Erik

Please post any issues or concerns you may be having with this latest version of the site software here. Please include the following helpful information if it's available. Operating System: Browser Name: Browser Version: Forum Skin in Use: (example CA Classic, OFF, CA Dark) Error Message Received: Reported Display Issue: Reported Functionality Issue: You may also post suggestions for improvements. In addition to the above please include a brief description of what you'd prefer to see also list the following. Area of Site: (example: home page, forums, gallery, downloads, chat, search, etc) If you would like to express any compliments or likes of the new software feel free to do that as well. Your input is greatly appreciated and it goes a long way in creating a place you enjoy using, being a part of, and want to come back to. Thank you in advance.

Made some changes. Use the "Upload New Version" Link it's what the "Edit File" Link used to be. The functionality should now be there now to handle updates aka revisions. Let me know. Erik

Yes. I am working on getting them back online. The mirror link has been enabled again but I'm still working out some minor bugs in the system. Everything should return to normal soon. E

I've trimmed some of the fat out of the download section and there will be more changes coming soon. I'm on the fence about some of the stuff being fluff and some of it being useful, that's a direct reply to the "clutter and emblished content". The reason I mention this is because I can't count the times I've seen, "where is the weapons pack?" when it's the most downloaded file on the site. Sure to those of us who are old hat it's a no brainer but to those less familiar new content, most downloaded content, and highest rated content makes for deciphering the thousands of files a bit easier. Those options when used by the members correctly especially file ratings can sure go a long way. Reviews and ratings are a big thing. I can't tell you the last time I haven't read a review on something or valued what others thought about it before I took the time download it or purchase it whether it be software or a large appliance. Some of the concerns might just be attributed to change. I know most of us like things that are familiar to us but I'm confident the changes that were made are so minimally invasive that adapting won't be hard. The form and function remains the same just things have moved a bit. I'm confident even this change will soon become common place to everyone so much that if we made a change back in a couple weeks to the old stuff the new stuff would be missed. Concerning the "time/motivation" thing if you knew anything about me you'd find that very humorous so thanks but that's never been and never will be an issue this community has to worry about. E

It's a work in progress. Is everything working okay for you now and looking more familiar? I'll be working until we're back to normal. E

I don't have time to answer all of this, but can you confirm this layout is what you were looking for more or less? The functionality of the download section has changed quite a bit with some vast improvements to the front end not the back end. I could go into detail but it's boring babble unless you're into that sort of thing. What hopefully everyone will understand is that upgrades on a community of this size require vast amounts of time. I would not commit myself and others to this drudgery unless it was necessary, and it was. Thanks. E

Can you confirm that on this skin "CA Classic" the problem is NOT there? Thanks E

Skin related issues. I've removed the skins that have this issue and moved everyone to the classic skin. Once I've mastered this skin set I'll port the changes back to the other skins and release them. Can you guys confirm that the issue doesn't happen on this skin for you? Thanks; E

Dave this is a skin related issue. I've removed those skins for now until I can get this skin into a release master then I'll port those edits to the other skins. Can you confirm this does not happen now in the classic skin? P.S. If you'd like to change the SF2 cats around in the download manager. Feel free. I'm sure it won't be a problem as long as we retain the same settings as the other categories. I'm sure you know the drill, let me know if I can help. E

The skin sets will need to be rebuilt. For now I have removed them and moved everyone to the Classic skin as it's the only one I will be working on as a template for the other skins. I'll restore the other skins when I can move the changes and mods from this skin to those. I'll let everyone know as those become available again. This should resolve the issues mentioned above. Please let me know if it does not. For now I'll focus my attention on this skin set. All input is welcome. E

The feedback is appreciated and will be included in our final draft. It's been a year since we upgraded software and in software lifetimes that's an eternity. To evolve we must remain current and to support new platforms like hand held devices and tablets this process is inevitable. I know it's a pain in the backside for everyone including me so bear with us while we make these changes and move forward. It may take some time before I can actually get to some suggestions and ideas but I'll keep them in mind. The first process is getting everything working then we can add the window dressing. Please keep me posted here with any functionality problems or suggestions for improvements. If I don't get feedback I assume everyone is happy so feel free to be involved in the process. E

All issues should be resolved with the forum skin. I'll be making the necessary updates to all skins in the next few days. Until then I've removed the skins with issues which is all but one, CA Classic. Standby more updates to come. Have you seen some of the cool new stuff? E

CombatACE will be undergoing routine updates later today to provide the community with a more feature rich and stable version of our community software. I will be turning off features and accessibility as I make the upgrades and they will appear offline and will resume normal operation as the updates are completed. The downtime is necessary to make sure all files and database entries maintain their integrity. Thank you for your patience and understanding during the necessary improvements. CombatACE

I see three (3) albums total in the Member's Albums section. Is that what you're supposed to have?

I'll take a look at this. I'm thinking maybe they got put somewhere they shouldn't.

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Each file has a report button or link associated to it. When you use that feature to specifically tell us which file is bad we can check it. To make a blanket statement and say that 2/3 of your downloads were broken gives us nowhere to start looking. So in hindsight maybe we should have asked you to report the files you had problems with as we couldn't do anything with your report as it was when you first posted here. So as of this response nothing has been done, there is no resolve, and we're no closer to solving anything other than agree you reported something and we tried to help with some common issues others have had. Thanks for the help and sorry for the confusion. If you run into this again use the feature to report the file so we can look into that specific file closer.

Dad that's the last brussel sprout I'm eating, are we clear?

Al mal tiempo, buena cara. There are two sides to a window but only one glass. We all see the same glass. Words are never to blame it is how they are used. In both cases here words are said by friends and mean nothing more. There is no hard feelings or stain on the community. No-one on either side meant anything bad by what was said. Foro aqui esta perron. Yo respecto mucho todos amigos Argies y Gringos ... todos! Laughter is always best. Time is too short for such small problems. ------------------------------------------------------ Real or Virtual? ¡Papá! ¡Papá! En el colegio, en la clase me pidieron, que para mañana explique la diferencia entre "virtualmente" y "realmente". - Bueno... Pregúntale a tu madre si se acostaría con otro hombre por un millón de dólares. -El niño obedece: -Mamá... ¿te acostarías con otro hombre por un millón de dólares? -¡Por supuesto! -¡Papá! ¡Papá! ¡Dijo que sí! - Bueno... ahora anda y pregúntale a tu hermana... -María... ¿te acostarías con un hombre por un millón de dólares? -¡Claro que sí! ¡Papá! ¡Papá! ¡También dijo que sí! - Vale y pregúntale también a tu hermano mayor... - Paco, te acostarías con un hombre por un millón de dólares? - Pues claro tío! - Papá Papá él también a dicho que sí! ¿Ves?... "VIRTUALMENTE" tenemos tres millones de dólares, pero "REALMENTE" sólo tenemos un par de putas y un maricón en casa.

I have to agree with the two posts above. I would suggest trying a different decompression tool like 7zip or WinRar. The site automatically assigns a file size of 0KB to a file that is corrupt on upload. Otherwise if the file size shows as having a size it's a valid file checked and scanned upon upload to both our main server and mirror server. As to your question, you wouldn't obviously, and I wouldn't blame you. Thankfully we aren't faced with that problem. Erik

A otro perro con ese hueso ... gringo, wedo, wahito, blanca, clara, negra .... they are just words. It's not so much that they are used but the context in which they are used. This is content versus context and I personally wouldn't give this a second look. I think it's more important to remember that we are all part of the same community and our first goal is to remember we're here together as friends. Todos amigos aqui, ta bien? I trust Dave he's not here stirring up trouble just making sure everything is fine. Saludos. E

In Win7 the WerSvc (Windows Error Reporting Service) is not started by default automatically. You might research how to start and use this feature as it might give you some insight to the problem. CTDs are difficult to diagnose because generally there are no error logs written and that's why I mention the WerSvc. However without some technical assistance or background the error reports are not easily deciphered as they reference an illegal call or resource in hex format and if it's something as fundamental as hardware related it's even more difficult. I'm not an OFF expert so my insights are limited but I'd consider: 1) Does your machine run CFS3 or MSFS without any issues? 2) Does your machine have the latest install of DX9 (I believe Win7 uses DX10 but CFS and MSFS use DX9 so an additional install is required)? 3) Does DX9 report any errors (using the diagnostic tool)? Wish I could be more help but as a consolation you're in the right place the guys here are top notch at figuring this stuff out. E

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D.A. - I was being a bit sarcastic with a toothy edge of truth thrown in. When there are aircraft registered to Kris Kringle - 1600 Pennsylvania Ave, tractor trailers registered to Jack Frost - 935 Pennsylvania Ave, and black Lincoln sedans registered to Crypto le Man - McLean VA you just never know. I do agree the cumulative general appearance is and can be rather vanilla.

Those guys are way too smart for something that obvious. They'd opt for something definitely more secret squirrel like G Men Inc, The Man Inc, or Flowers By Isaac. I'm just saying silly stuff happens. http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/10/fbi-tracking-device/