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So many photos to sort through, gonna add more posts to this thread in the next few days, but this one I remember taking, I'd chill in this spot often and noticed that each day around 4:20 PM the sun would shine though onto this creek and all the shadows of the Red Alder leaves broke up the orange sunlight making it look like a scene right out of Lord of the Rings or something... (click photos for full size images)

This is Betsy. My Generation 4 Glock 17. It's where I keep my bullets! In the pics also are 59 rounds of FMJ, TMJ, and JHP (some badass LE Remington Bonded rounds made to keep their badassitude even after piercing auto glass or the like). Should have taken off the large grip extension with the beaver tail in the exploded picture, but it didn't come to mind at the time. The Gen 4 also comes with a medium grip extension with a beaver tail, and a medium and large without the tails. After hundreds and hundreds of rounds of target practice this summer, I firmly prefer the large extension with the beaver tail. I suppose you'd have to shoot side by side with an older Glock to notice any difference with the new double spring in the Gen 4, but I gotta say, even with 147 grain, this weapon is extremely controllable even with rapid fire. Also comes with a third mag, which is nice - they cost $50 or more if you don't go somewhere nice like AmmunitionDepot.com or the like. What can I say? I'm in love! Eternal thanks to Eclipse for the dog tags - I wear these with pride every day. I might have to make this pic into a signature or something... While I had the camera out, I had a little fun making an Arma-like shot of my "map page". This is a high-res pic, and can be zoomed in close enough to read much of the map, but the lettering of the GPS coords is too small. The "digital GPS" is my Kindle Fire with US Forest Service maps loaded into it in PDF - very detailed, but dating back to 1994, they show roads that do not exist anymore which can get confusing at times. Interesting notes in this pic, my house in Portland is just off the tip of the Humidity dial, and the camp site where I took this picture is just Northwest of the Compass dial, by the word Oklahoma. That giant river mid-map flowing east to west separates Oregon and Washington - top of map is Washington. I love living so close to the mountains! Makes me feel I'd have a slight chance to get the fuck out of Dodge City if the shit ever hit the fan.

Obviously, this entire page is a function call for spawning, and it evaluates conditions. that line you ask about "_process" becomes a trigger near the bottom of that script page... it is a boolean == true or false. Also, the reason for the ' instead of " is because that section is inside a "compile" format, therefore, any " would be incorrect useage that would indicate the end of the compile format block, so one must use ' instead. I've used compile format a lot, this was my bible: ofpec.com/COMREF/ Those "percent 1" calls always annoyed Poff I remember... They are wildcards that pull the first variable at the end into the compile format at the beginning - so, "percent 2" would be the 2nd listed variable at the end of the code block, in this script, that would be the variable IEDList. (also, the script block for this forum is kinda fubar - page is too wide now...) Best of luck to you! !cheers

this is me drooling!!!! !shok

Yes - we have a dedicated server with a 24/7 Korean War campaign open to the public. Feel free to form up flights or whatever. VG could use some more pilots on the front lines... !cp

Shouldn't this be on a case by case basis? There is a rule about this - it is spelled out as "any disruption to players"... So, when done right and rarely, and not loud volume that is disruptive, who cares - but if you ask someone to cut it out or turn it down, and they do not, ask an Admin to enforce the "no disruptions" rule. I enjoy it too, though I've not played in a long time, when a short bit of a song can be heard over local and it's appropriate (and not overly disruptive) - but I voted no in this poll. It has to be a case by case thing, and if some people find it disruptive, it shouldn't be done around them out of respect for your fellows... JMHO !hi

i was wondering if that thing would roll out okay. I thought that thing looked pretty cool when it was previewed. I wonder if you are having a DirectX issue - you could troubleshoot that by installing the stick on a different PC/laptop and see if the problem is consitent. **Also note - Saitek has always had some issues with it's programming software, to the point where I started making shift state mappings inside the games I used it for, instead of having master profiles created with Saitek Programming Software. I can show you how to manually create a BMS control profile with multiple shift keys and most anything you can do with Saitek, except for maybe Axis Bands with multiple keys at various Axis percentages. There are a lot of resources available to learn this process, and it may look complex at first, Example: SimTriggerFirstDetent 96 -1 -2 0 0x0 0 //CURSOR AND CMS// SimCMSDown 371 1072 -2 0 0x0 0 SimCMSRight 372 -1 -2 0 0x0 0 SimCMSUp 373 -1 -2 0 0x0 0 SimCmsLeft 374 -1 -2 0 0x0 0 ///AutoPilot/// SimToggleAutopilot 104 1076 -2 0 0x0 0 SimLeftAPSwitch 105 -1 -2 0 0x0 0 SimTransmitCom1 106 -1 -2 0 0x0 0 SimTransmitCom2 107 -1 -2 0 0x0 0 SimCommsSwitchLeft 108 -1 -2 0 0x0 0 SimCommsSwitchRight 109 -1 -2 0 0x0 0 but after a few times, you will know what you are doing. I promise you, I am so very thrilled to be able to just launch BMS and it already knows all my keys, shift keys, etc. I lose one or two of my X52 Saitek functions doing this, the 3 "modes" red, green and orange, and that is about it. Video gamey stuff - my stick is still programmed to mimic the actual F-16 HOTAS and all it's functions so the tradeoff is nothing for me. I'll look around for the links to the instructions, let me know if this is something you are interested it. Otherwise, good luck with your battle with Saitek STT Programming Software. !hi

From one BMS pilot to those who only dream when they see this - let me tell you: You don't play this game - you experience it. !cp You will spend your time, for sure, learning your controls whether they match the real HOTAS of the F-16 or whether you find a mouse/keyboard combo that gets you up to Angles 20 - but you will also spend your time experiencing THE MOST REALISTIC F-16 Simulator that any of us PC gamers can get our hands on. This is no DCS - this does indeed have older graphic qualities than modern games have. But I restate: This is THE MOST REALISTIC F-16 Simulator that any of us PC gamers can get our hands on - There exists no other of this calibre. Take my endorsement to heart - if you like flight sims, you owe it to yourself to learn the Falcon. I bet I could walk onto a runway (if cleared) and step into a cold F-16 and bring it not only to life, but to 20,000 feet, and then safely back to earth. This is THE SIM! OOORAH!! !pilot

^ !lol if a poll could be changed once made, I'd ensure that answer would be added...

from chatbox tankmaster58 =VG=[05 Jun : 17:53] those that fought all over the world we thank you Lest We Forget !medal from chatbox SemlerPDX =VG=[05 Jun : 17:53] Well said. I met one person that was present at the Normandy Invasion on D-Day. Robert Behee - he was at Omaha. He stepped on a land mine. It fizzled. A dud. He was the father to one of the best humans I have ever known, my step-mother Bonnie Behee-Semler. I was young, but I remember Robert - he was very nice, and along with his wife, Mickey, he was a Trapeze Artist for the Greatest Show on Earth, Barnum and Bailey's Circus. Thank you to all those from all nations who fought for freedom! So I thought maybe we could make this into a thread. If anyone has any stories to share or interesting things they can share about D-Day to keep it going, that would be great. The storming of Normandy is so iconic in the minds of us gamers even moreso than the general public as it's been duplicated in our games so many times. Although nothing could ever compare to the real life horror of that heroic push, it can be said that it helps one to appreciate how absolutely terrifying yet absolutely neccessary that historic amphibious assault was. Thank you, Marines! !hi Semper Fi

It is complicated - only thing you can do is read all about it and do some tests yourself. I just don't know how, myself - only with DCS A-10C, not BMS. !hi

The best info on how to connect to the VG BMS is in the TeamSpeak channel for BMS - look in the description to the right of the channel, and it will describe what you need to do to ensure a successful connection. If you continue to experience problems, make a support thread and we will try to troubleshoot your issues there. Good luck and see you around!

*and any war updates, too!! Those who don't fly will still read the headlines on anything going on in the digital war....I know I will!

I LOVE that there is a persistant war going on at VG that anyone ready to fly can pop into. I wish I had the time (and gear at present) to enjoy it. You'll need to enjoy it for me for awhile, so keep the pics coming, and help get the word out that VG has a persistent public Korean War going on for any BMS pilots who want to support freedom in the digital theatre. Feel free to keep the photos coming!! We more than appreciate it! !cp

Wassup! Yea, it's up and running. Report any issues here. !cp

nice!! !2cool

Blood makes the grass grow - shit runs downhill - you can lead a horse to water but can't make him drink - if you can't get enough players with us at VG, don't get your jimmies rustled, it just means that this decent idea needs more promotion. I haven't had a chance to look at the code yet myself, but I'm seriously interested in this thing that seems like a DandD style game. I'll be around - good luck, don't get discouraged by any initial lack of interest or low numbers, DayZ wasn't a hit in a day. !2cool

As far as being banned goes, it must be possible to contact their support and get it all fixed. I'm afraid many of the questions you have asked may go unanswered here as there are only a few infrequent Falcon players on these forums, compared to the BMS site. The options menu for a lot of configuration settings is in the first launcher window, before the game is loaded. "Configuration" has all the extra settings not found in game. I have no idea how to use the built in editor, I've just never played around with it - same with alternate cockpits - I've never used them and I don't know anyone here who has. Your best bet is to try to follow instructions from YouTube videos featuring such things, maybe they will provide a method and files. Good luck!

Not sure if other aircraft have properly modeled cockpits the way FF did it. Also, I only fly in Korea or Balkans, and don't know anyone who flys in Taiwan, so I have no frame of reference. As for the activation email at BMS, I assume it must have ended up in a spam folder or was rejected by your email as I quoted in your other thread. Only their support team could fix that, or you could try making another account with different email settings and see if it gets through. It's automated and nearly instant so it's not like it takes days to get sent out. You've clearly not received the one they sent, as I'm sure it was sent by now. Good luck and enjoy Falcon BMS! We have a persistent Korean War going on at the VG BMS server 24/7, feel free to get into it when you are ready. !hi

They may be small in size, but over the course of time, thousands of downloads cost simple forum sites a lot of money in bandwidth. This is why torrents are the most viable option. 24MB here and there can add up. Good luck! You will no doubt need some assistance when it comes to programming flight stick buttons and such, I'd be happy to help you, and of course now that you can access our friends at the BMS site, you can get loads of resources there as well. So glad we could help! !cheers

You can just reply here in this post for an ongoing conversation. First of all, you are downloading Torrent files from BMS and then those files need to be opened in a Torrent program which will download the very large BMS files. This is a method used from time to time by mod makers to avoid the costs of hosting large files for thousands of downloaders. So, that is the confusing part you are missing - no mirrors there, only Torrents which are small downloader files that do their job on your end. First step for you would be to download a Torrent program, I still use uTorrent and here is a link to that: http://www.utorrent.com/ Once you have that installed, and torrent files associated with uTorrent, you will find that clicking on the download links at BMS website will ask to open a file with an outside program *(uTorrent) - once you allow this, you will notice uTorrent window come up and the files begin to download from multiple sources. It is very safe, and usually quite fast depending on the number of "seeds". I won't get into all the details, but this should get you what you need. If you have any further issues, feel free to reply to this thread rather than starting a new one. Good luck! !pilot

*with regards to the BMS website, you'll want to check your spam folder in your email, maybe it appeared there. This is what they suggest at the BMS site, you may need to create another account there after following these steps: ?The forum system sends out automatic eMail confirmations, PM notices etc... plenty of "free" providers (e.g. GMAIL, HOTMAIL) tag such automatic mails as "spam". If you want to receive our mails, make sure to either check your spamfolder regularly, or to whitelist the "@benchmarksims.org" domain. ?Some eMail providers offer a "sender verification system", i.e. if they receive an eMail from s/o for the 1st time, they send back an automatic response email, asking the sender to confirm his identity by clicking on some link, providing some info about himself. Our moderators do NOT have the time to do this, and our automatic forum eMail system is of course not capable of doing this. So if you have such a "protection" system in place, again, make sure to whitelist the "@benchmarksims.org" domain. Also note that you do not need the original Falcon 4.0 disc to install BMS, no original files are needed from the Falcon 4.0 program. All you need is the original Falcon 4.0 exe which you can find for free here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/6bt1n5n9lvy4rlo/falcon4.zip If you have any more problems, or need help re-registering at the BMS site, post up here and we'll try to help you. !hi

It was down. Thank you for the report - I have restarted it. I've been very busy lately, so if it happens again, let people know this is where they can come if it goes down again. !hi

Love it! !fans