zoot

Gentlemen [and ladies of course as well] it has been a pleasure making my presence known on these forums, and the community has been both helpful and friendly, but I just wanted to say that my need for a high fidelity US aircraft has tempted me away from LOMAC. I wont name the sim I have moved to as that may seem to be bad form,[im sure many can guess once I mention it is old, and new,;) has a completely clickable cockpit, and the graphics are not near as good as LOMAC] but I will keep LOMAC installed and updated, and lurk here every so often to watch the patch progress for western platform updates. you have all been a credit to the memories I have of the old virtual squadrons whose boards I polluted since the time of Janes US Navy Fighters and Fighters Anthology (714th comes to mind). Thanks for all the help! peace, love, and splashing bandits! :drink: zoot

no love for the saitek when it comes to scripting I guess...oh well

that was a joke?, I thought he was actually an incarcerated inmate apologizing before his only social outlet was taken away. anyway, you go breadfan! everyone deserves a second , or third...or fifth chance!

big bada boom

I concur on the current position about excellent [foaming at the mouth with aggression, i think it was] I recently got shot down [i was in an F-15] by a ka-50 i that I regretably set to excellent and put a few A2A heaters on. ...stop laughing... anyway I look at it as a great accomplishment in mission building as opposed to a failure as a pilot in my defense I was in a low altitude turning fight with a mig-29 at the time.

i use a saitek x36 [pretty old I know]

I may be a little late, but if you are looking for cooling try "Thermalright" XP series IE=xp90, xp120, xp90c I have an xp-90 on my P4 3gig - oc'd to 3.3 and i run about 25degrees , highest ive seen is 35. my old athlon used to run 45 in the same case. dont take my word, some online accounts say this is the closest thing to watercooling and they run between 45-70 bucks got mine from newegg couple notes: to put in on some processors you will need a 5 dollar set of brackets, so make sure you do your research before you buy. mine needed the brackets. no big deal but heres some advice - use a thermal paste that is NOT conductive. installation isnt hard but I did drip a little onto the board at the very last second and did not want to remove the whole thing for one little drop. BTW system up and running no problems since last august. one other note: you will get this in your research but the model number has to do with the size of the fan you want to put on it[90/92 mm XP-90,120mm XP-120, the C means it is all polished copper-supposed to conduct heat better] I originally bought a tornado 5000rpm, was too loud so replaced with a low rpm fam and still have the low temps, but REMEMBER to have a case that will fit the heatsink because it is huge [you have to supply your own fan but installation is easy] hope this helps, let me know if you want more info

shot in the dark jhere since I dont know jack about the KA 50, but is it possible that the guns you saw on the sides were gun pods? if so that could be your answer [chin mount and gun pods] just a guess

Gunja, thanks for the screenshot! [i had figured it out right away, but i'm sure there are others who that screenshot will help]

thanks, I saw the time entry many times, but I never thought to try to edit that, I thought it was information only thanks again

the search function is not cooperating with me, can anyone tell me if it is possible to delay the takeoff of aircraft for a set amount of time... or in the alternative how to make non fighter AC takeoff when a player AC gets close [i assume you can make fighter AC set to cap or intercept take off when a threat enters the area -correct me if I'm wrong here]

to dizz and ruggbutt, thanks for the input, I see what you mean. heres a thouroughly confusing fact to throw in the mix. an online retailer sells usb numpads which are "asynchronous" and "can be used seperatly and at the same time as your laptop's keyboard" i wonder if this would appear as a different device. I would get one and try it out but it is just as expensive as a the belkin or saitek game commander FPS game/key pads. ooh well, maybe Ill just rebind a few of the defaults on the keyboard and save myself 35 bucks [until I get enough for ruggbutt's toy that is;) ]

thanks to all for the info and ideas on canniblizing a game pad but if anyone out there does get a chance to try out a usb numpad the way I suggested in the original post that would be greatly appreciated :helpsmilie: [since I currently dont have the time in the near future to devote to fabing a box and rewiring athe PCB on a game pad- though if I did have the time I would seriously do it ... in fact I would make the time but I dont need anymore analog axis's , just about 4 or 5 function keys, and I dont want to remap over the default settings on the keyboard] thanks

Zaelu, what I mean about the switches is this... switches I buy have wires coming off of them-to wire it into the circuit. these game pads dont have wired in switches, they are just a peice of rubber that pushes down onto a "grid" on the printed circuit board. the only way i can see to put the gamepad into a box is bunch up the buttons like they are on the gamepad and get extenders to hit the rubber "button" it is either that or drill into the PCB and wire in the switches, I guess that is what Im left with oh well

i am not a big do it yourself'er, but I do have a good knowledge of electronics. having seen the inside of a gamepad I know that some switches are closely bunched together, and are just "contact grids" where the switch is actually a small conductive plate that comes down on the grid and closes the switch. basically what Im saying is I dont have a fear of soldering, but how in the world would I turn switches like that into the the kind I would be buying to put in the front panel of the control box I would be fabricating? any links to related DIY websites with Ideas are welcome, my google skills must be rusty, all I can find is plans for "gamegirls" and the like