Friar

wow, excellent work Pete, I for one did not realise that Mossie pilots had their own beer can rack just below the seat.

I, along with all the Sisters at The Priory would like to wish to you all a safe and prosperous new year. Salute Friar

If they do, it is bound to be under strength

Dino, If the MDS server has no externals on at the moment, that is my fault. It is where I have been testing the settings for the event. I will check this afternoon and if they are off I will put them back on. I am of the opinion the group is NOT heading towards permanent tougher settings for the weekly co-op nights, we just happen to be in a period of testing the newly found settings that are available to us at the moment. Your right that players can set their own difficulty settings for regular nights, its just that once in a while people like to have these events where pilots know that they can work to get on someone's six without them being spotted via an external view. This group is all about getting enjoyment from the game. The vast majority of the time I believe it is played so that all players, regardless of the equipment they have, get to "fly" and have a laugh, it is my opinion that it is only fair that just as the group accommodates the fun flyer, once in a while we also go that bit extra for those that like the settings a bit tougher. The work you have done in building the MDS missions is very much appreciated by the group, giving anyone the chance that wants to fly for a bit on the MDS server and have plenty to keep them occupied. Salute Friar Edit. I have just checked and below are the current settings and as you can see, externals are on. Friar

Hi Zooly, No, these settings are just being tried out as we have only just discovered how to do it! It was always one of Jim's rules that The Dogz have always tried to fly at the lowest common denominator for our general flying to make sure everyone gets to have a good time, for example if someone had not patched up then we would always try and drop down to what ever they had, I have been the benefactor on more than occasion of this rule. Anyone that wants to stick to no externals can do so with their own settings / choice, using what ever aids they have at their disposal. We are however, intending to fly the North Africa event with externals only on the ground plus very short icons just to "notch it up a bit", as these events have done in the past. FT is our main host during the week and I am sure that once we have these new setting sussed, (we had an interesting scenario tonight when I skilfully dived on Sweper and strafed him whilst he was landing killing him but not destroying the plane, he could not go to externals at all, where he should have been able to. Once I had returned and finished the job and destroyed his plane, he could then use externals to look at what was going on, albeit, his own side only,) we will be going back to normal. It is sessions like this that wheedle out such quirks. I am sorry that you feel you were not able to fly with these settings and left before we had a chance to explain. I have already posted in another thread stating that I believe co-ops should remain with "lax" settings and from talking to the chaps that were left last night, the consensus was the same. Myself and the other guys all hope to fly with you again soon and enjoy the madness that is the Dogz. Friar

Thanks Jabo Just been on to the site but it is unable to process my order at the moment, probably lots of people with new pc's buying software! Cheers Friar

Ok chaps, Made the decision that now is the time to park XP, as much as I love it and move to Win 7 (I do have 4gb of ram sitting in my machine after all). My specs are as follows; Intel® Core™2 Duo E8600 (2 X 3.33GHz) 1333MHz FSB/6MB L2 Cache 4GB CORSAIR XMS2 800MHz - LIFETIME WARRANTY! (2x2GB) ASUS® P5N-D: DDR2, SATAII, 2 x PCI-e x16, 2 PCI, 2 x PCI-e x1 1GB NVIDIA GEFORCE 9800GT PCI EXPRESS ONBOARD 8 CHANNEL (7.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD) (Realtek) 600W Quiet Quad Rail PSU + 120mm Case Fan 500GB SERIAL ATA 3-Gb/s HARD DRIVE WITH 8MB CACHE (7,200rpm) I was thinking of going for 64bit - How can I check if my memory / processor will work with 64 bit software? Anyone see any problems? I know that it is a complete new install from XP by the way.. Friar

Wow....the full README certainly contains some interesting stuff for mission builders. I would suggest you have a read. They seem to have incorporated quite a few of the UP3 features as standard now plus some interesting new ones.......

I think I would agree with Jabo on not using it for co-ops. Each .mis file would have to be amended for it to work, so perhaps it could depend on who was flying and what the lowest common denominator was?

Ok I have now got this sorted (thanks to Fruitbat for asking the question over at SAS). I spent some time this afternoon going through various settings until, bingo, it worked. Settings needed to be as follows In difficulty settings - External Views to Off (toggle switch to left) No Externals light illuminated. then at the end of the .mis file the following lines of code [Mods] ExternalViewLevel 0 ExternalViewGround 1 On the ground you can use externals but then once in the air, external views are disabled. I shall be adding it to the North Africa Map settings. Friar

emmmmmm....... mosquiteo........nice

Hey JP In another post you said you were going to share with FT?

I have booked a twin JP if you can stand sharing with me again

Ok I'm in, Just booked having seen Jabo's post (I booked a twin by the way, thats the room not a nubile double act by the way ) Friday and Saturday nights, go home sunday. now where is the count down clock.........

Stay in touch OT the odd post here and there at least let's us know your still around and interested Hope you can get every thing sorted soon an I look forward to speaking to you again soon Why not just drop into team speak for a chat and to catch up you don't have to fly to enjoy the madness that goes on Cheers Friar

Many Happy Returns of the day goes out to Oldtimer who reaches the fine young age of 65! Cheers mate.......

I think we should say that RC4 is the OFFICIAL current version and that we will NOT be applying any patches just yet. Anyone who wants to test it out should do so WITHOUT affecting the version they play on line with. All too often I think we have early adapters who's game has the new patches "but its ok I can turn them off" and then we get all the funnies. Lets take this one nice and slowly, the last patch gave us lot of headaches. Once it has been checked out we could have an "Upgrade Weekend" were experts are on hand to help and we all (well as many a possible) go at the same time. Any thoughts...? Cheers Friar

Plenty of time to plot the allied advance

What are the dates?

Does anyone know, to save me doing loads of testing of AA units that DO NOT attack advancing ground units and stick to aircraft only. In my tests so far for the North Africa event, the 37mm AA will turn on ground units and rip it to shreds, which is not want I want. I am including the 88mm for the Germans because for them this was a deadly anti tank weapon. Jedipedia? Dino? Snacko? anyone............. Many thanks Cheers Friar

Hi Glenn, Great to see you active again. Charlotte growing up so giving you a little bit of free time ?...... I am in the middle of putting an event together for the Dogz, along the lines of what you did for Pedestal but with the MDS software. FoolTrotle has been doing some programming and is putting together a tool to help track the losses. If you can spare the time it would be great to have your input. Janet says hello by the way.. Regards Colin

Sister jonathan is used as more of an advance party the sort of nun that can stick a lazer reflective dot on the forehead of col gadaffi without him knowing I am sorry that you felt let down by the priory I will have words with the sister in charge then perhaps a hot tub together followed by a massage that should put her straight do I need to mobilise the olsp to "assist" you?

It has come to the Priory's attention that previously secret film has come into the public domain. I refer to the film somehow obtained by Bluebear (I suspect some dodgy deal was done round the back of “The Downed Pilot” whilst Brenda the Buxom Barmaid was not looking) which shows the O.L.E.P (Special Nun Service) in training, if you have not seen it I must advise you not to look here http://dangerdogz.com/forums/topic/9199-are-these-friars-nuns/ as this is now classified. As everyone is now aware, the O.L.E.P is a highly trained and honed group of Priory nuns who are assigned only the most dangerous and mission critical assignments. Their habits are Kevlar lined to protect them from any assailants weapons. They were recently called into action when the supply lines for the Priory Wine Cellars Spiritual offerings were threatened by some striking French farmers. (The word "striking" here should be taken to mean that the “good for nothing lazy scrag end of a smelly pig” farmers had withdrawn their labour, not that they are visually appealing, because that would be, well, a bit gay, not that I have anything against homosexuals, I just would not want my daughter to marry one. ) They were despatched to France to ensure our consignment got through the picket lines. There was a bit of a slight “altercation” when one of the farmers held up the Priory lorry, Sister Amanda climbed down from her position of riding shotgun and approached said slacker, whispered something into his ear, at which point he crossed himself, clasped his hands and knelt down before her, Sister Amanda placed her hand gently on his bowed head, thus positioning it at just the right level for her knee to be brought crashing up into his pointy Gallic nose. She of course crossed herself afterwards and asked the Abbot for forgiveness in doing the work of the Priory. The lorry was able to continue on its way with no further hindrance. One of the members of the group is Sister Jonathan, a 26 year old university graduate, left with a 2-2, that’s not qualifications; it is 2 wins 2 knockouts in the ancient university game of “Scrog-Brockerling”. This game first played in the back streets of Oxfordbridgeshire around 1800, 6pm being the optimum time for finding a “Scrog”, one of the key components of “Scrog-Brockerling”, came to the Priory looking for help as he felt he had lost his way, we very nearly lost him as the Sister that opened the door to him gave him directions and went to send him away as we were in the middle of some relaxation treatment training session and did not want to be disturbed, is a key member of the “re-alignment” team. This team is sent out on specialist duties to visit those members and associated members of the Priory to “assist” them in getting back on the straight and narrow in following the ways of the Priory and its love of all things IL2. It appears that his appointment diary is going to be quite full over the coming months what with people straying into other past-times...