SDirickson

Alright, there's nobody here who's fiddled with mouse control? Or anybody that can try?

I've been playing around with the .ini file for Strike Fighters, trying to get my mouse to function as a joystick, preferably like in X-Plane or LO-MAC. I'd really appreciate it if someone more familiar with SF can take a look at it, maybe figure out how to do it. So far, the control surfaces only move when the mouse is moving, whereas in X-Plane or LO-MAC, the control surfaces deflect proportional to how far the mouse moves from a center location. I'll really appreciate any help I can get.

OK, gonna try my best. #1. F-3 Demon #2. RA-5 Vigilante #3. A-3 Skywarrior #4. F-11 Tiger

An opportunity to fly a harrier would be awesome. I keep hoping some developer will pick a title and just make some killer addons for it, rather than a whole new sim. The graphics of LO-MAC'll be good enough for a couple years, and in that time imagine the host of additions and aircraft than can be added.

Anybody heard about the heat issues the new drivers have raised? Some people are claiming the drivers raise the heat on the card by over 10 degrees.

Dude, when I said sick stuff I wasn't talking about gay s**t. That definately DOES NOT happen here. Like the guys says in Office Space, "No, I think a man'd get his ass kicked if he said something like that."

Sometime I should tell you guys about some of the crazy s**t that goes on here at El Cid.

As a cadet at the Citadel, you can definately see the South as a way of life. I'm exposed to it every waking moment. We have to memorize countless facts and trivia about the War. But thats not the reason I came here. To tell you the truth, I have absolutely no interest in the War, I don't think the South should feel oblgiated to continue it's split with the rest of the nation. I almost feel embarrased sometimes. I call myself a Texan, not a Southerner. Nor do I feel that Texas is part of the South. However, after all that, I can understand how folks here in SC still wanna fly their flag, etc... Personnaly, I feel its a matter of freedom and respect for others. As to the african americans, I can understand their feelings when they see a redneck in a pickup with a big rebel flag. Its the same as when I walk through a bad inner city neighborhood. Or if, back at high school, I saw a group of blacks wearing 'Kill Whitey' shirts. So, I'm not against the flag, or peopls feelings, but I am against the fear and apprehension it can cause. And I am absolutely against institutions forcing such action upon it's members.

Haha, maybe to get me to buy a stick? Well, I already have one, I just can't use it here at El Cid.

Anybody know how to get the mouse to be recognized as the stick instead of head panning? I don't have a stick here at El Cid, so I'd like to use the mouse. Unfortunately, I don't know how to get it to work.

You might need to upgrade your DirectX and your video card drivers. Normally, new drivers can add some fps. Also, it is definately a combination of different changes that give you the best fps, not just setting it to 'Low'. Just to give you an idea, my brand new Alienware PC can bog down over major cities and during heavy action, even on 'Medium' and 'Low'.

One complaint. I get page expired errors when I hit the back button in the new forum, something that didn't happen on the old. My only complaint. Looking forward to the new color scheme.

All I can say is, "Holy s**t!" I can't believe they're releasing a new version of Falcon 4.0. Thats totally awesome. And kinda disturbing, considering I hadn't heard a word of it till now.

Damnit man. They had to release this while I'm stuck here at El Cid, my X-45 safely packed away at home in Houston.

So, MJ, mind spelling out some of the advantages to the new forum? I have to say, its lookin' promising.

Whoa, looking great! Nice to see some actual elevation change in the sim now.

Amen brother. I'm not paying 15+ bucks for a CD. I mean, hell, the actual CD doesn't even cost a buck, and the artists themselves make uber bucks, more than I think they really deserve. As for the record companies, same for them. Too bad the idea for a pay-per-month Napster service never took hold. I'd certainly pay for something like that.

I was supposed to be at school but instead was sick at home. I remember being woekn up by a call from my mom, then rushing down to turn on CNN in my skivvies. I watched the entire thing, all day.

WTF? I can't see it.

Damn, NavyChief is one fine bird, lol.

W00t, we just had an SMI (Saturday Morning Inspection) and my room only got docked for being dusty. It was blitzed to perfection, but you can still find dust if you want to. Under handles, all kindsa places. Still, pretty nice to know you only screwed up a little.

Damn, this is not gonna be a fun year. The Citadel is by far the most challenging thing I've ever done. Not gonna have a lot of time to spend on the boards or with my sims.

You missed the word 'best' I think, lol. Dusted off my SNES a while ago. I'd forgotten how totally awesome Chrono Trigger and Legend of Zelda are. My Playstation got some good use to, replayed some of the Final Fantasy games. Damn, playing outside ain't got nothing on this s**t, lol.

Just curious what made you pick Toshiro Mafuni as your avatar and sn. Kinda ironic, rented Seven Samurai to watch tonight, lol.

With my new Alienware, at 4x FSAA and 4x AA I can run FB on the excellent settings at a good 65 fps, on average. I can average 35 - 40 on perfect, but unfortunately I experience the shudders and occasional skips that used to plague Il-2 and FB. I can live with silky smooth excellent settings very easily. One thing I would definately recommend to any Radeon users. If you've upgraded to 3.6 Catalyst drivers, go ahead and redownload the 3.4's and extract the atioglxx.dl_ file to your FB directory. It adds at least 10 fps, seriously.