Posts by Dark_Shadow2004

marriage...damn its ok i suppose..though i have only been married almost 3 years (3rd anniversery is oct 31st this year) it can be fun...no more cold nights alone and at least there is someone there to help pay the bills <img src=smilies/icon_smile_tongue.gif width=15 height=15 border=0 align=middle> Though the nagging and annoyingness of having a person around you all th damn time kind of gets old...Its great the first year but afterwards it becomes &quot;routine&quot; so to speak. But either way, marriage is a good thing for the most part <img src=smilies/icon_smile_tongue.gif width=15 height=15 border=0 align=middle>

Best games i have played (still play ) for PC: 1. Raptor Call of the Shadows 2. Doom(ultimate doom), Doom2, Doom3/R.O.E 3. Corridor 7 4. Command and Conquer (all of em) 5. Medal of Honor (all of em) 6. BF1942 + expansions (and the forgotten hope mod) 7. HL:2 8. Sim City 2000, Sim City3 and 4 9. Freelancer 10. IL-2 Stormovick and ( IL-2 pacific one also) 11. Memphis Belle 12. SWOTL (secret weapons of the Luftwaffe) and BOB 1941 (battle of Britan 1941) 13. KOTOR and KOTOR2 14. NWN and all of the expansions. 15. Megarace and Megarace 2 16. Total Annihilation + Expansions and the map editors with all the trimmings <img src=smilies/icon_smile_big.gif width=15 height=15 border=0 align=middle> Best map maker and Skirmish mode <img src=smilies/icon_smile_big.gif width=15 height=15 border=0 align=middle><img src=smilies/icon_smile_big.gif width=15 height=15 border=0 align=middle> there is a **** load of others....but these are the ones i definately still play (or wish i still had working) Sucky games i have played/or put in the microwave <img src=smilies/icon_smile_tongue.gif width=15 height=15 border=0 align=middle> 1. Blood 2. Serious Sam 3. Daikatana 4. Black and White 5. Everquest (mainly because my wifes addiction <img src=smilies/icon_smile_tongue.gif width=15 height=15 border=0 align=middle> ) 6. Corncob 3D (old school flight sim for a 386 DX <img src=smilies/icon_smile_tongue.gif width=15 height=15 border=0 align=middle> ) 7. Turbo Carnage 8. Carmageddon (lame ass story) 9. Klingon and Starfleet Acadamey 10. Counter Strike 11. Pool of Radience 12. Battlefield Vietnam (shudders at that game <img src=smilies/icon_smile_tongue.gif width=15 height=15 border=0 align=middle> ) There are more crappy games...but i can´t remember their names... A Few Timeless Classics.... Commander Keen series Monster Bash Wolfenstien 3d Duke Nukem 1,2 Duke 3D + Expansions Quake and Quake2 Elite Home World Age of Empires Starlancer Need for Speed 1,2,3 (hot pursuit) just to name some <img src=smilies/icon_smile.gif width=15 height=15 border=0 align=middle> &quot;To live is to die....but living is to die slowly..why waste time on trivial things just play as hard as you can&quot; Edited by - Dark_Shadow2004 on 9/21/2005 8:31:01 PM

I wanted to OC the cards just to see if it really affects the preformance. BUT with these cards no game i have played yet on my system experiances ANY form of lag even on their most highest settings. So i will save the OC stuff till a few more installations of the Geforce series come out and my cards are a few releases behind lol But i did buy 600watt power supply a day ago just so that the power sonsumption was´t ever gonna be an issue so its all good... and i am not sure what the monitor is rated at for its highest resolution but i do &quot;believe&quot; is is highrer than 1600. I´ll look at it later <img src=smilies/icon_smile_tongue.gif width=15 height=15 border=0 align=middle> (i am at work right now) &quot;To live is to die....but living is to die slowly..why waste time on trivial things just play as hard as you can&quot;

Thanks for the advice. I will definately tweak my cooling systems minimum temperature to a crisp 12c insted of the 20c it is at now...(i have had it below 12c before lol) Tomorrow afternoon i will definately upgrade teh power supply for added insurance with the voracious appitite for power these little guys have ( i am assuming that over clocking raises the power consumption a bit...i am pretty mew to OC stuf) Either way, the cooling will be boosted with minor adjustments to the system and i will purchace the 600w or a larger one if the store has one <img src=smilies/icon_smile_wink.gif width=15 height=15 border=0 align=middle> tomorrow. Thanks again and we´ll see what happens <img src=smilies/icon_smile.gif width=15 height=15 border=0 align=middle> &quot;To live is to die....but living is to die slowly..why waste time on trivial things just play as hard as you can&quot;

Yeah go for atleast 1gig of DDR400 or DDR300 which ever your mobo allows...its rather cheap...and as Taw said, go for an AMD FX line of CPU i have one and it kicks ass. &quot;To live is to die....but living is to die slowly..why waste time on trivial things just play as hard as you can&quot;

the big reason i went so high up in the food chain with the pc is for longivity. I figure this setup will be good for about 3 or more years so i can just not spend another dime on the thing for a while and concentrate on games <img src=smilies/icon_smile_tongue.gif width=15 height=15 border=0 align=middle> But yeah the MSi deal is pretty sweet...but like i said, i am reluctaant to trade up to that X2 thing....ihaev NO knowladge in the realm of Dual Core processors and also i am not even sure if it is worth the upgrade mainly because i don´t know if anything really will benifit from that CPU. BTW....Taw, what is the safe range boost the memory and the core of my 7800´s? Core Clock Speed = 430mhz Ramdacs speed = 400mhz memory (not sure if it is the clock speed) =1.2ghz 32.43gb/s mem bandwidth Also, is 8 pipes good or kinda blech....cause my old FX5500 had i think 4 pipes. ( i am GPU illiterate <img src=smilies/icon_smile_tongue.gif width=15 height=15 border=0 align=middle> ) Edited by - Dark_Shadow2004 on 9/17/2005 11:36:59 AM

ok heres my specs...as of 9/5/05 lol <img src=smilies/icon_smile_tongue.gif width=15 height=15 border=0 align=middle> AMD FX-55 CPU attatched to a MSI K8N Neo4 Sli Mobo (MS-7100-020) 4gb DDR400 Kingston RAM 2 MSI GeForceT 7800 GTX PCI-E GPU´s in SLI config. (MS-V801-010) Turbo Stream Powersupply (500W) Koolance Exos-2 Liquid Cooling System (its a decent cooling system) 21´´ LCD monitor 2 160gb HDD (i have no idea what they are <img src=smilies/icon_smile_tongue.gif width=15 height=15 border=0 align=middle> ) its not the best pc in history, but hell its good enough for a few years. But msi was cool about one thing...they offer to anyone who has the socket939 an upgrade to the new dual core thinggy...the AMD Athlon XP-2 dual core <img src=smilies/icon_smile.gif width=15 height=15 border=0 align=middle> I haven´t decided yet...any thoughts? &quot;To live is to die....but living is to die slowly..why waste time on trivial things just play as hard as you can&quot;

uhh yeah...Taw as a mod...suprising indeed but well deserved i must say <img src=smilies/icon_smile_big.gif width=15 height=15 border=0 align=middle> Either way we have ALL been under the mullah´s direct control for a long time...just he never had the title <img src=smilies/icon_smile_tongue.gif width=15 height=15 border=0 align=middle> &quot;To live is to die....but living is to die slowly..why waste time on trivial things just play as hard as you can&quot;

Sci-fi favorites... Movies: Predator 1+2 Aliens Chronicals of Riddock Star Trek 2,4,&amp; 6 The Last Starfighter Millenium Pitch Black Empire and Jedi (episodes 5 and 6) Sphere Deep Star 6 Abyss Alone in the Dark Resident Evil Barbarella ( i know sounds cheesy..but it was a good funny film) There are a few more movies, but its after 1am <img src=smilies/icon_smile_tongue.gif width=15 height=15 border=0 align=middle> Games: Doom (all games) AVP (all of em) KOTOR 1&amp;2 System Shock 1&amp;2 Xenosaga episode 1 Armored Core (all of em!!) Mechwarrior (3,4..etc..etc) Total Annhilation (the game +expansions) Starcraft Raptor Call of the Shadows Robotech Command and Conquer (all of em) Contra (originals and the new one) F-Zero (SNES version and Gamecube version) HSX Hypersonic Extreme Racing Wipeout (all of em) Many MANY more games also...too late to remember em all <img src=smilies/icon_smile_tongue.gif width=15 height=15 border=0 align=middle> Books/Novels/Graphic Novels/Short stories...etc..etc..: AVP (all of em) Starwars (all of em) War of the worlds (Original not the remake) Lode Runner names are escaping me with the books...i´ll have to look em up later lol well theres a few for ya. &quot;To live is to die....but living is to die slowly..why waste time on trivial things just play as hard as you can&quot; Edited by - Dark_Shadow2004 on 9/1/2005 10:25:17 PM

damn i am slow <img src=smilies/icon_smile_tongue.gif width=15 height=15 border=0 align=middle> Happy b-day man...nice to see you are alive and kicking <img src=smilies/icon_smile_big.gif width=15 height=15 border=0 align=middle> &quot;To live is to die....but living is to die slowly..why waste time on trivial things just play as hard as you can&quot;

ok coming out of the shadows to get my 2 cents worth added to this thread... (this is mainly about the moron who used the &quot;GTA&quot; defence in alabama for killing 3 cops, and you guessed it thompson is ALL over it now ) <A href=´http://ps2.ign.com/articles/640/640942p1.html´ Target=_Blank> LINKGAGE to article </a> i can see Thompson now...&quot;ok well take ALL violence off of the news also..cause that gives details of murder and violence as well&quot;....I mean what the hell gives this guy the right to make a civil suit against, gamestop, wal-mart and rockstar on a faulty and lame ass defence that &quot;their product is a murder simulator&quot;. This guy needs a reality check, it is not the 1950´s anymore, its 2005 and peopel are not going to go back to that ideal &quot;Waltens&quot; life style, it´ll never happen. This guy needs to get his head out of the clouds (or his ass which ever is more plausible), and just give up his petty arguments because they are just causing more and more influance for people to mock the US court system as well at the american people as a whole. I bet a good majority of teh world thinks the US populations is either 1.) a Cult of blood thirsty crazies hung up on world domination by democratic power. 2.)A bunch of whiny ass *****es who blame EVERYTHING but themselves for their problems. I personally an Agreeing with #2, most of this country would rather ***** and whine about how something ELSE caused them to do something, rather than look at the REAL heart of the matter....they did it because they WANTED to, and THEY made the mistake...its not a game makers fault, not a film makers fault, not the news´ fault, not a magazine or news papers fault...it is teh fault of none other that the idiot who commited the crime and thats that. &quot;To live is to die....but living is to die slowly..why waste time on trivial things just play as hard as you can&quot; Edited by - Dark_Shadow2004 on 8/11/2005 10:52:34 AM

no sweat glad to be of help, enjoy <img src=smilies/icon_smile.gif width=15 height=15 border=0 align=middle>

Simple fix my friend, i used to have this same issue when i first started... you need mission vignette zones(if you are using FLE click on the &quot;Mission targets box thinggy) add a BUNCH around the bases and throughout the system.... BIG NOTE!!! make sure for OPEN space make sure you make the target zone type &quot;open&quot; Next important thing....the type of mission... For Lawful =&gt; Unlawful,Lawful (makes ya kill pirates for the good guys) For Unlawful=&gt;Lawful, Unlawful (makes ya kill good guys for pirate groups) the final note...if you go into the mbases.ini you´ll see an entry like this.. [MBase nickname = LI06_06_Base local_faction = fc_ou_grp diff = 10 msg_id_prefix = gcs_refer_base_LI06_06_Base [MVendor num_offers = 6, 8 &lt;----- this is the AMOUNT of zones this base uses for missions in that example it will use 6 out or 8 mission zones....if you are adding NPC´s you will have to add MORE zones so that the NPC can give you a mission in one of the random mission areas... &quot;To live is to die....but living is to die slowly..why waste time on trivial things just play as hard as you can&quot;

well you figure that out and we´ll all give you a plutonic hug<img src=smilies/icon_smile.gif width=15 height=15 border=0 align=middle> noone seems to know the format of the .ale <img src=smilies/icon_smile_sad.gif width=15 height=15 border=0 align=middle> &quot;To live is to die....but living is to die slowly..why waste time on trivial things just play as hard as you can&quot;

Not too sure if you can mod the actual &quot;ship explosions&quot; but you van mod the actual weapon explosions IE.. the torps, mines, and missles...if that interests you just go to your weapon_equip.ini and edit these lines... EX.1 this is the &quot;fusion missile&quot; from my mod (just the munition <img src=smilies/icon_smile_tongue.gif width=15 height=15 border=0 align=middle> ) [Motor nickname = fusion_missile_motor lifetime = 1.250000 accel = 390.000000 delay = 0 [Explosion nickname = fusion_missile_explosion effect = li_torpedo01_impact lifetime = 0.000000, 0.000000 process = disappear strength = 200 radius = 300 &lt;---------- actual BLAST RADIUS (this is REALLY big..) hull_damage = 99000 energy_damage = 80000 impulse = 0 [Munition nickname = fusion_missile_ammo explosion_arch = fusion_missile_explosion loot_appearance = ammo_crate units_per_container = 10 hp_type = hp_gun requires_ammo = true hit_pts = 2 one_shot_sound = fire_missile_regular detonation_dist = 4 lifetime = 6.250000 Motor = fusion_missile_motor force_gun_ori = false const_effect = li_torpedo01_drive HP_trail_parent = HPExhaust seeker = LOCK time_to_lock = 0 seeker_range = 2000 seeker_fov_deg = 35 max_angular_velocity = 2.903330 DA_archetype = equipmentmodelsweaponsli_rad_missile.3db material_library = equipmentmodelsli_equip.mat ids_name = 265146 ids_info = 266146 mass = 1 volume = 0.000000 in this example the exposion radius is 300 which is REALL f´ing big...its pretty cool since the damage is soo high it will blow up everything IN its blast radius<img src=smilies/icon_smile_tongue.gif width=15 height=15 border=0 align=middle> Its funn to launch one of these badboys into a crowded zone population and watch the fire works <img src=smilies/icon_smile_tongue.gif width=15 height=15 border=0 align=middle> Either way, if the ships have a &quot;blast rasius&quot; it would be a similar edit...the person to ask about this would probobly be Harrier. But if you can´t get the ships to blast you to pieces once the go boom....just make a torp or missile to make that blast range for ya <img src=smilies/icon_smile_tongue.gif width=15 height=15 border=0 align=middle> &quot;To live is to die....but living is to die slowly..why waste time on trivial things just play as hard as you can&quot;

thats easy...just change this number in the Goods.ini ex.1... [Good nickname = bwe2_hull category = shiphull ship = bw_elite2 price = 505000 &lt;------------- change this to whatever you want it to be ids_name = 12017 item_icon = Equipmentmodelscommodities
n_iconsw_heavy.3db Just remember, on the &quot;package&quot; which is this here (example from my mod) ex.2....... [Good nickname = bwe2_package category = ship hull = bwe2_hull addon = ge_bwe2_engine_01, internal, 1 addon = bw_elite2_power01, internal, 1 addon = LargeWhiteSpecial, HpHeadlight, 1 addon = SlowSmallWhite, HpRunningLight01, 1 addon = SlowSmallWhite, HpRunningLight02, 1 addon = SlowSmallWhite, HpRunningLight03, 1 addon = SlowSmallWhite, HpRunningLight04, 1 addon = SlowSmallWhite, HpRunningLight05, 1 addon = SlowSmallWhite, HpRunningLight06, 1 addon = SlowSmallWhite, HpRunningLight07, 1 addon = SlowSmallWhite, HpRunningLight08, 1 addon = contrail01, HpContrail01, 1 addon = contrail01, HpContrail02, 1 addon = contrail01, HpContrail03, 1 addon = contrail01, HpContrail04, 1 addon = DockingLightRedSmall, HpDockLight01, 1 addon = DockingLightRedSmall, HpDockLight02, 1 as you can see in the purchaceable package the shield is NOT included nor is a scanner or tractor beam. But in all actuality for a &quot;vanilla&quot; game the tractor, scanner and shield are included... Now the ONLY thing in a game that has not been as heavily modded as mine in that &quot;package&quot; if a shield is in that list it will ADD to the price of the ship. In this example it shows that the ship is nothing more than a hull, engine and powerplant. In this case all you are actually paying for is the Hull and powerplant. if you make all the parts interchangeable you can do an swesome thing by making the ships like this, &quot;empty&quot; and then make the players decided on what additional parts to purchace <img src=smilies/icon_smile.gif width=15 height=15 border=0 align=middle> Just remember, you MUST and i have to reiterate this MUST have a scanner either as A.) part of the package...or B.) purchaceable on the base , if not the ship willnot fly!!!!! <img src=smilies/icon_smile_tongue.gif width=15 height=15 border=0 align=middle> But thats advanced editing <img src=smilies/icon_smile_tongue.gif width=15 height=15 border=0 align=middle> Either way, whatever stuff you have ADDED to the &quot;package&quot; will directly affect the price of the ship. So to jsut make it cost a litle more just change the &quot;price&quot; like in EX.1 at the top of this post. To give the ship more goodies when you buy it add things to the &quot;Package&quot; in EX.2 , just remember that when you &quot;add&quot; things to the package it will cost a crap load more <img src=smilies/icon_smile_tongue.gif width=15 height=15 border=0 align=middle> <img src=smilies/icon_smile_big.gif width=15 height=15 border=0 align=middle> good luck hope it was helpful. &quot;To live is to die....but living is to die slowly..why waste time on trivial things just play as hard as you can&quot;

Dude, you need to take baby steps here....FLE is a guide tool. You can build a bare balls system wit hit. but you HAVE to leanr to edit the .ini´s yourself. Yes FLE has bugs, but i can make a system and not have an issue at all.... BEFORE you even start making a system you need to leanr the BASICS of the system mechanics and what EACH: Zone Planet Field Encounter Patrol...etc..etc does BEFORE jumping in and trying to build a mod. This site has a plethora of knowladge from gifted modders. You honestly need to take a week or 2 reading the vast amount of threads posted about system creation and learn the &quot;how to´s&quot; of modding. I hate to sound rude, but if you are too lazy to learn the basis then leave the mods to the experts and just play em. Or maybe have someone build a mod FOR you to YOUR specs. I have been working on my mod for about a year or more now and i am STILL learning all the ins and outs of the freelancer engine. It is a VERY versitile game to mod BUT and i STRESS this to a max here...YOU GOTTA CRAWL BEFORE YOU RUN! <img src=smilies/icon_smile_big.gif width=15 height=15 border=0 align=middle> read the thread that chips so locingly put together it has EVERYTHING you´ll ever need to know!!!! Goodluck! <img src=smilies/icon_smile_big.gif width=15 height=15 border=0 align=middle> &quot;To live is to die....but living is to die slowly..why waste time on trivial things just play as hard as you can&quot;

Umm FLE is good for a basic start...but as chips said you gotta R..E..A..D!!!! read a few tuts on FLE and it´ll serve ya well. &quot;To live is to die....but living is to die slowly..why waste time on trivial things just play as hard as you can&quot;

25 on may 23rd &quot;To live is to die....but living is to die slowly..why waste time on trivial things just play as hard as you can&quot;

Listen, you are NOT allowed to delete the other systems it will ALWAYS resort to a CTD. you should start a NEW mod, make your new system and add the gates/holes but connect them to an original system fro mthe game....now you DO not have to connect them if you do NO want them to be accessed. But Deleting them is a big no no. Just make your new system, and make a custom mpnewplayer.fl fine and once you load up the server you can have the startign be in your new system and base. Also, you need to look up the &quot;crashes&quot; thread. it will explain ALL the most common CTD problems. &quot;To live is to die....but living is to die slowly..why waste time on trivial things just play as hard as you can&quot;