OK, just flew the most awesome mission I've ever flown in LB2.

I'll need some time to whip up screenies and an AAR, but wow, I just had to geek out and post here.

Looking forward to it - good luck and thanks.

What mission was it? One of mine!?

Sorry, Flyboy- it wasn't one of yours. It's one I crafted. I'll upload something inthe next two days...also video if I can get YouTube to accept my AVIs.

Damn, it wasn't one of mine. [repeats in head... 'It wasn't one of mine. It wasn't one of mine...']

I bet you'll be wanting your mission(s) hosted at my site though, won't you!?

So, we hear that there's a bad guy convention in a village SE of our FARP. So we load up and get the rotors churning the air.



We approach the alleged evil doer location and attempt to gather information via the TADS for evidence into their alleged crimes. This will be necessary should our case be challenged by a jury.



I check to see my wingman is on board, and that he has his little Miranda Rights card ready to read. We agree that I am going to be the bad cop, and he will be the good cop.



After scanning buildings and revetments, a Shilka, obviously not standard issue equipment for a legal demonstration pops up, and we have all the proof we need to move forward on the operation.



After the enemy is unarmed, we begin splashing, uh, I mean, dispatching legal implications, to the alleged criminals.



Let the justice begin!


After my run, I pull up, bank left, then haul it around to the right again to observe the target area.


And this was my attitude when my CP/G starts screaming something about someone named, "Sam".


And sure enough , I rudder flip the aircraft, and see a party of SAM streamers coming up at me.


I pull my famous, "Haywire's Corkscrew" maneuver to shake them off. Just forgot to check my altitude since it's a little different in a helo than in a jet...


...aaaaand I pull up and out just fine and find myself watching 3...4...5 SAMs streaking past me.


But that's only half of the Hotel Charlie move...I roll out and deliver more 2.75 inch justice!


My wingman hasn't been drilling up on it much, obviously, as he's pulled ahead of me and I nearly collide with him- but the good news all the Singers missed me.


That is, most of them. I'm at the top of my loop against a clear blue sky and low speed. This does not look good, and I'm already reaching for the fire extinguisher handle.


Which doesn't work.


I'm figuring it hit me pretty good, but a quick BIT test shows no damage...though I'm losing fuel fast. Probably burning out in a streaming flame out my aircraft's belly. But I'm pretty scared and ticked off at the same time so I'm hammering everyone and everything that rears its unfriendly head on the trip home.


My wingman's covering my flanks...


Fuel's dropping fast. I think I'll be alright if I can keep a straight line


So I put `er down nice and easy. We get out and survey the damage. Like the BIT showed, there's not too much damage, just leaking fuel.


I actually nailed some of those SAM operators, but for some reason the game crashed as I reached for the print screen button, so I didn't get a print of it. I also got some FRAP video of it, and will endeavor to post that as soon as possible to YouTube or sumpin'

OK, that's not the way I wrote it.

[Edit] That's better.

LOL. Nice shots and I thought the commentary was funny. I hope it was supposed to be!

What display mode are you using? I ask because your Longbow model and cockpit seem to be more green than mine ever has been. Yours looks more like the LB2 promo shots that I've seen, like this...



Mine was always more *ahem* pink!



and...



Note: These two shots are from when I was using the 3DFX mode and dgVoodoo glide wrapper.

Also, what screenshot program did you use?

I was wondering the same thing....mine looks like Flyboy's.....even the terrain seems "greener"...

I don't know. All I've done is sometimes I switch back and forth with the dgvoodoo. Sometimes I have it running, sometimes I uninstall it and play in SW mode. It used to be "pink", though as a real man I called it "purple." Maybe installing and re-installing it activates some ghost in the machine and turns it all pretty green. I just know I'm not opening that program to change anything `cuz I LIKE my green Apache.

Sorry.