zoot

ive found notepad ++ and it helps me understand meinit.xml alot better but still need help ....anyone?

picked up notepad ++ and it has helped alot, [in 2 minutes Iv figured out how to make ai aircraft flyable] but if anyone can help with the skinning and weapns payloads go ahead and post or pm me unless I reply here that Ive figured it out already thanks

F-14 skin can anyone post or PM me with directions on how to put an F-14 skin on the f-15, and allow it to carry 54's you can start with broad strokes, I aint stupid, I just dont know where to start [well ok, maybe a little stupid...:rolleyes: ]

after reading capttrobs post and replies Ive noticed that while it is explained that you can put a skin on a f-15 "bubble" it doesnt mention if weapons can be changed, and doesnt give much in the way of explanation [the thread was kinda hijacked by a discussion of mig - 29 designations]. if anyone can help in the way of explanation of what file to look in , what lines to change, and what to change them to it would be much appreciated thanks in advance zoot

Ive looked at lock-on files, and one other site I cant recall the name of, and have only seen 2 f-14 mods, but both seem old and have problems ["flyable mod" seems to allow it, but mentiones invisible weapons etc, and the top gun mod puts the 14 skin on a russian jet, so I assume [tell me if I am wrong here] it has a russian hud and cockpit] what Im looking for is a 14 mod that uses the f-15 hud, cockpit, FM, and the f-14 skin and weapons [i miss the 54...I know...I know. I just think it is fun to kill bears from 70 NM away] I know a 14 skin and weapons on a 15 isnt even close to realistic, but what the hell if there is no mod to do this, can someone tell me if it is possible to edit the MEinit or some other file to do it, [ to just put the f-14 skin and 54's on a f-15] since I am reaching here, in any of these mods [if anyone has one] does the wingsweep work, is it manual or automatic? thanks in advance for any indulgence of my crazy F-14 fantasies zoot edit: OK just spotted capttrobs post, but dont flame me, I searched 3 times for f-14 mods before I did this post and didnt get any hits. and if you have anything to add that isnt there, or would like to pump up your post count by posting directions here PLEASE DO SO thanks

is there an extinguisher for the f-15 engines? had a right engine fire-shut the right engine down but fire wouldnt go out ive looked in the little manual that came with the cd, and in the control keybinding screen, but maybe I missed it--is there a way to put these fires out-aside from altitude - I would have tried it but couldnt get high enough to see if that would work before I was finished and had to eject

anyone know where I can find some mission tapes of the first couple f-15 campaign missions. I cant seen to get the hang of avoiding missiles without flying myself to sleep. Im not new to flight sims, its just been awhile, so if there is some simple gouge for avoiding missiles in this sim feel free to share :D :icon_jook

like wolverine said, take the CD out of the drive-I was getting the check everytime too, took the cd out, havent had a check in 7 restarts :icon_jook

Fighting 2 mig25s [had been playing for about 2.5 hours in various missions] My FPS dropped from 55 to ONE when switching from F1[cockpit] to F5 [combat view] Repeated 15 times before I remembered I heard that pausing and alt tabbing to widows and back can help—I did this and BAM, back to normal I know Im probably not the first one to notice this or say something, but if this is a memory leak I thought the read me docs said it was fixed I mention it not just to gripe, but because I thought maybe the Devs might use this board to analyze input about known bugs, and I wasn’t sure if the fact about the f5 view had been mentioned yet

nothing much to add about the weapons modeling as I am relatively new to LOMAC FC, just wanted to say that I have played more than one sim with TWS [janes f/a 18 and f-15] and the state of the TWS in the F15 in LOMAC 1.12a is pretty sad [as most others have said] almost to the point of going to arcade radar. go to the bugs forum and see the "is the TWS going to be fixed" post the main reason I got LOMAC gold was the single western fighter they have. in a situation where all we can do is make our voice heard I guess Ive done all i can do :icon_jook

im new to LOMAC 1.12a, but Ive been flying sims with TWS since janes f15 [although f/a18 was my favorite] and I have to say this TWS bug about losing track and having the ghost go to original position and the bug with losing track and not being able to reaquire is seriously disappointing [i am flying with labels so I know I am aiming the radar correctly]. I wish I had checked these board out before I bought it. I'll keep it but I would not have gotten it if I had known about the Radar bugs. as was said earlier-- a SERIOUS PITA :mad:

heres a non technical answer that may solve your problem assuming you have a bad LOMAC Gold disk, return it and get it from walmart. I say this for 2 reasons: 1) I got LOMAC gold from walmart 4 days ago, did everything you said you did, and Im running 1.12a fine 2) LOMAC Gold is 10 bucks cheaper at walmart. I looked at CC first too (29.99) and almost got it, decided to wait because I left a $10 giftcard at home. on the way home I stopped at walmart to grab some furnace filters and VOILA there was gold for 19.99 :icon_jook edit: might want to stop at walmart first on your way back to return LOMAC just to make sure your local one has it

thanks glowing amram, I just noticed it so I had to post it. anyway, from a former sailor [maintenance-not pilot] who actually has actually worked on F-14 systems it is always nice to see the old bird in action--even virtually :icon_jook

ive been flying sims for awhile, but LOMAC gold is the first one Ive had since Janes F/A - 18 so Im kind of a retread newbie.... anyway- I have looked around but I cant find how to enable cockpit mouse [i use a saitek x36, and I dont know if that is why; but Im dying to try the switches in these cockpits-if thats how the cockpits work in LOMAC]

link below its a tribute video made using LOMAC FC makes me wish someone would do a mod [with cockpit, accurate flight characteristics, and weapon] that would allow flying the 14 http://www.patricksaviation.com/sim_videos.php?action=view&id=66 BTW props to the maker

guess no one knows, oh well

minor issue, but I want to enable real starmaps and day length. Ive found the file [world.lua] and the entry: MissionDate = { Year = 2004, Month = 6, Day = 22 } so I see how it would be simple to change to any specific day, but what entry will have the starmap and day length follow the campaign date or real life date. cheers :icon_jook