bflagg

The most exciting thing I look forward to is the training syllabus and the graduation to the next level A/C with associated training... (it's a great idea)

ARM505... Don't misunderstand me.. there is only so much that can be done in a PC type simulation and I am under no illusions (disillusions?) of FO. As Alpha stated about the details of the maps and the complexity of it and the suggestion of which he implies.. that PC's can only do so much... that falls under this category, and his point is quite correct. LO is still on my HD and I do play from time to time.. but nothing like I used to because there is no sense of 'anything' going on...

Alfa.. c'mon... everything thing I've stated is true. I have gone from avid supporter of LockON to a very pessimistic person about ED itself and I am not the only one. IF ED really cared about it's Western customer base...they should be asking why.... but they do not.....in fact.... nothing... zilch.. Nada...zippo... In fact I would suggest that they post a questionaire on their pages to ask questions.... Throughout my gaming experience of 20+ years,, never have I felt more betrayed than when I spend $800+ (upgrades, peripherials, paying for addons...etc..) to enhance by experience with this game and realize the producer had no intention of following their own PR. You may have $$ to throw to the wind and like some of the others and say "oh well maybe next release"...and conisider it acceptable... but for me it's not. ON that princible alone that would make me a doom and gloom person? It's a limited flight sim and is currently left half broken for various reasons. It's doesn't mean crap what the community has to say...it's all ED's and we are fooling ourselves. ED has stated after BS the lockon world is done (last I heard).... so nothing currently wrong will be fixed... and the top thing that annoys me most is when folks think this is the real deal and talk like it and you know it's not. Does that make me negative because I'm point out a fact? Everything about this product has been overblown and overhyped since it's release. Does that mean ED is bad? .. No not at all. Just their PR team needs to be replaced. But responsiblity still reamains with ED itself reguardless. I am totally justified in my feelings on this matter. I will never waiver in this attitude from any company that pulls the same type stuff. As for RL pilots. I have never seen one post or anything here except to say nice sim. On other boards available around the net.. .the ones that I've read ll say the exact same thing (pretty much).. "it's pretty but not right" (paraphrased).... It's amazing still how folks are ignoring these pro's for a PR improved spin... I have never said I know anything..except what I read and what I'm told by two folks who have DIRECT experiences. I have for a long time now, stopped even trying to talk to folks about what little I do or don't know. It's always proven to be useless (because it will never end up in LO) I am not a Doom or gloom person, but my feelings about this game and some experiances I've gardnered here has to this day remain consistant. Nothing has changed. You will also note my disagreeable attitude has ALWAYS been consitant about the same thing. How WE are being treated. I still come here for one and only one reason only... It's not the game but the things I learn from some of the folks here....and I do believe FO will be all that LO wasn't. But like all things.. only time will tell. and I choose to be optomistic about it, just like I was with LO for it's first 2 years. edit...: Honestly It kinda bothers me you say such a thing...because I am not that kind of person at all and you are one of those folks I learn from ... I will reconsider my future postings to avoid such a image...

I am a Area 51 member and alot of opinions here are pessimistic... I choose however to be optomistic. The difference is the hype. This game this forum is based upon was so overhyped and overblown.. even I fell to it's wave.. but FO has been upfront and straight forward with everyone. Thing main thing I see differently than LO, is FO has Real Pilots involved with the project and make themselves known. LO doesn't, but everyone here, who have never flown a SU, MIG, F-% will tell you everything is correct and real....and that a SU radar cone operates at a frequency of ..such and such. This is one of my main complaints with this crowd (and I like most of these folks) As for that t38 ride... wouldn't you expect someone who share our passion, try to put that real experience in the sim they are developing? If not...why are they even try to code it? I say.. give them a break and show your support for a possible new twist on flight sim that just may surprise you. The idea is the first part will be for training similar to RL (obviously it can't be totally real) THEN after that Fighter trainings, THEN you go out on a Mission that you take off from Oregon and get assigned to (ie..Saudia Arabia) and you have to FLY there.... LO you just have a island.

I deal with spyware all the time.... some of my end users are....well.....end users... Spybot / Adware / Windows Defender do a great job. Pick one and clean your system. Each have their own strengths and weaknesses...... but I usually use Defender to clean and maintain.... (if you can even install anything...)

KungFU hit it on the nail... It's a year old... Morris county? ... right next door....

word is , the pilot was opening / closing the cockpit without letting the actuator cool.....so murphy's law say's things will go wrong when you least want it (as opposed to...why didn't it get stuck while in the up position?)

when I was younger, I read alot a books by him...

give 'em time.. the need really isn't there yet nor are the numbers ...

what resolution you running at with that? 1300x768? or are you plugged into a HD1080i component inputs?

using the ati uninstall tool.. remove the ati drivers. reinstall directx (d/l from micorosft.com) then reinstall the ati drivers. this happened some time ago (i think with 5.12/5.13) but I haven't really seen it since the 6x drivers came out..

it's definately a game. but being called a sim..

Actually.. it is true. The 22 was designed to replace the 15.. but until that time fully comes about, the 15's role will be a tad different in light of the new reality the 22 brings about.

GG.. you totally missed my point.... but I'm dropping this...

GG... Why do you maintain fanatical faith here? You are a intelligent individual and your blind faith is ..well beyond faith (for me at least) It's been posted here and in the ubi forums many times... ED included only the US flyables to placate Ubicrap.... period. I've come to the firm conclusion that for the western customers. we are nothing more than an after thought.... oooohh.. look ! another new screeshot of a blade of a grass with AFM! Yet the fecking world is messed up. ...and this is why you all don't see me here as of late. It's the same old crap and hyperbole that was out before LOMAC first came out ... and nearly nothing was fact.

guys... why get your hopes up?... nothing is going to change. ED couldn't give a crap about western consumer instrests. They said it themselves. their core market is CIS. We are nothing more than an afterthought....

Hey GG... WAFM.... I thought this wasn't going to happen.... something changed?

BG.... So what does that have anything to do with this? 2 posts above it's japanese anime....which has nothing to do with this genre of sims..

shiat .. I remember counting rivets at 40deg below zero on these things at fairchild back in late 70's... ..and those who don't know.. the wings actually looking like they are flapping when it takes off...

oh god...here we go...

1.12a

for better graphics... there are a few must haves.. Tom's Hitiles (for either version of F4) and BaZT.

I thought the suncoms were a no go since there are no xp drivers.

that's in area 51 and non members can't read it.

Apples and oranges.. the porches are designed for this type of acceleration. Not only that..different weight class. And technology for those year types will be different. The thing that catches my eye.. he put in a chevy engine in a ford? Now that's funny.. In all my years.. I've never seen that... leave it to a aussie to mixbreed polar opposites.