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#3618100 - 08/01/12 03:13 PM Re: Any news on Janes FA-18? [Re: Azzameen]  
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All they need to do is play the thing and be inspired by it!
And Longbow too for that matter (and BoB).

As technically good as the ED sims are, they are still aimed at chess players ... I'm convinced that neither they (nor Oleg) ever played the older sims.

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#3618243 - 08/01/12 06:29 PM Re: Any news on Janes FA-18? [Re: Azzameen]  
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Pretty sure Wags has played Janes F/A 18 a time or two. wink


Originally Posted by Abraham Lincoln
America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.


#3618491 - 08/02/12 01:06 AM Re: Any news on Janes FA-18? [Re: Azzameen]  
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Wags might be the only guy over there that for sure knows what 'damage-tracking' means -- that and many other key features that Janes FA-18 has that their sim does not. All sims have their limitatios. For them I think the key is to keep their eye on the ball and not get distracted with all the many possibilities. They have proven to be good at that so far IMHO.

For us we'll see. We are also keeping a narrow focus (despite all my attempts to day-dream and consider larger possibilities) and the first was getting this thing to work with a newer version of DX.


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#3618829 - 08/02/12 03:54 PM Re: Any news on Janes FA-18? [Re: Ripcord]  
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Originally Posted By: Ripcord

For us we'll see. We are also keeping a narrow focus (despite all my attempts to day-dream and consider larger possibilities) and the first was getting this thing to work with a newer version of DX.


...getting it to work, period, would make me very happy for a start! winkngrin


...then the doors are wide open for day-dreaming!!!

#3618883 - 08/02/12 04:59 PM Re: Any news on Janes FA-18? [Re: Keithb77]  
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Originally Posted By: Keithb77
All they need to do is play the thing and be inspired by it!
And Longbow too for that matter (and BoB).

As technically good as the ED sims are, they are still aimed at chess players ... I'm convinced that neither they (nor Oleg) ever played the older sims.

Cheers
Keith


I completly agree! I also think ED trends to forget that sims are in the end PC games like any other kind of PC game. This means that 'gameplay' features (which I won't mention here since these were already debated to death here in SimHQ) are together with 'full realism' (whatever that might be in/for a PC game) vital for a comercial sucess and these 'gameplay features' are definitly missing in ED sims.

#3619326 - 08/03/12 09:16 AM Re: Any news on Janes FA-18? [Re: iam73]  
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Originally Posted By: iam73
Originally Posted By: Ripcord

For us we'll see. We are also keeping a narrow focus (despite all my attempts to day-dream and consider larger possibilities) and the first was getting this thing to work with a newer version of DX.


...getting it to work, period, would make me very happy for a start! winkngrin


...then the doors are wide open for day-dreaming!!!


Right, for me it won't run at all since going to 64-bit win 7. I guess for some it does work, still.


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#3619363 - 08/03/12 11:43 AM Re: Any news on Janes FA-18? [Re: Ripcord]  
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Originally Posted By: Ripcord

Right, for me it won't run at all since going to 64-bit win 7. I guess for some it does work, still.


That is weird Ripcord, I can run it fine (the real one and even a VS6 build) under W7 x64 Ultimate.... (no compatibility mode)...

#3619797 - 08/03/12 10:04 PM Re: Any news on Janes FA-18? [Re: iam73]  
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Originally Posted By: iam73
Originally Posted By: Ripcord

Right, for me it won't run at all since going to 64-bit win 7. I guess for some it does work, still.


That is weird Ripcord, I can run it fine (the real one and even a VS6 build) under W7 x64 Ultimate.... (no compatibility mode)...


+1


Originally Posted by Abraham Lincoln
America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.


#3619814 - 08/03/12 10:25 PM Re: Any news on Janes FA-18? [Re: Azzameen]  
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Ripcord, have you read this thread? I hope it works for you.
http://simhq.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/3479493/Installing_JF_18_in_Windows_7.html#Post3479493

From what I gathered, there appears to be bugs in the 4.02 update, causing some users not being able to run it. 3.06 is the latest stable patch put out, as proved time and time again by the VFA-41

#3620001 - 08/04/12 08:37 AM Re: Any news on Janes FA-18? [Re: Azzameen]  
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Do you have a link for 3.06?

#3620039 - 08/04/12 12:11 PM Re: Any news on Janes FA-18? [Re: Chuckles]  
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Originally Posted By: Chuckles
Do you have a link for 3.06?


http://www.vfa-41.net/FA-18_Utilities.php


Originally Posted by Abraham Lincoln
America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.


#3620117 - 08/04/12 03:19 PM Re: Any news on Janes FA-18? [Re: Azzameen]  
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Been playin' a bit since the news...


Originally Posted by Abraham Lincoln
America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.


#3620422 - 08/05/12 02:14 AM Re: Any news on Janes FA-18? [Re: Keithb77]  
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Originally Posted By: Keithb77


As technically good as the ED sims are, they are still aimed at chess players ... I'm convinced that neither they (nor Oleg) ever played the older sims.

Cheers
Keith


I think it's also quite likely Oleg did play the older sims. You only need to look at the number of things in the earlier IL-2 releases that were nicked straight out of the old European Air War.

IL-2's biggest innovations were graphical and proprietorial (ie the grim skill with which they impeded modding...)

Hey, my first post here in many, many years!

And the first since rediscovering my ancient SIM-HQ password.


"Wait until you see the whites of his eyes."
Sailor Malan, 'Ten of My Rules for Air Fighting', no. 1
#3620626 - 08/05/12 01:51 PM Re: Any news on Janes FA-18? [Re: Azzameen]  
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UGH! Wanting to re configure key binding in game I ran into the JOYHAT1 bug tried to remove it from the keys.ini and...



I pressed Yes


Any guesses as to how to remove it?

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Originally Posted by Abraham Lincoln
America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.


#3620727 - 08/05/12 05:45 PM Re: Any news on Janes FA-18? [Re: Azzameen]  
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Wow Ghost...lol. Is it read only?

#3620857 - 08/05/12 09:38 PM Re: Any news on Janes FA-18? [Re: Azzameen]  
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DOH!



cheers


Originally Posted by Abraham Lincoln
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#3620962 - 08/06/12 02:20 AM Re: Any news on Janes FA-18? [Re: Azzameen]  
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Flying over Afghanistan in Operation Anaconda.

Intel map below:



Whale's Back on western side of Shah-i-Kot Valley. Takur Ghar to south east.

Lots of XCAS coordinating with ground-based FACs. Flying from carrier in northern Arabian Sea, ingress over Pakistan, and hitting vul time over eastern Afghanistan.

Terrain is Iraq with winter landpal.

Still lots of action to wring out of this sim.

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#3621502 - 08/06/12 09:14 PM Re: Any news on Janes FA-18? [Re: 531 Ghost]  
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Originally Posted By: 531 Ghost
DOH!



cheers


I was able to edit the keys.ini. BUT, still have the bug and can't map the rest of my buttons.


Originally Posted by Abraham Lincoln
America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.


#3631282 - 08/23/12 04:51 AM Re: Any news on Janes FA-18? [Re: Azzameen]  
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32bit color, AA, less stuttering, and some actual frigg'n rudder authority. Oh, and either a helmet mounted sight or let the uncaged 9X circle show up on the padlocked target off the HUD. I could live with that. And 7 joystick axis per stick to show up instead of 6. Yeah. That's the ticket. Dual throttle compatibility is probably asking too much, though.

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The term "necroposting" was invented by a person with no social memory beyond a year. People with a similar hangup are those o.k. with the internet being transient vapor.

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#3631283 - 08/23/12 04:53 AM Re: Any news on Janes FA-18? [Re: 531 Ghost]  
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Either turn off administrator settings in Windows completely or open Notepad as an admin first, then open the keys file within that.


The term "necroposting" was invented by a person with no social memory beyond a year. People with a similar hangup are those o.k. with the internet being transient vapor.

http://www.openfuelstandard.org/2011/12/methanol-wins-open-wager.html

Saitek X65 and X52, Glide, Winx3D, and GlovePIE Profiles http://library.avsim.net/search.php?SearchTerm=reticuli&CatID=miscmisc

http://library.avsim.net/register.php

X52 + Silicone Grease = JOY stick
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