Major Stress

My boy plays a lot of League of Legends (To where he blows ridiculous amounts of money on "character upgrades"), and i just don't see the attraction to it. Like i said. Not my cup of tea i guess. Though probably the same could be said for any FTP MMO now. With the "pay to win" system. I'm kind of ignorant on MMO's these days, because i haven't really played anything on a regular basis since City of Villains, and Eve Online. So what is the Attraction? I stopped MMO'

SoaDA was not my cup of tea ether, but i sure didn't want to see it fail. IMO DOTA type games don't do very well. Look at Demigod. It kind of fell into the abyss too. This niche i think only DOTA dominates. The question is "Why?". Why does DOTA succeed, and all others based on DOTA fail? I think Ironclad made a huge mistake abandoning SotSE in favor of SoaDA. SoaSE was/is still popular even after Stardock took control, and created Rebellion, and the DLC's (The IP i

I ran it in preview build. No problems

[quote who="starkers" reply="1" id="3568194"] So glad I ditched my Android tablet yonks ago for something far superior in every respect.... a Windows 8.1 tablet. [/quote] IMO a windows OS anything newer than 7 is along the same lines with unknown "phone home" crap. I read a few years ago that Intel was embedding firmware on newer PC's that could send information without your knowledge, or consent. Its almost to the point to where damn near "nothing" is "safe" anym

I have copies of Ubuntu, and Mint on the stand by.... Just in case.

Nah just now both sides seem to be building "Super Weapons" with "colorful names" like "slingshot", and "catapult". The stormtroopers in trailer 2 seem to be parading in front of one of these "uber weapons". Where have we seen this before? Oh yea! Episode 4, and 6. I like the artistic direction this is going, but i don't have too high hopes for a story at all. I think this one is going to be pure over the top non stop action. Pretty much like JJ's previous movies.

[quote who="Jafo" reply="20" id="3540800"] Quoting Major Stress, reply 19 The only reason Paramount lawyers are not spamming cease, and desist letters slamming the door shut on our mod is because we DO NOT charge for it. That will not be the reason at all. Copyright [IP] violation

Do you honestly think that this is going to stop with Skyrim? There is both good, and bad in this. First i already seen that steam pulled some of the "paid" mods, because of the issue of modders using others work, or IP without their permissions, or knowledge. It has already created the inevitable "shit storm", but i saw that coming. That was what i was afraid of. That people would try to charge for mods that they didn't fully create themselves. Using plagiarized a

How did this topic devolve into a "My overclocked CPU dick is bigger than yours" argument? Seriously?! If the persons computer can run Sins that is all that matters. Which in his/her case it "should" run it smoothly until the usual late game lag hits. Sins does use only one core of any CPU. So as long as its above the 2 ghz range you should be fine. The OP asked a legit question. Yes, You want The Sins Optimizatio

I hate you.... :p I consider myself fortunate to have a 3 gig quad core laptop. With 8 gigs ddr 3 ram :/ (there is much worse out there that cost MORE money)

[quote who="Jafo" reply="33" id="3533490"] Quoting Major Stress, reply 32 Thoughts? When running an OS within a VM you really should be suspicious of BOTH the OS AND the VM proggy. Yes, VMware may be entirely happy with 8, 7, XP, et al ...but that does not mean it <span style="text-decor

Is there any particular reason why windows 10 should use 100% CPU.. ALL OF THE TIME?! Yes i know its a beta, and i did report the issue. I just want to hear other thoughts than "were looking into it".. Right now i am getting Vista flashbacks. Here's the situation. I run Windows 10 preview build 10041 on Vmware Workstation 11. I allocate the recommended resources (2 core 3 gig cpu, 2 gigs sys. ram, 1 gig video ram, 60 gig VHD) VmWare wont let me allocate more than 2 CPU cores since

I have no incentive to upgrade to Windows 10 right now. I am running Windows 8.1 (with start8), and windows 10 inside VMWare Workstation 11. So far i am not impressed with Windows 10. While it may be "better" under the hood than Windows 8.1. I don't see any significant improvements for the average user (unless the average user is completely illiterate, and just uses "pictures"). The icons are a mix of both old style windows 7, and the god awful "euro street sign looking" icons. The start

I am still working on the Diplomacy, and Rebellion versions. It is taking longer than i thought it would. The Original Sins, and Entrenchment versions only work for Original Sins, and Entrenchment. However those are the two versions of Sins that needed TSOP the most. Since the Diplomacy fix's never made it into those two versions. You cant use the OS, or E versions for diplomacy or rebellion. You will get a warp speed trip back to your desktop. I have no release date, but

You are correct the documentation is old, and meant for Original Sins/Diplomacy. However, Importing a mesh is no different for Rebellion. The only difference between Rebellion, and Trinity is that ConvertXSI_Rebellion will add some parameters for the newer shadow system. You dont have to worry about that, because ConvertXSI_Rebellion does it automatically. You follow the same steps as you would if you were importing for Diplomacy. Rebellion supports a higher number of weapon hard poin

That is exactly what i am saying :) Build your mesh in 3dsmax. Then import it into XSI to add your mesh points, hook your materials, and make your tangents. Basically finishing it off. Make sure to follow the modding documentation. Plus there should be more tutorials stickied to help you out. ConvertXSI is the final step. Use it when you finish your mesh in XSI. Make sure you follow the modding documentation carefully when using ConvertXSI. The the sins

Many of us learned to model in 3dsmax. It was a requirement for modding Starfleet Command, and Bridge Commander back in the day. Some of us learned to model using Lightwave, or Maya, or Blender as well. When we started modding Sins we were all in the same boat. None of us knew how to use Softimage XSI 6.0 (the original modeling program used to make Sins meshes). However when the modding documentation came out with the Forge Tools we realized that we really did not need XSI to create o

Wow, this went south quick.. "Name dropping? Who's names? Robin Hood, Jesus, and Major Stress? (Stress should be honored to be in that company)" I am Flattered... I am not touching Elite Dangerous with a 10 foot pole. Totally MMO X-Rebirth Wannabe. Single ship. Ohhh, Ahhh, Pretty scenery, and.... not much else. SC You can fly damn near any ship you want, or not fly anything at all. Have a crew, or not. Have wingmen (but any mmo c

It is basically Homeworld 2 Remastered. With a very well done Homeworld 1 "mod" added to it. That is the best way i can describe HW-RE. Now understand they ported HW1 into the HW2 engine. So pretty much it behaves the way you would expect a HW1 mod for HW2 to work. Some things work very well. Others well.... They do not. Not to say that i am disappointed. I am very satisfied with how HW1-RE turned out. The visuals are brilliant. Does it have issues? Oh hell yes it does. It was ported

[quote who="wbino49" reply="423" id="3525309"] Why doesnt this game excite me? I should be all over this ..WC guy..love space games.. I like single player story's with RP .... [/quote] Can sum it up in one word.... BETA. The game despite pretty good progress is still very much beta. Like what Wintercross said. Once Squadron 42 comes out then SC will pick up the pace. Right now there isn't very much you can do. Sit in your hanger, G

I hear ya. I'm all for casual crap like exploring, and mining etc. etc.. Like i said once i get the rig to where this thing ain't playing at 2 FPS, and crashing if i try to move my ship. I will be a lot more active. Right now i'm kinda stuck in my hanger.

Well.. Being a Captain (or fleet commander) I have a very bad habit of getting people killed... Entire fleets (my own fleets) in my eve online days. Picture me as "Maniac" in wing commander prophecy. I can do crazy shit, and nothing will touch me (most of the time), but if i make others do the same crazy shit.. BLAM!... dead. So i would just be in it for the fight, or the money. Which ever. Just don't hand me the keys to your ship ;)

Considering that i NEVER use IE. Went as far as uninstalling it on my Win 8 rig. Since then... no problems. You want to talk about "choke me" add-on's, try buying an HP laptop. Then spend an entire day removing all of the proprietary crap software that you KNOW will never be used. Just wish i could get rid of this "add to pokki menu" when i right click on anything. Leave it to HP to install BS spyware.

[quote who="Stant123" reply="415" id="3523731"]*Edit* It's also still highly unoptimized. Very little level of detail and whatnot when it comes to objects at a distance. Still mad that I have to pick the ships I want to have in rather then just editing the files to allow for all of them to be in. Miss the gun range and stunt track. [/quote] This game needs "TSCOP" :p I am cool with being a crew member for now. Since my new laptop isn't really up

I finally got the chance to see my hanger in all of its 2 FPS on lowest settings glory. Saw i was gifted a free ship, and some decorations. Crashed when i tried to take the free ship out for a spin. Ah well this replacement laptop doesnt cut the mustard ether. cant say i was surprised.