Cmdr Nova

Yeah. Let's make this a good one. Before we know it, we'll have multiplayer..... Just thinking about it puts me at the edge of my seat... Happy New Year. Nova, over and out. Long live BC! (And the SC. ) (The 1000 post count-down so becomes 1.) [ 01-01-2002: Message edited by: Cmdr Nova ]

I pointed out to him it should have been "take off every zig", in some other thread. (The 1000 post counter shrinks to 2..... Must resist urge to do it until 2002 Central Time.....)

Funny, I didn't even intend to make that post in the new year. I wrote it up, forgot about it, and was chatting with you and Eagle on IRC, and posted it right after we all said Happy New Year, Epsilon..... And I posted at 00:01. You had a 1 min window of opportunity. (And I'm 3 'til post 1000! But I was supposed to post 1000 before new year... Ah well, w00t anyways again. ) (Alright. Now I've got 1 post till 1000. I'm going to write up a soapbox style thing (sorta a speech), and post it close to midnight, central time, which is where I live. Topic will be "BC In The New Year (And Beyond"). Tune in to the BCM General Discussions Forum. I'm ending my year with a bang. Nova, over and out.) Here it is: BC In The New Year [ 01-01-2002: Message edited by: Cmdr Nova ]

PS First post of the new year!!! (on 3000ad forums) BCM Game Builder System->Playmod cheat utility released w00t!!! *grin* forgive the spamming----i've already had too much to drink, and the year's not around for another 53 min here....... (now that i look back on the post, it looks like the first post of the year is horribly off topic..... lol, w00t for me anyways.) [ 01-01-2002: Message edited by: Cmdr Nova ]

whooooo!!!!! East Coast US! New York! [ 01-01-2002: Message edited by: Cmdr Nova ]

Hm.... T-Shirts... Have you ever thought of selling 3000ad logo or BCM logo wear stuff, like at CafePress? I know I'd buy one. And a 3000ad hat, too! (Yep I love fan merchandise.... Take this great (l33t ) Mega Tokyo shirt....) Blame the medpacks; i've been going off topic all day. (Am I the first post of the new year?)(YES!!!!!!! Bow before me & ph33r m3!!!!!!!!!) [ 01-01-2002: Message edited by: Cmdr Nova ] [ 01-01-2002: Message edited by: Cmdr Nova ]

quote:Originally posted by Steve Schacher: Mine's the same as last year... ...resolve to stop posting after midnight! I'm sure that Derek would agree with that. That's impossible to me (when i'm off school)!!! So that's why that's not my resolution. [ 12-31-2001: Message edited by: Cmdr Nova ]

PS - And about your sig. quote:"Launch all Zig! For great justice." Actually, it's "Take off every 'zig'!!". Infact, here's the last 4 lines of the Zero Wing intro, better known as "all your base". quote:Captain: Take off every 'zig' !! Captain: You know what you doing. Captain: Move 'zig'. Captain: For great justice. (I'll quit going off topic, now. ) [ 12-31-2001: Message edited by: Cmdr Nova ]

Well, I basically picked up l33t by playing multiplayer games (way too much time on battle.net ), and just browsing the net overall. No leet translators for me. I could whip up a DTD (document type definition) for a hybrid XML/HTML/l33t, HTML (or more specifically XHTML)-style language. That would be so funny. Hehe. (Would I start with <|-|t|/|l> or just simply (null)? (took out the second one--the damn thing is being loaded as code, actually *lol*) Or even other variants? And what about a (letter k); that would most likely screw up the coding.... This is why such cool ideas never become reality, in my point of view. ) Yeah, I'm high on the medpacks again. [ 12-31-2001: Message edited by: Cmdr Nova ]

If you guys are looking for a carrier, try the Violon. It's comparable to a Super Cruiser in speed and manuverability. Like a baby BCMK2 or a super-Warmonger. If I ever have a Carrier, that would be one of the top choices for me. [ 12-31-2001: Message edited by: Cmdr Nova ]

Hah. Depending on how many AI Raiders/Insurgents/Gammulans there are, and human players too, I'll have Fleet C&C in no time on multiplayer. The "Bounty Hunter Method" is the best, because it gives you cash along with EP (and sometimes bonus EP). Just tow enemy carriers & cruisers to a local station. You get more EP for rival-type enemies. (i.e. Ter/Mil<->Ter/Ins Ter/Mil or Ter/Ear or Ter/Ins<->Gammulan) ph34r m4 l33t sk|11z, b4by! Multiplayer is gonna be intense!

Anyone experiencing extreme tearing in large models (like stations), with an nVidia card? Yeah, you aren't alone. I had this problem since I upgraded to my Geforce2 MX400 64MB card just a few days ago. I overclocked it, too. But anyways, I tried stopping overclocking, changing settings, bit depth, resolutions, and such. Did everything in the FAQ, but no avail. Did some more tweaking of settings, and well, here's the solution: Head to Display Properties->Advanced->Geforce2 MX/MX400(*)->Additional Properties->Direct3D Settings. Change Mipmap detail level to Best image quality. And you're set. (*)-That's what mine said. Look for the name of your chipset if yours is different. This is with the 23.11 XP drivers, and your mileage may vary. This is a little tip I discovered, and I noticed that it wasn't in the Troubleshooting FAQ, so I decided to post this here. And now I'll hop back into the game. Nova, over and out. [ 12-31-2001: Message edited by: Cmdr Nova ]

That's our JJ! (Edit--Wrong smiley... ) (Edit--Spelling... *ugh*) [ 12-31-2001: Message edited by: Cmdr Nova ]

Anytime. It's my job, remember?

Post in an already made thread. Don't make a new thread. It works. Browse to one of the existing Tech Issues topics, and hit "Post Reply". I just tested it, and it works. Once again, this is to prevent clutter. In the first days since BCM was on shelves, there were like 12 topics made in that one day. It was near-impossible to reply to all of them and it just made everyone complain more, so SC decided to consolidate them into single threads.

You newbs need to learn patience. Not everyone's going to have a Sunflash in multiplayer. Get used to the Super Cruiser class of ships. Those are the ones that will most likely populate the multiplayer universe.

Donate Your Spare Cycles and Such..... Help humanity! Play your part, and help move cancer research along! Go to United Devices, and take a look around. It's a distributed computing program, much like SETI@home. They operate several projects, like the Intel-United Devices Cancer Research Project. This is the largest "virtual supercomputer" in the world, and you can be part of it, too and help cure cancer, improve genetic research, and whatnot. You can download the UD Agent here. (Download the Windows 2000 version, if you use WinXP.) Also, if you're interested in joining, check the team I've set up for our little Battlecruiser Community. View it here. Yeah, I've sorta been inspired to do something that helps people, since the earlier events of this year. Since I can't really do anything else to help, this is my way of helping out humanity. I suggest you guys join along. (Especially you folks that have multiple systems and/or systems that are hooked up to the internet that you don't use for gaming.) A nice little new years resolution for me to run this thing, when I'm not playing BCM or other games or resource-intensive stuff. Hope this speech didn't sound to propaganda-ish. I'll get off my soapbox now. (But join my team, please. ) [ 12-30-2001: Message edited by: Cmdr Nova ]

Tisk, tisk: but that would be cheating. Nova, over and out.

If you're playing ROAM, then enemies should appear and travel about randomly in space. It's more or less like reality; a cop doesn't go after a crook all the time-he's got to wait until he finds some action first. Be patient, and travel around, and you'll find some enemies. Multiplayer is coming up in a patch. It's not in the released game. Welcome aboard.

There's you, Corporal Neo, and Private Sharpy... Don't know about the cadets. So much for a head count. I've never actually seen Neo and Sharpy, but check with Greg or Blades because they might have a personal reason to not be here for a while. Keep it up, JJ.

We left for home one day later than I expected. But I'm here, and I'm ready to rumble!

Back from vacation! Hehe.... Playmod = my first actual first-hand test of the RANDOM!!!!

Looks like I got back in time from vacation!

(I'm writing this at a relative's house... Finally got enough time to hit the forums at least once. ) Let's see. I got some clothes, and cash. Right now, I have enough cash to go and get myself a GeForce2 MX400 PCI (since I don't have an AGP slot), and a processor upgrade to 800MHZ (the max for my cheap mobo); not really sure if I'm going to go through with this..... But this would be a really big improvement compared to my current stuff. Even if I do, I'll still probably be spending a whole bunch of time playing Final Fantasy 10 once I get home...... I'll talk to you all later. Nova (on vacation), over and out. [ 12-25-2001: Message edited by: Cmdr Nova ]

I'll be out on vacation until Thursday. I might be able to post or get on IRC a bit, but it won't be anything like the usual; they don't have DSL. I'll see you all later.