Matchoo

I don't have an internet connection at home, so on Tuesday morning I ran the UCAWA executable and it came up with the activation screen. I selected to activate it manually and it gave me a hardware code. I wrote the hardware code and my game key down so I could activate it at work, and I left my pc on with the activation window up so I wouldn't lose the hardware code. I got on the website at work and activated the game, but on my way home from work a storm caused a power glitch at my house and my pc turned off. I figured I would have to re-activate it again since I had lost the activation window with the hardware code I had used. I re-ran the UCAWA executable which gave me the activation window with a new hardware code, but just for fun I typed in the activation code I got that morning using the old hardware code and it accepted it. Is that what it should have done, though?

quote:Originally posted by Blond_Knight: AWA includes STARFORCE?? Requires activation? Derek I like your game(s) but this is simply boneheaded. You should be aware how much gamers hate this kind of intrusion. I'll keep my money. I agree. How dare he implement a system to protect HIS intellectual work from piracy. The nerve of some people. The first time running the game it pops up a activation page. It give you a hardware code which you then enter on to a website, along with your product key. The website gives you back an activation code you then type in to the activation page, and you're good to go. If you can't handle that little bit of work then you probably shouldn't be playing SC's games. (p.s. Thanks for the link SC. Worked great. )

quote:Originally posted by Supreme Cmdr: quote:Originally posted by Matchoo: You need to add your system information to your signature. He doesn't. He's not asking for tech support on a released game. Sorry, my mistake. Didn't realize that it was only required for released games.

quote:Originally posted by twobombs: Hi Derek, I've been gone a while from the BC scene, I thought to try out the new demo (ucwa demo3) and it keeps on crashing at start. Some D3D error says the m$-log. I run GF4 & nv80.40 drivers on a dual P3 running XP SP2. If you want I can send the debug log. I hope to run the demo and buy the game. Greetings, 2bombs You need to add your system information to your signature. Instructions are in the link below. Read this

http://www.theregister.com/2005/08/08/cana...es_get_hitched/ I guess that's one way to save money on car insurance...

quote:pride 1. A sense of one's own proper dignity or value; self-respect. 2. Pleasure or satisfaction taken in an achievement, possession, or association: parental pride. 3. Arrogant or disdainful conduct or treatment; haughtiness. 4a. A cause or source of pleasure or satisfaction; the best of a group or class: These soldiers were their country's pride. 4b. The most successful or thriving condition; prime: the pride of youth. 5. An excessively high opinion of oneself; conceit. 6. Mettle or spirit in horses. 7. A company of lions. 8.A flamboyant or impressive group: a pride of acrobats. Pride and arrogance can be the same thing. I'm not saying that there is anything wrong with having confidence in yourself and pride in your work. I just think that one needs to be careful not to let that pride reflect itself as arrogance. That can be done by retaining a little humility. quote:Humble 1. not proud or haughty ; not arrogant or assertive, 2. offered in a spirit of deference or submission (appology) 3. ranking low in some hierarchy or scale (insignificant), 4. - to destroy the power, independence or prestige of. You are right, though, and I agree that we need to be careful not to underestimate ourselves or let our children think that they are limited in potential. Doing that robs us and them. But enough with the dictionary definitions. What was this topic about again?

quote:Originally posted by Soback: You go ahead and be humble, I, Jaguar and people like us, we know our own worth. And don't you dare try to trap us into guilt that not being humble is bad. We know better, you destroy our childrens minds with bs like that, they grow up not knowing their potential, throttling their brains, and grow up subjugated and taken advantage of by every thug and passerby. Proud, assertive, non submissive, high ranking, independent, prestigious, that's all the oposites of humble. I am that man, NOT HUMBLE, and our troops are those soldiers, NOT HUMBLE. You're right that not being humble is not bad, but being humble isn't bad either. quote:arrogance n : overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner toward inferiors quote:confidence n 1: freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilitiesI think the main difference in the two items above is the first throws away all humility while the second retains the humility which adds strength. I know I would much rather socialize with someone who is confident with their abilities but treats me with respect rather than someone who is cocky and looks down on me.

I have a 4-month old daughter (our first) and that was cool to read. Thanks.

So these people that are mad at those that are claiming that video games cause people to be more violent are sending threatening e-mails? Any one else catch the irony here?

You keep flying through a jump point and are getting frustrated because you DON'T jump, you just come out the other side, only to realize later that you actually have to have the jump point targeted first....

quote:Originally posted by Soback: If an individual makes an error in his decission, it doesn't mean that that error was not made in his own best interest. When a child burns his hand touching the stove, you as an adult know that the decission to touch that stove is wrong one, the child doesn't, once he touches the stove and learns that it's not good for him, he learns, and therefore that first decission to touch the stove was in his best interest. He made it!!! That's what makes you an individual, you can learn from experience, personal, physical, by reading, looking, hearing etc...If however someone just makes the decission for you, and says it is so, and you have no choice about it because THEY KNOW WHATS BEST FOR YOU, then your mind has just been raped, that person is making you a zombie, a mindless drone, taking away your freedom of free will.I can't remember how the quote goes, but basically is says something to the effect of 'a smart man learns from his mistakes. A smarter man learns from the mistakes of others.' At some point in history someone burned their hand on the stove and realized that it hurt. That knowledge got passed down through the generations and we now know that if you touch a hot stove, it's going to hurt. Now if you don't believe this or think that your mind will be 'raped' if you don't listen, then by all means touch the stove and prove it to yourself. (I'm guessing afterwards you will say 'wow, what a dumb thing to do. I should have known better' rather than 'I am glad I did that. I am a better person even though my hand hurts like he||.') Sometimes making a decision for someone IS in their best interest, even if they don't know it then. I think many laws exist for the reason of protecting the many from the actions of the few rather than protecting the few from the actions of themselves, even though some laws may go overboard.

Is he talking about keeping some UCMP servers around through the end of the year instead of converting them to UCAWAMP servers?

quote:Originally posted by Supreme Cmdr: quote:Originally posted by Matchoo: quote:WARNING: This version of the game requires an internet connection in order for the CD-KEY to be validated for both single and multiplayer. This will be done only once; unless you uninstall the game.Hopefully this isn't a stupid question. Does this mean if I don't have an internet connection at home I am S.O.L., even if I order from BTMicro and get the CD version, or can the CD-Key be validated on a computer other than the one being played on? You can auth the game from any computer. Ordered

quote:WARNING: This version of the game requires an internet connection in order for the CD-KEY to be validated for both single and multiplayer. This will be done only once; unless you uninstall the game.Hopefully this isn't a stupid question. Does this mean if I don't have an internet connection at home I am S.O.L., even if I order from BTMicro and get the CD version, or can the CD-Key be validated on a computer other than the one being played on?

quote:NEW YORK --A woman upset that she bought the video game "Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas" for her 14-year-old grandson without knowing it contained hidden, sexually explicit scenes sued the manufacturer Wednesday on behalf of consumers nationwide.....Cohen said in the suit that she bought the game in late 2004 for her grandson when it was rated "M" for mature, for players 17 and older. According to the suit, she directed that it be taken away from her grandson, which was done.But she had no problem buying her 14-year old grandson a game that was rated 'M' and intended for people 17 and older. Hipocrit. I guess she figures this is a good way to try to make a quick buck. Maybe Hilary should spend her time a little more wisely and work at getting those who buy these games for under-aged people held responsible.

'Scotty' may be going where few people have gone before...

Ok, I've been playing since I posted last week, and I have to say that it is still fun, and I don't see how some people can say it is too short. When I first broke out of the prison, fought my way to the quarters of the head security guard (guy with sun glasses), and beat him, I thought to myself 'yeah, it was way too short'. But then it turns out I don't kill him, and I get sent do a deeper part of the prison. Good, the games longer. I play it off and on for a few days, I make it out of the lower prison area, fight my way to a spaceship, board it, and I figure 'hey, I'm finally done'. WRONG!!!!! They capture me AGAIN, put me into a cryo-freeze (yeah, like THAT'S gonna hold me ), and of course I break out again. Now I'm trying to find my way out of the room with the cryo-pyramids. Talk about a fun game..... (I did find one bug/exploit though. I discovered that if you are in a fire-fight, if you get into a shadow and duck so you normally can't be seen, then quick-save, there is a good chance when you quick-load that the enemy will forget that he is fighting you and walk away, giving you the opportunity to him.)

quote:1. Can now use the CC transporter system when on a planet

quote:Originally posted by LostInSpace: quote:Originally posted by Jaguar: I loved his reference to Columbine, Like video games somehow had something to do with it. From what I remember, they were trying to blame it on a movie, The Matrix, and had nothing to do with any computer or console game. This guy needs to get his facts straight. That's where SC has it lucky. It's going to be a few years before they can blame anything on him. "Next on the news, a 15-year old boy is being charged with RANDOMing Mars. When asked why he did it, he said 'I did it many times in the Battlecruiser games and it looked like fun."

Time to resurrect an old thread..... I went ahead and bought this game yesterday for $20 (PC version), played it for a few hours last night, and I have to say that so far it has been awesome. The creators did a really good job at capturing the look and attitude of Riddick (Vin Diesel doing the voice really makes it good). The graphics are really good, the gameplay is fun, and the cutscenes are great. I'll have to finish it and give my final opinion, but so far the reviews have been pretty accurate and I would suggest it to anybody who hasn't tried it. Below are a couple of my favorite cutscenes so far, but if you are planning on trying it and don't want it ruined, don't read on. In the opening cutscene, you see Riddick walking through a frozen wasteland, and some creature stalking him. Riddick goes into a cave and the creature rushes in after him, only to be knocked in the face by Riddick when it enters the cave. By the time it regains it's composure, Riddick is gone. It travels into the cave looking for him, and spots his coat on the floor. It stops to smell it, and that's when the camera changes and you see Riddick (his knives stuck in the wall to hold himself up), in a shaft above the creature. Riddick folds his arms across his chest, comes down on the creature, and proceeds to kill it. He then makes a comment about it not being safe in the dark. It totally felt like I was watching one of the movies, and I was tempted to go pop myself up a bag of popcorn. In another one later in the game, Riddick is running towards this deep pit that he has to go down. Right before he gets to it, a guard jumps in his way and starts shooting at him. Riddick tackles the guard and they fall down the shaft. On the way down, Riddick says 'Its not the fall that kills you.'. They get to the bottom, and Riddick lands on top of the guard, crushing him. Riddick stands up, brushes himself off, then looking down at the dead guard says 'Its the sudden stop at the bottom." That's totally Riddick...

wow. I guess I better delete my internet cache so I don't risk storing something that shouldn't be stored.....

quote:Originally posted by street: quote:I disagree. The primary target of the war are Terrorists. We have absolutely no quarrel with the good citizens of Afghanistan and Iraq. Concerning IRAQ: Which citizens do you not have a quarrel with?...The 51% or so cooperating and supporting the occupation.....or the 47% who oppose it? I would guess the 51% who are supporting it and those in the 47% who oppose it but aren't taking up arms against our troops.

quote:Valve's Half-Life 2 survey clearly shows over 20% of PC Gamers would not be able to run Battlefield 2.Why would Valve be doing a survey about BF2? "Can't play BF2? Buy HL2 instead, it will run on your GeForce4 card....(*note - Internet connection REQUIRED to play singleplayer.)" Funny how I can play BF2 but not HL2 because I don't have an internet connection I can play on. Wonder if Valve ever did a survey to find out how many PC Gamers wouldn't be able to run HL2 with the internet restriction. I had a GeForce 440MX when 'Deus Ex - Invisible War' came out. I paid the $50 for the game, but when I tried to run it it didn't work because the card didn't have the necessary hardware requirements (I check the requirements a lot closer now ). It sat on my shelf for 7 months until I was able to purchase a new card. I understand the frustration of not being able to play a new game because of hardware limitations, but I also understand now that adding the backwards compatibility adds cost and time to the project, and moving forward requires you to leave some behind. Hopefully we are getting closer to a point where the graphics will be as life-like as you can get them, and fewer video upgrades will be required to keep up the the latest games.

Let's hope this helps find a cure.