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Actually I found the wingmen handled themselves pretty well on Ace. They do get killed, but not THAT often. You usually lose one or two in a big fight, that's about it.

Maniac - I mentioned PHASE shields. Fighters have a shield "bubble" rather than a "skin" like capships have. Holes in shielding are possible because shield generators are projectors - directional ones. Phase shields again don't succumb to the same thing, else you'd see shield generator...

Your OWN shields, yes. THEIR shields? No. That's why their shields stop your guns. The turret issue is another one altogether, and it really doesn't make a lot of sense. The only thing I can think of is that a phase shield works like a "skin", and the shape and motion of a gun turret would...

This year? Depends on my schedule. ;) More likely though I'll just leave this year up to the Standoff team, the Privateer Remake, WC Saga, and Flight Commander, and see what I can prepare so I help make NEXT year a great year for Wing Commander. I'd like to see EA make a game...I really...

Well, speaking of Wing Commander RPGs...once the core system and my own world module and magic modules are done for the pen-and-paper game I'm writing, how's about Pilots and Privateers, if you get my drift? ;) I won't give you a time though...not even a year at this point. If all goes well and...

Darn...maybe a prerelease of the Firekka's simulator will be in order once you guys get it up and running. :)

Dang. What files do I copy to use your ship set in the standard WCP simulator (using the sim patch)?

Well, I'm going to be trying a setup of Ubutu in the next little while and I'll see if my computer can handle it in software mode (stupid !#@$ ATI cards) until I get a new video card. Give me a week or two though...I'm not in a good time situation.

Episode 1 was good. I hope things continue to get better with time, and I hope you were trying to get the "flying hunk of garbage" feel with your rendition of the Gladius, because that's what it is, lol. :p I would've preferred to see the Gladius from one or the other game, rather than a mix of...

Agreed. I would never use Steam, nor play Half-Life 2, on grounds of professionalism. I'm a programmer myself and what they've done is, in my opinion, an insult to decent coders. I would probably use Unreal Tournament 2004 as a base game. Heck, they've made flightsims and golf games using the...

Well, I haven't played Standoff yet (Joystick's on its way home) BUT...I do recall the Stilletto having Meson Blasters rather than Mass Drivers. Another thing I'd like to see is the Phantom-class Medium Fighter making an appearance, if only in the sim. That baby was the SHIZ in Armada. :)

Ooookaaayy...SOMEBODY pushed the engine just a WEE bit too far on that one. ;) That's just hilarious that you can do that though...looks like the Vision engine is a ways from dead yet! :D

Hey, I used to use one of those back in my old Descent days! Go Gravis! Anyway...the one thing about Thrustmaster controllers is that they're highly programmable. If you can't find a driver that does what you need...write one, or get somebody you know to write one. Personally though, I'll just...

Note to self: Create WC3 time bomb for McGruff. :p

WC2 - Never had trouble playing with the keyboard, though I used a joystick for the KS version. Control's the same though, so it shouldn't be too difficult to handle with the keyboard. Also, how could you say WC2 is a waste of space? WC2 was wonderful. WC3 - Win95 mode...'nuff said.

Roll.

Oh, that's definitely true. I didn't think of that - new game, new lasers, I guess.

Agreed, sadly you don't get it in the storyline missions. I wish you did...

True...I've had some really odd things lag on this box before. Mostly MicroShlock products. :p

The Thrustmaster Afterburner 2 has the Afterburner option at the top of the throttle using default settings for Prophecy/Secret Ops, and AFAIK so does the Cougar and Afterburner 1 (but I wouldn't recommend the Afterburner 1. Detatchable throttle assembly = great improvement). Also...for...