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    WOW! After the long two-week wait, 4.02 is here. With it, some questions seem to arise.

    First some background. With 4.01, I was unimpressed to learn that for my video card (Matrox Parhelia which lets me run all good sims in 3 screens), the FOV was borked. Well I guess it's not borked if you consider gunsight view as a good way to fly. So, being an avid fan of this series, I went straight to Oleg's ready room and logged the issue in the official bug report thread, never for a second suspecting it would get ignored.

    The fact now is, 4.01 !@#$ed it up, 4.02 it's still !@#$ed, and with that I pretty well have no choice but to stop playing this sorry sack of crud. I know I know, it's great for all of you, not so over here, and considering it's due to a simple oversight that's been made x-teen times before, I've had enough.

    So, the questions that have arisen:
    1. Will BOB comply with the great software dev standards this series has?
    2. Do bug threads get read by anyone other than us?
    3. Does anyone know how long the next 14 days will be, and whether or not there's any point in waiting that many months?
    4. Is UBI or 1C hiring anyone for Q/C? They should.
    5. Is there any way to get my money back on a stack of useless boxes full of CDs that once worked but thanks to "upgrades" don't?

    I know, this won't be well received by fans who are happy with the patch. I'm happy for you, glad many of you are now all patched up and ready to rock. I guess I'm just a little peeved that after waiting so many friggen months for the next installment of this now-dead-to-me-sim, I figured I'd at least make a note explaining how the once-best sim has now become the most lame-**** sorry piece of **** on my computer. Strike Fighters and CFS3 now serve more purpose...

    I know, I should be just ecstatic with yet another patch, but when it fails to fix what the last free patch bungled, I'm a little less than appreciative...

    Shame, I was really looking forward to flying again!
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    have you reported to the e-mail noted in the readme?

    don't want to sound bright, but there are no official bug report threads here and at least a few people here reported they got responce from writing e-mails

    quiet_man
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    there is go to olegs ready room and take a peak at the top stickied thread
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    As usual always a lot of support from fellow simmers around here.

    I could have an ATI or Nvidia, but actually sold one of each and chose the vid card I have for a reason. This game supported Matrox when it came out and doesn't after multiple "well done" patches.

    Whether or not they care, the fact remains it's a simple oversight they've made, as usual, and one that would be easy to address, if they didn't have heads dans les arses.

    BTW, you think I'm the first that stopped flying this sim for such a silly reason? Think again after you try to figure out where all the oldtimers went...
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    Originally posted by Dexmeister:
    ....you think I'm the first that stopped flying this sim for such a silly reason? Think again after you try to figure out where all the oldtimers went...
    The big question IS - does anyone here miss those "old timers?" Will anyone here miss Dex? Sorry Dexmeister. When people drop out of the forum their name seldom comes up again. Unless of course the name was R-Y B-N J----Y.
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    Actually, this is a serious problem â€" for the makers of the Matrox Parhelia.

    I assume this is a high-end video card since you wouldn't be running three screens on a cheap one. Well, if the makers of such a card don't have the drivers or whatever to run one of the most popular flight sims still made, they have a very serious problem.

    Call them, if you haven't already. At the very least, they can work with or lean on Maddox Games on your behalf.
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    Call them, if you haven't already. At the very least, they can work with or lean on Maddox Games on your behalf.
    The thing is, their drivers are great, updated regularly, support a slew of stuff, no problem.

    This game has supported triplehead since FB. There's nothing Matrox can do when Oleg's team botch the FOV.

    The problem is really simple, since 4.01, when I zoom out as far as possible, I can only see the gunsight. Matrox sent Oleg a video card to test with, his team just forgot to use it for the past two patches...

    I like this game, but refuse to play it on one screen....

    Imagine playing with one of your eyes tied behind your back and you'll know what I mean
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    Hrrmmm...

    I can feel the love.

    As it did work, and it doesn't now, due to patches,
    you would figure it to be not so tough to un-fugger it,
    eh? Sorry, just an old-timers thoughts. If it flies in
    the face of the current crop of crazies, oh well.

    And Hiya Dex, long time no see!
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    Originally posted by Spectre_USA:
    And Hiya Dex, long time no see!
    HEY Spectre! Long time! I'd offer to shoot you and the rest of the BlitzPigs down but I'm at a bit of technical disadvantage what with one eye tied behind my back & all. Mind you it's a good way to watch my 6 around all the piggies

    Anyways, back to the situation at hand... I can play FB on a 100" screen via projector and experience it in all the glory of a single screen, but I don't want to go back to a limited FOV after knowing "the dark side", ie. triplehead gaming. When ATI and NVidia finally arrive on that scene with it you'll see what I mean.

    Maybe I'm in the minority, but does it make removal of once operational functionality for no reason more acceptable?
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    Good point. Imagine the people looking for a replacement front grille for 1967 Ford F-100 truck.

    I guess if I tried 3 monitors I would not want to go back. Good luck, and ya hope for Nvder and AIT to go multiple monitor too.
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