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That's some pretty cool pics there Bonedust, thanks, I used the words "apparently" as I read somewhere on here that their hooks were either removed, or disabled, which surprised me as I used to build the Hasegawa F18C's and had about 4-5 of them, and there was never any instructions to remove the hook.

Because they apparently don't have arrestor hooks for starters, and limited carrier qualified pilots secondly :D Actually I looked closer and mine are Australian F18's it's possibly down to the order in the way which the default AI F18 textures are stored in the liveries folder ?

yes I could, but I shouldn't have needed to :music_whistling: since when did CF18's operate off US Carriers ?? :megalol: if you're striving for realism with the game/sim, that also includes the attention to the smaller details, like having the right aircraft operating off the right platform :D

Is it just me, or has everyone else got Canadian F18's on the deck of the Stennis, for the Cat1 recovery instant action mission? It's not a massive issue, but surely changing them to USN Aircraft isn't that difficult? Looks out of place. :(

Is that irony I'm smelling?

Hotfix today? Yay or Nay??

Is there any DCS F18 pilot signature banners kicking about??

doe this work if you swap the Huey with The Black Shark helo??

Skates updater isn't picking up the new update for today yet, keeps saying version .400 is the correct one.

or ....on the 4th July, which would be quite appropriate :D

I spent 4 months down in the Falklands in late 86 early 87, and there were literally no trees at all, I was based out of Fox Bay on West Falkland Islands, and it was bleak and barren, I don't recall ever seeing any trees on West Falklands including Saunders, and Pebble Island, if my memory serves me correct, there was a tiny patch of trees just outside Port Stanley, near Murrel River. It was a a bleak miserable place to be, despite it being their Summer, you could easily get 4 seasons in one day!! The Mountains were pretty spectacular though, especially Mount Alice, where the RAF Phantoms of 23 Squadron would have regular "Track Ex" simulated attacks, designed to test the Rapier Batteries protecting the AEW "Golf Balls" which had long been removed, but the Phantoms used to fly as low as they could over the golf balls, so that the shock wave would send shit flying all over the place inside the accommodation up there... Wildlife was spectacular, the local inhabitants were not however. South Georgia wasn't much better.. Trees would be totally inaccurate for the 1982 conflict.

It's quite humbling to be on his discord, and he responds to you too.

This has been covered ad nauseum, they're not going to be implemented any faster for a "gimmick" So the Hornet is actually the 2nd best airplane sim you've played then ;)

Yeah I know about the F2, that's how I've been doing it, I'd rather a visual cue that I can look left or right to know I'm lined up enough to lower the launch bar, and press U, for a more immersive feel. Thanks anyway guys.

What's wrong with dumping fuel prior to entering the pattern??

How do real F18 pilots know when they're inline with the shuttle for CAT launches? Are there visible cues on deck, that they know where the front wheel is or is this all controlled by yellow shirts? If this is the case, will we see something similar in the Carrier DLC ? It's not really realistic jumping from F1 to F2 to make sure you're aligned, for lowering the launch bar.

Now that sounds like something of interest!

I'm aware of the active pause, it's a cheat, not really a solution, do real F18 pilots enter the pattern in A/A mode, or are they set up well in advance to their landing configuration? So far nobody has said it's possible, through .lua editing to have different displays as preference to when entering free flight, or instant action mode. I'd like to have my HUD displayed on the Left DDI, TACAN on centre and HSI on the right, when I start in the air.. I'm guessing right now it's not possible then. Perhaps in the future, or save my pennies and get a new HOTAS :D

Thanks Skate, very much appreciated

Thanks Skate, where does that go ??

How do you set the liveries in model viewer skate, using your ui interface??

Tornado GR4 ? :D

Once again, not everyone has fancy HOTAS set ups, so there's a need to switch to mouse interaction/keyboard interactions, it's like why are all the instant action missions set up for air to air combat?? All I'm asking and nobody yet has said if it was possible or not, can the DDI's be set up differently for user preference on mission startups, for instant action missions.

It stands to reason that if you're practicing landings, the DDI's would be set up as such, with HSI. HUD and TACAN etc views, and not configured for Air to Air engagements ;)

and taking your hand off the stick and then using your mouse ;) 10 seconds when it could be set as default is 10 seconds less looking where your mouse is ! :D I'ts the same clicking around the cockpit, I don't have a fancy HOTAS set up, where you can have a trackball like the Warthog, all I was asking was can the default DDI set up for IA's be changed somewhere ;)