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Haha, that one cracked me up! And it's damn true too :D

I know reinstalling could solve this issue but I don't want to waste another activation count just for that. Is there a quicker workaround? Thanks

An American staffed THAAD station has been fully operational in Israel since October 2008. It is linked in conjunction with the Arrow missile defense system. Just thought I'd give you heads up since this is somewhat old news :)

I beg to differ. Taking "realism" out of the equation now since it's irrelevant to the point you brought. I played on a Gunzo server last night. I was flying a blue F-15. Spotted a lone Su-27 up in angels 30. I zoomed and dispatched it pretty quickly indeed. Giving him a squirt and his plane broke up and fell down in parts. Soon after I was low on E and coming out of an immelman, I had another Su-27 parking on my tail. Having almost no energy left I made a run for it and started diving. The Su-27 worked the angels quick and sat on my tail. Out of 4 bursts he shot, 1 landed. I lost all avionics but my plane was intact and I still had full control of the engines. A quick snap view to the back and no smoke confirmed that my plane was going to make it home. The Su-27 that was on my back got killed by my wingman 2 seconds before he landed the 2nd burst which would of probably sent me down in flames. In short, I took around 4-5 30mm shells (Not 20mm mind you which are obviously lower caliber) and I still managed to belly land my plane.

I can't give you any more details since the IAF and IDF policy on revealing identities of current serving combat pilots, or any other IAF personnel for that matter is strict beyond belief. So you either take my word for it and not ask for more info or call me a liar that tries to prove a point on an internet forum. Either way, that's the data I can give you.

I know a real pilot from the IAF 133rd Twin Tail F-15D squadron. The FC2 Vulcan is more true to real life than 1.12 one. Is that good enough for you?

I was not trying to be combative here either. I'm an avid fan of Gunzo fights and those being more than 70% of my gametime on FC2.0 I am very pleased with the new cannon. If you look at some Vulcan test videos on youtube you will see that the spread it has in FC2.0 is quite realistic. I believe the spread is there to inflict as much damage as possible on a larger area. For me it was quite unrealistic when the 1.12 guns shot at a straight line like a laser beam demanding you to put the pixel of the piper on the jet or else you miss all your shots. Like Ether said it's about getting into position for a gunshot that makes the difference and magic in BFM. But everyone with their own preferences and those are respected regardless. I was just curious to why you would want that changed :)

The current gun is truer to real life than what It used to be. Why changing it?

Let me start by saying Thanks ED! I have been flying MP all week and boy I'm loving FC2! I teamed up with a Lomac buddy of mine from back in the day and we hit up some servers. Mostly playing on the 104th (full switch). First and foremost it FEELS like "modern air combat". Not having most of the ECM glitches and with the new missiles behavior, you actually have to outsmart your opponent in BVR. For so long playing FC1 I haven't felt the tactical sense of the sim but FC2 changed it. Me and my buddy found ourselves flying for 3hours a day, devising tactics and simply having a blast online. Firing the vulcan for the first time also gave me the chills. It's closer to its real life counterpart and BOY that thing is deadly now! And I'm not even talking about the upcoming BS com. patch... All that, topped off with so much better performance. Better graphics and smoother gameplay, All I have left to say is Kudos! Thanks for giving us FC2!

That was a GREAT read! Thanks alot for sharing. As someone here said earlier, this really gets the Lomac juices going! Off to do some CAPs in my beloved Eagle!

I too, have this issue on my end. Clear skies I average around 50 and with clouds on I get low 30's accompanied by alot of stutter. E8400 @ 3.6Ghz, 4GB OCZ, ATI 4870HD 512MB, Win7x64Ultimate EDIT: After testing sisifos workaround It seems that I average around 50 just like as if there weren't clouds. I hope this info might help ED eradicate this issue. If you need my DxDiag I will gladly post it.

It took me 2 days of practicing to memorize the dirty checklist. I spice it up with my own tests depending on the situation and available time. Just do it over and over again. Eventually you'll breeze through the panels like you know every inch of it. It might be daunting at first glance but it's really very straightforward and simple.

I've read the entire PVI-800 section and i could only see how to change waypoints sequences. Can anyone direct me to a specific page, that would be great. Thanks :)

Sorry if this has been asked before, i searched through the forums and didn't find a mention so i figured I'll ask. So, I know that if you start a mission with 6 pre-programmed waypoints for the PVI-800 you can change them on the fly using "EDIT" mode and re-entering latitude and longitude. But what happens if i have let's say, 3 waypoints. And i would like to add another one (make it 4). Is there a way to accomplish that? Or that's only done in mission editor as i understand. Thanks in advance, CD

I heard about Black Shark since it was announced. I played Lo-Mac since the release and i was never too into helicopter sims. I had no intentions of buying the sim. I saw videos and i felt it was "meh". A friend of mine bought it since he saw cool graphics and figured he could "blow stuff up" with ease. Not a day after he bought it he calls me up and says "COME HELP ME". I did, after 3 hours of messing with it i went back home and bought my own copy online. Since at home i got all the flying gear (HOTAS/TrackIR/Pedals) it just got even better and this has turned to be the best purchase I have made in 2009. I'm just hooked. This game is brilliant.

Thanks alot guys. LockOn works perfectly on my 32bit OS. Guess its time for another dual boot. Thanks again for the quick and swift replies!

Hey guys, before posting this i've searched along the forums and couldn't find similar topics which describe my problem. So here it is: I use TrackIR4 with latest drivers, sometimes when i fly the game view will freeze. Meaning that if i turn my head around the view wont pan to the sides. I can see the game is still running however. I cover distance, i hear engine sounds. Its pretty much still going but i cant do anything. Also, sometimes when it happens and im angled down to the ground. If i crash, my plane will go "under" ground and i see some very nasty graphical glitches. If i ALT+TAB out and ALT+TAB back in, it will restore functionality. But only for several seconds/minutes. (Very variable). Sometimes even alt tabbing doesnt work and after alt tabbing a few times the game screen will flicker with and then LockOn crashes. Im running: Windows XP Pro 64Bit Intel E8400 Core Duo ATI Radeon HD 4870 (512MB) with Catalyst 8.7 drivers All my settings are set to maximum (all high, max distance, full shadows, heat blr on) running a resolution of 1680x1050 on a SyncMaster 2253BW Samsung. Any help would be appriciated. Thank you, CD