Charles Lindsey

Simply put, it isn't available yet. What was your point?

Are you absolutely sure about that mike? ------------------ Vice Admiral Chavik ICV Phoenix, Sygan Starstation (Sygan) Fleet Leader - Balor Fleet Official BC3K Tester

Hmmm, two vid cards. Which one is BC3K detecting? Are you using the /v? where ? forces BC3K to that vid card? There was something about two vid cards in a system a while back. Are you trying 2d or 3d? ------------------ Vice Admiral Chavik ICV Phoenix, Sygan Starstation (Sygan) Fleet Leader - Balor Fleet Official BC3K Tester

576k free is a bit low. You should try to bump it up to 600k free. The other advice is to have no extra programs running. Reboot then turn off (exit) every program that is running in the system tray. Then start the game. Read the faq and make sure you have followed the instructions. Install it, patch it, THEN run sound setup. Then play it. In that order. As in another thread it's been a while but that always worked for me. Edit in: Almost missed you are running a saved ACM. That saved game may be corrupt due to a system hiccup. Would start again and see what happens. ------------------ Vice Admiral Chavik ICV Phoenix, Sygan Starstation (Sygan) Fleet Leader - Balor Fleet Official BC3K Tester [This message has been edited by Charles Lindsey (edited 12-18-2000).]

Uhhmmmm, have you read the faq? Start over. Uninstall from Windows Control panel. Reinstall 2.0. Do not run sound setup or run the game. Patch to 2.09. Then run sound setup. Now you have to tweak your shortcut according to the faq. Been a while but I think that's the procedure from the 2.09 FAQ. Do all the other junk too like checking mouse drivers, etc. ------------------ Vice Admiral Chavik ICV Phoenix, Sygan Starstation (Sygan) Fleet Leader - Balor Fleet Official BC3K Tester

Ok you popsicles. I don't want to hear another word. It was 70 degrees yesterday with thunderstorms ans tornadoes. Today it's 28 and we have snow on the ground. Alabama ought to change it's slogan to "Alabama, we have every kind of nasty weather you can imagine". ------------------ Vice Admiral Chavik ICV Phoenix, Sygan Starstation (Sygan) Fleet Leader - Balor Fleet Official BC3K Tester

Go to Tips and Tricks Forum and expand it to a year. The top thread (that I can see with a 30 day limit) is on Capturing Pixan. Expand it and you will see more. Trading tips, Etc. ------------------ Vice Admiral Chavik ICV Phoenix, Sygan Starstation (Sygan) Fleet Leader - Balor Fleet Official BC3K Tester

You could also toggle F1 to turn the bridge view off and get a few more FPS. ------------------ Vice Admiral Chavik ICV Phoenix, Sygan Starstation (Sygan) Fleet Leader - Balor Fleet Official BC3K Tester

Yes sir; only in the past few years have our local governments gotten intelligent and assigned sand trucks to the most hazardous routes. If it gets really bad (probably peanuts to those up north) the State Troopers will officially close the interstates/roads. Then you are on your own.

Oh it's been a blast. Deleting vid and monitor entries didn't help. Yeah I have the manual and the cd for the motherboard. It's a K7ASA motherboard from AMR (Plus) Technologies. And it's an AMD 750 not 700 like I thought earlier. I had better luck when I went into the folder and found the SiS Multimedia 630 v1.03.50 drivers. My brother recognized the screens as it was installing. That would allow better resolutions and color modes but upon restart it didn't like the monitor. Black screen and refusing to boot. So I've made a little headway but not much. Come to find out it wasn't entirely the neice after all. It had had the black screen earlier in the week and bro used system restore to put it back. I wonder if the monitor itself could be crudding up already. Thanks everyone. I appreciate it. ------------------ Vice Admiral Chavik ICV Phoenix, Sygan Starstation (Sygan) Fleet Leader - Balor Fleet Official BC3K Tester

Down here in Alabama when it snows (it does occasionaly) I leave my car on the road. I have one of those steep driveways but I can handle most of the local roads so long as they run in a valley. A few years ago I was the only one that made it to work so I put a pallet on the forklift and played snowplow. That was pretty fun. The last time it snowed was on a friday night I believe. Well everyone beat the snow down as they went home so when we had the hard freeze it all turned into a sheet of solid ice. Luckily it was very bumpy ice and very dry. By Sunday it had thawed some and refrozen again into the bumpy dry ice. I needed something from the store so off I went. Went very slowly and the car did great. I guess that's the trick. Be careful and aware and go slowly. One thing though down here. If they officialy close the roads your insurance is null and void for the duration of the closure. ------------------ Vice Admiral Chavik ICV Phoenix, Sygan Starstation (Sygan) Fleet Leader - Balor Fleet Official BC3K Tester

My niece managed to toast my parent's computer. I finally got most of the drivers back in but the video has me stumped. It's locked into 640 x 480 at 16 colors. I've tried different vga adapters but no luck. Changed the monitor to plug and play and still no luck. The System restore function looks nice but didn't do a darn thing. It's a generic computer from one of the companies off of pricewatch.com. Athlon 700 128 Ram 16 meg AGP onbaord video card. The monitor is a 17" Plug and Play from Comp USA. I have told them to get the latest dx from Microsoft tomorrow. Any ideas would be appreciated. ------------------ Vice Admiral Chavik ICV Phoenix, Sygan Starstation (Sygan) Fleet Leader - Balor Fleet Official BC3K Tester

They are just trying to protect us fom our own competence.

Thanks for the compliment to the testers. Very nice article. ------------------ Vice Admiral Chavik ICV Phoenix, Sygan Starstation (Sygan) Fleet Leader - Balor Fleet Official BC3K Tester

quote:But yeah, I've already begun contemplating many a fate for this person involving the broken GeForce card, his ass, sixteen radioactive garden gnomes, and a pink goat. Ain't a pretty sight, but I'm sure he'll catch on to my dis-satisfaction real quickie! I wouldn't rip the guy too bad. From your own post above he's working on getting what you wanted. You can certainly be angry you got a bad card but don't blame the guy too much. Not his fault your system was built with the wrong card. Or was it? Ermmm, with your position at Hardnews a call to GEForce might be in order and even a reqest for a new card to see what it can do. If you think that's bad I got a little story about a computer that was supposed to be a demo (IE it sat on the shelf and people played Freecell on it or so I thought) But had actually been to someone's house and was a lemon froom the get go. Just my thoughts. ------------------ Vice Admiral Chavik ICV Phoenix, Sygan Starstation (Sygan) Fleet Leader - Balor Fleet Official BC3K Tester

[RP] That he had not made an apparent impression on Gallion was no surprise. He had not been able to before and didn't think he would now. But Gallion's mind digested things differently than most men's it seemed. That he had quoted history gave Chavik some hope. The other commander was full of ideals whether or not they led to the right thing. Chavik only hoped he could see past the threats and invision the importance of the mission. A female walked into the crowd and spoke. All motion stopped as they listened to her. Chavik found the merc who had searched him and made eye contact. He made a show of puling out his laser pointer. The merc grinned and elbowed his companion. Chavik aimed the beam directly above Gallion's head knowing he would see it. He wondered what the sight of that beam would do to him. Hopefully it would jolt him back to a reality that would work. [/RP] hehe , thanks Akuma. It was getting a bit melodramatic.

[RP] "I remember," said Chavik as he strode forward towards Blades' growing opposition. "I remember too well. We did not not bring the Gammulans to your doorstep as you seem to be implying. What we did was bring one of your own back to you, unharmed I might add, and just happened to be close when that first distress call came out. " "You remember that don't you? It was from the Predicant. Several Gammulan carriers were giving her a whipping with more on the way. Had we not been there, and been there in force, there is no telling what the galaxy map would look like right now. " "I don't remember hearing of any court-martials from that collaboration. And if the scuttlebutt I heard is correct; there are a few Stars of Merit in a closet somewhere with my, Rattler's, and a few others names on them. So what else happened "the last time we got together"? It certainly wasn't us bringing the Gammulans home to roost. Some of you werent' even commanders yet. Don't tell me they rewrote the history books. And so soon after we saved you sorry butts. " "And does no one remember the true objective of the Gammulan offensive? It is believed by us to be the secret base on Neptune where once again Earthcom had its hands in secret operations that were about to be your downfall. I remember all too well. " "Made any side trips lately Pirate? I've kept tabs on you of sorts. Quite interesting you want to know so many details when you yourself leave so much out. Before you get too carried away perhaps it would be better to listen to the reasoning being shouted in your face instead of whatever whispering voices are telling you. And relax just a tad, your necklace is showing. " "For myself I trust Rattler. You others have no choice but to trust Savage. And Gallion, one more thing, even a dull blade has a point. Be careful lest you get pricked by it. " Chavik looked at the Galcom commanders a while longer before turning and walking back towards Rattler. That he had set some of them thinking he could tell. [/RP] ------------------ Vice Admiral Chavik ICV Phoenix, Sygan Starstation (Sygan) Fleet Leader - Balor Fleet Official BC3K Tester

BC3K Trivia Technical trivia What must be off to jump through a jumpgate manually? From the bridge view, what two places is the Navitron accessible through? Above what altitude does the O key cause the support craft to achieve orbit? Forum trivia What was Derek's famous response to one of Tac's question's? What is the other famous quote about completion? Who liked to ram other ships? What fictional drink is alluded to from time to time? RP trivia Who was the spy in the Insurgents? What important persona started as a file clerk? What Insurgent character had him in custody at one time? What is Galcom HQ's real (original) name? All in fun. Any other questions welcome as well. ------------------ Vice Admiral Chavik ICV Phoenix, Sygan Starstation (Sygan) Fleet Leader - Balor Fleet Official BC3K Tester

Some tips to run the first gauntlet. After getting the best shields set everyone to upgrading them. Once you get to Pluto launch four (or more if you want) crab mines. Move slightly away from them and turn to face the TO..EARTH jumpgate. Sit there and ambush them as they come through the gate. Sit there and take it. Your shields will now hold though they may drop a little and you can just sit there and pick them off. ------------------ Vice Admiral Chavik ICV Phoenix, Sygan Starstation (Sygan) Fleet Leader - Balor Fleet Official BC3K Tester

quote:I really created a monster I think. [snicker], Now ya knows why I was so angry the first couple times I posted. Ya thinks ya know the game and it just really chomps you in the ...uhhm yeah well it does. Typos: What goes around comes around. Sorry about the typo while trying to correct your typo. Least you caught it. Both of them. Got the final version. Will try it out. I have tecniques for tod1 1/5; I just have to survive that and get to the next one or twelve. ------------------ Vice Admiral Chavik ICV Phoenix, Sygan Starstation (Sygan) Fleet Leader - Balor Fleet Official BC3K Tester

[rp] May 18, 3008 11:30 Chavik picked his bag up and began walking against the throng. It was towards the outer edges of the landing field that used craft were for sale. The station could handle only so much traffic so the rest was shunted to the edge of the compound. Chavik wasn't interested in the base salesmen anyway. He needed shuttles and he needed them fast and without question. Without many questions at least. Every vendor wants to protect his interests. As Chavik walked past the different buildings the crowd began to flow the other way. More and more people were interested in what was offered on the fringe. He stood at a corner trying to decide which way to go when a young Zelon driving a rather beat up skimmer pulled alongside. "Ride sir?" he asked, grinning. Chavik raised his eyebrows and looked at the contraption dubiously. It listed side to side as it idled there obviously due to the storage compartment welded on the back. Chavik shrugged and put his bag in the back. As he climbed aboard the added weight of his bag and person caused the skids to drag the ground until the Zelon upped the throttle. Chavik sat down with an undignified plop as the Zelon pounded the display, turned and asked "Where to?". "I need a ship," said Chavik. The Zelon nodded and revved the skimmer up. It lifted up above the crowd and headed off. After a few turns they began skimming straight ahead. After the last power plant the Zelon corrected course once more and appeared to be headed towards some mountains in the distance. They flew past the littered remains of several interceptors, ATV's, skimmers, SAM's, and SAL's. Chavik began wondering where the Zelon was taking him but he saw as they flew over a small rise. It appeared to be another Landing strip but the haphazard layout reminded him more of a junkyard. Several outlying buildings gave evidence that this was a rather busy place. A suburb of the main area they had just left but the conditions of the buildings suggested it was a good bit seedier. As the skimmer set down Chavik guessed it would have taken the better part of two hours to walk here. Chavik got off, removed his bag, and looked around. The Zelon spoke up. "Thirty galcreds." Chavik patted his pockets and grimaced. Of all the things to have forgotten in his preparations it would be hard cash. The Zelon noticed this and started to get upset. "C,mon, I'll buy you lunch, I want to ask you a few questions." "You already owe me thirty galcreds, no lunch is worth that. You're just trying to stiff me. I'm calling security." "I'll make it worth your while , now come on. Show me a good place to eat." The Zelon slumped his slight body even further and started walking away. "Not but two, at least Ja'eb has good stew." As they walked towards Ja'ebs the skimmer revved up and began to follow. Chavik turned around and stared. "How did you do that?" he asked. The Zelon grinned as he said, "Simple, just target yourself. Saved my rear a few times." 12:45 They sat in Ja'eb's and finished the last of the stew. Despite the look of the place it was very good. Either that or he'd had to many nutripaks lately. "So who is the best person to buy from?" asked Chavik. "Gorbush, this whole place is his. Well, except for the outlying stores. That's why I brought you here. He has the biggest selection of anyone. There is a raider base a few zones over and every so often they get cocky and try to take over. That was the debris we passed. It's the best parts store around and it's all free. Just Ja'eb gets to it first 'cause he is so close. But that's where I found my skimmer. A SAL had gotten the driver and left it largely intact. Scouting around the field gave me enough parts to fix her up. Gorbush wasn't to happy when he found me but I promised to work for him and steer business his way. But he's still one of the best." the Zelon added quickly. Chavik laughed, "I hope so but no matter. I need what I need and I will get it. And repay you in the process. I noticed that skimmer of your's didn't do too well when I got on." The Zelon's eyes dimmed and he blushed. "Yeah, it needs a logic controller and a surge controller. Plus some systems repair kits and tools. You just don't find those out there very often. Never tools. So I'm stuck going to Gorbush for repairs. " "I think it's about time you took me to see this Gorbush. " 13:20 At the Zelons insistence Chavik replaced his bag in the skimmer's trunk and they rode to see Gorbush. He had his office in a converted cargo bay in a useless looking Sentry. Chavik noted the turrets were clean as were the engines. Gorbush had gone to great trouble disguising his ship but Chavik had no doubt it could lift off on a moment's notice. As they entered the dim interior a rather large Kandorian with one "ear" missing looked up and said "Well, hello Z'ed. I've been wondering where you had gotten off to . It's been quite a while. " "Yes sir," replied Z'ed, "but I have a good customer today. " He glanced at Chavik and said,"Maybe my commision will be enough to pay off my skimmer." "I doubt it. Times are getting tough with the raiders and all. It's hard to find a good skimmer nowadays. The market has gone up." Z'ed's eyes dimmed almost completely for a moment then flared as he took a deep breath. Gorbush interrupted, "Now run along and find me some relay chips. We're running a bit low. " Z'ed mumbled something that sounded like yes sir and walked out with his head held low. Chavik watched him walk across the lot and round a pile of junk with his skimmer following as if it were his only friend. A surge from the reactor brought the skimmer even with Z'ed. He took it by the handle and led it around the corner. "A bit hard on him weren't you?" said Chavik as he turned to face the Kandorian. "What business is it of yours human?" Gorbush asked while swelling to his full height. "He was trying to steal from me. He is lucky I let him live then and still. He is a good scavenger though and useful to me. Now what is it you want? I don't have times for games." "No games Gorbush. I need three shuttles. Spaceworthy as well." Gorbush's ear twitched in excitement. "Well certainly sir, if you'll just come with me. I have several models at the edge of the yard." Gorbush came from behind the counter and strode out into the daylight. Chavik followed as they walked around the same pile of debris Z'ed had. At the edge of the yard towards the mountains there were ships of all sorts. Some loked as if they had seen the better side of the last century. One Sentry sat just at the edge of the yard with laser burns all over the hull and several large holes in the side. "Here is a nice ship," said Gorbush, pointing to a Solnar. "I said shuttles, I need the cargo space," said Chavik. "And what would you be needing to haul with three of them? I have some contacts who could get you an LRT-10 or a Canlon even. Plus my commission of course," said Gorbush, his ears twitching again at the thought of large sums of money. "No, the shuttles will accomplish what I need done. Take me to the shuttles. " "Very well, as you wish. This way if you please." Gorbush turned and starting walking to another area of the field. Past another junk pile there were five shuttles. Two T-1's, two T-2's, and a T-3. They entered the first T-2 to find Z'ed up under the dash. "What are you doing?" bellowed Gorbush. Z'ed flinched and they heard a loud thunk. He crawled out from under the dash rubbing his head. "Getting relay chips like you said. " "Out of this fine piece of machinery when we have a buyer?" "This tub wouldn't lift off if you set off explosives underneath it," Z'ed mumbled. "Boy," said Gorbush as he moved towards Z'ed. "Enough," said Chavik. "Z'ed, which of the others are in working condition?" "The T-1's are in good shape sir, and the other T-2 only needs a tacscan unit. This one is shot though or I would have swapped them out before now. " "Fine, the T-1's and get the tacscan unit out of the T-3 and install it here. Do we have a deal Gorbush?" "Yes sir, now if we can discuss the particulars," said Gorbush. As they turned to leave Gorbush gave Z'ed a look that promised retribution at a later date. They left Z'ed to replace the tacscan while they went back to the Sentry to discuss a price. 16:35 After settling on a price Chavik flew each of the shuttles to the Starstation and loaded them with supplies. He enlisted Z'eds help one more time and had him target himself so the shuttles would follow regardless of the ship he was on. Chavik had one more thought. He walked back into Gorbush;s office and said," I think I may need a skimmer as well. One for each shuttle. Do you have enough?" Gorbush answered "Yes, I will see to it." As Chavik left Gorbush smiled at the thought of revenge on Z'eds impertinence. "Z'ed," Gorbush called, "Our customer has decided on skimmers as well. Load them up." "But we only have the three and one of them is mine." "Not anymore it's not," Gorbush said with a sneer of contempt. "You'll just have to work harder from now on and purchase one the right way instead of trying to steal from me. Now load them up and get back to finding relay chips." 18:00 Chavik had walked around the compound testing the shuttles' targeting capacity. It seemed to be working well so he went to find Z'ed. He invited him to another meal at Ja'ebs. While at the Starstation he had gotten some cash out as well. He handed Z'ed a credit chit and told him, "There is your thirty galcreds and enough extra to pay off that skimmer." Z'ed's eyes glowed at the amount of money offered then dimmed and he said,"It will be a while. Gorbush sold my skimmer out from under me. It's loaded in the T-2." "I'm sorry, I didn't realize. Find another dealer. You don't need to stay around Gorbush any longer. But I will bring it back if I can. I have a feeling I'll be needing it. " "Yes sir," said Z'ed disappointedly and left. 22:00 Chavik prepared to leave. He got into the T-2 and unpacked his bag. He initiated launch procedures and taxied a bit checking the other two shuttle's targeting. All appeared to be working well so he burned towards orbit with the T-1's following. 22:15 Chavik arrived at Pixan Starstation and began looking for the S.S. Vulture. Launch control informed him of it's location and he was disappointed to discover it was an LRT-10 with no shuttle docking capability. Chavik targeted the Vulture as a precaution and set the T-2 down on a launch pad. The T-1's hovered nearby as he entered the station. 22:55 He made his way around to the Vulture. As he passed the launch control android he looked out into the bay and noticed the shuttles were still oriented on him. Ariving at the Vulture he encountered mercenaries when he tried to enter. They confiscated his sidearm and wristlaser and laughed at his light pen when one of the mercs mentioned his granddad used one to torture the cat by running the light around the floor while the cat chased it. They searched his bag and confiscated his knives as well as the power pack for the gun hidden in his shoe. Not having a power supply the gun passed the scan as the wand was run over him one final time. Chavik was surprised at the assemblage in the Vulture and even more surprised to see Rattler on the podium. But Rattler had always used any means necessary to accomplish his goals. After the meeting Chavik searched Rattler out. "What is all this and what was with that message you sent?" [/rp] It's long but I got carried away. Caught up and question asked. ------------------ Vice Admiral Chavik ICV Phoenix, Sygan Starstation (Sygan) Fleet Leader - Balor Fleet Official BC3K Tester

quote:Finished TOD3 and made some minor corrects to the first 2 TODs. Minor typos. I think you intended Pestcontol to be Pestconrol. One tense error. Towards the end of Tod 1 3/5 you have "ship" docked at Majoris +some EP's then you have ship didn't docked at Majoris -some EP's. Which conditions must be met to get the orders to Capture Tulon? I haven't seen that. Went back thru the whole commlink log. At one point about three pics and four messages pop up on the screen. Right around the time the Terran Dip is destroyed. A bit crowded and hard to read them with a fast delay (so turn the delay down , duh ). But that's just a nitpick. ------------------ Vice Admiral Chavik ICV Phoenix, Sygan Starstation (Sygan) Fleet Leader - Balor Fleet Official BC3K Tester

Bush will win.

Did that already, and with the BC. Repaired but I'm still in bad shape. Took about two days game time I think. It's getting better. Took two of the suckers out right off. IC's to defend the BC seemed to help a little. But a all craft RTB confsed the poor FE's in all the hub bub. Three of them got destroyed. Don't know whether to try again or keep what I got. ------------------ Vice Admiral Chavik ICV Phoenix, Sygan Starstation (Sygan) Fleet Leader - Balor Fleet Official BC3K Tester

quote:C.H, did you upgrade to full armor and shield? Best Armor, Best Shield, Best Engine, and a Lattex/NB reactor. The only problem is, even with half the guys working on armor and the other half working on the shield it still takes about ten minutes to finish the upgrade. You are eyebrow deep in Galcommies by that time. Not only that, instead of the one minute wait the SC gave us Gallion has an immediate alarm going off. The trick to getting out of Earth unscathed is to run like a scalded dog. Immidiately upon launch hit the afterurners. Then with the other hand do a quick "W", "P", and shift + ]" to get your shields up. Half a sec max if you good. At this point you can click in the hud and go to tactical and set you crew up and unload your shuttles. Start upgrading in logistics as well. Last stop Navitron. Set destination and log off. Hyperjump is charged upon launch so you immediately take off to the Pluto jumpgate. Once out of hyperdrive switch autopilot off, hit the afterburners again, and get up to around 2000 clicks per sec. By this time the IC's will be after you but your shields will be up so it won't be bad at all. Wait until you're between 5 and 8 clicks from the jumpgate and turn autopilot back on. Coast through the jumpgate and you in Pluto. Once in Pluto your shuttles should start lighting up on the TLM and you can send them out to collect those pods. Just in time for every last piece of it to hit the fan. The pods are a bit full if you haven't unloaded the shuttles. Found that out the hard way. And unlike a certain [rp]cowardly Corsair [/rp] we all know I've never been much for sneaking around. I know what a patrol zone is as well. It's where you have to stay to avoid a violation and more often than not make sure there are no enemies left around as well. Staying hidden kinda defeats the purpose of that I think. If Derek had left any this hard people would be crying foul to this day. [bg] If I remember correctly you can't dock with enemies around. Yet the ODS in the territory is enemy as well. May have to check that out as well. quote:Good IMO, this means that you are happy. Just not as flustered as I was the other day. It will be a challenge. I like a challenge even if I consistently lose. Gallion knows this. Will just have to try again. ------------------ Vice Admiral Chavik ICV Phoenix, Sygan Starstation (Sygan) Fleet Leader - Balor Fleet Official BC3K Tester