alphasim F-4 phantom pack II

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hello all
can eny one tell what happend to the alphasim phantom pack II
ive looked all over for it ??:kilroy:
 
Actually I thought they had released all of those as freeware some time ago, but all I can find on download sites are texture packs that refer to the "Payware" Phantom II pack 2 being required. It's also not on the their "Shop" pages either.

My guess is that it's been pulled for a later release as freeware as soon as they clear out the current lot of projects in the works, which would mean. . . ."don't hold yer breath".
 
I believe the modeler left Alphasim and took his models with him. Last I heard he was planning to update them for an FSX release but I haven't heard anything in a long while.

Chris
 
Yep. They were withdrawn from sale (all three packs) when the originator and Alphasim parted company.

Dave
 
Yes it was very sad as many of the models were the only decent Phantoms for FS9. Whether they will surface again in the future is debatable, but for now they're consigned to FS history. :(
 
They're portable to FSX. I've done it.....

Dave

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WOW!
thanks for the response everyone i've allway's liked the way alphasim fighters fly i have the tornado
free ware and it is a grate experance to fly at low level through the mountains the alphasim f-4 is beautiful bird iam sorry to here that its gon:(
 
The Cloud9 Phantom is definitely the way to go in FS9 - if what you're after is one of the long-nosed F-4E/EJ/F/G variants. If you want the F-4C/D, however, or one of the USN/USMC
variants - or even an RF or a Spey-engined British one - you have a choice of the IRIS offering (British) or..... :icon29:

I think the only variant not covered by the (then) Alphasim offerings was the slatted-wing F-4S.

I've heard that the Alphasim designer went to Skysim, so the F-4 may be on their 'to-do' list.

Hasn't Ito-san done one?

Dave
 
falcon409 said:
That's not entirely true. . .the Cloud9 Phantom is probably the best and it's still available.
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It has many really good points and one really bad one, it's an 'Export' Model 'F' and not a true 'E', so one is limited to 'faux-US' versions or European operators.
At least Alpha gave us most of the variations (except for the S), despite the usual really dumb weapon configurations ................... :173go1:
The IRIS RN/RAF 'Tomb' is the best of the Pommie variations, despite having a bewildering array of configurations.

And yes, Ito-San turned out several freebie 'Tombs' which are the usual Ito-San quality, IIRC they have undergone several upgrades and were/are available on Simvation.
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Of all the ALPHA models I have purchased, ( at least 50 ) and the additional freeware releases I have from them, I could literally kick myself for not grabbing the F-4 Packs. Chalk it up with all of the other unintellighnt decisions I have made regarding flight sim....:pop4:

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wombat666 said:
At least Alpha gave us most of the variations (except for the S), despite the usual really dumb weapon configurations ................... :173go1:
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Yes Alpha really do need to read up on this issue as it keeps springing up, the RAF Phantoms were horrible from that point with very strange loadouts that I never saw back in the day, plus the roundals were horribly oversized and research into the paint schemes seemed to be minimal so had to be corrected. I would still recommend the Iris version as it has multible (and realistic) loadouts, and many re-paints available too. Sorry to bitch about the Alpha Phantom, but it was payware and not cheap either when I bought it, so I (quite rightly IMHO) expect the best job possible with minimal mistakes. A little research goes a long way!
 
Hi PJ
the phantom pack II had grate paint files and take the iris tornado fly it compared to the cloud 9 witch I have the cloud 9 phantom flight model fly's to tight the tornado flight model by iris has a better flight dynamics:)
 
falcon409 said:
That's not entirely true. . .the Cloud9 Phantom is probably the best and it's still available.
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Sorry I meant the overall packages i.e. F-4B/J/C/D/FGR.2 etc. ;) I have to agree, the Cloud 9 F-4F/E is still by far the best overall F-4 out there, I love it so it's always available in my hangar!
 
planejunky said:
Yes Alpha really do need to read up on this issue as it keeps springing up, the RAF Phantoms were horrible from that point with very strange loadouts that I never saw back in the day, plus the roundals were horribly oversized and research into the paint schemes seemed to be minimal so had to be corrected. I would still recommend the Iris version as it has multible (and realistic) loadouts, and many re-paints available too. Sorry to bitch about the Alpha Phantom, but it was payware and not cheap either when I bought it, so I (quite rightly IMHO) expect the best job possible with minimal mistakes. A little research goes a long way!
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That will not be an issue when Mark remakes them. They will most likely use the same system of having all external loads available for all models as he did with the Mirage III/5 series (except those not historically correct -- I'll push hard on that). Or he could just give them all wings tanks and inner pylons and be done with it -- that's certainly historically accurate. Not very interesting though. Along side the Mirage, the F-4 is my favorite so I'll make all 40 years of research materials I have available to help get it right.
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Not bitching about anything here... just wanted to comment that I sure would like to see that RF-4B photo bird version included in any future AlphaSim F-4 packs. I'm not a big Phantom Phan but I would like to have the picture-takin' bird and the standard F-4B too. :)
 
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