I did and that's what matters the most to me. It was large part of my dev works - make the plane dependent on the dynamic weight. Perhaps some update or mod you're using broke the script responsible for calculating and applying the weight of useful payload. Or maybe you aren't that skillful virtual pilot you think you are and you missed the symptoms. Or it never worked as intended on other PCs as I never performed public test phase. We'll never know at this point. Just move along. I really have no intention to look back. It was nice but unfinished addon with no bright future :)

Funnily enough, I didn't actually notice any handling difference from load, except for the weird oscillation bug

Yeah, rolling forward was the issue from the very beginning due to the way physx was implemented in the game and the way I approached the matter of dynamic weight/loadout. Never had time nor a good idea how to solve that except removing completely the plane's flying characteristics dependency on its current loadout weight. As I said, it remains "as-is".

This is a nice mod, but some of Goldwep's experiences are definitely shared.
-The taxiing is a little finnicky, but manageable. It locks in place until the pedals are centred even with full throttle, not sure if it's intended but it's possible to work with, just takes practice.
- The plane is very happy to roll over even with quite gentle rudder inputs. You have to be very delicate.
- An actual bug for sure, the nose wobbles/oscillates aggressively left and right at higher airspeeds, I only noticed it after initial release of ordnance, I didn't notice it beforehand.
- It sometimes wants to roll forward as soon as you get in it, even with engine off.
- When the right gear was damaged, after bringing it to a complete stop, I got out of the aircraft. It then began rolling forward on its own for an unknown reason; it was on perfectly level ground and the engine was off.

I haven't been developing and maintaining A3 addons for over a year now. Btw, after inital development, I never had mentioned problems with the plane. So, perhaps you need more practice and/or analog controllers, or there was some physx update recently that changed the plane behavior, or even broke script that manages loadout/fuel. Whatever the case is you get the addon "as-is", no further "fix" shall be expected.

Horrible flight experience. Cannot taxi. Plane flips over on any rudder input on landing. Nose wiggles uncontrollably randomly inside flight envelope. I'd skip this one until its fixed.

It has too much rudder wiggle. I come out of a turn, and the rudder wiggles the plane, with no input.
It also has trouble taxiing, also with rudder issue

Hi there. I'm pretty sure engine damage could cause this and was supposed to be switched off. The same with the custom WIP damage model. The only thing I can suggest is to switch "show scripts errors" off, if it helps. I don't develop and maintain A3 addons anymore. You get the addon "as-is". Really sorry, bud.

hi night,
bunch of error sqf messages pop up when the plane gets damaged like in the tail or hull

Thanks for the clarification, NightIntruder!
@Bouncy The "A-1H Skyrider" (sic) is found in NATO > Planes in the Eden editor.

Where do I find the Skyraider? Im just asking one more time so I can start flying it

@Pet Mudstone
Actual Mk.20 bombsight was in fact a gunsight that was used for bombing as well, which the mod has. The ranging might just not work as I didn't attempt to make the sight's rings correct in this regard. More here: https://www.prc68.com/I/Mk20Mod4Gun-BombSight.shtml

The Mk. 20 bombsight is mentioned in the ReadMe, but I don't seem to be able to switch to it using Ctrl + Right Click. Am I attempting to access it the wrong way?

oh no our arrow it's broken

An alternative version with a camera and laser operated by a pilot would be a wonderful plane.

I love the skyraider but it doesn't fly great :/

Where do I find it?

@Lukin - yes, you've got my permission to do what you described. Good luck, mate.

@[EC]HAWK - who is "we" you referred to in your request?

Nothing would be repacked or retextured.

NightIntruder, can I have this mod as a dependancy for Asian Flashpoint - France? The mod would be a dependancy, I will your France livery and would just make a custom class for a faction with a custom pilot.

Are you gonna finish it sometime? Or we sholdn't wait (we using it on liberation already but few things are need to correct - like this taxi behaviour of wheels and geometry) and weapon loadout (RHS and UASF weapons is possbile to use but not all fit correctly :) - so we thinking about make some improovemnts ourselfs if it will not be continued anymore what you think?.

It is not, indeed. Another thing was, it's kinda light model poly-wise so it isn't the highest priority.

Why only 1 LOD of details? it is not finished yet?

To be fair I would absolutely love to see a toilet bomb added as an Easter Egg thing because there is actual documented evidence of that happening once, I know its not a "Historic Loadout" but still would love to see it as a funny little reference to the actual story.

In a restroom. If you've never used one, a comfy thing I can tell you that.

where toilet

This is a good mod so don't give up on it.

Very understandable, I really look forward to the updates you pass along!

Yes, PhysX config is WIP. Yes, I am commited to making some improvements. No, both realism and immersion are actually my primary concerns. Thus, since pylons have their own historically correct payload limits it's gonna stay as is. SOGPF weapons work with the addon, just pre-configured weapon sets don't. One can manually set loadout in 3DEN, or use mods that handle re-ammo in-game.
It's important to make one particular thing clear - the addon wasn't made for casual pilots and it needs mastering and analog controllers, it needs people's time sunk into a practicing how to efficiently and safely fly this plane in the game. This was consious and well-though design choice, the downside of it was it created high entry treshold and made the addon less popular.
Last thing - I am very aware that people interest and suggestions are comming from their love to the plane (and/or the addon). I do love it too, I just have feelings sometimes we love it for very different reasons ;)

I'm glad we are both on the same page, I wasn't directly intending the dig at you in particular, just at the practice in general, but I suppose I understand both sides. 2 things I would like to ask about though if you are still going to be updating this, could you possibly look into the plane's flight model while on the ground? it seems to slide around uncontrollably a lot of the time, that and the gear are very, very brittle.
That, and the other thing I'd like you to see about possibly doing is further support for the SOG DLC's weapons on the pylons and maybe if not that some bigger options for bombs on the pylons, especially if realism isn't a primary concern I think that could be really fun.

The practices come as a consequence of something. I play BI's games since OFP times and never saw that until 2018 or smth. I don't argue with you, just wanted to clarify my postiion on EULA in hope that it will finally cut further discussions about what I should or shouldn't do. I listen to people, I really do but it does not mean I automatically will take all sugesstions. I am old fella who tinkers with his hobby and does it slowly because cannot rely on other's helping hands and many times he gets dragged away from one particular addon towards other ones by motivation, problems or interests. The last sentance is actually the true sum up of the issue.

I don't think I was trying to imply that you owed anyone anything, I was just voicing my frustrations at the practices in the ArmA modding community, regardless of the reasoning behind it, I disagree with the premise, and with how BI has handled community content.

So, when it comes to this addon, i'ts my own (although collective one, in fact) interpretation, an artistic representation of how the plane should work, fly, looks like and sound. I ain't wanna change things I don't believe in. Due to lack of trust, I won't share the files. Due to lack of belief in arma devs, I won't allow for derivative works. And also to remind you, I am not your employee. You can use the addon or not, this are the real options you have.

I've been modding for over 13 years now. CDLC that were brought to arma modding scene brought the fear of being used among freeware devs as well. Devs also started quiting the scene. The both things happend to myself at least twice. Those who work for BI will never tell you that due to NDA. That created lack of trust in the modding scene. Previously, I was hapy to share my work. Not anymore, and that's indeed common, you are right.
Many times, people were offerring help, expanding my work or retexturing it. Those promises never came true with the exception of one dev only, and two testers. I have no trust and belief in arma community, especially modding part for some time now. The childish and demanding attitude among players disappoint me. I started feeling like players belived they can have everything if they'll scream on devs loud enough.

Author, scroll down in the comments, there are people who are actively wanting to put in the work, and build on what you made, but like most of the modding community in ArmA nowadays, no one wants to allow others to work on their mods because they don't want to "Lose control" over their work. Modding for the most part, used to be like a public puzzle, everyone kinda built on everyone elses stuff. None of these criticisms are specifically directed at you by the way, as you've pointed out before this is all too common in the modding community, but they do apply to you and specifically how you've gone about handling the people wanting to do retextures, or fix flight models.

@Jones If you mean I should work on bugs I listed in the readme - yes, I plan to fix those. I just took a long break from A3, but the project isn't abandoned.
Btw, which members of the modding community with that missing know-how you have in mind?

Kinda saddens me to see that this plane I love will never be fully realized in Arma 3. Author, I hope you realize soon that your policy that no one can even try to tidy up your mod a bit is actively killing it, especially sense you don't seem to want to dedicate the time to just sitting down and developing the mod full time, which is perfectly understandable, but you should allow the members of the community with the know-how to improve the mod, especially if they provide credit. That's how modding is supposed to be, not bogged down with corporate EULA crap.If not, I hope you sit down and actually fix this plane and polish it up, but if you aren't going to dedicate the time, stop being so damn stubborn and let the community build on what you have here.

You see VastGameMaster.... I am so glad that I haven't released all my shitty addons, just a few of them. I'd have to deal with such people in dozens of similar threads. I ain't feeling entitled to do so nor do I feel an urge too. Instead, I am just sitting here, happy I was such a guy who foresighted what may happen. Thank you (among others) for proving I was right :)
The true is, those people want to work for themsevles, not for me as I don't need that. And yes, I am ignorant in many fields, no EULA can change that. I'll have to deal with it as every mature person does. Bye.

@ NightIntruder You can screw yourself with that entitlement you have. Some people want to do the work for you and make your mod look better than the smeared shit you are using for textures, the EULA isn't going to protect you from your ignorance.

Can you made a mod of A4C Skyhawk ?

How to use laser guidance??

How does this model compare to the one from Unsung?

I think it needs improvement.
With autopilot, you won't be able to land smoothly and will crash near the runway. Another chronic problem is that using this mode causes frequent bugs every time you run the game.

I know what the EULA is. I didn't speak to the contrary. And I also know full well that overly restrictive protections like this are unfortunately the norm in ArmA for some insane reason. It's not the case in other modding communities, though, and preventing people from even making their own skins is not something that's really that commonplace even in ArmA. But I digress. I'm not a lawyer or Steam moderator so I don't actually know how valid your claim is that reskins are a violation of the license. I have no place to say or to debate it.

My point isn't to argue with you. I wanted to know why, and I had my question answered.

You did open up the license on previous occasions, and you were, as you said, very disappointed. You don't have to explain more. I understand, and I'm sorry you had to see your creations twisted in such a way. I wish this weren't the case, but at least now I understand why.

Yes, no-derivative work means no user-created skins as well. I thought it's obvious? The policy is not so rare among arma modding community as you may think. In contrary, it is the most common legal protection creators use here (fun fact: if there's no EULA attached to an uploaded material, the most restrictive one is applied by default). Secondly, I see no personal benefits in untightning the control over my addons. I did it twice and later I was very disappointed by the outcome of it. No changes in EULA.

If I may politely ask, what is the reason for Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives? You said in a prior comment that not even reskins are allowed. That seems awfully restrictive, even for ArmA modders.

Is it something to do with the model's original license?

Question, does this have the famed toilet bomb?

This must be added as official part of DLC.

@Noo Noo
Use it gently, then. It goes well with some practice and/or analog controllers.
No, I won't change the rudder behaviour. The addon wasn't built for casual pilots and its rudder's profile was made purposfully. You may learn more in one of the discussion topic here.

Rudder is waaaaaaayyyy to sensitive to take off with :/