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#3569190 - 05/08/12 03:01 AM Any news on Janes FA-18?  
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Hi all, I have seen that there are several new "Mods" in development (eg the simulator to 32bit color and the wonderful textures Double_Patch), but you have not been heard of them, like the Super Team Hornet, the truth, I would carry a great joy if it were possible to know how are all these promising projects because I think the Janes FA-18 will remain a great simulator for long. Thank you very much and sorry for my English. A greeting!!

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#3569279 - 05/08/12 08:28 AM Re: Any news on Janes FA-18? [Re: Azzameen]  
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I also read something about the sourcecode being worked on...


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#3570361 - 05/10/12 06:10 AM Re: Any news on Janes FA-18? [Re: Azzameen]  
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The members are currently busy with real world life. Without the hard push and motivation to the members it gets set on the back-burner.

I will say this...

We are always looking for very good C++ and/or DirectX programmers for reasons I can't explicitly type out. wink

JF18 can be the next F4... we just need the man-power of programmers

#3570446 - 05/10/12 12:14 PM Re: Any news on Janes FA-18? [Re: Azzameen]  
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It's a real pity there isn't the manpower to hand.

An F4 type update for this sim would be amazing.

I would pay for it, and I'm sure plenty of others would too.

Have you tried begging the BMS chaps to see if they would be interested to give some assistance?

#3570636 - 05/10/12 06:21 PM Re: Any news on Janes FA-18? [Re: Azzameen]  
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Source code for JF18!? If this is true, perhaps for manpower it just needs to be better advertised?

#3570747 - 05/10/12 09:22 PM Re: Any news on Janes FA-18? [Re: Azzameen]  
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Great, thanks for the reply, I look forward to any new development, and well, I'm not programmer (or know where to get it), but hey, if you need someone to help, here I am, if only to tell you how good you are, yep Thank you!! yep

#3571283 - 05/11/12 08:19 PM Re: Any news on Janes FA-18? [Re: Azzameen]  
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It's not a bad idea actually, but Joe will have to ask. He's the 'hancho' of our group.

IAM put it best when he says a good source helped him along the way to modify the hex code. We just can't let the good source help out everyone as far as advertizing.

#3571320 - 05/11/12 09:20 PM Re: Any news on Janes FA-18? [Re: Azzameen]  
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to me, while the TSH project alive, and geniuses making changes, and it bothers me not knowing programming issues, so all I can do is say thanks for this project that will not die. THANKS!!

#3571333 - 05/11/12 09:49 PM Re: Any news on Janes FA-18? [Re: calmer133]  
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Originally Posted By: calmer133
It's a real pity there isn't the manpower to hand.

An F4 type update for this sim would be amazing.

I would pay for it, and I'm sure plenty of others would too.

Have you tried begging the BMS chaps to see if they would be interested to give some assistance?


We could not charge for it - certainly that has never been the plan. And so there is part of the problem - we don't see how we could really go commercial with this. The original IP rights will have to be protected, as it has been with all our mods.

Begging hasn't worked, and yes we have been in contact, discretely, with a number of other groups in recent years. All we can say.

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#3571341 - 05/11/12 09:55 PM Re: Any news on Janes FA-18? [Re: omegaFlak]  
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Originally Posted By: omegaFlak
Source code for JF18!? If this is true, perhaps for manpower it just needs to be better advertised?


I don't agree. If we came out and posted in huge block letters that we have the SC, so everybody come have at it, then I am sure we would get bombarded with more people like me that are simply not programmers, but still well-meaning supporters wanting to be involved. In the end the sim still goes nowhere. It's just a helluva lot of work for volunteer code guys to do without pay. Some think it would be simpler to just code the sim all over again from scratch. Even if we had/have the SC, not sure it would really help.

Ripcord


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#3571471 - 05/12/12 02:10 AM Re: Any news on Janes FA-18? [Re: Azzameen]  
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Jane's F18 recoded to newer machine specs???? Now that would be something to experience!!!

#3571481 - 05/12/12 02:43 AM Re: Any news on Janes FA-18? [Re: Azzameen]  
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Is there any way to get the lighter water color for the Iraq theater?

#3571483 - 05/12/12 02:46 AM Re: Any news on Janes FA-18? [Re: Azzameen]  
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Especially with DCS and VRS. Imagine if VRS took their work to DCS :\

#3571485 - 05/12/12 02:48 AM Re: Any news on Janes FA-18? [Re: 12_Point]  
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Originally Posted By: 12_Point
Is there any way to get the lighter water color for the Iraq theater?


If you modify the unipal files or sparkle.pcs

#3571582 - 05/12/12 10:57 AM Re: Any news on Janes FA-18? [Re: Rudel]  
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Originally Posted By: Rudel
Especially with DCS and VRS. Imagine if VRS took their work to DCS :\


Yes I have imagined that already! Except the one thing where FSX/VRS will prevail is that they have the whole world to fly in, not just a little corner of it.


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#3571699 - 05/12/12 04:18 PM Re: Any news on Janes FA-18? [Re: Azzameen]  
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Right, and VRS is just 3 guys. :p

#3573078 - 05/15/12 08:53 AM Re: Any news on Janes FA-18? [Re: Rudel]  
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Originally Posted By: Rudel
We are always looking for very good C++ and/or DirectX programmers for reasons I can't explicitly type out. wink



If you guys are in need of a programmer still, send me a PM.

#3573089 - 05/15/12 09:53 AM Re: Any news on Janes FA-18? [Re: Azzameen]  
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Hmmm... so...
I won't ask if the sour***ode is available or not (*), since I guess I won't get a direct answer winkngrin , but anyway, I'd be more than happy with 3-4 simple thingies...

1. Both digital and analog ADI balls showing actual pitch degrees.

2. A WORKING analog altimeter. Right now, it does not show tens of thousand feet, looking at it you can't tell if you're flying at 1000 or 10000 ft, 2340 or 23400 ft... So in case of HUD failure you need the digital ADI in a MFD... an ADI that does not show pitch degrees... :/

3. RUDDER!!! We need a working rudder! I don't remember where, but I did read that the Superbug has a "big rudder authority". In the sim we have...well, none. :/ It just works like a spring, you release it and the AC returns to its original actitude.

As they say here in my country "the more sugar, the sweeter", of course, but with those 3 "little?" changes (i don't know if they are possible, to begin with), I'd be more than happy.


Regards. cheers






















(*) BTW, is it? hahaha

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#3573117 - 05/15/12 11:45 AM Re: Any news on Janes FA-18? [Re: Ripcord]  
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It seems like we are all probably just "Wating for Godot," but the wait has been mostly good, so far. Still, the patience has waned and the crowds have thinned, although I still wait.

#3573271 - 05/15/12 04:50 PM Re: Any news on Janes FA-18? [Re: Azzameen]  
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I'm definitely not holding my breath for any updates like those. Perfectly happy to fly the sim as it is and wait hopefully for a DCS F-18 :p

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