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29-02-2000
directflight/Horizon
LLC have put out an updated version of their Combat
Expansion Pack. I tried out the original expansion pack and it gives
you the ability to save missions, adventures etc, as well as improved visibility.
Obviously the new version will include more features. Price for this
prog is US$14.95. Check it out.
I see a new CFS website has started up, Cfsplanet.com
is run by Fsplanet.com and
are affiliated with Simcombat.com
and Simflight.com . With their hit
counter sitting at 1246, I think they've got a little way to go before
the catch up to the likes of their own Fsplanet.com(1491244)
, Combatfs.com (1592879) or Simcombat.com
(1021212). Good luck guys!
On the zone
an idiot named Wing_of_Death is making a nuisance of himself. A lot of
people including myself, feel he is someone quite well known logging on
under another name just to be an arsehole. Hopefully just another fool
who will tire of it and go away.
27-02-2000
A missing
man formation was flown in The Big Furball and via ip in honour of Swed4
at 8.00pm GMT. Approximately 70 pilots turned up in Furball with over 30
attempting the formation. For those of you unaware, Swed4 took his own
life on Feb. 18/19 2000.
26-02-2000
Well I thought
I'd be smart this morning, downloaded Microsofts Internet Explorer 5.5
beta. Had the 14 meg downloaded in 40 minutes, installed it and logged
onto the net. Thought I'd check this site first, hmmm no transitions, ie
fading on the pages, went to the messageboard next and found that it doesn't
support redirect, so figured bugger this and hit the uninstall, asked me
whether I wanted to go back to my previous browser settings, so I hit yes
fully expecting to get back on the net using IE5.01. Nope gave me IE4.01
instead. Checked my mail, no hotmail accounts in there, no mail there!
Ok so I have my mail accounts etc backed up and I really shouldn't have
trusted Microsoft with a beta, but to ask if I wanted to reinstall my original
browser settings and then give me IE4.01. Well that's Microsoft for you.
Did it teach me a lesson? nah, doubt it lol
25-02-2000
You may have
noticed a slight change to the news, I've been tidying things and have
taken so long to do it simply because of all the things I've reread in
the last few hours. Some good laughs and a few shitty times. It also made
me realize I have been a part of the CFS community for 13 months. I got
CFS for christmas 1998, flew the offline missions and campaigns and one
day saw a button which said play it on the zone. That was it I was
hooked. I ventured onto the zone a complete newbie, found out that there
were downloadable aircraft and like all newbies flew jets, hurri mk2 c's
etc. My favourite back then was the Yak-15 with the junkers jumo jet engine,
prick of a thing, didn't like the MS force feedback joystick so I had to
fly with absolutely no forces. Never liked the actual mods ie aircraft
with unreal flight characteristics and too many guns, so didn't fly them.
Got my ass kicked so many times it wasn't funny (still do).
The first
squadron I joined was the RNZAF in February 1999, which was renamed a month
or 2 later to PFG (Pacific Fighter Group) after a young member sent a virus
to some of the members. In May 1999 after too many lag problems, different
time zones etc, members from the southern hemisphere left and formed SC
(Southern Cross). At the beginning of August 1999, I left SC and
formed Southern Warbirds. I've met some real arseholes in the last 13 months,
but thankfully they are outnumbered by the number of genuinely nice people
who I can honestly call friends. Yep, it seems like a lifetime. All the
games I've had over the years have lasted about 3 weeks, CFS is 14 months
old and still going strong. hmm... I think I'm addicted. If you've got
nothing to do, check the news archives, I guarantee you'll remember stuff
you'd long forgotten.
I've been wondering whether there is in fact going to be a CFS2000. I've heard some guys say they know a friend of a friend of a programmer at Microsoft etc, Microsoft ask people to submit suggestions for a future version, but so far no concrete facts. Go take a look at Crimson Skies or this screenshot and tell me whether this is what we are getting instead. I hope not.
24-02-2000
For the techies
and budget conscious:
Just when
you thought the Cyrix cpu was dead, up it pops again. Via's Cyrix III processor,
which will start shipping in volume quantities by April, is effectively
the first clone of Intel's Celeron processor that can fit into the same
computer "motherboards" as the Celeron. AMD's processors, for instance,
fit into motherboards based around a different design. The first two Cyrix
IIIs hit a "performance rating" of 533 and 500. The chips actually run
at 400 MHz and 433 MHz, respectively, but they come with 100-MHz, 124-MHz
or 133-MHz system buses, faster than the 66-MHz system bus found on the
current Celeron. As a result of the faster bus, the Cyrix chips might have
a slower clock speed, but they achieve benchmark results that are similar
to Celerons running at 533-MHz and 500-MHz. Via said it will sell the 500-MHz-equivalent
chip at US$89 and the 533-equivalent at US$99 in volume quantities. Wonder
what they're like for overclocking he..he..
21-02-2000
I've been
working on this website all week, the results aren't very obvious. If you
click on an aircraft to download you will get a picture showing you what
the aircraft looks like and the file size before the download starts. That
way if you don't like it, you can abort the download. The downloads are
now on the main page itself, no more burrowing in pages deep to find what
you're after.
I found out some more info on the Telstra Bigpond deal. It seems it is
a good deal. Their $65.95 a month cable service is real. There are no download
or upload limits. If you sign up before June 1st 2000, the installation
cost is $99.00 instead of $169.95. This is for an 18 month contract and
includes modem and ethernet card. There is also a 3 month contract option
for $59.95 a month but the setup cost is $369.95. Bigpond tell me that
there is a 4-6 week wait because of demand, which is fine as the start
date for the new pricing is April 1 2000.
18-02-2000
Here we go
again, Telstra Bigpond, Australias' largest telco and ISP is now offering
cable internet access for $65.95 per month with a setup fee of $169.95
for an 18 month contract, there are supposedly no download or upload costs
and the setup fee includes cable modem and ethernet card.. We shall see
I guess. In addition, instead of it costing $44.00 a month for 150 hours
using dialup, it will be $35.00 a month plus an extra 5% discount if you've
been with them for more than 3 months. Stay tuned, the fact that
Bigpond is government owned leads me to believe there will be other hidden
costs.
Southern Warbirds
welcomes new member SW_Mick formerly of the AT squadron.
17-02-2000
Home from hospital, recovering
from a double hernia operation. 6 weeks of no work and no lifting. A damned
hard way to get flying time in. lol
14-02-2000
For those
of you unaware of what "Auto Follow" is, it is a carry over from FS98 etc,
where, by mapping your joystick buttons or keyboard, you can "slew" and
follow another player. That was fine in FlightSim 98 if you needed to follow
a 747 but obviously it has no place in CFS. In short you can slew to directly
behind another player and fill them full of lead. And unless you know how
to detect it, you're gonna lose everytime.
M3_Angel made
people aware of this flaw in CFS many many months ago. Those who he told
tried it out and found it is in effect the ultimate cheat. Most people,
including myself, promptly forgot about, because we felt to make a big
song and dance about it would just cause a lot of paranoia and suspicion,
and because it had no place in our game. Shadow Squadron have used this
to explain their defeat by WA Squadron in an official "Best out of 3" match.
The first game WA won 15-14 , the second WA won 15-10, . Each member of
WA Squadron have been playing CFS for over a year and have refined their
air combat skills to the point where, as a squad they are the best on the
zone. WA_Kaze is without a doubt the best pilot on the zone. If he is supposed
to have been using this cheat, why has he gone though 8 joysticks in the
last year when the simple press of a button gives him the kill?
I think it
is about time people started thinking about this instead of panicking.
There will always be cheats in every game, but they are not as widespread
as Shadow Squadron would have people believe.
Most squadrons
including Southern Warbirds have the rule that if any member is found cheating,
they will be booted out of the squad. To build a squadron up to the point
where the name commands respect from the majority of CFS players is something
to be protected.
Shadow Squadron
have implied that if a squadron does not join the "Fair Fighting Federation"
that squadron has something to hide, Southern Warbirds would have joined
but because of the "implications by Shadow Squadron, will not be. SW certainly
have nothing to hide, but will not be bullied into joining the FFF. I repeat
what I said in a message on their board, "WA do not cheat, they do not
need to" ,this also applies to the majority of CFS players.
My motto is
"There
is always a better pilot in the skies than me" . Seems a lot more people
should also fly with that in mind. Contrary to what Shadow Squadron say,
98% of the top zone pilots do not cheat.
13-02-2000
I see there
is a lot of mileage being made out of the "Auto Follow" cheat by the Shadow
squadron on their website. A lot of zone veterans have known about this
for many months. People who have just found out about it are jumping up
and down vowing to get people who use it banned form the zone etc. I feel
it is somewhat of a knee jerk reaction simply because there are people
who will always find a way to cheat. My philosphy is to fly with/against
people and squadrons I can trust. So you will always find me in WA, RAF,
RCAF games etc.
As you may
have seen, our new messageboard is now functional, no ads or anything which
is great. prohosting.com are free and give you the choice of whether
you want their ads up. The reason our messageboard is hosted by them is
because they are one of the few free sites that allow cgi script
09-02-2000
The website
has been undergoing a revamp, if any links don't work, please don't get
upset, they will be remedied.
RAF662 Squadron
have allowed us to host all of the great aircraft by RAF_Prune aka Roger
Lowery. These are being uploaded daily.
07-02-2000
SW_Radial
is home from hospital and recovering from his work accident. Hope you're
feeling better Rad.
LMAO The SW_M0J0
imposter continues to appear on the zone when I am not about. I heard he
got given a hard time when he turned up at around 3.00am my time. Thanks
guys.
06-02-2000
New messageboard
and forums are now operational, excellent work Dyno. Please note, you must
register and supply your own password, so don't forget it.
05-02-2000
Fortunecity
(the server that hosts this site) has given us a free .com internet address,
as well as upping our webspace from 20 meg to 100 meg. This is in recognition
of Southern Warbirds being one of their most popular sites. Many thanks
and much appreciation to Natalie and the Fortunecity crew. So instead of
a long internet address we are now at http://www.cfs-world.com
Anybody thinking
of setting up a website, should seriously look at Fortunecity.
In addition
RAF_Dynotech is in the process of setting up a new messageboard/forum for
us. A big thank you to Dyno it will make the world of difference.
03-02-2000
Southern Warbirds
Squadrons' thoughts go out to SW_Radial and his family. Radial was involved
in a work accident, where a sawdust explosion caused burns to his head
and face.
I note that
there is a big problem going on with a crowd called Greenmice, copying
and marketing aircraft etc by well known CFS aircraft designers, including
those by Bruno Duffort. I do not know anyone who buys aircraft addons
but go check out this thread over at Combatfs.com
and join the boycott of Greenmice.
Southern Warbirds
welcomes new member SW_Frosty, formerly in the AT squad.
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