mlracing,
I was playing with the F18key3 file and I noticed a few things maybe you can add.

The ailerions should move on the ground for crosswind takeoff. And to check that the controls are free and correct.

Can you get the ailerons also to droop with the flaps? but still move a bit on landing?
See pic:
Flaps and ailerons down for high lift - take-off and landing.




nice work....btw..
Cheers!

i can make the ailerons move like flaps. but there is graphical error - polygon become black viewing from some angles. now i have had some clue about what is affecting the visibility of polygons, it will take me some time to understand that program.

these days i am implementing some of the extra functions into PSF.EXE , so there will be no need for add-on EXEs.
so far i have successfully added these functions into PSF.EXE
1) correct movement of the flaps ( except for the ailerons , so far )
2) padlock automatic zoom-in and turning off MFDs
3) press B to toggle brake
4) press S to toggle left MFD between "store" and "engine data" , so key E can be used for other purpose
5) turn rate affected by airspeed
6) pitch-down responds slower ( now can't make sharp turn by pitching down )
7) "cobra" and high AOA slide
8) high AOA shaking
9) plane pulled back by landing strap on carrier ! ( no other game does better than PSF about carrier landing )

now i am working on the "tail slide" manuveur. i will make aileron movements later. and i accidently found out a way to turn on the heavy fog in game ( switching glfogi and glfogf somewhere in memory ), i will make that too.

another improvement: LOD doesn't reduce now

OMG!! Thats is one of the BEST mods !! I always wanted the LOD fixed.
Thank you, Thank you...mlracing!

i tested the program, and the planes sometimes switch to lowest LOD at a certain distance, then back to highest LOD when distance increases. there are some codes that i haven't found out.
because of that problem, i made a workaround on the player's plane (the most important object in the game). it should be at highest LOD forever. this MOD has no effect on the trees.

here is the way: in EXE,
go to 0x00067A88
find..... "8b 54 24 20 39 50 10 7d 2b 8b 4e 14"
change to "b9 00 00 00 00 90 90 90 90 90 90 90"

go to 0x00068239
find..... "89 45 14 3b c1"
change to "e9 72 8d f9 ff"

go to 0x00000FB0
change a series of "00" into
81 3d 0c a8 4a 00 00 00 00 00 75 0a 89 45 14 39
c8 e9 78 72 06 00 3d 00 00 08 00 7c ef 8b 1d 0c
a8 4a 00 3b b3 80 1d 00 00 74 1a 81 3d b8 74 53
00 00 00 00 00 74 d5 8b 1d b8 74 53 00 3b b3 a8
fc ff ff 75 c7 c7 45 14 00 00 00 00 eb c1 90 90

i assume your EXE wasn't modified at those locations. if it was modified before this MOD, this MOD won't work.

it took me more than 10 hours to make this one. finally, phew.
BTW: do you know the screenshot key in this game? i did something in the game without realizing then i found a BMP in the PSF folder. it was a screenshot captured by the game itself.

Hello mlracing,
Thanks again..
The screen capture keys are CTRL + G
You can keep hitting the G and it will make a series. But if you exit out and take another screen shot it will over write previous ones < starts over.

Gonna look in my EXE now..THANKS!
Cheers !

here comes the first demo of NEW PHYSICS for PSF.
http://player.youku.com/player.php/Type/Folder/Fid/3573261/Ob/1/Pt/10/sid/XMTI1NzQ0OTcy/v.swf

new behaviors of the plane in this demo include:
1) cobra maneuver
2) stall
3) tail slide maneuver
4) high-AOA level flight (up to 30 degree)
5) pulled backward by landing strap
and these are all saved correctly in replay.

the stage in this demo is Pretzel's beautiful training mission CROWDED HOUSE

i am still working on the new physics, there are many things to tweak.

Dear friends,
I am from Norway and this is my first post but not the last
I like to fly Precision Strike Fighter a lot.

I am using two monitors with Flight Simulator 2004. One for general view and the other one for Pop-ups (Throttle, GPS, Overhead Panel views...)

But how can I split the view for F/A-18 PSF ? Can I run the game in windowed mode?
Because I want to use for my main screen the HUD view and on the second monitor the
DDI, IFEI, HSD and Up Front Control views. Can anyone help me please?






Best Regards

hi, welcome Norwegian, i know about Norway for its popularity of motorsports, especially rally.
i am into motorsport too, see my ID - m.l.racing ? i can't afford real rallying but i play rally games a lot. now Richard Burns Rally is my favourite.

back to your questions, it's not difficult to see the outside world and the 2 DDI at the same time, but the IFEI HSD SIG can't be shown at this time, unless someone takes the trouble of programming a graphic interface to show these data.

i can make the DDI always appear on the screen, even at external views(view 3,5,6...). and i can make the FOV larger (meaning the view angle is larger) , in case that your screen is big.
if you have the materials, you can project the DDIs onto your virtual cockpit. the position (in relation to the computer screen) of the DDI is never changed.

here's the sample effect
http://i868.photobucket.com/albums/ab247/mlracing1979/views.jpg