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Cool! I'll give it a try tonight. I'll also look at setting my laptop (i7 8gb ram) up as a server
 
Very interesting, Roosta. Will give this a test run tonight.
 
1.2.2 is available through auto updater. Downloading now.

According to folks on eagle forums it's +-1GB for the base world upgrade and A-10C. :(
 
Flanders said:
1.2.2 is available through auto updater. Downloading now.

According to folks on eagle forums it's +-1GB for the base world upgrade and A-10C. :(
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Woohoo! Flaming Cliffs 3 also available. Can't wait to hop into the F-15 and fly some CAS with A10's.
 
Jimmeh said:
Woohoo! Flaming Cliffs 3 also available. Can't wait to hop into the F-15 and fly some CAS with A10's.
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Been reading that most of the buttons in the cockpit are not clickable and there are no sub menus in the MFD. I'll probably skip it.
 
Flaming Cliffs series is good fun, and offers some great dogfighting opportunities, but it wont have the detail or fidelity for each aircraft as with a purpose built sim like A-10.

Just as something like A-10 is much more for the enthusiast rather than main stream gamer, I think FC3 is kinda placed to bridge that gap an appeal more to the mass market.

I had FC and FC2, it was great fun, nothing like blasting along in a Mig29 or a F15, carrier landing in zero vis, etc.
I may just get it for kicks.

From their site
Lock On: Flaming Cliffs 3 (FC3) is the next evolution of the Flaming Cliffs series.
FC3 features the F-15C, A-10A, Su-27, Su-33, MiG-29A, MiG-29S, Su-25T, and Su-25.
FC3 aircraft provide an easy learning curve for new players and focuses on a broad range of aircraft rather than a detailed single aircraft.
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kat06sa said:
Been reading that most of the buttons in the cockpit are not clickable and there are no sub menus in the MFD. I'll probably skip it.
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True. Been playing it the whole day and as a Sim it is nowhere close to the A10 or KA50 level of detail but it is very enjoyable.

It opens up many multiplayer opportunities. Imagine KA50's and A10's doing bombing runs with F15 escorts while the enemy has their Mig's and Su's up to fight back.
 
Guess who's refuelling :) (*Hint* check the lables)

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More pics here of Midnight and I doing a fun mission:
http://imgur.com/a/lhW3F
 
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Hooray!!!

Consider it Stuck in, lol.
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I was playing around last night with setting up an slmod enhanced server. Slmod allows for more dynamic missions with improved scripting. For example I tried the first mission of a series I downloaded and you can send commands to begin an assault or to send in support. It also seemed to dynamically create tasks like destroy a bridge or take our artillery depending on what the assault group needed.

We should try it some time
 
LOL...the boom pilot got it right eventually! (i knew how to air refuel since childhood) ..hehehe

Nice pics RoosTa, it did that mission justice!
 
Really nice HD vid of the KC135 refueling some hogs and F16s.

[video=youtube;7tRzDse5h7Y]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tRzDse5h7Y[/video]
 
Notice how they keep the boom well clear of the F-16 canopy
 
After using every expletive known to mankind against telkom last night in our somewhat disjointed attempt at a mission with disconnects and stuff I dug into the log file.

I have never checked one of these files before so don't know if it is something that regularly appears or not however there are hundreds, if not thousands of error logs on sound files

04627.868 ERROR SOUND: invalid source_params(woLA-17047297:aircrafts\planegearwind): pitch
04627.868 ERROR SOUND: invalid source_params(woLA-17047297:aircrafts\planespeedbrakewind): pitch
04627.868 ERROR SOUND: invalid source_params(woLA-17047297:aircrafts\planewingturbulence): pitch
04627.905 ERROR SOUND: invalid source_params(woLA-17047297:aircrafts\planewind): pitch
04627.905 ERROR SOUND: invalid source_params(woLA-17047297:aircrafts\planegearwind): pitch
04627.905 ERROR SOUND: invalid source_params(woLA-17047297:aircrafts\planespeedbrakewind): pitch
04627.905 ERROR SOUND: invalid source_params(woLA-17047297:aircrafts\planewingturbulence): pitch
05000.725 ERROR SOUND: source_is_playing(-1): invalid source
05073.112 WARNING LOG: 1 duplicate message(s) skipped.
05073.112 WARNING WEAPONSBASE: Ammunition not found: 4, 4, 8, 77.
05093.019 ERROR SOUND: source_is_playing(-1): invalid source
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I'm just wondering if this was causing or contributing to our woes in anyway with all the poor fps and disconnects/crashes?
My game is stock but there are mods out there for sound etc, dunno how it affects stuff, also with the new quick update last night?

I have flown that mission before and it was pretty smooth and trouble free, except for actually killing the army of sams down there that is :D
 
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