Roberto

YUP!!! Not straight away though. I like to let others buy games first so I can hear their opinions first. Mind you, half of the time I dont listen to what other people say in reviews anyway. They dont give you the right impression on a game. Ive got quite a few that people say "suck", but I like them. But yes, Im kinda looking forward to giving it a try.

GREAT! Ive got the day off work too so I can try it out.

Im assuming that your current saved game (that crashes) was first started 'after' you had patched BCM to your current version. Please note that the current patch that you are using is in beta form untill all pending problems have been resolved (see the VCF for more info.. as well as info regarding invalid saved games from previous versions of the game).

Look at the VCF under the downloads page (or at the top of the forums main page) for most current problems being fixed. Regarding the comment about loosing some team members... Check that your not trying to deploy SF marines to the planet (they cant be transported down, nor can a shuttle drop them on the surface). They can only be deployed in space.

Im still here too. Sorry for the delay. Been on vacation.

Ive just realised that you dont have your system profile added to you sig. Please correct this (do a searh using the boards built in features on the topic). Normaly tech support is only given out 'after' your system profile has been added, so that people can see what hardware you have, and help trouble shoot based upon that info.

Detonator 4 is a beta driver for Windows 2000/XP Windows 98 version hasnt been released yet by Nvidia. The link above is for Detonator 3, even though it does say its version 30.82 If you have the 98 version of Detonator 4, then its a leaked version, and may contain bugs (use leaked drivers at your own risk) Version 30.82 is the current offical version untill Detonator 4 is out of beta stage testing [ 09-12-2002, 10:53 AM: Message edited by: Roberto ]

I used to hate my old jobs that I had before this one. I 'used' to think that I enjoyed it, but how can you when you dont look forward to go there each day, and live for the clock to say home time. My life got turned around when I got so sick of being bored and depressed, so I got all my money, quit my job, and traveled across the USA for a few months, meeting all the penpals I had met before. Lots of fun! Now Ive moved here to the USA, and work full time as a programmer, and for the first time ever, I prefer being at work than being at home! only because I love my job. Yeah its easy to loose sight of what you want out of life when you hate your job. Mind you, Im 28 years old, and I still dont know what I want from life, or where i want it to go.

HEY! The Terran Raid was fun! I got all but one cloaked ship, which I just couldnt make a dint in its hull. if you fly backwards, they follow you so if you wait a little, you notice them right there infront of you! Then just start blasting away untill they get so close that they have to turn, and repeat. Do they ever run out of missiles? The last ship fired missiles at me for over an hour! [ 08-29-2002, 12:11 PM: Message edited by: Roberto ]

Signature updated SIR!

Damm! I forgot to put what ship class I wanted. I normaly fly the Battle Cruiser MK 3. Actualy, I dont remember seing the option to choose a class of ship on the form.

Just registered!

I didnt mean it in a bad way. I was just supprised since I had not come across this before. There is no doubt a lot more things that some of us havent even seen before, which is always a nice supprise for anyone. You have to admit, the AI often takes us all by supprise! (unless you wrote it, in which case you expect it to do certain things...)

Im here!!! I thought you would never check your mail. I sent you that PM a LONG time ago.. Anyway, whats my position??

To be honest, this is the first time Ive heard that a NPC can take a SC and land it on a planet. Normaly, for me, it gets destroyed! So I dont go looking for it. To be honest, I thought that if the shuttle left the region, it was destroyed automaticly. Quick question.. Were in the same region of pluto when it was stolen?

Hey! How did I miss that one. Your right, my fault. Thanks for pointing that one out for me.

Salvor, This is what the VCF reads reagrding this known problem. quote: The shuttle can deploy assets while still airborne. This causes a problem where a mining drone can still collect minerals if deployed from an airborne shuttle. This problem is only happening due to relaxed rules which do not require the shuttle to actually *land* first. Once the deploy/evac issue described below is resolved, this problem will disappear. [ 08-19-2002, 09:04 AM: Message edited by: Roberto ]

Man! The more I read Viper2000's messages here, the more I want to take a day off work and play BCM all day Ahh if only there were more hours in the day.

I was upset after buying real player 7, then the day it arrived at my door (on CD) real player 8 came out, with no option to upgrade without paying again... Ive never used their sosftware again after that.

I will I will!! Gona see that tonight

I think that you will find that he is refering to the CD key, which came with your existing version of BCM. That alone proves that you bought the CD.

Your right about the 'cartoony' look. I wasnt 100% sure about the new look when I first tried the demo. IG3 does have a nice look, although the icons for Close, Flee, Attack Device etc.. are not the best in my opinion. But the rest looks good. Are you considering going back to the 'cockpit' view from the previous version? It helped for the atmosphere, giving you a 'sense' of being inside the ship.

Try disabling your sound. Im only saying this because I noticed you use a Sound blaster live card with a VIA chipset. The two dont go too well together. Try it, and see if it helps at all.

Awww I was about to post about the lighting effects on the planets, when I realised you just updated the VCF with a comment about it. Im glad you caught that one about the light direction moving with the camera. Nice effects by the way.

Great news . Im assuming that this is the reason why the shuttle wouldnt take off too. Im looking forward to trying the next RC out, as always