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I picked up a copy of a German PC gaming mag last week, inside was a little booklet listing their favourite games, hardware, compilations etc from the past few years. In the Space sim section, their No.1 was...... Starlancer! Now, I played it through, twice. OK, I enjoyed it (because it was easy) and it looked pretty, but the AI was crap and the story and stereotypes a little outdated (evil Communist baddies etc). How can they possible put it ahead of Freespace 2 (which was 2nd) or XWA (4th), both of which I found far more challenging and immersive and graphically much of a muchness. I sometimes wonder what reviewers in the gaming industry base their opinions on; pretty graphics? compelling storyline? challenging gameplay? Or because it's a Chris Roberts game? I am at a loss.

Right, I understand. Thanks SC.

Was browsing around the EBGames site and came across this. Unles I'm going crazy, Eurofighter Typhoon (the German language version) has been for sale in a local shop for about 3-4wks now. So how come it's just 'Gone Gold'. I know there is often a difference in release dates between the US and Europe, but Take Two are a UK firm, so surely the German language version would come out after the English version? And in any case, a game can only 'go gold' once, surely? Or am I missing something? (Probably)

Whew! 8 hours later and I'm ready to have a shot at BC3K.......... BTW Thanks Derek.

Damn right it's being pounded, both London mirrors are not working, and the Milan mirror is forever busy.

quote:Originally posted by Macon De'Witt: Im using great grandaddies still with 1.4 gigavat of throughput. My beer bong has a 12 pack of onboard processing. My beer goggles are installed with the latest drivers. I've got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarets, its night and Im wearing sunglasses! Well as far as I can tell, you should be running it no problem. Make sure you're using the 'Beer talking v1.02' upgrade to use with those goggles. Oh, and have you tried the new Devastator 5.h1t drivers which enable the Blurred Vision texturing?

Chances are, if it was bought in '99, you'll probably have and nVidia TNT2 or something like that. Alternatively, go to the Gateway site and look up your system specs. Hehe, when I bought my Dell back in '97, it had an STB Velocity 128 card in it......

quote:Originally posted by Macon De'Witt: Also I had the same problem with the ATV I have with the shuttle I made a beer run and no takers! Now if you dock at the station it clearly shows "Canned Goods" as a comodity so I picked up a few tons of that and some music CDs and headed dirtside, deployed the ATV and cruised the beaches but NO CHICKS. Mmmm, there are several fixes for this problem. What kind of beer are you picking up? If it's Miller Lite or Coors, forget it, it will never work. You'd need some good strong Czech beer, like Budvar or Urquel Pilsner for this feature to implement. Also, if you read the Perversion Control File (PCF), you'll see that picking up chicks will probably not be in the final release, but may appear in a subsequent patch. You also didn't post your system specs, you'd need at least a 3 keg processor with at least 128 MB (Mega Beers) of RAM (Random Alcohol Mixtures) to run this game without it staggering and falling over.

That's interesting, because I got into a shuttle, landed on Farstar, deployed the ATV, commandeered it and drove it around for a bit.

Sorry, my mistake about it being in the VCF AND about it being implemented. Go to this thread and read the post by Joel Schutz, which is a quote from a post by SC in another thread, follow? I knew I'd read about it somewhere, and as usual I was wrong

I think it states in the VCF (yes, I know how much you hate it) that ship to ship transport will not be implemented in the game. I think.

To be more celtic, it'd have to be something like: ÎRWÎRÀRNÍÁR allegedly. And please don't ask me how you'd pronounce it.....

Yes.

quote:Originally posted by Menchise: The correct pronunciation is "Men-Kees-e". [ 07-17-2001: Message edited by: Menchise ] I knew that.

Then try this Simple but addictive fun (I'm too embarassed to post my highest score)

I thought it was pronounced like 'pariah', but with an 'S' at the end (obviously).

Couple more minor things; when playing the bonus mission, if I switch to an F9 view, all I see are the tail fins (or whatever they are) and the nose cone of the fighter. This only happens if I die in the mission (which is quite a lot) and restart it. Same thing happens in the marine mission in the ATV, only the gun turret is visible (but only if the bonus mission has been installed) could this be related to the 'big planet' syndrome previously described by myself and Harlocke?

Ah sarcasm, how I love it. Anyway, the D key worked just fine, so when did it change? Or did it? Here's a direct quote from the Ep1 key commands: MATCH TARGET'S SPEED CTRL + ` Now from the Ep2 key commands: DESIGNATE TARGET FOR SPEED MATCH D Curiouser and curiouser. BTW, thanks Harlocke.

quote:Originally posted by Fendi: p.s. Dax is much hotter than 7 of 9 and Torres....something to do with dark hair and blue eyes Which one though? I preferred the second one (forget name of character and actress ), although Jadzir (sp?) was also a fine specimen. My God, I sound like a biologist.........oh, I am.

Menchise, I kinda knew that, but I had to try something. I only orinted the key commands for Ep1, I'll take a look at those for Ep2 tonight.

quote:Originally posted by Supreme Cmdr: Look again. It is a key that is universal for all keyboards...even the Swahili ones. Well, I've tried every Ctrl-Key combination and nothing is matching my speed. I just set the keyboard layout to US, so I'll see what happens now.

Well obviously, if she approached me with that steely look and the old 'Resistance is futile', I'd be hard-pressed (excuse the pun, entirely intended) to refuse her assimilating my technology.

Personally, I find B'ellana Torres more attractive. Sevenofnine's breasts are just way too big, sorry. Was this how the Borg were going to assimilate the Universe, give their female drones Norma Snockers to seduce the males of the Delta Quadrant? As my dear old Dad says 'More than a mouthful's a waste'

Thanks for the advice SC, I think I've read all those things numerous times. However..... 1. Couldn't find a reference to the VTOL/AI problem in the VCF. 2. Demo readme doesn't explain why the CC will go to the WP, but a FC won't. 3. Kit around her ankles: OK found the reference in VCF. Shame. 4. Roll/Yaw: see above 5. Altitude: wasn't complaining. 6. Match Target Speed: still can't find it! Tried Ctrl-'Afterburner button', but all I got is A/B in the hud. Is this the one, or am I hitting the wrong combination? Will it be mappable to a Joystick button in the final release? Like I said, my keyboard is German, so some of the keys are different, to accomodate all accented characters. (Apart from the fact Y and Z are swapped over)