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Mercenary squadron taking the backdoor route to P10 Airfield via the Parani wastelands: Just one more strafing run for old times sake: The Revolutionary Air Force on a, ahem, 'goodwill' visit to Paran in '68. It's just a coincidence that war broke out in the region ...... right?

I bought a brand new gaming rack yesterday. As soon as I got home I spent all my time transferring mod files from my old laptop. Just finished this afternoon. All the add-ons/mods that I used with the SF2 series on the laptop are working like sheer poetry in motion on my new rack ........ apart from the EE3 add-on effects. It's pretty strange really. Flak is exploding all around me but there's no black puffs/explosions; What's left of destroyed ground objects are just glowing, lighting up the ground around them but no flames/smoke. I've used the exact same file structure as I did on my laptop (Windows Vista). Any suggestions as to how I can solve this problem? BTW, the specs of my new PC are: * Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit) *AMD Phenom 9650 Quad Core processor *4gb RAM *ATI Radeon HD 4350 Graphics Card

Checking it now. I'm having the same problem with stock aircraft too. Hopefully I'll get some solutions from the 'old men'. Cheers bud

Now all I need is to get the afterburner effects working Any ideas folks?

A couple of hours later; after an SF2 re-installation and a little reading up: NOW I can start playing the SF2 series the way it was meant to be played. Thanks for the help suhshake

New Mouse for Women After years of research, scientists have discovered that women do not like the standard mouse given away with PC's. Scientists found that there is not a physical reason for their aversion; It is more of a Psychological problem.. Some women reported that their mouse 'just didn't feel right' in their hands. Based on the research,a new mouse has been designed especially for women. Various field tests have been carried out on the new design: Julie from Dublin said:- 'It feels so much better. More comfortable, more like how it's supposed to be' Sinnita from Manchester added:- 'I think mice were originally designed just for men, but this new type is definitely made for women.. It fits right in with my lifestyle' Denise from Belfast :said - 'I took to it like a duck to water, every woman should have one'! Mary From Southampton Said - "It feels so natural"

I agree totally. It's becoming the same here. On a similar note; couple of years ago a farming pensioner who lived on his own was jailed for the manslaughter of a Traveller (Gypsy), whom he killed with his shotgun while that guy was in the process of burgling his house. This poor guy had to live amongst real scum in jail until the Government finally relented following pressure from a nationwide campaign by his friends, relatives and the general public. What's wrong (I think) is that as a whole, society has become too soft, laws have become too lax. Take for example corporal punishment. I'm sure a lot of people will agree with me that, ok, it wasn't very pleasant for the person on the receiving end, but it did teach me and others the meaning of the saying 'if you don't want to do the time then don't do the the crime'. When I was twelve I was caught stealing batteries for my cassette walkman from a local supermarket. When I got home from the police station my Father took his belt off and gave me the hiding of my life. And ever since I was old enough to understand why he did that, I thought and still do think he was absolutely right What have you got these days? For f**k sake, everywhere I look I see the kids in control of the households. I dread to think what society will be like in twenty or thirty years

You'd be surprised what a little boredom on a Friday night can make you do .......

Can anyone help me with this 'little' problem I've been having since (I think) the Dec. '09 Patch:

Looks like someone's gonna be needing a little medical assistance after landing ....... that's if he manages to land

Very good question. More to the point; what was wrong with the SFG SA-8 vehicle model? Using the 'B' model for the 'A' doesn't look right. Must copy over the old model from my stored SFG files for that purpouse

Now that's what I call 'meat and two veg'! SF2 compatible?

Nice one Fubar. I went to my weapons folder, changed the name of the SA-8 to 'SA-8A' and then made the corresponding changes to the SA-8 vehicle DATA.INI file: [Missile1] SystemType=MISSILE MissileID=1 WeaponTypeName=SA-8A WeaponPosition=-1.18,-0.61,3.63 ShowMissile=FALSE IndependentPitchMovement=FALSE [Missile2] SystemType=MISSILE MissileID=2 WeaponTypeName=SA-8A WeaponPosition= 1.18,-0.61,3.63 ShowMissile=FALSE IndependentPitchMovement=FALSE [Missile3] SystemType=MISSILE MissileID=3 WeaponTypeName=SA-8A WeaponPosition=-0.74,-0.61,3.63 ShowMissile=FALSE IndependentPitchMovement=FALSE [Missile4] SystemType=MISSILE MissileID=4 WeaponTypeName=SA-8A WeaponPosition=0.74,-0.61,3.63 ShowMissile=FALSE IndependentPitchMovement=FALSE This file namechange was also made in the SF2 Weapon Editor. End result - voila: There was no problem at all in the first place with the SA-8B Launcher Vehicle so I left that alone. Thanks again to all for your patience and assistance. At least now I won't be seeing Chitty-Chitty Bang Bang heading towards me at 3,000ft over enemy territory

I'm planning on purchasing a new laptop next week which will be suitable for gaming as well as normal pc duties. Obviously if I want full enjoyment from my games I'll need to have a pretty high-end graphics card. But I'm not so sure which card to look out for; so I thought I'd ask the more technically knowledgeable members here what they think would be a safe bet.

Great advice guys. Keep it coming. I won't be buying anything until at least next Wednesday, so the more advice the better my end decision then

Followed your instructions to the letter. Just got the chance to test it now. Negative result unfortunately:

I've just posted it on the Third Wire forum with a link to this page. Thanks for your help and advice so far, lads.

I'm using the Weapons Pack that Killerbee put together last year for the SF2 games. BTW; to save anyone asking, I haven't changed any entries in the DATA.INI file except the country of origin, which I've put down as Paran. Suhshake; I've tried entering the same screenshot as above in a post on the ThirdWire site, but for some stupid reason a message keeps popping up telling me that my image must be at least 0 pixels by 0 pixels or something like that

No. I only noticed it the other day, but I might do that as well.

Anybody know if the EMI Recon Pod is in Killerbee's SF2 Weapon pack? If not; where can I find it? Here's an earlier shot from (I think) Sundowner on the Screenshot Thread:

Cheers bud

My Father's already looking for this

I just can't resist those twilight snaps

Ode to Spinners the Innovative Tornado F.3; No.5 Squadron, Royal Dhimari Air Force, April 1990

Saved you the bother, my friend - Voila: