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Hello folks, 

The updated campaign has been sent to Eagle Dynamics to be included in the next update. This contains the campaign for the F-5E and the F-5E FC version. 

Change log: 

-voices redone and more voices added

-triggers reworked

-navigation aids added, guidance from Overlord when going off-course on long legs. 

- easier ways to finish a mission

- ability of players to select to be Immortal at any time during the missions

- ability to report Winchester and Bingo fuel state, this will trigger a win to live and fight another day. 

-Mig-21 and Mig-23 AI flights were tweaked to be more manageable. Pilots fatten up with 1000 kilos in some cases. 😄

- AI F-4 updated to use the Heatblur F-4E 

...and many more. 

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Impressive work and a huge thank you. I really enjoyed my first playthrough of your campaign and now, with an updated F-5E, I get to enjoy it a second time. Kudos!

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Yeah, thanks a lot, completed just 2 missions so far - much better experience compared to the old version!
Flying remastered F-5 with close to real forces on FFBeast Stick & Pedals in VR  - is so real and enjoyable!

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Thanks, this is a great campaign. I have to try some missions again. Mission 23 is my favourite one :-).

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I flew this campaign in 2023... I guess I'll do it again with the remastered and the FFB stick...
 

Curios about the lazy mig pilots gaining weight, did you use trigger.action.setUnitInternalCargo to add the mass? This could be a nifty solution for the UFO problem 😄

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That is correct. The problem is that they are omniscient and good pilots and as they burn fuel they become even lighter, and it shows. So now they are fat. 😁

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3 hours ago, Pegas44 (Andrey) said:

Even with this trick, fighting AI Migs with FFB stick is very very hard, you have to pull over 40 lbs for maximum G!
 

So, you are getting a workout in? And man, that is awesome, if you have to pull that much, I'm assuming you don't hit any high AOA states like that and you manage to stay always fast. Now, I'm more than certain that the F5 has some hydraulic actuators so maybe that 40 pounds is not a good FFB implementation. 

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3 часа назад, SorelRo сказал:

So, you are getting a workout in? And man, that is awesome, if you have to pull that much, I'm assuming you don't hit any high AOA states like that and you manage to stay always fast. Now, I'm more than certain that the F5 has some hydraulic actuators so maybe that 40 pounds is not a good FFB implementation. 

this graph is from real flight test data for T-38, and maximum pull force is more than 40, close to 60 pounds!
and yeah - every dogfight is workout 🙂 

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You are dedicated. Sorry I can't make them fatter, but it seems like that's how it should be flying the F-5 with those stubby little wings. Lucky for you, it's not an F-104 😄 what FFB stick you are using? 

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21 час назад, SorelRo сказал:

You are dedicated. Sorry I can't make them fatter, but it seems like that's how it should be flying the F-5 with those stubby little wings. Lucky for you, it's not an F-104 😄 what FFB stick you are using? 

I'm using FFBeast (https://ffbeast.github.io) stick with max force close to 40 pounds, and pedals with max force close to 80 pounds.
It has custom effects system to simulate various forces, and I spent several days to dig into T-38 & F-5 flight tests documents to figure out exact force response curves for stick movement.
Compared to simple spring stick (which I used for over 5 years) - it is completely different experience to fly F-5 - it flies like on rails - very smooth and very stable hands off.
Lateral stick force is high, but it gives exact ailerons control, longitudinal stick force is non-linear with increasing force gradient and with more resistance to push than to pull.

Also F-5 has bob-weight on longitudinal axis - about 2 pounds per G, which increases already high stick force, when pulling Gs - you just feel it in your hand!
Pedals in F-5 are heavy -  around 80 pounds at maximum deflection!

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Man, that sounds so cool. I bet playdates with your setup are fun. I'm glad you went all the way with it. It sounds quite awesome.

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Hello, how can I jump directly from one mission to another? Before the update I was on mission 10 and I would like to start from that mission.
I have not seen that possibility in the radio menu.

Thank you!

Posted
1 hour ago, pabletesoy said:

True, how clumsy of me.

 

No worries, I removed it from the missions as it was redundant, why keep more triggers than it is needed? 

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Just wanted to say I'm almost through this campaign and have really enjoyed it. Thanks!

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