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That's because it's a heat seeker. ;) My suggestion: stay high so the missiles lose energy and likely miss and either A) Sick your wingman on him B) Save a maverick for him and scan, scan, scan until you find him. He should be pretty easy to see on the TVM, as IIRC, he's in a decently open field. Still, spotting is really freakin' hard.

Excellent work Amramm, as always. Got the goosebumps! Maybe this is the kind of kick in the pants my friends need to get them into the best genre around. :)

Haha, likewise. I was going willy nilly on buildings. :) Popped open the editor and all was easy. Though from now on, I think I'll try to devise a way to gather more intel without it being considered cheating. The difficulty in spotting targets paired with not know what exactly I'm supposed to be shooting at is surely a handicap that real life doesn't have. Or maybe we just need to be better aware of the jargon. :)

I was just doing the rounds myself. My e6600 is aging and the market has some pretty attractive upgrades for some low prices. For instance, I was checking out the AMD Phenom II X2 555, a dual core processor easily capable of 4ghz, and get this, you can get lucky and unlock it to 4 cores, all for 99 bucks! I was thinking, even if I was unlucky and managed only 1 or 0 unlocks, it wouldn't matter much for FC2 anyway and the overclockability is pretty nice regardless. Thought it was worth mentioning. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103846 Edit: Woopsie, was already mentioned... leaving the thread and coming back, I didn't realize. Well, as far as I can tell, +1 to the 555. :)

From what I understand, NaturalPoint has the software ready to distinguish between the two, but ED has something to do on their end for the update to go into effect. Ah, here it is, straight from NaturalPoint themselves. http://forums.eagle.ru/showpost.php?p=878841&postcount=3

Spent a lot of time at Barksdale AFB, good times. Thanks for the heads up -- didn't know it would be streaming.

Just tested that for myself. Setup a benchmark track and used fraps to compile a 105 second avg. No D3D Override: 37.076 fps With D3D Override: 36.952 fps Since trying that out though, I wonder if anyone has a good benchmark track to use? -- Something that stresses a number of areas in one go, something we can all use as a de-facto standard, so our numbers are objective.

What, you can't see things from 500 Km away? You need to get your eyes checked. =P

I believe the far_clip in graphics.cfg is what you're looking for. There are other things as well. Have a look @ http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=51339

I noticed it was pretty fidgety with my Sidewinder. I upped the axis curve on all dimensions to 18 and it's quite a bit better. Granted I've only flown for about lunchbreak minutes. ;) I'm guessing some heavy tweaking in the controls section of the settings menu will get things where I want them. No doubt though, aircraft feel way more responsive than FC1.

Just before my lunch break too!:pilotfly:

Incredible! :thumbup:

The announcement stated it would be "in a day", so I'm guessing either by end of business day or by tomorrow morning. I certainly sympathize with your position, but I can appreciate that this isn't a huge issue so long as it's dealt with in the coming day, and that the quality of the product trumps all. The reality is they probably just need to be better staffed, but money is probably tight. Thanks for the update EtherealN and Panzertard.

Well, despite the suckiness of the situation, I'm glad to see they're selling well. :)

The no serial issue caused me to notice another issue. I bought Lock On Flaming Cliffs from the E-shop back in 2007. I still have the order confirmation email with the transaction ID and everything. The problem is, I don't see it under 'My Purchases' and therefore I don't have the serial number for it either. I do happen to have the serial number saved since I backed up the registry entry long ago, but it'd be nice to know that my digital purchase was recorded and I could reattain my serial number if I ever needed it. It might even be related to the bigger issue at hand. To all those that just purchased FC2 and don't have a serial number, is your order history accurate? PS: To those in the unfortunate, same predicament, I recommend getting all your settings, mods, etc tweaked as much as you can to pass the time and still feel like you've actually received something for your purchase. Build a mission, look at the hot new encyclopedia. The new UI is slick! =P

FYI, I bought it last night and I see it showing up as pending in my debit account. Still no serial. What I really want to know is if Havoc had this taken care of. As you can see, this thread is a few weeks old so this isn't the first time this issue has come up. Surely it hasn't been broken that long! :huh:

Add another one. Just bought it about an hour ago (FC2) and was all excited. :( I take comfort in the fact that it's not working for anyone though. That means it should be taken care of ASAP. Hopefully.

Best of luck to you. If my financial predicament changes, this kind of deal would interest me a great bit. What kind of longevity do you expect this to have? Obviously you would hope for indefinite, but were the sales lower than expected, could you still keep shop open? (ie: Low maintenance costs and no need for volume to continue to have access to the CNC) Just curious as to how long I would have to save.

Thanks. I see you have a setup as well. Looking at your HOTAS, did you just go for what felt best? They are slightly angled outwards. Did you have to get used to sidestick, or did it feel natural?

I've been working on a flight chair to add to the immersion, and have a consistent setup. The only way I've ever flown was with the stick right in the middle, either on a table, or between my legs. For ease of setup, I was going to build some platforms on the side of the chair, and just use an F-16 type config. After I got a makeshift prototype done, I hopped on a few sims to give it a whirl. I found it damn near impossible to fly like that. Everything seemed a bit harder to control, and I definitely didn't feel in tune with any plane. What gives? For one, I have no idea of the dimensions I should follow. Where exactly is the stick supposed to sit, and at what angle? Does anyone know where I can find info like this? Is it best to fly planes in Lomac with the stick in the crotch position or does it even make a difference? Can you fly sidestick?

Funny how a lot of our icons are the same. :smilewink:

When was the last Windows release where performance was increased from it's predecessor with current gen apps? I'm not trying to defend Microsoft, but I'd say some of you are being a bit too stubborn. Vista just needs time to settle in just like XP did. That being said, I haven't had the time to thoroughly read the OP's links. I'm not big on HD content on my computer at the moment either, but if this Vista content protection business really has the far reaching ramifications you guys are talking about, well, :doh:.

Thanks for the quick reply. Can't wait to see what the patch does for me. ;)

I intend to buy FC tonight, but I'd like to download it. My understanding is that FC uses Starforce for protection. Doesn't Starforce require a disc or something? Is FC not downloadable, or am I missing something? Awaiting your responses, thanks.