G'Day from an old Tanker

KnightsCross · 04-22-10, 12:53 PM

Hi all Tankers
What a great game and site you guys have here !
I have loved Tanks all my life, built model Tanks as a kid, driven them and rode as a commander and now play from the relative safety of my pc.

I have been given T34 vs Tiger by my Wife for xmas and need to upgrade my pc before I even think about the great downloads you have here.
Well done on such a great site

Tanks
Darren

ZeeWolf · 04-22-10, 01:45 PM

Welcome aboard mate

ZeeWolf

Chucky · 04-22-10, 02:08 PM

Hi Darren,welcome to the forum

Please,do tell us what tanks you have ridden?

Sledgehammer427 · 04-22-10, 10:46 PM

greetings Darren!

I'm +1 on the tanks you've served on, I've always kinda wanted to be a tank commander myself
(suddenly it dawns on me how I got to be a moderator around here

)

KnightsCross · 04-23-10, 02:28 PM

G'Day again Gents

I have been a Soldier with the RAAC (Royal Australian Armoured Corps)
I have served in the Aust.Regular Army & Army Reserve from 1981 to 1997
Being fully trained in

-1 Leopard Main Battle Tank

-2 M113A1 Armoured Personal Carrier

-3 Assault Troop Instructor, Elite Armoured Shock Force
Deep Enemy Recon Team, upto 50km behind enemy lines
Ambush > Mines >Anti Armour >Anti Air >etc

Awards
- Best Shot ,1st Recruit Training Battalion
- Cross Rifles ,Marksman
- Best Troop Gunnery ( 105mm )
- Elite Marksman, No. 2 Army & No. 4 Army, Navy, Air Force 1990

Service Award - Soldiers Medallion, for "Exemplary Service Australian Army"
Decorations - Australian Service Medal

Unit Motto's
1st AR "Parartus" ( Prepared)
B Sqn, 1stAR "Facta Non Verba" (Deeds not Words)
4/19 PWLH "Ich Dien" ( I Serve )

I have served other units and been lucky to do many other things,
I would have still been serving if not for a Medical Discharge due to injuries, life's a bitch sometimes.
In the future I shall share some photos & stories

Hope your all well
Darren
PS ZeeWolf I would be happy to pay for your work

well done !

ZeeWolf · 04-23-10, 03:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KnightsCross

G'Day again Gents

I have been a Soldier with the RAAC (Royal Australian Armoured Corps)
I have served in the Aust.Regular Army & Army Reserve from 1981 to 1997
Being fully trained in

-1 Leopard Main Battle Tank

-2 M113A1 Armoured Personal Carrier

-3 Assault Troop Instructor, Elite Armoured Shock Force
Deep Enemy Recon Team, upto 50km behind enemy lines
Ambush > Mines >Anti Armour >Anti Air >etc

Awards
- Best Shot ,1st Recruit Training Battalion
- Cross Rifles ,Marksman
- Best Troop Gunnery ( 105mm )
- Elite Marksman, No. 2 Army & No. 4 Army, Navy, Air Force 1990

Service Award - Soldiers Medallion, for "Exemplary Service Australian Army"
Decorations - Australian Service Medal

Unit Motto's
1st AR "Parartus" ( Prepared)
B Sqn, 1stAR "Facta Non Verba" (Deeds not Words)
4/19 PWLH "Ich Dien" ( I Serve )

I have served other units and been lucky to do many other things,
I would have still been serving if not for a Medical Discharge due to injuries, life's a bitch sometimes.
In the future I shall share some photos & stories

Hope your all well
Darren
PS ZeeWolf I would be happy to pay for your work

well done !

Thanks KnightsCross,
Love those Motto's And yes I agree life can be bitch no doubt about that.
I hope your injuries are all ok now mate. As for paying for my work:
I provide away through a years membership in Project ZeeWolf that gives you
all my completed work for the year of 2010 for $60.00 one time Paypal donation
per year. Here is how you can you can make the Paypal payment:

http://www.tanksimzw.com/Project-index.htm

At the bottom of the page you will see my Paypal link.

Cheers!

ZeeWolf

KnightsCross · 04-27-10, 12:52 AM

G'Day again Gents
This is my first time on pc games. I'm slowly reading through your threads, they are very interesting but seem very confusing. I am finding that I have the same issues as many of you and I can see you have the fixes for these problems The pc I'm using is my sons and seems to just run the game in most levels and locks up in others, especially the last German mission.
I not confident enough to do anymore than read until I can get the hang of this stuff, plus I need to get my own pc which is a little out of reach for me at the moment.
This is a great site and all of your input is terrific, I would love to get one of the sub games SH5 seems to be the to get, at one stage in my career I thought of a transfer to subs so you can see my interest is real.
My passion remains with the Tiger 1 and I have posted some photos below of my, 1/16 Tiger S04 88 kills in winter cam, and 1/6 scratch build with my 105mm HEAT Prac round in front of it.

Tanks for your help so far
Darren
KnightsCross

morttheslayer · 04-27-10, 11:37 AM

Hi Darren nice motor in the Garage!!

If you're having trouble running TvsT it could a huge number of reasons.

To improve in your case I'm sure all members have tips/advice but to give us a clue if you decide to try and improve, please publish your PC specs here; most crucially CPU type, GPU type/series, sound card (if any), RAM and software/OS.
You're wise to sit back and gather info though because you will probably be abe to tweak some settings yourself when you get confident.
And it won't be long because any man that that can file a Tiger from a solid block deservs great respect.

Silent Hunter 4 Gold is a good package at the moment (includes U Boat missions plus Pacific), with SH5 you need a permanent internet connection to play, and many posts critisize SH5 for not having the sim realism of the earlier series!
For what its worth Darren I am not qualified personally to criticise or praise the series as I don't own any SH games !! - but, I know a man who does!!!! Just some points maybe you might consider, apologies if you knew all this before.

Best Wishes - Mort

KnightsCross · 04-28-10, 06:01 PM

G'Day Mort
I take it by "nice motor in the garage"you mean my bike ? its an XV1100 Yamaha, Black of course, my Wife has a matching XV250 and she wants a 650, we haven't had the funds to register them since 2001, 4 kids

23 21 20 18 last 1 leaving school soon WOOHOO ! then will shall be able to ,we hope

2 left home 2 to go, then its time to

Thanks for the heads up on SH4, for now I just want TvsT working and a cp of my own, so any help will be much appreciated as I have to do the best I can on this for now.

I dont know my way round a pc very well but I got this far, is it what you need ?

Windows XP
Home edition
2002
Service Pack 3
AMD Athlon(tm)
1.15GHz,512MB of RAM
NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200
Audio Codecs
Vidio Codecs
Legacy Audio Drivers
Legacy Vidio Capure Devices
Virtual Memory 766MB Recommended, 1536MB Allocated
C drive has 149GB ,30GB Free
Tanks Again

Darren

morttheslayer · 04-29-10, 03:56 PM

Hi Darren
Yes it's good to have children, they say it keeps you young but with me the opposite occurred!!
Looking at your specs it's would seem a mixture of good and bad news.
First the good news your Hard Disk looks OK

No I'm having a joke mate, generally your system is a bit light especially for TvsT. What I would do is see how far you can optimise what you've got to see if you can survive until you can upgrade or get a newer PC.
Firstly you have a good OS for TvsT IMO. When you bring up Task Manager (Cntrl Alt Delete) how many processes are running and what are they taking in resources? I get slowdowns and my system isn't a slouch by any means and I run TvsT with just 18 background (essential) processes or applications.
I can post my apps running if yours are top heavy (i.e. you've got 30-40 apps running) and you can shut some of yours down and see if my apps work for you OK.
Mostly it should but there is some trial and error. You can safely turn off a significant number to improve or free up spare capacity. The worst you can do with this is cause a shutdown which will not harm the system at all it will re-start as normal - all you need to do if it does this is keep that particular app running next time!
Then bottom out all the Game options like shadows, model detail, forest animation, grass etc etc. Horrible to contemplate I know but must be tried to see what the performance can translate into gameplay and FPS.
I apologise in advance if you have already tried this BTW.
However if not let me know what you find, and what you decide
- All the Best - Mort

KnightsCross · 04-30-10, 04:10 AM

Tanks Mort
Just had a look at the gobbledegook that is Task Manager

I have 31 processors running ! oh boy wotzwot
Yes please to this offer
"I can post my apps running if yours are top heavy (i.e. you've got 30-40 apps running) and you can shut some of yours down and see if my apps work for you OK."
I do bottom out most of the game options and this does make a big difference
Thank you for your help Mate
Darren
KnightsCross

04-22-10, 12:53 PM	#1
KnightsCross Bosun Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Australia Posts: 67 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	G'Day from an old Tanker Hi all Tankers What a great game and site you guys have here ! I have loved Tanks all my life, built model Tanks as a kid, driven them and rode as a commander and now play from the relative safety of my pc. I have been given T34 vs Tiger by my Wife for xmas and need to upgrade my pc before I even think about the great downloads you have here. Well done on such a great site Tanks Darren __________________ The Virtue *of a good Tank Soldier is knowing when to wait, and when to Strike Forth to Seize Victory* Just One Flash and Your Ash !

04-22-10, 10:46 PM	#4
Sledgehammer427 PacWagon Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Drinking coffee and staring at trees in Massachusetts Posts: 2,908 Downloads: 287 Uploads: 0	greetings Darren! I'm +1 on the tanks you've served on, I've always kinda wanted to be a tank commander myself (suddenly it dawns on me how I got to be a moderator around here ) __________________ Cold Waters Voice Crew - Fire Control Officer Cmdr O. Myers - C/O USS Nautilus (SS-168) 114,000 tons sunk - 4 Spec Ops completed V-boat Nutcase - Need supplies? Japanese garrison on a small island in the way? Just give us a call! D4C!

04-23-10, 02:28 PM	#5
KnightsCross Bosun Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Australia Posts: 67 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	G'Day again Gents I have been a Soldier with the RAAC (Royal Australian Armoured Corps) I have served in the Aust.Regular Army & Army Reserve from 1981 to 1997 Being fully trained in -1 Leopard Main Battle Tank -2 M113A1 Armoured Personal Carrier -3 Assault Troop Instructor, Elite Armoured Shock Force Deep Enemy Recon Team, upto 50km behind enemy lines Ambush > Mines >Anti Armour >Anti Air >etc Awards - Best Shot ,1st Recruit Training Battalion - Cross Rifles ,Marksman - Best Troop Gunnery ( 105mm ) - Elite Marksman, No. 2 Army & No. 4 Army, Navy, Air Force 1990 Service Award - Soldiers Medallion, for "Exemplary Service Australian Army" Decorations - Australian Service Medal Unit Motto's 1st AR "Parartus" ( Prepared) B Sqn, 1stAR "Facta Non Verba" (Deeds not Words) 4/19 PWLH "Ich Dien" ( I Serve ) I have served other units and been lucky to do many other things, I would have still been serving if not for a Medical Discharge due to injuries, life's a bitch sometimes. In the future I shall share some photos & stories Hope your all well Darren PS ZeeWolf I would be happy to pay for your work well done ! __________________ The Virtue *of a good Tank Soldier is knowing when to wait, and when to Strike Forth to Seize Victory* Just One Flash and Your Ash !

04-27-10, 12:52 AM	#7
KnightsCross Bosun Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Australia Posts: 67 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	G'Day again Gents This is my first time on pc games. I'm slowly reading through your threads, they are very interesting but seem very confusing. I am finding that I have the same issues as many of you and I can see you have the fixes for these problems The pc I'm using is my sons and seems to just run the game in most levels and locks up in others, especially the last German mission. I not confident enough to do anymore than read until I can get the hang of this stuff, plus I need to get my own pc which is a little out of reach for me at the moment. This is a great site and all of your input is terrific, I would love to get one of the sub games SH5 seems to be the to get, at one stage in my career I thought of a transfer to subs so you can see my interest is real. My passion remains with the Tiger 1 and I have posted some photos below of my, 1/16 Tiger S04 88 kills in winter cam, and 1/6 scratch build with my 105mm HEAT Prac round in front of it. Tanks for your help so far Darren KnightsCross __________________ The Virtue *of a good Tank Soldier is knowing when to wait, and when to Strike Forth to Seize Victory* Just One Flash and Your Ash !

04-27-10, 11:37 AM	#8
morttheslayer Soundman Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: SW England UK Posts: 146 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Running TvsT Hi Darren nice motor in the Garage!! If you're having trouble running TvsT it could a huge number of reasons. To improve in your case I'm sure all members have tips/advice but to give us a clue if you decide to try and improve, please publish your PC specs here; most crucially CPU type, GPU type/series, sound card (if any), RAM and software/OS. You're wise to sit back and gather info though because you will probably be abe to tweak some settings yourself when you get confident. And it won't be long because any man that that can file a Tiger from a solid block deservs great respect. Silent Hunter 4 Gold is a good package at the moment (includes U Boat missions plus Pacific), with SH5 you need a permanent internet connection to play, and many posts critisize SH5 for not having the sim realism of the earlier series! For what its worth Darren I am not qualified personally to criticise or praise the series as I don't own any SH games !! - but, I know a man who does!!!! Just some points maybe you might consider, apologies if you knew all this before. Best Wishes - Mort

04-22-10, 01:45 PM	#2
ZeeWolf Sea Lord Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: The Great NorthWest Posts: 1,724 Downloads: 58 Uploads: 1	Welcome aboard mate ZeeWolf

04-22-10, 02:08 PM	#3
Chucky Planesman Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 185 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Hi Darren,welcome to the forum Please,do tell us what tanks you have ridden?

04-28-10, 06:01 PM	#9
KnightsCross Bosun Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Australia Posts: 67 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	G'Day Mort I take it by "nice motor in the garage"you mean my bike ? its an XV1100 Yamaha, Black of course, my Wife has a matching XV250 and she wants a 650, we haven't had the funds to register them since 2001, 4 kids 23 21 20 18 last 1 leaving school soon WOOHOO ! then will shall be able to ,we hope 2 left home 2 to go, then its time to Thanks for the heads up on SH4, for now I just want TvsT working and a cp of my own, so any help will be much appreciated as I have to do the best I can on this for now. I dont know my way round a pc very well but I got this far, is it what you need ? Windows XP Home edition 2002 Service Pack 3 AMD Athlon(tm) 1.15GHz,512MB of RAM NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 Audio Codecs Vidio Codecs Legacy Audio Drivers Legacy Vidio Capure Devices Virtual Memory 766MB Recommended, 1536MB Allocated C drive has 149GB ,30GB Free Tanks Again Darren __________________ The Virtue *of a good Tank Soldier is knowing when to wait, and when to Strike Forth to Seize Victory* Just One Flash and Your Ash !

04-29-10, 03:56 PM	#10
morttheslayer Soundman Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: SW England UK Posts: 146 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Kids and other stuff all reassuringly expensive Hi Darren Yes it's good to have children, they say it keeps you young but with me the opposite occurred!! Looking at your specs it's would seem a mixture of good and bad news. First the good news your Hard Disk looks OK No I'm having a joke mate, generally your system is a bit light especially for TvsT. What I would do is see how far you can optimise what you've got to see if you can survive until you can upgrade or get a newer PC. Firstly you have a good OS for TvsT IMO. When you bring up Task Manager (Cntrl Alt Delete) how many processes are running and what are they taking in resources? I get slowdowns and my system isn't a slouch by any means and I run TvsT with just 18 background (essential) processes or applications. I can post my apps running if yours are top heavy (i.e. you've got 30-40 apps running) and you can shut some of yours down and see if my apps work for you OK. Mostly it should but there is some trial and error. You can safely turn off a significant number to improve or free up spare capacity. The worst you can do with this is cause a shutdown which will not harm the system at all it will re-start as normal - all you need to do if it does this is keep that particular app running next time! Then bottom out all the Game options like shadows, model detail, forest animation, grass etc etc. Horrible to contemplate I know but must be tried to see what the performance can translate into gameplay and FPS. I apologise in advance if you have already tried this BTW. However if not let me know what you find, and what you decide - All the Best - Mort

04-30-10, 04:10 AM	#11
KnightsCross Bosun Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Australia Posts: 67 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Tanks Mort Just had a look at the gobbledegook that is Task Manager I have 31 processors running ! oh boy wotzwot Yes please to this offer "I can post my apps running if yours are top heavy (i.e. you've got 30-40 apps running) and you can shut some of yours down and see if my apps work for you OK." I do bottom out most of the game options and this does make a big difference Thank you for your help Mate Darren KnightsCross __________________ The Virtue *of a good Tank Soldier is knowing when to wait, and when to Strike Forth to Seize Victory* Just One Flash and Your Ash !