Ricky back on duty!

[SYN_Ricky]

Hello guys,

been away from squad/forum activity and from gaming in general for quite some time now, but I still tried to follow Il-2 development from a distance. And of course the need of some virtual flying made its way back, thought quite slowly. I finally turned my (very antiquated) gaming PC on for the first time a few weeks ago and started playing a bit of Elite first, and then Il-2 once I updated everything, and I'm getting addicted again!

I flew a few sorties in solo and then on the WOL server, having quite some fun, but definitely my PC is not good any more for Il-2 with the latest improvements. Still playable, but on many occasions my FPS drops to unacceptable levels (in furballs, sometimes at landing or at takeoff on crowded airfields).
Still, while I'm saving up and looking for a new machine, I'll keep on practising a bit.

I see that some of you are flying on WOL, Random Expert and TAW, are there specific days you fly on? I registered on those three servers, and would like to try and join you some day, just to see if it's feasible with my current machine, as it's not as much fun flying alone against organized opponents.

See ya!

[SYN_Skydance]

Welcome back Ricky

We quite often fly iL2 on a Sunday evening. Although we flew DCS last night (new Normandy map just released)

ARMA3 is quite popular ATM also

Just jump on TS to find out what's happening. If you PM Jedders or Koll, with your mobile number, they can add you to the "Syndicate" Whatsapp group

[SYN_MrWolf]

Good to see you return Ricky :)

Yeah hop on Teamspeak!

[SYN_Repent]

Hey Ricky, good to see you around!!

[SYN_Ricky]

Thanks for your replies, will hop on TS one of these days, probably Sunday!

[SYN_Ricky]

So,

Looks like it's been almost a year since I announced I might be back...seems something went amiss

To make things short, my old PC really couldn't handle online gaming anymore, especially with the new Il-2 versions. On top of that I went through some difficult personal situation (nothing too serious, but still) and a general work overload after last summer which finally kept me away from gaming and other activities.

But all things have to end, so finally things have sorted out a bit and I finally managed to get me a brand new PC last friday. Happy as a kid, all games run flawlessly and with amazing graphics, and yeah, good bye old 17" screen.

Only little problem left, my internet connection. I had bought a WIFI card for my old PC, wasn't amazing but enought to play without being disconnected. The wifi card in my new PC doesn't seem to be up to the task, I get disconnected frequently, and anyway I don't want to keep gaming via wifi.

My room is situated at the other end of the flat in relation to my router, if I want to run properly an ethernet cable I'll have to get a 30m one and make it go around several door frames and lots of right angles. Technically feasible, but a bit of a chore and dunno about all those bends in the cable, and aesthetically maybe not that great.

Other solution would be Power Line technology, dunno if anyone is using it, I get mixed reviews on it, seems performance can vary quite a lot, wish I could borrow a set to test it.

For now as a stopgap solution I think i'll just get a shorter 15m cable that I will plug only for gaming and run straight to the router from my PC, and then store in a corner of the gaming room when not in use. Not ideal, possibly annoying, but the cheapest and more straightforward solution.

[SYN_Repent]

do what you must ricky, even if you trip over that cable and break your ankle, your still gaming right!!

[SYN_Ricky]

do what you must ricky, even if you trip over that cable and break your ankle, your still gaming right!!

That would also make me stay at home a few days and enjoy gaming, sounds like a plan!

[SYN_MrWolf]

Ah! Well already some progress which is good.

I hope you solve your cable problems soon..and see you on the Teamspeak channel :)