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Microsoft GAVE US PERMISSION!!!
SUBS17:
--- Quote from: Sludge on May 30, 2010, 04:35:32 am ---Subs...
No, Im not kidding. Maybe a bargain for you, but FSX will never be a "combat sim", and Ill never waste the money to try to make it as such. It can EMULATE a combat environment, but will never be a combat sim. Ill save my $40 for a real combat sim.
Im perfectly happy with the default and Sludge Hornets in FSX. Will try to add more, but in the meantime, I dont need to waste another $40 in addition to the startup $40-50 for a product that still isnt a straight up combat simulator.
Let people have their opinions, and you can have yours. Cool?
Later
Sludge
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Actually you are quite wrong in assuming that the TAC pack is a bad thing, the more detailed a sim is the better and there is nothing wrong with having combat in FSX. The TAC pack could allow you to further modify the hornet to include working weapons. Such a mod has that potential. BTW I think what you are doing by modding the Hornet is a very good idea.
Sludge:
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Just got back from the Colonial PGA Tourney in Ft Worth and holy cheeze and rice it was HOT!! Im talking... go outside for a few minutes and melt HOT. It was around 100, the humidity was high 90s, and there was no breeze at all.
Micro...
Thanks. Coming from you, who I consider the master of all video makers right now, thats great praise. Much thanks and will continue to work on it. You might like some of the upcoming changes that will be released with v1.1, probly in a few weeks. And I completely agree with your FSX philosophy.
SUBS...
I never said the TAC pack is a bad thing. What I did say is that I (emphasis added, I) will wont spend the money for the VRS and/or the TAC pack. Thats 90 bucks (VRS S/B and TAC pack) to spend IN ADDITION to what was already paid for for FSX and/or Acceleration? Nope. Not me. I'd rather buy a combat sim thats built from the ground up for air-to-air/air-to-ground combat (ie, falcon 4) than try to make FSX emulate a combat flight simulator.
As far as my modding, thanks. I wish I had even a fraction the abilities of others, because if I did, Id have gone buck wild by now modding stuff almost to the point of a whole new Hornet. But, alas, Im just a tweaker... highly involved and motivated tweaker.
Take Care and talk to ya later
Sludge
SUBS17:
The VRS Superhornet is quite an awesome addon for FSX I think its practically an entirely different aircraft to any other addon for FSX. Compared to FSXs other addons its also quite cheap. I can see where you're coming from with the added costs if you also add in FSX and acceleration but both FSX and acceleration don't give you a detailed Hornet like the VRS. Its nice to have an addon which is very close the NATOPs manual in every aspect including the pirouette they did a fantastic job with the FBW and FM of this aircraft and it includes external stores not a clean bird like the accel hornet.
Sludge:
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OK, I understand what youre saying. But, just to let you know, this isnt a VRS sales forum. Everyone that wants it knows where they can get it, and knows what it can do.
If you post anything more, beyond real discussions of what we can do to improve the FSX Hornet, Im sure Virtuali will drop your posts because its becoming redundant. Discussion is good and dont mind comparing, but youre getting to the point of putting out sales pitches, IMO.
Later
Sludge
SUBS17:
This isn't about sales pitches, the major problem with FSX regarding combat aircraft, inflight refuelling and also weapons is lack of standardisation. Now if for example FSDT decided to do an F-14 in the future(of course they could since there are experts of this aircraft on this forum) a mod such as the TACPack could be used to make those weapons work just like all the other mods that are used on FSX such as graphics enhancements/weather etc. So its not about VRS Superhornet just firing missiles instead it could be other aircraft as well. A guy such as yourself modding the aircraft such as the Hornet could add weapons feaures with such a possibility its a pity that there are such limitations though. It would be cooler if there was a sim like FSX with more modability although there are other sims in development it may be years before we start seeing those released. An example of inflight refuelling is in Accl you refuel just by sitting behind the tanker with VRS TAc pack you would have to connect to the drogue to refuel. Such features could be further enhanced in FSX such as using the LSO script and ATC to make the Tankers talk back to the pilots etc like in Falcon.
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