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How to run a Full System Check What information should I include when posting my problem?

Sounds like a port block. Basic service ports like 80 for HTTP are working but advanced range ports > 1024 seem to be locked down. Are you using the net at home? work? uni? who is your ISP? do you use personal firewall software? Zonealarm,...

*daces a happy jig* diddlely-dee di-dee da-dum

/tiphat

NIce. I especially like Odj's piece "No rest for the wicked"

Have you tried doing a Full System Check from the Launcher? (I noticed you're using the launchpad). That will scan all files and replace or repair any that don't pass a checksum test. A Checksum is used in many places (even barcodes and IS...

Smart kid. Previously the biggest problem with solar power is that there isn't enough surface area on the planet facing the sun to supply our power needs.

Not unbreakable... It's simply uses auto intrusion detection shut-down and re-route. But just like every system ever invented, if it has to be decoded on the receiver's end as human-readable information, all you have to do is tap the recei...

Bappy Hirthday!

Grats! A nice read. I really should play on Vector more.

From my 30th Birthday (theme: computer games)... The wife and I. After saving Earth from the Covenant and the Flood, Master Chief John117's next mission: Find Carmen Sandiego:

Yeah... there's a bug with the DirectX resource restore routine that re-loads the resources after an Alt-Tab. It causes obscured objects to be drawn after the item that obscured them (z-buffering is reversed). The translucency effect is du...

What is the User32.dll file? Windows stores instructions for graphical elements such as dialog boxes and windows in the User32.dll file. The User32.dll file is necessary to the operation of Windows. If this file is damaged, deleted, or rem...

UniToxic is right. That video card doesn't meet the minimum requirements by a long way. You'll also be wanting around another 256 to 512MB RAM. You can run MxO on a Mac... but the only way to successfully support directX fully is to use Bo...

I LOLed at the boy band "The Magic Markers"

We may well be seeing a night race in Melbourne next season... if the racing comission has their way. Stupid timezones. Albert Park Lake at night would be very dark.

Very nice work!

How much taco love do you really need? There's fricken billboards around MegaCity that say "Eat a Taco!" Also Taco restraunts dont exist in australia really (thre may be one or two) so no Taco Del for me... I'll have my home made ones with...

'Grats Roukie! It's about time Battletoads FTMFW! I'll never forget the day I got past the first bike run only to find out that the surfboard and jet bike in the fire levels were just as hard. I screamed bloody murder. I only ever got as f...

Given that you can get to the loading area but not the actual game world it sounds like a corrupt map, sound or texture file. Run a full system check (instrustions on how to run it properly are in the solutions FAQ).

Awesome work from teh Phluffinator!

caillech wrote: According to the Mayan calendar the world ends in 2012. And I certainly hope the bang includes laughter! Noooooo... The Mayan Calendar runs out / repeats it's cycle in 2012. Any indication of a cataclysmic event is an inter...

The support Forums are now a condensed sub-section like the server discussion areas: Support Forums (4 Boards) They're in between the news and development boards at the top. In the Solutions FAQ for Performance Issues is: In-game music isn...

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ReProgrammed wrote: phi wrote: ReProgrammed wrote: *trimmed* Super String theory is based off that 10/11 dimensional structure, yes. Time travel is folding through the 5th dimention in that model. Paradox-free time travel involves folding...

ReProgrammed wrote: phi wrote: If you are familiar with the concept of multiple universes the most likely outcome of time travel is that the time traveller ends up in a different universe. Think of it like this: - you invent a time travel...

If you are familiar with the concept of multiple universes the most likely outcome of time travel is that the time traveller ends up in a different universe. Think of it like this: - you invent a time travel device - you travel to yesterda...

Virrago wrote: pyro20 wrote: Personally I'm more worried that Michael Jackson and Amy Winehouse will get married and produce mutant babies that will enslave humanity with their bizarre sounding voices. You made me laugh coffee from my nose...

Am I the only one that noticed the winer listed in last week's comp was pyroclasm... but the quote was my winning entry from the week before?

What's your hardware? Slowwer hardware is auto detected and the game will set itself up to run on low settings (hence no traffic/peds). The installer actually has to download a few gigs of data, so leave it for at least 30 minutes and if i...

I have a G11 (I figured that there's nothing in any game that I need to see on the Keyboard display) and it has 18 "G" buttons. the g-buttons have 3 memory modes (that's 54 programmable functions). Of course you can give each game it's own...

Vinia wrote: phi wrote: Back and forth: http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=1032094 Very clever! I tweaked it so that it works like I originally intended. The retrieved pinkie now actually triggers the delivery vehicle launch. Back a...

I barely did any work today I was so busy mucking about with this. It's like motorised, spring loaded, mechano... only better.

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Rolling Away: http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=1033179 Reach Up: http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=1115758 Mind the Gap: http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=1033275 JunkYard: http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId...

Clearly the white suits should be respected. As confucious say: Man look up to woman flying in short skirt.

As always Mantra777 doesn't fail to appear

Proximisio wrote: Well, I was going to suggest Pyramid head, but that might be even worse than the Master Chief outfit. Not bad... an apron with fake blood, a big knife and a pyramid (both can be made from cardboard, tape and tinfoil with...

Before I forget there is a rather annoying bug/feature of the playground (unless it's ben fixed... I haven't checked). Namely, you can not team up with potentially pvp hostile players. Eg: in the matrix a merv and a zionite team up. When t...

given that it seems to be construct designed solely for the purpose of battling hrder than normal NPCs a FFA style arrangement would rule out area attacks. Not a good idea. That and given the difficulty and cost of the boxes ... I'd damnwe...

Mathalos wrote: Rarebit wrote: Mathalos wrote: It was said a long time ago, that all earned experience past maximum is still updated in the database I don't think that's accurate. As far as I can see in character data, it stops at 31462499...

With a couple of quick clothing changes you can easily up your IS regen to the point where it isn't a problem as an MA. The out of interlock attacks are useless as an MA due to the close distance required. Diversify your loadout. A MA vs M...

Hindering shot is useless without a huge accuracy boost. As an MA your ballistic defence is fine but your accuracy is bollocks. try even hitting an MKT with it.

The problem with Tessla's vision is summed up in one word; "interference". Make a tessla-coil (a high power version of those zappy glow globe things that follow your fingers on the glass) and turn it on anywhere near a TV, Radio, wireless...

Hey ... It's my 30th coming up. As I was born the same year that Space Invaders was made, I've decided to make my party a dress up with the theme of video Game stuff: Anyone got any good ideas for costumes? I really don't want to spend muc...

I had the same problem the other day just after the hotfix. Have yet to re-log. When the camera was looking in certain directions the world textures (shading issue?) went black except for the HUD interface. I'll let you know how it turns o...

There is a proxy server on the network. The only real way around it is to tunnel out of the firewall and give your NIC a fixed DNS server lookp that is external to the network. Chances are they know what they're doing and have just locked...

It seems to me that the patch download is stalling and timing out. If you close the launcher and re run it the download will pick up where it left off.

How much in in the "waiting for approval" queue? Anyone other than me?

Phoenix... That's a good read.

Normally the bouncers would stop a fight but with one guy on fire this one is beyond their pay-scale. (woot 1st!)

Yiff in hell?

Yay Mittens! The only player wth more randomness than TeH pEnGuIn Of DoOm!!!! (spork!) ;P

Well given the number of Marvel Heroes getting their own movie lately and the post credits scene in Iron Man, I smell a bigger project on the horizon.

Ceiling cat gets watched back...

Neoteny wrote: I wonder where that fish did go? A fish, a fish a fishy-oh! /thread

This wasn't what I expected when Morpheus said the red pill would give me a new way of seeing things.

I really like the latest pic.

I'd love to get my greasey mitts on an SR but wouldn't know where to begin.

What time was this event (PST / Mega City Time / GMT ... whatever)?