Ziggy

I've only logged a few hours in the HIND flying around Cyprus and I know the bird is fledgling however I have to say that the combination of the HIND and the Cyprus addition to the Syria map is fantastic! The potential for some really good helo missions is high! Well done All! Ziggy

Today's weather forecast is cloudy but fine. Very fine!! Well done ED and thanks

From one oldie to another, "getting old" does suck but it is preferable to "getting dead"

My pleasure and thanks for the extra info Shu77! There was a time when the forum was unruly and much less forgiving and it discouraged me from contributing however these days there seems to be less of the flame wars that used to happen thanks to great moderators. Salute

Your ranking is determined by how many posts you write......... I've been flying this sim since 2005 but don't engage in the forums too much. Only 42 (now 43) posts and we need 100 before I reach Member status. as for veteran etc one can only guess!

Hi Guys I have had two accounts/callsigns for many years. Ziggy was my first dating back to 2005 but I've used KAOS since 07 and when I tried to log in I was told my p/word was incorrect and when I requested a reset via email it was for Ziggy not KAOS. No biggy however it would be good to have my favourite handle back. cheers

To mower... Yes the Mac is expensive but I use the mac for stuff I dont do on a Pc and with boot camp I can fly the best sims ever produced on the SAME beautiful machine! To everyone else I've just added another 4gig of ram. Will interested to see what difference it makes. I'm glad to see this thread has given encouragement to more mac users. Any Mac specific problems or solutions would be much appreciated although as speed suggested the differences between Mac and Pc are few. My main concern was getting the sim to work on a win7 partition on a Mac. Thanks gentlemen <s

Hi Guys. Thanks for your help / suggestions. after some testing I decided to take the plunge and upgrade to Win7 and finally I can see how absolutely fanastic this sim is!!!! STABLE. SMOOTH. SEXY..... sounds too good to be true but now this sim really rocks! Anyone running this sim on XP should really do themselves a favour and upgrade to Win7 and incase you're wondering, I dont work for Microsoft! ED has produced an awesome (in the true sense of the word) simulator. One that will keep me busy and happy for many months if not years. Looking very forward to their next effort!

Hi Guys. While I'm seeing lots of help here for PC users. (understandably) I'm not seeing too much Mac/Bootcamp specific advice/experiences and I'm trying to get an idea of the general performance of A10 on the Mac. I had very little difficulty with Black Shark but particularly since A10 has gone gold, I have had all sorts of graphics glitches and CTDs. AM I ALONE HERE? or are others finding similar difficulties? I know PC users are also having the odd problem but I want know if Mac users are seeing just as many or more or less. I expect some Mac specific advice from those in the know would be very useful to this growing user group. Your input/advice would be much appreciated. <S

I concur. Couldn't see any physical difference but wasn't too concerned with how it looked. Just wanted it to work! Still goin strong. flew for about two hours yesterday....... so when I get about 50 hours up I expct I'll stop worrying about it.

To those who may be interested, I finally received my new MoBo for the TM throttle and after a week of testing (which unfortunately eqautes to three hrs!) everything is working as it should be. On that note I would like to thank TM for their after sales service all be it on the slow side. They have come to the party and solved the issue. GAME ON! See you in the virtual skies sometime soon... once I re aquaint myself with this awsome sim. <S

To the AMAZINGLY talented people at ED.... Thankyou! This just gets better. <S

To some1 I'm glad that you have had a positive experience..... I expect the fact that I live in Australia is a part of the reason what should be a week or two turn around has taken nearly two MONTHS!

I could live with the F/A18 ;-)

For those who have read this thread so far may be interested in the continuing saga of what I would call my WORST after market tech support experience..... EVER!!! As mentioned earlier, I was given an option of; 1/ sending my throttle back to point of purchase for replacement then update firmware or 2/ getting a new updated MoBo sent to me for self install. This is why I started this thread.... in the hope of speaking to someone who may have also had this option and looked inside their throttle. I've since looked inside and it doesn't seem like much of an issue. BUT here I am 14 days after, still waiting for the part which will (hopefully) restore this expensive paper weight to it's former and proper use. I sent an email two days ago and TM can' even be bothered to reply to that. WTF Public relations 101= don't piss off your customer base by making promises you can't or don't intend to forefill. TM could release a replica f15 cockpit for $5.99 and I wouldn't go near it right now! Rant over.... I DO hope you're all enjoying Beta4 and hope to have a working HOTAS before A10 goes gold. Or when DCS F15 Eagle is unveiled 8-) <S

Wolf Rider, That may be so but to once again quote TM...... "All Throttles that had this issue were having a computer with the ASUS P5 series mainbord, we have investigated this and developed a new firmware update."

No. Actually. The iMac is powered by the intel i7 chip. TM maintains all bricked throttles were on ASUS p5 MoBos even though I stated my secondary ( superseded by the Mac) Pc had an Asus board but was used ONLY as a test bed AFTER the unit failed.

Agreed Slammin. The manufacturers of many USB peripherals have made them to withstand whatever spikes that might occur when PCs are powered up and down. I myself have several that haven't had ANY issues so I also believe(for what itsworth) this to be a TM issue. Now I wait.... Once again for an email informing me what TM will do and when I might have this otherwise fantastic kit working as it should.

Well guys, I've decided to go for the MoBo option mainly to get this thing sorted before the end of the year! (the throttle died 30.12.10!) I had a quick look inside last night and it doesn't seem to be too difficult to replace the board. Can't see any damage (cooked bits) but if this is what the designers/builders of the hardware say needs replacing, I'll go with that. IF TM send the MoBo straight away, I might be able to start flying again early next week.........fingers crossed. As people are suggesting the firmware is being used to change the way these units shut down/start up to avoid a damaging (to the TMWH) power spike but once the damage is done the only way is to replace the board. I wonder if these new boards are in any way different to the originals? Anyway, thanks for your responses. Hopefully the info from TM helps others.

I ask this question as I haven't as yet but have been given the option to replace/install a replacemant MoBo supplied be TM for my bricked throttle rather than sending it all the way to France from Oz or option 2 is, return to point of purchase which means sending it 2000km from Adelaide to Sydney... The extract from my TM email will be of interest..... To quote TM "All Throttles that had this issue were having a computer with the ASUS P5 series mainbord, we have investigated this and developed a new firmware update." Mine bricked on an Apple iMac! Go figure..... Your info (if available) will be much appreciated! <S

Succellus, iMac is the model name. OSX is the OS and Apple tell us they make all the components for their computers. As I said, I have a partition where I run XP so I can fly the Black Shark and the Hog and I do most everything else in "mac world." I've done some preliminary research. I know the iMacs are made in china (beautifully made by the way) but everything is under the Apple banner as far as I can tell.

My primary machine is an iMac i7 running an XP partition and my throttle bricked so it's not just ASUS causing the problem. My secondary machine has an ASUS MoBo but I only tested my throttle on it after it failed.....

to wolfrider..... Afirm

Well... while this global economic discussion might be interesting.......... z z z zzzzzz I have after several emails to and from TM got my throttle going back to France. Now where did I put that invoice?! Hope they accept the print out from my bank showing my VISA transaction to purchase my paper weight! ;-)

While the failure of my throttle is a royal pain in the six, I'm fairly confident that the issue will be resolved. There have been atleast 4000 of these units produced and it seems a small number have a problem even knowing this I would still buy what is a damned good product. As Cali said, the decision is yours to make. <s