PG_Raptor

Yeah, I was getting some error like "IE could not open this web page, operation aborted"

I guess I should update... when I originally posted that, I thought Handy_Randy was Randy Pitchford, the developer. However, I've seen some of that guys other posts, and there is NO WAY that is the developer, unless he feels like he needs to screw his project and company over. So take that with a grain of salt.

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Wow... WWI... I didn't think there was anybody left. They'd have to be at least 104 years old by now. Wow

LMAO!!! AHHH, that's funny!!! LOL!

I'm sure some of you have seen this before, but I found it going through a pile of papers today, and it made me chuckle, so I thought i'd share it with ya And I got this when my professor passed it out during class (accidentally, which made it even more funny)

NOPE!!! That's the expected figure for Halo 2 opening day sales. Actually, they're expecting $100 million for opening day sales, $85 million for presales. that's a lot of cash! http://news.teamxbox.com/xbox/7173/Halo-2-...irst-Day-Sales/

What a beautiful dog... I'm sorry for your loss, pc. Even I'm starting to tear up...

I dunno, I gotta figure out how first, lol

Does anyone know if it is possible to have a dedicated server for PF? I might need to set one up to get some interest for my squad...

Oh, and by the way, I'm running PF on a laptop, 1.4 GHz Centrino, 512 Mb PC2700 RAM, and integrated graphics (which has access to up to 64 Mb of RAM). Even with this lower end system, I have all the settings on high-excellent, and the game runs great. the fps meter says I'm getting only 9 fps or so, but I know it's a lot higher than that, it's absolutly smooth. The only time I've seen it not smooth is when A. smoke is loading (once the textures are loaded it runs just fine) B. With all 32 planes going in a dogfight at once, but just for a few seconds. Great game!

I just got done flying a mission in PF, and took some screenshots. Enjoy! On the carrier deck getting ready to go... And one of my formation on the way to intercept. I'm the second one in. In the midst of the engagement, my lead decided to fly straight for a while, effectively giving the Zero's a line up on me, and I got some good shots through my right wing. What really annoyed me, though was that the added drag kept me from going all that fast, and my lead kept yelling at me for not keeping up :threaten: Oh well, I finally got back to the carrier, and landed, albeit hard.

Hmm, odd... I dunno about why it messed up. Are you sure it didn't install correctly? Can you still fly the sim with all of your stuff? If nothing anyone else says helps you, I would say you have to reinstall it. Make sure you backup. If you know anything about how the addon files work, do what I've done: I've created a seperate backup file that I keep a copy of all of my addons in, as if they were installed. That way, if I need to reinstall anything, all I have to do is copy the backup file into my main FS2004 folder, and that automatically puts all the addon files in the right place, organized the way I want them. It makes it a lot easier to find stuff too.

I know you're getting tired of me asking about the shop but I'm just wondering, does cafepress make case badges? That would be cool to add to the list of stuff we can buy.

I heard about this a while ago, and I just found this mouse. Sounds like a good idea, but I don't think I'd go for it personally. Just thought some of you might find this interesting MonsterGecko PistolMouse FPS

Hey guys, I just thought of something. What with all the planes in PF, it would take one person a long time to figure out the advantages/disadvantages to each plane. So when you've flown/flown against a plane, post what you noticed about its performance. P-40 = I've always liked the rugged look of the P-40, but after flying it in PF, I'm not so sure it's as good as I imagined. It seems to stall really easily in sharp turns. One really needs to learn to ease into maneuvers. If you don't, you'll find yourself in the dirt very quickly. I havn't really tinkered much with the plane, so I can't really talk about it's total fighting ability though. P-38 = Again, I havn't spent much time with this plane. However, in the little time I did spend with it, I learned that this plane is VERY fast. Two engines make a difference :D However, I didn't think it was that good in a turning battle, as it also stalls pretty fast with abrupt inputs. F4F-3 = Again, havn't spent too much time with this one. It did seem to be a good turning fighter though, and rather agile. However, I don't think it's got the power to fight vertically. I could be wrong, most of the time I spent with it I didn't realize that I had complex engine managment on, and thus the cowl flaps were closed :blush2: Oh well, you might have better luck. F4U-1C = I really like this plane. It's decently agile on the horizontal, though not the best. It's strength comes with it's power. Unlike some of these other planes, it's got the guts to keep a fight vertical, which can be a huge advantage against some lighter, more agile aircraft. It's also decently fast, so I've been able to outrun some Zeros once I got too wounded to keep yanking with them. Oh, and it's armament is awsome, the cannons are very powerful. Tears a Zero to shreads on the first pass :D B-25 = Gunner positions are fin :D A6M2 = I already knew that this plane was very light, and very agile. And it's modeled into PF well. Fighting against it in my Corsair, I was luckily able to keep the fight vertical, which I already knew the Zero was pretty weak. However, I was not aware that the Zero could climb very fast, although not sustained. Makes sense, I just hadn't thought of it before. So yeah, almost lost a battle because of that :D I know you guys have experience with several of the other planes. Put up what you know and have found!

Yeah, see, that's my problem, I'm concentrating too much on one plane, the F4U-1C. I could probably start kicking some butt in that plane. But put me in a P-40, and you'll see me stall out many times before I learn to handle it right. Put me in a F4F-3, and you'll see me try to go into a vertical battle without the necessary power. I've tried the P-38, man is that thing fast, but it also stall's really easily, at least from what I've seen of it, it's not a turning fighter. So we'll see how it all ends up. Someday I'll master all of them, but for now, I'm pleased with just the F4U-1C :D

Yeah, it took me a while before I could take off too. The P-40 also stalls really easily, you really gotta learn to coax it, though it's not too bad once you do.

Man, I am so out of practice... All I've been doing for the past several days is doing 1 on 1 dogfights. I've gotten back into the sqing of things, I think, so I've been trying to find different planes capabilities and such. There's so many planes to figure out though... I've mainly only used the F-4 Corsair, but I've touched on the hellcat a little too. But man, I'm having fun doing it. I'm gonna have to practice a LOT, but I think in the end it will pay off.

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Hey, if anyone wants to test out PF's multiplayer, IM me on MSN Messenger at pg_raptor@hotmail.com. I'd like to hit it up. And to shoot you down ;)

I guess then my next reply would be to make sure your graphics card isn't overheating. Other than that, can't help ya :(

So yeah, I just spent the last, oh, 5 hours or so relearning how to fight in the air again Man, this game rocks!!! It's been a few years since I've flown a combat sim, so I had to relearn everything. After playing MOH for a year or more, I'm ready to go back to flying. I remember that back in CFS, in my prime, I was able to take on at least 3 or 4 waves of 9 Ace axis fighters. I just spent 5 hours trying to beat 1 Normal/Experienced PF Fighter And it was great! I'm glad to say that I think I put up a hell of a fight the whole way around. I was flying and fighting a F4U-C in a 1vs1 showdown. Even at Experienced, he was only able to knock me down 4 or 5 times. I think I only ever got 1 actual, deserved kill on him, and unfortunetly, I forgot to save the track :( Though I did beat him more than that, I don't think I deserved some of them, because some of them the AI just starting straight and level once I got on his tail. Oh well, the target practice was good ;) Most of the other matches ended up in collisions, me pushing the eject button on accident All in all, I see a huge potential in this game. I'm running this game on a lower end laptop (Centrino 1.4, 512 PC333 RAM, integrated video), and I have a lot of fairly high settings with smooth frame rates. I don't know about multiplayer yet, but so far I am very happy with this game. PG_Raptor Mister Pilot Man

Hmm... I was gonna say it was AAA fire... but no, there' too much for that. Second thought was water reflection problems. But that doesn't look like the case either. Hmm. Does it do that during flying?

I did stand alone, only because I don't have AEP and FB. The way it's set up though, stand alone can't fly with PF+AEP+FB, and vice versa. So what they recommend in the readme is that you install it both stand alone and PF+AEP+FB. That way you can play either.