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Title: Ok, new one for me
Post by: Blue Lion on July 03, 2003, 12:07:59 am

I've just gotten a new computer (Dell, very nice, but that's beside the point)


Anyways I've reinstalled FS and FS2 and I've noticed one thing, my afterburners, they don't work anymore. When I press tab I get the click that comes when they're out of juice and it slowly increases speed, like I'm acclerating.


This has me confused, and worried! I wanna chase down the shivans again but can't if I'm too slow :sigh:

Title: Ok, new one for me
Post by: Knight Templar on July 03, 2003, 01:18:56 am

:wtf:

that is an odd problem.....

Title: Ok, new one for me
Post by: karajorma on July 03, 2003, 02:32:24 am

You're the second person to report this problem so it's not just you. Get together with Assassin and try to figure out what is different about your XP settings from everyone else.

Title: Re: Ok, new one for me
Post by: Assassin on July 03, 2003, 04:51:20 am

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Originally posted by Blue Lion
I've just gotten a new computer (Dell, very nice, but that's beside the point)


Anyways I've reinstalled FS and FS2 and I've noticed one thing, my afterburners, they don't work anymore. When I press tab I get the click that comes when they're out of juice and it slowly increases speed, like I'm acclerating.


This has me confused, and worried! I wanna chase down the shivans again but can't if I'm too slow :sigh:

If you had asked this two weeks ago you would have been as clueless as I was. Thankfully, you didn't. :D

You will find that you cannot allocate energy, either. Right click on the FS2.exe, Properties, Compatibility.. try all of the different compatibility modes and one will work (Windows 98/ME for me, I am using XP).

However, energy allocation still does not work for me.

Hope this helps,
Jack

Title: Ok, new one for me
Post by: castor on July 03, 2003, 11:17:24 am

Darn! hopefully FS isn't loosing loads of XP'ers just because of this :sigh:

oh well, lets hope someone comes up with a solution.. soon..

Title: Ok, new one for me
Post by: Solatar on July 03, 2003, 12:05:21 pm

Energy allocation doesn't work for me with fs2.exe, but everything works fine with a SCP .exe.

Title: Ok, new one for me
Post by: phreak on July 03, 2003, 12:31:45 pm

i wouldn't know since i havent touched normal fs2 since i got xp

*goes back to cloaking ships*

Title: Ok, new one for me
Post by: diamondgeezer on July 03, 2003, 12:59:16 pm

I has some really weird errors the first time I had FS2 installed under XP - for some reason the game would crash every time Aries or Aqaurius wing jumped in, in any mission. Odd.

Since then, though, it's worked flawlessly :)

Title: Ok, new one for me
Post by: Blue Lion on July 03, 2003, 11:24:47 pm

Energy allocation only is useful in PXO. I've never changed it in SP.


Anyways I'll give it a whirl today

Title: Ok, new one for me
Post by: karajorma on July 04, 2003, 02:10:18 am

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Originally posted by Blue Lion
Energy allocation only is useful in PXO. I've never changed it in SP.

That's a bit silly in the first few missions. If you're using double subachs there's no good reason not to up your shields and engines one notch. Your ship will be faster and tougher and the subach will still never run out of energy (unless you're an extreme "Spray & Pray" type) :D

Title: Ok, new one for me
Post by: Assassin on July 04, 2003, 04:29:04 am

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Originally posted by Blue Lion
Energy allocation only is useful in PXO. I've never changed it in SP.


Anyways I'll give it a whirl today

Thats very amateur of you. ;)

Jack

Title: Ok, new one for me
Post by: Blue Lion on July 04, 2003, 11:10:06 am

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Originally posted by karajorma


That's a bit silly in the first few missions. If you're using double subachs there's no good reason not to up your shields and engines one notch. Your ship will be faster and tougher and the subach will still never run out of energy (unless you're an extreme "Spray & Pray" type) :D

Why even bother going double subach? Just use one that fires twice as fast.

Title: Ok, new one for me
Post by: diamondgeezer on July 04, 2003, 12:03:34 pm

Yes, you use the Subach in the second primary slot, butyou still have masses of surplus energythat can be happily diverted towards engines. And in bombing mission I usually turn off my guns when attacking big ships, reactivating them if enemy fighters get to cocky.

I use energy management quite a bit, especially in frenzied missions like the Blue Lions section. Dodging lasers and missiles whilst strafing your target and working the control panel of your ship is fun - you feel like a proper pilot, trying to gain every little bit of edge from your fighter :nod:

Title: Ok, new one for me
Post by: Blue Lion on July 04, 2003, 12:06:11 pm

I've never needed to :wtf:


In multi yea, but that's cause it's harder. But I've never had the challenge in SP

Title: Ok, new one for me
Post by: Darkage on July 04, 2003, 01:18:37 pm

Then you should up the dificulty:p



*runs*

Title: Ok, new one for me
Post by: Blue Lion on July 04, 2003, 02:16:11 pm

It's on insane :wtf:

Title: Ok, new one for me
Post by: Knight Templar on July 04, 2003, 02:28:39 pm

j000 ch34t3r1nG L14R!!!!!!1111


;)

Title: Ok, new one for me
Post by: Blue Lion on July 04, 2003, 02:45:17 pm

Noooo, that's just thousands of PXO games and I don't wanna count how many campaigns

Title: Ok, new one for me
Post by: Stealth on July 07, 2003, 05:47:59 pm

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Originally posted by Assassin


Thats very amateur of you. ;)

Jack

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAA

i find this hilarious