SGT Casey

Thanks! Dave

Is there a different patch for the military version and the commercial version of the game? Dave

A good place to start is the actual TacOps manual that is on the disk. You could also check out some of the military manuals included on the CD. Other than that, just play! I play a game now and then and am about 50-50 as far as winning and losing. Dave

Well, I will be able to play in the game if there is still a spot open. I still have my English class that day, but should be home by 1200 MDT that day. I will join in on the IRC channel as soon as I get home and hopefully there will still be an open spot. Dave

Sign me up as an observer-in-reserve. I'll join the regular Tacops channel and someone can direct me to the side which might need another player the soonest so I know who to observe. Dave

Slagg: Sounds good. I'll let you guys know for sure when I find out what my work schedule looks like for that day. Hohenfels and Grafenwoehr... those are two places I saw lots of during my time there. I even pulled OC driver and civilian on the battlefield duty once. Fun, fun, fun! (No really, it was!) Dave

No problem. If it wasn't for the change of jobs I'd be 100% for sure available after 11:30MST (I've got a college class on Saturday). I prefer blue side, but if I show up and red needs another person badly I'm open to whatever. I observed last CPX and am really anxious to get in some actual playing time. I'm sure we'll figure something out. BTW, what is the conversion from GMT to Mountain Time? Dave

Well, I'm about to start working as a police dispatcher again, so not 100% sure I'll be free the whole day, but if I'm available I'll stop in on the IRC channel and see if there is room to squeeze me in on either side. It would be my first CPX game so I'd only want a unit or two until I get the hang of things. Dave

Thank you! Dave

Someone just told me how yesterday on IRC, but for the life of me I can't remember what they told me. How do I join the TacOps mailing list? Thanks in advance! Dave

I'm using Windows XP Home version. It happened with several different scenarios. I'd picked solitaire play. And no, I didn't know I could reposition the window. If I've got time this weekend (it's drill weekend, so I probably won't), I'll reinstall the 2003 version of Norton's and tinker around a bit with it. Dave

That'll work then! I don't think I'd be hosting more than one other player anyway with work and school taking up most of my time these days. Thanks for the reply! Dave

I installed the newest version of Norton's SystemWorks and Norton's Internet Security last weekend. On Monday when I tried to run Combat Mission Beyond Overlord, it wouldn't work. I disabled both and it would work. Weird, I thought, but oh well! Anyway, I tried to run TacOps4 last night and I was able to get all the way to the part where you place your forces and nothing. The screen would sit there, I'd see the map, but I didn't have the window with the available units for me to place. I tried just about everything I could think of but I was unable to get any further in the game. I completely uninstalled both Norton's programs and TacOps4 worked. Not sure what the deal is, but I'm back to Norton's 2002 and both programs are working. Just thought I'd let you all know there might be a problem. Dave

Just got an email from the AKC folks and checked out the site (it had been a while since I was over that way). Is the version of TacOps on the site the same as the one I bought? I've got TacOps4 right now and see the one on the site being referred to as TacOpsCav. Just curious if I should "upgrade" should they be different. Dave

Well, I did disable the new software (Norton's SystemWorks 2003 and Norton's Internet Security 2003) and it still didn't work. So, I uninstalled NIS2003 and it seems to be working fine now. I'll reinstall that software to see if it doesn't work again and let you guys know. I have *no* idea why it would do what it's doing. I'll leave that to the programmers. Dave