Hawg11

GG, You seem to know your way around the .lua code a bit. Any idea if there's any openings to be able to add AI aircraft via a script, rather than in the mission editor (preferably, "on the fly" during a game)? This would reduce some of the FPS problems most of us experience when we add a lot of AI in the ME.

Cool! So, can it be set to have the pilot eject automatically after x number of rounds are pumped into the plane? hehe.

Jetfire, that is some cool stuff. Is it an AI plane flying or your own? If so, could it be scripted for multiple planes? I'm a bit confused on that point. If it is AI, do you realize the Dynamic Campaign potential you have there? I miss flying with you bud. You're one of the best online pilots I ever flew with (if you're the Jetfire I'm thinking of). Hey, I finally got that TrackIR...:-) GG Tharos, Roger that. I just went back and read that. But having flown with Jet, I can't imagine him testing so far out of corner...and I can't imagine getting a turn rate that quick if it were kph. Jetfire, kph? or mph?

Hi, I think the speeds that Jetfire is using are the corner speeds. I believe he has them converted from metric to imperial.

Hi Bublik. Great stuff! Will this work for 1.02? Which folder do the files go in to? I tried guessing and placed the files in various spots to no avail. Also, the .exe has a windows warning after opening that says, "The window does not have scroll bars." Is that normal? Thanks

Lack Ahn is wicked awesome! I told all da guys down at the bah about it. Now I'm gonna have some clamcakes and chowdah. From "New England" to English : I think lock on is great. I informed my friends at the local pub about it. I'm off to dine on some local cuisine.

I notice a bunch of people getting into sims (online) still don't understand corner speed. It would be nice if a "corner speed" tutorial included a virtual instructor who tells you when your plane is at maximum turning effectiveness. Or, at the very least, it would be nice if the player could toggle on/off the raw data (turn rate & radius) from within the cockpit.

Well, it's weird how threads can take a different tangent than expected. And see, I was all set to let the Top Gun thing go...Check your PM's from last nite. Just think, if you hadn't been so concerned with keeping your thread "On Topic" in your reply back to me, it probably would still be active. That's some crazy Zen stuff right there. :) Go with flow young grasshopper. ;) Cheers.

When? IMO, the moment that they stopped using actual satellite imagery as the basis for their terrain.

Did you even read the text that followed? I didn't start it, actually. Merely replying to a statement. His opinion / my opinion. ;) That's how ideas are shared.

Hi. I'm just curious what parts you feel are THAT far fetched in Top Gun. I understand having MiGs which are actually F-5's is unrealistic. The movie was made 5 years prior to the end of the Cold War, it's not likely Hollywood would have access to a modern looking MiG. And, OK, the HUD gun cross and missile lock symbology is probably not realistic either. It's possible, at the time, that this was classified. If anyone's got footage of F14 HUD tapes. please post a link. There are a lot of things that are pretty realistic, like "hitting the brakes and letting him fly right by." See the stories of Randy "Duke" Cunningham and Ray Bourgholtzer: The two fighters separated and came back at each other again, performing two up-and-down maneuvers, trying to get on each other's tail. The MiG stayed with the Phantom every step of the way. Cunningham thought: "He's gonna get lucky one of these times." Then Cunningham cut power and extended his airbrakes, forcing the MiG to overshoot. The MiG pilot went into a steep dive to escape and Cunningham followed. The range was long and Sidewinders could be easily confounded by ground heat sources on a downward shot, but Cunningham launched anyway. Somewhat to his surprise, the missile went home and the MiG exploded. "Duke" Cunningham later became the commander of Top Gun. It would only make sense that he would teach what works IRL to his students, no matter how absurd it may seem. http://www.faqs.org/docs/air/avf4_2.html http://www.au.af.mil/au/goe/eaglebios/02bios/cunnin02.htm Ray Bourgholtzer, who flew F7F-3Ns out of Kangnung, wrote, "I knew John Andre and he flew both F7F's and Corsairs. He was flying a Corsair when he shot down the Yak. It had come in behind him and when he realized he was being attacked. He dropped wheels and flaps, and cut the throttle. This caused the Yak to overshoot him and when he did, Andre then increased his throttle and pulled up the wheels and flaps and stayed with the Yak and shot him down with his 4 20mm cannon." http://www.kalaniosullivan.com/KunsanAB/VM...witwasa1ac.html As for Goose's death as a result of ejection, note the following from this Forensic Science Journal: http://journalsip.astm.org/JOURNALS/FORENSIC/PAGES/2148.htm "The majority of fatalities occurred during “out-of-envelope” ejections...two cases of hangman's type cervical neck fracture were observed during high-speed ejection."