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Sailor Steve

07-11-10, 12:10 PM

Yesterday I had my first TeamSpeak experience, talking to Jimbuna for a couple of hours. That was great fun, but not what this post is about.

Jim recommended that I use the 'Ctrl Button To Talk', rather than Voice Activation. I was browsing the Subsim forums at the same time, and suddenly my screen started going crazy, changing size seemingly at random! It took me a minute or two to realize what was happening, but...

Did you know that holding down the Ctrl button while scrolling the mouse wheel lets you change the size of what you're reading? Makes it much easier to either see more at once or enlarge it so you can read it better.

Who knew? :sunny:

Oberon

07-11-10, 12:19 PM

Did exactly the same thing with Teamspeak on Thursday after a Lolwaffles flight :haha:

Betonov

07-11-10, 12:22 PM

just tried it now :D

THIS is going to be usefull, thanks mate :D:D

GoldenRivet

07-11-10, 12:22 PM

thats a nice zoom feature for the older crowd there steve :D

When im playing first person shooters i use the thumb button on my mouse as the push to talk switch for team speak or voice chat.

very convenient and requires almost no effort or attention from the game.

thorn69

07-11-10, 12:43 PM

Oh noes! You're going to try this on the Aussie pic I posted with the 750 naked chicks aren't you!? Well, at least I know I am! :yeah::haha:

EDIT: Just checked! Damn it! Much too distorted for any real sexual gratification! :damn:

Weiss Pinguin

07-11-10, 02:46 PM

When I was on TS I used the home or insert key to talk. That can be problematic outside of a game though :lol:

jumpy

07-11-10, 03:19 PM

TS is an awesome bit of kit.

I use the ctrl key 'push to talk' thing too, Steve. But I only use TS in-game as it were.

Makes such a difference to have contact with your squad-mates. Hehe, anyone playing with clan tags almost definitely has the edge over the solo fps gamer for that very reason, unless you're logged in to the servers TS.

Used TS a lot when I used to play in MOHAA-SH tournaments (SH League and a few others over the years) and more recently to chat with some guys from my old clan gaming days with NER (new european regiment) and EBA (european brothers in arms) whilst playing on COD2 tactical realism servers.

I seem to remember Subsim had a TS channel at some point. Is that still going?

NOTE: in FF if you ctrl+mouse wheel to zoom your page out of whack, ctrl+0 resets it to normal.

Takeda Shingen

07-11-10, 04:31 PM

I had no idea. Thanks, Steve. Now my text is finally back to normal size after months of being annoyingly large. I was clueless as to why it happened. :up:

Jimbuna

07-11-10, 04:42 PM

Who knew? :sunny:

I did cos a remember telling ya :smug:

Tomorrow night I'll show you how to 'whisper'....(talk to others who are in the same section of TS with you but prevent them from hearing what you are saying to the sole recipient of your message).

21:00 GMT....I have a hunch Kratos may make his long awaited return. :sunny:

Sailor Steve

07-11-10, 10:02 PM

Cool, but I'm not sure if that's 1500 or 1400 where I'm at. We're six hours apart, but I'm on Daylight time.

tomfon

07-12-10, 02:26 AM

I knew it.:|\\ To tell the truth i found it by sheer luck. After the installation of Win7 was done the desktop view showed up and i was surprised by the size of the shortcuts. A few days later i found out how they could be resized...:ping:

Oberon

07-12-10, 07:11 AM

I did cos a remember telling ya :smug:

Tomorrow night I'll show you how to 'whisper'....(talk to others who are in the same section of TS with you but prevent them from hearing what you are saying to the sole recipient of your message).

21:00 GMT....I have a hunch Kratos may make his long awaited return. :sunny:

That's the hope. :up:

http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2006/08/battlebrit250806_600x452.jpg

Those Stukas won't shoot themselves down :yep:

Raptor1

07-12-10, 07:24 AM

Those Stukas won't shoot themselves down :yep:

They are Stukas, so don't be so sure...

Oberon

07-12-10, 11:39 AM

They are Stukas, so don't be so sure...

Says the man who was shot down by one... :hmmm:

TLAM Strike

07-12-10, 04:21 PM

Says the man who was shot down by one... :hmmm:
Watch out for ground pounders... Even an A-4 scores the occasional Air to Air victory... (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_A-4_Skyhawk#Vietnam_War_era)

:salute:

Gerald

07-12-10, 05:27 PM

Watch out for ground pounders... Even an A-4 scores the occasional Air to Air victory... (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_A-4_Skyhawk#Vietnam_War_era)

:salute:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_mya1zx840

Nice sound... :yep:

Oberon

07-12-10, 05:32 PM

Watch out for ground pounders... Even an A-4 scores the occasional Air to Air victory... (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_A-4_Skyhawk#Vietnam_War_era)

:salute:

Indeed...but...a Stuka? Against a P.11, Gladiator or Swordfish perhaps...but against a Hurricane or Spitfire? :hmmm: Still...those tailgunners do sometimes have laser sights...as we've all found out before... :damn:

Raptor1

07-12-10, 05:41 PM

Indeed...but...a Stuka? Against a P.11, Gladiator or Swordfish perhaps...but against a Hurricane or Spitfire? :hmmm: Still...those tailgunners do sometimes have laser sights...as we've all found out before... :damn:

They can also see through clouds and shoot through their tails without sustaining any sort of damage at all!

And a Hurri is not nearly as unkillable as a P.11...

Oberon

07-13-10, 06:43 AM

They can also see through clouds and shoot through their tails without sustaining any sort of damage at all!

And a Hurri is not nearly as unkillable as a P.11...

Ah well, that's the Oleg-Stuka...that's a completely different matter...

http://www.mosinnagant.net/finland/images/stuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu.jpg
Ju-87 Stuka

http://www.clockworkmachina.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/mg-102_rx-0_unicorn_gundam_02.jpg
Oleg Stuka

Jimbuna

07-13-10, 07:06 AM

Cool, but I'm not sure if that's 1500 or 1400 where I'm at. We're six hours apart, but I'm on Daylight time.

It's seven hours actually 21:00 GMT = 14:00 Salt Lake time.

I reckon you know that now because you made it last night :DL

That's the hope. :up:

Nope...he never made an appearance :-?

I'll have to ring him.

Weiss Pinguin

07-13-10, 08:25 AM

:hmmm: Still...those tailgunners do sometimes have laser sights...as we've all found out before... :damn:
And they fire grey matter-seeking rounds :o

Sailor Steve

07-13-10, 10:17 AM

It's seven hours actually 21:00 GMT = 14:00 Salt Lake time.
But we are on Daylight Savings time here. How many hours is it between London and New York?

Herr-Berbunch

07-13-10, 10:27 AM

I downloaded teamspeak at the weekend, dug out my old (but never used) headset - acquired from previous employer, thank you your majesty, just need someone to talk too :wah:

Just got 1946 so will be figuring that out tonight but hoping for some online SH3 one day in the not-too-distant.

... I say never used, it's been in the garage for a couple of years and a mouse obviously took a liking to the padding...:-?

Back to the first post, yes, I knew, I use it all the time... :know:

krashkart

07-13-10, 10:45 AM

Watch out for ground pounders... Even an A-4 scores the occasional Air to Air victory... (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_A-4_Skyhawk#Vietnam_War_era)

:salute:

Don't forget the Skyraiders. :03:

In a hurry, so this link will have to suffice:

http://www.vnafmamn.com/Skyraider_vs_MIG17.html

TLAM Strike

07-13-10, 10:58 AM

... I say never used, it's been in the garage for a couple of years and a mouse obviously took a liking to the padding...:-? You could remove the padding and make new ones out of cotton (say from cotton balls wrapped in plastic wrap in an 'O' shape) then cover it in a sheet of linen held on by a twist tie that will hold it on to your head set.

Don't forget the Skyraiders. :03:

In a hurry, so this link will have to suffice:

http://www.vnafmamn.com/Skyraider_vs_MIG17.html

Yep heard of that one. I know some Brit FAA carrier pilots flying propjobs killed a MiG or two in Korea too.

Jimbuna

07-13-10, 10:58 AM

But we are on Daylight Savings time here. How many hours is it between London and New York?

New York is currently -5

Herr-Berbunch

07-13-10, 11:03 AM

You could remove the padding and make new ones out of cotton (say from cotton balls wrapped in plastic wrap in an 'O' shape) then cover it in a sheet of linen held on by a twist tie that will hold it on to your head set.

It's not a Gucci 'proper' headset, just a cheap Labtec one-ear and a mic thing, but there is no padding left, I removed the remnants this morning. It's the ear-comfort I'm worried about not the staying on my headness... if it were just that I'd use tape! :DL

Jimbuna

07-13-10, 11:05 AM

I downloaded teamspeak at the weekend, dug out my old (but never used) headset - acquired from previous employer, thank you your majesty, just need someone to talk too :wah:

Just got 1946 so will be figuring that out tonight but hoping for some online SH3 one day in the not-too-distant.

The GWX TS server uses TS2 and can be found at:

77.98.225.67:8767

password = wolf

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=151571

Hunter ICX and the Lolwaffles can usually be found there each Monday at 21:00 GMT flying IL2.

Sailor Steve

07-13-10, 11:30 AM

New York is currently -5
You're right then, it's seven hours difference. I don't know what I was thinking, but then I rarely do.

TLAM Strike

07-13-10, 11:41 AM

It's not a Gucci 'proper' headset, just a cheap Labtec one-ear and a mic thing, but there is no padding left, I removed the remnants this morning. It's the ear-comfort I'm worried about not the staying on my headness... if it were just that I'd use tape! :DL

Yea... what I was describing would make it more comfortable to wear. Basically I was saying make a new ear pad out of drug store cotton and hold it on with a sheet of linen or gauze.