Shrike_UK

Same problem here doing same thing, but i get 3 windows appear, launcher.exe has stopped working, and blackshark has stopped working, i close those, another blackshark has stopped working window pops up, close that, then i get a debreifing with 0 stats appear. I was running DCS Blackshark with no problems at all before, i just uninstalled, upgraded my graphics card from a Radeon X1950Pro to a NVidia GTX 460 Super OC. Then reinstalled. Oh and i installed 1.02 over 1.00, before i was using 1.01c. wierd i hit refly while on the debreifing screen, and mission loads fine. went back to main menu after the mission, and missions can now launch okay from main menu. Deffo sounds like a programming error, nothing to do with my setup but the game/patch itself

Aaaah thank you :) how can i be so dense :doh:, i can count really, just didnt realise you actually get 7 more activations :music_whistling: so that worked then, i didnt lose one after all!!! i'll be on my merrry way then *hic* lol thanks. :thumbup:

Hi thank you for the answer, however i dont understand why if i deactivated it that i should lose an activation? sureley theres no point in deactivating it if your just going to lose an activation anyway? Im asking because im not changing a hardware config, nothing has changed at all other than i formated the HD and Re-installed the very same OS i had before i deactivated it. edit: and do you think having a different windows activation code (i have to ring for a number to activate windows) each time i install windows might be part of the reason? The DVD i have windows on is for original OEM and i have changed the hardware sice i bought the pc, but not since owning BS. The reason why i re-install windows regularily is a bit long winded, i'll save you having to read all about it but im an IT Developer.

Hi, i deactived my BS when i uninstalled it, and now i re-activated it again using the deactivation code combined with CD key as the instructions said, but now i only have 7 activations left from my original 8. During the next year im going to be re-installing my OS every month, does this mean i can no longer play BS because of that? for i will use up all my activations in 6 months despite deactivating it. ?

Ok thank you for correcting me, and no i dont have a problem with you Viper. I'm still mystified why my CD read laser stopped working and the DVD laser didnt though directly after installing BlackShark. Its a coincidence i find hard to ignore. And why should StarForce need a pc reboot? whats does it do sub-OS? All things being said though, i've had a good read around some threads here about 2.0 and found some really good posts from people about how MP will be better as ECM cooldown etc is adressed/implemented, and some really good tactical usage of the helis with fixed wing a/c, and i gotta say, that it all is getting my imagination going for some great missions.

I like the way you conveniently left out the part i have highlighted in bold red, no doubt hoping nobody else read far enough to notice that i am right to have my reservations. What would solve this issue is for ED to say whether or not they do use this container technology that uses the drivers, because Star Force are literally using their marketing abilities, knowing that most people will assume a false sense of security if they do not read the instructions fully, which of course, helps to sell their product, but them the small print gets them out of any legal implications if they are found out. And, who doesnt read the manual? 99% of people. If somebody actually commits a yes we do or no we dont use the drivers then they are commited to it. With regards to monitor resolution switching, if theres a respectable LCD monitor guru out there with an unbiased opinion, then im happy to listen and beleive if there a suitable explaination that prooves the rumour wrong. I would rather know the truth than take gambles thanks. It isnt my intention to bash ED about it, just looking to find an answer.

very tasty and clean, and wow isnt that a good price? what are they normally, 30m+ new? one things for sure, going shopping would never be the same again.

My Thanks goes to Crunch, Feuerfalke (for an interesting post even if you did hit a few nerves, lol), and Panzertard -Thank you for your more technical insight... I realise my post was a bit contraversial, and some were quick to flame, however it is/was genuineley how i felt, so i would like to take time to explain, after all thoughts are built on experiences and i have my experiences that i hadn't really explained. Yes i think i will miss out to a certain degree, i do still have doubts tho. I have bought nearly all flight sims since Ah64A Apache on the Sinclair Spectrum 48k, and Microprose F117 Stealth Fighter on C64, Gunship 2000 on Amiga A600, Falcon 4. I really dont want to miss one. Regards to PC performance, i could run BlackShark on medium settings, and it ran very smoothly, so credit where its due, my 3 year old PC could run it on the improved graphics well (over 30fps), so i was impressed with the development teams optimisations. Obviously a lot of good work had been done in that department. By downgrading, i pureley meant the points i mentioned, such as smaller map and better continuity between GUI and Engine. By the way, love your videos :) No, i dont have proof, however when i hear others saying that frequent switching of resolution does kill off your monitor fast, and thinking about the fact that yes your monitor does seem to be doing a lot of work to change resolution, personally i thought it was quite obvious that it was true myself thinking about the electrical charges that must be loaded around the capacitors and all that. I will be biased on the side of caution because i cant afford to keep buying monitors, they are expensive, and i've seen Nowhere that this theory is incorrect, googling it to death i find no results to answer my question, so, yes i dont have proof it does, but i find no proof it doesnt either. However as Panzertard pointed out, and i guess its good coming from a tester that no monitors went pop thats very reassuring as i bet its been loaded up a ridiculous amount of times in testing. and yes im not on an ancient CRT, lol. enable graphics card scaling? i'm not sure what that is, at least i dont see any scaling mentioned in the ATI Control Center options. If thats what i need then great! I use my Native Monitor resolution for both desktop and ingame, as its the clearest. Yes it may not be much less map, however some really good bits of the map were cut off, i used to make missions that included Kerch as a natural border (having the water between, having a land mass across some water adds a lot of variation for your missions, and sadly most of Kerch is cut out. And theres no replacement island-like bit of terrain to attack anymore. Crunch: No but i have a LITEON DVD/CD Writer, and many previous titles have used copy protection which makes games incompatible with LITEON, i know the reason why but can't explain here for security reasons, so im always cautious of that, however, i find it very strange indeed that after 3 years, and not having installed any software (literally anything, except windows updates) and then my CD laser decides not to work anymore the very next day after installing BS, what other conclusion could i draw?? I asked around and strangely my freinds all have had a similar issue. What seems to have happened is the DVD/CD Burners have 2 lasers, one for DVD the other for CD, and basically i cannot install LOMAC because its on a CD, and i cannot play music CDs anymore. So that means the CD laser is not operating properly anymore and isnt that a strange coincidence? Feuer: Why does the copy protection need to reboot your pc?, this is because certain things have to be set at pre-OS boot, at BIOS level, this can only mean Hardware interaction. Plus an amazing co-incidence as i mentioned to Crunch above. As a developer myself i really dislike piracy in any shape or form because i know what its like to have my work that i sweated blood to complete get hijacked by some loser who didnt work at all but takes the credit. You could not be more wrong if you think i have ever downloaded anything pirated, but i wont take it personally, i know you sound like tyou dislike those people as much as i do. Panzertard: Thank you for your decent words, and yes i agree with you about protection as per my reason i explained to Feuer, its just some seem a bit OTT. When you look at other protection systems like Steam for example (some might want to flame me no doubt for saying this) but i quite like the fact it dont invade anything, and the level of protection is sufficient for a lot of developers. Im not a Steam fan, but it does seem less painful. Yes okay i take it back. Thats a situation i wasnt thinking about having not really got into a Heli sim for over 10 years. Oh and if i was a wannabe, then why did i uninstall it? lol. You made a point and your right about the usage of farps no need to go over the top. And to the more Fiesty ones.... LOL if you lived where i come from you wouldnt want a Porsche unless you like claiming insurance every day because of vandals. Better hope i dont, i'm good with guns, like my last ex-squad member that joined your squadron after we disbanded. ;) lol. Cant beleive i'm level 3 for notoriety on these boards, LOL thats a first for me. Im not that sort normally. I guess i should've expected some to be very protective.... nvm.

I wont be buying it because i bought Black Shark, and was very disapointed with the DCS engine, I dont want to downgrade from LOMAC engine to DCS Engine. It was uninstalled from my PC a week after i bought it, but i still enjoy LOMAC FC 1.0 much more. What i didnt like: -the monitor resolution switching between menu and sim, this shortens the life of your monitor dramatically. Looks and feels like a Beta product because of this. -the copy protection that has made my DVD player no longer read CDs even though i've uninstalled Black Shark now, and reinstalled windows it still has the problem and not only that, all of my freinds also have the same issue and so none of my freinds are buying another DCS product until the protection is removed. And as its stated here that the copy protection was an amazing success then that clearly will be never again that i buy a DCS sim. It was uninstalled from my PC a week after buying it due to these problems but i still play Lock On as it has a better engine with no major faults. What really amazes me about the decision to use DCS engine for FC 2.0: -The map is smaller and so cannot do long flights with fixed wing aircraft. The DCS Map was made that way as Helicopters took longer to fly places so a larger map was not required. -Who in their right mind would want to fly adversarial online in a Ka50 on a server where there are enemy aircraft that they cant shoot at. They would just get obliterated. Also, why bother with having Ka50s flying around in Coop either if your in a fixed wing. You can get the job done much quicker with a fixed wing, be home at base within an hour and the Ka50 wont have even got half way to target, LOL.:lol: Sure, fix the switching of menus so it wont destroy my monitor, take off the copy protection so that it wont destroy my DVD player, give us the same size map as you get in Lock ON, and then i MIGHT buy it. But to honest, as you dont get anything other than a downgrade to DCS engine, i would much rather carry on with LOMAC FC 1.0 and wait for SOW:BOB.