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Ah, that rings a bell. In Germany they are called the ADAC (yep almost made it to ACDC), which translates to something like 'general german automobile club'. Having some close relatives, who know how to fix cars also helps a lot, as I've learned time and again

Look in the Multiplayer threads, I've explained a few times there how to play online. Although I never played myself, what I wrote seemed to have worked The Reloaded TC is still being developed. I know it's hard to wait for, but actually we're the first ones ever to make something for Rebellion on this scale. Therefore a lot of things had to be researched first for us to know how to change them at all. Trust us, it will be finished

Alia, also know as Muaddib's sister in the Dune books. That actress appears in 'Children of Dune', a DVD which I finally got a hold on about a month ago

You had a car accident ? You OK, no injuries ? Btw, what's an AA car ? AntiAircraft ? AstroAvian ? AbstractAlteration ?

Thanks After tweaking the XWA model a bit I found it close enough to the picture to release it. Now it almost looks like the one I remember from the comics.

Yeah, I've also had some theories on why the cannon can't fire during assaults. One of the least hilarious was that the cannons are either operating automatically or are being controlled by droids that have been ordered to fire at every bombarding enemy vessel. Without the addition that an assault also justifies shooting their dense nature would let them wait for the bombardment. .... droids ... That's why I usually just have two gencores on my planets and rather have production and training facilities on the other slots. The cannons won't hold off the AI.

Well, I wouldn't say overkill yet. My XP2600 also has no probs with the game The other components look good as well, but from past experience I'd tend to blame your ATI card, or rather it's drivers. Try some new ones and tell us, if it worked. Is it just Rebellion, that crashes, or are there other games as well with that behaviour ?

I've seen it for more than 20 years and I could definately live without it Especially, when I'm sitting in my car, or when I forgot the gloves and my knuckles start bleeding. Also I've seldom had the flue when it was hot. Maybe we two should change places a while, Trej

Okay people, here are the last two models, that I can ever offer you ... this year Because of public demand I just uploaded the Carrack cruiser and the Marauder Corvette. Happy new year everyone

Hi Spike, I didn't much like the old Carrack model myself, but the XWA one was looking wrong in my eyes. Stay tuned, cause you never know when that one will be ready to download

Yeah, that seems to have been the problem. You see, the name of the texture(s) used for the model is in the model file as well. So if you rename it, the engine can't find the texture anymore. No prob dude, glad I could help

Umm, lemme see ... medtrans.tga should be the texture's name. Since the textures are all just plain-normal tgas, why don't you use a normal graphics prog, that can convert your textures to that format ? There are also other programs, like ACDSee or Irfan View, that can do that for you.

Thanks E-man Happy holidays to you, too

Ho, Ho, Ho Well since today's the third birthday of my site, I wanted to update the xmas presents there as well. But of course, there are problems there. So the two new fighters will have to wait a little. But I just finished uploading the 5 new models here -The Action IV freighter -The Alliance Fleet Carrier, aka: Quasar fire-class cruiser -The Dreadnaught -The Delta Dx-9 Stormtrooper transport and last but certainly not least -The Dominator Interdictor Merry XMAS to y'all

Hi, if you got the download capacity for about 50 megs, go to http://www.armadafleetcommand.com and download the StarWars MOD for Armada 2. It already has a great deal of the XWA models converted to STA-2 and you can start playing right away I don't know anything about converting models into the .sod format and there's the matter of the hardpoints as well, as you already mentioned. In Rebellion the engine just fires the shots from the model center, so we don't have to worry about the origin of the shot in this game. Btw, try Gmax ! Make a few primitive structures, like (segmented) boxes and such and turn them into editable meshes. Then you select the red dots (vertices) and move them around to fit them into the desired shape. That's a really basic approach to modelling. This works of course as well with any other structure. By combining these, you'll get your model in the end.

Actually this reminded me of Scath coming up with the Zooth ... Is there anything you want to tell us, Scath ? Maybe it's not Scath's doing, but more likely that of a vicious feline, trying to take over the world. You know, again

Yes, thatotherguy was also, who I thought of, when I saw Saddam in the news. I think having him found would be even more useful. I was sceptical at first as well, if it really was Saddam, who was captured. But yesterday when I saw him in the news and saw his eyes and the way he moved I was pretty sure that they caught the right one. Well, one down, ... lots to go

I hear some mental klicks. It's almost finished by now, although I'm still considering on what will be inside and what will be released later.

Yeah, if it's true what I once read about these figures my old Obi wan and Vader figures should be worth a fortune. Although even if there were someone willing to pay that much for them I'd never give 'em up. They've been there for almost my entire life Btw: Falcon, Y-Wing and X-34 landspeeder here in my vehicle park from about 20 years ago

Are you also still below thirty ? If not, then I'll feel younger

Well since it's ...of BEAK I thought of, errm a beak. Maybe from a screenshot of a "finding Nemo" trailer. Actually, it was more meant as a joke than an actual consideration, but when I read it, that was the first image that I could think of

Great, dude. It's almost as if he's eyeing you, while deciding on wether to fling his knifes or just keep staring menacingly. I think that's pretty close to Rukh's character from the books.

Well the unedited and too long version of that movie can still be found here. But be warned you, it's about 26MB...

Mask looks up on his Tv, where the action figures of the Emperor, Vader and Maul are standing, while he considers SOCL's advice. Suddenly he hears the Emperor's raspy voice "Don't even think about it !". With a shrug, Mask continues playing Max Payne 2 instead...

Sounding like Yoda and rhyming still confuses people. Gotta memorize that, it could be useful in the future Give it a bit more thought you two, I've given you three hints on what you can expect