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Froglips

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Aug 25, 2001, 9:42:07 AM8/25/01
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Falcon Pilots,
Announcing the launch of the Falcon 4.0 SuperPAK project.

Glenn 'Sleepdoc' Kletzky has negotiated, on behalf of the Falcon 4.0
community with G2 Interactive, as a non-participating, neutral
intermediary, the creation of a SINGLE, ALL INCLUSIVE, COMBINED TEAM
that will be allowed to continue Falcon 4 development with the
blessings of G2Interactive. Glenn's unique relationship with many
members of the community, as well as his long relationship with the
principles of G2Interactive, positioned him perfectly for this role.
The new team will be governed by prominent members of the Falcon
community.

The management team onboard is:
Art: Christian 'Ripper' Thomsen, Jerry 'Pookie' Davis
Coding: Joel 'Jackal' Bierling, Julian 'Codec' Onions
Realism: Sylvain 'BugSquasher' Gagnon, Shawn 'Viper' Agne,
Alex 'BubbleMeister' Easton
Theater : Manfred 'Schumi' Nelles, Chris 'Washout' Carter
Spokesperson, PR, and Web presence: Kurt 'Froglips' Giesselman,
Mark 'Frugal' Bush

Planned enhancements include:
- the total merger of all possible and reasonable community based
modifications (data, functionality, cockpits, terrains, etc.) within
single executable
- all possible and reasonable RPG data and exe edits including the
new AI
- all possible and reasonable cockpits, terrains, and artwork
- all possible and reasonable Source Code features and functions
(the best of 1.08i2 combined with eF v1.10)
- completion of the eFalcon multiplayer client/server code (if it is
humanly possible)
- DirectX 8.0a compatibility and new graphics features (offloading to
GPU, T&L, increased poly capability, etc.)
- other features as agreed upon by the management team such as:
Major features/fixes available in the 1.08i2 version of the
Microprose code that haven't yet made it into the eTeam 1.10 version.
In game, easy and fully integrated Terrain/campaign switching An
expanded in-game configuration interface where player preferences can
be selected.
All possible and reasonable exe code required for additional
aircraft HUDs, avionics, and other aircraft systems eFalcon terrain
features (expanded color pallette, enhanced far tiles, etc.)

The key point in our agreement with G2Interactive is the new group,
the F4SuperPAK, will sign over all claims (real or imaginary....) of
copyright protection to G2Interactive for use in any for-profit
endeavor they choose in the future. In return we will have a minimum
of 120 days continued development.

If you would like more detail we have a project prospectus which has
been signed by the management group and G2Interactive. We hope you
will consider this an opportunity to keep the thing going and not in
conflict with any current group loyalties. This will be the ultimate
team of INCLUSION.

If you are interested in joining this exciting endeavour,
send an email to frog...@indy.rr.com for more information.

Respectfully,
Kurt 'Froglips' Giesselman
Falcon SuperPAK project spokesperson


dan

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Aug 25, 2001, 9:55:26 AM8/25/01
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HOLY COW!!!!!!!!!!! The mind boggles at the thought of whats in store for
all us f4 simmers!!!

dan

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Wildkat

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Aug 25, 2001, 11:16:53 AM8/25/01
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The is a God. Good luck, F4SP. And thanks G2: You just tripled your
potential FV sales.

Wildkat


Wildkat

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Aug 25, 2001, 11:19:10 AM8/25/01
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BTW: Please support Glide. I know it's old, but for the V5 guys, it makes
F4 fly like glass.

Wildkat


Christer Johansson

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Aug 25, 2001, 11:27:34 AM8/25/01
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"Froglips" <frog...@indy.rr.com> wrote:

>Falcon Pilots,
>
>Announcing the launch of the Falcon 4.0 SuperPAK project.
>
>Glenn 'Sleepdoc' Kletzky has negotiated, on behalf of the Falcon 4.0
>community with G2 Interactive, as a non-participating, neutral
>intermediary, the creation of a SINGLE, ALL INCLUSIVE, COMBINED TEAM
>that will be allowed to continue Falcon 4 development with the
>blessings of G2Interactive.

<snip...>

Just read the same announcement over at SimHQ and this is
_INCREDIBLE_GOOD_NEWS_ and probably whats needed to unite
the Falcon 4/V community!

Hope eveything works out! Kudos to you Sleepdoc, G2I and
everyone else involved....

/Christer (a.k.a KeyCat)

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Richard

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Aug 25, 2001, 1:31:33 PM8/25/01
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I second that. Glide is definately the best for smoothness and FSAA.

I wish someone would take the initiative and re-develope glide for the
future.


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Martin Eriksson

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Aug 25, 2001, 1:54:21 PM8/25/01
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Lord Of God + Jesus The Saviour! Gah!

I just went atheist -> catholic

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Aug 25, 2001, 5:51:11 PM8/25/01
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On Sat, 25 Aug 2001 13:42:07 GMT, "Froglips" <frog...@indy.rr.com>
wrote:

}Falcon Pilots,
}Announcing the launch of the Falcon 4.0 SuperPAK project.

Alright! An EXCELLENT announcement!!! Praises to all concerned!

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Froglips

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Aug 25, 2001, 10:04:31 PM8/25/01
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Guys,
I am truly sorry to announce this. Glide is not going to happen in the new
release. Before you all scream and yell, it is out of our control.
Infogrames did not purchase the Glide programming DLLs when they bought
Falcon. The leaked 1.07+ sc did not include the Glide DLLs. We have no
possible method to assemble a new exe and include Glide. It is not by
choice we assure you, it is just not possible.

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Wildkat

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Aug 26, 2001, 12:08:51 AM8/26/01
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Rats. But it's hard to fire a bullet when you don't own the gun. Thanks
for the update, Kurt, er, Froggie.

Wildkat

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UFO

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Aug 26, 2001, 4:55:42 AM8/26/01
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Damn it - you mean I have to leave the game on my hard drive after all.
Thanks to all those who made this possible.
Best wishes and good luck.

Thanks again


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Rez Manzoori

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Aug 26, 2001, 5:35:02 AM8/26/01
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Maximum Respect fellas!

This is just the sort of thing I've been waiting for!
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Dragon

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Aug 26, 2001, 9:10:18 AM8/26/01
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Is there the possibility of using new source code from G2Interactive?

Chris L

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Aug 26, 2001, 1:49:56 PM8/26/01
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What no Glide code? Everybody quiet! I can't hear the tumblers on the safe!
Maybe it'll show up just as mysteriously as the source code did!

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Chris L.


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Pierre Legrand

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Aug 26, 2001, 2:02:09 PM8/26/01
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Kinda wierd I was under the impression that Glide was open source
now...probably misunderstanding the process.

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Aug 26, 2001, 4:11:39 PM8/26/01
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"Pierre Legrand" <pleg...@home.com> wrote in message
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> Kinda wierd I was under the impression that Glide was open source
> now...probably misunderstanding the process.
>

Propably they mean the DLL that converts the generic "Falcon4 3D" calls into
Glide calls, and that the effort to do a new one is simply too much.

/Just Me

WildStyle24_7

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Aug 26, 2001, 6:34:31 PM8/26/01
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That day, Sat, 25 Aug 2001 13:42:07 GMT dawned fine and sunny in
comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.flight-sim, and Froglips says to me...

>
> Falcon Pilots,
> Announcing the launch of the Falcon 4.0 SuperPAK project.
>
Fantastic!

That is great news.

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C&S

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Aug 27, 2001, 3:51:34 AM8/27/01
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Heh heh, you mean I worked out how to do multi installs for *nothing*???

Great news, and a big thumbs-up to all concerned for showing the
perseverence to make it all work out.

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Vernon Pellerin

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Aug 27, 2001, 7:46:55 PM8/27/01
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I just hope they can figure out what's causing that stuttering and fix it.
Not everyone has the problem, but for those who do, eFalcon is tough to play
with that going on. I'm one who does frequently experience this problem,
which is part of the reason why I prefer the RP stuff over eFalcon. However,
eFalcon has several advantages that the RP patch alone, does not. I just want
the speed of the glide version, with all the best improvements of both. Is
that too much to ask? Hehehe.
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