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Is there a tutorial somewhere where it's explained how to add new objects and/or swap existing ones?

why not bittorrent or emule for such bigger downloads?

ok this one rocks: http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com/Gal5/4301-4400/gal4334_tank_McTavish/gal4334.htm

most of these aircraft look like if they came out of modellers' Silly Week contest http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com/Gal-Fea%20Archives/Misc%20planes/Silly_Models%20.htm This one looks great... ever wondered what would happen if you put Hornet wings on a Tornado? http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com/Gal6/5601-5700/gal5699_Tornado_Walton/gal5699.htm this one is good too: http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com/Gal6/5601-5700/gal5686_Stealth_Quirk/gal5686.htm

well at least it's the board game version, not the software.... :) no activations, much easier mods... :D ah, the good'ol times.... :D

http://www.clashofarms.com/seaofdragons.html That should solve our problems.... we could have a simulation of such a conflict and see what comes out :D Small problem, is set in 1997 ;)

sorry man, I didn't want to get on your nerves so much with my posts, so I'll quit it here, we've got different views of the thing, and right now I'm going to bed a sleep well anyway... furthermore we're drifting far OT so I won't like to get another warning for thread hijacking. I'm no terrorist at all! PS: you should read my posts too, because some parts clearly clash with I say in my posts... cheers, Mat

I don't wanna start a flame, anyway... calm down man, I read what others wrote... - some were saying that F-16+Mirage+indigenous aircraft with amramm mica and so on could kill any Chinese fighters... I said no, because IMHO many Chinese fighters, including the new Flanker version and the J-10, could be a match for western-hardware-equipped forces. it depends also much on training. And personally I don't like when evaluations of air forces or complex weapons systems are given just reading parameters on official company leaflets - some others said that a landing would a transoceanic operation so it would be incredibly difficult because of the ocean and of the distance and the stand-off weapons used by taiwan... I said no again, IMHO, because the distance is not very long, allied forces managed to cross such distances in 1944 with much inferior hardware. and there could be a lot of things that could keep stand-off launchers unusable for a while. That thing of the "afternoon" was just to emphasize that without foreign support Taiwan stands little chances of survival in case of danger, imho. Having said that, I don't think any invasion is actually scheduled, maybe it's just planned, because military staffs make plans for many different scenarios.... plans were laid for NK in the mid 90s, plans are being laid for Iran. That doesn't mean that they will be applied, and I think everybody also HOPES that they'd never be needed...

I didn't fuel any crusade... just said that today Chinese forces are well equipped and are definitely a significant presence in that area. To some people who said that Taiwanese hardware (flying hardware, not motherboards hehe ;) ) is enough to withstand any attack and that invasions are technically not possible I just said that an invasion IMHO is technically quite possible. Everyone here hopes that nothing happens in the world. Let's just play with pixels @ home.

well, the shortest path from China to Taiwan is about 70 nm. that is: less than 2 hours for a fast assault boat about 6 minutes for a fighter aircraft about 15 minutes for transport aircraft about 3 to 4 hours for a full assault fleet And that is the reason why Taiwan has such defensese... like for Israel, "early warning" has a very particular meaning here... the potential enemy can knock at your door in a matter of minutes... The only things I see stopping such operations are: - mounting an invasion takes some time, and preparing a fleet for an invasion is not exactly something easy to conceal - the world would literally pour to help Taiwan, so that would become China Vs Rest of the World - I don't see any strong reasons why today China would invade Taiwan (ok, apart from historical/political reasons, Taiwan being considered a rebel province by central gov... but they all look more like "casus belli", real wars are usually waged for economic reasons) Anyway, if they successfully managed a blitz attack, I don't see the world replying with anything else than embargoes. After all: - A lot of invasions happened with some rouses that worked at least to allow surprise effect. And in many cases the "victims" were actively monitoring their enemy.... just look at Normandy 1944 or Suez 1973... - China doesn't have a free mass-media base within that could impact on operations... that is, quite little care of battlefield losses - China outnumbers Taiwan by far, and not with obsolete hardware (and anyway there are tons of "case histories" of quantity winning over quality, just think about Shermans Vs Tigers in WW2) - When talkin about serious ops, we shouldn't just judge things using AAM parameters... there are crazy variables in war that are very difficult to predict... in case of invasion I wouldn't be surprised to see a part of the Taiwanese forces "handicapped" by some sabotage actions. anyway, I think we're going a bit OT.... I just wanted to say that IMHO today China has a really powerful war machine... but I'm not gonna pump warmongers up, just peace and love, folks!

They train for invasion once a week I think and that channel is very short to cross. China has also huge stocks of standoff ASMs, don't know if they work, but if I was a fleet commander and I saw a hundred "vampires" in my radar screen I'd rather take a defensive position ;) They both have BVR missiles, maybe Taiwanese AAMs are better (quad-core tech? :D ) ok, does Taiwan have SM? I think even vanilla Su-27s could easily match the F-16C, just IMHO.

I'm not very convinced by these reasons. They look very similar to those that there were many years ago, when there was still the Iron Curtain. At that time in the West most of the people thought that the Warsaw Pact coutries were flying telephone poles or beer cans with wings. Later we found that they had a lot of advanced fighters with advanced weapons and avionics. Not alien hardware, not perfect hardware, but very good hardware indeed... Also NATO hardware was far from being perfect. We surely had better average training, that was all. Here the situation is different, we have an aviation which has grown to incredible numbers, with very good frontline fighters. I don't know the skill level of their pilots, but if it was good, the world could be afraid...

It's the old NATO quote... quality vs quantity... but here with Su-27, improved Su-27, J-10 and other things like that... well, man... quality is on both sides! ;) Taiwan what does fly? F-16C, Mirage-2000 and maybe that indigenous fighter aircraft.... did they buy also F-18s? Anyway I'll stick with my opinion, one afternoon and it's all gone, if they wanted. You could notice it because when trying to download the latest drivers from http://downloads.yourmotherboardproducer.com.tw you could be redirected to the home page of the Chinese People Army website ;)

The Chinese are able to reverse-engineer everything from toilet paper to the Space Shuttle... everything... just give'em something and after 5 minutes they are producing a clone. Some time ago Italy lent some Aspide AAMs (Italian licensed and improved Sparrow) to China. I don't know if NATO agreed very much, anyway it happened... Well they evaluated it and then rejected the proposal. After some months a Sparrow copy appeared hanging below Chinese fighters' wings ;)

http://news.xinhuanet.com/mil/2006-12/29/xinsrc_3721203291503734789518.jpg Chinese pilots with those helmets with the red star look like the bad guys in old action movies like "Iron Eagle" :D LOL anyway if they're skilled, with fighters like this they could be really tough...

Taiwan has a good AirForce, well equipped, but I think China could invade it in just one afternoon... even if they traded their Su-27s for Mig-17s... Anyway, if it happened there would be serious political consequences, a dramatic escalation, that is why they haven't invaded it yet. And that's why the USA always keep carrier battlegroups in the proximity. Just to say "the world is watching you...." Deterrence is the word, like during Cold War... with some mishaps, like that EP-3 some time ago ;)

don't make the same mistake that software companies do... downloads (unless specific code-bound like buying FC online) do not necessarily mean users or customers. There are many people who download items twice or even more times... so you could just guess...

yeah, with the Hornet you can add as many skins as you want... I'll post a brief tutorial I've found this, it's a excerpt of a post made some time ago on the ubi forums... can't remember the author I don't remember if I followed these steps, anyway I successfully managed to add some more skins to the hornet some time ago ;)

He sent it to me, more than 2 years ago... we met on the ubi forums best option, IMHO not yet, I have his email, could try to contact him ;)

same here, torrent found @ piratebay, still downloading...

I'm not sure whether to post this template on a public forum or not... it was sent to me by DTS_LigerZero (this was his username @ ubi forums), more than 2 years ago. So this is HIS work, not mine... maybe via PM should be a better way...

I have one, was made by one guy of the old ubi forums, I'll upload it somewhere asap ;)

great job man, the tomcat definitely needed a new model! let us know when it's ready!

If I am not too far OT, I'm selling 18 issues of World Air Power Journal. All issues from #23 to #41, except #29. EDIT I'm gonna sell also issues from 1 to 22 (except #19), so you could put up a nearly complete collection (missing only 4 issues on a total of 43 issues), which reallly means a huge wealth of accurate info about military aircraft If you want more info PM me.

ok that's a surplus pac-1 ;) or maybe even just a pac-man :D anyway they're quite similar in size, 5.3 vs 5.2 meters