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Question about the pre-registration...will we be eternally pre-registered, or will a s/n appear that we should record in case we need it in the future (new PC, etc)?

"With WIN98 the longer you play DIF the more memory gets consumed." What type of memory? Maybe you pop some more RAM in there, it's cheap and easy to install.

Checkmate, I'm using ZoneAlarm and have no problems at all. Have you given DiF permission to access the internet in ZoneAlarm?

Zanadu, that is actually a seperate issue. In your case the game actually completes and you get credit for all your kills, etc, and your other pilots have their fatigue reduced. The only thing that doesn't happen is the 'score' screen doesn't show up at the end of the mission. I've had a few of those here and there as well, but they are nowhere near as bad as losing kills to a game that never completes but still having to eat the fatigue.

I just rattled off 6-7 games with no problems. Would love to 'test' more but gotta get off to work.

I just finally got a chance to play today, second game hung up during opponents discard.

Me too...I climbed away, he did not follow, then the game hung at the altitude portion of his turn. Also I am unable to log in to the leader board for some reason, anybody else have that problem?

"Strato-matic lost me as a customer with their intrusive copy protection methods. And yes, I pre-orderded DIF." That's a shame, because it really did turn out to be much better than the previous floppy based authorization, despite all the paranoia. Also, Stalin is correct, it is an authorization system, not a copy protect. I actually think this would work very well for DiF, especially since I suspect it could be added with an upgrade. What would lose me as a customer would be paying a yearly fee to play a game I already bought.

Not sure if this would be feasible or not... Don't know if anyone is familiar with Strat-o-matic, but I play their football and baseball PC games. They recently went to a new internet based authorization system that still allows you to play w/out the CD in drive. Basically you get a code with your game, the first time you launch it you have to type in your code and send it to the server where you are allowed 1 activation. An authorization file is placed on your hard drive from the server at that point. It stays there and you never worry about it again, unless you are getting a new PC or something at which time you can deactivate your code on the server (which sends your authorization file back) and move to another PC and input your code there, which retrieves you authorization to that computer. There needs to be a system in place to reset the authorizations for people who have a hard drive crash, etc, but that's about all. Perhaps the need for an authorization file could be added as an update, and battlefront could email a code to everyone who got the game from them. I guess if there are retail versions out there maybe they could send a proof of purchase of some sort in exchange for a code. Just an idea, but it seems to work well for Strat. I may be off on some of the specifics of how it all works, but that's the gist of it.

Now that's service, huh?

Very cool. Just FYI, I went to the Plane Data page on the DiF Battlefront page to check the stats on the new plane. Not there yet, no big deal, but wanted to let you know that clicking the Brits under the Free Downloadable Planes section links you to the Japan page. Seems to be no way to view the Buffalo at present. No big deal, just thought I'd let you know.

Just an FYI...I have also seen the problem with the background on the Buffalo. All updated.

Is there no way to compensate for my own less than intelligent play?

I've had a couple of guys shot down tonight without ED and they bailed successfully. I can't seem to buy a medal for anything though. Could be my flying skills, but I'd rather blame it on the randomizer failing to award me any.

Just flew a dogfight where neither my leader or wing had an ED before the mission. My leader was shot down but ejected safely, my wing completed the mission unscathed. After the mission the leader received his ED back but the wing did not. I didn't think you could earn back an ED on a mission in which you were shot down, correct?