Sir-Astral

[quote who="GoaFan77" reply="8" id="3295178"] Quoting Sir-Astral, reply 7Okay guys, I can confirm that the missiles are indeed doing damage, it was very hard to determine until I followed Seleuceia's recommendation and mod out all other weapons. Yeah. Thanks for doing that test though. One time it took someone doing the kind of intensive testing you did to determine illuminators had a bug that caused them to do extra damage, which caused them to be OP despite repeated dama

Okay guys, I can confirm that the missiles are indeed doing damage, it was very hard to determine until I followed Seleuceia's recommendation and mod out all other weapons. I am beginning to think the bug was the other way around... as in the missiles graphically fired on a target that was actually not really being attacked. I do know what I saw and there was no mistaking that I saw missiles slam a target and it not take damage. Of course simply modding the game might actually get rid of th

[quote who="GoaFan77" reply="1" id="3294358"]I find that... unlikely. Keep in mind weapon affects are purely visual in Sins, there can be some delay between when you see them hit and it takes damage... especially with missiles. Also was it a Vasari extractor? They have the ability to temporarily phase out.[/quote] I am aware that effects are visual, however there was zero damage of any kind and I definitely waited more than long enough to verify I was not overlooking delay. Sinc

Playing version 1.1.4480 and I noticed that the TEC Rebel Ragnarov Titan is firing missiles but they are not doing any damage. it is easy to overlook as these missiles are often fired at objects also being hit by the autocannon. I noticed the bug on chance by see it it pass a roid where only the missiles were fired and the roid remained in perfect health after about 25 missiles slammed it.

[quote who="BFroberg" reply="37" id="3099947"] Quoting Sir-Astral, reply 34 And while we are opinions here, I grudgingly still purchase games on Impulse/GameStop because they are a lot more flexible and easier than Steam! At least when I open that client it defaults to my games instead of a sales page and I can launch and installed game without having to LOGIN every time! You can change the default page in the se

[quote who="BFroberg" reply="32" id="3098993"] Quoting JCD-Bionicman, reply 23Thats only one game youve listed that doesnt autopatch. I doubt many people use the archive system. Its a convenient side feature at best. However I agree with your dislike of gamestop. What really blows about Steam is the mandatory updates, having to be connected to the internet to play a game, etc. This is especially "blowy" if you have a rat ass connection speed like mine. Wh

This has become a problem for me! I do not want STEAM! I refuse to purchase another game on Steam PERIOD because I have had too many problems with them! Stardock, I have purchased several of your games as they are usually the types I enjoy but you lose a customer with me if you choose to make this game available for Steam only or online systems like it. I am tired of having to maintain 5 different accounts for gaming because you all believe that delivering bad custom

We need to tell Blizzard that there is no chance that we will buy this game unless they enable LAN and take the copy protection out. Here are my reasons. #1. The pirates are going to pirate it anyways. The Developers waste money on it and lose profits. #2. If Blizzard goes under or decides to kill battlenet then your game is now a piece of non-functional software. I still play games from the 1980's. People still play the first Starcraft.&nbs

For starkers & pacov The current recommendation is any drive from the OCZ Vertex Series. The 120gig size is particularly the best performer. The Apex, Solid, and Core series were the first generation SSD's. They have controllers that cause stuttering during data transactions can can make your drive choke. The Vertex has a new controller and 64mb Cache to eliminate these issues. Additionally the first gens are much slower than the 2nd Gen Vertex's.</

[quote who="starkers" reply="5" id="2285162"] And, this part is important. How many people have had their machines crunching data and then try to... surf the internet in the back ground? Its a sore and slow machine isn't it? I had that issue while recording/editing video until I upgraded my CPU, RAM and GPU... sometimes my rig would even freeze up if I opened a tab or two extra in Firefox, and, say, had messenger open as well. The upgrade to a Phenom II x4 920, 8 gigs of R

[quote who="kona0197" reply="4" id="2285093"]Geologists probably use Linux or Unix.[/quote] The geologists I know use windows. I wonder if anyone has solid data on the numbers?

[quote who="Jafo" reply="2" id="2284861"] Now I do not know much about ACAD10's requirements, but think for a moment. How many home users will be using that? I am not really against you using it as an example but trying to disprove something because an exception exists is a red herring. There is always an Exception somewhere right? So it is best to, instead, refer to the general rule. Yes....what's entirely suitable for the 'general user' can and will be somewhat less than CAD profe

[quote who="kona0197" reply="21" id="2283417"] But can you justify the cost? I dunno. Depends on how valuable your time is. And how rich you are. I'm sure those who have money to burn these days don't think twice about buying SSD drives. [/quote] Yes, we do think twice. SSD is still a new technology, it has only been within the past Month or 2 that OCZ hit main stream with their Vertex series drives, completely altering the SSD landscape in both performance and p

[quote who="Jafo" reply="18" id="2283333"]OK, maybe my comments "could" be construed by the overly sensitive as being directed at one and not all, but they were intended for all, as Starkers correctly suggested. Too often people will dig up corroborating links/evidence to support one view or another, but the vagaries of what this Net thing is is that any opinion, whether fanciful or genuinely salient can be supported by links/evidence - just from elsewhere, perhaps. Heav

[quote who="pacov" reply="16" id="2283297"]Seriously... this is now my fav post ever (and sorry for hi-jacking it). pacov said this "Also - I do see that you know what you are talking about re: tech from previous posts," Sir-Astral - It IS NOT an INSULT to TELL YOU that I DO SEE THAT YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT. Please, for the love of Pete, tell me that you are reading what I said... that the font makes that clear... SAY T

[quote who="pacov" reply="12" id="2283249"]Quick off topic - Hey, sir-astral. If you look back at my post (121), you'll see I was commenting on someone else's post. You chime in, tell me my article from 6/18/2009 (this month, 11 days ago) is too old. I provide you with a compliment (post 123) and ask a question (because I'm curious if there's a clear answer or good article out there)... you respond (post 124) by telling me you already made some posts and saying "I sit in a r

Starkers. You need some reading lessons as well. Let take this from the top. pacov said this "Also - I do see that you know what you are talking about re: tech from previous posts," Then I said this "I sit in a room chating and arguing with Professionals that have more certifications than you have letters in your name." Jafo decided to defend the instigator and said "I have almost always considered playing the m

[quote who="kona0197" reply="7" id="2283043"]Can't we just get along? Geez... [/quote] LOL, my bark is worse than my bite, but I do prefer clarity over agreement.

twilightDG I said "many" and "people" in my post. And you took it to mean that I only meant you. Lets have a quick and short english lesson. The word many indicates that I am refering to at least more than 1 person. Additionally many does not necessarily mean that I am directly targeting you. In order for you to be directly targeted by my complaint I would have had to type YOU or EVERYONE! I used neither of those words. Now, regarding the ma

[quote who="twifightDG" reply="1" id="2282081"] Quoting Sir-Astral, reply 19 (...) Well I stand (partially) corrected here. I know all you posted, I unfortunately didn't look at all the benchmarks on that site I quoted. In other benchmarks a single OCZ or Intel does stand up to 4 Raptors. Ofcourse sequential read/write speeds will be higher for Raptors in raid than SSDs, but read/write speeds aren't the USP of SSDs anyway. Too bad it's what they advertize with.<br /

[quote who="Jafo" reply="3" id="2282216"] If you think I do not know what I am talking about regarding Technology then you should go to school. I sit in a room chating and arguing with Professionals that have more certifications than you have letters in your name. I have almost always considered playing the my-knowledge-is-superior-to-yours card as being profoundly flawed as it can almost always be disproven. It's always better to rely on reading comprehension

SSDs Replacing HDDs Soon? Not A Chance 12:00 PM - 12/29/2008 Hot or Not? New Samsung and Solidata SSDs 2:00 AM - 04/30/2009 I have already placed links regarding my comments in past posts. Please go back and read again since you missed them. If you think I do not know what I am talking about regarding Technology then you should go to school. I sit in a room chating and arguing with Pr

Pacov: Those articles are too old now. Newer, cheaper, and faster SSD's are here.

[quote who="NTJedi" reply="15" id="2281508"] Quoting Sir-Astral, reply 7 To Jafo & NTJedi: Your comments make no sense. If this is all about moving forward, then are you saying that SSD's are taking a step backward in technology? No one ever said that or even implied such a statement. SSD is a step forward as we've been agreeing with the OP of this topic. Quoting Sir-Astral, reply 7 Additionally, just because t

[quote who="twifightDG" reply="12" id="2281419"]Just to avoid confusing from my post I'll clarify. I've never responded to the SSD vs RAM discussion. Both can be useful depending on your current system config. I've responded 1) to sir astral's claim that one OCZ can beat 3 or 4 Raptors in Raid0. I've posted numbers that that is nowhere near true, but I'll chalk that up to being overenthousiastic. No harm done. SSDs sure are fast and I like them too. And 2) I've responded to Ma