fergie

So as Raz already said we used to play ArmA 2 on some German server when I was at uni, we met this player called taxi who we immediately got on with, you know when you meet someone online and you're all like "that's my jam" but more like "that's my man" but in a totally platonic don't want to have sex with you way. Although I did once ask Jack if he was gay and at the time it totally sounded like I wanted the D. I think I'm going off topic here. The point is this Taxi guy was one of those people who you just get on with when you play, the last person I met like that had been Raz in 2008 and I could say without a doubt my friendship with him has been among the best. Anyway like raz said taxi was gone for a long time but Maybe a year later Jack (Taxi/Rarek) messages me on facebook about a community he's building called Ahoyworld. back when it first started ArmA wasn't really on the menu, they were more involved with World of Warcraft and Minecraft, which is where all the Ahoy Coin stuff on the site emanated from. When ArmA 3 came out is when the community found it's own place in the world, and thanks to Jack's initial conversion of ArmA 2s "Domination" to what we eventually had to name "Invade & Annex" (pretty proud that I came up with that name, jus' sayin') Ahoyworld has cemented it's place firmly in the Armed Assault community. Here's a nostalgic picture from Ahoy World's first community meet circa 2013 from left to right: Dave, Me, Jamie, Phil, Raz, Brooksie & Rarek

Sad to hear Raz has stepped down, however having known both David and Raz for a long long time (although not having seen anyone so much in recent memory, which I know is my fault and not anyone else's) I just want to say Dave has come along way from the slightly annoying kid we met on the internet in 2007. He will definitely do a fine job of bolstering the community for a few more years!

Blow shit up, if I can figure it out

And I'm not talking about a McDonalds sandwich either! I'm back! For only the umpteenth time in my long history of not being here, anyway the rest of the crew onboard my submarine decided 3 months was enough time spent around me and I've been sent home from deployment on my holidays! And to celebrate I have purchased Oculus rift DK2 and a Saitek X55 Rhino, so DCS is what I have in mind! PLAY WITH ME YOU FOOLS. Sincerely Fergie The "Stranger" (Did I write that before? I don't remember)

Thread Revival! Vanishing of Ethan Carter = Visual Orgasm

The simulator community has been referring to it as a screenshot simulator for the last year of it's development, which hasn't filled me with massive confidence over the realism of the sim, obviously I'll still get it to try out for myself. Anyone who wants to start throwing simulator around needs to get Assetto Corsa though, there is literally no other sim that feels as hooked up as AC.

I recently changed rooms too

what was the present?

any sniff of multiplayer yet? or even racing?

Blasting through the chicane on this track is the closest I've come to crapping myself in a game! You see the 1:23.000 lap time drivers online just fearlessly thread this car through the chicane at 120+ mph without batting an eyelid! PS I've got my time down to a 1:29.400 atm, there's plenty of time out there but it's just a case of having the balls to go and get it.

These cars a great at teaching you not to touch the barriers, just a tap and the fragile machines will shed wheels and other crucial parts, having said that though most of my experience with this car yesterday was spent admiring barriers and escape roads, I had only just started posting clean laps when I made this video. The car is extremely challenging to drive, there is tremendous under-steer entering turns but by the time you're exiting the turn it's become over steer, the car requires the driver to maintain excellent balance in order to go through corners quickly. Then there is the challenge of accelerating a vehicle that weighs very little but houses a 400 bhp engine, an experience which can only be compared to a rodeo. Finally the car is a challenge under braking, namely because the brakes are the least advanced feeling part on the vehicle, unresponsive and easy to lock, slowing down is therefore problematic.

So yesterday was payday, so I decided to reward my hard work with a new game! Since the online experience offered by Race07 is now almost completely lost, I thought it was time to branch into a new online sim RFactor is of course a game of high popularity which I have never played. Well I got right to it and jumped in one of the most challenging cars on the most challenging track: A Lotus 49b (unlicensed as Eve F1B 68) around the 1966 Monte Carlo circuit. Talk about jumping in the deep end! Here's how I got on, definitely not a fast time, but it will take a lot of time to tame this snake of a car! God only knows how Graham Hill managed to win on this circuit 5 times in similar cars.

Might as well get a joystick, I've never not owned a Joystick whilst I've been using PCs for gaming! It'll definitely make flying in ArmA 3 more fun, and it will also give you the opportunity to try some games you may not have played before, Rise of Flight or the newer War Thunder are both F2P games that are improved with a joystick. You'd probably be looking at about £30 to get hold of a decent low end stick with a slider throttle. I bought a Logitech Extreme 3D Pro for £35 over 5 years ago and it's still going strong! Alternatively you could get a wired xbox controller which will work with any Windows 7 or 8 PC as a plug and play device and will improve the way you experience flight and driving on your PC, they usually cost about £20. P.S As to what to look for when buying one, I tend to browse amazon, play, ebuyer etc and build a list with three columns: Products below price point: these are products that look too good to be true, we're looking for exceptional value for money in these. Products at price point: these are the products that best fit your budget and your tastes. Products that exceed price point: these are products that cost more than you were intending to pay but could afford. After I have a list I look for written reviews and youtube reviews for all the products I'm really interested in, as well as searching for complaints about breakages or people troubleshooting hardware/software failures. Then it's simply a case of weighing up the pros and cons of all the best choices and making an informed decision. More specifically with joysticks however, I would watch out for complaints/ criticism relating to loss of calibration, big dead zones and buttons breaking/ losing functionality.

The only change log I know of is here: http://www.ahoyworld.co.uk/topic/726-aw-invade-annex-changelog-and-download/ However this only lists versions of Invade & Annex for Stratis, The development of I&A for Altis is being undertaken by different people to those who developed the versions up to 2.94.0 so I'm unsure of whether a change log will be available anytime soon. Since there is no official AW download package on offer as of yet for this mission I would say it's unlikely you'll find a comprehensive change log at this time. Perhaps someone who is more involved in that avenue will see this and correct me if I am mistaken.