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To get sharper quality increase your DPI (dots per Inch) on the skin you are working with, there is a decal tutorial floating around somewhere...the bugger is elusive I thought it was at this site, checked McFlys, and SIMHQ, nojoy, it may be on my HD somewhere. ANYONE HAVE THE DECAL TUTOIAL??? I will post it for DL if some has it. Cheers Beer

Fates and I have the same motherboard as you (we are running 2.4 AMD's). Two things stand out. 1. the Soundblaster (Fates and I are using on board sound) 2. That Corsair RAM is not "approved" by ASUS for your board. I have 3200 DDR Samsung I Believe Fates is running 2700 DDR Samsung Perhaps pulling your soundblaster (Disable it) and seeing if that is it cause. Also ensure that the onboard audio is disabled (you know that I am sure, but had to mention it) so it does not confilt with the SB (run one or the other) I have successfully used the following video cards with SFP-1 on that ASUS board. GF4 4600ti, GF FX 5600 256 ATI 9800 Radeon Pro Fates is running the Radeon 9700 AIW Pro Don't think its a video card issue. Cheers Beer

That VF-84 Skin started as 4096x4096 and worked in game, I did not realize that the file was 14 megs or so (it zipped to less than 3 megs) when I did the first distribution of it. I really think looking into the decals is worth your time but if you are not willing to look into it thats your choice. The country decals are "built in" in game as are nose numbers. Cheers Beer

AD I missed your post about helping with the PHM. I could use it. The new gun does not work it is 180 out. (not sure but maybe it is the direction I created the gun, a cylinder either drawn barrel end to turrent or turrent to barrel end...would this matter?) The harpoon canisters (8 total) are way over your 10 side rule. The transparent windows are not showing correctly in game. I would be delighted to have you tweak it. Note I still have unwrapping troubles but if you unwrap it I can skin it over if you have to totally rebuild sections. The missile workers get Surface to surface missiles going yet? Email me or PM me and I will send the files. beer at retrorelics dot net

Using decals is pretty cool to, look for the decal tutorial on this site of search for decals in the forums and see what you can pick up in knowledge, column5 and some others are decal masters. Cheers Beer

I have read post where when the AGP setting in the bios were changed from say 8x (or Auto) to 4x that that solved the problem...since you have tried the other stuff try that. Cheers Beer

OK I have started the planning of "Project Cowboy" you can follow its progress at this link... http://www.retrorelics.net/jim/cowboy.htm To keep you entertained there are two tracks (no Vids) at the bottom of the page. Gin and Juice remix by Dave Matthews and Blues Travelers (I think Porkchop will enjoy that one) Metallica/Kid Rock American Bad Ass Mix Cheers Beer

wow THAT BEATS THE 2.4 AND THE 9800 STOCK 8) LOL I am gonna send ya my machine for some of that magic! CHeers Beer

Impressive! I got a Tbred 2100 that is going in the ASUS A7V8X board when I pull the 2.4and put that in the Abit NF-7S when I get home. Was setting up the Abit NF-7S board and was having overtemp troubles when I put the 2.4 in it, I think I had some excess thermal paste on it and it got squirelly, put it back in the ASUS board (never had overtemp trouble before with it) and it had the same trouble, pulled the cpu cleaned off the excess paste (happened while sliding the fan around), and the cpu is stable again. Ran outta time and had to come to the ship (else you would have recieved the new system for your magic :D Abit NF-7S 2.4 AMD (may buy a 2.7 for it) 1 gig 3200 DDR Samsung RAM Radeon 9800 That 2.1 need to be unlocked? to get it to think it is a 2.6 like your screenshot? See ya Thursday nite :D Cheers Beer

I got a Tbred 2100 that is going in the ASUS A7V8X board when I get home. Gonna drop the 2.4 in the Abit NF-7S when I get home. That 2.1 need to be unlocked? to get it to think it is a 2.6 like your screenshot? See ya Thursday nite :D Cheers Beer

Do you have MSFS? It may have found the Microsoft Flight Sim (same .exe name different directory). Rename the Microsoft exe then apply the patch it should find the Strategy First version only then. Then rename the MSFS back to it origional name. If ya dont have MSFS don't know what to tell ya. Cheers Beer

Radeon 9800 Pro on the above machine. Cheers Beer

OK got the wife a new card Asylum GF FX 5600 and dropped it in for a quick test. CPU OC to 2115 from 2000 (AMD 2.4) About 1000 points increase from the GF4 in the 2003 3D mark (Direct X 9.x test). The 2001 3D mark was slightly less then the GF4 4600ti. Well short of Fates 2003 Mark, the diff I believe the Clock Speed of the graphics Processor. The card tested is also 256 megs of memory, this did not seem to help much. The Card is 8x AGP where the GF4 4600Ti is not. Cheers Beer

PC Pilot...I don't have a day job! LOL I am the nite relief for the Captain when I do work. The words are memorized, my previous ship was an ROV support vessel, we spent alot of time at the dock waiting for work or waiting on parts for the ROV, I used to sing that song live around the Beer cooler at the dock. Great fun! I think my next one will be Kid Rocks "Cowboy" Cheers Beer

Live showing next Wednesday Nite 4 June, at that Bar on Bourbon Street (Rumrunners I think?), New Orleans, Got the Rig Manager and his Boss to entertain (this could make or break my shot at any new construction Captains/Mate Jobs) :D I will see if I can get someone to DV it fer me 8). Another live showing likely at the Dayton Airshow in July. :D Cheers Beer

Fates was toying with FRAPS, while I was toying with SVHS outputs to a DV camera... Here you have a multiplayer dogfight Mig vs F4 video is 5 megs... This is FRAPS with the game at 800x resolution. Put into MS moviemaker and output as a wmv http://www.retrorelics.net/jim/FilesDL/Movie_0004.wmv Cheers Beer

Welcome Preventer :) Lets see if we can stir up some overclocking interest here! Cheers Beer

Fates I am coming fer ya! Better save up fer a new card or learn to speed up the old one ATI 9800 inbound, and Preventer is gonna out do your 2001 score with a GF3 and a 2100 AMD on my board :) Cheers Beer

Fates passed me a 3ds sparrow launcher I have not looked at it yet but will sometime this week when I get home, I think its the box launcher found on carriers. Cheers Beer

Its at 7200, the Soviet DD was over 10,00 and worked, I am getting better at the lowering the count but I think many expierenced modelers will think that the 7200 is still too two high, I am also not doing .lod of various poly counts as I probably should be for what shows up at various distances. Also no damage .lods. I guess those will be next as I gain more expierence. Cheers Beer

Latest rendering of the improved PHM. Cheers Beer

Very Cool! Cheers Beer

The ODB and other squads (GFA, 87FIS) from Janes USAF are planning on meeting at the Dayton Ohio Show (Mid July). Being the 100th anniversery of flight, it promises to be a good one! Will post pics and an article (likely in conjunction with Fates) hopefully with streaming media (wife was pissed when I picked up the camera last month :)) Here is a link http://simdayton.homestead.com/links.html Cheers Beer

Half Life was a great break from Quake 2 (another excellent game). I am looking forward to this title, online multiplayer/lan play was a blast. Nuthin like blasting the player next ya to bits (especially if they are your friends kids!) Cheers Beer

Yep, it will be my next project, just want to get the PHM better, to tie all the the things I have learned thus far together. I am on the ship for the next two weeks, hopefully between working on my site, the PHM and the honey do list I will start up the LST in June. Cheers Beer