Ben Zwycky

What can I say, but you and your family are in my prayers, Remo

I'm getting the 'floating point not loaded' error again with mp. sp starts fine.

Sorry about that, running 2 active fleets and having 3 young kids can mean I forget things occasionally

Commander Lerad Rasan has become the second Wraith commander to reach level 3 security clearance. You can now choose to move up to a heavy carrier, and begin planning out the personalisation of your spacious new office and quarters on the station. Congratulations!

I was on honeymoon (got married on the 8th) we had rented a cottage in a very rural village, so we drove out to a high point to see if we could get a weather forecast, then by some freak weather conditions were able to pick up radio Prague (about 2 to three times further out from Prague than we ever had before), which was run by the BBC, and heard what had happened (just after the second plane hit). My first thought was that it was obviously a highly organised attack and maybe signalled the end of American civilisation. (I'm glad I was wrong on that one ) We then headed back to the cottage and spent virtually the rest of our honeymoon huddled together under a blanket watching events unfold on TV. We ended up coming back two days early so we could be with my wife's family, since we didn't know what was going to happen. After spending a few hours together with her family comforting each other and discussing what was going on, since it looked like world war 3 was upon us, we went back home and found our house had been burgled. Not the ideal start to a marriage, but 4 and a half years and three kids later, we're still going strong.

thanks, guys

Wraith's members have been busy. Commander Case has been promoted to Level 3 security clearance, Commander Ixos became the second Wraith member to be cleared to Level 2, with Commander Lerad Rasan hot on his heels, receiving level 2 clearance a matter of hours later. Congratulations, all of you. Commander Case, you may choose to move up to a heavy carrier should you so wish and plan the redecoration of the quarters and office that are being prepared for you at Wraith HQ. Commanders Ixos and Rasan, congratulations on graduating from the Academy, you may now choose your assignment within Wraith. What's it to be- Wraith Special Operations Group, SIN Wing, Wraith fighter command or Wraith Marine Corps?

Which part of the 'How to add your system profile to your forum sig' thread (also a sticky in General Issues) is unclear?

Welcom back, mike! I hope this visit is of the long-term variety

well, you can take shuttles, fighters and vehicles on a planet when they're unoccupied- I don't know if you can in space when they're occupied- I'd have to try it out, like I said.

Quite a mess there. The only way out I can think of would be to grab a passing NPC shuttle as it approaches the jumpgate, but you'd need to position yourself very precisely on it's approach path and time your attempt extremely well. Not sure if it can be done with an occupied NPC craft- I'd have to try and set that one up and try it out. Ideally you'd want to be exactly at it's hyperderive exit point so it's not so hard to time your attempt, but if you can successfully grab a shuttle, you should then be able to catch up with your command craft fairly easily, because a shuttle is a lot faster than a command craft, especially one that's towing something. How's that?

5. Use your EMD missile jammer when in combat to stop the missiles coming at you. Instead of calling for a tow, launch one of your shuttle craft (if any of them are still functioning) and have it tow you to the nearest station, since that is free and you have total control over which station to aim for, which route to take and when to stop and come back for you if you happen to somehow get left behind Alternatively, join a fleet and have them train you up so you can avoid getting so beat up in the first place that any help?

costs money for the developer, but only requires a decent shader model 3.0 card to run, which most gamers already have. It's all going to come down to relative performance. Free for the developer being a strategy for selling their cards.

Well, if the PhysX chip really takes off, then your investment in the reality engine is going to to be an even more awesome one, SC. Hopefully the picture will be pretty clear by the time critical decisions on this issue have to be made for BCNG.

Your request is approved- you have been assigned to the WSOG in the fleet database, please modify your signature accordingly (i.e. replace 'Wraith Fleet Academy' With 'Wraith Special Operations Group')

You should have mentioned that. No, GBS-IV is for UCAWA. you should use GBS-III for UC gold, hence the link to it from the UC Gold file downloads page. Are you experiencing incompatibility between GBS-III and UC gold?

look at the file downloads link at the top of the forum index page, then choose Universal Combat:A World Apart. Just over halfway down that page is a link to GBS-IV.

Commander Case has successfully graduated Command School and is hearby the first member of Wraith to be promoted to Level 2 Security clearance. He is now authorised to take part in competitive fleet mp activity. Congratulations, Commander Case, you may now choose your wing assignment. What's it to be- Wraith Special Operations Group, SIN Wing, Wraith fighter command or Wraith Marine Corps?

Commander Ixos of the GCV ARGS has added another dimension to Wraith's arsenal, infusing it's ranks with Viking blood and denying more hiding places to the enemy. Beware the shadow warriors of Galcom!

OK, some pics are up, maybe we can get some better ones later in the week, we'll see. Use the home page link in my posts to see 'em. Prez, those prayers were very effective- perfect day for it, just warm enough to have the window open without being uncomfortably hot, just lots of nice fresh spring air, ony 1 1/2 hours of actual labour, baby was basically out in one big push (the doctor stopped her halfway through) The local block worked like a dream and the stitching hardly hurts her at all any more. Births basically don't get any more comfortable than that. Later guys, the whole family's going to see the youngun today

you forgot to select the 'use the following date/time' button, so it just told you the current time GMT twice (hence the two times only being 70 seconds apart ) 6-9pm Central time is 11pm-2am GMT.

the birthing part isn't so much fun (especially for my wife) but kids are GREAT!

Samuel entered the world happy and healthy at 3.9 kg and 50cm, it was over pretty quickly (a little over four hours after the induction process started), she got a local block to take the edge off the pain and then it only took two big pushes to get him out, mum is now resting and I'm getting ready to go and pick up the boys from grandma's house. I'll be taking my camera with me tomorrow (if I remember ) and trying to take some pics for you guys to look at. Later now,

OK, the induction process is well underway, contractions have started and the amniotic sac has been pierced. I'm off to the hospital for a daytime birth, for a change Catch you later, guys

Commander Lerad Rasan of the GCV Silent Specter (who occasionally goes by the codename the Black Ghost) has also dedicated his soul to Galcom's highest challenge. I am certain that his contribution will be a worthy one. Wraith's spirit lives on and grows stronger with each passing day. Soon there will be no place in the galaxy that is safe for Galcom's enemies.