Guys - I really think I have a bad problem developing here - GTX280

[TX-Gunslinger]

I actually, for once in a long long time - decided to get online.    Had a lot of fun on Tides of War - got 3 kills and then got an error I'd seen in the beta (Sopwith Camel skin) - so I reinstaled ROF.

I'm just about at the end of playing with hardware and software.  It's amazing how you can let yourself get distracted from the things you got all this crap for.

I turned in my RMA request over at EVGA about a week ago - and have not hear anything from them.  I'd assume that's normal, right?

S~

Gunny

[TX-Thunderbolt]

Well, I had a couple hours to kill this weekend and decided to try to get my IL2 installation back up to speed. What an abortion that whole scene is right now...but I still went through it all. 

Got the Ultrapack 2.0, the UP2.0 client patch, the JSGME mod enabler and fiddled with it for a few hours trying to get it all sorted. At this point, I can join a few of my favorite servers and a few I can't for reasons still undetermined.

Either way, the process is so convoluted, inconsistent and quirky that it has GOT to have a negative impact on the community.

Then to RoF. I like it and have fun with it...at times. I've been such an advocate of the things it does "right" , but it's difficult to post negative things in a constructive manner when they've been so persistent.

#10019 connection errors, server crashes (game servers, NOT the neoqb host server), and the cumbersome....... waiting ......that are a big part of it are deterrents that are hard to deal with for me with so little time "in pit" lately.

[/Rant off]

Got mom & hubby coming into town for a couple days this week and though I haven't seen them for almost 7 years, my stepfather was a long time, positive influence for me regarding my interest in aviation and he's excited about finally getting to see some "real" flight sims in action. Accordingly, I will likely be online doing both IL2 and RoF quite a bit Tuesday eve & Wed.

[GOZR]

TB yes I agree
I was flying on MiG just yesterday too.. and i agree too for the mess in IL2.
FSX has been a good fun during all of this time in and between mess.

Gunny , Didi you check on your account status at EVGA ? Normally it will be back soon..

[TX-Gunslinger]

Checking everyday since I turned it in.  Nothing yet.  Even sent an email to one of the "heads" in charge of RMA.

S~

Gunny

[GOZR]

It took 14 days for mine since the day i sent it... Lets see , hopefully pretty soon.

[Voxman]

TB I saw you leave when I was coming in on Saturday.  Oh well.  I actually got some stick time in a couple of nights ago on both ROF and IL2.  Man I'm rusty....anyway, yeah IL2 is so
"pulled apart" for lack of a better word.  I made three installations on my machines....just in case.  The maps on WOP are really well constructed, except for that d*mn Hornisse .

Anyway, not sure how much stick time I'll have over the next month.  I'm planning my next business trip and this one I may have mentioned back in the FS days.  It's in Philadelphia at a company that makes flight simulators for various air forces throughout the world.  They put our equipment in these simulators so they can monitor pilot heart rate, eye tracking, and various body metrics.  The folks I'm training are from the Egyptian Air force.  Hopefully I'll get to try out one of the sims...we'll see. .

Here's the company's website:
http://www.etcaircrewtraining.com/]
[url]http://www.etcaircrewtraining.com/[/url]

[TX-Gunslinger]

Wow, Vox - that's big league!  Gozr will want one

Hope you get to try it !

S~

Gunny

[TX-TOAD]

I wish I'd of got my lazy Dumb ass up and involved enough to land a job like that, instead of taking the easy way out and fixing Diesels, and other components on Semi's.

I'm very good at it, but it doesn't pay, and it's boring as hell in comparison to traveling the world.

Green with Envy Vox/Gunny

[TX-Gunslinger]

As I'm leavin the house this morning at 4:00 Am to catch a flight to DC to all the snow and ice - looking forward to another round with the "Washington Weasels" - I really wish I'd had enough sense to stay home, raise my kids and work on diesels...

More later...

S~

Gunny

[TX-TOAD]

Yeh, well you would have to stay home, no money left to do anywhere with  LOL

Lets say you and your job leave you with no money left over.

At least you have an expense account and travel expenses, and new things to see and do.

You've done very well.

[Voxman]

I'm just grateful that the folks we work with are still solvent enough to pay for a training.  Interesting enough, this past year has ramped up on trainings..a couple of weeks ago I was in Boston.  Just found out yesterday that I'll be training in Hawaii at the end of the month..then this Philly thing.  A couple in the horizon..one in Montana and one at the University of Missouri Columbia...are you close to the Univ. TOAD?

Funny enough I was lucky to land this job 4 years ago.  I don't know if you recall, but I was laid-off at my previous job with 18yrs. of service.   I just happened to be helping out with one of my wife's friends and she asked me what I did for a living, and I said "science".  She told me that's what they did ( she was in accounting) and put in a good word and my resume to the CEO.  When I interviewed, they were impressed with my computer skills....mind you that was all learned from IL2 and you guys..in fact, you TOAD helped me get my job as well, as I would always check out your Tech support posts over at UBIzoo.

[TX-Thunderbolt]

Sorry I missed you Vox. Basically, I ended up removing IL@ and doing a clean install in order to get things to run right. As it turns out, I had some clutter left over from the UI and just didn't see it apparently. So, I did a clean install...DVD(4.07), patch 4.08m, patch 409m, Ultrapack 2.0full (from the torrent), UP2.0 client patch and voila. The only bad things about it are the fact, I was so compressed for time, when I was doing all my backups, I forgot to grab my skins folder and some of my beloved tracks. The skins are really no big deal as we've never really been able to use them online and that's the only IL2 flying I do anyway, but the loss of my tracks really sucks...the TUSA-vs-Russia, TUSA-vs-Warclouds and some other personal recordings that really meant alot to me.

Oh well. I still have the memories and only the potential onslought of alzheimers will ever take that from me.

[TX-TOAD]

Vox its 3 hours away.

Columbia is North Central on I-70, I'm located south west on I-44

Well I'm glad I was a useful tool in your job grabbing.

I usually get shun by the IT guys, due to my opposite angle of thinking to get thisgs fixed, compared to theirs.

Case in point, pick up any attitude in this post. 

 http://forum.teamspeak.com/showthread.php?t=49800

[GOZR]

Good go Toad.

[GOZR]

So it's not HSFX 4.1 anymore wtf? what a mess Il2 became a circus regarding the files and we are not talking of 2 MB files here but Gigs.