Yeah I feel bad now, I almost forgot harpo and I just read through like 3-4 of his helpful occurrences sorry harpo if you read this =X...man I even Karma'd him too, how the hell'd I forget him. Anyway, wow 640 megs, maybe my comp's just moody. I'll give it another try when I've got a better understanding of what I'm gonna be trying to do, 'cause if I break this one I'm gonna have to bust my ass to save up for a new one before that grant money comes in, and 3 months seems far away when you don't make much lol (has like $20 after bills are figured out) plus, in the process of moving and the deposits are looming over me like anvils in a road runner cartoon @_@

lol $20 after bills are figured out, wow. I'm doing good to have $5. But that is life as Married with Children. There are things you can do to help your computer. You would be amazed at how many things are running on your computer that you don't need to have running. Learn what you can and cannot shutdown (you can shutdown most of the background programs but it helps to know which is which) and you will find your computer running more smoothly.

yeah I learned a bit about those like itune's auto search update BS Bonjur and about the 5 other itunes related crap that runs regardless of the program being opened or not, still don't go into the rundll to fix the problem though so that's my own fault, to gun-shy that I might halt it from working(not that I don't use it for much more than a music player now that my ipod up and stopped being compatible with my computer, that's a whole other can of worms though >.>)

lol yeah I hate iTunes, it broke my CD/DVD burner

stant, I am ONLY 47 and have been programming for a mere 32 years, and my oldest desktop has a HUGE 48Kb of ram INCLUDING the video, but my oldest laptop has a MONSTEROUS 32KB with cassette and SERIAL connected floppy drive as the ONLY storage options, but it does work on four penlight(aa) size batteries for 13(!!!!!!!) hours before I have to replace the batteries.

and stant that is one of the BEST explanations I have read about the crap LAA that keeps getting regurgitated for every new game that has customisable maps with large(more than 200) unit counts possible.

harpo

You should find one of past explanations. The comic one is great IMHO.

Well, I'm 31, so what I said was accurate.  You've been doing this longer then I've been alive and I'm not some little kid.  ;Þ

the comic was ok, but did NOT actually explain it, just trivialized it.

and as far as programming, back in the early days ALL computer hobbyests HAD to program as the only was to get programs without SPENDING hundreds (in 1980 the average weekly wage WAS only $150) was to buy a magazine and TYPE in the program listing, then debug the typo's till the program worked, and with 16kb of ram and interpreted languages it paid BIGTIME to figure out every trick to minimise ram useage both in program size AND variable count and size ie is it ESSENTIAL if not get rid of it,does it NEED decimal points, or is it really going to NEED  to go above 32767 if not integer. this is just to give you an idea of what methods I use when I write programs, and my goal with all of my programs is to have all NEEDED functions, and the functions that will help the program to work, BUT only the things needed, which is why I have not even attempted to make a merge of all of my utilities as it would be a dogs breakfast of a mess to debug AND write, inspite of all of the common code between them it would probably end up twice the size of all of my utils and slower.

harpo

lol, I remember those days of watching my dad do all that. I helped him a little. Yes harpo you are old enough to be my dad.

Yeah, hence thats why its funny. *shrugs* lol Simple minded I am I guess.

The comic was supposed to be more amusing then useful, and it is, so no point in changing it.  It's never solely referred to unless we have a real dumb ass on our hands who can't understand how conversation works.

Ahh yes, the good old days of programming.  I remember them fondly.  The family computer was purchased all the way back in 1982 and I used that bad boy all the way up until I left home for college in mid 1997.  So everything I did, every program I made, every game I played, had to fall within 1982 settings...  Good times.  While at college, I relied heavily on library computers which meant I updated the specs I could work with by 10 to 12 years, and in very early 2001, bought myself a brand new top of the line Pentium IV desktop from HP which upped the game for me to then present day standards and beyond.  Used it every day up until early 2009 when I just said what the hell and bought my new desktop upping my abilities once again, and now the old one sits here playing music and doing file conversions for me while I'm on the new computer screwing around playing games and modding.

I think that old '82 Sperry PC is still in my mom's garage somewhere.  Might be fun to take it apart and turn it into a fish tank or something.

=]

lol I think my dad still has our Apple IIGS from 1987? or 1986? meh, somewhere about then

 ryat, my (that I purchased with my own money and was $799 on clearance original price was $1399 for the computer screen AND cassette player) trs-80 model 1 was built in 1977, and my model 100 was built in 1981, if you are trying for a battle of the oldest working computers, if not ignore it

harpo

lol nope, tbh I think I have the youngest oldest computer in comparison with you and stant

my computer plays games.

so does my model 1 and model 100, BUT my b3 plays different games to the oldsters and with prettier graphics and sound.

harpo

still remember my first video game

Sub Commander Simulation

it was epic, at least to an 8 year old

My first game lead me to be a criminal...    It's a weird little story.

My little brother and I would play a football game on the PC called head coach.  Got it in '84 as part of a game package called friendlyware.  Of course, me being 5 years old and my little brother being 4 at the time, we had no idea what we were doing, but hey, I learned to read because of it.  I hated to lose and so learning to read the penalty notices that popped up evened the odds between me and my older brother and gave me the virtual lock to winning rather then just leaving it up to luck of good play calling against my little brother who just accepted or declined penalties based on if I had accepted or declined the previous one on him, which ultimately made him learn to read because he hated to lose every time he played.  As a side effect I also learned all about football at a very young age and by the time I was 7 I was an expert (for a kid) on play calling and audibles and was typically asked to play with the older kids since I was just better then everyone else my age because whatever team I was on would just destroy the other one.  I'd always call a run and a pass play in the huddle and when the defense would line up I'd call out some color and number which would tell the others to run or pass against the defense I was looking at.  (Also the only time I've ever known someone besides the quarterback to be calling the plays on the field)  On defense it was kind of the same thing, call a run defense and a pass defense in the huddle, line up to match the offense, call the color/number of which I wanted to protect against more based on the offense I saw and I was usually calling the correct one.  Everyone would try to copy what I was doing, but I had a couple years under my belt of seeing what worked and what didn't so I was just better at it.

Anyway...  Sorry I've been drinking all day and it's affecting me badly right now...  I know I was 7 at the time because it was the first time I just left home and headed down to the park to play by myself because the older kids always did resulting in my mom thinking I had been kidnapped and eventually me being brought home in the back of a police car for all the neighbors to see and my ass getting beat later that night when my dad got home so bad that I had to stay home from school the next day because I couldn't sit in a chair.  They were probably afraid of child abuse calls too...  Also started swearing at the TV around that time watching the Raiders play because they did something stupid (some things never change, around that time I became a Steelers fan and actually started following a professional team religiously) but back then I'd get to remember what a belt across my ass felt like.  It never stopped me from swearing though and eventually they gave up punishing me.

I've always been popular with the girls since that day too, rumors at school on why I wasn't there the next day was because I spent the night and following day in jail after getting dragged out of the park by cops.  Chicks dig the bad boys.  ;]  And I've never not been a criminal since.  And that's how my first game made me a criminal.  =D

Hey, I just got this game and was looking at your mod.  It looked like a ton of fun so I gave it a shot.

However I seem to be hitting that 2 gig crash people talk about.  Any idea for recomended settings so I dont run into that?  Like graphics options, number of AI's, ect.

Thanks in advance.

Hey I keep getting mini dumps in larger games. Can i use the The Sins Optimization Project mod to help with this or will they not work together?

Ah just noticed the post above! Will try that!

TSOP is still at odds with DS but we are currently working them together.

Stay Tuned

Yay!

A side note, I featured your mod at my last LAN party and everyone there who didn't have a copy of Sins bought one and your mod is now a standard when for our Sins Lan parties.

sweet!

We are proud of our work and are glad that others are enjoying it as much as we do.

Did we just win the LAN Party Choice Award?

We would like to thank God and Elvis.