There was a time where I considered my self a fairly competent virtual fighter pilot. After 20+ years with this hobby, you would think so, right?

Well, last night, I showed myself just how rusty I have become...

1. After my Phoenix exploded an 1/8th of a mile in front of me for some odd reason, I decided to gun a Badger. I saddled her up and got blown out of the sky by her gunners...

2. I did not offset my jet from the bearing of my PDSTT target after firing my Sparrow. I got the kill but, the MiG-23 got it's own SARH shot off right before it exploded.

What does this all mean?

I am so very thankful for this sim. It's so nice to have a game that is so compelling that it makes me have to re-hone my skills.

Thank you, TK and Third Wire

1: That happens if you are not careful. Just because you have missiles does not mean you should fly in a straight line; and that is what you did if the gunners got you. Also, Aim-9 Sidewinder? Regarding the phoenix, the Soviets knew exactly what was waiting for them and installed enough ECM to warm up an entire carriers supply of food ^^

2: Your enemy has some degree of intelligence. They are not Target Drones for you to fly in invulnerable modes.

Furthermore, What virtual Flight Sim did you play in 1990? I am honestly curious

I started with Jet from SubLogic in the 80s, not the 90s. I am old

Moved on to the Microprose and Spectrum Holobyte titles after that. F-15/F-19 and Falcon, respectively.

F/16 Combat Pilot, EF2000, Longbow... so many good sims back in the day.

The era in the SF series (1956 - 1982) is unlike WW2 and the later sims you used - your tactics have to change through out the entire era as different Jets and weapons are introduced.

You certainly wont be depending on missiles - and you will be forced to fire them in parameters to even have a chance of a kill - especially the older types (AIM-7E, AIM-9B , E, H etc)

I would love to see that timeline extended 1 more year to allow for the F-18 and MiG-29

I would LOVE to go on a surface strike mission in NA with something that can carry the Harpoon!

Once CA comes back up, there are outstanding mods for both the Super Hornet and the MiG-29. However, in the meantime the A-6E_79 is the original TRAM variant of the A-6, and is Harpoon capable. You can extract the A-6A cockpit from WoV if you have that, or you can purchase the RAZBAM A-6 for SF1 and import the cockpits. Once CA comes back up, you can also get A-6 cockpits from a few of the mods as well.

EDIT: Unless you have the campaign editor DLC, you will also need to manually edit the NA campaign files to change the A-6E to A-6E_79 (which was historically accurate anyway), and then add the A-6E_79 to the campaignna1.ini as a selectable plane.

If I purchase WoV can't I use the A-6 from that in NA campaign?

Thanks in advance!

Home fries,

I just purchased WOE2 last night and already own NA, as well as the DLC editor. What do I have to do to merge both and use aircraft from both in playing either scenario?

Also, you mentioned era specific modding of the .ini to accommodate the A6E, which I have as well. Matter of fact, can we sticky a FAQ or walk through for newbies and former players that are coming back into the fold again with the newer releases?

For me it seems to auto merge. My SF launcher does not seem to launch either game, it just gives me access to all campaigns. But, Im still very much a noob to the SF world so, I could be talking out of my ass, unintentionally, of course.



I asked for a FAQ and the SimHQ mgmt knocked it down

WoV is series 1 and was replaced by SF2V so it wont merge - you can extract the cockpit from it using a cat extractor - but there is a long list of individual files to get.

The Razbam A-6 pit is the best one out there currently so probably best of getting that instead http://razbamsims.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=51