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by Sparky
Sun Dec 13, 2020 5:55 pm
Forum: No.6 Operational Training Unit
Topic: Sgt Marbles leaves Sutton Bridge
Replies: 32
Views: 10332

Re: Sgt Marbles leaves Sutton Bridge

I was an Anthropology and History undergrad and joined in on a dig of a pre-legal trading post. NW Arkansas was supposed to be tribal land but illegal White settlement was happening so illegal trading posts like this existed. We dug in the trading post's basement which was filled in and a house buil...
by Sparky
Sat Dec 12, 2020 2:57 pm
Forum: No.6 Operational Training Unit
Topic: Sgt Marbles leaves Sutton Bridge
Replies: 32
Views: 10332

Re: Sgt Marbles leaves Sutton Bridge

He'd have been No. 1 material if he's a catseye.
by Sparky
Wed Dec 09, 2020 6:12 pm
Forum: No.6 Operational Training Unit
Topic: Sgt Marbles leaves Sutton Bridge
Replies: 32
Views: 10332

Re: Sgt Marbles leaves Sutton Bridge

Welcome Marbles. As new kid in town you get to be the Mess Officer, the duty officer every weekend until at least mid-January, and tonight you're buying drinks and paying for broken furniture at whatever pub will let us in (given our history).

Welcome aboard.
by Sparky
Wed Dec 09, 2020 11:50 am
Forum: Tangmere Repair Hangar
Topic: Last night
Replies: 1
Views: 1286

Re: Last night

Glad you got it running again. I had the same problem after a Windows Update a month or two ago. Silk suggested the problem and so it was. It's my "go to" check whenever the game fails. For me, it causes controls not to respond, throttles and control surfaces don't move, you can't bail out of fire g...
by Sparky
Wed Nov 25, 2020 2:14 pm
Forum: Tangmere Repair Hangar
Topic: New PC
Replies: 43
Views: 7312

Re: New PC

Excellent news, @Dutch. You're a true gentleman among these border ruffians. Did you order it online or buy it from a store?
by Sparky
Tue Nov 24, 2020 1:26 am
Forum: Tangmere Repair Hangar
Topic: Nummy's Joystick Restoration
Replies: 3
Views: 1377

Re: Nummy's Joystick Restoration

@Merlin is an excellent source for VR info, IMHO.
by Sparky
Fri Nov 20, 2020 3:27 pm
Forum: Tangmere Repair Hangar
Topic: Teamspeak Issues
Replies: 14
Views: 2206

Re: Teamspeak Issues

@Tom squared me right away with some major problems. You might wish to download Teamviewer for free so as to be ready in case my "B-Team" efforts fail. My computer kung-fu is weak. Several TPs' computer kung-fu is strong.
by Sparky
Fri Nov 20, 2020 12:35 pm
Forum: Tangmere Repair Hangar
Topic: Teamspeak Issues
Replies: 14
Views: 2206

Re: Teamspeak Issues

Good. Nummy , remember there are two Teamspeak chat tabs at the bottom of the page. It defaults to the "Tangmere Pilots" tab but won't let you post messages there. To the immediate right of that tab is another labelled "Lounge." Click on the "Lounge" tab and we can chat freely. If we get your Teamsp...
by Sparky
Thu Nov 19, 2020 6:51 pm
Forum: Tangmere Repair Hangar
Topic: Teamspeak Issues
Replies: 14
Views: 2206

Re: Teamspeak Issues

If you wish to come online at 8pm London time Friday the 20th we can chat in the "Lounge" area of Teamspeak (at bottom of screen, right tab) and check your "Tools" settings for mic and speakers.
by Sparky
Mon Nov 16, 2020 1:03 pm
Forum: Tangmere Repair Hangar
Topic: TrackIR woes.
Replies: 4
Views: 1491

Re: TrackIR woes.

I'd uninstall and reload TrackIR first. The last Windows update reset my USB ports and the game froze on me a few times before Silk suggested I go to device manager and unclick "Can power off to save energy". Then it worked fine. Isn't there an inexpensive British alternate to TrackIR that does the ...
by Sparky
Wed Nov 11, 2020 8:02 pm
Forum: Tangmere Repair Hangar
Topic: How to turn off VR to get screenshots for "Propwash"
Replies: 2
Views: 1301

Re: How to turn off VR to get screenshots for "Propwash"

I will try unchecking the VR box in the visual settings tomorrow but as I recall it's not so simple and involves the startup.cfg file.
by Sparky
Wed Nov 11, 2020 12:06 pm
Forum: Tangmere Repair Hangar
Topic: How to turn off VR to get screenshots for "Propwash"
Replies: 2
Views: 1301

How to turn off VR to get screenshots for "Propwash"

I used to know this but I've laid down and rolled over since and like the old children's toy, my "Etch a Sketch" brain was wiped clean. There is a way {I think it's a tweak to the startup config file) to turn off VR so I can play back my mission recordings full screen rather than as a binocular poor...
by Sparky
Wed Oct 14, 2020 6:17 pm
Forum: Tangmere Repair Hangar
Topic: Any OS but Windows 10?
Replies: 12
Views: 1842

Re: Any OS but Windows 10?

Windows 10 or a slate and a piece of charcoal.
by Sparky
Sun Oct 11, 2020 12:16 am
Forum: Tangmere Repair Hangar
Topic: PC possibly for sale
Replies: 12
Views: 2416

Re: PC possibly for sale

I bought a computer from newegg with a credit card I hadn't used for over a year. A day later there was a $6,000.00 bogus charge from some European account. It seemed my credit card purchase data from the newegg database was used. I'd only used the card for the computer and had NOT stored my credit ...
by Sparky
Sat Oct 03, 2020 11:06 am
Forum: Tangmere Pilots Guest Room
Topic: Welcome Guests.
Replies: 380
Views: 101545

Re: Welcome Guests.

Welcome, Bags.

There are two Yanks in TP and one US/UK switch-hitter citizen. I spend half the year in Missouri and half in France. I love western and eastern North Carolina but spent most of my time at Ft. Bragg. :faceslap