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Now the files have disappeared altogether! They have been gone now over 2 weeks. Ive PM'd Fates but no reply and no fix. HELP!

This notice was recieved from Sonalyst and posted by the NWP team on their forum... "Jane's Fleet Command - Installer and Game Update (Windows XP) We have updated Fleet Command to address some "sound stability issues" that caused the game to crash when running under Windows XP. In addition,the Fleet Command install patch will soon be updated. The patches will be available for download in the near future..."

Also MJ, I noticed there was a readme concerning installing FC in WinXP. It can be done, lol. Sorry for no link but its in the NWP forum listed above in the "Files" section. I have to get my butt back to work now... :D

All you FC'rs have waited a long time for this one. Its in an auto-installer which will make things a whole easier. This was posted on the Naval Warfare Project forums... "NWP v17 is now available for download. Go here.. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NWS-NWP/links Thanks NWS Team Director" While your there, you need to take a look at the new ship models in the Photos section. They are very nice!

Wise advice to be sure. That little voice inside your heart, that annoying little voice that seems to always be saying dont do that...doesnt hurt to listen once in awhile...and funny thing is, my life is still fun. ;)

WHOA! Thats cool Gramps, Im impressed! Nice skin...the plane, not you... :D Cool story too. :)

Life's too short to be unhappy. You can find good in even the toughest times, you just got to learn to LOOK for it. You know one thing thats pretty neat, it doesnt matter how old you are. If you start exercising, your body has an amazing recuperative ability. God really knew what he was doing. It applies to other things as well. Being an old cowboy, I used to chew Copenhagen all the time, a can a day for 22 years. I started having bad problems with my gums and teeth. I was told I had pre-cancer even. Well once I quit, (I got real good at quitting, I did it a LOT), and given some time and care, about 3 years, I went back to the dentist for a routine cleaning and cancer screening. She told me I had the gums of a teenager! Now occasionally, I have a non tobbacco mint chew or herbal chew just to enjoy. I quit drinking hard, though still occasionally enjoy a beer or a shot. All my back and knee problems havent went away but they have SERIOUSLY moderated. I had a heart arythmia that has almost disappeared. Ive even learned to quit worrying like I used to about things. I had worked myself into panic attacks from all the stress about 10 years ago. They are GONE! Have been for about 5 years now. I just trust the Lord and grin and laugh a whole lot more, mostly at myself, (God knows I got plenty to laugh at there... ) Ya dont hafta kill yourself exercising. I started out a 30 minute walk a day 5 days a week. I'd walk a mile and a half, seems far but it isnt. I got to really enjoying it. It was a good time to think without interuption, to get some sun and fresh air. I actually looked forward to it. I often had good memories come to mind while walking. One of them was about my bike I had as a kid. So Then I decided I wanted to start bicycling again. So I bought a mountain bike and would ride it every other day a couple miles. Then I started lifting wieghts again a couple days a week. Now my exercise has evolved to where its 6 days a week an hour a day, biking every day, lifting wieghts 3 days a week, and walking or mountin hiking on Sunday. I'll often drive to the country and take a hike thru the hills with my dog and occasionally a freind. I still eat the foods I always ate, just not so much. I keep tabs on my wieght with a good digital scale, I count calories, even if only in my mind as the day progresses. I dont kill myself if I eat too much one day like if I go to a party at a freinds'; tommorrow is another day. Ive come to enjoy getting out and exercising. Im glad I can do it. God has really blessed my efforts. :) Whats intersting is how my workouts have evolved. As I came up with a better way of doing things, or if I got bored or just needed a break, or if say, my shoulder started getting sore, Id modify the workout. I dont do the same thing day after day because it would get boring and too much like a routine. I keep it interesting. And one day a week, I rest so I dont exhaust myself. Nearly did that once or twice. One time I worked out for 2 months without a day off, almost passed out at work from exhaustion. So I keep the Sabbath and rest, simple as that! Also, having back problems, I had to be careful with my back, so a lot of my lifting is from a bench lying flat. I do a lot of leg-lifts and bench presses, with pullups and pushups thrown in. Ive seen how it doesnt matter if you are disabled in some way. You can still do SOMETHING. Unless you are a complete paraplegic, you can still do arm exercises, or even do like the wheelchair guys who race. Ask them what they do to stay fit. They are a great example of perserverance. Some of those guys are AWESOME! If I got into a fight with one of those guys, I'd hate to get close enough for him to grab ahold of me... You have to be patient. I did this over time. Ive been exercising since last May, but the chewing and drinking Ive finally been free of the last 7 years. Its all in the attitude. Dont look at it like work or like something youve GOT to do. Look at it likes its something you WANT to do, something you enjoy. Theres nothing like taking a walk in a park or the hills out of town. Ive often found myself smiling and thanking God... FORTITUDE: The COURAGE to PERSIST, the STRENGTH to ENDURE. This is what our grandparents had. Its what made this country great. Its an AMERICAN VALUE. Its something I am building...

Fates, the two hangar screen packs arent there! They were, now they aint??!!??

...ya gotta look at the good things. Was driving to church today, enjoying the scenary. Been green after all the rains lately and the sun was out, not a cloud in a cobalt blue sky. Had to chuckle when a thought occured to me... On the exercise front, been eating half what I normally do and biking, hiking, lifting wieghts 6 days a week, (not all at once), an hour a day. Lost 45 pounds since last May. Have to start buyin new pants, my old ones keep fallin down and embarrassing me. Why an attractive woman at work even said I was "lookin' goood." B) Me old confidence has been starting to reassert itself, so finally screwed up enough courage to asked this drop dead gorgeous woman at church, in my own screwed up stumbling dorky, (yet lovable and endearing), way if she would like to have coffee with me this afternoon and she said yes... had a great hour chatting with her. Gonna go for a hike in the hills soon and maybe a movie. Can you beleive that??!!?? Me with a living doll. Dangme Im JAZZED! (So the moral to this story is, dont spend ALL day in front of the computer, eat yur veggies, exercise, and quit pickin yur nose and you too might be asking a babe out someday. :D ) Then I took an IQ test a little while back that in a big surprise to me, said I wasnt a complete idiot. Took another that confirmed it. Matter of fact, I was downright pleased. So this morning while driving, the thought came to me and made me laugh...Jeff, you aint as fat, dumb, and ugly as you thought you were... ...life is good boys. :)

MJ, Glad to hear your ok and still kicking! Was starting to wonder. I figured it was RL stuff...darn world...

Nuns...I had nuns...they taught 6th grade at a school I went to...nuns...they hated children, or at least me...nuns...

Version 7 anniversary with all the manuals! Man am I stoked! Cant wait. Was hopin it would show today but not yet...

Ive been wondering myself about several of the new planes in AEP including the flyable ME-110. Found this thread on the Ubi forums, man, I cant wait to get this baby! ME-110 Thread

It was reported to me at SimHQ by someone trying to download my two latest hangar screens. They would click the link to download and be taken to some "Parent Directory". I tested it myself and found it to be as he said. I also tested one of the older files and it worked fine. Seems to only be the two new ones for some reason. And judging from the count of downloads of those files, this only recently started. I might also add as an aside, those two hangar screen packs had preview images uploaded also for previewing before downloading and they arent available for viewing.

...and ready for download at BiohazCentral SFP1 Downloads. The A-7 "Pack" includes two screens of the A-7B in VA-15 Valions colors during CAW-6 tour on the USS Independance CV-62. One screen is a screenshot, the other a photo. Hope you like them...let me know what screens you'd like next. Ill have my copy of PSP v7 here soon... :D

Im with Firehawk and seawolf on this one. Does anyone really doubt the enemy woulda done the same thing if given the chance? War is all about not giving the enemy the chance. I might point out, they were the ones who declared this war when they creamed 3000 people in the WTC so I cant find too much sympathy despite hating war as much as I do. I also expect those boys who did the shooting will be spending a lot of time in the coming months and years wondering if what they did was right, going far beyond all the rhetoric and so-called "glory" in their conscious. Killing is never easily reconciled for anyone with a heart, even in wartime. Its why civilized people turn to war only as a last resort. Those boys have earned my sympathy, they'll be carrying a scar not easily healed, a scar on the heart. Courage isnt nessesarily at its toughest facing an enemy who can kill you. Sometimes we are faced with having to do the hardest thing of all; taking another life, to protect our family and home... or our country. Its called duty.

This would be a good time to ask the girlfreind how much you mean to her... ;) Or you could just resort to my usual tactic and beg and grovel. It only hurts for a little while...then you play the game, hehe. :D

This thread at Ubi tells all...AEP out at EB! This is an early review by the Military Gamers group...AEP Review Some nice screens in the MGG Review, check 'em out. Im gettin all twitter-pated...:D

It'll be interesting to try to "tip" a V-1 out of its trajectory. It'll be neat to see a condor, FW-200, in flight too.

This was posted by Thunak on the ubi forums... "New Aircraft. Flyable: P-51B P-51C P-51D (N-9 gunsight) P-51D K-14 gunsight) P-63C P-38L P-38J YP-80 Shooting Star Me-163B He-162A-2 Ta-152H-1 Mistel Bf-109Z Ju-87D-5 Ho-229 Bf-110G-2 SPB (Tb-3 with two flyable I-16s under wings) IAR-80A IAR-81C Fiat CR.42 Fiat G.50 Ki-84-1a Ki-84-1b Ki-84-1c A6M2 A6M5 J8A – (Sweden Gloster Gladiator) Spitfire Mk.Vb (Merlin 45) 1941 Spitfire Mk.Vb (Merlin 46) 1942 clipped wings Spitfire LF.Mk.Vb (Merlin 50) 1943 Spitfire LF.Mk.Vb (Merlin 50) 1944 clipped wings AI-only Aircraft: B-17G Hawk 75A-3 Hawk 75A-4 Fi-103(V-1) with launcher Gloster Gladiator MK.I Gloster Gladiator MK.II C-47 FW200 New ground models: Willis MB Jeep – US Willis MBt Jeep – US Willis MBtc Jeep – US M16 self-propelled AAA Chevrolet truck Chevrolet ambulance Chevrolet radio truck Diamond T 5-ton truck Pup tent Pyramidal tent Command tent Pole with wires Pole no wires Bunker - small caliber guns Bunker -large caliber guns Bunker Elevated -large caliber guns Omaha Beach Bunker Observation Bunker Sandbags – Round Sandbags – Wall Caen Castle Chateau – Small. New ships Destroyer Tashkent Destroyer type 7/1944 M-Boat Battleship Tirpitz. Notes: These ships are made for use on European maps for creation of new missions. Ex.: Destroyer type 7/1944 is intended to be used for the allied forces and M-Boat – for Germany. In the View Object menu, text information is not present for every new model or object, because some of them were included as a bonus in the last moment. New Maps Normandy1 - Large historical map based on the Normandy coast and Northern France. Pre-Invasion state. Normandy2 - Large map based on Normandy and Northern France, with a non-historical Allied base off the French coast. Normandy3 - Large historical map based on the Normandy coast and Northern France. Post-Invasion state with 18 temporary Allied strips. Ardennes Summer - Non-historical medium sized summer map for online and offline play, loosely based on the Ardennes region. Ardennes Winter - Non-historical medium sized winter map for online and offline play, loosely based on the Ardennes region. Online8Islands - non-historical map featuring a “Pacific Theater” locale for online gameplay. Can also be used for user-made single missions and short campaigns. Online campaign Online campaign is a new, unique feature of this CD expansion. It is similar to coop mode, but missions are generated sequentially, with date, time and battlefield situation developing from one mission to another. Players' actions can influence it and top scores of players are recorded. System Requirements: IL-2: Forgotten Battles is required to play this expansion pack. Supported OS: Windows® 98/ME/XP/2000 (only) Processor: Pentium® III 800 MHz, AMD Athlon™ 800 MHz, newer recommended RAM: 256 MB RAM (1 GB RAM recommended) Video Card: 3D video card (DirectX® 9 compatible) w/ 32 MB RAM (128 MB recommended) Sound Card: DirectX 9 compatible DirectX Version: DirectX 9 or higher CD-ROM: 4X CD-ROM or better (not recommended for use with CD-RWs) Hard Drive Space: 1.1+ GB Multiplayer: Internet connection (56 kbps or better) or LAN" I can hardly wait! When was the last time you saw a Gloster Gladiater in a flight sim?? :D B)

Check out the link...SimHQ IL2FB Forum thread

Thanks Dagger, I bought a copy of PSP 7 anniversary edition with manuals for $40 on Ebay. The seller also included a digital photo program he had from JASC also. The fellas on SimHQ told me that PSP opens photoshop files no problem and most of them use it to do their image editing and aircraft skins. Very cool, cant wait till I get it. :)

Dagger, I think its pretty outstanding. It adds a LOT to the atmosphere of the game. I espesially like the inclement weather...makes me want to pee... :D The only things I noticed was, 1st, the layer was awefully high it seemed, since most inclement weather is usually lower, say around 3000 feet. 2nd, The layer should be thicker, say a couple thousand feet at least. 3rd, I LOVE to see some lightening, ala, F-22 lightning3 or IL2FB or Lomac. There may be nothing you can do about these things because of possible inherent deficiencies in the game engine, I could be wrong on both counts. Other than that pal, this is a very cool weather mod. Thanks for the effort. One more thing to make this game play ever better.

You oughta figure a way to incorporate SFP1 into it. Have the video splashed on the screen, kinda like projection TVs, throttle and stick inputs, everything...lol. Now THAT would be cool, hehe. :D B) If he's ever around San Diego let me know, Ill get a picture, lol.

Lets see...hmmm...I gots: IL2FB SFP1 Lomac BF1942 Unreal Tournament (First version) Strategic Command Combat Mission BO and BB Fighting Steel w/ Thunder at Sea addon Age of Mythology Rise of Nations Homeworld UT2004 demo CMAK demo Homeworld2 demo Probably a couple Im missing too but cant think of. (Im doing this at work on my laptop, hehe. SHHHHHH, dont tell...) :ph34r: PS. I also like and play once in awhile still Aliens vs Predator, Age of Empires2, Fleet Command, Aces High, etc. Yeah, Ima nut... Oh, and forgot to add, my 3 favorite sites, or at least the ones I visit the most, are Biohaz, SimHQ, and the Military Gamers Group.