mickkk

I am an Australian who served in WW2, Korea, Borneo and Vietnam. I was born in 1925. I have recently got into computers and would like to buy this game as I havent played one before. My grandson will set it p for me. I need to know if I just need to install patch 1.05, or all the pones befpore this one. Also how do I add all the extras you blokes have made. Is there a list for idiots like me to make it easy? Since my wife died I am bored witless you see. Hoping you can help me. sorry if this is the wrong place to ask this. Regards Mick

Ah the s key, I didnt think of that. I am looking at mice, to try and find one with the most buttons on it. One handed I am ok, when it comes to using the mouse and keyboard at once, dont hold your breath. I have found out that this keyboard is a gaming keyboard. I bought it because the keys have lights in them which is a must for me. I think it is G15. Now that I look at it, it looks like a computer in itself. It has extra keys and keys that you can use as programs. We have found the book and it seems that you can store a combination of commands under one button. Macros they are called. I will get the grandson onto that. I wonder if this means that you press one button and it might result in running to the right 50 yards, going prone, firing two shots, getting up and creeping 50 yards and so on. I think if you can do this you can just sit back and watch the game. I am enjoying learning about computer games in general. I have an idea for the next version of this game based my comments about talking too much. This might already exist, I dont know. OK you form a team and you can all talk to each other, hear each other at the same time. The other team does the same, I am pretty sure thats how it works. You cant hear the other team. So what would it be like if each team could hear the other if they were too close or too loud? You could also have a apiece of equipment in the list that can be used by a Sapper. A scanner, listening device, directional mic, multi channel radio or similar. There you go boys! Only a couple of weeks and Ive got ideas for games I havent really played yet. Am I on the right track or has the silly older fool no idea that this is already available?

Hello, it took a few days to download the above game then many questions of the grandchildren to work out that I had to extract the file, then burn it to a disc, then install it. It seems to work fine. I am in basic training, trying not to shot in the wrong lane. Ive been DHd a few times for shooting the instructor, just to see if he would bleed and similar things. There are so many keyboard combinations to work out, Ive printed the list out and am trying to learn a couple of new ones each time I play. WSAD, arrows,r and m and g are easy to remember. The rest not so but I will get there. Driving I am no good at, there is no brake button. I have never claimed to know much about flying and it shows. As I am learning the time seems to fly by, not very productive but a good challenge for me. I can see how learnig on this game will make it easier for the other. Id say 3 months for me to be able to play this. I am still on the old card, the 5770 seems to be the best choice. My grandosn has done the work and I could have a new/modified state of the art computer for 1500 dollars or so, or a new card for 200 or 400. I know he just wants this one! We have looked a t a lot of videos on youtube. Mainly Kiwi and Aussie ones. One thought springs to mind and take it as you like. There is too much talk. You blokes talk more than the Yanks in the jungle and louder too. Briefings are for talking. If everyones wanting to have the most realistic pretend experience as possible, save your breath for running. I had a good laugh at some of the videos, I know its only a game and you get excited, but yelling out a 50 word direction can not be understood. 3 or 4 words is all you need. In a battle you might hear 2 out of those 4 words and see a hand signal. This is very strange trying to compare reality to the real thing, it a real stretch of my thinking. I would expect the yanks are using similar games to treat PTSD which used to be called shell shock and both are real.

Thanks for the link, I will give that a try in the interim as you suggest. I see the Yanks employ Hollywood special effects people and make up artists at a training camp recruits go to for two weeks before they deploy in theatre. I must say that is a very good idea, because until you see the claret up close, nothing can prepare you for it and many a good soldier has frozen before being able to give first aid. I used to have a lot of pen pals, now we have changed to email, almost all of them. So computers have a real purpose for older people. If you deal with vets affairs of centrelink you need a computer to get anywhere. It is interesing how modern battlefield first aid has progressed, shown in the hundreds of amputees that now survive to a CCS and then to hospital and rehab. I believe they Yanks try to keep them in if they want that to happen. Ive seen just about every science fiction comic come to life. I wonder if one day, the yanks will form a unit of amputees. All robot arms and legs. Cover the rest in kevlar and you have someone that is hard to put down. Knowing them as I do, I bet they are working on that.

Too right Mate! So what do you reckon? Bed time for me, good morning to the rest of you.

That makes me laugh, I thought we had made a mistake, bad luck and all that! Thanks for the replies, its good to have a laugh at yourself! An old bloke with a pcie, not bad ey?

I gather having a pcie is like having the pox, you dont sound too happy about me having it Dr. I have been doing some reading. Seems I need to have a MB that will take the GC that must have a PS that will do the job. My grandson can install a GC no worries, even I can swap a power supply. A new MB would have to go to the shop, same if it needs a new processor unit . Ive looked at some GC sites and I cant find where they list what MB you need. Ive read that 550w is required, I have a 420w power supply. Id be happy if I only need a new GC and PS. We tried every setting possible, took about 5 hours, no point in fiddling, as you said it is the card. I checked my direct x and its the same date as the one you posted, 4.9.904, date modified july 04. It wants to overwrite the same, so I gaher they are the same. We chose this game because it was said to be the best. Watched some youtube and the scenery was so lifelike, I didnt realise that this takes a lot of juice to run. I dont pretend to understand how it effects something as simple as the mouse. It fascinates me how a game is made, all those people coming together to make bits and pieces. I watched the credits, never seen as many names a the end of a film. Then people can add to it and make it better. Not much different to buying a car, just without the peanut gallery. We looked at another game that you can buy that is used my the military as a simulator, forget the name, but it cost thousands! I am wondering if it would be easier to buy a nintendo playstation thing like the grandchildren have, or does this game only work on a computer. Also I was wondering if I can join a channel and just watch other people play? If I just watch and dont use the mouse would it work?

Im not going to buy into arguements, I will only say that if you look around, you will see I am not Robinson Crusoe. Your own Basil Plumley is 5 years older than me. Your own General Yeager is 2 years older than me and he still flies F16s, F15s whenever he feels the urge. Have a look at http://www.worldwar2undersixteens.org/profiles/profile-of-the-month.html. Many Aussies joined up underage, it was easy to do. Not so easy for the mothers. Most of us feel terrible guilt to this day. The list is by no means complete and never will be as most are now dead. Back to the matter at hand. Here is the info, glad you understand it. I was right about the board, that I found in the device manager, Im not dribbling yet. ------------------ System Information ------------------

Hello Boys, I believe it is a Gigabyte P35-DSP3!

AHA, well it is a few years old and when I got it it was a bit behind, but there was reason at the time, HMDI and HDTV I think from memory. Im not against spending a few hundred dollars to catch up in the video stakes. One day I will get this thing hooked up to the 50 inch TV. It looks like aboout 4 upgrades to a video card occur each year, then the model number changes, so Im about 12 or so generations behind I think. One good thing, the price of these things seems to have come down a lot. Perhaps some Aussies can recommend a good easily available video card, when they sober up. It was a very big weekend here. I can say us old diggers are all for you having a day off. We never got a bloody day off, so take all you can! Seems many took today off as well, go for it boys!

Hello Boys, Well the previous post was most prudent. Installed updates, latest drivers for kb, mouse and video card. Cannot get rid of the mouse lag. I can get it down to 2 or 3 seconds but no lower. We tried a few other games demos and the mouse works fine for them. I have a Hd2600 pro card, the pc is 2 x dual core e 6750@2.66 ghz. G7 cordless mouse and tried a corded one. It would be a shame to miss out on the fun, but I think the game is headed for ebay. We also changed mouse sensivity in game user profiles, in mouse management software also. Tried every screen resolution possible, played with video card anti aliasing settings etc etc. I have read this was a common problem and no one post seems to have the answer. Any ideas?

I picked the game up today for 50 dollars new, which was quite good as I thought it was going to cost me about 80. I will look at the links you have given me thanks. If you want to know about a real soldier, look at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_Payne look at the bottom, more fruit salad than a CWA summer convention.

Thank you mate for your quick answer. I am picking the game up tomorrow from Jbhifi. Ghey are very nice there but dont know much. I had a list of questions that got blank looks. They didnt believe the game was for me! When you get to my age, all that is left are memories, but Ive forgotten most of em but my doctor says it will be good for me to be involved in someting I know aout. I was a professional soldier all my life. Imn not interested in much nowdays, too old, but I am always trying to keep the ole grey matter working. I played playstation a few times with the grandchildren. A car raceing game. I crashed into the barrier and the controller shook. I thought I was being electrocuted! Thanks for your respect shown, much appreciated. I will let you know how I go. Im almost deaf as a post, so games might be more interesting than watching the telly. War was my job, I was good at it. I lost a lot of mates, to me the enemy was just another type of rabbit. I watched some of war in the pacific the other night. It took me back a long way. It was very realistic. When you shoot someoe in the jungle, you get a fog of blood just like in that TV show. regards Mick