In your opinion SimWorks Studios F-4 or Milviz F-4 ?

Both of these are loaded in P3D V3 & V4 (the SWS F-4 v4 will release soon). I agree with the above statement, it's like comparing apples and oranges. Since they are both warbirds, I have them tacpacked. I like them both. The F-4D/E are the ones I'm most familiar with from my time in the USAF (I have time in the F-4D cockpit procedures trainer). Since there is some similarity, if I'm not mistaken, the SWS phantom uses a joint Milviz/SWS radar DLL, and the Milviz lighting gauge. Which is pretty neat considering that both companies collaborated to produce the SWS phantom.

All that being said, it depends on which aircraft I want to fly, earlier phantoms - SWS, later phantoms Milviz.

I also have the Cloud 9 and Alpahsim Phantoms; the former will not work in either version of P3D (at least I haven't been able to figure out how to do it in V3), the later will only work in P3D V3.
 
Well, I just picked up the SWS F-4B. Good points. The surface detailing is subtle with minimal weathering. (It actually looks pretty plain until you angle your view and the sun hits the skin so you can see the depressions in the skin from the rows of rivets!) The loadout editor is very nice as you have your choice of three or six point MERs on stations that would use them. Milviz's is just a drag-n-drop. (Put bombs here.) The flight model seems very similar to Milviz's except during slow flight. If you get too slow it will start to roll but a little power and correct rudder input will get you out. (This is similar to the F-100 where under the same conditions using aileron to correct the roll only exacerbates the problem.) I haven't actually done a flight off of the Midway yet, but I did mess about with the configurator. Quite a few options there! Open or closed hangar doors, elevator position, parking options and full control over deck lighting (and individual lights in the cockpit) if you have a video card with DX10. (Which I do not so I can only control the spots.) For me the main weak spot is the sound set. It just sounds a little plain. I may swap the sounds out with the Milviz Phantom (or SSW's F-104 which includes a nice loud J79 howl that would be appropriate for an early Phantom with the short burner petals). The VC also doesn't have the same level of detail as the Milviz offering. (Although everything seems to be in place and operational.) The main panel that the instruments rest in is a little blah and the instruments themselves don't have the nice 3D look that Milviz's have. I can't vouch for anything requiring TacPac as I haven't gotten it yet, but both models are now able to use it. I have to agree with DocJohnson though. I does just depend on which version you want to fly. Early or late. I myself do like them both, but I lean in favor of the Milviz bird as far as getting the feeling of "being there" when in the VC.
 
Not sure if it's only me but I have both a faulty aircraft and Coral Sea and a promised new installer to fix bugs/known issues has not materialized. No aircraft on the deck and the plane won't trap. Some components "xml tools" are also missing despite several reinstalls.

Quite unusual and unsatisfactory. Are others in v4 having the same problems?
 
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