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Ras, im pretty sure that axe was the host almost all nite, and i did change my ip to his in the forum. Late (around 10ish) we did switch to mad just for a few minutes to check out some things,,,, Safest thing to do is just get on teamspeak, and see whats going on there, but the post for a 6/2 game was up in the mp forum. Sorry you missed it.. I plan on having a gme up tonight (wed)

This is a quote from eric, its at the end of stumpers post about the mp turnout last weekend I would be interested in providing a static MP session(s) and static Teamspeak server for OFF. I would be interested to know what the "community" at large would need to make this a viable solution for always having a game up and running that could be joined and if this would be useful. can only lead to good things....

WOW!!!!!!! LOL...lost for words here eric... I think that would be an incredidbly good idea. Kinda like the old rb3d days,,,when u just go on,,found an open game,,,and joined in,,,,(lousy raf's always used to lock their games.....) Assuming at start, this would be a single format game (dogfight), just want to bring up one point. For whatever reasons, Lets say you only have 2 pilots in a dogfight Mp game, then chances are you are going to see planes spin as they fly,,,sometimes even flying backwards, and quite often you get the scenario of a pilot seeing his opponent right in front of them, only to be shot down from the same opponent. Switch to a mission, with around 10 MP pilots, and another 10 ai wingmen, all sorts of flax, ground objects, 12 or so AI enemy planes diving in on us, and there is NEVER the kind of "funny stuff" you see in dogfight. Every so often you see planes "twiching" if you will, but that always goes away. Unfortunatly, it was the kind of stuff you saw in dogfights that turned alot of players away from MP. Had they stayed on long enough for the mission segment to evolve, they would have love it, but, what they saw in dogfighting was enought to stop them from coming back. I wish i knew more about servers, and gaming software, and I dont know if what you are offering would be able to support mission play, but if so, imho that would promote MP alot better. Dying to see where all this leads. Thanks again eric ps,,and belive your right about the direetplay8, as it seems alot of pilots get security alerts from windows asking if the want to block or unblock directplay8...

ok,,,think you have to do 2 things... one is make sure the cd version of cfs3 you have is the 1.3 version. Some cds i guess are already patch to that,,some are not. If its not, there are plenty of links here to the ms download site. and the latest patch for bhah (1.30 and then the 1.30c minimpatch) are the only updates you have to get for bhah...they bring you right up to speed. after that, there is the optioanal damage model patches....normal,,(hard to kill,,hard to b killed) and hard....

groan....... did paris,,,,5 days,,,got up every day at 8,,,had the maps guides ect ect,,,ran around till usually about 5ish....saw everything there was to see. From there went to london, and started the whole thing over again,,,on the third day we are looking at big ben,,when it dawned on both of us we couldnt give 2 s**ts if we saw big ben or not....That was the last time we ever wasted our time seeing stuff we thout we had to see just "cause we were there".....drove straight to stonehendge,,,and did just about the whole northern coast of the uk...

whew,,,had to zip over to google to convert that to us.... sorry to see you had to shell out so much for cfs3....but worth every penny....

Will have a game up around 730 edt. Open to all pilots. Anyone who has not yet played mp but would like to, Good oppurtunity to join in. Its always more important to us to get a pilot up and running than to play a session. This can be for anything players want. Along that line, it would be extremly helpful if mp pilots would give us input as to what types of mp play they like to see the most, and even more important, if they have any ideas for mp games that would throw some variety into the mix. Hopefully soon , we will be getting mp a little more organized, with a little more varity that appeals to everyone, and are shooting for a scenario where sessions will be scheduled in advance, so players can have more time to adjust thier times/schedules to make games. Depending on amount of players joining, might be a good oppurtunity to have other people host that have not yet done so. As the burden of "entertaining" the other players rests on the host, its very helpful if pilots can chip in and say what they would like to play. will post ip when game is up in mp forum, and will be on teamspeak

game is down may change hosts,,,,,so watch forum just working on a few things before i start the game. This can be for anything players want. Along that line, it would be extremly helpful if mp pilots would give us imput as to what types of mp play they like to see the most, and even more important, if they have any ideas for mp games that would throw some variety into the mix. Hopefully soon , we will be getting mp a little more organized, with a little more varity that appeals to everyone, and are shooting for a scenario where sessions will be scheduled in advance, so players can have more time to adjust thier times/schedules to make games. Depending on amount of players joining, might be a good oppurtunity to have other people host that have not yet done so. As the burden of "entertaining" the other players rests on the host, its very helpful if pilots can chip in and say what they would like to play. will post ip when game is up, and will be on teamspeak

lol...yeah,,i sorta figured that,,,guess i was the only one who didnt know how to fix it thou...that should be worth something...

I belive that was me........lol...and i wasnt with u the entire mission,,,,,crashed on landing in my plane.., and respawned in your plane as gunner....

Pol, Thats interesting,,,,I don't think anyone I have run into has completly understood the purpose of that mission drop down from the "active pilot for duty" screen. But can you explain in more detail, just how the "Current Campaign Mission - Custom Missions Available" option ties into a pilots campaign? Just curious

ok,,just a test of a pic i put into an album.... ok,,,guess you use the first option,,,,the bbcode one... And as far as the uploading files goes, I think we may be squared away now, but there are limits on what u may do with other's peoples work, so at first we were not able to just put everything up there for grabs..

try it like this... overflandersfields shortcut>workshop>cfs3qc option at bottom>at next window leave everything as is and just hit "go to field" bottome right. You will get a quick combat medal, click on it, and you get this screen click on location, and change the season to winter, and scroll to the weather you want....naturally you also select your plane,,,opponents plane etc etc.... I started this at 10k feet, and had to drop to 7k before i got to the snow (ie i was above it....)

This happens to everyone. (offmanager>missions>custom missions available>hung....) pretty easy work around it you want to get there thou... Offmanager>multiplayer>from the drop down select any turkey shoot, and that should take you to a window with 2 medals....multiplayer (which i know you are going to try eventually,,) and a misssions medal....clicking on the missions medal you get a flyout with 3 tabs,,,,,mission pack,,quick combat, and campaign,,( or something close to that).. the contents of each tab in the flyout is what you have for missions in your whatif, historical,,,and training folders in your missions folder. Seems like everyone is putting any addon missions into training folder, as it makes it easier all the way around... Note,,,this has nothing to do with campaigns,,,its just the way you get around that hang from the missions option in the off manager..

well..put off3 back on!!!!

Now that was a great idea...everything in one convienent package...

lol..guess ive been a busy man.... I did notice know that some pics i uploaded where in the vicinity of 5.5 mb, not sure how they got that big as most are around 250k And appreciate the link, but still dont see the option that i would have clicked on to get me there,,,,if you could explain that to me?

Seems my limit is maxed out, and i can not find where i delete old stuff i've uploaded..... if someone could outline how to get there, would appreciate it...

Ras We wont stop till you are up and running,,so its just a matter of time...

http://www.overflandersfields.com/Tips.htm this worked for me (had it bookmarked) but your right,,,the link you posted gave me 404....

Anyone that has a compter these days probably has a powerstrip for it,,,and if they are like me,,they have another powerstrip plugged into the powerstrip, and so on and so on.... Lowes is discontinuing a line of 4 ft powerstrips with 8 outlets..plenty of room for all those stuipid poweradaptors. Mfg is MONO-SYSTEMS Model SSC52.....note that there seem to be 2 differnt sizes (48 and 52) that go under the same model number, but they are the same price around here....10.97..originaally 42.00 And they do have hardward for wall mounting... they are in a display that has that track you use for hiding wires that run along a wall..(some of that is on clearence too).... I emptyied out the lowes i went to (5 of them).

gotta redo my thinking on this.... ok,,,it looks like you CAN have the addons available for AI planes,,IF they are flyable planes.....so, you can fly against them,, but you cant fly them in qc,,,,but i do think there is a fix for this,,just dont know what it is.... ras,,,try it like this.. start game from off manager, (this is how you normally start) from next screen,,go to workshop..... at the workshop screen, there is a quick combat option at the bottom.....click on it... next screen is where you select your plane,,,opponets plane ect ect,,,,just leave it as it is,,,and hit "go to field" next window should be a quick combat medal...click on it... next window you can selcet your plane,,,opponets plane,,,location (which includes time and weather),,,,,and the addons should show up in the drop downs for the available planes for both you and your opponent....but it appears that you can only use them for opponents,,,try it both ways if you want,,,maybe it will work differently for you.... unless i typed this wrong,,and/or you have your planes in the wrong folders.....it should work

lol...oh boy,,,,,,,i gotta ton of work here,,,but will do my best to get on for a few...

glad that worked out for you. And yes, joing mp is just a matter of entering the hosts ip after you have gottin to the join private game option. planes you probably should get are the gotha and zepplin, as we us them alot in missions.. http://forum.combatace.com/index.php?showtopic=41774 go to posts #4 and #5 for these planes. They go into your airplane folder in your overflandersfields directory.... that is usa time,,,(sorry), but we have been doing afternoon sessions for pilots in the uk and italy. Im sure we can work a time out for a few mp games that would be both good for you and good for us....no use having to play at 3am..... look forward to seeing you in a game! ps...so,,whos the better pilot,,,you or your dad??????