I've just managed to pick up I-War 2 (yes, years old but still one of
the best-looking sims out there and looking like good fun so far) and
I'm having a problem setting up a Thrustmaster Dual Shock gamepad.
This pad uses the right hand joystick for throttle but I can't get it

After 30 days of crunching Shiva we have logged 9204 work hours. I'm
at 314 hours myself. We have the core functionality of Player Owned
Structures (Tentative real name is "Starbases") hammered down into
code, clearing out bugs and starting work on defensive structures.

I remember it got very good reviews 5 years ago, when I was playing
Starcraft and Air Warrior and X-Wing, but I never got around to getting
it, until this week.
Is anyone playing it online?  Not that I'm ready for that, I can't even

I love space sim games, but haven't been following the genre lately.
Are there any recent space sims out there that have:
- Open-ended gameplay, meaning that you can kinda go where you want,
when you want. Doesn't have to have COMPLETELY free roaming or be

I've teamed up with Independence War fan Duncan Day to produce some
downloadable paper models of I-War ships, based on the original real-time
models and textures. If you've never seen paper models before then you'd be
surprised how good they look. They're distibuted as PDF files. ...

It is because there aren't that many good space sim games or not that
many people play them?
Tara
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http://www.vendetta-online.com
If you have gotten dumped by E&B or got fed up with Jumpgate, you
might want to check out this new game.
interesting fact about the game:

Ah, yes. More trolls that have nothing better to than clog the internet and NG's.
Tara
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http://users4.ev1.net/~taragem/yager.htm

Ok, back in my old Jumpgate days, I basically left because EP2 was a
giant mess, after the game being delayed for like 9 months now. Plus
the JOSSH website took a dive for like 3 months back in 2003. I
finally came back to see the online numbers are still low because of

Anyone able to destroy the mines without being crushed quickly?

I finally hard-wried my Thrustmaster RCS into my Saitek X-45, and
wanted to test the rig out...  Starshatter has captured my interest,
but I am not seeing a lot of reviews on the standard review sites.
IIRC, several people have given some brief opinions on it in this

What mods You prefer? I want make this game closest to Frontier as
possible.

I can't work this out Shin. I have full upgrades, plus the Karanian
armour, but I can't cap Pixan for the life of me. As soon as I HJ in
(with cloaking on) I get slaughtered by the station defences. I'm down
to full alert and everything bleeding to death before I get within 50

Sounds interesting: http://www.avault.com/articles/getarticle.asp?
name=voidwar