I find rest comes difficult tonight….I’m tired so I don’t want to be up all night working on stuff but yet, I can’t see to relax =/.
*sighs*
Days recap
A good nights rest followed by morning errands and the usual first on stuff I don when I log on my computer.
Around 1400-1800 local I ran some training. I hope people learned from it, personally I feel like I tend to get a bit of a boring ‘professor windbag’ nature in spots… But that’s just my opinion lol. We covered T-Junctions, Intersections (in less detail), and I showed them all 3 methods in the SOP’s — usually we only teach one. But hey, if I’m doing a training session where T-Junctions are the focus, I’m bloody well going to try and show them all the elements of it! As long as people are interested in learning it.
We also got to try an idea I had awhile back about leapfrogging through a hallway with an opening in the side. Some thing I’d like to include as a standard method of movement if the Damocles Project ever goes green. It worked quite well one we tried it and did it a couple times so every one understood how to do it. But as we all found out, unless every one knows what they are doing it’s to hazardous lol -> Perfect subject of rmembers focused training xD.
I also got to talk/show them a bit about exposure and movement. Like, if your moving down a hallway and an enemy was to walk into the hallway a head of you. Where do they see first? Where will they see last? And that’s the spot you want to be standing hehe.
Also worked a bit on Double tapping, I’ve never really trained on that before, to be honest I think I never trained any one else in some of the things we did today lol. Unless you count my self or a few on the fly demostrations. I think the shooting sid ewent ok, it’s still felt a little odd though. For me learning it was some thing I did during my other training, not some thing that I did especially.
Joined the boys for a few rounds in TG#3 aftewards before Dinner and got to enjoy the usual problem. In this case, between My mother, the phone, the TV, the Dog, the yelling/shouting of SWAT4, and Random I couldn’t figure out what the heck we were doing loool.
Double helpings of pasta and meatballs for supper and a brownie so this is a good day lol, any one that includes pasta… hehe.
I could think of some thing that would really help me finish off the day right, but I know it’s not a factor so no need to torture myself…
As for tomorrow, ether training or a live op int he SWAT4 dept depending on whose online and when hehehe.
Some training time
Time to think of my lesson plan a bit for tomorrow. I’m hoping to do some work on T-Junctions, Intersections, and Hallways in RvS.
I’ve only got 2 good stock maps in mind for it and one custom that’s on the server. That I think would be great since it has plenty of areas we could use. I just need people in the training session who have the bloody map installed before I can use it =/.
I can also use the time to do a little drilling on shooting techniques
I’d like to do some stair well drills but there are no good stair wells in RvS, most are safe tactically…. Which is good because most are so glitchy you’d be dead if you had to get in a shoot out going up/down all the time.
For SWAT4 I’m not sure what I’m going to be doing when it comes to maps.
old books
Well, when I left Recruits Jarle and Ambu I had planned to lay down… I guess you could say that I’m not the kind to rest and relax when there’s stuff to be done =/.
I only really know two modes of operation, lazy quick & dirty and as good as it’ll come workaholic.
Manged to get Dixie (my laptop) cleaned up a bit, nice to be able to see my LCD TFT again. Tried to get things much neater but I really need to dismantle her and pull out the keyboard. So I can clean up all the grit and doghair underneath it. That is a little more involved then I’ve had mind for right now… best do that when I’m not so tired.
Done some good in re-organzing my shelving — yes I got bored trying to relax =/.
Hahhaa, it figures I get up for 50 seconds or so. And Willows practically sitting on my laptop with a dog toy….. Bollocks.
I’ve been unpacking the 3 boxes of old school books my brother left me (moving away).
The Math, English, Planning your carrier, Social Civics, and Psychology are basically the same as the ones I’ve been doing — it is the same schooling system. The US History and Biology are different, very different. The huge plus is his Biology book is like a 3rd as thick as mine… The one I’ve worked in I’ve also learned a lot more by looking stuff up in the encyclopedia then reading the text book — the joys of school !
Several books on Spanish, not a language I plan on learning but always useful (particularly the good EN-ES dictionaries). The only languages I consider learning are Italion, German, and Japanese. My mom wouldn’t understand a lick of the Italion unless I learned the dialect from where are ancestors come from — and I would want to learn the standard. Japanese would be to much work, so I think trying to learn German was a good idea of the 3 lol. As it figures the school only offers Spanish and french (basic) — lots of luck.
The real gold is the Algebra and Geometry books, I have yet to get mine…. It’s stuff that interests me but that I’ve never had time to devote to learning any of over the years.
Since I’ve sort of inherited this stuff, I guess I should decide what use I an put it to in my studies. The math, I proably should make use of. I’d rather write a computer program to do it for me then sit there and waste my time (I’m not a calculator in school kind of person). And the sad thing is I’d learn more writing a program to do my home work for me then doing the home work….. The funny thing is? He copied a friends answers for most of it hahaha. For the English, well my grades in English have been worst, like a B average and most of the handful of C’s I’ve ever gotten.
This stuff could help me get my own school work done.. And it is important that I get volume done now, rather then correct any way. The only thing is I don’t really like the idea of using old test results to write mine =/, but then again i don’t really have any interest in writing any of the tests out for my school… just a case of having to. Which sucks b/c all it has been doing is wasting my time and that is not good.
I’ve learned more educating myself on different topics then I have learned from schooling and get no credit for the things I’ve learned out side of it. *sighs*
When I graduate… I think I would piss on the diploma if it wasn’t so much trouble to get =/
The sig line I wish I could use
Lead me, Follow me, or get the Fuck out of my way.
Man I wish I could append that to my sigblock =/
RSM’s Challenge
Well… I’ve hated not being able to place a score in my own training challenge. I’m used to training on the map with tactical aids and various weapons, although James has often reminded me that it’s not meant for no tactical aids. I like the map because the doors, tangos, and hostages make it a bit tricky.
Especially with the bugs in RvS hehe. I believe in making training hard on my self, why bother if it was easy? I also like playing without a HUD in RvS, because it lets me focus on letting my body work the weapon — not my cross hairs. While I’m horrible at counting my bursts (I tend to lose count) I’ve used many of the weapons so much that I know when to consider reloading without having to check my ammo counter. Even with a HUD on, I usually use it for reminding myself what firing mode I’m in lol.
Kill House: SAS Hallway, Practice Mission on Veteran mode.
Character: Eddie Price (my normal).
Armour: Light Black camo.
Primary: H&K MP5/10A2 10mm FMJ no attachments/
Secondary: SIG-Sauer P228 JHP no attachments.
Tactical: Primary and Secondary magazines.
Result:
Only HUD I had was the on screen weapon, I never zoomed and I only used the Sig Sauer for the barrel room because it had my JHP ammo. Fully Automatic on my HK all the time and firing in controlled bursts. I entered each room during clearing except the dark one with the stairs. And one of the ones at the far end I only took a few steps into the room to confirm it clear since it was full of bodies and obstacles I could see through well enough. I also allowed my self to bare in mind the rooms structure when stacking, so I would be on the strong side as often as possible. But without taking into account the suspects positions… which actually almost got me killed on one room.
I tried to keep things going as stack, swing, slice, storm, and move on to the next reloading before a popping another door. From runs I’ve had in the past i know 2:09 is pretty slow but I wasn’t worried much about time so much as actually completing the level.
I *hate* the idea of asking any one to train harder then I would train my self… While the [SAS]_RSM_Spidey01 in me can understand why people can’t do this kind of thing. The [SAS]_Trp_Spidey01 deep down can’t stand not being able to push it harder and further then that last mile stone.
I created the next level of hard training for my self, my personal training… And then asked others to try and do it. People wanted some thing they could practice double tapping on, and I thought this scenario would do the trick. It’s nagged me that I couldn’t do it my self.
How can I ask some one else to do it if I can’t?
Now I can sit back and find my self some thing harder for me to train on. And I can probably try improving my time on the Spidey Speed Run Challenge. I know I could do it faster but I think12 seconds is not worth it when I could try making it harder on me instead, like using a weapon horrible for CQB.
Hmm, you know MP Peaks, Tango Hunt, MP5SD5, no scope and lots of ammo sounds like a good no hud training map for me…
Never forget
Today is the 10 Year Anniversary of my Grandmothers death.
I can remember the last time I saw her, in the hospital the night before. Ma was with her and I was in the front, I wasn’t supposed to be allowed back there (1 visitor at a time I guess). But one of the nurses led me back after awhile so I could see her… I guess they probably figured it was past the point of doing harm.
Ma had found her on the floor and called for an ambulance, I found out about it in the morning so I never saw any of it. Maybe I wasn’t meant to really… I don’t think I’ve really thought about any of this over the years. But with my brains context-sensitivity to recalling things I can still remember it quite well.
The next day after the trip to see her, we were told she past away during the night.
As much as I miss my Grandmother at times, I know I should be happy because she’s in a more peaceful place. And she no longer has to worry about the Alzheimer’s.
It’s been 9 years since we moved and she died a few months after we had come back from Georgia. She had gotten to see where we were (all) moving to and meet my (then future) sister in law. It was like even through the Alzheimer’s she needed to know the family was going to be ok before she left.
Individual Skins
To do list…
import customs from SoliderMilhaus
for each supplied do;
edit class file -> change ‘Special Air Service’ to ‘SAS_Name’ so it *fits* in the bloody loadout screen, thank you!
overwrite heavy armour textures -> Fix bug in old SAS Skin (he used the files)
finish screwing with my skin
import rasa’s skin
replace old SAS Skin no armour vests with new version and append
[SAS]
Someone
to the name tags
add SoliderMilhaus personal and personal lapd skin (as thank you for suppling these skins).
create installer for personal skins.
On the other hand, also finish work on regular skins and make installer for that. Include LAPD SWAT Skin with it for good measure. Maybe old ‘SAS’ uni to I dunno
bed time, brain is crashing.
Alpha versions
normally I’d post this in the forums but because I want the screen shots to be embedded and thats not nice on a forum with so many pictures… I’ve posted them here.
Thanks to XFIRE being a total dipstick and replacing about 10 screen shots I took with all the same picture… most of my shots were lost. So many of these come from Grishenkos help.
TODO LIST:
remove box on green/gray bdu shoulder
make new blue bdu
darken (again) green bdu
remake trainer/di light vest
fix arm patches on green/blue bdu
Pictures:
Sabre light armour, rear vest; An old picture that radicalGhost helped me take.
Me in the same uniform crouched and stacked with a gas mask and light armour.
Sabre Uniform during testing, light armour and helmet
Sabre heavy
SAS Blue, light armour — I need to remove the lower armpatches and I’m not sure if I like the shade of blue yet.
First draft of the Drill Instructors skin, light armour + helmet looks like it’s gonna be called ‘SAS Trainer’ in the menu because of word length (instructor doesn’t leave room for Drill or SAS to show up). I think I’m going to redo the vest and put ‘TRAINER’ on the back instead of [SAS] and reduce some of the text in front.
Same draft of the skin but in no armour and NVG (so the head shows better).
With Grish and myself
My screenshots of the SAS Green seem to have been lost in the upload =/.
With Grishenko to help me test some to night heres a few more pictures and edit them in.
Green no armour
Sabre light
Sabre no armour
black heavy
trainer
Speed Runs
Dang it I’ve done this 3 times all failures…. Hostages keep getting into cross fire and the USP40 JHP has more penetration then you would think lol.
My new personal speed goal is < 2:00 and >= %60 accuracy
2:12 -> 62%, = FAIL, barrel room blew up and another hostage got FMJ through a hostages arm.
1:58, -> 60% = FAIL, Two hostages killed in crossfire… they just walked into it
1:53 -> 69% = FAIL, A few hostages died in cross fire…. barrel room and one LOF.
Screens shots on my destop…
I’d kind of like to be able to score a passing grade in my own training challenge lol…….. Grrrr….. Tomorrows another day.
The Spidey Speed Run Challenge doesn’t even have any one on the score board… If those dang hostages would learn to duck instead of walk around life would be eaiser lol… What persion IRL is stupid enough to want to get shot in a HR ? lool.