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  • system problem

    nvm... was trying to debug some issue I have with my install of hl2 last night (my crosshair and the weapons in the hud weapon menu were letters) and I'd hardlock before the train doors open, which is quite fast.

    And yeah I guess that makes sense, even though hl2 has more shit to do, the codes is more optimal/efficient than hl1.

  • system problem

    I didn't have these problems with my gf4 mx. So either the card is defective, or it's a heating issue. I hope its the second, because unless it's already damaged the card (defective.), the heat can hopefully be fixed.

    In the day I can only play so long before the comp hardlocks, but at night when I'm freezing with my window fan going and the large fan next to my comp going, I can play a lot longer (it may still eventually hardlock, but it would be hours compared to minutes).

    Right now I'm working on getting a new HSF for my cpu, as I'm still using the stock hsf that comes with P4s (aka shit (the hsf, not the p4)). I'll consider the memory hs stuff. But question: How much do those memory hs stuff cost? I'd like to try those too, but if in the end the over heating isnt fixed and I'm forced to go back to gf4mx hell, the new cpu hsf would still be of use. (I don't have a lot of money to waste on this thing)

  • system problem

    I recently acquired a 9700 pro, 128mb. I cannot afford any other upgrades, so non of that "lol 9700 sucks" crap.

    My room is a minimum of 80-90 degrees fahrenheit as its summer. Whenever I run a demanding program (games, anything from hl to hl2), it eventually locks up my computer. sound stops. video stops. nothing responds. the monitor still gets a signal, but it shows the last frame it received. I believe it's due to heat (even with multiple case fans, and a large fan blowing into the case).

    Now, here's what I'm wondering. Can this overheating (if that is the cause of the hardlocking) and the hardlocking cause permanent damage to the card or other hardware?

    I'll post whatever hardware specs as requested (but I do have a PSU with enough wattage, otherwise the system wouldnt start anyways, right?)

    And my CPU temp sensor reports 100F when not ingame, and 115-120F when ingame.

  • How could 'we' solve a problem like this?

    Quote from -Stratesiz-

    The most common and cheapest trick is to just borrow a few screenshots from the original map, rename the shots and claim the map as your own. My first map was "stolen" this way.

    That happened to me too. I was making some AHL map, and let some people from my chan test when needed. Someone that I thought was okay took the map, took screenshots, and posted them on another modification's forum as HIS work, to get recruited. He got recruited. Someone linked me to his forum post, I PMed the mod team. Guess who got their ass pwnt?

  • Is Rockstar Games just doing this for the hell of it?

    Quote from mike-0

    I don't get it. I went to EB games the other day and asked the guy if they were still selling GTA:SA. He said yea, but to even look at it, you had to present an ID showing that you were at least 18. The reason for this - a sex scene in a game.

    ...and the violence, the drug usage, criminal activity, etc that the rating shows. Some people seem to forget that it does have those, and think that the AO only means sex.

    And the media has given R* that reputation. They're the ones deciding to make rockstar look like a bad guy.

    I'm still surprised that JT hasn't attacked counter-strike, a game where you get to blow things up, hold hostagess, kill vips (if thats still in the game) as a terrorist*, and right now all uptight americans are like "omg terrorism is bad! support our troops!", so you'd think that someone would catch that.

    *even if you spend half the game preventing half of that shit. that doesn't matter. even in gta if you can spend time as a cop going after suspects, as a paramedic, as a fire fighter, all good things to help the city, it doesn't matter.

    /me emails JT about CS. even though it would 'advertise' cs like people think this whole thing with gta is making gta sale a lot more numbers, maybe more parents would realize that their 12 year old is blowing things up, and then hopefully get them to stop playing, you know, do a little parenting, something not going on with gta. Then maybe there may be a lot less little 12 year old twats in cs servers.

  • Jack Thompson is a douche bag

    You may have a point. I hear from an english clanner, who is a cop, that the streets over there are much more safer because it is illegal to own any guns as a civilian. Not for sport, not for collecting, not for anything. So the streets are much safer, and the average cop doesn't need a handgun with them (they could though, but it's just my guess that the force is being cheap and saving several thousand cash by not buying guns (hey, if euros can attack americans and call em cheap, I can call the english cheap)).

    But then there's always this. The american media likes to blow things out of porportion. So that's why you're always hearing shit about some idiot guy in america shooting up his school (and then the media mentions heavy metal music and quake 1 as things the suspect enjoyed), while maybe euros don't overdo the media compared to what I just said. Speaking of sick european things, wasn't there some guy in germany that found some other guy, and they both ate that other guy's dick, then the first guy ate the other guy's body. yeah. Like you guys are all sane.

  • Jack Thompson is a douche bag

    lol

    The average email conversation with Jacko:

    Jack: Games kill

    gamer: actually, it has been proven that violence among america's youth is on the downfall.

    Jack: Well you're an idiot.

    gamer: How... immature

    Jack: I know you are, but what am I?

    gamer: Right...

    Jack: ILL TELL MY MOMMY ON YOU!

    Also, earlier I thought about this:

    Many say that Jack is only doing this to get his name out there. However, the only people that'll know his name in 5 years will be us gamers, just like we're the only people who know who Gabe Newell and John Carmack are. However, since he's trying to kill gaming, if he has his way, we won't exist in 5 years as gamer, thus nobody will know him anyways. How fucking redundant. He's trying to kill the only people that'll know his name.

    How about we stop talking about him, so we can begin the "Who the fuck is Jack Thompson?" fad