MXOWinterMute

Thank you so much for sharing the fun! =) Nice work, very nice.

I just love when a great person gets talked out of leaving. Still glad to have ya back!

So just how Epic is this thread? Worth reading through 37 screens of?

Happy (belated) Birthday! Hope you had lots of fun and games and good times and things we don't talk about in polite conversation (but you brag about to your friends who missed it).

Feh. Silly thing...you need a Game Boy! Or even a Nintendo DS--those look more like a PDA, so people will think you're working! Or, since you're babysitting servers, they'll think you're fiddling with a Smart Phone. See? I thought the whol...

I'm still new to HDTV-land: Given that The Matrix trilogy were not shot in HD, what's the gain here? If anyone's found "before/after" pictues of what the improvement is, I'd love to see it.

You crazy kids, with your XBoxes and your eXperiences... Christmas is gonna be late, but you will get your GTA 4 downloadable content (I thought I'd heard it was already available, but maybe that's only in the US?). http://www.telegraph.co...

I have no idea how things work under the hood, but I bet it would be simpler if SOE offered the ability to transfer a character. Let everyone have more slots on either server, but then be able to choose to move their RSI to the other box....

Incidentally, two other things about the 3GB threshold: 1) Your motherboard may have a setting for "Software Over 3GB Remapping". You can try enabling that to see if there is a difference. All it will do is try to shift the registers aroun...

If you are using Vista, be sure you run MXO as Administrator (right-click the icon and choose "Run As Administrator"). If you are using XP, and are logged on to a Limited user account, try logging on as an Administrative user and running t...

This can be fun! Looking forward to grabbing several of these. Plus it makes an added bonus for those of us who help other players farm keys. Thanks!

With what you've said here about how it works, I'm going to take two tacks then--try running in compatibility mode for XP SP2, and also make sure my Firewall has an exception set up for the program. I didn't get any "Allow/Deny" prompts, s...

The kayaking pics are stunning--looks like some gorgeous scenery. And I had to ask..is that actually a snake that climbed up on your boat?

Having a small one has made me not very movie-savvy. So....I'm kind of puzzled. Why all the hate for this guy "Shia LeBoeuf"? (pardon if I misspell)

Well, I tried all of the above except disabling BitLocker. The good news is, I solved my problem! The bad news is, it was an ugly solution and I'm not proud of it. I started turning off things that check files, cache, or otherwise throttle...

Hrm...the Full System Check bombed, so I'll post again when I have a chance to copy/paste. But I wonder...I can't recall if BitLocker Drive Encryption is enabled in Ultimate by default, but given that it encrypts files, I'm wondering if th...

Yep, I did. Ticked Full System Check to make it confirm the Launcher, then did it after launch to have it check the full set of game files (vis a vis your nifty post on how to run the Full System Check ). I also tried replacing the file(s)...

Okay, I learned a little more, so I'm going to pass it on. I don't know if this becomes a Vista issue (because it can happen in other OSes but is more common in Vista), a Network issue (because it has to do with file transfer) or a patchin...

Definitely something wrong that I can't nail down... Overwriting all files with known good files didn't change the error message. Installing on C:\ didn't change the message. Using Station Launcher to install from the web (on C:\) gave me...

Of course, the fun comes when you're in a mission and the NPCs that weren't hostile turn on you, such as the statue mission where the person "helping" you suddenly attacks you and your goal switches from "don't let him die" to "die! Yew go...

The Prima Strategy guide had a lot of character profiles and such, so if you want to add a bit of depth to the gangs, you might find some useful info there. It gives stories about the gang bosses and contacts who give you side missions...

Criingey wrote: The only advice / pointer i could give you here is: Watch out where the huskies go and dont you eat that yellow snow! No but seriously.. Hee - Criinge, you never cease to amuse me. And here I never took you for a Zappa fan!...

*Sigh* After a nice format and reinstall of Vista (version Ultimate 64-bit, SP1), I installed MXO from the CDs. Everything goes smoothly until it tries to update the game. Then it runs forever, takes hours in which the green download bar g...

Rats. *shrugs* I'm kinda out of ideas at this point. Except that you might want to call SOE and see if they can manually fix things for you from their side...

I think I'm keeping that one for the greater good and for general public safety. See that ladder, over there in my neighbor's yard? If it had hands, that Mercedes would grab that ladder and whip it at your head, hard. Then you'd duck, and...

And to think I spent most of my time in the tech threads...how in the bejeebus could I have missed out on fun places like this? Okay, better late than never, although this one's now about a year old... In keeping up with the cars/bikes/tat...

I'm only making a wild guess here, but...zantarra mentioned they'd "bought" the game, which I'm presuming means a boxed copy. That "wblogin.vm"...the boxed product originally belonged to Warner Brothers. When you go to install the game, at...

Sorry to butt in on the thread, but I think I should clarify, that this isn't me. It's her. Another Wintermute. Apologies for the confusion. And thanks a kabillion to Cuty Suzuki for point it out to me. It helped me figure out why I kept g...

I like the way you've formatted (and written) the blog. It makes for a fun read! And, yeah, those Bells. They'll kick you in the ding-ding every time. I suggest some sort of protective pant-like garment. Wait 'til you meet the Furries--err...

Rats. I don't have many suggestions for ya. But...now that it's been over a week, did the Full System Check fix it for you? Are you running Vista? Are you temporarily turning off Antivirus, Firewall, etc. to see if that helps? Have you loo...

Glad to hear you have a partial success! Hopefully your upgrade will stabilize things even further. Here's a good article on upgrading the PSU, in case you'd like some info on choosing the right one: http://blogs.zdnet.com/hardware/?p=307...

Vinia, I'll also give you a few simple, basic maintenance checks that you can do, to help make sure this isn't something hanging at the hard-drive level: the boot-up freeze and the shutdown can also occur if there's something wrong with th...

UnknownShadow, that's a great suggestion and I'll give it a try. I managed to go for over an hour tonight without a crash, but I also stopped a ridiculous number of services and background programs to do it. I'll try forcing a re-install f...

You know, the means of delivery just might be it, too. I've done a full system check, but I'll try it again, just to see if it runs the same way twice. :-/ But you could install MXO 3 ways, and at least two of them use different folder pat...

I'm having this problem too, and upgrades are not the issue. I'm experiencing it with a Vista machine that is not only very powerful, I'm advanced enough to know which services I should/shouldn't disable for gaming. Everything runs beautif...

Same here: dual XFX 7950s in SLi on an ASUS A8N32 Deluxe motherboard deliver gorgeous graphics in MXO. I'm even relying on heatpipe technology for the video and it runs cool & quiet. One note--mind the wattage. My 7950s under full load rai...

Sometimes the account system can be problematic and/or seem confusing. If he gives them a call, they know the ins and outs. I've had to call twice and they've been very helpful for me. Let us know if he gets it worked out!

I had quite a cute one yesterday: typed in username/password, and when I clicked submit the page died. Hit the back button, tried again, and got "invalid username or password" Tried that a few times before noticing that at the top right of...

Good suggestion Havocide: Killing Superfetch seemed to have solved my problem. But if I start crashing again, I'll give Vista's compatibility mode a spin. The alternate launch profiles are a pretty useful feature, too: fixed a problem I wa...

That is impressive, Havocide: a Duo at 1.5 GHz running Vista pretty well. I blame that hefty cache of yours--that was a good pick. Phi, I remember those "good old days"--it was pretty awful. I thought I'd add that the last time we had conn...

These are all good specs, but if we are speaking in general terms, I will add a few more things I've discovered in recent weeks: If you're looking at Vista, it is a performance drain, and there are some issues, but MxO has really been the...

Unless one of the bigger brains around here (Phi?) suggests it, you don't have to do that AFAIC. I'm more curious about the guts and the OS: Your RAM, Video, if it's Vista SP1 (and if so, if it came shipped like that to you, or you put SP1...

You lucky devil! Would you be willing to share your specs? Include whether the machine came with SP1 or if you're running SP1 now? It'd be much appreciated. Thanks!

No big deal--I was just wondering. But if the performance sucks, who cares about fixing the look? Still, good to know all this, and thanks for posting the screen.

Vista is horrible, and I'm sorry to say that that is my experienced opinion. Anyhow, try doing this: If you're using the Matrix Online icon to launch the game, do the same thing: instead of clicking it to run, right-click it and choose "Ru...

Hey Phi: Heard you were ill - glad you're feeling better. Do you happen to know if any substantial changes were made to Vista SP1 between Beta and release? Just checking to see if it's worth the trouble to remove the (not very) old and ins...

Kuroidoragon wrote: Try installing XP Service Pack 3 http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...;DisplayLang=en to fix bad RAM?

Hrm... 1) has been explained pretty well here: http://forums.station.sony.com/mxo/..._id=36300021674 and here: http://forums.station.sony.com/mxo/..._id=36300021407 2) Cinematics stopped working for me a long time ago (in XP), and I've nev...

I'll second that with this: When you buy legit, you get the support you need. I had a pair of OCZ sticks that was to upgrade an existing pair (go from 2 pair to 4). When the new pair turned out to have a bad stick, OCZ not only swapped the...

I dunno - that tie-dye effect has some potential! Just curious--because I am a curious person--in the settings, would that be the result of the over-bright filter? I'm wondering, if you haven't wiped that out already, if the effect would c...

I won't even begin to describe the Vista issues I've encountered outside of MXO...but I can confirm that I've been running SP1 for 3 weeks with no real change to MXO's appearance or performance. A video upgrade fixed most of my Dali-esque...

Might I suggest that this ties into the Vista issues already documented? Check out this thread: http://forums.station.sony.com/mxo/..._id=36300009145 Since "Sneak" affects your appearance, this might be triggering the bug(s) just the same...

RichardM is right that we would benefit from some system information (see the rules about posting your DXDiag at the top of the Forum), but in the meantime, one thing this does remind me of is firewall issues. Sometimes I'd get what you're...

I have a Maxtor OneTouch II that I've been unhappy with. It was slow from day one and it's become very finicky over time, requiring multiple connections/attempts before showing up. Looking online, I'd discovered a lot of people with the sa...

Same here on both issues...on more than one machine, the sounds are just generally inconsistent. Some days it's just amazing the 3-D environmental effects and the clarity of the playback. Others, it's just me and the creepy sounds of my fo...

GypsyJuggler wrote: MXOWinterMute wrote: Any speculation to be had about the "Biological Interface" so far? I have some ideas, but would be interested to hear others' take on it first. It's the program that allowed Neo to have power over M...

Any speculation to be had about the "Biological Interface" so far? I have some ideas, but would be interested to hear others' take on it first.

Symmetric, I don't know where you'd cadged Walrus' statement about working with Microsoft and nVidia, but it occurred to me they have another partner they may get some help from: ATI. I hope they know this/can get some cooperation, because...

I agree with you on that one MatrixRefugee...things need to be in context. Billboards don't sing (yet! thank god) in the Real, they need to not yammer for my attention in the Matrix: just the color palette will do, like with all static adv...

The 440 was compatible with MxO...briefly. That was my point, but Paige6 perhaps worded it better: if you're not feeling the love from the manufacturer, and you're desperate, you can try 3rd-party drivers. The worst that happens is you go...