I was discharged from the hospital 5 April and recovering at home
Very good to hear !!! I Wish you a fast recovery !
I was discharged from the hospital 5 April and recovering at home
Very good to hear !!! I Wish you a fast recovery !
Best wishes and recovery , Soldier Cougar !
Laurent
It’s “avoiding the masking” that I disagree with - just can’t be done in RL. Especially of you didn’t change anything else, which was what I figured.
Never said that I couldn’t , Stevie … I already stated it is not a definitive fix , only a stop-gap . The problem is that ppl don’t really read the posts …
you didn’t change anything else, which was what I figured.
you figured wrong , Stevie . I changed smg(many things in fact , but ppl almost can’t see the changes .
And in the ext model , no changes at all …
Anyway , as I stated , the doors of my hangar is open .
best regards ,
My view is both you and Stevie didn’t see what I did .
I’m not fitting an IRST on the F-18 . I made a tweak to be able to use the “normal” ATFLR or Sniper , while avoiding the heavy masking of the EF-18 , and without changing anything on the plane loadout, or position of weapons/stores .
So if the question is : is the tweak working to this purpose, I’ll assume : Yes .
If the question is : is it realistic : I’ll assume : no , of course . It’s a fix . A RL fixing would mean contact its author and ask him to correct its HP , slots and whatever .
If your car as a problem with its engine , you’ll sometimes have to change some parts . Will you be arguing that the new fixed engine doesn’t have its original pieces ? Or will you be pleased by the fact that now, you can drive with it ?
That’s what we are taliking here , guys .
I already said , I’m not a programmer , a coder or a modeler , only a mechanic that fix things when it’s possible . I restore functionnalities .
If ppl want the original Bug , my point is that they should contact the original creator and ask him how to restore it “true to life” (or at least , as it was designed originally ) .
It’s a difference of philosophy .
Our goals are the same , but the way to fulfill it are different .
I’ve made a quick decision , and I retire my participation in the Mafia .
I prefer to keep my independance .
But if you mafia guys want it , if you ever need help on something , the door of my hangar will be still open
You will take what please you .
Best regards, you all ! I keep more than an eye on the Project Bug , but at my safe distance
But, you don’t even actually know what I did ?!?
How could you state this ?
Wait for the fix, try, and then you could criticize . But not before without knowing what is my fix, Stevie .
I’m quite surprised by such a strange reaction .
Sounds like you didn’t want someone to find a fix for the Bug .
If yes… well , I don’t understand even more .
1st, you stated it won’t work(without trying it !) . But it does, and you admitted it when you wrote that it won’t be a true to life fix(what does it means btw , I really wonder ….).
edit : _Anyway , it doesn’t really matters , so don’t worry , I’m used to being criticized even by ppl who don’t knows/understand what I’m doing( because of my RL work) .
That’s not a problem : ppl who don’t like my fix will stick with the Hornet as it is . Ppl who like it will buy my idea .
What I know is my own private hangar is crowded with fixed(or at least , partially fixed) planes, and I enjoy them very much . I just shared a possible working fix . What ppl think about it is actually beyond my scope .
And everybody’s free to provide better solutions than mine . It’s just that smg was asked to me, I answered .
So now , let’s go ahead and enjoy what we want ! No need to enter an argument for this .
with best regards, Stevie
Lolo_
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there are no plans to put an internal IRST into the Hornet…much to my own disappointment.
internally mounting an IRST won’t solve any masking issues for the ATFLIR.
It does Stevie, it does …
I could send you some pics to prove it, but I prefer let drtbkj try it first … can’t await for his own report !!!
You should wait to try the fix before jumping too soon into early conclusions Have you tried it yet ?
And , the Hornet won’t be fitted with an internal IRST … At least, not really , if the Bug driver don’t “cheat” . I’ve applied this solution on 2 of my retrofits and it works very, very well ; I’ve just applied it on the Bug too .
I had tried to “Block 3” the Rhino, with an internal IRST.
So , you will be happy : This fix has been created(-edit-originally)to mount IRST in airplane that carries it .
But it also can be used to fix TGP masking issues , or to add lacking functionnalities in a plane .
I have good news :
I tried my tweak on the EF-18M , that was indeed heavily plagued by a big TGP masking issue . It seemed to me that is looked very different of what I saw on the F-18C .
There will be 2 drawback :
1/* slight gain of weight (about 250 lbs more)
2/ slight gain of drag .
The good thing is that my EF-18M is now equipped whith a functionnal TGP, no masking anymore .
I’ll send the relevant modified files to drtbkj , with some instructions, and will let him try to see if all is going well .
It’s not a true definitive fix(as it would requires a mastering of LE that I don’t possess yet) , but probably a good stop-gap tweak .
It preserves both the exterior model of the plane , and restore 100% the TGP’s functionnality .
Stay tuned !
I understand you and Fresco since start , Stevie .
What I was wondering is why someone told drtbkj that he need the Mafia to have a look on its EA-18G( I re-quote drtbkj : we did receive a request here to look into the EA-18G ), whereas the plane doesn’t carries TGP .
So far ,2 possible conclusions :
1/ drtbkj made a typo , as he wrote EA-18G
2/the person who sent the request a/ made a typo or b/ modded its EA-18G to carry a TGP . In this latter case , nothing to fix, nothing to look at .
Thanks,I’ve just seen it too(in FE) .
But there’s no EF-18 Sq at all in the entire KTO (I’ve just checked too) . Or I’m missing something more ?
-EDIT- nevermind, i almost forgot MC …