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by Sirius
Mon Sep 13, 2004 12:07 am
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Your first car.
Replies: 61
Views: 3365

my first was a 1995 dodge neon. i got it in 1998 when it had about 20k on it and a blown head gasket. i fixed it and drove it another 40k before it **** on me completely. it had absolutely no features, not even power stearing. god that car was a piece of crap Well, I guess they don't call it 'Dodge...
by Sirius
Mon Sep 13, 2004 12:03 am
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: are you....
Replies: 33
Views: 1717

I think the gays want you to think that 10% of the population is gay, but I very much doubt it's that high.

It's not surprising that I don't know anybody (at all) that I know is gay, since they would likely not tell people about it... but nonetheless...
by Sirius
Sun Sep 12, 2004 11:53 pm
Forum: Descent Development
Topic: Can't get scripting to work
Replies: 9
Views: 1854

As it says, "See output for error details"

That would give a much better idea of what the problem is.
by Sirius
Sat Sep 11, 2004 4:58 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: 11th September
Replies: 36
Views: 2009

I'm not so sure the Muslim terrorists actually are enemies of freedom and democracy... there are other, more meaningful, reasons to hate America...
by Sirius
Sat Sep 11, 2004 4:52 pm
Forum: Descent Old Skool
Topic: D1/D2 Level Thread
Replies: 47
Views: 57749

Wonder if that was the observatory level I found...
by Sirius
Sat Sep 11, 2004 4:51 pm
Forum: Descent Old Skool
Topic: Thinking about getting back into D1
Replies: 5
Views: 1470

Well, with a little fiddling. :)

There are D1 releases for Linux, and I very much doubt any of them won't work.

There are also Kali releases for Linux, which you could use.

So that is an option, if you can't get it to work in Windows.
by Sirius
Sat Sep 11, 2004 4:48 pm
Forum: Descent Old Skool
Topic: D1x Midi Music Question
Replies: 7
Views: 1839

You won't do. It'll be in the descent.hog file. In fact, if descent.sng is there and doesn't show all 22 songs, that's what is causing it. I'm not sure whether having it in the missions folder (if you have a separate missions folder) would cause the same problem. If you haven't loaded any mission ot...
by Sirius
Sat Sep 11, 2004 12:03 am
Forum: Descent Multiplayer
Topic: Q&A session with High-Octane
Replies: 151
Views: 13834

I'm kinda curious how useful the Rapier cannon would be if you could just start cloaking whenever your opponent pulled it out... at least the Railgun would get damage in beforehand.
by Sirius
Fri Sep 10, 2004 7:13 am
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Genesis capsule crashes
Replies: 42
Views: 1881

Hm, an equation for air resistance. Cool. By the way, when the space shuttle lands at 300 or so MPH, hardly any of it is vertical velocity. That's how it stays in one piece. On the other hand, if you have probes falling from the sky like meteorites, chances are most of their velocity will be vertica...
by Sirius
Tue Sep 07, 2004 7:46 am
Forum: Descent Multiplayer
Topic: Q&A session with High-Octane
Replies: 151
Views: 13834

Something like that. You don't expect dev companies to tell you exactly what their development schedule is unless you're funding them or something, but they could well have the engine further advanced than anything else.
by Sirius
Tue Sep 07, 2004 7:01 am
Forum: Descent Old Skool
Topic: Old Skool Descent Site Archive
Replies: 49
Views: 135149

Ah, yes. Was a pretty cool novel too.

It sometimes amazes me that he's still around, but I guess he can't go anywhere.
by Sirius
Mon Sep 06, 2004 3:56 pm
Forum: Descent Old Skool
Topic: When was D1 released?
Replies: 18
Views: 2931

The demo, yes. November 1994, I think.
by Sirius
Mon Sep 06, 2004 4:55 am
Forum: Descent Old Skool
Topic: Old Skool Descent Site Archive
Replies: 49
Views: 135149

Title of forum says Descent and Descent 2. :) It's for people that don't care much about D3. :)
by Sirius
Sun Sep 05, 2004 5:53 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Forum Terms of Endearments
Replies: 30
Views: 1951

Curiously enough, I expected that DCrazy... wasn't quite sure whether I had the right idea or whether is actually referred to 'advertising' your post in other forums. (Which many people do, and unless the post is actually as cool as they think it is, makes me want to shoot them for it.)
by Sirius
Sun Sep 05, 2004 5:48 pm
Forum: Descent Level Spotlight
Topic: Diedel
Replies: 2
Views: 1401

Diedel

Anyone know how I can get in touch with him? I realise that he might not check this forum any more, so my PMs probably won't get seen...
by Sirius
Sun Sep 05, 2004 5:01 pm
Forum: Descent Old Skool
Topic: When was D1 released?
Replies: 18
Views: 2931

When was D1 released?

I know it was some time in 1995, probably May, but does anyone remember the exact date?

My thoughts were, it'd be cool if we could pull some strings and get the GameSpy network to do a big celebration of its 10th anniversary. :)
by Sirius
Sat Sep 04, 2004 6:50 am
Forum: Descent Old Skool
Topic: Chording demos
Replies: 3
Views: 1659

...lol... I never thought of that. It might work too. I'd only really need it in hallways though.
by Sirius
Sat Sep 04, 2004 6:49 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: DBB members personality profiling study: The Results.
Replies: 32
Views: 3730

I got INTJ as well, although only moderately. But the synopses are actually very good descriptions of my personality, so I don't doubt it's accurate enough.
by Sirius
Sat Sep 04, 2004 6:21 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Why is Kerry Qualified?
Replies: 26
Views: 2059

Well... not that I actually know anything about Kerry myself (I can afford not to) but what caused him to be chosen to represent the Democrats above Howard Dean (I think he was involved?) and all the others? That should at least give people some ideas.... :)
by Sirius
Sat Sep 04, 2004 6:17 am
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Forum Terms of Endearments
Replies: 30
Views: 1951

Peculiarly enough the term 'troll' is a bit of a misnomer, or at least the reason they are called that has little to do with trolls apart from the name. From what I heard, it is an allusion to a fishing technique where baited hooks are dragged across the water by a boat... which was called 'trolling...
by Sirius
Sat Sep 04, 2004 6:07 am
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: 100 Terabytes?!
Replies: 57
Views: 2999

A real girl is probably cheaper, kurupt. ;)
by Sirius
Fri Sep 03, 2004 3:40 am
Forum: Descent Multiplayer
Topic: High Octane software developing a decent-like game?
Replies: 584
Views: 52767

And Geo-Mod was first done in 2001. Even on old 1999 hardware it still worked fine. Honestly, most of what Sligar mentioned isn't hard to do. Knocking things over can be easily incorporated in most games these days; blowing holes in walls is geomod and has already been done. Knocking out supports to...
by Sirius
Fri Sep 03, 2004 3:28 am
Forum: Descent Old Skool
Topic: Another Stik question. ...sorta.
Replies: 13
Views: 2317

Re: Another Stik question. ...sorta.

Duper wrote:I want to set axis' as the game's interface only detects my throttle axis. R1 or something like that.
That's the problem... so basically, no, he can't assign axes normally.

I'm not sure how you'd edit the joystick axis settings in a .plr file myself... but there might be specs out there.
by Sirius
Wed Sep 01, 2004 1:20 am
Forum: Descent Old Skool
Topic: Has anyone gotten D1x 1.30 or even 1.40 to work in XP?
Replies: 46
Views: 6290

lol...

Yeah, it's weird - I got Descent 1.5 working just fine - sound, joystick, even the twist - bascially everything - but D1x 1.43, no...

D1x 1.40 and earlier don't even run, of course, because their video code is completely incompatible with WinXP... but perhaps if I get DosBox they might...
by Sirius
Wed Sep 01, 2004 1:17 am
Forum: Descent Old Skool
Topic: anyone know where i can download old kali versions?
Replies: 10
Views: 2444

Hm. Might have to try it, since I actually have Linux... although I don't use it very often.
by Sirius
Tue Aug 31, 2004 7:54 pm
Forum: Descent Old Skool
Topic: anyone know where i can download old kali versions?
Replies: 10
Views: 2444

And in a new wacky twist, just for the hell of it I started up Kali 2.613 today and watched people cycling in and out of chat (or more accurately, me cycling in and out of chat). And I noticed something; certain users never DID seem to drop out, and absolutely all of those were either using 1.68 or ...
by Sirius
Tue Aug 31, 2004 7:51 pm
Forum: Descent Old Skool
Topic: What the h*ll is this? ;)
Replies: 1
Views: 1558

Ah yes... the famous Nirvana art... I think someone even bid $2 for one once.
by Sirius
Tue Aug 31, 2004 7:28 pm
Forum: Descent Old Skool
Topic: anyone know where i can download old kali versions?
Replies: 10
Views: 2444

Yeah, it's an absolute hog of CPU resources in comparison. These days it's not a big deal, of course, since Kali 2 was released in the days of Pentium IIs I think; but there isn't a whole lot in Kali 2.x that is actually useful and not in earlier releases.
by Sirius
Tue Aug 31, 2004 7:24 pm
Forum: Descent Multiplayer
Topic: High Octane software developing a decent-like game?
Replies: 584
Views: 52767

Well, if I had one I wouldn't hold back too much on buying games unless they were multiplayer. (Oh. Obvious... n/m) However, I would be hesitant to buy one with attention soon travelling to next-gen consoles... whenever they start coming out.
by Sirius
Tue Aug 31, 2004 7:22 pm
Forum: PTMC Gallery
Topic: Cyan Jenner
Replies: 5
Views: 1586

You're getting better at it, that's for sure. Keep it up.
by Sirius
Tue Aug 31, 2004 5:34 am
Forum: Descent Old Skool
Topic: Has anyone gotten D1x 1.30 or even 1.40 to work in XP?
Replies: 46
Views: 6290

Ah... yes, that does it. I found that as Suncho said, 98 compatibility isn't required for me at least - in fact it seems to stop it working. And I also got the hideously slow fps when turning. However, -joypolled didn't have any effect. I have no idea why moving the joystick handle would take so muc...
by Sirius
Mon Aug 30, 2004 6:18 pm
Forum: Descent Old Skool
Topic: Has anyone gotten D1x 1.30 or even 1.40 to work in XP?
Replies: 46
Views: 6290

Hm... I just started trying this stuff and it all works fine up until when I try to switch to fullscreen; then there is no longer anything displayed. When I switch out of fullscreen (blind, but I can tell it's working), well, still nothing is displayed. It's like fullscreen causes the screen to go b...
by Sirius
Mon Aug 30, 2004 5:59 pm
Forum: Descent Old Skool
Topic: Minerva!
Replies: 63
Views: 8829

Heheh. Familiar here as well.

Of course, I've had DSL of some form or another for about five years now, so it's been a while since there was that annoyance to deal with.
by Sirius
Mon Aug 30, 2004 5:02 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Olympics. Yay or Nay?
Replies: 34
Views: 2587

Interesting. Gold-medal winners who don't know how to win gracefully are almost as bad as those who take drugs to do it sometimes. Women's handball finals... I saw that much. I'd never even heard of the sport until a few days before, but dude, that match OWNED. Couldn't get any more intense if you t...
by Sirius
Mon Aug 30, 2004 4:49 am
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: I'm in the top 0.869% richest people in the world!!
Replies: 25
Views: 1660

Yes... interesting things I learned in economics: 1) What Birdseye said; cost of living is a huge factor 2) Some people don't need to buy much - they might grow food for themselves or for communities 3) Not all transactions are recorded anyway In essence, take the incomes of third-world residents wi...
by Sirius
Sun Aug 29, 2004 8:36 pm
Forum: Descent Multiplayer
Topic: High Octane software developing a decent-like game?
Replies: 584
Views: 52767

Yeah.

With the sorts of framerates I get in D1 these days it's downright impossible to get a fusion shot going straight. Well, maybe one in ten...

System requirements are pretty hard to guess unless you're already well down the road. I'm not sure how much work is done...
by Sirius
Sun Aug 29, 2004 8:30 pm
Forum: Descent Old Skool
Topic: Minerva!
Replies: 63
Views: 8829

Yeah... it COULD be fun, but got quite repetitive once you knew how to rule the level.
by Sirius
Sat Aug 28, 2004 10:30 pm
Forum: PTMC Gallery
Topic: My very first descent graphic
Replies: 8
Views: 2112

...rofl.

PPG. Pyro Pilots Guild.

Of course, you'd have to have been an old-school Kali'er I suppose...
by Sirius
Sat Aug 28, 2004 10:23 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: I'm in the top 0.869% richest people in the world!!
Replies: 25
Views: 1660

Well, because I am still studying and the only 'income' I receive is what my parents give me, it's not terribly high for starters. So, just for kicks, I decided to convert that into approximate $USD... You are in the top 93.57% richest people in the world. There are 385,542,168 people poorer than yo...
by Sirius
Sat Aug 28, 2004 10:12 pm
Forum: Descent Old Skool
Topic: Minerva!
Replies: 63
Views: 8829

IMO level 1 was badly designed... bottlenecks like that are okay for a plain slugfest, but when you want something more tricky to play in... hmm.

Basically, with that one, whoever got down the bottom first would completely rule the game.