Tropikal

Thanx for the solution to this VERY ANNOYING problem Ezor. I just reisntalled the game and i couldnt get it to work for a few days now. I re-installed Vista 3 times to make it work right with different configurations.. Any chance someone is going to work on releasing a patch for this issue ? Whether it be Crative or ED .. someone should take this into account. Thank you again! Tropikal

You can save the mission running on the server you connect to, once you have it you can go in and look at any detail you want.

I was thinking someone could take porky's reply and make it a sticky somewhere so this fix doesnt get lost in space.. Thanx again porky!

All of the above are good options, the only other one you have (simplest one imho) is that when you record the track you make sure that externals are enabled in your options tab. That does not work if you re recording a track while playing on a public server though, usually servers do not have external views enabled, for obvious reasons. ps: Like Konkussion/Brit_Radar_Dude suggested, I would get LOME, which is a really nice tool to have anyway, for all the times you want to record a track when the server you are on does not have externals enabled.

Well, you would be glad to know that removing the Cine codec actually DID solve the problem. I hope this helps some other poor sob that like me had this issue. Now I am actually able to go in the edit window and select the codec I want to record with and everything else. At this point though the issue I am facing is that once I set my settings and start the actual recording it only does record when I select the uncompressed option, any other codec doesn't produce any output. If i select any codec the recording of the video is skipped completely and the program goes streight into audio recording. ..Yes one problem after the other.. isnt that great ?!.. Anyway porky's rep +1 in my book ;)

Well that sounds great, i hope i can get rid of the problem by following the steps you suggested. I ll let you know how it turns out once i get around to do that. At least now i know what the problem is. Thanx a bunch (even if it doesnt turn out to solve the prob) at least I got something to try now. ;)

Yes i just installed it .. i dont recall if it was before or after the first time i tried to run the AVI tool but i think it was like this even before to install vegas.. i can try to uninstall it for a few but that probably isnt the problem for me.

Problem is i dont have a clue what i should or should not uninstall and what i can or cannot uninstall.. So here s a list of video and audio codecs i got.. feel free to point out what should or should not be in there.. Also i wonder if re-installing the game might help.. if someone has tried that with success i d really like to know. Thank u

Thanx for the reply Andrew, though the link u posted doesnt actually work i ll do some research to see if i can come up with some useful posts.. anyhow thanx for letting me know it s a known issue.. i appreciated that.

I hope someone could give me some pointers on this one.. The problem is that every time i try to record an avi file from a track the game crashes instantly (as soon as i press the "Record AVI" button) I asked around and i was told it could be a problem with conflicting codecs but i uninstalled Divx and that didnt change anything.. Any hints would be really appreciated Thanx

Very very nice movie, good story line, cool intro, nice bombing and missiles action, and a good soundtrack.. I m not a frog fan, as a matter of fact i never fly that thing but i enjoyed the movie. Very nice work!

Guys, thanx to many that have given their input and tried to suggest on how to behave when facing an F15 armed with 120s. Thanx to those who understood the spirit of the question and tried to help this noob out.. The rest of you guys that keep on and on about the hardware and datalinks and whatnot.. get together and square it off, get over it, or open another post cause that is NOT on topic.. k thanx

Ardillita, thanx for the input, and yes i am very frustrated, hence the harsh tone that i do apologize for.. Starting up is waaaay uphill.. i wasnt expecting a walk in the park.. just a more accomodating slope.. if you know what i mean. I am looking for input left and right, it wont be long until i have more lomac training trakcs than actual movies on this pc. I wish there was tutoring online for this game lol. I have to thank the RvE, 77th, 169th and all those that took the time to teach me something out of the goodness of their heart and sacrificing their own time. Hats off to you guys.

Boy oh boy do i feel like the new boy at school in 6th grade... fine whatever lets deal with that.. In all honesty i feel like your overwhelming knowledge has at least partially clouded your judgement. At least that goes for most of you. Maybe i m just too much of an idealist, but i wonder why nobody ever made a simulation about Hiroshima.. hmm jee maybe because nobody would want to play the Japanise side.. the game wouldnt be balanced now would it ? Some of you seem to be tuned into all the info you have come across in years about any plane you re into that you will never be satisfied with anything u get your hands on as far as simulation goes. As far as i know, and i dont know much, the game is not realistic as it is, and it s not fair either. Now hearing "hey that s the game take it or shut it" isnt exactly good to improve on the audience. Also, sure a great pilot laughs at the F15 but then i have to tell you you cant read.. i said PILOT ASIDE, if you fly the 15 you are at an advantage. Basically take 2 noobs, put one in the 15 and the other in the SU.. guess which will never come out as a winner ? Are you starting to get the point now ? For someone who is learning like me this is a GREAT PAIN THE REAR !!! Honestly why should i care if the F15 is actually a much superior fighter (true or not that s not something i m really interested in) in real life ? So basically you re telling me the game was designed to make one side win from the start by giving it the advantage ? That s absurd in my mind. I m sure it makes all the sense in the world when u r an F15 fanboy. People talk about time frame for this timeframe for that.. as far as i know the 120C shouldnt have been included if the game respects any sort of timeline.. And lets just stop here for 1 second.. .. back it up a bit.. What s all this fuss about the plane ?? I think the F15 should be improved on, as far as graphics go, what bothers me it s not the F15, it s the missile i m pi$$ed about, i dont really think much of the 15 to be completely honest, it probably has the worst cockpit of them all. It looks like you could play pong on the mfd. Rhein, Kon, thanx for the input guys and sorry if i m pissing ppl off.. i can hardly keep something i havent digested in.. i usually have to spit it out. I might be wrong, and i might change my mind on the future and come back and laugh at this thread but that s the way i feel right now. Iron, my friend (not that i ever met you or even heard your voice on coms - but i ve heard it on tracks) thanx for the unvaluable help i got from your trainings, i got the divx videos before i had the game :D Read all of the above in the context pls.. as in pilots always makes a difference one way or the other sure but that s not the issue, sure if u r experienced and know how to take adantage of this and that you will come out ahead, that s not the point either cause that goes both ways.

I wish it was like that .. that was the point of the post actually.. make ppl realize that if u r flying the flanker u r not fighting the pilot.. u r actually fighting the plane AND the pilot (or better the missile and the pilot..in this case) I m not worried about being shot down.. thats how i learn. It s going to get better, but for now i m just disappointed that the plain is not leveled. To those that keep repeating the same brainwashing "life isnt fair" song, i really could care less if ur life is fair or not (with all due respect), i m playing the game for amusement and personal recreation.. i dont want to relive the crimean war, else i d go to the library, i want to be able to play a fair battle. ;)

While i bow to your skillz.. why do i have to keep buying vasilline until i reach your level just because the game is not balanced ?? Would u not prefer a fair world instead of the big bad one ? Dont tell me that you like the challenge.. a challenge is beating an expert pilot at your skill level, not a tard with a killer machine.. One more time.. the problem is not the F15 in itself.. it s what it carries.. take the 120 away and find out how many people cant get 1 kill to save their lives.

What i am saying is that giving autonomous radar missiles to one side/or to one plane only is like having a multiplayer FPS where one side has the atomic bomb and the other bayonettes.. Sure u can get kills with a bayonette if u r good enough.. but u dont have to be good to get kills when u got an atomic bomb.. it just HAPPENS. And you cant even compare the 120's to the 77's.. the mig can carry 4 at best, the F15 can carry 8 120s.. For sake of gameplay.. i wouldnt care if the game wasnt realistic to the dot.. actually let me rephrase.. i DONT care if it s not realistic.. but i DO care that the field be balanced. The game isnt realistic even as it is now.. but at least make it FAIR. Why favor 1 plane vs another ?

I ll start off by saying that i am NOT an experienced pilot, i ve only been flying for 2 weeks, and this is the first sim i take in my hands, so if you want you can flame me for what i am about to say, i ll sure say it anyway because for once i feel let down, and second if i feel there is an issue i d like that to be known it s no use to keep it for myself. Since i started playing the game i ve always been drawn to the 27.. i like its style and i like the way it handles. It s a tad complicated to learn but i ll get used to it in the end. I have been playing on public servers on hyperlobby and the thing that gets me the most is that the battles are so unfair.. How is it fair to put up a 27 or a 33 vs an F15 ?? PILOT ASIDE, having a plane that carries autonomous radar missles vs a plane that has to keep a lock to even hope for a hit... com on.. that s rediculous! I can already hear peaple screaming.. "but u can fire first on the flankers.." and others i m sure are screaming something else.. well big deal.. all you have to do on the 15 is push the fire button and turn tail.. WOW that s some skill.. To prove my point, in one of the hyperlobby servers, after having spent a good 45 min on the Flanker (which i m pretty comfortable flying by now) and ending up with like 4 kills and 8 deaths i decided to "spam back" and show the F15s on the other side that anybody can fly one. I ended up with 9 kills and 8 deaths in 30 min.. The thing that gets me the most is that at some point i even got 2 kills just by SPAMMING 3 120s in the direction i was being locked on and then turning around and running away.. that s just lame. I m sure that plenty of F15 pilots will be greatly offended, but guys.. be realistic.. this is just the way things are (ok maybe it s just how I see things..that doesnt change the facts). A shout to the developers.. this is a great game, the graphics are beautiful, flying around at low altitude is a rush, i m sure there are things that could be bettered but please first and foremost keep a balance.. It s not a written rule that since the game sells most in the US the F15 has to be "the better" plane..at least it shouldnt be that way..if there has to be a winner let it be because of the pilot .. not because of the plane. (Actually it s not even the plane, cause the F15 really looks and feels like some arcade game from the 80's, it s the ordinance it carries.. but i m sure if u were listening you got my point.) Just my 2 cents Flame away..