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Oh I don't know, two or three grand. :) j/k, honestly I don't remember. Maybe $500 in mods? It's insane, I know. I guess I can't quite say "it was worth it", because damn that's a lot of money to spend on a $300 HOTAS, but I can without a doubt say that NO other stick I've ever seen even comes close to the smooth motion that a modded Cougar has.

Rich, have you ever tried a modded Cougar, one without the 'ruts' and original spring force? I ask because I've got a Cougar with the Evenstrain and Hall Sensors mods, and I feel I've reached flightstick perfection with this setup. Whenever I try out a stick like the X-52 in stores, or even the CH Fighterstick, I'm annoyed by the uneven response as I move the stick around the entire range of motion. I would imagine, if you felt that your X-52 was so smooth, that you'd be positively ecstatic with a modded Cougar.

I too would really like to play this game, but damn, 42 euros is like 500 bucks over here these days with the exchange rates. :) Will have to wait for the proper US release next year.

Gorgeous! Incredible work, Ice, can't wait to give it a try.

Hmmm, well I cheated by looking at the Flaming Cliffs manual, but is it an R-27R/ER? Certainly looks like it other than the rear fins, which appear delta-shaped while the manual shows more clipped-delta-shaped. But that WOULD be interesting if a MRM could be carried by the Su-39, problem is, aren't they radar-guided? How would the -39 target it?

Hmph. And here I thought the answer was, just like G-suits and parachutes, flight path markers are for pansies. Real men like Russian fighter pilots don't need 'em. ;)

THAT was your first movie, ever? Unbelievable! I loved it, amazing work, thanks for sharing it.

I've tried that and it doesn't work! :( I think LockOn is referencing a default graphics file and making changes to your customized file when it deems it necessary. I still don't understand how it overwrites a read-only file, but it does. At least it's been promised to be fixed in 1.2 though.

Rhen - this is a known bug and I believe one of the devs commented a few months back that 1.2 (Black Shark) is going to fix it. Until then, I've added a shortcut to graphics.cfg on my desktop, and whenever I enter the Options screen in LockOn (this is what is causing it to revert back to 1.3333), I then exit out and change the aspect ratio back to 1.6 before going flying again.

Got the answer from beterhans today. The track is: Track Name:Ahi Estas Tu by: Chambao Album: Playa Azul: Flamenco Chill Thanks!

Daily bump, still looking for an answer.

Dammit, I'm gonna keep bumping this thread until somebody answers!

Yeah, it's a bit cheesy, but I have to admit I laughed when the first pilot whispered, "lock on, baby!" ...

OK can ANYONE identify the song in this movie? I've even PM'd beterhans and gotten no response. It's really starting to bug me now. :)

Yes, I'd like to know too ... Hans can you identify it? Very nice video, by the way.

Yeah, beautiful work, very nice.

I'm a leftie too, and flew [virtually] with my left hand with a CH Flightstick Pro until around '97 when I bought my first Saitek X36. The HOTAS setup was just too cool to resist, and so I re-learned fly as a rightie. It took a while, and felt completely uncontrollable, but ever since then, I can't fly as a leftie to save my life! I can't write, throw, anything else with my right hand, but for flying, it feels much more natural now.

Guys, I too abhor RealPlayer and had in the past vowed many times to uninstall it and never, ever use it again. A few months ago a need to play .rm files motivated me to search for alternatives, and although I didn't find the Real Alternative mentioned above, I did find this: apparently RealNetworks makes a stripped-down, little-publicized version of RealPlayer called Enterprise, intended for machines that want minimum overhead in their player. Their description is: "RealPlayer Enterprise gives you the best of RealPlayer you know and use at home, but without advertising, without requiring registration, and without consumer features that don’t belong in the workplace." I found a link from a blog that researched alternatives to RealPlayer; all you have to do is fill out this short form (I'm sure Phil McCracken and his friends are worthy downloaders): http://www.realnetworks.com/products/rpe/index.html I've had it for months now, never had any problems playing anything, and haven't noticed any of the usual crap that RealPlayer brings along with it.

Bump ... this is an amazing site, lots of incredible pictures. Finally got around to checking it out yesterday and I don't want others to miss it. BRD, in addition to mousing over the links, if you study the letters a bit you can quickly just transliterate the words and sound them out yourself - then mouse over and see if you were right. I figure most people here oughta have a head start if they are comfortable in the Sues or MiG of LOMAC.

Maaaan ... that was INCREDIBLE. One of the best movies I've EVER seen, awesome stuff! Just amazing.

Before I saw the info bar at the bottom, I honestly thought that first screenshot was REAL. BEAUTIFUL skin! Can't wait to give it a try.

Very nice work, thanks!

Looks great BGP, looking forward to it. Thanks so much for your hard work on this!

Man! You're a mission/campaign MACHINE! I download every one of these that you create, and am impressed by their detail and professionalism ... now if I could just find time to actually TRY THEM all ... Thanks for your efforts here.

This is a GREAT idea, thanks a lot guys! I've routinely kept installs of 1.02 and even Flanker 2.5 (well not anymore) around JUST so I could still learn from Rich's tracks. On a side note, Rich I just wanted to thank you for all the recent tracks you've released. I think a LOT more people download and learn from your tracks than actually post thank-you messages, and so since I've been doing this since the early Flanker 2.0 days - THANKS! :)