Small bug and work around. Getting the joystick mapping to "stick". It seems it is necessary to create a new copy of the keystrokes file, make your changes to map button x to function y, save it. You then need to exit the game and restart it to get the changes effective. My theory is that the keystrokes file associated with a pilot profile is loaded into memory when the game starts and possibly (haven't tried it yet) when you change pilot profiles and doesn't get reloaded when you maintain the file - so you don't see changes until next time the game starts.

Cheers,
Stonehouse

Here\'s an FAQ I seem to have to answer at least once a week.

- How do I setup a Falcon server?

C3PO from Lead Pursuit provided some guidance on setting up a Falcon server here

excellent tip on measuring distances in Falcon using the recon screen and the application of this. good reading :-)

http://www.simhq.com/simhq3/sims/boards/bbs/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=140;t=001762

- Is it possible to land on a carrier?

Neo has provided a nice writeup on his experience with a successful carrier landing and takeoff. I tried this myself but didn't manage to stop, so I turned it into a touch and go. You can see the video from my attempt in the 72nd VFW\'s Gallery . Just click on "Carrier landing attempt - by Coder" under the "Movies" section.

- Is it possible to start a mission from a carrier?

This does not appear to be possible at the current time. Perhaps this will be added in a future patch/expansion pack/etc.

OK it has been brought to the attention to LP that when running a server, anytime a news report comes up that it crashes the server, I hae heard (rumored) that they know and that they were fixing it. QUESTION: Somone got the movies working that go with the news reports, could it be that the reason the server was crashing was/is because the game is looking for a movie that isn't there......?????? The movies worked with patch 1.08 and that is where LP took over and built off of. Well hopefully I will have an answer for you guys shortly, over at Mulivipers we are testing this theory, he has tested putting in the -nomovies into the command prompt and was very successful experiance; far less crashes although they still happened, now we shall see if this is the problem.....will keep you guys posted but would like to hear from LP on this issue.

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Another good site with a lot of Viper Information: Code One Magazine .

Interesting. Friendly bumping.

Sensor of Interest (SOI) insight from the master himself here.