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[Guest tictoc]

Hi guys, first off "wow increadible game", shouts out to d.s and all the testers, o.k, here goes, i'm in free flight trying to learn all the stuff ( i'm dyslexic so things take a little longer,but i'm trying hard ) and:

1: I cannot get to alteris then onto obsidia to get the artifact, cause it's not shown in tacops i assume i have to use the fluxfield14, i've tried jumping at it flying to it and manually going through the flux but no joy, yes i have read the manual and version control and i may have missed the obvious ( thats dyslexia for you ).

2: everytime i get like, 35mins into the game, it slows to about 2 f.p.s then intemittantly speeds back up to 38 f.p.s, i've tried saving and restarting the comp thinking it's mayby, a memory thing, but when i restart my save position i'm straight back to 2 f.p.s, i have read the posts and they mention about it happening in A.C.M, but no mention in free flight.

3: i read in the matrox forum (i use a matrox g400 max) about utilising the dual display in bc3000ad, that would save a lot of screen switching, any update on this?

thanks in advance for any replies and like i said shouts out to you guys.

regards tic

[Wold]

welcome to the game and even if your not dyslexic it can take a while to learn the basics of the game Hope that helps. Read the forums, with no date restrictions and you'll be surprised by what shows up! Happy hunting and if your interested in online multiplayer check the fleet forums then JOIN the Insurgency!

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Cmdr. Wold

Spectre Fleet

Spectre Starstation

ICV-Drakr

"Do or do not, there is no try!"

ICQ 4669033

[This message has been edited by Wold (edited 08-29-2000).]

[Tyrn]

You're right Wold.

Slow downs happen when the AI is really active.

Just keep flying through that flux field and you'll eventually make to the next sector, just remember that black holes tend to lurk behind flux fields and that will cause your crew a bit of grief.

No artifacts in FF, play ACM it's deadlier

Matrox dual is for BCM and not BC3K.

BTW, Welcome aboard tictoc.

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Commander Tyrn Marcel

GCV Falcon

S.O.G.

Sationed, Starstation Wraith

"You can't run and you can't hide."

ICQ # 85470286 (GMT -7)

=Wraith Fleet=

[Guest tictoc]

Thanks for the reply, i always avoid cheats cause it makes the game too short, i'm running v2.09, as for disabling weapons going through flux14, i used the shuttle which has none, as a side thing i tried going through it several times with the battlecruiser and everytime i try, i get dumped back to the desktop (don't happen with the shuttle)?, as for getting the artifact, i had the flux14 prob in A.C.M so i thought i would try in freeflight to get to obsidia (i forgot there would be no artifact there), are the fluxfields one way?, i mean if you pass through one way and you don't get anywhere, do you have to go around again and enter it the same as the first time you passed through, or can you do an immediate 360* and go through the other side of it?, the question on the matrox card was on the matrox site it gave a list of titles that will be, or patched to be able to use dualhead capability and bc3000ad was definitly there (may have been an eager typo on some dudes wish list, hehe), as for the slowdowns, is it not better to dock with a starstation and wait it out, also,what is the approx time for the system to catch up with itself ( so i can set an alarm and go and have some coffee and read the manual again )or does it not work like that?. i have been described by other multiplay gamers as "sneaky" so if there is a fleet that needs someone 'sneaky' and if BCM is released over here very shortly after the USA release then it's possible i'm in the position to do some 'sneaking' hehe. I've played a lot of hyped up good games, from descent series to earth2150, but i gotta admit this is the only game i have that holds me in awe at the magnitude of it (do i get a free bc3000ad tee shirt if there is one), again thanks

regards tic

[Guest tictoc]

Hey, swift responce dreada, thanks, i just tried to get through the fluxfield again but no joy, in nav mode i have displayed:

---/haz comet

---/haz meteoroid

syr/mil trancor ods

there is no fluxfield in nav but it's right in front of me, gloating like some big fat teletubby sun thats got a boil on it and it's ready to explode, sorry for the long text but i gotta learn somehow, what does the 500ms mean in the f.p.s display? also i forgot to put my icq# when registering, how can i get it in there? (it's 35523006 by the way)

regards tic

[Tyrn]

quote:

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Originally posted by tictoc:

Hey, swift responce dreada, thanks, i just tried to get through the fluxfield again but no joy, in nav mode i have displayed:

---/haz comet

---/haz meteoroid

syr/mil trancor ods

there is no fluxfield in nav but it's right in front of me, gloating like some big fat teletubby sun thats got a boil on it and it's ready to explode, sorry for the long text but i gotta learn somehow, what does the 500ms mean in the f.p.s display? also i forgot to put my icq# when registering, how can i get it in there? (it's 35523006 by the way)

regards tic

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Make sure that you have the NavMap in the NID (left display) and that the NID is active (J cycles the NID). Then scroll through and you should see the flux field.

As for entering your ICQ number, just click the profile link at the top right of the forum windows right below the post new topic link.

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Commander Tyrn Marcel

GCV Falcon

S.O.G.

Sationed, Starstation Wraith

"You can't run and you can't hide."

ICQ # 85470286 (GMT -7)

=Wraith Fleet=

[Guest tictoc]

Hi guys, me again (groan) i setup the fluxfield in the nav as per tyrn's instructions and everything was set perfect (i thought) cause as soon as i hit auto to go through, the craft stopped?, also i found out my slowdowns are to do with the fluxfield, if i issue a halt command and a return to waypoints command, the f.p.s goes up to 38 f.p.s, but as soon as i issue anything to do with the fluxfield (jumpto flyto) the f.p.s go back down to 2 f.p.s?, i know it's me (duh) but any more info, cause i can't do the A.C.M without this.

regards tic

[Guest tictoc]

o.k what i have so far is: according to wold i line up the ship to the fluxfield, make sure it's locked into the nav in addition to having a visual display of the fluxfield hit the auto and it will jump through, i did all that but when i hit auto the ship stops, so i guess it needs to flyto or jumpto, if i use jumpto the f.p.s go down to 2 and the ship does nothing (it just stops), i used flyto and sure enough the ship goes through, i went through flux-14 25 times in auto and 25 times manually before getting so cheesed off i switched the damm machine off, i checked after each time where i was on the map,but i'm still in the same place?, could the prob with slowdowns be accredited with fluxfields, i tried going through flux-06 using jumpto in both shuttle and bc (with weapons disabled) but the same thing happens. Can some very nice type person give me a step by step way of getting through fluxfields as this is the only thing so far i've had probs with.

regards (a possibly stupid) tic

[Guest tictoc]

Hi guys panic over (for me anyway), just read the update (again) and it does say to hit 'f' key to go through, i suppose cause it don't specifically say hit the 'f' key to go through fluxfields i missed it, i feel somewhat lowly in not picking it up before and bothering you guys, anyway thanks for all inputs (what seems natural to one dude is totally unnatural to another (me hehe), so, A.C.M here comes a sneaky ba***rd.

regards tic

[Tyrn]

quote:

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Originally posted by tictoc:

Hi guys panic over (for me anyway), just read the update (again) and it does say to hit 'f' key to go through

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I went over that process again last night to see what might have been miseed and you've hit it exactly. Glad to see you were able to figure it out.

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Commander Tyrn Marcel

GCV Falcon

S.O.G.

Sationed, Starstation Wraith

"You can't run and you can't hide."

ICQ # 85470286 (GMT -7)

=Wraith Fleet=