SDirickson

Never done internet play with X-Plane. Maybe there is something about it on the .Org forums.

Wait, I haven't seen any other news about this. I know someone posted a joke pic of a new Jane's game, but thats all.

Lotsa import cars in Houston, especially around my neck of the woods. Large Vietnamese population. My friend drives a Civic, and I always joke around with him because my '95 F-150 can smoke him. Check out www.miamirice.com. Great site.

Happy B-Day! Turned 18 a month ago. $26 bucks to renew my license, and had to sign up for selective service too. I guess 19 is better, huh ? Cylix, like the WRX :D ? My mom traded her 92 4Runner for a 2002 automatic wagon, and my dad couldn't stand her having a faster car, so he traded in for a 2003 stick sedan. God, I've never had as much fun in anything as taking one of them for a spin, especially when accelerating through a 90 degree turn and straightening out at 50 mph. Great cars.

lol, no prob. I get it all the time.

And to that I will have to secede the point. Can't tell ya for the life of me. Oh, BTW, its Dirickson. 'r' before the 'ck', and no 'e'.

Kinda ironic, I just saw a this on the History Channel about an hour ago, Coincidence?

The rope was used in early ship battles for Marine snipers to properly identify comrades on the enemy ship through the smoke. The Marine snipers were in the top rigging of the ship, and could see down and pick out the little rope.

I'd heard EECH had some problems with the latest graphics card features. I know FSAA doesn't work with it on my PC. <--Radeon 8500

Jag, its an excellent sim. Realistic, excellent graphics, you'll get great frame rates and it has a pretty steady fan base.

Alright, I feel funny, lol. When I posted above, somebody had posted something about finding that picture on Google, and then switching it. Am I going crazy? :shock:

Hey, just cuz the serial number painter is dislexic doesn't give you the right to diminish his work

Thats awesome!

1744 Central, and its down. Jag, you sure?

Uh oh, its 1652 central and LO:MAC is tits up again.

They shouldn't be. If I remember correctly, the throttle and the rudder control both have a gameport that plugs into the stick, so you only have one real connection to the PC. I think.

Raven, I used to use a Precision 3D. I love those twist handles. Its really a great way of controlling rudder. My Saitek X-45 has the rocker control on the throttle, but its not the same. Can't wait to get the new Simped rudder pedals though.

Jag, you can't buy them new today. Thrustmaster has come out with a totally new HOTAS, basically a revamped version of the equipement you are purchasing. Thrustmaster doesn't even offer rudder pedals anymore, period. For the new stick and throttle, the cheapest price is $269.99 at amazon.com. For a good set of pedals, at least $80. If you want to compare used prices on the exact same equipement, try ebay. Thats the only place I have seen with any older Thrustmaster joysticks available.

Yeah, they must have been doing some updating to the code or something. Earlier, you can trust me, it was definately not up. False alarm, I guess. Scary how LO:MAC is getting such a bad reputation that something like that can make us all a little jumpy.

Just wne to the LO:MAC website as part of my morning ritual, and I found that it has been replaced by a generic UbiSoft site. Whats the deal? Just maintenance?

My computer science teacher is a retired CPO; John Spicer. Great guy.

Seems not. How old is it?

I dunno about Maddox being unrealistic. Frankly, I think that historically the Russians had better performing aircraft, but poorly trained pilots. The Germans had excellent pilots which more than made up for the slight gap between aircraft performance. But Snapple, if you get tired of the huge number of people devoted to Russian aircraft, host your own maps with historical period aircraft, or 100% Luftwaffe aircraft. Besides, the Bf-109K and the Fw-190D should close the gap a lot. I've never had trouble getting good kills with any Luftwaffe aircraft with the Mk.108 cannon installed. Its pretty wicked. And I wasn't complaining about Il-2 or FB's realism, just the reviewer's opinion.

Nice pic, Ranger. It really is uncanny how realistic simulations and training are becoming, that you have to remind yourself that it is actual war. BTW, where in Texas do ya live? <-- Houston.

Jesus man! You seriously got my hopes up, despite the fact that I knew they had gone out of the sim works.