pcpilot

Several times I have hosted a game on HL. In game all goes pretty well, though the framerates are mediocre. Then when I try to leave, all I get is a blank, black screen. I can sometimes see my mouse curser but often not. If I hit enter a few times, I can see activity on the HD light on my comp, but still the screen. I have to cntl-alt-del to restart the computer or use reset button. I had the same problem once in gamespy, (only time I tried gamespy). I am running P3 1ghz CPU 320 mb pc-133 ram intel 815E chipset Shuttle AE-22 MoBo Radeon 8500LE w/64MB DDR vidRam SB Live! X-gamer 5.1 :? :(

NDA? Ok Hollywood, ya got me there, mystery of the week. What is NDA? :?

Yeah, almost like a "near stall" effect. I agree, it would be a nice realism addon, espesially with force feedback.

Agreed, but this is something I DO hope they consider adding. It would be a shame to not eventually have the capability if we desire.

You made a good point Ranger. I do go with whatever the server/host decides are the rules for the game. No vulching rule?, then no vulching. I just like to comment on all those that dont think it is a real tactic.

Im about as technical as a canopener so I'll leave this stuff to you boys. From the sounds emanating from your posts I think your on to something. I agree with SD, any change to make things more realistic is a change for the better. I had noticed that the MiG-17 did seem awfully powerful. Good catch Column5.

Found this gem posted by MajorLee on the SimHQ forum, thought you guys would like to know. Check out the skins at this site! This dude is blowin and goin, turnin and burnin, rotatin and motivatin! Very nice skins AND a couple of repainted cockpits! It can be found here...http://www.marcfighters.hpg.ig.com.br/index.htm

This would be a nice addition to the game, having this multiplayer skin transfer capability. Make it another step towards being first class and competition for other sims.

Found a Tutoril on editing Decals here...http://www.bobsyouruncle.net/StrikeFighterHome.htm, Will study it tonite...

DK, according to the Skunkworks project list THEY are doing, there is an F-8 Crusader in the works. I agree with you that that plane along with the A-7 are pretty much "must haves" for the era. It didnt show an A-7 however. When I was on the Uss Independance we had two squadrons of A-7E's on board, VA-15 "Valions", and VA-87 "Golden Warriors". It was interesting to watch them tear up our towed "target spar" with thier cannon and bombs. Being the Boatswainmate in charge of the Target spar however meant I always had to haul in that riddled, waterlogged hunk of worthless metal after they were done with it... Those were cool birds, I'd love to fly one in this game.

Anyone hear anything on this?

That book looks good Sith, my kind of readin material. I will look that one up. Did you ever read Tom Clancy's Sum of all Fears? That was a great novel there let me tell you...hehehe. Hey sixmillion, a clerk at Wherehouse records gave me this website to visit that lists all the current releases on DVD and VHS. It is called the "Internet Movie DataBase" and can be found at www.imdb.com. Check them out...

I'm startin to like this guy, hehehe.

Drool...slobber...salivate... RATS! My keyboard! Its all yur fault coyote... Nice job pal. With art like that, a lot more people will be interested in flying the migs all of a sudden. Hey, I wont get shotdown in no sloppy looking model by george. I only die in first class aircraft! This is DEFINATELY first class.

My vote is for direct TCP/IP connection and also dont forget the capability to be a server. Too many dweebs on gamespy, this is common knowledge in the gaming community.

A story in pics hehehe. Now I'd like to make a movie...

Coyote, that is definately my favorite skin! I Love it pal. :D Sorry I didnt add your name for the credit but by the time my 56K got me back to biohaz and I posted, I forgot your name... :0) Good job pal. A suggestion, how about some skins for the Mig-19 and -21's. I got some snazzy Mig-17 skins from MajorLee's aerodrome already. Just need something to spruce up the rest of my mig fleet. 8)

fellas, a nice skin found at McFly Aviation. The page is here... http://www.bobsyouruncle.net/StrikeFighterSkins.htm This looks cool...

I just now noticed this, there doesnt seem to be any force feedback in this game!!??!! That is a must have lads, all new sims have it. It makes the game that much more immersive. I sure hope it will be added in the future, that would be one more thing to make this game back seat to other sims.

After playing something like 60 missions I finally had two lockups in fairly close succesion. The first was when I hit the ground and exploded after being shot down. Suddenly the mouse locks, then frees itself leaving another curser where it froze. After that nothing worked, not escape, not even Cntrl, alt, delete. I had to use reset. The second time was was whn I was in the hanger screen and pushed the loadout button, BinG! Lockup! This time no mouse ghost, just solid lockup. Had to use reset again. Anyone else having this problem? I also have noticed a problem with the control settings where I try to map my keyboard and stick. I try to make a new setting and it keeps going back to the original setting or it clickis something else that was under the menu I was clicking. Does that make sense? Dont know how to explain it better. Just wanted to let you know TK. I guess it might also help to add my system specs... Pentium3 @ 1ghz 320mb pc133 RAM Radeon 8500 w/64mb VidRam Intel motherboard w/815E chipset SBLive! XGamer 5.1 SB 5.1 5300 surround speakers Logitech FF joystick latest and greatest drivers and bios for everything HardDrive has been reformatted recently, scandisk ran, and defragged. Over 2 gb free on HD, plenty for file cache, etc.

Hi Aggie, TK is working on the flak and explosions, hopefully the AI pilots and radar too. There are some problems here, but as I understand the patch is due very soon so hang in there. The rest of your questions will have to wait for someone who wants to look thru the manual or knows these aircraft better.

LOL! Dontcha love it when yur airplane TALKS to you? Like ya dont get enough sqauwkin at home, now ya cant get enough altitude even to get away from it, Hehehe...

Got your answer SD in the general discussion forum, thanks. P.S. I have some loading BMP's and Hanger BMP's for the Mig-17, -19, and -21's which I made flyable if anyone is interested. I am NOT an artist and only had Paint to use, but they turned out usable for me. They can always be tweaked by you also. Also, FYI, I used the A-4 cockpit and avionics for the Mig-17, and -19. I used the F-104 cockpit and avionics for the Mig-21's of which there are 3 versions. Seems to work pretty good.

Hi fellas, I sure would like to see some Mig-19 and -21 skins. Got a nice set of Mig-17 skins from Major Lee. Some more Su-7 skins would be cool too.

Thanks SD, Thats what I was hoping. The A-4's A2G radar in the Mig-19 is a good choice I suppose since it can do ground attack. I dont know if it actually had such a thing though...