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Tuddley3
10-24-09, 11:22 AM
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Yes, BtS is back !!!!!!!!!!


Back in January of 2007, -SWCowboy, Capzap1970, and Koondawg started the original BtS-Mods.com. BtS is short for Beyond the Shadows, and is the sister site to BtS-Gaming.com which is a online gaming community for America's Army and Call of Duty.


Due to some problems with Spammers hyjacking a database, and software issues, the old site had to be closed. Basically the server host was not built for what we use the database for. Russ (-SWCowboy) had no choice in the matter, he even received some penalty fees which were outrageous. This all happened at a bad time also, because Russ was busy transferring to a new unit in the Navy, looking for a new house for his wonderful wife and baby girl, and working hard with another website.


Capzap1970 and myself were the current Admins for the site, and we enjoyed it so much, we put our heads together to come up with a plan to get BtS back up and running. Capzap suggested to me over an MSN chat, that maybe we could take over the site with Russ' blessing. After Russ returned from a deployment, he graciously gave us permission and the rights to use the BtS name.


Thankfully, just before the "crash", I created a full website backup, and preserved all mod files along with their thumbnails. Unfortunately, all posts made from the day BtS-Mods opened until July of 2009 were lost. Even though we have to start over from scratch, we will provide all the same services as before, and more. We currently have U-boat Skins, Ships, Intro Screens, Supermods (GWX and WAC), Maps, Utilities, and much more. At the moment, we are still uploading all the files, so it will still take a bit of time to get them all transferred and put up on download pages. We will carry as many SH3, SH4, and SH5 mods as we can cram into 1TB of disk space. Eventually, we will also start setting up downloads for other games as well, like IL2, Flight Simulator X, and any other requests we might get.


Myself and Capzap would like to thank Russ for teaching us everything about running a download site, and setting the platform to run it with a friendly and helpful atmosphere. We also want to thank Neal for allowing us to post this sticky here, and hope we can work together to keep our Silent Hunter experience the best it can be, and continue to make it better.


Thank you everyone,
The BtS Team





The day has finally arrived. Come one, come all !!!!!

I've turned my Spam Filter up a notch, I'm not in the mood to sell Viagra and KY Jelly. :har:

The following registration questions are as follows :

1) The Tower of London is in which city ? .... london
2) The SH Series is made by which company ? .... ubisoft

Excuse the mess, but we are still under construction, and uploading our files. Most importantly, we're back.
http://www.lockley.net/images/road_work_ahead.gif http://www.lockley.net/images/turn_off.gif http://www.lockley.net/images/blasting_zone.gif

Laufen zum Ziel
10-24-09, 12:26 PM
Welcome back.

Draka
10-24-09, 01:41 PM
Yeeee - haw! Great news!

mainexpress
10-24-09, 01:57 PM
Awesome i love this site:up:

Jimbuna
10-24-09, 02:06 PM
Nice one Tuddley http://www.psionguild.org/forums/images/smilies/wolfsmilies/thumbsup.gif

Alex
10-24-09, 04:51 PM
Very cool news, indeed ! http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a75/Panzer_Kamerad/smileys/hap.gif

Rapt0r56
10-25-09, 06:19 AM
Good News! :rock:

momo55
10-25-09, 06:37 AM
Good job Tuddley ;)

Murdock
10-25-09, 06:52 AM
:woot:Most Exellent this is Great News Indeed

coronas
10-25-09, 08:57 AM
Congratulations!

:salute:

lutzow
10-26-09, 04:32 AM
I'm also happy that You're back on the surface:salute:
Best wishes for all crew:up:

makman94
10-26-09, 07:42 AM
and the 'trip' just continues....but this time the boat (server) is boosted! best wishes

nikbear
10-26-09, 11:45 AM
So So very pleased about this :yeah:

sunvalleyslim
10-26-09, 01:23 PM
Always enjoyed Bts mods, and all the sub skins there.......Thanks for bringing it back..........SVS :salute: :salute:

ronnybengt
10-26-09, 05:38 PM
...good deal..i trhink;)

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-SWCowboy.
10-31-09, 03:21 PM
Nice to see the place open and ready for business guys :yeah: Yall done good. :cool:

Rebel
10-31-09, 03:54 PM
:):yeah::sunny:

Kpt. Lehmann
10-31-09, 09:51 PM
Very cool!:rock::rock::rock:

Sgtmonkeynads
11-01-09, 12:46 AM
OH HELL YEAH. I lost my portable hard drive with all your guys skins on it. I was horrified when i went to get them back and you guys were gone. I was checking back once in a while, but then it said you were closed. So I gave up. Now THIS!!!! alright man, you made My DAY.

Fubar2Niner
11-01-09, 03:31 PM
Great to see you back chaps, well done. :()1:

Best regards.

Fubar2Niner

Tuddley3
11-11-09, 10:32 PM
I've turned my Spam Filter up a notch, I'm not in the mood to sell Viagra and KY Jelly. :har:

The following registration questions are as follows :

1) The Tower of London is in which city ? .... london
2) The SH Series is made by which company ? .... ubisoft

Oneshot/Onekill
11-13-09, 06:01 PM
There are way too many good mods and skins at BtS. To let them fade into history would be a sad mistake. I big thank you to Tuddley3, CapZap1970, YooperBacker, Djm, jimbuna, Yamamoto9,WolfeHunter,and all of the modder's who took the time to bring this essential web sight back to life.:up:

Tuddley3
11-13-09, 06:15 PM
You are very welcome Sir :salute:

Tuddley3
11-24-09, 12:58 AM
We now FINALLY have the full single .exe download for GWX3.0. http://www.btsmods.com/index.php?topic=247.msg1252#msg1252

Tudds

Tuddley3
01-22-10, 01:07 PM
For those interested in surface to air missiles, we now have a new simulator called "SAM (Surface to Air Missile System) Simulator". It's a free simulator, but really in depth. Here is the download page - http://www.btsmods.com/index.php?topic=787.msg5434#msg5434

Tuddley3
01-29-10, 09:00 PM
Does anyone have Part 3 of Tikigod's Propaganda Mod, or know if it was ever released ?

Thank you,
Tudds

Tuddley3
09-30-10, 12:24 AM
Well I hate to do this, but due to personal problems, I have to disappear for a while. We have not received any donations in the last 3 months, and all 3 bills are due(Domain name, Server, and FileFactory file storage). It will be a miracle to pay all those bills in such a small time period, plus I won't be around to pay them anyways. So I have to option but to let our "Game Credits" run out, and replenish them later. I made a complete backup of the forums, so at least I will have all that stored safely on my HD.

I will be gone anywhere from 3 - 6 months. I have to do this to prevent myself from homelessness. But when I return, and have a new fresh start on life, I promise to get us back up again. I will also make a promise to upload more files in the future, I have not been 100% in motivation and keeping up to SWCowboy's standards I was wishing to uphold.

Do don't think BtS is gone forever when the lights go out next month, just think of it as us going to Silent Running until the waters calm. I will resurface and continue to keep our "Community Files" safe and preserve them for as long as Silent Hunter continues to strive.

Ahoy,
Tudds :salute:

Sailor Steve
09-30-10, 07:49 AM
Sorry to hear that, Tuddley. Having been homeless myself I can empathize. I wish there was some way I could contribute. :cry:

Draka
09-30-10, 08:00 AM
I also have been on the down side - so far due to family not actually homeless, but right now coming up on third anniversary of being unemployed - it truly sux. Wish ya all the luck, and stay down untill the seas are clear.

Volk2
09-30-10, 08:40 AM
I also have been on the down side - so far due to family not actually homeless, but right now coming up on third anniversary of being unemployed - it truly sux.

Hey, just like me. But look on the bright side - we have now more time to play SH3! Hehe... :wah::03:

http://joesaward.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/bright_side_of_life.jpg

Life’s a piece of sh*t
When you look at it
Life’s a laugh and death’s a joke – it’s true
You’ll see it’s all a show
Keep ’em laughing as you go
Just remember that the last laugh is on you

And, always look on the bright side of life...

Tuddley3
11-13-10, 06:52 PM
As of now, BtS will be offline until further notice. I am going to estimate that it will be sometime around May or July of 2011 before I will be able to get back up. As I said above, I need some time to hit the reset button in my personal life before I can continue to run BtS.

I also don't want to have to keep relying on all of you to donate to keep BtS running, it's quite embarrassing to be honest. I want to thank all of you who have helped in the past, it was greatly appreciated. I will return, as the Subsim community is the nicest and most helpful community on the web, and I love all of you like brothers.

For those who have access to our file library at FileFactory, there are 4 days left before that account is suspended.

Thanks,
Tuddley

Madox58
11-13-10, 07:49 PM
Times are tuff for many right now Mate.
Believe me I know.
:salute: