I thought I could get this fixed sooner, but it turned out to be a bigger problem than I had expected. There is a bug that prevents Wing Commanders and up from using the promotion form for pilots without a squadron commander. I will try to get this issue resolved as soon as possible.
Also, while I'm writing this, there has been an update that will allow you to see when the future issues of Battlecry will be released. You can find both pages at the main news page at http://battlecry.ehnet.org/.
Another bug has been fixed on the TIE Corps Message Center that prevented new post icons from showing up on the NESTED view mode. Also, a new purple folder icon has been added to the LIST and NESTED view modes to indicate "New Hot Topic" since a Red Folder + Blue Folder = Purple Folder
I have returned from my "semi-leave", TAC business should be processed as normal now.
Special "new locked topic" and "new sticky topic" icons have been added to the LIST and NESTED view modes.
The "DELETE THREAD" feature has been fixed and should be working properly.
A new ban feature has been added for all boards. If the master moderator of a message board wishes to ban a certain individual, he can do so from the Message Board Administration menu and select the "Ban List" for his board. You can ban by PIN # and, if your board allows "guests" to post, you can ban by IP # as well.
Thanks go to Major Nix for e-mailing me this information.
The Training Office's Competition Submission Form on imperialacademy.org (which is linked from tiecorps.org administration) along with other pages are broken and have been taken offline. The pages will probably not be reactivated until Monday.
I've made some changes to the database to add extra functionality. The key detail is the Miscellaneous Details field in the competition submissions form is no longer limited to 255 characters. Also, some elements of the site, such as the course and staff lists will not be working immediately, as I still have to reprogram these sections. And lastly, anyone who was subscribed to the mailing system has had their entry wiped. This is to facilitate new features in the new version of the domain that will be going online soon.
The Naval Corps new Chief of Staff is Captain Cato, former TFC of Crusader. New Crusader TFC is Rear Admiral Spinx, former TUC in Crusader. With that, all major NC positions are filled and work is progressing on the next Wargame.
The Greenwich Wolf Comp and the Wednesday ASF Comp scheduled for October 25 and November 1 have been cancelled in favor of the XVT and XWA WoWs taking place this week and next. These comps will resume as normal on Novermber 8.
There are features on WEHR Radio, the squadron.org servers, the results to last months flying contest, lots and lots of submissions, and plenty more things on top of that!!!
You can view and download the newsletter from the Battlecry website at http://battlecry.ehnet.org
Some RL stuff took most of my time for the past week, and will as well for the next week... email answers should be minimal until October 28th.
The first Naval Corps wargame has ended, and Task Force Monitor has emerged from the smoke Victorious. Congratulations to RA Jack, TFC of Monitor, and to all who participated in this wargame. Necessary appointments will proceed now, the next full-Naval Corps game will not be for a month or so, TFCs now have time to prepare their pilots, and run their own games.
Also, a recent news item concerning multiplayer:
A: It is now proven that it is not truly possible to play against players without the RFP because of the *.exe
data difference, which tends result in a major packet loss, almost to the point of making the game unplayable.
Of course, you can always do use a favour by promoting the XWAU for on-line, so that more XWA players will
know about the upgrade.
Q: Can I play with other players whom do not have the patch?
What does this mean? Don't have it installed when you go to multiplayer comps!
You can see a listing of people who have posted uniforms at the new Uniform Listings page.
TF Crusader: Less than 25% strength but still with Cruisers intact.
TF Monitor: Short only 12 T/Bs, otherwise at full strength of 32 capital ships.
TF Claw: They took the brunt of the Crusader onslaught. Praise to them for sacrificing themselves to help Monitor win. They are at one Corvette.
Uniforms must follow these guidelines:
If you have any problems using the new form, contact Sector Admiral Kawolski.
Due to the recent AWOL status set to Vice Admiral Draye C. Maaric, the Command Attaché position to the Reconnaissance Officer is now open. However, as I have been recieving many unrequested applications for CA:RO, I would like to say that the position is considered closed. This has been decided because the position of CA is really not necessary at the moment, and I prefer not to hold assistants unless absolutely necessary.
Due to the loss of Maaric, the roster of the ISC has been lost. Because of that, the ISC will soon be opened again to general membership. Effective now applications for membership will be taken by me at ishmael2@ix.netcom.com. Here is what we would like you to include in your application:
- Your full ID Line, of any and all current Subgroups
- What division of the ISC you'd like to join (check
the ISC Manual), if you have a preference.
- Your EH career history, as detailed as you can make
it
- Why you'd like to join the Imperial Survey Corps
- Anything else you think I should know.
Please keep in mind that the number of open positions within the ISC is extremely limited, as there will only be 10 members in each division when the ISC first opens. However, membership will not be based on a first come, first serve basis. Those people with the most desirable applications will be admitted. Thank you and please continue to support the Imperial Survey Corps!
Send all applications to NavCOM Vice Admiral Bargon
Warning: The site contains language, adult subject matter, cheap movie crossovers, and nude yellow aliens. For mature audiences only.
If the open testing of this new system is a success, you can expect to see other IWATS tests (like IWATS Core) using this system in the near future to speed up the entire grading process for everyone.
TIE Corps Meeting (2000-10-15)
Emperor's Hammer Meeting (2000-10-14)
Tactician (TCT) - Makes battle corrections and bug fixes, reports to the appropriate Tactical CoordinatorSend your applications to Admiral Striker and Rear Admiral Shadd, please report the game platforms you use with detail (XvT with/without BoP, TIE Disk, CD or 95 etc) and/or on which platform you have some mission design/editing skills.
Tactical Surveyor (TCS) - A beta tester who finds the bug fixes, reports to the Tactical Head Coordinator with reports.
"If you encounter a battle that has a fatal bug in it that prevents you from playing the rest of the battle, you may edit your pilot file ONLY to skip the mission. However, if you edit a pilot file to skip a mission, you MUST notify your superior that you skipped a mission, you MUST fill out a Bug Report on the Battle Center to explain why you skipped a mission, and you cannot receive any high scores for your pilot file. You may not skip more than one mission. You may NOT skip Free Missions. You may NOT skip a mission just because you do not want to fly it."
Certain EH Staff members now have access once again to have their personal ships displayed on their profiles.
The requirements are as follows:
1. Have some basic slicing knowledge and/or scripting/programming knowledge (please note languages/platforms and examples).
2. Must be able to answer emails within 24 hours or so.
3. Must have a good sense of EH protocols and procedures.
4. Be willing to learn new skills as appropriate.
5. Have initive to work on own projects as well as other Science Office projects.
The successful applicant will be responsible for assisting in the upgrading of facilities provided by the Science Office (file archive, fleet manual etc.) as well as expanding the areas covered. This is not just a spot with a VA rank, and anyone simply looking for a promotion would be advised not to apply. Please send all applications & recommendations to kermee@softhome.net. Please have all applications in by 21st October.
1. Make sure you have an updated 4.x or higher browser (IE or Netscape)
2. Log in to tiecorps.org's administration and click "Battle Sub. Forms"
3. Fill out the necessary information: PIN #, Battle Type, Battle # and click submit.
4. Click the "Browse" button in the "Attach a Pilot File" field. A dialog box will pop-up for you to select a downloaded pilot file on your hard drive. (If you're using Netscape, it defaults to look for *.htm files, so you have to put in *.* for the filename and click "open" for Netscape to display ALL files in the directory)
5. If there's a special circumstance (listed in the Tactical Manual - http://www.tiecorps.org/tac/tac-man/scoring.html) that calls for all 0s in scores, click the "No High Scores" box and put in additional comments.
6. Click submit. You're done.
If you want to view a pilot file before submitting it, you can use the new online pilot viewer at http://www.tiecorps.org/pilotviewer/ to see what's inside your pilot file.
You can only submit one pilot file at a time and you can submit it as-is (example.tfr) or if your pilot file is .ZIP'ed, you can upload the .ZIP file and the database will extract and read the pilot file inside the archive. This will be especially useful for XvT and XWA pilot files which are 250k and 150k in size respectively and compress down to small 1K files when put in a .ZIP.
Currently there is only support for TIE pilot files (because it was easiest to program). XvT, XWA, and XW will be supported in the future after it is confirmed this system works for TIE. This system and the pilot viewer should work with PCs, MACs, and UNIX systems! If there's a problem with the form, click "Manual Score Submission Form" for the old fashioned way, and let me know at absurefire@aol.com what the problem is.
Translated: "I'm looking for TIE Fighter/XvT/XWA/Jedi Knight loving Star Wars Fans, who want to support our Imperial Fleet 'Emperor's Hammer' as pilots, commanders, stormtroopers, smugglers, senators or dark jedi! More info at www.emperorshammer.org and www.tiecorps.org or contact me! I'm also looking for Fans living in Wiesbaden/Mainz for a monthly meeting! May darkness prevail!"
In order to provide Macintosh pilots with the opportunity to take part in multiplayer gaming, the MacUsers of the TC are working on Star Wars conversions for the Ambrosia shareware games Ares and Avara. If you would like to help, let us know!
1. The RS is now to be considered an EH "Enemy" and have been listed as such on: http://www.emperorshammer.org/alliance.htmThis is NOT an open-invitation for TIE Corps members to start additional conflicts with the RS! The orders call for no contact, not a retaliatory strike! The Rebel Squadrons have been a long-time ally of the Emperor's Hammer and the TIE Corps have had several competitions with them in the past and if the relationship between the two clubs must come to an end, it should be done in a civil matter to prevent further hostilities and conflicts.2. NO RS Members are allowed in ANY EH channel...they are to be permbanned IMMEDIATELY...NO EXCEPTIONS...
3. EHers with dual memberships shall renounce their RS membership or be ejected from the EH...
4. NO OR nights or ANY other cooperative EH/RS combats, plotlines or events are to be held...ANYONE violating this will answer to me personally...
5. EH Intel is herein authorized to initiate intel gathering within the RS...we'll leave that at that...:)
6. ANY EH Command Staff or EHers found to be supplying the RS with info or private EH emails will be summarily terminated from the EH...
More details can be found on the Emperor's Hammer News page.
OR Night has been canceled permantly til relations with the RS have been restored. Sorry for any inconvienence.
Tonight I have done the Week of War awards for September. If you don't know what these are, e-mail me. This was an awesome turnout. However, chaps, you must keep your BSC stats up to date, including e-mail addys. It took me 3 hours to do these tonight. Congrats to Brucmack with 46 wins in the comps!
XWA -- COL Dras Hempor (GS), VA Adrenaline (SS), MAJ Nix (BS)
XvT -- CPT Brucmack (GS), LC Chrusos Ichthys (SS), CM Raven Arestar (BS)
JK -- LT Pain_then_Death (GS), Dreadnaught (SS), VA Tuojas D'Eraii (BS)
More information can be found here: http://thedek.ehnet.org/ladder/index.asp
On the Battle Center, you can view detailed information about each battle including seeing reviews, bug reports, and other information. Now you will be able to view the date the battle was last updated by the Tactical Office.
Earlier this morning it was made known to the Star Vipers that Direwolf, a long time SV member and an EHer, died on Sunday the 1st of October.His TC.org details : http://www.tiecorps.org/rosters/personnel.asp?record=146
Though only a SL, he was a friend to many people in several different clubs. I would like to say I hope we brought some good and happiness to him.
Ranger - 5 points
Dagger - 4 points
Inferno - 4 points
Right now the race is very tight and the full results can be found here. Keep in mind these do not include the scores for fiction quality yet. If you don't see your squad there and you'd like to participate e-mail Lieutenant Colonel Ace Pilot.
And despite IRC rumors, the form is open to use. If you have a promotion request, use the form!
You can now view your combat record once again. Thanks go to Major Goatham for reporting this bug. Over the next few days, the Personnel Profiles are going to be changing a bit to include more information that the database is now capable of efficiently tracking.
The form hasn't been properly tested, so if you find any bugs or you have any problems, report them to Sector Admiral Kawolski.
If you find any other strange problems, please report them immediately to Sector Admiral Kawolski.
Vice Admiral Wlodek is working to try to identify and eliminate Macintosh battle bugs! A great big
To read the full news stories, go to http://www.redrival.com/hammerhead/macnews.html