±Recent Visitors

Recent Visitors to Com-Central!

±User Info-big


Welcome Anonymous

Nickname
Password

Membership:
Latest: cgsimpson
New Today: 0
New Yesterday: 0
Overall: 6645

People Online:
Members: 0
Visitors: 566
Total: 566
Who Is Where:
 Visitors:
01: CPGlang
02: Community Forums
03: Community Forums
04: Photo Gallery
05: Community Forums
06: Home
07: Photo Gallery
08: Community Forums
09: Community Forums
10: Community Forums
11: Home
12: Community Forums
13: Community Forums
14: Downloads
15: Member Screenshots
16: Home
17: Community Forums
18: Home
19: Community Forums
20: Home
21: Community Forums
22: Community Forums
23: Photo Gallery
24: Community Forums
25: Community Forums
26: Community Forums
27: Home
28: Community Forums
29: Community Forums
30: Community Forums
31: Community Forums
32: Photo Gallery
33: Community Forums
34: Photo Gallery
35: Community Forums
36: Community Forums
37: Community Forums
38: Community Forums
39: Community Forums
40: Community Forums
41: Home
42: Photo Gallery
43: Your Account
44: Community Forums
45: Community Forums
46: Community Forums
47: Community Forums
48: Community Forums
49: Community Forums
50: Community Forums
51: Photo Gallery
52: CPGlang
53: News
54: Community Forums
55: Community Forums
56: Photo Gallery
57: Photo Gallery
58: Community Forums
59: Community Forums
60: Your Account
61: Photo Gallery
62: CPGlang
63: Downloads
64: Community Forums
65: Photo Gallery
66: Home
67: Photo Gallery
68: Community Forums
69: Community Forums
70: Community Forums
71: Community Forums
72: Community Forums
73: Community Forums
74: Community Forums
75: Search
76: Community Forums
77: Community Forums
78: Photo Gallery
79: Community Forums
80: Community Forums
81: Community Forums
82: Community Forums
83: Community Forums
84: Community Forums
85: Community Forums
86: Community Forums
87: Community Forums
88: Community Forums
89: Community Forums
90: Home
91: Downloads
92: Community Forums
93: Community Forums
94: Community Forums
95: Community Forums
96: Community Forums
97: Community Forums
98: Community Forums
99: Community Forums
100: Community Forums
101: Photo Gallery
102: Downloads
103: Photo Gallery
104: Photo Gallery
105: Community Forums
106: Community Forums
107: Community Forums
108: Community Forums
109: Community Forums
110: Community Forums
111: Downloads
112: Downloads
113: Downloads
114: Photo Gallery
115: Home
116: Home
117: Community Forums
118: Photo Gallery
119: Home
120: Community Forums
121: Community Forums
122: Community Forums
123: Photo Gallery
124: Community Forums
125: Community Forums
126: Community Forums
127: Home
128: Community Forums
129: Community Forums
130: Community Forums
131: Downloads
132: Community Forums
133: Photo Gallery
134: Member Screenshots
135: Community Forums
136: Community Forums
137: Downloads
138: Community Forums
139: Community Forums
140: Community Forums
141: Community Forums
142: Community Forums
143: Community Forums
144: Photo Gallery
145: Photo Gallery
146: Community Forums
147: Photo Gallery
148: Photo Gallery
149: Community Forums
150: Community Forums
151: Community Forums
152: Home
153: Community Forums
154: Photo Gallery
155: Community Forums
156: Community Forums
157: Community Forums
158: Community Forums
159: CPGlang
160: Community Forums
161: Community Forums
162: Community Forums
163: Community Forums
164: Photo Gallery
165: Community Forums
166: Community Forums
167: Community Forums
168: Downloads
169: Community Forums
170: Your Account
171: Community Forums
172: Community Forums
173: Community Forums
174: Community Forums
175: Community Forums
176: Community Forums
177: Community Forums
178: Your Account
179: Photo Gallery
180: Community Forums
181: Community Forums
182: Community Forums
183: Community Forums
184: Community Forums
185: Community Forums
186: Downloads
187: Photo Gallery
188: Photo Gallery
189: Community Forums
190: Community Forums
191: Home
192: Community Forums
193: Community Forums
194: Photo Gallery
195: Community Forums
196: Home
197: Photo Gallery
198: Community Forums
199: Community Forums
200: Community Forums
201: Photo Gallery
202: Community Forums
203: Community Forums
204: Community Forums
205: Photo Gallery
206: Community Forums
207: Member Screenshots
208: Photo Gallery
209: Community Forums
210: Downloads
211: Home
212: Community Forums
213: Community Forums
214: Photo Gallery
215: Community Forums
216: Community Forums
217: Community Forums
218: Community Forums
219: Statistics
220: Downloads
221: Community Forums
222: Community Forums
223: Community Forums
224: Downloads
225: Community Forums
226: Community Forums
227: Community Forums
228: Community Forums
229: Community Forums
230: Community Forums
231: Community Forums
232: Community Forums
233: Home
234: Community Forums
235: Community Forums
236: Community Forums
237: Downloads
238: Community Forums
239: Community Forums
240: Community Forums
241: Community Forums
242: Community Forums
243: Community Forums
244: Community Forums
245: CPGlang
246: CPGlang
247: Community Forums
248: Home
249: Downloads
250: Your Account
251: Community Forums
252: Photo Gallery
253: Community Forums
254: Photo Gallery
255: Community Forums
256: Community Forums
257: Home
258: CPGlang
259: Member Screenshots
260: Community Forums
261: Community Forums
262: Community Forums
263: Community Forums
264: Photo Gallery
265: Community Forums
266: Community Forums
267: Community Forums
268: Community Forums
269: Community Forums
270: Community Forums
271: Community Forums
272: Community Forums
273: Community Forums
274: Home
275: Community Forums
276: Community Forums
277: Community Forums
278: Community Forums
279: Photo Gallery
280: Community Forums
281: Community Forums
282: Downloads
283: Community Forums
284: Community Forums
285: Community Forums
286: Home
287: Community Forums
288: Community Forums
289: Community Forums
290: Photo Gallery
291: Community Forums
292: Community Forums
293: Photo Gallery
294: Downloads
295: Community Forums
296: Community Forums
297: Community Forums
298: Community Forums
299: Home
300: Photo Gallery
301: Community Forums
302: Community Forums
303: Downloads
304: Community Forums
305: Photo Gallery
306: Community Forums
307: Community Forums
308: News
309: Photo Gallery
310: Community Forums
311: Community Forums
312: Photo Gallery
313: Community Forums
314: Community Forums
315: Community Forums
316: Home
317: Photo Gallery
318: Community Forums
319: Community Forums
320: Community Forums
321: Community Forums
322: Community Forums
323: Community Forums
324: Community Forums
325: Downloads
326: Community Forums
327: Community Forums
328: Community Forums
329: Member Screenshots
330: Community Forums
331: Community Forums
332: Community Forums
333: Community Forums
334: Photo Gallery
335: Community Forums
336: Photo Gallery
337: Community Forums
338: Photo Gallery
339: Your Account
340: Community Forums
341: Member Screenshots
342: Photo Gallery
343: Community Forums
344: Home
345: News
346: Home
347: Community Forums
348: Community Forums
349: Community Forums
350: Community Forums
351: Community Forums
352: Community Forums
353: Home
354: Community Forums
355: Community Forums
356: Community Forums
357: Home
358: Community Forums
359: Community Forums
360: Community Forums
361: Community Forums
362: Photo Gallery
363: Photo Gallery
364: Downloads
365: Community Forums
366: Community Forums
367: Community Forums
368: Community Forums
369: Community Forums
370: Community Forums
371: Community Forums
372: Community Forums
373: Photo Gallery
374: Photo Gallery
375: Member Screenshots
376: Community Forums
377: Community Forums
378: Community Forums
379: Community Forums
380: Community Forums
381: Community Forums
382: Community Forums
383: Photo Gallery
384: Community Forums
385: Community Forums
386: Community Forums
387: Photo Gallery
388: Photo Gallery
389: Community Forums
390: Community Forums
391: Community Forums
392: Community Forums
393: Community Forums
394: Community Forums
395: Community Forums
396: Community Forums
397: Community Forums
398: Photo Gallery
399: Community Forums
400: Community Forums
401: Photo Gallery
402: Downloads
403: Photo Gallery
404: Photo Gallery
405: Community Forums
406: Community Forums
407: Photo Gallery
408: Photo Gallery
409: Downloads
410: Community Forums
411: Photo Gallery
412: Community Forums
413: Community Forums
414: Community Forums
415: Community Forums
416: Community Forums
417: Photo Gallery
418: Community Forums
419: Community Forums
420: Community Forums
421: Community Forums
422: Community Forums
423: Community Forums
424: Home
425: Community Forums
426: Community Forums
427: Photo Gallery
428: Community Forums
429: Community Forums
430: Home
431: Community Forums
432: Community Forums
433: Community Forums
434: Community Forums
435: Community Forums
436: Community Forums
437: Photo Gallery
438: Community Forums
439: Community Forums
440: Photo Gallery
441: Photo Gallery
442: Community Forums
443: CPGlang
444: Photo Gallery
445: CPGlang
446: Downloads
447: Community Forums
448: Community Forums
449: Community Forums
450: Community Forums
451: Community Forums
452: Community Forums
453: Community Forums
454: Community Forums
455: Community Forums
456: Photo Gallery
457: Community Forums
458: Community Forums
459: Community Forums
460: Community Forums
461: Community Forums
462: Community Forums
463: Community Forums
464: Photo Gallery
465: Community Forums
466: Member Screenshots
467: Community Forums
468: Home
469: CPGlang
470: Home
471: Photo Gallery
472: Community Forums
473: Community Forums
474: Community Forums
475: Photo Gallery
476: Community Forums
477: Member Screenshots
478: Community Forums
479: Photo Gallery
480: Photo Gallery
481: Photo Gallery
482: Downloads
483: Community Forums
484: Community Forums
485: Community Forums
486: Photo Gallery
487: Home
488: Home
489: Community Forums
490: Community Forums
491: Community Forums
492: Community Forums
493: Community Forums
494: Home
495: Statistics
496: Member Screenshots
497: Community Forums
498: Home
499: News
500: Photo Gallery
501: Home
502: Community Forums
503: Home
504: Community Forums
505: Statistics
506: Community Forums
507: Community Forums
508: Community Forums
509: Home
510: Community Forums
511: Community Forums
512: Community Forums
513: Your Account
514: Community Forums
515: Community Forums
516: Home
517: Photo Gallery
518: Community Forums
519: Community Forums
520: CPGlang
521: Community Forums
522: Downloads
523: Community Forums
524: Community Forums
525: Community Forums
526: Community Forums
527: Community Forums
528: Community Forums
529: Photo Gallery
530: Photo Gallery
531: Community Forums
532: Community Forums
533: Photo Gallery
534: Home
535: Home
536: Community Forums
537: Community Forums
538: Photo Gallery
539: Community Forums
540: Community Forums
541: Community Forums
542: Community Forums
543: Community Forums
544: Downloads
545: Community Forums
546: Community Forums
547: Downloads
548: Community Forums
549: Community Forums
550: Community Forums
551: Community Forums
552: Home
553: Photo Gallery
554: Community Forums
555: Photo Gallery
556: Community Forums
557: Photo Gallery
558: Community Forums
559: Community Forums
560: Community Forums
561: Community Forums
562: Community Forums
563: Downloads
564: Photo Gallery
565: Community Forums
566: Community Forums

Staff Online:

No staff members are online!
cfs3 servers down :: Archived
This is for General Discussions about the CFS3 game.
Post new topic    Revive this topic    Printer Friendly Page     Forum Index ›  CFS3

Topic Archived View previous topic :: View next topic  
Author Message
cajunsun
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Jun 07, 2007
Posts: 1
Location: Southwest Louisiana
PostPosted: Sun Jan 13, 2008 1:18 pm
Post subject: cfs3 servers down

Crying or Very sad

I also contacted micrsoft on the cfs3 servers and this is what they sent me:

I would like to inform you that all the servers are down due to potential identified critical security vulnerabilities.



We don't want our customer's computers to be affected by these security issues. Microsoft takes security risks very seriously. This is a temporary shut down. However, if the risk is too high the servers will not be brought back.



Reid, you can also check the status of the servers at: www.microsoft.com/games/combatfs3. If the servers are not going to go back online, the message will be displayed on this page.



You can try playing the game by using IP to IP connection within the game.



So I guess we sit and wait and hope they come back on

cajunsun

_________________
A slow steady swing, easy on the stick, set the hook and lots of seasoning
Back to top
View user's profile
Shadow_Bshwackr
Janitor

Offline Offline
Joined: Jan 21, 2005
Posts: 7015
Location: Central Illinois, USA
PostPosted: Sun Jan 13, 2008 2:19 pm
Post subject: Re: cfs3 servers down

I hate to say it, but it sounds like typical corporate MS mumbo jumbo to me. The person did indicate to in their statement the servers will not be brought back.

All that fluff about them caring if they hose your machine is just that...fluff. Wink

I've been wrong before, but judging from history and what MS has done to help, don't be surprised if they 'never come back online'.
Back to top
View user's profile Visit poster's website Photo Gallery
JG300-Stoopy
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Jan 05, 2005
Posts: 5840
Location: Group W bench
PostPosted: Sun Jan 13, 2008 5:17 pm
Post subject: Re: cfs3 servers down

Thanks for the addional info, cajunsun.

And I think I have to agree with you, Bushy. And as longtime supporter of the platform, moderator of this CFS3 forum and also an original member and C/O of what I believe is, aside from IMS, one of the longest-standing virtual squad for CFS3 (JG300 being formed in Nov 2002 on the eve of the CFS3 release and still flying today.......except online since we can't now) , it looks like it may be time to look the facts in the eye.

CFS3 is a very fun, very beautiful combat flight sim when run on today's hardware but after 5 years, options are now too good , and too numerous, to ignore. I believe CFS3 will continue to live on via the offline mission and campaign players as well as the "modder" crowd which have generated some impressive alternatives within the CFS3 arena such as OFF and MAW, etc. Kudos to those folks.

For online flying though, right now as I write this there are approx 850 people logged in to Hyperlobby to fly dogfights, Co-Op missions and just plain have a good time killing and being killed in IL2. Game servers open for business are too numerous to count and scroll three pages. Both the European and Pacific theatres are represented and the list of available planes and mission types boggles the mind of the CFS3 player.

I hope the situation is resolved sooner than later or never, but in my opinion life is too short to wait on some corporate suit to decide policy for the pasttime of my squadmates and myself. We've had a VERY good run in CFS3, intense squad matches going back to when the BM-357 guys were around, a few full WEC tournaments even making it into the final rounds a time or two, the really cool "No Guts No Glory" NGNG series that the 56th guys put together, and a fun AvHistory ladder competition that JG300-Lurps won...not to mention the good times and great people we've met online in the regular open rooms.

Tough to ignore the options right now though and for $19 you can't beat the entry fee for the "alternative" online WWII combat sim ......a few of us have started our "learning curve" and are sharpening up our tusks. I know it might be seen by a few as sacrilege posting the below in the CFS3 forum, but as far as the topic of online flying goes I believe it is highly relevant and entirely on-topic.....here's the "newbie" stats of an ol' pig getting his feet wet.....

http://www.warbirdsofprey.org/stats_zekes/zekestats/playerdetails.php?id=883

....and here's what it's looked like!





_________________
"Once your reputation is ruined, you can live quite freely."


Last edited by JG300-Stoopy on Mon Jan 14, 2008 12:35 am; edited 1 time in total
Back to top
View user's profile Visit poster's website Photo Gallery
JG300-Ascout
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Jan 05, 2005
Posts: 6257
Location: Cyberspace
PostPosted: Sun Jan 13, 2008 8:00 pm
Post subject: Re: cfs3 servers down

Ya' know, I just got a new rig, went looking for my CFS3 disks last night and today and can't find it...maybe it's a sign. Those were good times, but I think the writing is on the wall, and started when certain elements appeared in that sim anyway ("binary instant-on elevator trim" for example, yielding P-38's that out-turned a Tempest suddenly and phenomena like that). It was great in it's day, but now as co-moderator of this forum, I'm shopping for IL-1946 as Stoopy suggests. And from what I can tell, all the best and most honorable opponents I recall from CFS3 "went over" quite some time ago. Must be a reason....

_________________
"All facts go to clearly prove that Shades is a thrice-cursed traitor & mentally deranged person steeped in inveterate enmity toward mankind"
Back to top
View user's profile Photo Gallery
Display posts from previous:   
Post new topic    Revive this topic    Printer Friendly Page    Forum Index ›  CFS3
Page 1 of 1
All times are GMT - 6 Hours

Archive Revive
Username:
This is an archived topic - your reply will not be appended here.
Instead, a new topic will be generated in the active forum.
The new topic will provide a reference link to this archived topic.