Qballbandit

Hello Roger. I'll see if I can find my photos (from the air) of Hinckley Airfield; 0C2 in Hinckley, Illinois. It's a small grass strip field with a few hangers for GA, as well as the local soaring club. Real "grass roots" feel on the field and within the patrons. I've spent many a day there flying with friends (the manager/proprietor is a retired AAL Check Airman), many of them current or retired Airline captains, as well as the many cookouts. My closest friend built his Sonex 2-seater there, and has now just passed his twin-engine rating - on his way to the big leagues! I'll see if I can locate pics and spark any interest. Thanks very much, Neil

Thank you very much! Neil :cool:

Thanks, I see many FAIB models/paints here thatcould get me started. Not as worried about flights as I am about replacing existing flights and models with new ones. I appreciate your response! :) Neil

Hello folks, While I have been enjoying FS2004 since it's arrival, I had a 5-6 year absence between 2011-2017 due to the perceived loss of the system my install resided on. Back, I have been enjoying my massively modified FS2004 for about two years now, but am stuck behind a door with a commercial aircraft challenge. Due to when my absence started, I am flying circa 2010/2011, so still have airlines such as Northwest, UsAir, Continental - and I'd like to update the Delta, American, and United AI fleets with the newer liveries, post mergers. I have completely lost all skills involved with how to do this, and ask for guidance (best tools to use these days) to download the latest models and liveries in order to accomplish this "conversion". I do know my AI planes are of the vintage AI_FSP*, AIA*, and PAI variety, based on the folders in my Aircraft folder. A bit overwhelmed thinking that some of the above three may no longer take me where I want to go, and not familiar with newer AI models for commercial AI airlines, I'm hoping for some advice. Thanks so much in advance for any forthcoming education! Neil EDIT: I should add, I have TTOOLS, and the latest ADDITPRO, and am pretty familiar with them, so more of my request may be regarding what models to use and associated repaints. I used to use AITM way back for all of my commercial editing, but don't have it anymore.

As do all of your EVO creations, these lights look mighty nice! Thanks Sascha, appreciate your continued effort with all things EVO :) Neil :cool:

I actually noticed some color improvements on a test flight just a moment ago. That in itself makes this effort all the more satisfying. So far, I'll consider it a win! :) Neil :cool:

Thanks so much for posting your version! :) I'll compare to mine, and save yours so I can use it as an alternate if there are enough differences. I appreciate your kindness! Best, Neil :cool:

LOL, funny. I'd love to see the settings if you can, for comparison sake, but understand if you can't get them. Neil :cool:

Anything helps, as I mentioned I have not completely familiarized myself with what the setting do. I do have bloom as 1, an HDR as 0, so maybe I'll start by knocking the bloom back to 0 and check the look. Take one step at a time afterward. Thanks for your reply! :) Neil :cool:

Hi JSMR, very nice pics. My "greens" seem to look more pale in comparison to yours. I may need to figure out what to change in the sweetfx settings to get them to look more natural, as in your pics. I still haven't mastered those settings. Neil :cool:

Sascha, I tried the new textures yesterday, and they look great. Using ASE for my weather, and your textures - yesterday was one of the most realistic looking flights I've ever flown in FS9. :) Thanks again for your hard work and contributions to the community. I can't wait to see what new .cfg "tweaks" you have up your sleeve! Neil :cool:

Thank you very much, Sascha! :) Looking forward to seeing the world in a different way. Very much appreciated. Neil :cool:

Very timely post, Hans - thank you for bringing this up. I too have been mushing my way through this issue for about a year, but never took it too seriously because it ultimately didn't effect the sim, once the second start opened it up. This fixed it for me as well - thanks Tim! My install is in my own folder, on an updated WIN7 OS. Here's to one less series of mouse clicks to get the beast up and running! :) Neil :cool:

Reasonably priced, and great looking plane - inside and out. I may indulge myself! Thanks for the link, tiger. :) Neil :cool:

Good evening, If there are members out there using this plane in FS9 (or have used it in the past), do you know if Simon Smeiman is still active in the community? I love his plane, and would enjoy using it to the fullest, but it's a demo, and needs a "donation" of $8 bucks to remove the pink image in the planes cockpit views - 2D & 3D. So many years have passed I would bet I won't have any luck making contact with him, though I've tried, so figured I'd ask here. He really did a very nice job on the plane. Thanks very much, Neil :cool: