DD_Arthur

Hello JP!!!!! Get 'em all while the sale is on. Bodenplatte is the latest and greatest so it's not on sale yet but it's got the aircraft we usually fly. The Great Battles series is completely separate from IL2 1946. We don't use '46 anymore. 1C Games sent Oleg to the Lubyanka after the debacle that was Cliff's of Dover and Il2 has basically become a franchise. The Great Battles series - with an American producer running a development team in Moscow - is where we are now. Get em' here https://il2sturmovik.com/ It looks like this; We fly this every Tuesday evening at @7.30 gmt and Sundays 7.30 gmt. Hopefully, someone who knows these things will pm you T/S details soon. Very nice to see you here again. Now we just need Rattler's wife to excommunicate him and he can fly with us too!

New Years day and my 'new' toy is nearly seven years old Went for a walk on the beach. I'd like to say it was a bright, crisp and clear winter's day. It wasn't. It was urghhhhhhh......... "Look grandad. Even the freakin' seagulls are walking!"

Interesting. Since actually paying over money for it my Tomcat has developed a roll to the right when I airstart or take off from a runway. Using a MSFFB 2 can you can really feel it wants to roll. I've no idea why it's started doing this and none of the other members of my DCS fleet does it either.

Undoubtedly. The other jets I fly regularly - the Harrier and the Mig19 - have a sink rate that quickly becomes unrecoverable if speed is allowed to drop below critical for a mere fraction of a second. It's why I always go for the early curved approach. I find keeping control of rate of descent much easier this way. However, I've been getting more used to the Tomcat and I'm finding it surprisingly.......'floaty'......for it's size and weight. Just made my first eject-the-hood-stand-up-in-the-cockpit-carrier-landing😎. I'd love to show you but the bloody DCS trk. recording system is sadly knackered at the moment

That was attempt no. 8 I think.😢

It’s a keeper!😍

First attempt at a landing during my free weekend with the F 14

USB sticks? I thought that might be the way. I've got big 'uns lying around so no problem there. It's got 1 gig of ram and 160 gig hdd so I think installing anything other than Win XP might be a bit.....problematic. Don't really want to go down the Linux/Ubuntu route as I'm not......a hippy so I'd prefer to re-install XP if at all possible.

Recently, I helped my eldest boy and his family move into their new home. Whilst they were sorting through various bits of surplus junk that was headed for landfill they came across this old Netbook. They were going to chuck it but the Magpie in me claimed it as; a) It's in as new condition including all the original accessories, receipts, various discs and even the snazzy black leather case. b) It's a crying shame to just chuck stuff into a hole in the ground. c) It runs on Windows XP. My last Winsows XP laptop died a couple of years ago. Not that much of a problem you might think but Philips now discontinued Toucam Pro webcam only works with XP. They never got round to updating the software for later versions of Windows. The Toucam Pro has a 'proper' CCD sensor and a threaded lens which can be removed and by using an adaptor the camera can then be attached to the eyepiece of a telescope! The camera can be plugged into a handy laptop and controlled by it whilst the images it produces are stored and processed on the lap top. Anyway, before I go chuntering off into the realm of astrophotography; all is hunky so far but I have a problem. The operating sysyem has been erased. I know not why but the hd is....empty. It even comes with the original recovery disc but, being a Netbook it has no optical drive. So the question is 'how do I put the operating system back.' ? Phew

Ah....I see. In that case I can carry on drinking.😜

@Hello Rog! Hope you and your family have a great christmas mate @FT; would we need to buy another copy of the game to run a second server? I see that the GBS series is on sale again and that BoS standard edition can be picked up for a princely $12.49 I think I could just about afford to buy the server a christmas present at those prices!

Ah...answer; Yes!! Can access DangerDogz server now Thanks FT - that was the clue I was looking for. Typical half-assed installation instructions

I don't have a Mods folder in my 'Saved Games' location. Should I create one and put the A-4E-C folder in it?

OK; I've put the A4 in the same location as Toad. I'm not interested in flying it but it does not show up in my game and I'm unable to join the DD server without it. Obviously I'm doing something wrong but.........?

Another update to Vander's generator https://sites.google.com/view/il2-great-battles-emg/

Check this out; https://forum.il2sturmovik.com/topic/56874-coupe-de-la-rose-p-38-air-race/ OK, it's on a Tuesday night but it seems to start at 1900 gmt so might be good for a warm up before our session starts or even startle the French hosts by turning up mob-handed during the evening Hmmm.....so if I join this for a race I'll have their map in my multiplayer cache....hmmm....

Got it

Come and join us for some formation flying in BoX Sweper

t/s password is sheep