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Yes. Repeatedly. And nothing happened. I was still getting total white-out clouds all the way down to 5000 ft. That's what got me to thinking that something was wrong. I'd never seen so much bad weather in one place before.

OK. Thanks very much.

Here's what they be. I don't recall changing anything after the last install.

I think I know what the Brits would say. Installation gone hinky? Possibly. I did a fresh re-install about two weeks ago with both CFS3 and OFF. But I was still getting problems with the 'Processing...' error message and the blue dial when I tried to get to an on-line game. The error message seems to have gone away, thanks to the good offices of Sitting Duck and Axegrinder. I'll try again. Howe're; perhaps the question should be...While I know that QC reflects the progression of the seasons, am I flying in the same weather I would encounter if I were out in a campaign over Bertincourt? If so, then I can understand an extended bad patch. I've just never seen so much of it, and changing the season doesn't help.

So does this mean that 'protracted-bad-weather-in-QC-despite-changes-in-season" is normal...or not?

You certainly have the touch with G-Max, Stump. Great looking model!

He certainly was thorough.

Yeah, I spent my career as a commercial artist. Before computers, all typesetting had to be precisely pasted in place. Rubber Cement and Rubber Cement Thinner were staples on the desk of every artist. The thinner was just a can of Benzene. About the time I was ready to retire, they started posting little warnings on the can saying it's not a good idea to breath this stuff. Thanks

Tonight, [Thursday] Sitting Duck, saburo and Axegrinder got me set up with TeamSpeak. Then we made the big jump to getting on-line with Multi-Player. This put me back to square one, as every attempt crashed CFS3. I described the Alpha-numeric error message to Duck. It can be clicked through, but always takes four or five tries. He found it odd. I described the Blue Dial [which I always see when going to the field in QC] He found that doubly odd. I e-mailed screen caps to him. He forwarded to Axe. Seems I'm the only one to see them so far. Anything look familiar?

Well, something worked! I checked the link, read the postings, and as I was trying to sort out which piece of advice to attempt, I saw the offer at the bottom to do a Vista Check. I downloaded the app. and ran it. It found 624 things that should be fixed. I cliked on the GO button. It did its number but then informed me that with the free download you can only fix 15. I figured this was 15 each time you ran the scan. Nope. It's was 15 only. Ever. Unless you buy the program. I left, went to Control Panel and uninstalled it. However; I opened OFF and, on a whim, cliked Multi-Player. It took me out to the field [with the two medals on the left]. I did not see the Error Message, but I did see the blue dial. Cool. So, I backed out of there and did a bit of QC. When I got back to the desktop, I tried the CFS3MP icon. Again, it took me out to the field. Blue dial, no Error Message. So it looks like Multi-Player is now an option for me. And just doing the mini-scam may well have shaken things loose. Thanks for the help.

Very interesting. Thanks. But...how did it come to be called 'dope'? I'm sure it's not a a drug reference, given the times. [unless you got dopey from the fumes].

No problem. The malware people out there are very sneaky. 'Can't be too careful.

OK. My Tech guys [who built my machine] installed the Anti-Malware Scanner when they did the set-up, but I'll check to make sure I'm running the latest version.

Here we go....

A 'hat switch'? TrackIR?

That's a very modern looking color photo. Is this a real WWI Camel, or a broken replica? Any idea of when it was taken?

Me neither. Today. Yesterday I thought they were normal!

I'm running the 'Xpolsive' version. I got it, I believe, on Amazon.com

I'm trying to collaboarate with my friend Valen in California [where I used to live] in setting up my computer as a server so we can link up and fly together. Partly to stay in touch [with Teamspeak] and partly to get some on-line experience before I jump into the water with the rest of you sharks. Problem is, when I choose Multi-Player, it starts to load, I get to see the blue dial, then, as the picture of the 'pilots leaving barracks' appears, I get the notice that CFS3 has stopped working. I've uninstalled both CFS3 and OFF and done a complete fresh installation and downloaded the 1.30 patch and the 1.30c Valen tells me that I should arrive at a screen with several medals, and proceed on from there. Anyone know where I'm going wrong?

Yes and no. Teamspeak is up and running, thanks to Duck, with Saburo and Axegrinder kibbitzing from the sidelines. Multi-Player still crashes CFS3. Check the new thread: "Anybody recognize these?"

...and do you remain jinxed to this day? Or did you beat the curse? Better yet, is your problem that CFS3 crashes?

I get presented with an endless list of server addresses. Am I suppossed to find you in the list? Or am I missing the place to enter the address? This is terra incognita for me.

OK. The deed is done. Did a two-part install: Teamspeak 2 RC2 and Teamspeak 2 Server.

When I look at skins, much of the underlying aircraft framework seems to be illustrated as part of the skin. Is it possible to use Bump Maps? G-Max supports Bump Maps, but I don't see any provision for them.

From the info I'm seeing here, it seems like the ROF folks have constructed an on-line Rube Goldberg machine. Probably works flawlessly on paper, and in beta with friends, but will stumble in practice. Sounds very complicated from on the administrative, home-office end of things. I suspect that if they can keep it flying for a year as they add planes [as they must] there will be a boxed, single-player, off-line version.