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Yeah, the sounds are excellent. You need a good set of speakers or headphones to appreciate it. Remember the first game that featured 3D sound? This is like the next generation almost.

Screenshots won't do it justice. You have to see the game in action. The shadow and illumination effects are revolutionary, as well as the degree of depth they've managed toconvery using standard textures. I don't know how to describe it.

Ha, never mind. I know the first suggestion would be to update my drivers. Which is exactly what I did. Fixed. Cat 4.8's. And yes, I do fly LOMAC.

Doom keeps freezing and crashin on my comp. It'll play fine with killer fps, then suddenly it will freeze. Occasionally it freezes when I press esc to exit the game. Any suggestions? Intel P4 3.0ghz 1gig RAM Radeon 9800 PRO SB Audigy II WinXP SP2

Ka-50? Awesome! Finally, some new quality helo sims are gonna get released.

If you haven't played it, Raven Shield is an excellent FPS. It has a solid campaign, and theres an addon out now which bumps up both the number of missions and weapons.

Thats an awesome piece of property there, Chief. Lots of room for the animals to roam. Looks like you could even land a helicopter if you wanted.

Holy s**t, dude. If you can bust out those kinda PT scores, then the mental won't be s**t. Trust me. When you go through basic, having a skill like that to fall back on is a life saver. Its so much easier getting through the mental aspects when you don't have to worry about the physical. Besides, its always a good anti-depressant watching other people screw up, lol.

About the Coast Guard for a sec. If you want to be in command of a ship, the CG is the way to go. In the Navy, it might be 18 years before you get full command of a ship, and after that, you're off to a staff job. In the CG, you start rotating between CO and XO of increasingly large commands after as little as eight years.

FHO is right about the Marine's having strict standards. They are second only to the AF. Talk to an Army and Navy recruiter as well, see what they can do. You might be able to make a service transfer. I have a friend with multiple arrests and things on his record, including drug usage, and he was able to get a waiver to enlist in the Army. Another had severe athsma and attempted suicide and she was able to enlist as well. And as a servicemember, you'll hold a clearence level of some type. They're serious about those background checks. I had a guy interview me for hours because my mother has a dual citizenship with Sweden. Also, make sure that the Marine Corps is what you want. I'll tell you, I could never be a Marine. I'm definately not hooah enough. But absolutely don't lie on the forms. Its not worth it if they find out. The best option is to talk to different recruiters. No matter whats on your record, if you can display to them enough willingness to join the military, they'll find a way for you. Just be persistant and honest.

I often download aircraft purely on the quality of the VC. If it doesn't have one, or if its just a simple job, I can't enjoy flying the plane. Also, most aircraft designers that take the time to create an excellent VC have already created a great aircraft to go with it. You'll be hard pressed to find a terrible aircraft with an excellent panel.

I've loved the Frogfoot ever since I heard of how effective it was in Afghanistan. But, I don't think its really suited for multiplay. I'd try and find one or two dedicated flight simmers and fly some coop missions.

lol, yeah, unfortunately its 2200 and I'm just gettin home

Lets see if we can get a few people flyin around tonight. I'll probably be in a helo of some sort flying around North Island NAS in San Diego.

You haven't even seen a real acronym till you go to a Navy base. CINCCOMSUBLANT. CORTRAMIDWEST. AMMARFLOLANCOM. KGHASDFHHDAFKSDAF.

When I saw the screenshots, they looked really familiar, and it wasn't until I saw the tie-in to X-Plane that I realized it. The terrain textures and some of the aircraft models look to be taken straight from X-Plane. Seems like, from the start, one of the primary complaints with F4 was the "riding on rails" feeling of the flightmodel. With X-Plane, you're definately not gonna have that anymore.

"Q: Is this another Falcon, or based on Falcon code? A: No, this is a new development. All code used has been/will be developed or purchased by G2I and GenAvSims specifically for this project including the X-Plane engine which is being used as the code base for Fighter Ops. The lessons learned from years of work on the falcon code will enable us the opportunity to design a new simulator free of all the limitations inherent in the 6 year old falcon code. " Straight from the FAQ at fighterops.com Definately enough to spark my interest.

I just got back from my freshman cruise in the Navy. Spent four weeks in San Diego, sampling the finer parts of the Navy. Aviation, Marines, SWO and subs. How many 19 year olds can boast they've slept between Trident missiles in an SSBN, flown a Seahawk or fired an M-249. Glad to be home though, and can someone fill me in on the news in the sim community for the past four weeks? And for those curious, it was deceptively easy to fly the SH-60B. Lots of computer control assistance. The T-34 was much more hands on and responsive.

A friend and I went camping a few weeks ago in Lost Maples National Park. Its a beautiful place, lots of water. Right on the Sabinal River, about 100 miles west of San Antonio.

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Worked like a charm, GD. Thanks a bundle. Yeah, the numbers worked just fine for the skin I installed earlier, but all my original skins got bunked. Nice to know that if you ever have a corrupt file, someone can just extract the working one and fix you right up.

Lex, I'm suprised Arnold hasn't made it mandatory for CA yet.

I think its in WorldTexturesTGA.cdds I think you just run the CDDS Browser in LoMan, open that file and extract the nomera.tga from it.

Bump Just looking for a little help here, folks. It'll only take five minutes and LoMan.

Alright, how come nobody has so far mentioned the absolute Gods of Rock and Roll, to use Jack Black's phrase? Led Zeppelin Come on guys, you can't have modern heavy metal or anything else along those lines without Led Zepp. I mean, jesus. The only music I consistantly listen to is Led Zepp, CCR, the Doors, Days of the New and Radiohead. Chevelle, Moby and Modest Mouse are up there too. Seriously though, I just scanned through the whole thread again to no mention of Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones and John Bonham's contribution to music.