Col. Kurtz

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Tovarish @ April 03 2003,17:35)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">You have to keep in mind the nature of the airwar on the eastern front, nothing happened at such high altitudes. 10,000 meters is about 32,000 feet...that being said you might just get your wish. Oleg has said that the height limitation will be adressed in their next sim, and rumor has it it will either feature the Mediterranean Theatre or the Battle of Britain . PS, about wanting to increase map size...are you mad?!? The map of Leningrad/Findland takes up about 512 RAM by itself! <span id='postcolor'> I know and understand that, but still... the less limitations, the better It would be nice to see a good modern Western Front game after Micro$oft Combat Flight Simulator 3 turned out to be such a dud. The Mediterranean Theatre could be interesting... I have never played a game set there (besides 12'oclock high, but that was a strategy game) and fighting in the Siege of Malta could be quite spectacular. As for the map sizes, if EAW could have the whole of Western Europe running at one time, and CFS3 could have the whole of Western Europe running at one time, why not IL2? (that would be the whole of Eastern Europe). Hopefully for the next big Oleg Maddox flight sim... By that time hopefully most people will have at least 512mb of ram.

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Mister Frag @ April 03 2003,16:56)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Col. Kurtz @ April 02 2003,21:31)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Mister Frag @ April 03 2003,16:22)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Is it just me, or is this guy using a crossbow?<span id='postcolor'> He does indeed appear to have a crossbow, nice and silent. Not as a crazy as a picture in a book on Special Forces I saw. It has Polish Special Forces training with tomahawks <span id='postcolor'> I wonder if they brought them to Iraq. Polish Special Forces are fighting alongside US Navy SEALs in Iraq.<span id='postcolor'> Maybe, but this book was written in the days of the USSR when Poland was part of the Warsaw pact so their training, tactics and equiptment might have changed to a slight degree.

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Mister Frag @ April 03 2003,16:22)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Is it just me, or is this guy using a crossbow?<span id='postcolor'> He does indeed appear to have a crossbow, nice and silent. Not as a crazy as a picture in a book on Special Forces I saw. It has Polish Special Forces training with tomahawks

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Tovarish @ April 03 2003,15:02)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Game engine limitation. Above 10000 meters, you're in outer space .<span id='postcolor'> Yeah, it's pretty crazy. Once I flew off the map to see what would happen. It's a bit like OFP. You don't hit an invisible barrier or anything, but the landscape becomes very blurry. It is a pitty, because the IL2 engine would be good for a Western front mod if only there wasn't such height limitations and map width limiatations. Imagine European Air War with better graphics, more realism, a mission builder and improved Dynamic campaign. And more planes.

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Tovarish @ April 02 2003,17)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Tex [uSMC] @ April 02 2003,06:35)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">yeah, probably the one thing I'd most like to see in FB is for my kills to show up on my plane. that would kick sooo much ass<span id='postcolor'> If you read the IL-2 forums you would know that there is a tool that does just that <!--emo& http://perso.wanadoo.fr/zarodinu/pv/paintvictories0_4.zip *edit* can't vouch for it myself though, haven't tried it<span id='postcolor'> Ahh, thank you very much For your find, I present you with this  And I do look at the IL2 forums, only sometimes though, must of it is just complaints, and since they closed down the pilots lounge everything will be kept to IL2 and FB, so nearly all posts will be either 1). Complaining about the fact that the Pilots lounge was shut down or 2). Complaining that their favourite plane isn't good enough or that the other planes are too good. It's one of those forums that is ok to read, but I wouldn't post there. Very much like the DoD forums. *Edit-I'll report back when I have tried this utility whether it works or not* Right, I have tried it out. It is easy to use, but unfortunetely you have to manually add your kill and medal markings. You have to edit the skin you use and add your stars/crosses/lines/Hero of the Soviet Union yourself. Still pretty good. Oh yeah, you can add 'for the Motherland' and 'for Stalin' (in Russian) on your plane too, so with this tool, you can make quite a historically correct paint job.

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Badgerboy @ April 02 2003,11:41)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Grrr... I'm going to reinstall B17 2. (Which incidently, is also great! Buy it fools!<span id='postcolor'> Brought it 3 years ago It is a pity that they cut out MP (although someone, might have even been you Badgerboy, said that a 3rd party was making MP for it). I also think they should have included a German Fighter pilot career. And they should have added an AI that could bomb right... One of the coolsest features of it was with the patch, kill and mission markers came up on your plane. It was just a nice, historically correct feature to have little bombs painted underneath the cockpit. I wish they would do it for FB.

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (ZIKAN @ Mar. 31 2003,22:15)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">It had many people quoting the cheesy lines at paintball every weekend lol<span id='postcolor'> I seem to remember one vaguely that went along the line of 'we've got to take out those tanks or they'll hang us in the trees like spaghetti' I hope they keep up the good work for H&D 2 which results in a polished, pretty much bug free-, enjoyable gamewhich surpasses the first game. One of the great things about the first game was the vehicle's, whether it was a tank or a river boat with an MG mounted on it, they were fun to use. Last I saw H&D 2 is going to include flyable planes, so that should be interesting

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Sgt. Milkman @ Mar. 31 2003,15:31)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Col. Kurtz @ Mar. 30 2003,20:28)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Some vehichles, like the BMP, have been made bigger than real life. I believe this was a simple mistake. One of the BIS team members said it had to do with converting measurements into the game if my memory serves me right. *Edit*-Spelling<span id='postcolor'> Then why didn't they release a fix in a patch that corrected the size measurements, or had a fixed replacement BMP? Didn't they realize that their BMP was wrong when they looked at in the game?<span id='postcolor'> They do know that it is out of porpotion but I suppose they have better things to do than go around resizing vehichles. Here is the thread about the BMP To show just how out of porportion the BMP is, check page 2 with the photo comparing the real BMP to the OFP BMP.

I can remember reading a preview of H&D 2 in the December 2000 edition of  UK PC Gamer, back when H&D 2 was supposed to come out in 2001 Anyway, I do look forward to playing H&D 2, the first game was excellant and H&D 2 is set to do far better. Let's just hope it doesn't turn into another Duke Nuken (taking) Forever. Now that Illusion have finsihed making Mafia and Vietcong, they should be able to focus more on getting H&D 2 out so we can run around listening to the cries of 'Englander!'

Some vehichles, like the BMP, have been made bigger than real life. I believe this was a simple mistake. One of the BIS team members said it had to do with converting measurements into the game if my memory serves me right. *Edit*-Spelling

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (interstat @ Mar. 31 2003,08:50)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Another one down: U.S. helicopter crashes in Iraq WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Marine helicopter has crashed in southern Iraq, the Pentagon has said. A Pentagon spokeswoman said on Sunday she could not say if anyone was killed or injured. "We do confirm that there was a crash," she said without providing other details, such as the exact location of the incident or the possible cause."<span id='postcolor'> I heard on the radio that all 3 crew were killed, but no proof of that yet.

You just need to learn the art of leaving your computer on all night downloading. When the IL-2 demo first came out back in that fateful September of 2001, I was on 56k. I wanted the demo so badly that I slept to the sound of my computer to get it, and it was worth it. Now I know that the IL2 Campaign Generator has been mentioned before, but I suggest you go and check out here. It has been released for FB, and by the sounds of it, it is better than the dynamic campaign generator for FB. The standard FB Dynamic Campaign Generator works at tactical level, and the war is only really waged on a tactical level. With IL2 Gen, it is on a strategic level and it's an improved system. I am going to try it out now.

Here *warning*-200kb is a fairly interesting map showing the diffrent area's of Baghdad and what class lives there.

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Major Fubar @ Mar. 29 2003,18:08)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Man, this is what I dream about winning the lottery for!<span id='postcolor'> Winning the lottery wouldn't really help you, you live in Australia That is one very very very serious gun collection. He even has his own firing range! He must have a very high level gun liscence to own a M2 .50cal MG. And one of his Armalites had a M203 attached...

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (RalphWiggum @ Mar. 29 2003,12:21)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">note to self: never ever shoot more than 50 rounds of .45 aCP when you are tired.<span id='postcolor'> Yeah, your aim might be so off you'll accidently hit an Apache and cause it to crash

According to the Iraqi government, the farmer shot it down with a pistol Other Apache pilots however said that they came across heavy AA fire.

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Renagade @ Mar. 27 2003,10:07)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Am waiting forward to all the planes that shall be implemented in future patches. <span id='postcolor'> ARGH insanely big patches hurt my 56k <span id='postcolor'> But more planes make IL-2 Fans very happy

Dispatches was very good. It's done by Vietnam War journalist Michael Heer and it's all about his experiances fron the war. Talking to an American Colonel who thinks the war could be ended by dropping Piranahs on the paddy fields of North Vietnam and lots of other interesting things. First hand accounts of the siege of Khe San etc. etc.

Well I am back and have fiddled around with FB, and I must say I like what I see. It is cool now that there is more tree's, and I like the water effects and all the other new things. I am a bit dissapointed that they haven't fixed the kill system though, I think if you force a pilot to crash land his plane, thats a kill. If a planes on the ground and you strafe and blow a wing off, thats a kill (but should be added to your ground kills, not air kills). Anyway, its all lovely. Am waiting forward to all the planes that shall be implemented in future patches.

I have got Forgotten Battles so I'm off to try it now. I have reached the limit of my internet usage for this month so I will see you all next month probably.

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Beno @ Mar. 22 2003,15:43)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">British Group Commander Al Lockwood has just said that both helos collided over international waters somewhere in the northern Arabian Gulf. He also said that there are no survivours...<span id='postcolor'> It's been a bad war for helicopters With the amount of helicopters flying and the wheather conditions, its to expected, but still not good.

BBC is saying that the commander of the Iraqi 51st Division has surrendered, not the entire division like had been reported. Some of the brigades within the 51st appear to be preparing to surrender, but not all.

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Beno @ Mar. 22 2003,14:31)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">*** Coalition forces have taken Umm Quasr (spelling??) and are on the outskirts of Basra<span id='postcolor'> A while ago a BBC correspondent in Umm Qasr said that there were still pockets of resistance in the main town despite the fact that Donald Rumsfield had declared the towm captured. Don't know if those pockets have been quashed yet.

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (denoir @ Mar. 21 2003,19:08)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"> Coalition forces have for the second time enetered Basra after withdrawing earlier today after meeting hard resistance. British military sources say that several British tanks were destroyed in the first attack. After directed artillery strikes, coalition forces could once again enter Basra and have now captured the main street. No reports on coalition or Iraqi casualties. / AFX/Retures 10:57 CET <span id='postcolor'> Artillery strikes? Â Doesn't sound very good.<span id='postcolor'> I agree, from that report coalition forces just called down arty into a major popualtion center...

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Akira @ Mar. 21 2003,11:22)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">CH-46 down....16 on board....none expected alive<span id='postcolor'> BBC is saying that it was 12 Americans and 4 British dead. *Edit* The crash was in Kuwait and its been put down to accident.