Angry Radish

I think there are other games on the pc that can be classified as RPG's, I remember playing some great games in the mid 80's like Moebius, and even the original Might and Magic that were nearly pen and paper games, they had so many options for character development, etc... I agree slapping the name "RPG" on any game that has a knight,wizard, etc..is a massive generalisation, but you have to call 'em something. and R. Gerschwarzenge, did you ever play the original Daggerfall? while it had many many bugs, it was even better than 2 I think...very open ended, and actually had more options than 2.. Just my 2c..

LOL, I remember the days when I used to have at least 2 in my pocket "just in case" one was lost... I got into the habit so much, when I was on the flightline and decided to take a smoke break, I reached in my uniform pocket for a lighter, and guess what I found? Just what every soldier needs ...actually, now that I think of it, maybe that isn't such a bad idea depending on the quality of officer you end up getting

Shame this thread turned into an anti-military/gov't/media/big brother thread all the sudden, I was actually interested in seeing who served here....

Would Heros of Might and Magic 1,2, and 3 qualify for this thread? Turnbased, strategy....... not sure if it would be classified as an rpg though...

Along the same lines of fire safety, a few people were riding in the maintenance cargo van on the flightline, heading back in to turn in their tools after changing a fuel line on an engine. There was a small bucket in the back, containing the JP-4 that was drained from the lines during maintenence, sitting in the middle of the van. A couple people were smoking, which was no big deal, as we all did it, only this time, some of them started arguing about it, saying they really shouldn't be smoking in the truck when there is a bucket of jet fuel sitting in there. Well, one of the engine troops argued that the flashpoint of the JP-4 was too high, and that if he threw his cigarrette in the bucket, it would just go out. Want to guess what happened next? The cigarrette actually DID go out, only just before it did, it ignited the fumes on the surface of the small bucket. So, kind of like lighting a gas grill in your back yard when the gas has been on too long, or your too close, everyone got out of the truck at the tool crib swearing at the guy, as everyone that was riding in back had all their eyebrow/eyelash/hair singed(sp?), and there was that nasty smell of burnt hair throughout the truck.

Pingers At my first base, the new arrivals on the flightline were called "pingers" no idea why, but that's the way it was:) Anyway,the Comm-Nav and other avionics troops had already been trained in their individual systems, but had no idea about where they were on the aircraft, or any flightline procedures whatsoever. So as trainers and supervisors, we of course took it upon ourselves to use that to our advantage to mess with them as much as possible Some of these examples I heard about, and others I witnessed first hand, or did myself, and yes, I was caught by some of them when I first arrived as well. Go Fetch One of the first things you could do with a new arrival, was to send them to get things, using the usual military acronyms, thus entertaining yourself. The most common thing to encounter, was someone at the tool checkout desk asking to sign out the keys to the aircraft so the engines could be started, which usually led to the folks behind the counter saying they didn't have them, but base OPs might, and to go check there. After that, the folks at base ops would have fun as well, and tell them that the keys were a secure item, and had to be signed out from the Security Police, and so on... eventually, they were told that there was no such thing as keys to the aircraft, as they didnt use keys. Another thing to send people out for, was the lubricant called K9P. So, off they go to the tool crib, or CTK, where they were told that unfortunately, they were out of K9P, and to go ckeck over at the motor pool. The motor pool was completely out as well, but the troop was told to go check over at the security forces building, as they may have some extra in their stock for their vehicles. At the SP's, they say YES! they do in fact have some, and to stop by building 214 to get some. building 214 was, if you havent guessed it already, the kennels for the dogs the SP's use :-) Other amusing things we sent troops out for were 10 feet of umbilical cord, 30 feet of flightline, propwash, and the list goes on..... The worst wild goosechase I saw, was when a supervisor asked his new trainee if he had his steeltoe boots on (which were required). The trainee responded yes, he did, at which point the supervisor asked him if he had the tips checked for cracks, to which the confused trainee responded, NO. He was told to go over to NDI (non-destructive inspection) to have the steeltoes tested. NDI are the folks that evaluate the various metal parts on the aircraft for corrosion, cracks, etc...so they worked closely with the rest of us flightline weenies, so they knew we were always joking around. So when the trainee arrived to have his boots tested, they were more than happy to help. After a brief inspection of his boots, it was determined that the boots needed to be prepped bofore inspection, so he was sent to the sheetmetal shop to have the boots prepped. this is the point where things sort of got out of hand. Upon his arrival at sheetmetal, the troops there took his boots, and sandblasted them, pretty much removing the entire first outer layer of his combat boots. After this was done, they sent him back to NDI, where they proceeded to put some sort of bluish-green dye on his boots for the "testing". After a few "tests" they pronounced his boots safe for flightline use, and sent him back to his supervisor wearing his blue-green sanblasted boots. Needless to say, when the trainee approached his supervisor with the boots in the breakroom, there was a little (ok, alot) of laughing. The supervisor ended up having to buy new boots for his trainee, and we all kept a close eye on the NDI and sheetmetal folks for awhile when our trainees went over there. Let me know if you want more of this stuff, all sorts of old memories are surfacing now:)

I bought GTA3, but I still haven't played it...still playing FFX, can't tear myself away from that game

BHD was a failure not because it was a movie about the facts, it was a sad attempted cash-in on the facts, which was then twisted into an MTV video. Everyone is trying to cash in on the "Saving Private Ryan" formula, only not one has worked yet. Now there are hundreds of 12 yearolds thinking it's the best #### movie in the world, that the military flies around in helicopters listening to rock music, and everyone is an amazing hero that fights valiantly. Bah :-)

I've been using the net from the time before graphical web browsers, and used the name Pacman for years. Well, obviously there are a few more Pacman's out there now, so a few years ago, I got bored and found the Naminator http://www.gamespy.com/naminator/ . So, new name, hopefully one I won't have to leave again due to over-popularity:-)

I'll see if I can dig up some pictures of the time one of our C-141b's came unseated from it's jacks during the lowering procedure. One of them went right through the wing, fuel everywhere, etc... They ended up removing the wings off the aircraft because of all the damage, and making it a ground trainer for flight engineer and loadmaster training, looks pretty damn strange now. I'd add all kinds of stories, but most of them wouldn't make any sense to anyone, because they pretty much have to do with amusing things pilots/co=pilots/flight engineers did with the systems, so they would require some knowledge of them :-( But, if anyone has knowlege of aircraft systems, and wants to hear some geeky avionics stories, let me know and I'll post em here :-)

Served 9 years in the US Air Force as a communications/navigations systems tech on C-141b,C-5a/b, and KC-135's. Other than the M-16 and 9mm, didn't really get to play with any cool weapons, just alot of tools and test equipment:-)

So yours is the only network that is designed properly? Damn, what are the odds.... I agree, ingame voice should be an option, but what if you only want to have voice comms with your clan only, and dont want some 12 yearold blaring Barry Manilow over the line? Can the ingame voice comms be password protected? Also, for those that don't have alot of bandwidth, or at least those that don't like to brag about it in every post, why not use an alternate voice comm program to offload some traffic on something else? Just a couple possibilities...

Sweeper, If you really wanted this to be a realistic game, I say go ahead and add the B-1, and you don't even have to worry about the framerate or anything, since a realistic B-1 would FOD out most of the time you tried taxiing :-) That, and don't use it in any of the winter maps...what kind of leading edge anti-ice was the plane equipped with again? :-) Don't get me wrong though, I think they are the best looking plane in the inventory, perfect for static displays

Not really "turned off", but you can set it so it requires 120% of the people to vote to pass.....

As far as I know though, it can't write to an external file though, so not very useful for logging servers.

I'd sacrifice my ex-wife to the OFP gods if I could get logs... ...wait, scratch that, I'll just do it anyway...

The site is currently being upgraded, but at http://www.ofpeditingcenter.com they have all the missions decrypted for your learning pleasure.

See? veggies ARE good for you!

Wish there was, but alas, no. The server will push out a map to you, but thats' it. In a way, i'm glad, since some of these addons can get HUGE, and a server really shouldnt be pushing out 15 copies of a 30 meg addon just so the folks can have em. On the other hand, I think server ops should have a place for you to get any required files for the server, as well as an announcement about it in the MOTD you see when you join the server. The more folks that get these addons though, the more fun and variety we can have online gaming.. So many of the players out there are just playing with the stock install of OFP, and they just don't know what they are missing in some of these addons.

Use the < and > keys on your keyboard to toggle between the modes, then hit / to chat

The map you are trying to launch requires one of kegetys addons, check out http://koti.mbnet.fi/stede/flashpoint/ to d-load them.

Need to be on the server as well.

Hmm..I'll have to play w/that later. I was under the impression I could relaunch the server under a diff .cfg with the #init...must be why I couldn't get it to work..

Yup, never got it to work either...can anyone enighten us?

I use a logitech I-Feel mouse with OFP, and now I can't imagine playing w/out feeling the recoil when I fire weapons...makes it a completely different game. ....kinda force feedback related....:-)