F18

[ancient marsh]

Holy moly

[minor quarry]

she is out now.

issues I am aware of are: landing gear animation doesn't function properly, some pylons may not work properly.

https://reforger.armaplatform.com/workshop/6126FCB7FD72CF3F-FA18SuperHornet

[rotund sail]

@cobalt lintel

[cobalt lintel]

Hell yeah, any specific weapons planned?

[lament raven]

@languid kernel

[languid kernel]

Ahhh you did it….good job @minor quarry

[minor quarry]

yes. AAMs or maybe even ATGMs like Mavs may be possible. but nothing is concrete. right now I want to fix the animations and the pylons to start working on a lightening ii tgp

[minor quarry]

it is a very early proof of concept but the more I figure things out the more stuff I'm gonna be able to make a reality

[languid kernel]

I feel that I was thinking of doing this but I took on a heli instead

Is this the model from arma? If so I have the textures if you need them

[minor quarry]

I want to maybe take on the ka-50 next. either that or I'll take on another jet. maybe a Russian one...

[summer lagoon]

Both are possible with BGONE
SpaceCore has Mavericks

[languid kernel]

Nvm I’m blind it’s on there lol at first I only saw white lol

[summer lagoon]

Should also be able to give it some Big Bombs, like a GAU-18 I think it's called

[minor quarry]

no, however there are some models from A2 that would be interesting to look at

[languid kernel]

I can send this if you wanna give it a shot

[minor quarry]

I remember you mentioning it. I will have to take a moment to learn it tho

[summer lagoon]

I'll be home in three hours
Call me, and we will make it happen

[minor quarry]

oooh that's pretty cool! I never figured out how to import textures from A2. I could set up some colliders and bones and have it at least flying in no time. I also have some ordinance models but I depend on Adam fixing his mk-82s

[minor quarry]

ok LMK when you're available.

[languid kernel]

Or this one lol I got a couple just no time to do them all I’m working on the mv22 but I’m still learning

[minor quarry]

hey man, definitely if you want to make them fly I can definitely help. I'm still learning the stuff as well but we can definitely make something interesting there.

[remote swift]

Oh

[summer lagoon]

I wouldn't bother, Adam is too busy and unbothered to fix it

I'd work on making your own

[minor quarry]

yeah i agree but that takes time to learn stuff

[summer lagoon]

BGONEs weapons are super easy to use

[minor cedar]

Can it do mach1 or is it the same speed as the a10? 🙂

[minor quarry]

cruise speed at mil power 50ASL is about 500-600FT, probably not mach one but a lot faster than the a10

[summer lagoon]

Mach 1 is too fast for Reforgers small maps

IRL you'd cross Everon in mere seconds in an F-18

Liberties have to be taken to make them even fit in the skybox without having to constantly turn in a circle to do so

[minor quarry]

i have the speed tuned down considerably but still should be fast. if people find it too fast or too slow i can change it

[summer lagoon]

I'm sure it's fine as is currently. Can't wait to test it out when I get home and try setting up some weapons for it for you

[minor quarry]

also... this thing is tandem seat. the copilot should be able to fly it as well

[summer lagoon]

There's a heli that has managed to do that already, iirc
It's the Alligator that Vape made, the copilot can control the flight controls

[minor quarry]

my biggest fear is it crashing the game whenevr two players fight for control

[summer lagoon]

I see, did that happen with the KA?

[past stirrup]

First time flying it.

[minor quarry]

idk, but it sound slike something that would be an issue...

[minor cedar]

Its a twin stick? That sick af

[summer lagoon]

It looks so fun to fly

[past stirrup]

It is

You can do so much more in it

[minor cedar]

Cant wait to jump in it 🙂

[frozen token]

Do the landing gear go up?

[past stirrup]

No he’s working on it

[minor quarry]

animations broke. idk how but ill fix it eventually, sorry

[sand barn]

Is there a way to give it a engine trail like other vehicles if you know what I mean?

[minor quarry]

exhaust effects? i do have engine effects ready, but thatll come once anims are figured out

[sand barn]

Ok nice

[gilded jackal]

Looks absolutely fantastic

[hollow lake]

I've got a tutorial for that at https://www.mod-fusion.com/post/converting-a2-a3-dayz-textures-to-pbr-for-reforger

[minor quarry]

oh nice, that will be incredibly helpful thanks!

[hollow lake]

What is with everyone these days bitching about modders not doing stuff fast enough. The guy JUST finished his first semester of his masters program, and the first thing he did after was put out a big update for the fixed wing system/a10. Have some chill.

[summer lagoon]

That's EXACTLY why I told them not to worry about waiting and to do it themselves

We don't want to wait months for Adam to do it, because he's busy with more important things and has a life. The rest of us can attempt to do it ourselves

It's not bitching, whining, or complaining. Get your head out your ass. It's acknowledging that waiting is fruitless because it won't be done for a long time

If you wanted bitching and whining, how the hell does it take 5 months to make a 4 wheeled vehicle? Youre holding a BTR-40 back that long for just a dashboard?

THATS bitching and moaning

[minor quarry]

please lets not turn this into unessesary bickering

we all know mods take a ton of time and energy, nobody is pressing nobody to work faster

[frozen token]

Let's all step outside, touch some grass, read a chapter of any good books we've all been reading, and then, once calmed, think about how silly it is to argue over video game mods

In the eternal words of a wise man,

https://youtu.be/xzpndHtdl9A?si=ufCI3ZF1u3y2iYoz

[zenith sail]

https://tenor.com/view/that-escalated-quickly-gif-10485916

[hot geyser]

It’s a video game

[next turtle]

mind your manners.

[minor quarry]

anyway...

[ancient marsh]

Do you plan on making ur other static vehicles(f14, f16, b21, etc)

Maybe even ur carriers

[minor quarry]

some yes. the ones with good interiors, but thats for a far future as im working on weapons for the f18

[minor quarry]

the carriers will remain static as you cant really put vehicles on top one another without it breaking i think

[ancient marsh]

Ah makes sense tbf

[ancient marsh]

F18 gonna have simple stuff to begin with im assuming

[minor quarry]

currently addding bgone and spacecore as a dependency. i already got LAU-68 rockets working and am working on a maverick

[analog harbor]

https://tenor.com/view/explosion-happy-gif-14842488

[tender timber]

Oh no way he passed his finals? I remember seeing he was doing them

[mighty trout]

Hy nao i wanted to knwo how do you manage to rig your model with the bone for being able to fly like the a10 ?

[mighty trout]

is it link to the bone that you have to add ?

[minor quarry]

hmm what exactly do you mean? you don't need bones to make something fly. but you do for wheeled simulation, driver seat, pylons etc

[mighty trout]

when i try to replace the a10 xob by the mirage model

i have directly an error

are you avaible to discus in vocal real quic k?

[minor quarry]

hmm if you have time rn I could help you figure that out

[mighty trout]

jsut to show me the process you have used ?

[minor quarry]

yes sure

[echo totem]

good news! the current thrust to weight ratio allows you to "simulate" the cat shot from the Gerald Ford!

carrier landings will need practice without On Speed Indicator but very do-able!^^

[minor quarry]

that was almost an overshoot. took the whole deck too lol. I'll increase the landing gears break pressure a tad bit. lol

also I want to take in a little bit of a poll. rocket pods are working fine and are super fun to play around with. I am working on ATGMs but they'll be copilot fired due to limitations. I also have a remodel of the flight physics that might feel more true to life. I can either release this small but significant update tonight or delay it a bit until I figure out ATGMs and AAMs so y'all get the full package. (landing gear and flaps are still broken I can't do animations )

[echo totem]

awesome! while i was brakeing in that video i was thingking just that! lol just alittle more power on the brakes but gosh it flies great!

[echo totem]

i would say release just because firing rocket pods are a main feature that not even the a10 has yet 😛

[minor quarry]

hmm. have you been able to use redlines mk-82?

on my end it never did any damage. I might try and fix it.

[echo totem]

yeah i can use them pretty well but for some reason sometimes they just decide not to do damage

i made a map called "liberty CAS Range" and they seem to work on there most of the time but i cant ever get them to work on other maps

[minor quarry]

yeah that's strange...

[echo totem]

i reported this and few other videos of that happening to adam and even he said he has no idea lol

[hollow lake]

I think it will get looked at this weekend or early next week. I think one of the devs mentioned problems with values being too high. So possibly just needs explosive force decreased.

[echo totem]

man you guys are the MVP's!!!

[hollow lake]

Same with early audio levels in core stuff, going to big breaks things.

[minor quarry]

yeah, speaking of ive realized the a10s gau is set at 1400 ish rpm, im using 5000 for the hornets mg, so definely the 3000~~ the gau fires irl is possible

[hollow lake]

That doesn't work. Server caps at 14 or 1500

[echo totem]

yeah when i fire the hornets gun rn in solo gm it lags

[hollow lake]

Simply doesn't create rounds past that.

[minor quarry]

hmm well shit

didnt cause any issues in workbench

[hollow lake]

Devs told us to turn down the M134 early on.

[minor quarry]

ill turn it down to match the a10.

[echo totem]

i take it back, i just loaded only the f-18 and it didnt lag at all. some other mod must have messed with it

[minor quarry]

yeah i just checked and it is indeed caped at 1800

sme as the a10

trying to run at 5000 rpm simply doesnt save

well. sucks ig

[minor quarry]

ah also on that, thats probably a sound/paticle mod for explosions etc. those are known to mess with that kinda stuff

[tender timber]

Shame about the animations but it will come with time, this is all promising as fuck

Idk if anyone has reported but back seat currently has no free look, you can throttle up the plane but no other controls, and in first person you look straight down inside yourself

[minor quarry]

fixed on new version

[tender timber]

I'm so hyped for your work tbh

[minor quarry]

has anybody tested it in MP? does two people flying the same jet cause any complicaion?

[minor quarry]

animations arent my strong suit. but i will try to learn it this weekend if time allows.

got mavericks working 👀

[tender timber]

I've just added to my server I can tell you in a few hours

[minor quarry]

thanks. it shouldnt crash it (i hope)

[echo totem]

the guys in my server are saying that they were flying with 2 people last night and the only problem was the 2nd person looking problem that you already are aware of and fixed

[minor quarry]

awesome thank you.

[echo totem]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-heavy-breathing-intensifies-fat-cat-gif-11159759

[unreal ravine]

Just marking so I can follow along

[echo totem]

it might be time to make this a showcase in the discord so more people can follow along? :3

[minor quarry]

slow mode

[tender timber]

just letting you know audio seems to be kinda choppy and buggy with the gun, may be due to the high rpm it's set to currently

[minor quarry]

hmm ellaborate? also rpm is 1800

[tender timber]

Before I say anything else let me go listen to an fa18 gun fire irl

I'll get a clip for you, just sounds off in some way idk, like choppy

[minor quarry]

i did a little mixing to sound as close as i could. im no audio engineer, @ justcharlie was the one to help me out with the sound for that thing (originaly the cram but animations are a bitch)

[minor quarry]

im sorry. no update today. i got crried way. in compensation however...

[summer lagoon]

That's a problem with almost all weapons, especially on turrets

First few bullets won't have sound sometimes

[minor quarry]

its likely audio desync

[summer lagoon]

100%

[ancient marsh]

Icl this gotta be my new favourite mod

[summer lagoon]

Wait until he makes more

[unreal ravine]

Little bit a refining and it will be my number 1 airframe.

[tender timber]

Yeah, can't wait to see what Adam does now he has finished his masters, but this is gonna be amazing, and Adam and naomyth working at the same time will be crazy

Adam has said he is making DCS style loading ui for weapons, and the targeting pods and cameras, if he lets naomyth use it on this airframes aswell it will be crazy.

[minor quarry]

I am working on a tgp as we speak. likely to come out with tomorrows update but I'm not sure seeing how I managed to break the damn mavericks and can't make em work again

[clear brook]

Any laser guided bombs along the way?

[minor quarry]

i have an idea to make it possible but dont expect much other than jank

[clear brook]

Better than nothing

[echo totem]

ooooooh targeteting pod :DDDDD do you think there will be a way to allow the pod or aviators in general to see vehicles farther then 5000? cause currently the render distance doesnt feel like it even allow you enough time to target something without flying right past it

[minor quarry]

unfortunately you cant. at all. plus thered be the problem of server render distance.

how,ever.

the engagement distance on the mavs is 10000m. maybe you can do some bvr lol

[echo totem]

mmmm maybe a work around would be a laser designator for someone on the ground to "Laz" the target so you can shoot the mav or drop the GBU from a safe distance????

Multi- KIll BVR would be wild lol

[minor quarry]

laser designators. dont think budy lasing will be possible without a scrip

[echo totem]

yeah, how do you plan your current TGP?

[minor quarry]

begone will be my best friend. for mavs and GBUs/jdams will use saclos but remove theiir engine, just have em kindaa glide to target

[echo totem]

im also noticing atm the pylons dont seem to interact with the mark 82? 😮

[minor quarry]

known issue. fixed (kinda) in the new update however i m not going to be using redlines pylons system fdue to incompatibility with bgone

[echo totem]

rog that makes sense for sure

is there any way to get rid of the weird "wiggle" that happens when even you turn alittle bit?

i noticed it does this little left and right wiggle no matter the input

[minor quarry]

that would be due to speed and the sudden los of momentun your charachter is experiencing lol

OH nevermind thats intended

i think

[echo totem]

but i didnt lose any speed at all in the video 😮 momentum understandable but it get really violent if ur doing 400+ airspeed

[minor quarry]

actually might be center of mass

idk ill look into it

[echo totem]

much appreciated! it just seems alittle much sometimes cause even when you are flying straight with no loss or gaining of speed, idk i just feel like turning should be alittle smoother cause every single input makes you wiggle so if you do alot of little inputs to get on target it makes you get all over the place lol

[minor quarry]

on other news... the TGP works. ill need to make a texture for the sight tho as the btr scope is awful

[echo totem]

ngl rn i think this flies amainzing with a awesome turn time

vid? :DDD

[minor quarry]

hmm kinda scares me ngl i did reduce it a bit with the updated flight model

[minor quarry]

ill finish setting up the pylons and give you a little teaser

[echo totem]

man im geeking about all this

https://tenor.com/view/hype-dance-excited-lets-go-oh-yeah-gif-17953674

[minor quarry]

reduce your expectations to zero

[echo totem]

oh im just excited cause you and everyone at redline are paveing the way for the community in the terms of fixed wing and i love aviation

even if you just said only ur rocket pods was dropping i would still be super hype, im easy to please

[echo totem]

alittle coordinated take-off and flying earlier today

[echo totem]

also idk if anyone knows it yet but you can fly ur F18 with a HOTAS stick currently and the throttle responds as well but it puts a full left rudder input if u have a throttle plugged in

[clear brook]

With the maverick there's no lazing for it since it's a heatseeker warhead but with gbus it would be viable to connect a laser to the warheads tracking system and then the pilot can just drop it at the correct height and speed

[echo totem]

AGM-65 would like to know ur position.

[clear brook]

D or G variant?

[echo totem]

E, the laser guided one xD

[clear brook]

Damn lol

[echo totem]

or the C

[clear brook]

G is just better for having the HE mass of a 135 kg bomb

[echo totem]

Mavs have alot of ways to get there so no worries fam. when it comes to aviation just assume its been made in every way u can think

[clear brook]

Air to air maverick...

[echo totem]

you can lock all aspect with tv guided 🙂

[clear brook]

True

[minor quarry]

pain. was gonna sneak release it rn but my mavericks broke

[clear brook]

Damn what broke it?

[echo totem]

did you know theres an official recorded instance and confirmed kill of a US f15 using a 2000lbs laser guided GBU to get an Air to air kill on a iraqi helicopter? 😄

[minor quarry]

i used aan invisible rpg to shoot it. but that doesbt want to fire from a turret for some reason

[minor quarry]

not only that but it was a direct hit too

[clear brook]

Ask strider for help with that

[clear brook]

I'm aware

[minor quarry]

dont wanna bother the dude at 6 am. ill figure it out

[echo totem]

did u check to see if rockets are still good to go too? 😮

[minor quarry]

rockets work. the ATGMs broke tho. ill

[tender timber]

The speed you are working at is insane, and unmatched

[minor quarry]

its called autism and it is my super power

ive done something

[tender timber]

Omfg

Will it be able to lock in place so while we r flying it will stay at whatever we aim it at?

[minor quarry]

unlikely ill be able to do point lock without some sorcery

[minor quarry]

20X zoom from flight test. hard to do but doable. ill eventually learn how to do proper sights but for now that`ll serve.

[tender timber]

What is the targeting pod for designating?

[minor quarry]

sorry what?

[tender timber]

What weapons will be usable with it, are you planning on guided bombs?

[minor quarry]

ah sorry im underslept lol. mavericks and gbu12s/JADAMs

[tender timber]

😍

[minor quarry]

as of now the mavericks are broken and the gbus arent implemented yet as theydd use the same method.

[tender timber]

Yeah that's all good bro, I'm just interested in what you have planned, you are doing stuff quicker then most mod Devs rn so can't wait for your future work

[clear brook]

@minor quarry since this runs off the A10 and Adam plans to make a loadout editor for the planes will you add your weapons to the pool?

[minor quarry]

my weapons are not dependant on the pylon prefab. so not really, i will however haave a unarmed verrsion that allows for redline weapons

[clear brook]

Alright

[echo totem]

Bug report: Aircraft is slowly turning left in place when there is no pilot or anything interacting with it

[minor quarry]

that's an issue with the landing gear I'm afraid. to fix it I would have to either disable it or use another method.

the a10 also has this issue if you look closely

I've found through testing that disabling wind helps mitigate the effect

update uploading now (should take a while because my internet is not the best today). fixes include but are not limited to:
• copilot compartment no longer breaks players necks.
• landing gear break torque increase from 30000a. to 60000 front. from 50k to 70k rear.
• new flight model should feel more responsive and engines are no longer pointing down.
• anabled HUD components to show in TPP
• increased fuel consumption and changed fuel type.
                           ADDED:
•ground strike package for the F/A-18.
•LAU-61 rocket pods to pylons 4 and 8.
•place holder AGM65 Mavericks to pylons 3 and 9
•AN/AAQ-28 lightening targeting pod to pylon 5.
•GBU-12 laser guided bomb to pylon 6.
•AIM-9M to pylons 1 and 12.
   All armaments except for pylons 4 - 8 and 1 - 12 are copilot controlled.
as for the time being AIM-9Ms are dumb.
enjoy!

[tender timber]

What % is it on for upload?

I'm dying to play with this

[echo totem]

@barren kayak

[tender timber]

I can't control anything in copilot seat

No buttons work can't look around or anything

[echo totem]

is the update finished?

[tender timber]

Yeah

But rn copilot seat is broken, can't do anything with it

[minor quarry]

really... can you use the Tpod tho?

[tender timber]

@minor quarry nvm, found the issue, there are two seats in the back seat, one does nothing which is the only one you can get in without gm, but I put my character in the pilot, one AI in the not working seat and one on the working seat, deleted the one in the not working seat and took over the other and it works

[barren kayak]

what are the controls for the targeting pod?

[tender timber]

When I press "exit targeting pod" it puts my character back into the broken seat

[minor quarry]

ok but you can switch between the seats properly and use the Tpod?

the copilot seat with joystick controls works for me in workbench. maybe are you on controller?

[tender timber]

Nah, you can't even free look to be able to switch to targeting pod, all controls are completely frozen up

Only button that works is b to get out

[echo totem]

are you on xbox or pc?

[tender timber]

Xbox, on controller

Let me try it in my own gamemaster with no other mods to see if it's something conflicting

[echo totem]

also im noticing this like floating goht box thingy under each maverick

[echo totem]

i can look around frrely in the RIO seat and use the TGP but im a PC

[minor quarry]

ops lol I'll fix it in the weekend

[tender timber]

Yep, there is a mod on my server conflicting with it preventing free look inside that one seat

In normal gamemaster it works fine

[minor quarry]

that sucks. I can't fix conflicting mods without knowing exactly which one

[tender timber]

It's on my conflict server and there are a few not very furbished mods on there, if we added it to main it might work but I honestly don't know

I'll test RHS see if that's what breaks it, if not then just leave it, not a you issue at that point

[minor quarry]

I'll try to fix it to the extent of my abilities. it should work with RHS tho.

speaking of. I might add a RHS compatibility mod for thermals. better effects, pip sights, and more. but that will come in the far future.

[barren kayak]

so worth doing.

[minor quarry]

I will but I know some people don't like having to download and update a 4gb mod every time. specially on console with the 5mbs write speed

so it will be a separate mod. dependent on all the current dependencies

[barren kayak]

i forgot about that yeah thats an issue

just saying that the modder for the reaper drone, like the tablet n shit said how he did thermals.

[minor quarry]

yes I am aware. but the thermals aren't the only thing I'd like to add from RHS.

[barren kayak]

mhm

[tender timber]

They increased download speed for console, the only thing that is still slow is updating, downloading is fast

[minor quarry]

fox 1

I also got sounds won't be working on anything till at least Monday tho so don't expect any fixes/updates til then

[echo totem]

oh no bitching betty xDDDDD

[minor quarry]

has anyone tested the weapons yet? I'm stumped to know if they work on MP

also may need feedback on new flight performance and the weapon configuration. maybe in the future I will add different weapons like laser guided Mavs and gps locking bombs.

[echo totem]

me and some guys are flying on our server rn

in takeoff you cant get the nose to come up untill around 190 airspeed

brakes feel very good now!

[minor quarry]

she's a heavy girl. don't judge

[echo totem]

but she shold be a very light gal 😮 she like the f16 can almost do a 80 degree thrust takeoff

[minor quarry]

specially with two rocket pods, 2 mavericks a 2000lb gbu and two aim9s

plus full fuel

[echo totem]

imma try to simulate the catshot rn

[minor quarry]

also don't forget flaps

[echo totem]

i cant tell how much my flaps are atm or if my gear is down or up DDx

catshot can still be simulated!

[minor quarry]

yeah about that.... I'll try to learn animations throughout next week but I can't promise much. I'm not good with anims.

[echo totem]

no worries! the project even being this far along already is extremely impressive!

roll rate feels on point any faster an it would be too much

is ther any way to make it to where only the back wheels brake? sometimes when i come for landing the front wheel will be alittle crooked and can cause a topling effect lol

[minor quarry]

yes I can. unfortunately I won't be able to publish the hotfix I will definitely keep it in my to do list

[echo totem]

are you gonna make the wings fold/unfold too? :DDD

[minor quarry]

if I can figure out animations why not.

[echo totem]

if you need cockpit refrence pictures i can jump on DCS and get some. the Wing Unfold handle is located on the right side below the dash all the way against the side pretty much, and landing gear is on the left same spot

[minor quarry]

are those all the flyable model??

there's an aircraft props mod using the same 3 assets that's why I ask lol

plan is to in the future have those flyable as well

also before anybody points out the gbu and the lightening pod are not correctly attached. I will soon model proper pylons for those. plan is to focus on functionality to later polish the looks.

[echo totem]

how hard is it to make a new cockpit user input like the engine start? cause steps 1-3 for the list in the other chat are just audio and gauges in the cockpit reactions untill you start the engines

[minor quarry]

not hard at all! eventually I'll add some buttons (some without functionality due to limitations) to the cockpit.

[echo totem]

https://tenor.com/view/wow-woah-andy-dwyer-chris-pratt-gif-14973712

[echo totem]

@coarse wharf

[minor cedar]

Im just trying the wiso seat now and cant seem to get bombs to guide

[minor quarry]

hmm do you have any clue of there it is landing? if it is self destructing before impact anything? thatd help a lot figure it out. during my testing it did work but I was static. not moving

actually first of all. clean gm or any other mods?

[minor cedar]

Im just inMy own private atm just testing static myself but ill try get a video now 🙂

[minor quarry]

the bombs have pretty much zero initial velocity. final velocity should be 200ms. bomb relies almost entirely on aircraft momentum to hit the target. also are you sure your bomb isn't hitting the container? lol

[minor quarry]

they are not propelled.

[minor cedar]

My bad i had no idea you had to press rb to get a lock on

[minor quarry]

wait did you meant the mavericks?

[minor cedar]

Mavs arnt leaving the pylons unfortunately man

[minor quarry]

yeah.. I had it working before but then it wouldn't be guided

unfortunate compromise. I'll try to animate them in the future. now important they work

[minor cedar]

Awesome man good work on everything so far its great to finally see some love for the aviation community

[minor quarry]

thanks man, I'll continue to work on this f18 to be the best it can be. I also want to get some more aircraft specially some stuff for opfor too. there's no reason why AR can't have some awesome dogfights 😅

[minor cedar]

The way the camera gives more draw distance is awesome bro that was the only thing i was worried about

[clear brook]

Bro I'm loving this thing we should run cas with it when your available

[minor cedar]

It’s brilliant mate really enjoying it myself! And sure man 🙂

[minor quarry]

I hate that I am the only one unable to play with this thing 🤣

[clear brook]

Damn

[minor quarry]

glad y'all are enjoying it. really love seeing people use the mods I make.

[ancient marsh]

You could try join sevs with the mod tbf

[clear brook]

F-16 block II 🤤

[minor quarry]

the problem is my internet, lately i haven't been able to do jack

[ancient marsh]

Shi unlucky fr you could try hook a ethernet up could speed it up

[minor quarry]

don't you try me! I already have the model...

[clear brook]

[minor cedar]

Awesome man! Plz make me eurofighter twin stick lol

[clear brook]

"Me casually living on 300 ping"

[minor quarry]

the typhoon?! brother how do you know...

[clear brook]

How many models do you have?!

[minor quarry]

a couple... some with better interiors than others tho

[clear brook]

F-15?

[minor cedar]

From one of my visits to the mach loop 🙂

[minor quarry]

unfortunately that's the one with the bad interior. I have a couple of them here https://reforger.armaplatform.com/workshop/60F33362E28FF0F7-NaosAircraftProps

[echo totem]

he has his static models on the workshop rn, i believe it contains f14, f15, f16, f18, aand b2

lmao

[clear brook]

Damn which one's will you work on next then?

[minor quarry]

neither. mig29

however that is coming in the far future after I'm done 80-90% with the f-18

[minor cedar]

And this ones from last week at the loop 2 RAF F35B’s in the loop brilliant sound off these beauty’s

[clear brook]

Nice

[minor quarry]

changed the model on the mavericks. now using redlines

also I'd like to get some opinions if y'all don't mind. I could get AAMs to fire the same way I got the hellfires and gbu. but the pilot would lose control temporarily in trade of using the aim9s as more than just a glorified rocket

[minor quarry]

also. might or might not add two extra mavericks to pylons 2 and 10. maybe even more. depends on what people think about the lethality of this thing and the advantages of using it instead of an apache that'd have 16 hellfires. anyway let me know what y'all think about the weapons loadout.

[minor quarry]

also might make the rocket pods fire together instead of one at a time

[unreal ravine]

GBU doesn't lock. Tried everything under the sun.

[minor quarry]

GBU12 is laser guided

the Mavs are electro-optical/visual lock. pres RB on controller and right control on m&k to lock

[unreal ravine]

What laser do we use?!?! Like guy on the ground with a laser? Cause that makes me wet.

[minor quarry]

lol unfortunately not. it basically is a SACLOS guided bomb

maybe in the future buddy lasing will be possible.

[unreal ravine]

So how do we do it as of right now?

The mavs work fucking great btw

[minor quarry]

just look at whatever you don't like through the the tgp and it will disappear

[minor quarry]

tested them in MP?

[unreal ravine]

Ohhhhhhh..... and yeah.

I'll send footage in sec.

[minor quarry]

thanks! I was wondering if it worked in MP 😅

[echo totem]

yeah virus is my RIO and we getting some great footage of ur plane!!

[minor quarry]

that's awesome dude. I'd love to see any clips yall get of it!

[echo totem]

this is pilot perspective obviously but hes making a clip too from RIO in our server thats live rn

[minor quarry]

mind if I join? lol that looks fun AF

[unreal ravine]

https://youtu.be/BVdHCwvUvv8

[minor quarry]

dude that's so cool

[minor quarry]

the propulsion is just an illusion lol. the propulsion should be set to 10 or 5ms

I forgot to disable the smoke trail effect

[minor quarry]

just found out the gbu is kinda broken. fixed on next update

[clear brook]

Damn

[minor quarry]

fixed in next update.

[clear brook]

Bro but like your working faster than most Modders rn

[minor quarry]

good hiding of the landing gear. I am working on animations right now lol. sorry for the lack of anims

[stiff otter]

Don’t worry king you’re doing such a good work making a dream come true 🫡

[minor cedar]

Was you up on the hill on the same day bid?

[analog harbor]

Idk maybe

[minor cedar]

Awesome mate! I love that place its my second home lol

[analog harbor]

It is a sick place to see

[minor cedar]

You on instagram brother?

https://www.instagram.com/lfa7themachloop?igsh=MXFuMGViMXk2MGVxcg%3D%3D&utm_source=qr my page dedicated to the loop 🤙

[analog harbor]

Ah I remember you I think

[minor cedar]

I may have spoken to you up there mate ive spoke to loads up there

[clear brook]

@minor cedar @analog harbor and here we see an unbreakable bromance forming

[minor cedar]

Anyone that goes up that hill is a friend of mine brother lol 🤣

[clear brook]

Ima buy myself a ticket and head over there lol

[minor cedar]

You wont regret it brother lol 🤣🤙

[clear brook]

Lol

[unreal ravine]

Lets fuckimg gooooo!!!!!!

[lament raven]

Clipping i see 👹👹👹

[barren kayak]

damnnnn good stuff

[echo totem]

Damn bro did you teach yourself to animate like overnight fam?!

[tender timber]

Just wanna roughly quote naomyth "can't work on it till Monday so don't expect any updates till then" also him learning and doing animations aswell as other testing 😂

[echo totem]

@sturdy bronze

[sturdy bronze]

You legend ;3

[minor cedar]

Fair play mate 👌🤙

[minor quarry]

yes. it isn't perfect at all. some parts are clipping and some meshes are kinda weird. I still have to learn how to inject these into enfusion and worst of all how to make it work on the model. but halfway there already.

[minor quarry]

guess I lied

[minor quarry]

here's my to do list for next update. a lot of stuff and I'll probably divide it into two if I can't work fast enough. list is in order of priority.

[unreal ravine]

More mavs would fucking rule. Those things smak the shit out of tanks.

[barren kayak]

do you think you could put a de stabilizer on the targeting pod?

[minor quarry]

I have bacons stabilizer on it on the next update. idk if it helps much tbh since desynch makes your camera jump a bit on the copilot seat.

[barren kayak]

it does help on the cobra atleast, i dont know how different it would feel on it but thats neat!

[minor quarry]

I'm testing it rn. should be out with next update.

[lament raven]

[] - Find Happiness

[tender timber]

First time using the F18 in an op and ngl targeting pod is almost impossible to use because it doesn't lock in place and moves with the plane

[ashen crystal]

fox-3

[minor quarry]

that's just a regular sparrow.

fox 3 would be an amram

[ashen crystal]

oh it looked like a aim-120

i plus me never look at the the aim-7

[minor quarry]

yeah. unfortunately I can't make it point lock with my current skill. I'll try to think of something if not write a script maybe talk to some other modders. for now best thing is to coordinate with your pilot so you don't lose yourself in the tpod

[ashen crystal]

but cool mod have not used it yet

[minor quarry]

hope you like it!

[tender timber]

Yeah fair enough, it also still goes super unstable at high speeds, I personally think it should be slowed down more just to fit reforgers small ass maps, even if it's not realistic

[minor quarry]

I have considered slowing down. I have tweaked some settings in the flight model but it still flies a lot like the a10. I'll try to fix flight stability issues as well as increase throttle imput so it takes longer to reach max speed.

can't promise much tho. I am fairly happy with the flight performance for what it is

[minor cedar]

Speed is fine man its good for zipping around the map, its mot hard to fly it at 130 kmh for cas runs

Just fly slower when aiming something up brother 🙂

[minor quarry]

my main concern is lag. I've got reports that the pilot will sometimes lag on larger servers due to loading of new areas a bit too fast.

[minor cedar]

I have not used it on a busy server as of yet mate so i cant comment

[tender timber]

Yeah maybe this was my pilots issue, he didn't say specifically what it was

I was just copiloting it on a conflict mini op with 20 guys

[minor quarry]

id say check out virus and mau5. their communication and employment of the weapon systems is awesome

[gilded jackal]

Let’s get some RU action here, SU-27 🤤

[minor quarry]

far future after the f-18 is about 80% done I'll start work on a mig29 maybe a su33 if I get a good Russian carrier model

[echo totem]

any russian carrier in particular u are thinking of? i got spare time

[minor quarry]

don't worry about it for now. as I said this is for the very far future.

rn working on sounds for the f-18 and of course bitching Betty will be there partially

mainly for flight controll, avionics and vehicle damage warnings. get ready to hear "engine fire left, engine fire right" "PULL UP PULL UP" on the next update hopefully Monday

[gilded jackal]

Hell yeah. I haven’t been able to test your F-18 out yet but it looks fantastic

[barren kayak]

mig29 would be so valid

[minor quarry]

https://youtu.be/zcAD0txIJlY?si=KwVT86bHkqaer3eW

WIP sounds for the hornet. YouTube compression might take away from it but I think in game it sounds decent

[minor quarry]

fuel and repair nodes have been added + fuel has been set to around 750L with a fuel consumption of 100L/h. for about 7:50h of fuel at 1x server fuel consumption. 10% of fuel should give you some 45 minutes of fuel at those configurations.

refueling node is set at the left side of the nose where the refueling probe would come out.

WIP ejection seats added for the pilot and copilot. ejection seat handle is located below the pilots chair.

[echo totem]

https://tenor.com/view/wow-woah-andy-dwyer-chris-pratt-gif-14973712

teaser video????

[clear brook]

No way parachutes?????

[minor quarry]

no parachutes

[clear brook]

Awwww🙁

[minor quarry]

your character will simply jump out of the jet like he would helicopter but the jump out has been set to about 5 meter of the plane. your charactershould not take fall damage from this action

currently very wip

[clear brook]

So essentially a drop pod from halo?

[minor quarry]

once I'm done with the setting up and stuff sure

[minor quarry]

I guess? it's more of a goofy thing I thought of adding while I'm having lunch tbh

[clear brook]

Alr but it's definitely a breakthrough

[minor quarry]

as i said nothing fancy. might even remove it.

[echo totem]

ayyyyy still if we eject at 400 mph the footage of watching the plane leave as u fall will be awesome

[minor quarry]

i just pray ive configured it correctly and you wont take fall damge lol

sad thing is this does overrite the get out anim so een if you press x youll eject

[rotund sail]

What's your plan with the avionics part?

[echo totem]

you mean the MFCD's? (Multi Functioning Color Displays)
the bottom middle one for an f18 is traditionally a GPS map of the area you are flying in centered on your aircraft.
but i doubt internal screens wont be a priority for a minute, but idk how hard doing all that is so

[rotund sail]

Avionics refers to anything in the cockpit that displays essential information. Artificial horizon, airspeed indicator, etc.

[echo totem]

yes sir just assumed you mostly meant them 🙂

[minor quarry]

I will eventually learn how to implement layouts so the hud doesn't feel as empty as rn. another essential thing would be the analog dials. I might just add the vanilla ones for the time being as the model doesn't have the most high res cockpit. as for MFD's I will try to come up with something similar to RHS or the Vpad mods to add togglable pip MFD's but that's for the future as it would require learning new systems within the engine.

[rotund sail]

I'm personally more interested in the analog avionics anyway as I think they're more important than some of the other stuff. Just curious

[echo totem]

idk if you can rip the compass, artificial horizon and the flaps gauges off the a10 but if you can that would be legendary for the time being

[minor quarry]

my plan was to use layouts to put something there. but that requires a skill im yet to learn. tbh added a ton of stuff today plus fixedd some things but mostly procrastinated

[echo totem]

yeah thats fair, i still cant believe how fast u learned to animate already!

[unreal ravine]

https://youtu.be/A1C-ckx6FzQ

[minor quarry]

oh dude thats awesome!!

[echo totem]

we have been flying nonstop basically lmao

[minor quarry]

very happy to hear! gld yall enjoy it even tho it doest compare in quality to the a10 i do plan on improving it to the best of my ability

[clear brook]

Nice looking beautiful

[austere karma]

wonderful

[barren kayak]

drop tanks would be cool aswell

[minor quarry]

hmm no way I could make them functional I don't think. sadly

[unreal ravine]

Also. No need. Lol. Nothing is long enough flight time for it. Hahaha would cool as shit but honestly just an esthetic

[minor quarry]

specially with the updated flight time increased to 7h30m with realistic fuel consumption

[minor cedar]

Killing it man everytime i come back to this thread a bunch of stuff has been added 🤙

[ashen crystal]

Is there hard points for it I have not checked

[echo totem]

wym? 😮

[minor quarry]

pylons don't work. I ended up using another method for weapon attachment that works with begone. someday if guided weapons work with the pylon system I'll change it.

[ashen crystal]

Ok

[graceful sun]

.

[minor quarry]

rocket pods now fire at the same time thanks to AussieMerc. on a side note I'm sorry for the lack of updates. been having issues with blender so animations might not come with Mondays update. sorry again.

[minor quarry]

because 2 felt like not enough...

[clear brook]

YES

[minor quarry]

to add to the weapons fixes i have reduced the main cannon ammo from 1200 to the actual M61A1' 412 rounds

[clear brook]

Is it going to be more effective on helicopters and light vics than tanks etc?

[minor quarry]

I haven't changed the configs drastically but it should be mainly a HE. I'm considering if I should decrease damage on it as well. might need feedback

[clear brook]

I'll work on getting you some feedback in a moment

[clear brook]

@minor quarry tested it helicopters and light vics are a short burst to kill APCS require direct or very close hits to kill and tanks remain unaffected minus the tinnitus

[minor quarry]

nice. ammo configs will stay the same after the update then.

might release it today or tomorrow depending on how I feel about it. there are so many changes I honestly lost track

also I got a possible fix to the redline mk82s. I'll add in the pylon components to pylons 2 and 11.

[lament raven]

Will animations be included in the update ?

[minor quarry]

as much as I wish to. I'm having issues with blender so it might take a while until I figure that out or find someone to help with.

[clear brook]

Also what other armaments do you plan to work on?

[minor quarry]

after a little research I can't find any mentions of an f18e/f with this pylon configuration. two mavericks per pylon. can anybody preferably with a source say this is possible or not?

[minor quarry]

can't say for certain since I could scrap them but I have some in development. more specifically a aim 7 sparrow. (will possibly work as a copilot operated predicted line of sight missile)

[clear brook]

Well reddit says rarely more than 2 but I guess the f-18 is usually fitted with anti radiation missiles

[minor quarry]

also have a CBU (cluster bomb) that currently crashed your game when explodes

[clear brook]

Oh god

Also since we have aim 9s on the F-18 can't you bind the lock on for the pilot to left bumper? And what ever it is on keyboard

[minor quarry]

it already is bound to the default. problem is they're bound to be pilot fired. they can only lock in ADS according to the maker of the bgone script. I could add a turret to the pilot compartment to make them firable but that'd be weird imo.

[clear brook]

True you would kinda need it like warthunder at that point

[minor quarry]

as I've said. for now AA missiles are going to be on hold until I can either make my own or figure out a workaround

[clear brook]

Alright I'll stop disturbing you then thx

[minor quarry]

no worries brother

[minor cedar]

It would be cool if you could make a helmet that acted like a turret, lets say you double tap right on dpad like the night vision and it activates a heads up display, would be pretty cool if it can be done

[minor quarry]

HUDs are possible with layouts. i was even tinkering with it earlier but making it lock aams will require a custom script

[barren kayak]

so your saying all rocket pods fire at once?

[minor quarry]

yes

now, wording. the pods fire once, both pods, left and right.

[north shale]

idk how to put it so ill try to explain it best as possible. The rocket pods arent zerod to the center of the hud when you fire. you have to aim on the left side or right side of the hud if the right pod is firing you have to aim on the right side of the hud. and left pod on left side of the hud

[minor quarry]

i am aware. fixed on my build

[north shale]

hell yea

[minor quarry]

update will come tomorrow. in other news...

[echo totem]

Su-25?

[minor quarry]

I'm working on any aircraft I know somebody else is doing

[bold creek]

i seen that adam is making one

[minor quarry]

exactly. no point in doing the same as him.

[bold creek]

i think he was wondering if the interior was an su25

[north shale]

You may have answered this question but do you have like a road map on your future and upcoming projects?

[barren kayak]

that has to be some type of sukhoi

also god damn that cockpit looks like, amazing.

ooooooooo its a mig

fishbed

thats still pretty dubs

[austere karma]

You should totally make an f-15

[barren kayak]

pretty sure he already has a made model for that

[bold creek]

let the man finish the f18 first damn 😭

[austere karma]

no we are thirsty these mods are incredible

[austere karma]

yipee

[barren kayak]

i dont think he has plans anytime soon but he has it already as a mod

[bold creek]

right but would you rather have 2 unfinished planes or 1 well made plane

[barren kayak]

its just models tho, placeable objects

[north shale]

https://tenor.com/view/billy-porter-tea-gif-22730399

[graceful sun]

@copper garden

[barren kayak]

1 well made plane

but a fishbed is so cool

[minor quarry]

hint. it's not a fishbed lol. definitely Russian and from the 70s.

[barren kayak]

what

[graceful sun]

MiG-29?

[barren kayak]

cant be a mig29 theres no way

mig23 is my final guess

either way it already looks amazing, well done.

[austere karma]

certified gif rinser

[minor quarry]

👀

[clear brook]

Ka-52?

[barren kayak]

no

[clear brook]

It looks like a mig 23 or su 27

[barren kayak]

nah cant be an su27

its gotta be the mig23

man imagine watching that thing zip through the sky lol

[clear brook]

Lol but mig 23 or SU something

It's gonna be difficult to catch up with that thing😭

[barren kayak]

mig 23s look cool when the wings are swept back

[clear brook]

Definitely

[barren kayak]

https://tenor.com/view/military-gif-8899200

[clear brook]

It might not be a mig 23 just searched up the cockpit of one unless it's a really modern or inaccurate version

Mig 23 doesn't share the square hud

Or display

[barren kayak]

no i still think its the mig23

theres a few variants of the mig23 btw

[clear brook]

Confirmed its a modern version which is the mig 23 MLD

This is the MLD

Went hunting to figure it out lol

[barren kayak]

ooo its gonna look so cool in game

[clear brook]

Google be useful sometimes

[sand barn]

How do you turn on the hud on Xbox?

[minor quarry]

the HUD is broken, sorry. I'll learn how to make a new one this week

[minor quarry]

The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23 is a variable-geometry fighter aircraft, designed by the Mikoyan-Gurevich design bureau in the Soviet Union. It is a third-generation jet fighter, the world’s most-produced variable-geometry aircraft, along with similar Soviet fighters such as the Su-15 “Flagon”. It was the first Soviet fighter to field a look-down/shoot-down radar and one of the first to be armed with beyond visual range missiles. Production started in 1970 and reached large numbers with over 5,000 aircraft built. Today the MiG-23 remains in limited service with some export customers.

[barren kayak]

ahhhhhhh

it is the mig 23, thats actually pretty cool.

assuming theres gonna be a different hud for it?

[minor quarry]

as of now I just got it flying with the same characteristics as the a10. I don't plan on doing much else to it before I have at least animations for the f-18. just wanna let the RU players know they are seen

[minor cedar]

@minor quarry are we going to see any turbo prop stuff mate?

[minor quarry]

probably. I'd love to have some WW2 planes in the future.

[minor cedar]

That would be awesome man!

Texan T1

Raf use them as training aircraft for future fighter jet pilots there the most common thing you will see in the mach loop lol

[minor quarry]

super Tucan

[minor cedar]

Awesome man this would be sick !

This would be awesome with all the new tpod stuff you are doing man

[barren kayak]

damn a b2?

[minor cedar]

Lol imagine 🤣🤙

[barren kayak]

nao dont you have a model already for this lol?

[minor quarry]

the model I have has very low res interiors. also.. why do you need a nuclear capable stealth bomber for!??

[minor cedar]

Why dont you need a nuclear death bomber should be the question 🤣🤣

[barren kayak]

haha thats what im saying

[minor quarry]

strong maybe. more towards no. sorry. mainly because the model isn't the best. second I don't see a reason for one other than novelty

[minor cedar]

Fair enough mate lol 🙂

Thought about kc139 refueler ? 🤣🤣🤣

[minor quarry]

this dude...

[minor cedar]

🤣🤣

I can only wish for air to air refuelling on arma lol

[barren kayak]

bro wants a whole ass airforce

[tender timber]

"sir, we are taking heavy enemy fire from that city over there"

B2 pilot deletes city

[barren kayak]

air refuling is not needed at all for reforger atleast, maps and map limits are too small.

[tender timber]

Not even really needed in A3

[minor cedar]

Would be dope though lol

[minor quarry]

and to think I was considering a stratofortress...

[minor cedar]

Honestly anything aviation will please me mate lol

[tender timber]

Tbh, no one has ever really attempted and successfully pulled off any sort of bombing in AR, A-10 bombs don't work and being able to carpet bomb, napalm, cluster, or one big bomb areas would be pretty nice.

[minor quarry]

I have made a possible fix for the mk82s. it will come with tomorrows update.

also should fix the GBU12 but that's just a hunch as testing in the workbench kinda is hard

also was thinking of maybe adding the mavericks to the a10. maybe even getting that pave penny to work as a Getto Tpod for the Mavs (kinda how warthunder does it)

I mean. since I'm using the a10 as a dependency might as well add some stuff to it

[barren kayak]

https://tenor.com/view/bombs-somethings-got-to-give-beastie-boys-airplane-dropping-bombs-gif-17103379

[minor cedar]

Any thoughts in wing swept stuff bud? Tornado, tomcat ect

[barren kayak]

ew tornado

[minor cedar]

Lol

[barren kayak]

the mig23 is sweopt

[minor quarry]

animations are a pain. but I'll get there

[minor quarry]

possibly fixed the mk82s. they're not attachable to the f18 tho. sadly I can't figure out why

I'll be publishing the update in the next 2 hours after I have fixed every single thing I can find. sadly bitching Betty and the animations are broken. I need more time to get those working

[clear brook]

Ngl they feel a bit weak

[minor quarry]

it's a 500lb

plus that's the max size explosion you can make without breaking

[clear brook]

Alr then we just need to be deadly accurate dropping them

[minor quarry]

better than not functional in my book

[clear brook]

Fair

[minor quarry]

also made this... 6000rpm m61 Vulcan. the way god intended. (will not implement because sounds will break + lag)

[clear brook]

Yeah let's not kill the game alright?

It's already in a wheelchair

[minor quarry]

shouldn't break anything tbh as some people have gotten away with doing similar. but idk if it'll be too much

[clear brook]

Maybe but I think it's fine the way it is

Imagine having a squadron of these with A10s a tank crews nightmare

[minor quarry]

this is annoying... backups got corrupted. lost everything. will work on recovering it but update will be delayed indefinitely. sorry

[bold creek]

all good man don’t gotta apologize

[clear brook]

Damn game hating on the progress

[minor quarry]

I'm about 80% done redoing the mod. it flies a little different due to the lost flight model and some new bugs have shown up and features are missing. I'll try to release the update today but no promises.

[clear brook]

No problem brother take all the time you need 👍

[barren kayak]

before they were fixed the bombs had a like 200-500 meter spread, something between that, 500lbs should only have what like a 75 meter radius?

[clear brook]

In warthunder the sharpnel goes for about 190 m but the overpressure zone is like 80 meters

[barren kayak]

yup

[minor quarry]

fixed about 99% update going live in about 1-2 hours.

[barren kayak]

neat what can we expect?

[tender timber]

Back to square 1 by the sounds of it.

The world doesn't want reforger to have good mods 💔

[barren kayak]

wait the f18 got like reset?

[tender timber]

His files got corrupted pretty much deleted everything by the sounds of things, and might not have features that we did have before.

[tender timber]

Based on this msg

[minor quarry]

lovely

[past stirrup]

So is this going to be an update to the f-18 in the workshop or is this going to be a new f-18 mod?

[minor quarry]

until I figure out why my prefab keeps getting eaten by the workshop the f18 is on hold

[past stirrup]

Okay

[tender timber]

RIP F18

Arma gods said nuh uh

[summer lagoon]

What happened to it

[lament raven]

It was eaten by Enfusion

Multiple times

[summer lagoon]

I see

[minor quarry]

there's a working version still out. I will work on redoing the project but that'll take a while as honestly I'm not feeling the best after losing hours of work over a bug in the workbench. I'll try to work on other smaller projects like that ww2 prop I briefly mentioned or maybe the mig23 to set my mind aside.

[hollow lake]

Version control FTW

[minor quarry]

funny you say. I have backups but the workbench itself is eating the vehicle prefab... I have the prefab folder saved on a different hard drive with file backups anabled but every time I try to put the prefab folder into the workbench it gets eaten by enfusion somehow

[hollow lake]

eating as in crashing when opening?

[minor quarry]

this. prefab doesn't show because it's components were deleted

[hollow lake]

ahh

[minor quarry]

I really don't know what or even why this happens. somebody told me it could be a world instance problem but it happens across all world editor worlds

first happened earlier today when the workbench crashed

[bold creek]

that sucks man

[minor cedar]

Yeah thats a pisstake ngl 😦 i hope this does not discourage you mate

[minor quarry]

if the workbench doesn't crash again... we be getting aim 7s. unfortunately they have to be copilot guided. I'm thinking of ways to have them be pilot fired but I'm honestly struggling to come up with something that works

I know this is supposed to be the strike package but I thought throwing in some anti helicopter weapons would be nice.

[echo totem]

ngl even if it isnt perfect this is a fantastic workaround to make the RIO a more active component in the fight! seriously awesome work and glad to see the plane is back in the tools engine! i was holding my breath for a sec there lol

[minor quarry]

yeah sorry for the scare. I managed to recover most of it although some features are missing. plus I still haven't been able to figure out the animations part. honestly want to work on other jets a bit and get back to anims once I'm ready to do it or have found someone to help me with. I didn't announce it here yet but I am recruiting other modders to the project as I want to make this into something more than just me making janky jets in my spare time. if anybody is interested in joining the project dm me and we can talk about it more extensively

[minor quarry]

the RIO has a ton of functionality I think. you have your tgp. 4 mavericks a gbu and 2 aim7s now lol.

[clear brook]

Fire and forget with the aim7s?

[minor quarry]

yes. no radar in reforfer yet

[barren kayak]

might be a little bit of a stretch since what happened yesterday but do you have plans to have working mirrors?

[minor quarry]

althoug thyer plos, meaning its a lot easir to dogde tho they pull some nutty Gs

[clear brook]

Alr

[minor quarry]

if i ever figure out PIP maybe. but i wanna have MFDs before nything PIP

[barren kayak]

me and a firend were thinking it may be possible to like rip mirros of a vehicle or something

[clear brook]

Is it me or is everyone's English a bit off today lol

[minor quarry]

fast typing lol, sorry

[clear brook]

Np

[minor quarry]

not quite as easy

[barren kayak]

yeah i dont blame you since i have no clue of modding lol

[clear brook]

I'm just glad xbox has a modding community now can't wait for Microsoft to make modding available as an app

[minor quarry]

i think i hve a clue on how i could do iit but again not a priority

[minor quarry]

?

[echo totem]

what do you mean? all mods are done on PC

[barren kayak]

yes its a real treat for the console boys

[clear brook]

I know but xbox was in the dark until the recent years in terms of modding we rely on game devs mostly not Modders

Pc people still deserve the credit for making the mods

[minor quarry]

you mean. arma reforger has modding support on xbox

[clear brook]

We can use mods but can't make them:/

Fallout 4 is also mod supported 👌

[barren kayak]

its really hard to have games on xbox get mod support

correct me if im wrong but im almost sure about every mod has to go through microsoft by developers.

[clear brook]

What I meant earlier is hopefully Microsoft has plans to make modding possible for someone on xbox even if its as an app and you have to pay

[minor quarry]

no

[minor quarry]

arma tools are free if you own the game

plus modding on xbox would be impossible for many many reasons

[bold creek]

^

[clear brook]

Yeah but I'm on xbox thus why I haven't made a f-22 yet:(

[clear brook]

We'll never truly know I guess

[echo totem]

i suggest you look up the Blender Guru on youtube and just watch his video series on how to make a donut. it is a very enlightening experience

[bold creek]

that shit would be difficult even if you had a pc homie

[minor quarry]

go learn about them donuts

[clear brook]

Why did I search it up no questions asked😭

[clear brook]

I can use dcs as reference just compact it down

[clear brook]

My hungry idiot brain thought food at first you fooled me

[minor quarry]

f18 is fully recovered. now just my internet to collaborate so I can post the update...

[barren kayak]

big w

[minor quarry]

35%...👀

update is out changes include several bug fixes, lights, custom sounds recorded by me aand an irl friiend. aim7 sparrows added to copilot controll. and more

oh and fixed the mk82

[barren kayak]

https://tenor.com/view/hulk-hogan-nodding-nod-yes-yup-gif-13973219

[minor quarry]

unless any bugs show up or anything I missed is brought up I'll start work on other jets. might start a vote on the next jet... also this has outgrown this thread. I will now open a showcase thread. hold one for the link

[barren kayak]

russian jet?

[barren kayak]

how does one access the mk82 on the fa18?

[minor quarry]

should be the same as the a10. although there are no pylons that accept it on the strike version. you'll need to put it on the naked one

[barren kayak]

on the naked f18

?

[minor quarry]

there should be two in the gm menu. one armed and one unarmed with nothing on the pylons

[barren kayak]

so im able to put mk28s on the naked one?

if so i dont know if theres a special way to do it but it doesnt allow me to

[minor quarry]

does it not? it works on workbench

[barren kayak]

yeah not giving me the option

also

[minor quarry]

there should be a prompt under the center of the pylon. if not then I guess it broke

[barren kayak]

rio is midget ifthat makes sense

[echo totem]

RIO position is lower then it should be

[barren kayak]

yeah that literally

[minor quarry]

oh what the

is that on the naked version or the armed?

[echo totem]

that one is the armed

ill check the unarmed rn

[barren kayak]

just tried a mk82 btw they dont do damage

[echo totem]

when ur in the TGP it puts you to normal tho before you actually look into the TGP

[barren kayak]

nevermind

disregard

[minor quarry]

oh ffs everything is breaking

[barren kayak]

mk82s work

[minor quarry]

awesome

[barren kayak]

they are a little buggy tho

took me 3 to do damage to my person

[minor quarry]

I'll look into it right now

[minor quarry]

might be a replication issue. try dropping form the a10

[barren kayak]

gottcha starting one up now

[echo totem]

unarmed is doing the same thing when you initially get in as RIO

[minor quarry]

man .. everything worked on the workbench

[minor quarry]

I found the issue. if there is anything else lmk and I'll publish a hotfix right a soon as my internet decides to work

anybody tested the sparrow or the other weapons? anything horribly broken? also sounds any feedback?

[echo totem]

yori and i gotta wait for our training server to free up so we can get it reset with the current update to test the aim's

[minor quarry]

walking around in circles in my office preoccupied ngl

[minor quarry]

ok. thanks for testing it

[barren kayak]

okay so after trying to drop bombs from the a10 is impossible for keybinds both on controller and keyboard assuming the f18 is conflicting with that option.

[minor quarry]

I haven't messed with the keybinds... funny because it works just fine on my end.. it is incredibly difficult to fix an issue that's only happening on the end user

I'll look into it later. bombs never worked anyway

[barren kayak]

although i can say the bombs are indeed working slightly, it took me 3 to do any damage.

[minor quarry]

on my end on my testmap...

since now I'm going to also be working on the mig 23 this thread has become a bit misleading so please redirect to https://discord.com/channels/105462288051380224/1237570553762680885

[echo totem]

new flight physics are fire! love the more drawn out throttle so that taxi'ing is alot easier, also the time it takes to go from slow flying to 300+ is much more realistic i think, which is an incredible help for staying in formation. Love the turn time, feels alot more like how the DCS one flies as well

[minor quarry]

glad you like it. I had to completely redo the flight physics so I spent a couple hours in dcs figuring out how I could improve it. it's still not perfect and honestly I got a bit lazy but it does fly a lot better

[summer lagoon]

You should add it to Conflict

So players can use it in matches

[echo totem]

well i could tell right away there was a clear diffrence much smoother! your hard work really paid off here.

[minor quarry]

tell me if you feel the main gun any different

[echo totem]

oh yeah >:) waaaay faster, i havent put rounds on target yet tho

[minor quarry]

4x muzzles at 1500rpm for a total of 6000rpm. hopefully it doesn't lag too much. advised not to use the sound / shrapnel mod at all otherwise consoles might light up like Christmas trees

otherwise it should be mostly fine...

also how about the sounds? anybody has any comments on it?

[echo totem]

it didnt lag me in solo GM so fingers crossed when i test live server

the sounds were kinda glitchy tho when i fired

[minor quarry]

yeah I'm aware. I'll spend some time trying to fix it tomorrow. though I can't be certain it'll work. outside the cockpit it sounds normal ish

I was referring to the aircraft sounds too

also cannon ammo is 412rounds so don't go using it like an a10 cause you'll run out very soon

[echo totem]

Oh now that u mention it yeah I like the new engine sounds!!

[minor quarry]

nice. recorded by me and a buddy from various actual jets.

well. I'll update it in about two hours. y'all let me know if there's anything I need to fix/add before I go to bed. ping me please so I can see it

[north shale]

I’m glad we’re able to have planes and shit. And the strike package gives me hope for proper fixed wing CAS

[minor quarry]

? wym

[north shale]

Like JTAC type stuff. AGMs. Stuff like that.

[minor quarry]

ah sorry I'm under slept

I'll work on other jets potentially in the future as well. more weapons systems should also come with time

rn I wanna get that mig23 off the ground. don't have any weapons other than maybe dumb rockets planned for it tho

[north shale]

@graceful sun

[minor quarry]

also if you happen to take any videos from any perspective be sure to send them my way. you think I'd wanna miss the awesome stuff y'all do with it? lol

[bold creek]

will be putting it to use in JSOC🤗

we gotten quite a few clips already but no audio

just 9 lines tho

[minor quarry]

awesome! send me the clips when you can!

also cheers to the jsoc guys. miss playing with y'all!

[bold creek]

ayye cheers to you as well man

[bold creek]

fantastic work on the f18 man

did some testing and messing around with the new aim7 and they’re awesome. We ran up some 2v2 dogfights and i gotta say the new flight physics are very smooth.

only feedback i could give is the landing gear, but your aware of that already.

i wonder if it would be any easier for you if you cut the whole animation idea and just made them retract instantly

just an idea tho

[minor quarry]

doing that would be just as much work. better to animate them. I already have them animated but I'm figuring out an issue with blender so it might take a while. also did you guys find any issues other than the copilot seat being sunken in? I'm going to update the mod right now if not

[minor quarry]

video proof or it didn't happen 👀 I'm joking but I'd love to see some videos lol

[bold creek]

aww man i forgot to gets clips

but it was a ton of fun

love that since the f18 counts as a heli it can be locked onto

[minor quarry]

all good. glad you guys enjoyed it.

[bold creek]

also for the copilot seat i wouldn’t worry to to much about it as the gunner pod seat works all right

[minor quarry]

actually then I might wait until tomorrow to fix the copilot. there is something I'd like to add so I'll just couple with the fix.

[bold creek]

sounds good man

[north shale]

@minor quarry I got a back seater tonight to get a Air to Air with the Aim9

[tender timber]

Is the A-10 bomb fix released or did it get lost in the corruption?

[minor quarry]

it is out. a little glitchy according to reports but it should work

[minor quarry]

comes with the f18 tho.

[tender timber]

Yh I haven't got them to work at all, but could be other mods conflicting again🤷

[barren kayak]

bombs work slightly, it took me 3 bombs to kill 1 dude 2 feet away.

[minor quarry]

that's weird. might be a replication issue or geometries. works in the workbench. I'll see what I can do to fix it further.

[barren kayak]

its all good lol atleast somebody actually got them to do damage on everon lol

[minor quarry]

..... you're using it on a modded map?

[barren kayak]

no, careless has a map that he made, for the most of my information that is the biggest modded map on the workshop, but they work perfect on there no issues, but that was a while ago now.

[minor quarry]

yeah modded maps sometimes break certain things. it's best that whenever you're testing a new mod that you try to use it on a clean gm on everon. so that your bug reports aren't clouded by possible mod conflicts.

[barren kayak]

right

ever since you have fixed them we have been messing with them on here with mods, so ill try it out without mods later on.

not on a modded map, just everon with other mods.

although even without any mods they still didnt work but it could change with your fix.

[minor quarry]

yeah. I tested on workbench without any mods on arland and it worked. the reason I tell you to test it without mods is a bug report is useless if it comes from a highly modded server with a modded map. I can't do anything to fix compatibility with 150+ mods yk what I mean?

[barren kayak]

haha i agree i wish i could do something about 13gb of mods on our server

[minor quarry]

lol yeah. unfortunately that's just how modding is.

[austere karma]

There a control list for this?

[minor quarry]

it's the same as the a10.

Keyboard Controls:

• WS will raise/lower elevator
• AD will raise/lower ailerons & steer the front center wheel
• QE will deflect the rudder
• C will toggle landing gear
• Z will deploy airbrakes
• UP/DOWN will raise/lower flaps
• Shift/Ctrl to increase/decrease thrust
• Spacebar for wheel handbrake
• Alt + WASD will TRIM control surfaces
• ENTER will trigger a pylon

Gamepad Controls:

• Right stick forward/backward will raise/lower elevators
• Right stick left/right will raise/lower ailerons & steer the front center wheel
• Left stick left/right will deflect the rudder
• X button will toggle landing gear
• A button will deploy airbrakes & toggle wheel brakes
• Left bumper + left stick forward/backward will raise/lower flaps
• Left stick forward/backward will increase/decrease thrust
• Left bumper + right stick input will TRIM control surfaces
• Right bumper + right stick input will toggle free-look in cockpit
• Left trigger will trigger a pylon

[north shale]

@austere karma Some of the mechanical features arnt animated such ase the flaps and the landing gear.

[minor quarry]

for now...

[north shale]

Might be not as exciting but a T5 trainer would be a good add to milsims. It would be a good starter plane.

[lament raven]

@minor quarry

[minor quarry]

@lament raven

[austere karma]

what’s the numbers and type of the ordnance onboard the F-18?

[minor quarry]

• 412x 20mm m61a1 Vulcan (gun).
• 4x AGM65 Mavericks.
• 2x AIM7 Sparrows.
• 1x GBU12 laser guided bomb.

[austere karma]

Thank you nao this will help with my aircraft check in 🤙🏼

[bold creek]

[austere karma]

Is the F18 gone? 😔

[past stirrup]

https://discord.com/channels/105462288051380224/1237570553762680885

Scroll up

[austere karma]

👍 Fingers crossed it isn’t ripped

[past stirrup]

Same

[austere karma]

@main tide