[New Patch Is Out!]

They are putting it up on steam now, I'll shout when the patch is out.

[Happy Birthday Fenrir!]

Happy birthday Fen!

[More Microsoft Sidewinder Force Feedback 2 Questions]

+1 on that, best stick I have used, I have even bought a spare.

[More Cod Weirdness]

The high alt sputtering of the Spit was fixed in the beta patch and supposedly the bomber thing is in the works. The stock patch is pretty buggy, we really need the beta patches stable and made official. Multi-core would be rather good as well.

[Curse Of The Horrible Red And Blue Arrows]

Remove the icons entirely. Annoying I know, but its all we have for now.

[Friday Evening/night Clod Pracice Session]

I will be running the new beta patch, as it does fix a number of multiplayer issues. The stock game should be compatible, but the map is slightly more difficult to use.

[Friday Evening/night Clod Pracice Session]

I was thinking about 8ish BST, but I can run it anything you want, sooner or later. Alternatively, I could run a later one for you chaps across the big wet thing.

[Friday Evening/night Clod Pracice Session]

As there is an increasing number of us who are playing CloD, I though a training session would be in order.

As the complex engine management is quite complicated I though a bit of practice wouldn't hurt.

I plan to go through the startup of the Spitfire and the Hurricane, and general engine control, and perhaps some other aircraft if people are interested.

I'll be using the multiplayer maps so FPS shouldn't be an issue. It has a number of AI drones, and a targeting range for gunnery practice.

Anyone interested?

[Happy Birthday T_O_A_D]

Happy Birthday, and congratulations on getting the dayshift.

[Microsoft Sidewinder Force Feedback 2 Usb Joystick Precision?]

+1 on X52 as throttle and button bay and MSFFB2 as stick. Works really well.

[Armaii Combined Operations]

I bought it in steam yesterday, just getting back into the wonderful world of arma.

[It Lives Master....it Lives !]

What you could do is just go into the FF folder CloD (under steam) and just remove the punch and mortar effects, pretty much the only useful one is the Spring. There are programs such as Fedit which can reduce the amplitude of the "vibrations"

[Something Monstrous This Way Comes...]

HELICOPTERS!

My upcoming Pusan Perimeter mission should be quite a lot of fun.

[Got Me A Trojan]

I agree Adaware is great, but really, Firefox guides you to porno? I punch that into my calculator and it makes a happy face.

[Just How Damaged Your Aircraft Can Become.]

A post on the banana forums on scripting displayed the number of different types of damage an aircraft the receive in CloD, it is quite a list. I have done some testing and some of the details are quite astonishing. For example, losing the battery and/or alternator will cut your electrical power, shutting down all the powered instruments such as gear indicators. The other day I received no other damage than MG fire which perforated my pneumatic tanks, which on landing had disabled my Spitfire's brakes. The AI are affected by these forms of damage as well as a Heinkel whom I had hit in the engine area had lost his hydraulics and the right landing gear was slowly dropping out of its bay. Quite interesting really.

art.NamedDamageTypes.AirbrakeDriveFailure

part.NamedDamageTypes.AirbrakeHosePerforated

part.NamedDamageTypes.AirbrakePistonFailure

part.NamedDamageTypes.ChunkLargeDamage

part.NamedDamageTypes.ChunkSmallDamage

part.NamedDamageTypes.CockpitDamageFlag00 ... part.NamedDamageTypes.CockpitDamageFlag14

part.NamedDamageTypes.ControlsAileronsDisabled

part.NamedDamageTypes.ControlsElevatorDisabled

part.NamedDamageTypes.ControlsGenericKickdown

part.NamedDamageTypes.ControlsRudderDisabled

part.NamedDamageTypes.ElecBatteryFailure

part.NamedDamageTypes.ElecGeneratorFailure

part.NamedDamageTypes.ElecIlluminationFailure

part.NamedDamageTypes.ElecMasterCompassFailure

part.NamedDamageTypes.ElecPrimaryFailure

part.NamedDamageTypes.ElecPriNavigationFailure

part.NamedDamageTypes.ElecSecNavigationFailure

part.NamedDamageTypes.ElecSecondaryFailure

part.NamedDamageTypes.ElecTransceiverFailure

part.NamedDamageTypes.ElecWeaponryFailure

// Engine Damages Engine0 - Engine7

part.NamedDamageTypes.Eng0CarbControlsFailure

part.NamedDamageTypes.Eng0CarbFailure

part.NamedDamageTypes.Eng0CompressorFailure

part.NamedDamageTypes.Eng0CompressorGovernorFailure

part.NamedDamageTypes.Eng0CompressorSeizure

part.NamedDamageTypes.Eng0CylinderHeadExtinguished

part.NamedDamageTypes.Eng0CylinderHeadFire

part.NamedDamageTypes.Eng0ExhaustHeadFailure

part.NamedDamageTypes.Eng0FuelLinePerforated

part.NamedDamageTypes.Eng0FuelPumpFailure

part.NamedDamageTypes.Eng0FuelSecondariesFire

part.NamedDamageTypes.Eng0GovernorFailure

part.NamedDamageTypes.Eng0GovernorSeizure

part.NamedDamageTypes.Eng0IntakeBurnt

part.NamedDamageTypes.Eng0IntercoolerBurnt

part.NamedDamageTypes.Eng0Magneto0Failure

part.NamedDamageTypes.Eng0Magneto1Failure

part.NamedDamageTypes.Eng0OilGasketLeak

part.NamedDamageTypes.Eng0OilLineBroken

part.NamedDamageTypes.Eng0OilPumpFailure

part.NamedDamageTypes.Eng0OilRadiatorPerforated

part.NamedDamageTypes.Eng0OilSecondariesExtinguished

part.NamedDamageTypes.Eng0OilSecondariesFire

part.NamedDamageTypes.Eng0OilTankPerforated

part.NamedDamageTypes.Eng0Plug00Failure - part.NamedDamageTypes.Eng0Plug17Failure

part.NamedDamageTypes.Eng0PropBlade1Broken - part.NamedDamageTypes.Eng0PropBlade4Broken

part.NamedDamageTypes.Eng0PropControlBroken

part.NamedDamageTypes.Eng0ThrottleControlBroken

part.NamedDamageTypes.Eng0TotalFailure

part.NamedDamageTypes.Eng0TotalSeizure

part.NamedDamageTypes.Eng0TretiaryControlBroken

part.NamedDamageTypes.Eng0WaterJacketBroken

part.NamedDamageTypes.Eng0WaterLineBroken

part.NamedDamageTypes.Eng0WaterPumpFailure

part.NamedDamageTypes.Eng0WaterRadiatorPerforated

part.NamedDamageTypes.Eng0WaterTankPerforated

part.NamedDamageTypes.EngineLargeDamage

part.NamedDamageTypes.EngineSmallDamage

part.NamedDamageTypes.FuelPumpFailure

// Tanks 0 - 7

part.NamedDamageTypes.FuelTank0Exploded

part.NamedDamageTypes.FuelTank0Fire

part.NamedDamageTypes.FuelTank0HosePerforated

part.NamedDamageTypes.FuelTank0LargeLeak

part.NamedDamageTypes.FuelTank0PumpFailure

part.NamedDamageTypes.FuelTank0SmallLeak

part.NamedDamageTypes.FuelTank0TinyLeak

part.NamedDamageTypes.HydraulicsEmergencyFailure

part.NamedDamageTypes.HydraulicsPistonOpened

part.NamedDamageTypes.HydraulicsPrimaryHosePerforated

part.NamedDamageTypes.HydraulicsPumpFailure

part.NamedDamageTypes.HydraulicsTankPerforated

part.NamedDamageTypes.LandingFlapsDriveFailure

part.NamedDamageTypes.LandingFlapsHosePerforated

part.NamedDamageTypes.LandingFlapsKinematicFailure1

part.NamedDamageTypes.LandingFlapsKinematicFailure2

part.NamedDamageTypes.LandingFlapsPistonFailure1

part.NamedDamageTypes.LandingFlapsPistonFailure2

part.NamedDamageTypes.LifeKeeperPartLargeDamage

part.NamedDamageTypes.LifeKeeperPartSmallDamage

// Weapondamages 00 - 11

part.NamedDamageTypes.Machinegun00BeltBroken

part.NamedDamageTypes.Machinegun00Charged

part.NamedDamageTypes.Machinegun00Failure

part.NamedDamageTypes.Machinegun00Jammed

part.NamedDamageTypes.Machinegun00LineDamaged

part.NamedDamageTypes.PartLargeDamage

part.NamedDamageTypes.PartSmallDamage

part.NamedDamageTypes.PneumaticsCompressorFailure

part.NamedDamageTypes.PneumaticsPrimaryContainerPerforated

part.NamedDamageTypes.PneumaticsPrimaryHosePerforated

part.NamedDamageTypes.PneumaticsSecondaryContainerPerforated

part.NamedDamageTypes.PneumaticsSecondaryHosePerforated

part.NamedDamageTypes.UndercarriageDownLockFailureC

part.NamedDamageTypes.UndercarriageDownLockFailureL

part.NamedDamageTypes.UndercarriageDownLockFailureR

part.NamedDamageTypes.UndercarriageDriveDamaged

part.NamedDamageTypes.UndercarriageHosePerforated

part.NamedDamageTypes.UndercarriageKinematicFailureC

part.NamedDamageTypes.UndercarriageKinematicFailureL

part.NamedDamageTypes.UndercarriageKinematicFailureR

part.NamedDamageTypes.UndercarriageShockFailureC

part.NamedDamageTypes.UndercarriageShockFailureL

part.NamedDamageTypes.UndercarriageShockFailureR

part.NamedDamageTypes.UndercarriageUpLockFailureC

part.NamedDamageTypes.UndercarriageUpLockFailureL

part.NamedDamageTypes.UndercarriageUpLockFailureR

part.NamedDamageTypes.WeaponLargeDamage

part.NamedDamageTypes.WeaponSmallDamage

part.NamedDamageTypes.WheelBrakesFailureL

part.NamedDamageTypes.WheelBrakesFailureR

part.NamedDamageTypes.WheelBrakesHosePerforated

part.NamedDamageTypes.WheelBrakesTotalFailure

[It Lives Master....it Lives !]

Turning off the shadows, while being one of the nicest pieces of eyecandy, does ruin framerates, turn it off and you should get a significant (talking 20+ fps here) boost. The shadows of trees and buildings is what really ruin you FPS. Still they are getting there. WIth a bit more multicore support and the game should run fine.

[Graphic Bug?]

That isn't a graphic bug, that is the waypoint for the training missions, it tells you were to taxi and where to fly in the training scenarios.

[Newegg/paypal Noob.]

You have to love online shopping, you don't even have to wear trousers!

[New Patch]

Xp does work, but it relies on DirectX 9, a lot of the effects the game uses are directX 10 based (introduced with vista). The game runs, but not well and does not look as good. A cheap fix is just to get a Windows 7 OEM license and do a dualboot. XP is dying soon anyway, it is almost 10 years old now.

[Is Bg A Murderer?]

Good Job Fruity, I REALLY hate hippies.

[Rof Down?]

I don't think I'll be up that late, but I will probably be flying around 9 GMT to late.

[Happy Easter Weekend!]

Same to you BG, I am enjoying the early summer warmth, without all the pollen. Doing some landscaping this weekend, making a new path in the garden.

[Rof Down?]

Yep, same here, I guess the server is tilting slightly.

[Rof Down?]

Servers are up now, the internet is back.

[Question About The Steps You Need To Do In Order To Start/turn Off An Engine]

I'll guide you through it MT, most of the planes are fairly similar, just different parameters for temperatures and engine settings. Most of the commands can be labeled to the keyboard, but I prefer to click some stuff. You can press F10 to toggle the clickable pit.