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(Click on the picture) Just kidding . A great and well fought FIF all! Congrats Blue team! Thanks to all participants. It seems that ROF isn't quite dead yet and it is gratifying to have this event to look forward to. Especial thanks to Butzzell for the map-making, The Commanders for giving us leadership, And our CO Klaiber for all the work he does without even being able to participate.

+1!

I use Photoshop CS2 which is old but works well for me and it's free: https://helpx.adobe.com/creative-suite/kb/cs2-product-downloads.html?promoid=19SCDRQK There is a disclaimer: "Adobe has disabled the activation server for CS2 products, including Acrobat 7, because of a technical issue. These products were released more than seven years ago and do not run on many modern operating systems; Adobe no longer supports them. Adobe strongly advises against running unsupported and outdated software. Only customers who legitimately purchased CS2 or Acrobat 7 and need to maintain their current use of these products may use the serial numbers provided during the download." So... use your discretion. GIMP is the other choice and it works just as well. Here's the link on the BOS forum: https://forum.il2sturmovik.com/topic/13726-quick-start-guide-to-skinning-with-gimp/ Either way you will need to convert what you make (.bmp file) to .dds file. I use a program called Dtxbmp for single files: http://www.mwgfx.co.uk/programs/dxtbmp.htm and Convimx for batch conversion (I use this mostly): http://www.mwgfx.co.uk/programs/convim.htm I can help on TS if you need.

Interesting... Thank you! BTW... I haven't seen a keymap for WEP... I just assumed "Boost" engaged it. Is there actually a map for it?

If you're frustrated or angry, you can always cuss Dudley out in TS...

RIP DIck Dale... Tubes forever Dude!

I had problems with payment in the past... my card kept getting denied and my bank insisted that there should be no issue. I was going to try a wire transfer but it was a $50 fee. I think I'm going to give Virpil a hard pass even though I would really like to get their base and stick. The situation needs someone in North America / USA to become an agent.

Good info Klai...thanks! (Just hope I remember it for next time ).

Represent!... Oaktown multi ethnic Power! Love these guys. One of their hits starts at 5:15 and tell me what is hip... 10:00... but the beginning is great too. The original lead singer Rick Stevens... Rick Stevens after leaving the group, was convicted of killing three men in a drug-addicted haze and served 36 years in prison, died on Sept 15, 2017 in Antioch, Calif., where he lived with a son. He was 77. On January 12, 2017, long-time drummer David Garibaldi and touring bassist Marc Van Wageningen were hit by a train as they walked across tracks before a performance in Oakland. They both survived the accident. EDIT: I'm having the same issue as Trev. "It has to do with the URL. Make sure its the full one - www.youtube.com... If it's truncated, like youtub.asdf then it won't work." I tried http://... and without any prefix - www.youtube.com... etc.

If I can order a base I might want to buy your grip Luft... thanks!

Would any of you using Rift please post your 3Dmigoto and BOx graphics settings please?

We welcome pilots of all experience levels. We have an event on Mondays at 6:30 ish Pacific time where we fly as a group against AI. We can PM or email you the Teamspeak log in if you are interested.

I excel at Kamikaze... not much of a chance for a streak though.

I'm soooo confused.... Wish everyone would just mark time by the position of the sun. When the sun apparently reaches its highest point in the sky is Noon... so simple.

Just a quick look at the Bf109K engine specs: "The aircraft is equipped with MW-50 water-methanol mixture injection system that prevents the engine detonation in the emergency power mode. It engages automatically when the throttle is set to maximum, there is enough mixture for 25-30 minutes. However, the engine can work up to 10 minutes at this mode, wait for another 10 minutes at the combat mode before engaging the emergency mode again. Attention: running the engine at the emergency mode without the water-methanol mixture or at altitudes higher than 6 km is forbidden! A pilot can check the system using the injection pressure indicator on the left: its normal pressure is 0.6...0.7 atm, stop using it if the pressure is lower than 0.4 atm and switch the engine to combat mode." I do seem to recall reading somewhere that, like Kleig says, that boost (or "emergency") power time is cumulative but that hasn't been my experience (see the highlighted line above) It seems that as long as you don't exceed the max rated time at boost and you allow sufficient (perhaps equal amount of time out of boost as was spent in boost?) the engine will be fine. I've only blown them when either exceeding the time or spending lots of time in and out of boost without allowing sufficient time out of boost. I haven't done any serious testing though.

Dudley... check your PM box please.

So... all planes are going to need forward stick for level flight at full throttle? And, yes I'm aware that most planes in RL are rigged to fly level at cruise settings. The DVIII (my initial testing) fly's level at about 60% on the simple gauge. I think that this is what gives the sensation of "bobbing" and it actually may be more realistic than what happened in ROF. Okie dokie. Still... I want my curves dammit! My main gripe.

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Baumer has posted a poll here: https://riseofflight.com/forum/topic/53918-bloody-april-ix-campaign-community-poll/ "Harsher death penalties are back. 1 hour death enforced by the server settings, although you may serve as a backseat gunner during the downtime. The open campaign schedule makes this less impactful and gives pilots more opportunities overall to get in the air." Still... not a true DID so "no awards for You!"

When killed or captured I will often hop in an unused plane towards the end of the session just to see the results. As Klai says, as long as you don't take off...

As to color... we're all probably seeing the colors differently due to how our monitors are calibrated. I have to sometimes do color matching when I'm painting a (Real Life) aircraft and the light source makes a huge difference. I have a special "daylight" lamp but still get subtle differences when the plane is outside. Counter-intuitively, sunny gives a less correct interpretation than a slightly overcast day. Reflected light from buildings, trees etc changes things also. For what we do as skinning I think the relative "look" is what's most important.

I have a feeling that Heinrich won't get this... Heinrich, Google the urban dictionary for the word "taint"

Thanks for the help there Shade and Dav! Unfortunately, both Snag and I had our fuel tanks holed and we ran out of gas.

Does this mean that you are out of flying Lip? I know that you have been having issues with getting your stick software to work. Just looking for clarification. (BTW... missing flying with you).

Do the exhaust flames coincide with lifting off the throttle? It doesn't seem to happen where I would think it should (but I have absolutely no experience). It does look like a blast!