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      Introduction   The Squad Team reserves the right to edit, update, add and remove rules at any time. Applicable rules extend to the PM system. Your PMs are private, but the Squad Team may be informed about unacceptable PM content by the receiving party.
      The rules of this forum have been last edited November 24, 2015.   Section I: Posting Guidelines   §1 Language & Legibility
      Please post only in English. Non-English content (including non-legible content) may be removed. If you see someone posting in another language because s/he apparently does not speak English, please report their post - if you can, you may reply in their language to explain their question, but please do translate their and your message so it can be reviewed by the Moderation. ‘Hiding’ insults in non-English posts will be punished harshly. Posts written largely in ‘leetspeak’ or full of spelling / grammatical errors may be treated like non-English content. This rule does not extend to PMs.   §2 Illegal Topics
      Prohibited topics include, but are not limited to: Piracy, drugs (including cannabis), pornography, religion, racism, sexism, homo/trans -phobic content, videos and images showing violent death or serious injury, ‘spam threads’, hacking & griefing (endorsement thereof) etc. Prohibition may be suspended for some threads if they are found to be suitable by the Moderation (such as scientific debate).
      If there is doubt, the Moderation Team can decide whether a topic is considered illegal.   §3 Forum structure & Search
      Please ensure when posting a new thread, that the thread is located inside the correct forum section. Check all forum section titles to judge where your thread should belong. Threads created in the wrong forum section will be moved or deleted.
      Before posting a new thread, please make use of the forum search to find older threads about the same topic. In doubt, it is recommended to rather post in an existing thread, unless that thread is years out of date. However, do not bump old threads without adding a new question / answer / insight that wasn’t in that thread before - use common sense.   §4 Thread Titles
      Please name your thread appropriately; the subject title should sum up / explain the content in the thread. If you fail to name your thread properly (such as ‘Hey!’ or ‘Check this out!’ or ‘Help!’), we will either rename or lock the topic. Repeated offense may lead to infractions. The practice of using CAPITALS only in your thread title is not allowed and will be edited or the thread will simply be deleted.   §5 Language, Free Speech & Respect
      This community can only work if we all respect each other - while we will not strictly moderate every little swear that occurs, the Squad Moderation Team will moderate any spiteful / aggressive behaviour, even if it is not expressed with explicit language. As a privately hosted web forum, there is no guaranteed “right for free speech”, especially not when it would impact other users negatively. The moderation reserves the right to remove rants and unsuitable content at any time.   §6 Images in posts
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      As per §5, keep in mind to be respectful and reasonable, not only towards all users of the forum, but also towards the Squad Team, towards any ideas and content and the game itself. Criticism is welcome, but if it is not constructive or offensive, the Moderation may need to step in. Please refrain from posting if you are upset, angry or drunk, or you may be punished for things you wouldn’t have otherwise written, which is not in anyone's interest.   §8 The use of BBCode
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      There is a Post Report system in place. If you notice a post that violates forum rules, simply use the exclamation mark icon below the users avatar image to send a report to the Moderation. We will then review this post. Your report will not be made public and cannot be linked to your person by anyone outside of the Squad Team. You will not be punished for using the Report system even if the report was false, unless you repeatedly abuse the system to spam it.
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      On Site Selling and Trading of Items

      We are fine with allowing members to post their gaming stuff you need to sell in the "Discussions - Off Topic" as long as it doesn't get out of hand.
      All transactions are between the members involved and OWI will not be involved nor get involved in any dealings. All negotiations are to be done in the privacy of PM's between the parties involved. Only computer hardware is allowed. Software and any non computer items will be removed and the poster warned. No commercial activities will be allowed. Only personally owned items can be listed.
       
      When the item(s) are no longer available either because they have been withdrawn or sold the thread must be terminated. This should be done by the OP so as to inform the membership that the item(s) are gone.   Abuse in any shape or form will be dealt with quickly and could include punishment right up to being banned from the site.   We reserve the right to terminate this allowance at any time and to modify the rules at any time.   Thank you
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      The Official Squad User Manual

      Please take the time to read "The Official Squad User Manual".   This is a excellent primer for those new to the game and it will answer most of your questions about the game and the gameplay!

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  1. Of course it is cheap and simple. I didnt say to keep it just to possibly use it instead of the DEFAULT crap that is being used now. Like I said, it is only used on my site as a backup and some of my guys like it for use on their smartphones and ipads. My main theme is much better than the one shown. Thanks for your opinion though.
  2. A good temporary skin is available for free over at IPB. It is the same one that I use for my site as the alternative skin which many of the guys use for their smartphones etc. The price is good, the layout is fine and it would work well for this site until they get their custom one ready. It would also save our eyes. These themes take about 10 seconds or less to download and they install in about 30 seconds. So easy. LINK TO THE SKIN
  3. I think they still have to figure out how to turn them on again. It is all Member group driven so they will have to do a bunch of tuning. Or maybe they will never give it back.
  4. The old tapatalk is not compatible with the new forum version so they will have to reinstall the latest version and get it working.
  5. Give them time guys to see if they can sort it all out. Think of this as you do ingame, a lot that you see right now are simply "placeholders" and should be replaced with something permanent. Time will tell.
  6. This should have been done months ago. Im happy to see it happen finally. I have been using IPB 4.x for some time now on my site and there is so much that can be done with this new version. It is sad though that the powers that be had to wait until they were forced into doing something because of escalating spam. It is time to realize that the forums here, as they are on triple A sites, are the face of the game. Steam, reddit and other places are just that, other places. Someone mentioned about having the option to use or have access to a number of skins. This is a great idea and one that is possible. Tapatalk sucks ass in my opinion so what I do is I have a more complicated skin for my main forum and I have a very straightforward skin that many of my users have taken to using for their phones and ipads etc. Congrats to OWI for finally moving this site out of the dark ages and I hope that you will now give this place the love that it deserves.
  7. I guess the point of these videos is that the guy wanted to post it for some reason or another and he did it in the right section. So the thread fits in with all the other threads here.
  8. You may have heard that Black Ops 3 from Treyarch will have the mapping and modding tools returned to the community. If you have played the game or seen some of the videos you may or will have seen that there are WW2 instances in the game. This means that the assets should be available to use for the creation of mods and maps for that era. The tools are still in development at this point and the alpha testing of those tools is suppose to happen around the end of March. I dont know how long the testing process will be but once finished the tools should then be publicly available with dedicated server support. What this all means is that it is quite possible that WW2 will once again be available for the game that made WW2 so damn fun. My site is heavily populated with mappers and modders that are gearing up to produce the new content and we are all quite excited to finally have the opportunity to see what we can do since the engine and the tools have changed so much since Call of Duty World at War.
  9. Im pretty sure that they wont look at any records that you dig up and provide. Most likely they gave you a list of consultants to choose from that they use. Go with the flow and see what happens. I dont think you have anything to worry about and my best wishes for your success in following your dream!
  10. Probably because there is a spammer active right now but I dont really believe that this is DDOS.
  11. Captcha can be beat by algorithms. Re-captcha can be beat by algorithms. Audio captcha can be beat by algorithms. Some of the best defenses are SFS (stopforumspam), email authentication, email authentication followed up by Admin level personal approval, changing the settings on the site so that all "NEW" members fall under Moderation review for their first attempt at posting either a thread or posting a comment. None of these "hands on" methods are fun for the staff but then again it is still more fun that cleaning the site of all the spam shit that hits here everyday. Keeping the site up to date with the latest version of the software helps too. There are other things like honeypot etc but then again that is "outside" of the site thus giving some of the Dev's here heart attacks about getting hacked. Long story short......shit is going to happen and happen everyday if nothing REAL is done about it.
  12. I used the mask method for making holes in the terrain. Very easy to set it up and by adjusting your brush size you can make any size of whole that you like. You can also close the hole or adjust it as needed. Here is a link to the ue tutorial that explains it quickly. Just scroll down to the part about "Landscape Visibility Mask Node" UE4 Tut
  13. LOL, placeholders. All the foliage will be added later.
  14. You arent too far away by calling it a bunker.
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