I encounter that as well, here sometimes and a few other places but I don't remember which. (Running SeaMonkey).

I don't have any pop-ups, and the double- or treble-clicks to go back seem to be in IE only. What did we do to pass the time before computers?

Folks,

MG, PV1:

Funny, some Double Click ads are running but some do not so it can't be my security setting. In my case the ad in the center at the bottom is not loading. Though the ad shows as a blank white rectangle I do not get a popup when I first land here. The popup arrives and stays after I send my first post. Odd.

I also notice the treble click phenomenon now and then in IE or on my Windows XP desktop plus occasional transposed letters. I suspect an aging CPU with dyslexic tendencies that cannot keep up with my blazing fast two-fingered typing speed..... or, and this may seem as wildly unlikely to you as it does to moi,it might be me.

I have experimented with the mouse setup in the control panel or Tweak UI and it always seems to be working just fine. Perhaps hidden things (like my anti virus) running deep in the background are taking up too many CPU cycles and clicks or even key presses are lagged or just missed or maybe our mice are aging? It seems to me that even with a small sample of three (75% of our regular 4 posters) this indicates the treble mouse click problem may be wide spread.

Gents,

Eddy's RoF career is over at 25 victories. He now languishes in Schnappsguzzlin POW camp for the duration. Forgot his self-imposed rule: Don't go against the LVG alone and never over enemy territory. He tried to glide back and would have made it with sufficient height, landed well enough but too far inside enemy territory.

But he wasn't finished just yet. At the usual evening's Jagdstaffeln piss-up that evening, held in his honour, he drank them all under the table and put paid to all their operations for the next three days. When GHQ heard of this he was awarded a Mention in Despatches.

Folks,

Dux:

As I recall, in the Boar War, young officers like Churchill had a fanatical desire to be mentioned in dispatches. Perhaps Eddy had political aspirations for after the war? Clearly Eddy got mentioned in dispatches not for his crack flying ability but rather for his unquenchable thirst and his body's amazing tolerance for huge quantities of grain alcohol.

Plus, he had the good sense to be captured during Oktoberfest. With that criteria in mind, had we previously known what it takes to be written up in dispatches ours might easily be even greater household names right now. I'd wager you could drink the Kaiser under the table and still have the ability to take on no lesser light than Hindenburg himself. Putting those two out of commission you'd earn not only a mention but possibly the DSO (Distinguished Swilling Cross).

Gents,

JRT,

While I search for another su...er, hero, it occurred to me that rather a large amount of free 'play' has become noticeable with my joystick. Nearly half an inch directionally and over half an inch laterally. They don't last forever and I would be surprised to find that they are adjustable in this world of planned obsolescence.

Time to check out alternatives, I think.

Folks,

Dux:

See a specialist. Having too much play in your joystick sounds rather serious to me. I do not suffer with that affliction however I believe they do wear out especially when used as much and as often as yours has been. Fortunately today there are several medications you can take for that terrible affliction. I have seen them advertised on TV. With that in mind I'd reconsider trying to get a new one.

Oh, I am so embarrassed; you mean your computer joystick.... Hmmmmm. Some high end sticks may allow you to make mechanical adjustments inside the stick base. All other adjustments are done electronically either in the game or using the accompanying joystick software. Are you sure you don't have your joystick "dead zone" set too high? You can set that in most games and I suppose with your stick software as well.

If all was well previously and suddenly it is not it would seem that the stick and not settings are at fault. Still you may find that tweaking the settings might compensate.

Computer sticks do wear out of course especially when used a lot so a replacement may be required. You are the best judge of that. The question is buy should you buy two cheap sticks for x dollars or buy just 1 expensive one again for about the same x dollars. Sometimes you get what you pay for and other times you pay for what you get.

I remember when you upgraded to your previous system and had to trash your analog stick and buy a USB stick. Has that stick lasted this long? If so it must have been a good one. I would recommend Saitek or CH products.

Folks,

It occurred to me again today as I was chasing a Bosch into some Cumulus Nimbus how much the incomparable landscape in BoB enhances the immersivness. I had just set 'weather quality' to 'high' from 'Medium' so completely losing sight of the ground was kinda new to me. I may have to set that back to med. in a scenario where there are scores of planes but in this case I noticed no frame rate hit.

On quite a few occasions when visiting other sites I have read others complimenting WoV on the quality and superb realism of the landscape. I am only patched to 2.09 and my older GForce card cannot cope with higher than 'medium' settings for either water or land so even with that handicap I could not agree more.

The environment in which we fly is second to none. Include that with all the other exceptional features of WoV and though one SOTA game or another may excel at one thing or another we have a game that is hard if not impossible to beat over all.

Thanks to the BDG, if not for me, for most, it is still getting better and better.

Gents,

JRT,

Somebody was talking about introducing 'cloud-block' mod for RoF and whether that would be a flight-sim 'first'.
I'm sure cloud-block was an option in BoB even before BoBII, as a BDG development? Unless you can confirm it now, I'll fly another session and test.

Taking advantage of those big wooly cumulus clouds is a good tactical idea but doesn't fool the Huns in RoF!

My stick wobbles about on its stand as described, before gameplay.

Folks,

Dux:

After all these years with BoB and WoV I am still experimenting with the settings and tweaking them to my best advantage. Remember the original tweaking file provided in the original Rowan BoB? After setting up my old ATI 8 MB vid card in the file I never once had another significant problem with that game. Others with more robust systems were coming to the original forum with many complaints but not me. As I recall in addition to being able to have fair skies in instant missions you could also adjust the cloud level in that file as well. The BDG txt file allows you to make such adjustments today beyond what tweaks are available in the game itself.

As I recall having "clouds so realistic you can hide in them" was one of the blurbs used to sell WoV. Having those cumulus clouds hanging about can cause a slow-down no doubt on some machines. I have no doubt whatsoever that in further testing when I load up an instant action mission that fills the sky with planes that I may have to drop back a bit with one or more of these settings but for now at least none of the tweaks I have made have slowed the frame rate.

I have changed 'Item Shading' from 'Off' to 'Reflections', 'Weather detail' from 'Medium' to 'High', 'Object Quality' from 'Medium' to 'Maximum'. I like the results however I continue to test for my absolute boundaries and I may well have to back pedal a bit especially with the weather.

C51 has sent me some very good sound files for the Spitfire. Where he got them I have no idea and I probably do not want to know. Because of the vagaries of the workings of the WoV sound engine it will take some work to get anything better out of them than I have with mostly default sounds. Besides I am mostly satisfied with the Spit engine sounds as I have them tweaked now. If I get into this in more depth I will need to install a mod file swapping program I guess. I already have one but I've never installed or used it. I have asked him if he has any 109 sounds.

Yup. I understand it is indeed a very bad sign when the joystick flops right over the base like something in a Salvador Dali painting. I agree that you've broken your stick. A bit heavy handed are we? There are tension springs inside the base of some sticks attached to the pots that send the electronic signals to your game. One or more may have broken or stretched.

If that is the case you might be able to open the base and repair or replace the springs and restore the correct tension. Otherwise don't let down the side man; rush right out and buy a many buttoned, easy programed, go faster brand, vaguely penile looking joy stick and get right back into the game. For if you do not when Bosch planes stop falling from the sky like rain the bloody Kaiser will notice and take advantage of the opportunity to begin a major air offensive in your sector; and you well know, Dux, how offensive the Kaiser can be.

You might want to repair that stick anyway as there are other uses for old joysticks. C51 fashioned a wizard pair of rudder pedals from one and uses another as a throttle control or something.