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Well as both drives work flawless in another computer I guess it´s dependant on WindowsXP or some installed components. I did another test by booting from a disk with CD-drivers and both drives worked in DOS mode without problems. It has to be something in Windows or in an installed application that causes this. As I have not installed anything new lately, it seems to be a bug or something. I need to use a lot of different DVD´s while making music on the comp for the soundbanks, so the 1 DVD at a reboot doesn´t work. Right now I am almost concluding that I need to reinstall XP with all the trouble that comes along with it.

Is there a fast way to do that without loosing all the apps and programs installed ? Can I overwrite WindowsXP on the fly ?

I guess I just found the mother of all bugs. I have 2 DVD drives in my comp. Both worked flawless up to now. Both are quite new. Both refuse to read DVD´s now. Movies and Data, original and burned ones. Both work fine with CD´s of any type. No problem there. What is really weird is that if I insert a DVD in any of those drives and boot the comp, the DVD loads and shows up in Windows explorer. I can use the DVD with no problems then. If I remove the DVD in Windows XP SP2 and insert a different one (yes, I use one that also has no problems with loading when booting the comp), the DVD drives do not recognize the DVD at all. The drives blink and that´s it. What I have done so far: Removed Nero, using the cleaning tool Removed ASPI, using killASPI and installed the new version Removed drives physically, rebooted, shut down, connected them one by one Checked DMA acess for both drives. Both have DMA enabled. Used Windows system restore with no effect. Checked drives in second comp. They work without problems. I´m running out of ideas. Both drives work if the DVD is inserted prior booting. Windows can access the DVD´s, but I can´t change the DVD´s when in Windows. All I get is blinking drives then. Can anyone please help me ?

GTR 2 Richard Burns Rally and more arcadish : TOCA Race Driver 3 for total wreckage with good fun-factor: Flatout 2

No, it just makes me tired to see you ranting about something that you actually do not own, have not played enough and that you are complaining about things that were never supposed to be in the expansion. It would be as if you are screaming in bold letter ( you like them, don´t you ?) that there are no nuclear submarines in QG. Bravo6 style: "OMG , I had hoped so badly that there would be submarines coming with QG ! I am so dissapointed with BIS not implementing them ! Maybe in next patch BIS ? Keep it up ! We trust in you ! " You expectations were neither fueled by BIS nor anyone else but yourself, so if you want to be dissapointed with something so badly, be dissapointed with yourself at first for not being able to read what QG contains. Freedom of speech ? It´s my freedom of speech to tell you that your expectations are constantly going miles away from the things that we are told by BIS prior releases. It just makes me sick that you plaster your bold letter signs of nonsense whenever there seems to be a chance to. And yes, this is also freedom of speech. Noone ever will force you to buy it. If you don´t like "such" simply stay away from it. Easy as that.

It´s an expansion, no patch. Nail that to your forehead pls. It´s not BIS fault, nor ours if you are too lazy to read the press releases on QG. All addons are listed, all islands are talked about and both of the campaigns got reviewed aswell. As you are quite frequently browsing and commenting every and any thread here on the forums you certainly haven´t missed that facts. Or is the same as it was with your "gone-out-of-the-window" expectations for Arma ? Stop daydreaming and get a grip on reality. BIS isn´t bravo6´s personal wishmachine. Just because you think that something should be in, doesn´t mean that BIS will scream in happiness and implement it on the fly. Your expectations for a cooperative campaign of the caliber of the QG´s embedded ones is very naive. If you´d know more about mission editing, you´d know that a maxed out optimized single-player campaign will hardly EVER work for multiplayer. It would take a lot of work to actually make that happen. Just look at the cooperative tries for Resistance campaign. I guess none of them actually fully worked. This is an expansion without technical improvements for the engine. Noone ever said different, if you are daydreaming it´s your problem. Now pls go back to your: Go BIS ! We count on you ! Posts. If you can´t see that the Merc campa is a masterpiece, you haven´t played it. Up to know I do not know of any user-made campaign of that quality. It´s funny that it´s always the ones that don´t do proper missions or no missisons at all who are running around telling everyone that the community will come up with something superior or of the same quality. Up to now that´s nonsense, be it island-wise or campaign-wise.

Well actually this thread is for feedback of people who have Queens Gambit. You don´t have it, so it´s funny that you talk about it.

Use the east handgrenades (untimed) and create a collision object at the same position, so the handgrenade collides with it and explodes.

There is no manual. If Alex.Sworn needs some help with fixing the typos in his menus and to have a multilanguage version of the tool and the manual he can contact me anytime. Btw, sorry to read about the relation with BIS, Alex. I can understand how you feel.

The autocentre "feature" has to be the most annyoing bug while controlling Arma. There is a community bugtracker topic about it for months now with 28 votes and none of the BIS dev´s ever even felt to comment on that showstopper. I guess it´s a bogus remain of the OFP Elite version and I somehow doubt that BIS is willing to change it, even if it´s totally nonsense and makes controlling vehicles with mouse and keyboard a horrific experience. Still, they don´t seem to care. Vote for the issue here: Mouse autocentering makes steering and flying hard Not that it would change anything, but at least they can´t say, that they didn´t know...

As you didn´t even pay for it as you claimed earlier, I think it would be wise to simply shut up and go away. Reference: @Mods: How about dealing with guys using pirated software ?

setpos a campfire into the wrecks

Just some feedback: I now upgraded to 2 GB GEIL 400 Mhz RAM with a latency of 2.5, operating in dual channel mode. I got a good piece of performance within Arma compared to the old PC 2700 RAM I was using. SO if you got a dated system like mine, an investment in faster RAM really does pay. My system: - Athlon XP 3000+ - GeForce7600 GT AGP overclocked to core 620 Mhz, memory 1618 Mhz - 2 Gig GEIL DDR Ram 400Mhz - Soundblaster XFi running Arma with ViewDistance 2300 m, all normal or high, except shadows.

Am I the only one who has no explosion sound when a mine detonates ? I can only hear the explosion sound of the vehicle but the mine explosion itself is totally silent. Is this a known bug ? I got aware of this some months ago but blamed it on my PCI 512 soundcard, but lately I switched to X-Fi and the issue is still there. Anyone with similar experiences ?

As long as bugs get fixed, I have no problem at all with hijackers

Get him with his instincts: Robo - Sausage ! Take your last bite ! Seriously, I wonder when they will realize that a simple and local limited EMP pulse will turn all of that nifty hightech toys they are coming up with lately into high-tech nobrainers. I wonder why noone here at teh forums played around with it yet Are you afraid ? Just set up a number of large capacitors and wire the area. Once robodog comes in he´ll have a mindblowing experience. You can also use magnets from 12´´ harddrives to create a an EMP field that will knock out everything coming into it´s vincinity. For other approaches buy the book "Electronics Gadgets for the Evil Genius" (insert evil laugh here) or look up some methods of creating and buying stuff for an EMP pulse device here: EMP/HERF/Shock Pulse Generators Don´t try this at home

That´s why the version number stays the same to keep it unified once 1.09 is released. Apart from that, a changed number in anims for example would kick all QG users from public servers for now.

Seriously dude, you better check what is worth reporting or not... You deliver a general: Which is nothing else than whining, because you do not back up any of your claims with solid info. If you got issues or bugs, report them in a solid manner, so BIS can reproduce it and maybe fix it. BIS never said it would be an upgrade, neither says the webpage, not the press release... The upgrade will be the 1.09 patch. QG has always been proposed as a single player addition mostly as the original Arma campaign failed badly. People moaning about the lack of addons, vehicles in QG should have taken a look at the QG page first. It´s all there, no reason to complain now if you are too lazy to read. I guess the small island will be used in MP alot as it´s offering a nice scenario for CQ battling with good performance on comps.

It´s allways been that way, even with OFP. I don´t really understand what the issue is, as it just takes time to place them right. What would be your suggestion to make it easier ? Have a buildingPos for every window in Arma ? Seriously, this is taking it a tad to far, don´t you think ? The unit will face the direction you give to it via editor placement or using setdir to set the specific heading. Nothing hard at all. Never got a CTD when setpossing my window troops. You´re either using malicious code or you have some technical issue with your comp. Would be nice if you could post an example that shows how setpossed units do crash the game. I guess a short post in the Mission Editing section of the forums would have solved all of your problems in no time... No problem aswell. Just setpos a palette right at the position you want the unit to stand on and there you go. The only restriction you get is with buildings that are not enterable and have an obstructing invisible geolod that makes the units worthless as they can´t see, won´t fire and won´t be shot upon as it is with some buildings with balconies.

Is this error already reported at the BTS ? I think it´s odd to have those silent explosions. Checked... According to the BTS this bug is supposed to be solved with 1.07 patch, but the bug is still there with 1.08. Can someone update the BTS ? Mines have no sound

this setunitpos "UP"; this disableAI "Move"; Problem solved... BIS isn´t responsible for user´s inability to do the basics...

I must have gotten something wrong then. I only play it SP and never for a single moment played it online. Still most of the times I spend editing and playtesting, but both for SP. I guess there will be a No-DVD option in a patch oneday but not now.

Something new ? Buy one of those connect it to comp via RS 232 , link it up to your forward and backward movement and see how far you will come Gives the term exhausted a new dimension.

Pah ! He´s still a young puppy, compared to others... Happy B-Day waxadellic leg fetishist