#1768367 - 03/29/06 05:33 PM
Looking to go online, advice on what I need
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Greetings kind aviators and fanatics of Falcon! I have just had the pleasure of having broadband internet connected to my home PC, and just finished my final exams, so I am looking forward to some online flying. This will be my first time to attempt flying online, and want it to be a fun and relaxing experience (instead of spending hours trying to get online and end up frustrated and with 0 flight hours). As I am totally ignorant of this "procedure," please post some advice as to how to proceed in this matter, as well as what "supplies" I need. Posting places where I can do "test flights" with human pilots would also be nice. As I said, I have never flown online before and have never given thought or notice to online servers/squadrons/whatnot. I consider myself of moderate experience with Falcon 4 AF, I can handle my plane decently, land it on the proper runway in a somewhat proper procedure, and am sufficiently versed in weapons employment (and can review the manual on demand since I printed it out), but I am still growing and learning in many areas. S!
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#1768369 - 03/29/06 07:21 PM
Re: Looking to go online, advice on what I need
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Kisat
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Or.. you can try Falconlobby and you'll see a list of current active F4 servers, u dont even need to know the IP. Also if for some reason you cant/want use TS, there will be no problem, because there r a in-game chat, so you can comunicate without problem. No need for u to join a clan if you dont want. Here you'll find DFs and Camp severs .. or u can set your own.. remember to open 2934 and 2935 UDP ports, or else - no joy. I have flying on all kind of servers and has been so far a very nice experience.
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#1768372 - 03/30/06 03:31 PM
Re: Looking to go online, advice on what I need
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joeblow
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Originally posted by Rebel50: ...My connection plan is ADSL 512/128 with the actual speed of around 440/80 - is this OK or do I need to a faster connection. Ya, i'd say you just made it. Set to 128up 256dn, set Teamspeak to run as a high priority, and turn everything else off that the game is not using directly, such as MSN and ICQ and ANYTHING.
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#1768377 - 04/07/06 05:09 AM
Re: Looking to go online, advice on what I need
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Multiviper
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#1768378 - 04/07/06 07:25 AM
Re: Looking to go online, advice on what I need
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G'day Rebel50, Yeah we are a long way .... but these days (especially with broadband and Falcon) distance isn't an issue. I regular fly with guys from all over the world on MV's server (hell they even made me an Admin .... go figure ) and there are no issues .... as long as you have broadband . I would definitely recommend going up to 1500/256 just to be safe but you should be OK with what you have now .... so get in touch if you need a hand with anything. Finally, there are dedicated Falcon servers in OZ .... its just that they are mostly run by the local SQNs and groups. If your interested then let me know. Cheers
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#1768379 - 04/07/06 09:35 AM
Re: Looking to go online, advice on what I need
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I've now installed TeamSpeak, got a nice new headset with mic. I've looked at the MV server and talked to a couple of guys through TeamSpeak, and it seems that I can squeeze out 300+ up/down when the server is most active (that is about 4-6am local time). So aside from TeamSpeak, FalconLobby, and MasterFalcon, I guess I'm all set. I wonder if MV server offers any "training?" EDIT: I think I am a careful internet user in that I have Zone Alarm Suite 5 and Norton Antivirus running on my PC at all times (DSL connection), and while I can shut down most programs, I wonder if I should turn these off as well when I want to fly online? Won't turning these programs off expose me to risk of hacks and other problems?
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#1768381 - 04/12/06 12:00 PM
Re: Looking to go online, advice on what I need
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joeblow
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Turning off FW's not a problem during your actual gaming time.
Norton's ok if you open worm protection and delete/re-add the Falcon .exe.
ZA, or other FW's will cause you some probs if not set up right.
Turning off all firewalls wont hurt you less you cruising the net or opening strange e-mails.
Good idea to go to Downloads.com and grab ad-aware and spybot to keep your system clean daily after surfing and before shutting FW's down - cleans up nasty cookies that might be reading/recording key inputs (passwords etc).
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