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Ok I really did not want to chime in on this topic because well lets face it these forums used to be a good place to learn things but not so much anymore I really did not want to get in to a pissing match with a bunch of people who think their god's gift to flight sims but looks like I am going to. I use the lantern mod and I use it for the following reasons. 1. It allows me to complete missions the F-14 Tomcat had the ability to complete and did complete in real life and it allows me to complete these objectives effectively. 2. I don't have a human RIO and my beck and call 24/7/365 3. The "lantern mod" is a very effective way to accomplish the mission objective when playing as single player with out going outside the abilities of the aircraft. ROBGRAHAM and HALCYON are 100% right this IS a COMPUTER GAME. Note to the people crying rivers over realism... Last time I checked we are all sitting in front of computers.... If this was real I would have a F-14 Tomcat sitting in my driveway next to my shiny dark blue 2015 Camaro RS... However when I went to my car this morning there was no F-14 to be seen and I am pretty damn sure that no one else hecre has a Tomcat in their driveway either. QuiGon get off your high and mighty self made pedestal. The lantern mod does NOTHING to the Tomcat that effects you. It does not do the following......... It does NOT make the Tomcat invincible It does NOT give the Tomcat unlimited missiles It does NOT make the Tomcat go mach 20 or pull 20g It does NOT give the Tomcat unlimited fuel It does Not give the Aim-54 a 50000000 mile range And last but not least it does not put a Tomcat in my driveway, or turn me in to a real navy fighter pilot, or make beautiful women rush to be with me. It does not and god only knows what in gods name makes you think that it does. All it does is add a few controls that already exist in the plane so take a breath get a glass of cool aide and take a chill pill Its not your place to say what I can and can not do. And if you are going to try think your argument through before you say something silly and seeing what you have posted here there is a ton of silly being posted ........ Now that I have the stupid out of the way. I have been waiting for DCS to get a Tomcat since the days of LOMAC. I was born in 1986 so I grew up with Top Gun. I have read all the books and watched all the videos. I love the Tomcat and you know what I don't want to fly anything else that answer of your is unacceptable. As far as I am concerned Jester as it is now can not run the lantern. How you do plan on telling jester to lase the green building on the northeast corner of the town? Or the third tank to the south 20m from the road? Or to lase the APC driving north approaching the town? Finally I paid money for this module and I am damn glad I did. However I do not recall seeing stated anywhere that you HAD to have a human RIO to be able to use the full functionality of the aircraft nor did I see it anywhere it stated that if you did not have a human RIO that you would be limited. My expectation when I purchased the module was and still is that regardless of single player or with human rio that I would have full functionality to complete any mission given to me with the ordinance available to me. That includes the use of Laser Guided Bombs and the Lantern pod. For the record as a paying customer anything that limits my ability to use the full range of systems in the Tomcat regardless of if I am acting as a single player or with a human rio is "unacceptable" being told do go fly a different plane is "unacceptable". Realism groupies ....... get some perspective and remember what you are doing you are NOT in a real plane you ARE sitting in front of a computer. And with that I am done I very much hope that nothing happens to this as the "lantern mod" fits the need like a glove. It does exactly what is needed and as far as I am concerned I will be extremely disappointed if I loose that ability to preform CAS and Strike missions for the sake of narrow minded people. This is a computer game and there is more than enough room and ways for everyone to fully enjoy the F-14 with out resorting to name calling, being triggered over "realism", and other forms of stupidity.

Thanks Cobra! :thumbup:

I am wondering what is the process that you all are using to for use of a better term pull the panel lines and weathering out for your liveries so that you can place your paint and markings underneath?

I dont know about NATOPS what i do know is since HB made the speedbrake toggle option thats what my speedbrakes do your setup may be different.

That's right however when you ease the power back out of Mil the speedbrake will come back up on its own, the DLC spoilers do not they must be re-engaged manually. One thing you could do if your stick and throttle support programming is to make a keypress that opens the speedbrake and DLC spoilers at the same time, when in doubt press it.

Well done!

As ChuckJager said its so that the ATFLIR's view is not blocked by a fuel tank on that side. Also if you think about it if you put the pod on the center line and put a fuel tank on each wing you would loose a wing pylon (you would only have the outboard wing pylons), however by going "Double Ugly" as i believe they call it you can carry the same amount of fuel and have 3 available wing pylons rather than just 2.

Happy New Year everyone. After the awesome response from our first release. We have been asked what is next...... well rather than explain I will let some of the screenshots of some of our work in progress liveries speak for themselves. Enjoy!

I have also experienced the same in the F/A-18 in all views. Runs fine for about a minute then instant drop in FPS including Hangs and Stuttering.

I am very pleased to announce that the VFA-211 Checkmates Hornet Livery Pack is now available for download on the DCS site. I want to give a big thank you to my friends that encouraged me to complete this project it is because of them that this livery pack is now available to the community. Enjoy! https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/3302854/

Hello everyone, I am pleased to announce that I will soon be releasing my first public skin pack featuring VFA-211 The Fighting Checkmates. This is the first of many squadrons I plan on doing and wanted to take this time to give a small preview of what I have been working on. My work is almost complete, working on the finishing touches at this time. The pack will contain 13 aircraft CAG, CO, and 11 line jets each having their own modex and individual Bunos. I look forward to having them available for everyone to enjoy soon!

I tend to use high res decals of the squadron patches and then again sometimes you just have to eyeball it, see it in game, make adjustments, and repeat. It also helps to keep in mind that there is a good chance that you are not going to get it 100% perfect to the real jet. Get it to where you like and then go have fun with it!

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I also had issues with the X55 the Sim would not see the keys like the Win, Ctrl, or Alt keys. I fixed this issue by setting those keys in the programing software to repeat until I let go of the button. For example Left Windows + J in the programing software I set a advanced command and set the Left Windows key to repeat until I let go of the stick button. Here is a youtube video describing the process. if you jump to 5:28 in the video the process is described. After that I have not had any issues at all. Like you I have only experienced this with the AV-8B. It almost is as though the profile software runs the command too fast for DCS to pick up so in my case DCS only picked up haft of the keybinding. I dont know if this is what you are experiencing but I hope this helps!

Launch The Intruder!

How about the A-6 Intruder!