beta. Is this true? Where can i download it?

People actually spent time doing that! Wow, its not like FC was ever that expensive to begin with, like only 35$. That is dissapointing. I actually went and bought 3 copies of the sim cause its that good and made a great gift to dad, but comon. It isnt like the bigger games where they are like 60-70$ new. That makes me sick...

PythonOne just mentioned the "REPUTATION" to get across his point which was how the black ninja was asking stupid questions. "REPUTATION" is not a matter of pride but instead should be considered a "trust/helpful meter" of sorts as to how the rest of the community veiws that person. Of course the "REPUTATION" isnt that important, if it was we would get money exchanged for points earned! Besides, if the Lockon forums Rep system doesn't mean anything then on what board would it?

BS is still running its code through DX 8... So no you shall not notice any real graphical differences. BGP beat me to the punchline 2...

Yes it was called the Commanche, and I believe that funding was cut of by the Senate AFAIK.

I think what Goya is saying is that neither he nor I know whether to or not to beleive you because we dont know any facts! This isn't like OJ Simpson where hardcore proof was provided to the jury...

Dvd Architect is a software program to make Dvd's. You can put your video on it, then add a cool looking menu and burn it onto a dvd so you can play it on your TV and make it look "Hollywood" as if you had cut scenes and other stuff! The latest greatest version of Vegas is 7.0e. In my expeirence for making movies with lockon, 6.0d would be sufficeint. (I would save some money) PS- When buy Vegas 6 or 7 it should be plain and simple, then you can go and download the updates/patches which will bring it up to status. Like lockon how it went from vanilla to 1.02, to 1.1, to 1.12b, so does Vegas. (7.0a, 7.0b, 7.0c etc...

so can anyone tell me what they are and when you would use them in lockon? How should i set them on my x52?

Now I dont know about the english site being down, but if it was and you entered through the russian side then clicking on the english forum, you get all the buttons like "new thread" "search" and "add rep" all in russian. I don't know why, but that happens to everybody and aint that bad anyway.

Regarding the July 24th announcment, and i know that this is most likely not possible, but since it seems like on these forums we have covered many of the other topics, if now or in the future it would be cool to see some pics and functionality of the new mission editor. I think that this will be the biggest help factor from my point of view in Black Shark. Keep pluggin away ED and partners, Warthogmadman987

We would all look like pulp! That defines pulverization...

Correction That is actually a B-24 Liberator. The B-25 Mitchell was a smaller twin engine medium bomber that was more popular in the early parts of WWII compared to when the much larger B-24s/B-17s/B-29s were used. B-25 Below http://www.zap16.com/sanicole2004/san04%20B-25%20Mitchell%20dobaf%201.jpg B-24 Below (This is what hitman saw AFAIK) http://home.inu.net/jcallahan/B-24.jpg