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  11. Posted · Edited by Alexander48

    No luck. I tried deleting Avast, Super Anti Spyware, and Malware programs. I even found

    other hidden keys in the registry and got rid of all those. After getting rid of all the

    AV programs, I un-installed and re-installed OFF and followed the patching order to the

    letter. Ran the OFFManager and CFS3 exes as Administator as well. It's got no affect on

    this at all, as the OFFMan Fatal Menu Error keeps occuring.

     

    I'm exchanging e-mails with a tech guy from ODB Support and the advice he's given me

    so far hasn't worked.

     

    I'm starting to wonder if my registry is somehow porked? Hell I may end up taking my

    computer to the geek squad and have them format C drive and re-install Windows Vista!

    I would do that myself, but the OS came pre-installed and I don't own a copy of Vista

    Basic Home Edition.

  12. Posted · Edited by Alexander48

    I have Windows Vista and am getting this debilitating "OFFMan: Fatal Error Loading Menu! OFF will now exit..."

    as well, but I don't have the AV Bit Defender. I keep uninstalling and reinstalling and running CFS3.exe

    and OFFManager.exe as administrator, but the error message keeps occuring.

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  14. Posted · Edited by Alexander48

    Did exactly that proceedure and the Hanriot HD-1 doesn't appear. Sorry to

    be a pain-in-the-a**. Do you have to reduce the number of planes to a certain

    amount in the aircraft folder? Do you have to alias the sound file correctly?

    Again thank you for taking the time to reply mate :salute:

  15. Posted

    HELP!!! New guy here. The add on plane I'm referring to is from the downloads section:

    http://combatace.com/files/file/8730-81st-squadrigallia-itlay-hanriot/

    I installed it, but it doesn't show up in the aircraft selection menus in the game.

    I've got OFF installed over CFS3 and all patched up (1.32G). So what am I doing

    wrong? I have experience with CFS2 in the past where you have to alias some files

    (panel and/or sound file), but that's not working here.

     

    Thank you guys <S>

  17. Posted · Edited by Alexander48

    Got burned out with IL2 1946 and needed another subject to get

    interested in. Got into Aces High II for a few weeks and got

    an old friend into Aces High II as well. He preferred WW1 sims

    and Aces High II has 4 basic WW1 planes to mess with. That got

    me into WW1 again.

     

    Rise Of Flight was too much for my computer so I am going to

    give Over Flanders Fields a try. Just waiting for the CD from

    http://www.overflandersfields.com/ to arrive.

  20. Posted

    Dear Bullethead:

     

    I agree with some of what you say, but are you suggesting that because of all

    the dangers and costs of space exploration and social problems that need

    fixing, etc, that we should just remain in place here on Earth and do nothing?

    That we should remove all the money from NASA and use it to restore the

    cities? Will this magically cause tears and anguish, famine, wars, starvation,

    pollution, attrocities, genocide and all things evil to simply evaporate across

    the world? You really think that this is possible? Get rid of the Human race and

    it just might be. But this isn't possible, so why in blazes should we be barred from

    exploration and discovery? Our social problems will always be a mess with or

    without a space program. Just think if the first European settlers who arrived in

    the new world had thought, "Why leave the coast and explore futher west when

    our social problems are such a mess?" We'd still be stuck in Plymouth Rock and

    Jamestown!

     

    Homo sapiens are a curious species that learn about the world through observation

    and spend loads of time making tools and figuring things out. Exploration, discovery

    and expanding our own horizons and consciousness runs in our blood! From our

    origins in the East African Rift Valley to present day, the very rise of our species, our

    technology, our intelligence, and civilization itself is a direct result of this.

     

    But as for human exploration beyond the Moon, what's the point? So what if it takes

    a human to see traces of life on Mars, Europa, or Titan? It won't make any difference

    in my life at all.

     

    ...it's just a waste of money...why send anybody to even the Moon?

     

    Well this is a typical of someone obviously not very interested in space exploration.

    If you were, then I wouldn't be posting this reply. I am VERY INTERESTED in this

    stuff, Sir! There are vast numbers of others who surely feel the same way. I really

    hope that people like you don't end up in power. I'll never quite understand people

    who can't seem to think past the roof over their heads and come up with a hundred

    excuses as to why space exploration is a bad idea.

     

    Apart from communications and weather satellites, what other use is there in going to

    space than military advantage? I can't think of any.

     

    This is why you'll never find a job with NASA.

     

    Folks say we need to colonize other planets, to ensure the survival of the species.

    That's total BS.

     

    I'll give you several good reasons why:

     

    1) We won't be able to live here on Earth forever. The planet will be devastated

    by a natural catastrophe at some point in the future. This has occured at least 5

    times in geologic history. Mass extinction events happened at the end of the

    Ordovician, Devonian, and Permian periods. The next two occured at the end

    of the Triassic and Cretaceous periods. The Permian event ended over 90%

    of life on Earth. The Terminal Cretaceous extinction erased 60-70% of life on Earth.

    We may not be successful in saving ourselves from the same fate despite

    technology that we have, or that has yet to be created. Nature has a way

    of reminding us that we are not masters of this world. The planet Venus is a good

    example of a planet-wide environmental disaster.

     

    2) The Earth's internal heat engine won't drive plate tectonics forever, either. The

    great volume of radiactive decay occuring at the core will eventually fade away and

    our Earth could end up a lifeless, dead world in the distant future. This would make

    it rather difficult to support life from that point forward. The planet Mars is a good

    demonstration of this.

     

    3) Our Sun is about half way through it's life cycle of about 10 billion years. This is

    expected with a typical G class yellow dwarf star. In around 5 billion years the Sun

    will eventually become our own worst enemy. After the last hydrogen fuel is converted

    into helium in the Suns core, the initial collapse that created our Sun will resume.

    The dense helium core will be compressed by this event. Helium will be converted into

    carbon and oxygen. This will drive the Sun into a red giant stage and the entire inner

    solar system will be engulfed by the Suns fires.

     

    I don't know about you, but I think that these are very good reasons to explore space

    and ultimately find another habitable world that we could call home. Everything that

    WE DO NOW with space exploration science, it's engineering and technology will

    benefit our decendants in the future. This will ensure that they will be able to live elsewhere

    in space when the time comes. This is exactly WHY we should explore space and continue

    to explore space, "total BS" or not.

     

    Sorry if this rains on some peoples' parades

     

    That's very touching, not to mention a little conceited. As I told you I am very excited about

    space exploration and the expansion of the human frontier into this realm. I want to see

    another lunar mission undertaken and a permanent human presence established on the

    Moon. I want to see a manned mission to Mars actually happen and I don't care which

    country achieves it first. I want to see these things occur in my lifetime thank you very

    much. It seems like you are trying to be king of the hill on this thread my man, and it's

    getting tiresome after after the course of some 10 posts (half of them extremely long).

    I think that you have had more than enough time on stage. Please give other people

    here some room and allow them to express their view points.

     

    Peace

  21. Posted

    Oh yes..Don't get me wrong!... I am a Geordie Docker type... Not a problem with any amount of profanity!... And now that Mr Craig pointed out via PM about disabling comments... I am happy. :smile:

     

    Yep and I am always the FIRST person to violate my own advice, too. Despite telling you about that tip, I end up

    turning the comments BACK on again. Then I read them and get pissed off all over again :rolleyes:

    So much for my advice and credibility :biggrin:

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