JimMack

Forgot to mention, individuals can enter, as well as teams. Jim

For those in the UK, the Breitling Challenge will take place in Sheffield. It is a head-to-head combat using LockOn's F15c. See =================================================== Dear Flying Club On the 27, 28 and 29th October, we will be staging a Breitling Fighter Challenge in the Meadowhall Center Sheffield. The aim is to find the best pilot in the region and the top prize is a day with the Breitling Aerobatic Team with a flight in a L39 fast jet. The Breitling Fighter Challenge is an F15 dogfight simulator - you battle head to head with friends and colleagues to find a champion. Details are attached, if you would like to gather eight or ten of your own flying club members you can book an exclusive half hour on the Breitling Fighter Challenge. The winner of your own challenge will be asked to the Grand Final on Sunday afternoon (29th October) and will have a chance to be crowned best pilot in the region and win the top prize. For further details or to book your slot please contact us on 01285 711111 up to the afternoon of Wednesday 25th, after that please visit Goldsmiths on the Upper Mall in Meadowhall. This challenge is open to members of the public as well as flying clubs.

Superb!! Not certain if this was done on purpose, but in the English sub-titles "leather" was spelt "Pleather", a merging of pleasure and leather? Jim

Excellent, many thanks. It would be nice to have an option to change red for blue and vice versa, as OwnForces are usually shown in Blue. and OppFor in red. Jim

I have been testing the Z800 for training FACs. The following is a personal opinion, and to get a valid view we would need to do group testing with double blind trials (ie one group is trained with the Z800 and one group without). For the FAC on the ground, the Z800 works well, despite the 800x600 resolution. The advantage is that one has spatial awareness, i.e. look left and up, and you see left and up. For the pilot, I am not so sure. For BVR, the low res makes reading instruments and HUD a bit difficult. For ACM it is effective, except that one loses the "centre position" after a lot of quick head movements, but this may be caused by the way it has been calibrated. For CAS, the low res is a problem, and it will be interesting to test the new Z1300 to see if there is a significant improvement. Jim

Ribbon View Congratulations Vyrtuoz This is an incredibly useful tool for after action review. I am sure that the feature of "Ribbon" view is in your wish list. This is a particularly useful option for analysing close quarter ACM. See right hand side of attached picture. Jim

There is an option for a "hot start", as well as "cold start" for those averse to pressing buttons! Jim

Could you let us know when it is on your site. For some reason I can never seem able to access patricksaviation. regards Jim

Many thanks for the all advice, I'll try the Teamspeak route. Jim

Would appreciate some advice. The requirement is to record the calls/comms of all players in a multiplayer mission. Replay along with the associated track file. Have any squadrons worked on this or have a solution? Presumably whatever one uses for voice recording (Teamspeak?) has to commence simultaneously with the start of playing back a track. Jim

At the London Air Show at Earls Court on 21-23 April, visitors will be able to take part in the Breitling Challenge featuring Flaming Cliffs head-to-head F15C. (http://www.londonairshow.co.uk/index_flash.php). (see Show Features) Not certain if there are any prizes, but UK members here should have an edge! Jim

From http://www.lockon.ru "Flaming Cliffs full version on CD: English version is available on Natural Point, based in the USA, http://www.naturalpoint.com; http://www.gogamer.com in the USA; Simware, based in Belgium, http://www.simw.com; RC Simulations, based in the UK, http://www.rcsimulations.com. Boxed version contains: Flaming Cliffs with StarForce Professional keyless protection, User Manual in PDF format, Pilot Manual in PDF format, Terrain textures for four seasons." These distributors also supply the hardcopy manual. Jim

Hi Cosmo, Your track file of F15v2Su27 is very helpful. If you provide an explanatory voice-over I'm sure Ironhand would put it on his site. Jim

Very many thanks - that is very informative. Jim

Flaming Cliffs at 800x600 res supports the eMagin Z800 3D visor. see:- http://www.3dvisor.com/ Is anyone using this hardware? I'm interested in feedback. regards Jim

Matrox card supports 3 screens, and has been used for the last 2 years in the LockOn Breitling Challenge, see screenshot. Jim

Just to reinforce the point. If you want your movies to be played in public, then you must use copyright free music, or copyright music where you have been given permission to use. Andrew_McP created a Tornado movie that did not use copyright music. As a result it will be included on the CD with the next issue of the UK magazine PC Pilot - readership of over 12,000. In addition there may be opportunities for parts of movies to be included within TV military/historical documentaries. I had such a discussion only last week with a TV company. Jim

The Black Shark manual will not be able to be added into the Flaming Cliffs Manual. Reason is that a "clip back" manual would have added even more to the cost. We are looking at options for a hard copy Black Shark manual, that covers all the aspects of flying the Black Shark. Maybe we can get it into a simple 32 page manual, where we can get the cost down to a minimum. Jim

A spiral bound manual for Flaming Cliffs should become available next week. Allows you to read both pages flat on the desk! It will cost around $24.99, and will initially be available from GoGamer and Simware. The content is exactly the same as the pdf manual in the documents folder. It is a lot easier to use then the 260 pages of printout! Jim

To get ships to carry out indirect fire, make sure that there is an AWACS in the mission. They will fire on the nearest active target. Unfortunately bunkers are not active. regards Jim

Rich, My sincerest compliments. You have made a quantum jump for training. Not just teaching the mechanics of usage of avionics and weapons, but now in the decision making process during a mission. It's better than any military teaching aid I've seen. Strongly advise any mud-movers to look at it. Bravo Zulu. Best regards Jim

To change lua file:- Open Config folder Open View folder Open View lua (may need to open using notebook) change cockpit mouse from false to true save file regards Jim

Activating Z800 To activate:- In Flaming Cliffs Graphics Option set 800x600 Ensure that cockpit mouse is set to TRUE in the LUA file. I'd be interested in your opinions in using the Z800 regards Jim

Many thanks Witchking, that is very useful. I should have asked the question 6 months ago! JimMack

Agreed, this is a great video. Unfortunately we have never been able to use it in public because it uses soundtracks that are covered by copyright. Does anyone know how you can strip out a soundtrack from a .wmv file and substitute another, without going back to the source .avi file? Or any other solutions without losing the original graphic quality? JimMack