Erik

We store EPOC timestamps for everything and that's a universal time around the globe. From the second we record a registration the EPOC timestamp must grow by 1296000 seconds to be eligible for the promotion. So yes all relative to server time which is standardized UNIX Time. Current source check of our time pool. [~]# chronyc sources -v .-- Source mode '^' = server, '=' = peer, '#' = local clock. / .- Source state '*' = current best, '+' = combined, '-' = not combined, | / 'x' = may be in error, '~' = too variable, '?' = unusable. || .- xxxx [ yyyy ] +/- zzzz || Reachability register (octal) -. | xxxx = adjusted offset, || Log2(Polling interval) --. | | yyyy = measured offset, || \ | | zzzz = estimated error. || | | \ MS Name/IP address Stratum Poll Reach LastRx Last sample =============================================================================== ^+ ntp.swyn.net 2 10 373 775 +114us[ +135us] +/- 16ms ^- 172-104-209-204.ip.linod> 4 10 377 335 +2397us[+2397us] +/- 37ms ^* pool-138-89-14-60.mad.ea> 1 10 377 526 -176us[ -155us] +/- 9865us ^- ntp.maxhost.io 2 10 377 516 +1513us[+1513us] +/- 46ms Track the drift on the server. [~]# chronyc tracking Reference ID : 8A590E3C (pool-138-89-14-60.mad.east.verizon.net) Stratum : 2 Ref time (UTC) : Sat Feb 07 06:19:54 2026 System time : 0.000077809 seconds fast of NTP time Last offset : +0.000020834 seconds RMS offset : 0.000047574 seconds Frequency : 7.378 ppm slow Residual freq : +0.000 ppm Skew : 0.013 ppm Root delay : 0.019030381 seconds Root dispersion : 0.000573422 seconds Update interval : 1025.7 seconds Leap status : Normal Translate the findings. System time : 0.000077809 seconds fast of NTP time Last offset : +0.000020834 seconds RMS offset : 0.000047574 seconds Leap status : Normal In human terms: System time error: ~78 microseconds Last correction: ~21 microseconds Average jitter: ~48 microseconds In server terms: under 1 ms = excellent under 0.1 ms = outstanding We're currently running at 0.078 ms. That’s better than many financial systems.

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Lots of time and energy have gone into the site over the past few months. Answer the poll questions and let us know below if you're having problems with the site. Thank you for taking the time to give us some feedback. Erik

https://wiki.falcon-bms.com/changelogs/4-38/update-1-hotfix-1

Does your page reader translate English to 漢字 (hànzì)? That's a very nice thing to have.

Is that a good thing or a bad thing? Honest opinions welcome. Sorry to hear about all the noise in your life, 2025 was not the year for me but we soldier on and carry life strapped to our back. Life has a way of just being life and the moment we take it seriously we find out just how much it can really mess with us. Take time to find the good things and eat a good meal every once in awhile. Personally, I'm taking time this spring to go fish some rivers I've always wanted to. Going to cast my line and stand waist deep in some cold water hoping for lunch. Keep moving forward, best any of us can do.

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Welcome to the new faces, glad to have you here.

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It's my test Theme so new changes are rolled into Midnight first, still a work in progress tho.

My personal fav +1

Hi everyone, I'd like to take a minute to give everyone a quick update on our current projects. THEMES RELEASED We've released new themes for the site which change the look and feel of CombatACE. At the bottom of all our pages locate the Theme link and select it to choose your favorite look while using our site. The Wings Over Flanders Fields theme has been revamped and returned to the Old Brown Dog Software Forum. Our classic theme "Morning Light" is the professional white background in our traditional color set. The new theme "After Sunset" is a deep mid-range denim that reminds me of one of our first theme sets we started with back in 2002 called Bohegedda. The newest theme "Midnight Abyss" is a dark rich black inspired theme that is super easy on the eyes especially at night. Feel free to pick your favorite and let us know which one you like best. LIBRARY WORK The Admins and Modders have been hard at work restoring some lost images on older files. This has been something I've wanted to accomplish for years and just never had the time. I can't thank everyone enough for all their time and energy they've invested into this project. As we go through these files the system is updating the "last update" timestamp which is causing some issues with the way the library is displaying most recent files shown first. When we're done we'll be restoring all the timestamps which will return the files back to normal with all images restored. OUR PICKS We're working on a new roll-out of hand-picked files we're endorsing as must-have downloads. We're continuing work on the section and hopefully will be done with it soon. Give it a look and let us know what you think of it so far. The Our Picks section of the site is live here https://combatace.com/ourpicks/

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In both the SF1 and SF2 sections of our site we have compiled knowledge base articles to help you do exactly that. I would start by digging in there, experimenting, and then start asking specific questions if you have them. The guys here don't mind helping but they will want you to dig in a little first. Start small like making a skin and your knowledge will grow as you do more and more. Welcome and we hope to see you around.

Good to see you guys!

I don't know. That would be a question for Mike. He has account here and simHQ under the same username.

Mike wants to keep the content offline and he'll send files to people that request them. We are going to respect his wishes and wish him well. If things change in the future we'll be here.

Your account should be all set, looks like the old subscription platform was causing issues with the new one. Let me know if that fixed it. Erik

Let me have a peak, lots of changes going on around here so something could be screwed up, which is my standard MO these days. I hope you are well too and staying safe in all this craziness. Thanks for checking in and I'll get right back to you on this. E

@GKABS I found a new loading sound for you.

Of course not, I would take a dozen files at a time and we'll work on this as we can. It's been broken for a decade, I don't think we're in any hurry. It's more a passion than necessity, at this point, and any help I get I am greatly appreciative of. In the meantime I'm searching old backups to see if any of the files can be recovered from data I don't know I have. After we moved this time and it broke our backup system I built a new one. We backup "soup to nuts", literally everything, nightly to the local /backup drive and remotely to a machine off site. Data loss isn't part of our vocabulary anymore even though the first ever event I experienced was not my fault nor could I have prevented it. Heck, if all else fails around here I build a GUI for our backup system and we go into business.

All this positivity makes me feel optimistic.

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