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SWS Midway Battle Group is out

JosefK said:
Very grateful at this development. Can't wait to have AI A-6s, EA-6Bs and A-3s fly around with me... and at some future point maybe EA-18Gs and F/A-18s please?
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Joe raises an interesting question. Does it really matter what AI aircraft we select, as long as it has a tailhook?

Or does this new majik involve some kind of modification to the AI aircraft itself, either the model or the .cfg or .air file?
 
Ripcord said:
Joe raises an interesting question. Does it really matter what AI aircraft we select, as long as it has a tailhook?

Or does this new majik involve some kind of modification to the AI aircraft itself, either the model or the .cfg or .air file?
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This will work with any tailhook-equipped airplane.

The only modification that "may" be needed is the hook-wire alignment, done through our Aircraft Configuration App. This ensures that the visual effect of pulling the cable will be at the hook, not in the fuselage or anywhere else. We already have presets for a bunch of good payware and freeware aircraft, so for these you don't have to touch anything. The list is here: http://simworksstudios.com/forum/index.php?topic=786.0. This list is going to expand as we get our hands on them or as you make presets and provide us with them.

AI Aircraft would be better suited, though, and we're thinking of introducing them with this package. We are working on the full cycle of launch-fly-trap-taxi, so if you want a deck with 70 dynamic aircraft instead of statics, you can't have them all being RAZBAM A-7s or VRS Hornets.
 
SiR_RiPPER said:
And I can't find a deletion in the logs... I guess it's time to either recover or rewrite it...
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Thanks for recovering the SDK info.
I'm very interested in the Nimitz product and was hoping you would speculate on when it and the next carrier upgrades might be coming out..?
...Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter
 
What I, personally, would love to see is a 1980s era flight deck populated dynamically populated with (obviously ZERO Hornets) at least one RA-5C, several A-7Es, some F-4Js, A-6s, one Hawkeye, a Sea King helo.

My dream would be to see the USS Independence CV-62 in simulation. For me, the flight deck would resemble when I was aboard during Operation Urgent Fury (attack on Grenada), and the subsequent attack on Lebanon. VF-32 & 14, VA-176, VA-15 & 87, VAW-122, VS-28, HS-15, and VAQ-131. The CAG did not have a Vigilante squadron....I just thought they were awesome aircraft!

Just reminiscing! NC



SiR_RiPPER said:
This will work with any tailhook-equipped airplane.

The only modification that "may" be needed is the hook-wire alignment, done through our Aircraft Configuration App. This ensures that the visual effect of pulling the cable will be at the hook, not in the fuselage or anywhere else. We already have presets for a bunch of good payware and freeware aircraft, so for these you don't have to touch anything. The list is here: http://simworksstudios.com/forum/index.php?topic=786.0. This list is going to expand as we get our hands on them or as you make presets and provide us with them.

AI Aircraft would be better suited, though, and we're thinking of introducing them with this package. We are working on the full cycle of launch-fly-trap-taxi, so if you want a deck with 70 dynamic aircraft instead of statics, you can't have them all being RAZBAM A-7s or VRS Hornets.
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Seahawk72s said:
Thanks for recovering the SDK info.
I'm very interested in the Nimitz product and was hoping you would speculate on when it and the next carrier upgrades might be coming out..?
...Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter
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The SDK recovery will be completed this weekend. We've already recovered and updated most information in there, all that's left are the modeling guidelines. All of the stuff that's in there is coming with the next update, which will also include our Ship placer (think of AI Carriers with improved functionality), vLSO integration, a warp-to-deck feature and the ability to save a flight on a carrier and (apparently) load it with the carrier being where it's supposed to.

As for Chester, he is growing fast. The superstructure is almost done and the big structures of the starboard side are also moving quickly. We'll beat Newport News before they do the JFK. :p
 
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