DD_Brando

You need to unplug this and test with it unplugged. +1 on this issue. This has always been a cause of conflicts in IL-2. B

I'd give it a fortnight!

Ah well, it's a funny take - but it's very simplistic and only partially true. One point that's worth noting, in a global economy, is that purchasing is what it's about. It doesn't particularly matter where the goods originate - it's the infrastructure of merchandising that is under threat. Look at it this way. You work in a shop and your job is under threat through poor sales. Now it doesn't matter too much where the goods you sell come from - computers from India, petrol from the Middle East, or cars from Japan - it's the selling that keeps you in your job. Go further back up the chain. You're a haulier, or a dock-worker or you work in the oil-refining business. Your jobs are under threat because commerce has slowed down - not because of where the goods you work with come from. You're a pump-jockey, or a vehicle mechanic or you serve food in the local diner - once again the same thing. If you work in software for computers - you don't take heed of where the hardware originated - it doesn't matter. Spending is the important part of this equation. For example, remember that anyone who buys a PC will probably use Microsoft to run it. There you see a home-grown profit which, through taxation, will show a return on your national profit-sheet. There are many examples of this that I could list. It's not wrong that people should find a way of restructuring their shopping-lists, countries included, and look for new home-grown products to stimulate the manufacturing industry - but it's important to look beyond nationalism to understand the purpose of public spending initiatives. For good or ill, it's money that greases the machinery of a capitalistic society. B

OK, yes. FB = Forgotten Battles. I would like to suggest that you do a vanilla re-install up to 4.08m and then add the 352nd mods package, followed by the September up-date and then the December up-date. This should give you access to BG's two servers and, if the 352nd's switcher is used, access to the un-modded versions as well. As far as the AAA arena is concerned, I would expect there to be possible conflicts with the 352nd's version. It would depend on whether they are using the checkRuntime=2 setting to protect their arena from unauthorised versions. Although BG's dogfight arena is set up using 4.09b standard, it is possible to access it using the modded version because he isn't using cRt=2 at the moment. Before any of that, however - could you tell us how the kicking or non-connection is? Does it throw up any message or kick you back to desktop, or..? B

That is a tricky one! I'm not surprised about your being unable to link to the AAA site if you are using the 352nd mods, but not being able to get into BG's while modded is a little more strange. When you re-formatted, did you re-install FB? B

On a slightly cautionary note - don't expect too much from the Belkin's scroll-wheel. I had one and was disappointed to find that the rotary potentiometer it uses is rather cheap & nasty. I had wanted to use it for setting prop-pitch but I found it prone to drifting off setting. After 3 months' use it was starting to spike alarmingly so I went back to using the key-press method. B

Ummm, 767 here, and maybe that's to do with running an x1950 Pro. Also the CD-read seems a tad retarded, what's other people getting in that respect? B

E-mail sent m8 B

Hi Crash First come, first served - I'll PM when I've finished watching a hilarious film we're in the middle of. I just stepped upstairs for a quick smoke break!

...and a small power station?

Yes, I agree with the advice here in this thread. I've been using Raptors since their introduction, and the improvement in function is definitely noticeable. Western Digital have been upping the space on them too, so that, for example, multiple installations of IL2 are quite possible without clogging up the works. I shifted my old install of IL2 off to my secondary drive recently, so that I could make a vanilla rebuild using the 352nd's version of the game. I've since tried flying the version now residing on my 7,200 rpm Caviar and, although it functions fine, the seek time and game initialisation seem much slower than what I've gotten used to. I got used to games loading quickly. In fact I'm now saving up for the new 150GB WD Velociraptor. With a bit of luck the price will drop a bit as my pennies increase. Next to a SCSI set-up this has to be the best deal, and a very effective way to make "your comp (and IL-2) run faster and better" B

I just up-graded my RAM to 2x2Gb, so I have the following available to sell: 2 x 1GB PC2-6400 Sticks of GEIL DDR2 - 800 , a matched pair for running in Dual-channel. Rated at CL=4-4-4-12@2.1v, I have been running them at CL=5-5-5-18@1.8v, which is the SPD rating for running at 4OOMHz. They have only been in here since I built this rig about four months ago. I'd like a tenner for them, plus UK postage, or maybe someone could call and take them up to Duxford if there's any interest. They are working fine, and the serial number is GX2GB6400UDC. Brando

Yeah - I was sorry to have to leave after only two missions I'm glad to hear it just went on and on B

Guys, it seems like this would be the right place to say that - I would love to join you! Unfortunately my disability prevents me from travelling so far (or even sharing a double with Painless

Yeah, cloud settings on-line are totally managed by the server's choice. B

I was trying to spare your blushes, young Jedi. That's what comes of hanging around on aerial street corners, as my old headmaster might have said had he lived to see computers and IL-2. B

I'll bet even BG would have been impressed when I caught a Lerche in hover mode and blew it out of the sky with a salvo of 24 R4M rockets from my V-tailed Me-262 Sometimes you just have to get silly B

Hi While a few of us were having a bash on BG's dogfight server last night the subject came around to jet and rocket-powered aircraft. I thought some of you would like to see just how many designs were on the drawing boards of the German designers. This site has a mass of info. Click on the list of manufacturers on the right side of the page. The line-drawing thumbnails mostly expand to give more detail. Small wonder that all the victors of WW2 were keen to get hold of German scientists and designers! B

Yes, I agree it is a good fix - but like FT I'd have been keen to know what caused it. It would have been interesting to see his conf.ini file. It's perhaps worth noting that for future reference. If it happened again I would suggest keeping a copy of the conf.ini for 'post-mortem' purposes. B

Jeez Rog! It's a weird feeling, being a one armed person, watching someone do that for 'fun'. There's a bit of me that wants to just cringe and hide in the wardrobe, and another bit that says "Yeah, he won that DA hands-down!"

Is it safe yet?

Following the conversation during the Thursday co-op session - I have several folders full of good co-op series stored on my hard drive, which I'd like to up-load. I've found the area that should be the kick-off point for this process - but it seems to be suggesting that I can only upload 1 file at a time. Is that correct or am I missing something? Could you PM me or something? cheers Ross