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keepin it fresh.

I just like flying the F-4, pretty good graphics, and now that the patch is out it makes the campaign worth flying. Your thoughts. No need to say what you dont like, as that topic has been exhausted.

Just trying to keep this post fresh. Cheers, Jay

Whats better than flying with you squad mates? When patch 2 comes out someday, there will be lots of squad on squad play. Dont be left out!!! Squad vs Squad, and inter-squad play is the best way to sharpen your skills. VF-143 Pukin Dogs are recruiting. Requirements are as follows. Must be somewhat fond of the Navy. We fly F-4's with the VF-143 skin. Must be dedicated enough to show up at practice. Practice is not everyday. Must be somewhat of a "class" individual, in other words, not a disrespectful, immature individual. Must answer your email (within a reasonable time frame). Contact with other squad mates helps to gel as a team, and allows for ease of coordination. Your abilities as a simming pilot will not be scrutinized, it doesnt matter if you just bought the game today, and are barely able to get off the ground. Your skills will improve if you practice. Any questions, and applications should be sent to: fast_eagle@pukindogs.net Tell him sunny sent you. Cheers, Jay A.K.A. Sundowner, newly appointed X.O. of VF-143

got it, and the sig pics looks great! Now if i could get my new joystick to work i could try out the files you sent me.

hmm... i would try your trick... if my joystick hadn't broken today while i was playing IL2. Keep the suggestions coming. Cheers, Jay

Im sure we are all tired of hearing about how the patch didnt patch much in mp, but it did make it somewhat more playable. But... Heres my problem. Terrain, everybody uses standard desert terrain (the stock), because the game only allows for exact host to player specs... same planes, same maps, blah blah blah. The problem is that I can host games (and of course I use the default "desert" terrain, so others can play), but I cannot join a game, because the stupid ass game tells me that i dont have the same terrain as the host, and then goes on to say that I may not fly in that session. I was just wondering if anyone else had experienced this problem, and figured out a way around it, or some way to fix it. Hopefully your answers will help me and many others, greatly.

I just got the game like a week ago, and the single play sucked (after two A2A kills the game would crash... everytime). But hey atleast i could get into MP, and fly until somebody hit "R", needless to say that got old immediatly. So i get the patch, and single play is great, I am actually learning the game (without it crashing). But MP, is a total drag, ive tried everything, tips from all sources, and I still get that aweful black screen. I think I spent something like 4 hours on HL trying to sort it out, uninstall, reinstall, in all sorts of combinations, deleting folders, moving skins, and nothing worked.... except this once. I had to wait out the black screen for like a minute only one other guy joined the game, and im pretty sure he loaded because his plane was on the map, but then he left... so maybe he didnt load. I dont know if loading all by yourself is an indication that my game isnt messed up, or it could be that everyone elses is. I carried out Fast Eagles intructions completely, so im beginning to wonder if some people just havent done the right thing with the patch (uninstall the whole thing including the folder, and then reinstall, and then patch). But then again i could be wrong. I am beginning to feel that SFP1 is a black mark over the Strategy First name, they should stick to their name's sake "strategy" and not sims. So regardless of all the tips people are throwing around, about what to do with the patch, I have this to say is, there should never be any discussion about the effectiveness of a patch, it should fix everything, and not mess up anything in the process, there should be no special process to install, it should just be click "install", and then be ready to go. My few experiences in this past week with this game, make me feel incredibly sorry for you people that have had this game for months. No I'm not a code writer, or a software producer, I am simply an American Consumer, and as one I demand excellence, and this thing, that i see being discussed at great length on these boards is part of the reason why the PC gaming market is being run down by the PS2's and X-Boxes of the gaming industry. The only reason why I am even playing this game anymore, is because I put myself in a position to be obligated to Fast Eagle and my fellow Pukin Dogs. Unlike the people at Third Wire, I plan on sticking with an endeavor untill it is finished. Jason R. Saffell

I tried HL lastnight, and I got that oh so dreaded black screen of bullsh*t. Comments, helpful words of advise, or just vent your frustrations. Thats what this post is for. Cheers, Jay

No patch... big deal. Yes, yes it is a big deal, but no reason to turn this into some sort of pissing contest. Enjoy the wait. Cheers, Jay

ya hes still tweaking it though, i sent him a bunch of pics to help him out

I just heard, that it was bad sh*t over there. Somebody said it was a "Hackers Paradise". I was looking into it, i went to www.hyperlobby.com, this seems to be some sort of anti-HL site. Surely, there must be some truth behind the rumors. Cheers, Jay

:? My bad Ranger, sometimes I get a little bit of dislexia*. I'm gonna look at who's flying navy, or who doesnt mind having a mixed flight. I'll be checking everybody's sites as soon as I post this. Cheers, Jay

Yeah! Good Work, everybody. I appreciate all the effort from all who participated. I'll Be checking the regular skinning sites to see when these baby's are ready for download. Is it possible to make a skin for the pilots... maybe start making squadron helmets? Cheers, Jay

I am brand new to the game, but im picking it up very quickly. Most of my experience (lately) is with IL2, this is the first jet sim I have had since USNF, and the whole radar thing is finaly coming back to me. I am a bit scared of hyperlobby (and the counter shows damn few people on it), and nobody seems to play on gamespy (3-4 people at any given time). I've seen in some posts that alot of you guys only fly with your respective squadrons. I was just wondering if anybody was looking for another dedicated squadron member. Cheers, Jay

I just emailed Crab's, some specs, his is coming around really good, just a couple of details, hopefully he will share them with -E, and we can all have a perfect sundowners skin soon.

i did, none to be found, pukin dogs and shamrocks are all there, i went to coyotes den, and column5 and no sundowners. Im not bitching, its just that its my dads old squadron, and I dont want to fly in any other colors. Cheers, Jay

No teeth on the nose, and the sun on the tail is way way way off. I hate to be picky, but im not very good at skinning, and I know that there are some very artistic people in this form... somewhere. If nobody wants to make it, could you atleast give me some tips on how to make a skin that doesnt look like crap. If one of you gents would like to make it, be sure to add the USS Coral Sea lettering to it. Screaming eagles would be a good one to make aswell. Cheers, Jay I appreciate all posts.

Actually I dont even have SFP1 yet, but I'm gonna get it tommorrow. I was just wondering if anybody has any VF-111 skins for the F-4. And where do you go to play online?

I'm getting really bored now a days, no good games out there that I dont already have, I've got the shooters, and the sports games, and IL2 is getting to be numbing. So I went into Best Buy today and looked at SF, and I couldnt decide on whether or not to buy it, just sat there staring at it for like 10 minutes, and said screw it, I'll just wait for LOMAC, but then again it wont be out for a good bit. So I'd like to know all of your thoughts on SFP1. Can you fly a Navy F-4 in it? Cheers, Jay

Jesus! I've seen that pic with F-4's, 14's, 16's aswell. Anybody got anyshots of Mig-25's or 31's excorting one of our bombers back? I've never seen one, and the Russians say we were the aggressors during the Cold War. Great Screen! Cheers, Jay

OMG, it never ends, christ its like gaming blue balls. I just hope they dont tweak with it so much that they have to change the specs. I'm not much for beer, but Stoli's gonna get some serious business from me after this bombshell. Cheers, Jay P.S. Enjoy the wait. :x

I didnt know LOMAC was supposed to be Flanker 3.0, thanks for the info, that explains alot. Uncle Sams Misguided Children, do all the real work, the army comes in to mop up. Is there gonna be a flanker 3.0, anyway? Cheers, Jay

What ever plane(s) they do add, or hopefully add, I just hope they dont do the Forgotten Battles thing. I'd rather see an X-pack than a whole new game. I did vote for the Tornado, i'd rather see the IDS up there though. cheers, Jay

Damn those A-10 pilots!!! They always buzz my neighborhood every time they come into Patrick AFB. God this game looks sexy!!! I just hope the game lives up to the looks and the hype. On another note, why god? why didnt they make this game applicable to Aviators (THE NAVY). I hope they come out with some sort of X-pack for us squids. Its not cool at all that we can use a Su-33 and not an F-14.