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by **Stephen Ferguso** » Sat, 08 Dec 2001 15:58:22

You mean "good old 1C:Maddox Games".

Stephen

> Good old Ubi Soft.

> David G Fisher

> > On Thu, 06 Dec 2001 18:14:02 GMT, "Scott B. Husted"

> >> >How is the online component and your general opinion? Especially
since
> I
> > >have a similar system as you described.

> > I haven't tested multiplayer that much yet, but I did an online
> > session with 32 players and that was really great, very good
> > connection and hardly any warping. I want to do some more offline
> > practice though before I go online again, because the online
> > experience was quite.. humiliating for me to say the least.. just like
> > my first GPL online sessions ;)

> > My general opinion is that IL2 is a new benchmark, and not only for
> > flightsims. The attention to detail is amazing, graphics, sound, how
> > smooth it runs, how real the handling of the planes feel, it excells
> > in all those areas. Like GPL it was made by people with a true love
> > and passion.

> > I suggest you read the reviews at www.gamespot.com and www.simhq.com
> > for some more info and screenshots.
> > And buy it. Now :)

> > >P3-900, GeForce Pro "Golden Sample" 450 64mb video card, 512mb of
> SDRAM,
> > >etc.

> > P3 866 GF2 here, running IL2 with everything set to maximum detail at
> > 1024, smooth as butter..

> > Andre

> > >Thanks,

> > >Scott
> > >PA-Scott

by **istof** » Sat, 08 Dec 2001 17:17:02

thorin sits down and starts singing about a pot of gold.

0.02 cents to anyone who knows that reference :)

about episode 2 ymenard, i hope its better than 1. I'm assuming that
the irritating little boy is gone and that jar jar's role is reduced
ten fold.

i watched the mummy returns last night and was struck by how much
better the kid was in the movie. didn't annoy me as much as the young
anakin did.

that reminds me of my favourite episode 1 joke.

why do all the star wars fans keep watching episode 1 over and over
again?

to convince themselves that they loved the movie.

just my opinion of course.

oh, one last thing, and just as off-topic.

some guy phoned into a local radio station complaining that in episode
one, Darth Vader is made out to be Jesus Christ. Apparently the lack
of a father for Anakin means that his mother had a *** birth and
yadda yadda yadda (yawn).

what next?
Regards all,
istoff

by **Olav K. Malm** » Sat, 08 Dec 2001 17:27:26

> thorin sits down and starts singing about a pot of gold.

J.R.R. Tolkien: The Hobbit

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by **Asbj?rn Bj?rnst** » Sat, 08 Dec 2001 17:34:45

> > thorin sits down and starts singing about a pot of gold.

> J.R.R. Tolkien: The Hobbit

My guess is the game based on the book.
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by **Olav K. Malm** » Sat, 08 Dec 2001 17:43:05

> > > thorin sits down and starts singing about a pot of gold.

> > J.R.R. Tolkien: The Hobbit

> My guess is the game based on the book.

Damn! I think you are right. I had it in mind too, because it sounds
very gamish, but I couldn't remember that line. But it dawns on me
now. The good old days... When each picture was drawn with one
background colour and black as foreground, and it took a minute to
draw on my Oric Atmos :)

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by **Andre Warrin** » Sat, 08 Dec 2001 18:15:08

On Fri, 7 Dec 2001 01:01:43 -0500, "ymenard"

>Warner was able to mess up his work after his death, it's a shame (it's like
>not patching F1RC when they released the DVD of Eyes Wide Shut still
>censored). Oh hehehe more connections, more Ubi bashing. You know, I
>haven't done much bashing on them for a while :)

They only censored one scene right? I downloaded that scene from the
internet, and imho it doesn't add anything to EWS.
Also doesn't change anything to the fact that I think EWS is one of
his best movies.. and not only because you see Kidman *** in it :)
But I think I'm the only one in the world with this opinion :)

Not if Episode II becomed just as crappy as Episode I..

Andre

by **Andre Warrin** » Sat, 08 Dec 2001 18:17:16

>> thorin sits down and starts singing about a pot of gold.

>J.R.R. Tolkien: The Hobbit

I think he refers to the C64 adventure 'The Hobbit'..
right?

Andre

by **Andre Warrin** » Sat, 08 Dec 2001 18:18:06

>> > thorin sits down and starts singing about a pot of gold.

>> J.R.R. Tolkien: The Hobbit

>My guess is the game based on the book.
>--
> -asbjxrn

I swear I read this post -after- I posted my solution..
I want those 0.02 cents!

Andre

by **Andre Warrin** » Sat, 08 Dec 2001 18:20:04

On Fri, 7 Dec 2001 01:13:43 -0000, "Phil Lee"

>I'm using the Stickworks driver so that I can use my CH Pedals with an X-36.
>The process is very simple and very effective. It really makes a difference
>when you're strafing an armoured column in IL-2 and can flick left and right
>with the pedals. Give it a try, you may like it. Also it is really easy to
>fix if it doesn't work.

Thanks for the tips guys.. I didn't expect a problem at all (saitek on
usb, ch on analogue, how could possibly not work?)
But good to hear good old Stickworks brings a solution - again :)

Andre

by **Andre Warrin** » Sat, 08 Dec 2001 18:27:30

On Fri, 07 Dec 2001 00:15:10 +0100, Ronald Stoehr

>As the X45 is probably quite similar to my X36 (internally), there might
>be a problem to use analog pedals with it, too.

I don't think much has changed.. to be honest the x45 is quite ugly,
it's blue now, but I heard and read the springs in the x45 have
improven a lot.. Oh well, a can of black paint should do wonders.

I know what you mean.. that NukeUSB step sounds *** indeed :)

Andre

by **Andre Warrin** » Sat, 08 Dec 2001 18:28:43

It is.. the final version is even better :)

Andre

by **Stephen Ferguso** » Sat, 08 Dec 2001 18:42:38

What next? "Jedi Knight" is an official religious affiliation on the
British polls...

Yawn...

Stephen

by **Stephen Ferguso** » Sat, 08 Dec 2001 18:45:01

> > > > thorin sits down and starts singing about a pot of gold.

> > > J.R.R. Tolkien: The Hobbit

> > My guess is the game based on the book.

> Damn! I think you are right. I had it in mind too, because it sounds
> very gamish, but I couldn't remember that line. But it dawns on me
> now. The good old days... When each picture was drawn with one
> background colour and black as foreground, and it took a minute to
> draw on my Oric Atmos :)

My friend, those are not "the good old days". The true "good old days" were
the days of Infocom text adventures. You had words to read, and word to
type. That was it. No fancy 3D cards, no gigahertz processors, but
strangely, the images conveyed were some of the most vivid, and the gameplay
was some of the best. Funny thing, that imagination thing. :-)

Stephen

p.s. don't even get me started on Harry Potter Lego....

by **Olav K. Malm** » Sat, 08 Dec 2001 18:51:53

> > > > > thorin sits down and starts singing about a pot of gold.

> > > > J.R.R. Tolkien: The Hobbit

> > > My guess is the game based on the book.

> > Damn! I think you are right. I had it in mind too, because it sounds
> > very gamish, but I couldn't remember that line. But it dawns on me
> > now. The good old days... When each picture was drawn with one
> > background colour and black as foreground, and it took a minute to
> > draw on my Oric Atmos :)

> My friend, those are not "the good old days". The true "good old days" were
> the days of Infocom text adventures. You had words to read, and word to
> type. That was it. No fancy 3D cards, no gigahertz processors, but
> strangely, the images conveyed were some of the most vivid, and the gameplay
> was some of the best. Funny thing, that imagination thing. :-)

Erm, the Hobbit computer game was a text adventure, where you had to
type in sentences. But hey, what do I know, I didn't get a computer
until 1982, when I was about 8 :)

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by **Andre Warrin** » Sat, 08 Dec 2001 18:59:41

On Fri, 7 Dec 2001 10:45:01 +0100, "Stephen Ferguson"

>My friend, those are not "the good old days". The true "good old days" were
>the days of Infocom text adventures. You had words to read, and word to
>type. That was it. No fancy 3D cards, no gigahertz processors, but
>strangely, the images conveyed were some of the most vivid, and the gameplay
>was some of the best. Funny thing, that imagination thing. :-)

You're telling me.. I finished ALL Infocom adventures.. mostly on my
own ;)
Quite some people are still making new adventures for the Infocom
parser, which is all being released as public domain. Some of them are
truly on the same level as the Infocom classics..
If you're interested I'll mail you the urls when I get home.

That bit is worrying me about the Lord of the Rings movie..
will we see Hobbit Lego, Hobbit candy and Hobbit T-shirts at every
store? I hope not :(

Andre

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