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I figure we'll set up a few multiplayer missions to set up each scene, so that we don't have to fuel and fly out and waste too much time. I've got shadowplay for in-cockpit stuff and can then use track replays to record from different angles. For the scenes that just show F5s, we could start that now (although I'm a bit busy with a new baby, but once I get some flight time...). I'll start thinking up the mission setups so that we can go right into filming short clips. I figure if we do about 10-20 min flights at a time, that will keep it easy enough to look through the tracks and pull out the footage we want. I think we'll probably start with just straight copying some scenes from the movie, but would rather do some development of our own scenes to fix some of the re-used footage that didn't quite match what was supposed to be going on.

There is already plenty of opportunity for MiG21s to sneak up on F15s and Mirages in the canyons, even when up against the AMRAAM spam, not to mention the incredible ease of notching and breaking lock. I anticipate the extreme range advantage can be made null with a good pilot usin terrain and patience.

With the F14 likely delivered within a year, I'm looking for people interested in filming some flight scenes to recreate some of the favorite top gun moments (but better in some cases). I know, I know, it's an unrealistic and cheesy movie, but I think it would be a heck of a fun time to recreate the first and last aerial scenes of the movie, and then just dub the movie audio in over the DCS video. So...who is in for some goofing around? :pilotfly:

I would really like to know if we can get individual dispensing. I may macro it on the Hotas like you have set up on your keyboard. I like realism, but for some things I am willing to cut corners.

I spent a whole lot of time doing inverted fly bys of the tower at over 400 knots and I am happy to report that the data on the MiG are inaccurate and this thing handles inverted flight like a champ. Still no sighting of Penny Benjamin, though.

M2000 chews up those Flankers in the mountains :thumbup: [ame] [/ame]

+1 here. I spent about 5 hours on it tonight. Can't get enough. Also, MiG-28 skin is tops. I'm going to watch Top Gun tomorrow when I wake up. Then I'll be back to flying this thing.

Check antivirus settings and run DCS as administrator - I needed to run as admin to allow the patch for some reason.

The Magics eat flares like Pacman eats white dots. I'm not sure the other IR missiles are that much better, but my suspicion is that the P5 and the Magic are the worst of the bunch.

Well, with the zoom function, the lack of IFF shouldn't be too much of a problem. I know, it's not realistic, but because of the difficulty in seeing aircraft that are less than a mile away, I still use it a lot, and it is fairly simple to tell a MiG-21 from a SU-27 from a F-15. Now, on servers where everyone gets to fly whatever they want, this will be mayhem, but on servers like Blue Flag or strict MiG-21 vs F-5, it should be no issue. I would like if they put IFF in the fighter, but I don't see it as a big problem without it. I prepurchased a while ago, and the only thing I'm less than happy about is the wait. To be clear, not complaining - I'm just admitting that I'm impatient to fly this thing! :)

Excellent. Thanks. I wanted to get another copy of FC3 this weekend while I could use all the bonus $ :thumbup: ETA, I got it figured out - I had to have the new purchase bound to my account BEFORE I could bind it to a friend's account. The purchase was simple enough to do and license management page was straight forward after I got the serial # check button figured out.

I got SR to work yesterday, but today, when I run the standalone client, no windows open up. Rather, I just get the windows "thinking" spinning circle forever, and I get 3 processes in the task manager SR-RadioClient.exe. Screenshot attached. None of these three can be force stopped, and I have to restart my computer to shut them down. I can open up overlay, but no radios are working, given 0.0.0 freq and "no radio tag" because the client is obviously not running correctly to allow me to enter an IP. I have uninstalled and reinstalled about 5 times. No change. I have checked the export.lua file on each install. I have made sure appropriate files are in scripts folder under saved games. I can't figure this out. Is anyone else having a similar problem?

Good day. I am wondering if it is possible to purchase a module as a gift for another player using my own account to take advantage of using my bonus points. Do I buy a second copy of the module I already own and give him the product key? Just looking for some clarification on how to go about this before I drop money for a product key that won't be useful to anyone (given that I already own the module in question). Thanks!

No catapult on the SU33 takeoff. The carrier uses a ramp instead of a catapult system and relies on the low stall speed of the planes to be able to take off.

Still rooting hard for the 15th, here. Even though I was disappointed last Friday because of my unfulfilled anticipation, I get the excitement of another week of anticipation. So for those who want to put off thinking about it, you're missing out on the HYPE TRAIN! [ame] [/ame]

I was watching the T-38 training videos posted about stall characteristics and landing. How similar are the F-5 and T-38 in flight characteristics? While they seem to be brothers, or at least close cousins, I'm wondering if the small differences will translate to any kind of different procedures. Also...looks like nothing this week - official patch notes don't mention anything about the F-5. Next week, maybe?

I plan to use it mostly A2A in the hoped for MiG21 v F5 servers. I have a lot more fun with WVR fights than the slammer party that is 104th. I quite enjoy when they run missions restricted to AIM-7 and 27Rs. I'm hoping I can get enough of my crew from another game into this sim so we can field some 2v2 or 3v3 MiG21 v F5 engagements.