Mistralok1

Mistralok1

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Reply to Severe freezing/stuttering issue in Demigod Demigod Forums

Tried to play a game last night, and the problem is MUCH worse. The game freezes at the movie screen; sometimes it will eventually pass, and sometimes not. It has frozen completely in the lobbly, so that I had to CAD out. Twice. During the game, there are regular freezes now, lasting ~10-15 seconds, then a bit of play, then another freeze, in a pretty regular cycle. I don't have a firewall, other than Windows. I have AVG antivirus running, although this has never been a problem in the

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Reply to Severe freezing/stuttering issue in Demigod Demigod Forums

Same here. I noticed this very early yesterday morning. I was playing against 2 AI's, if that makes any difference. It seems to me to take a bit longer than 10-15 sec between stutters, but they are very definitely there.

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Reply to Watch Out for the Conficker Worm, or Maybe Not in Personal Computing GalCiv2 Forums

[quote]If we were to set the date in our computers back a month, to say March 1st, would we be able to avoid the attack (temporarily)?[/quote] It might, but why bother? Only 3-6% of computers in the US are estimated to be infected. I'm not sure about Canada, but I expect that the rate is similar. There is a very simple and fast way to know whether or not your computer is infected. Simply reboot into "safe mode". Conficker C prevents this, so if you can do it, you're fine.

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Reply to Watch Out for the Conficker Worm, or Maybe Not in Personal Computing Demigod Forums

Conficker is primarily a threat to XP. It is less likely to infect a Vista machine, but I haven't found a source that absolutely rules this out. It mutates during it's 'life cycle'. Sometimes it will act like a virus, and sometimes it acts like malware. It is imperitive that you have a fully updated anti-virus program, as well as at least one fully updated anti-malware program.

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Reply to Karma - the little box doesnt show in firefox in Everything Else Demigod Forums

[quote]telling people to do it for themselves isn't going to fly with most people.[/quote] True. The average user won't be comfortable editing config files. What is very surprising to me is the fact that no one has written an add-on to do this. The Stardock coders are pretty darn good. I bet any one of them could knock something like this out in no time. Send it off to Mozilla, and problem solved. [quote]Unless you are addicted to some addons[/quote] Yep, I got the mon

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Reply to Military? in Everything Else Demigod Forums

Believe me, no one below a certain high rank is pampered in any branch of the military. In the Air Force, you sleep in your own bunk, and eat hot food. In the Navy, you share a bunk, unless you are an officer, and eat hot food. In the Army or Marines, you'll often sleep in a mud (or dust) filled hole, and eat MRE's. The Air Force and Navy have the best schools, the Marines and Army have the best stories. &nbs

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Reply to Karma - the little box doesnt show in firefox in Everything Else Demigod Forums

Ironic. There are four people in this thread alone that I would have hooked up if I could. [quote]Context menu copy/paste in the postbox is not something that can be fixed.[/quote] I beg to differ. I understand how FF handles this. Frankly, I never thought this was enough of a problem to warrant this iron glove solution. It's just throwing the baby out with the bathwater, IMO. In any case, there is evidently something that can be done, and I can prove it. A co

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Reply to Karma - the little box doesnt show in firefox in Everything Else Demigod Forums

It will only show if you are signed in. Even when it shows it is non-functional for me. Copy/paste won't work in FF, and I am not able to insert a web link. Stardock has a very good IT department. Why hasn't this been fixed? It has been months now.

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Reply to The Impulse Millionth User PC Prize in Personal Computing Demigod Forums

Give me this rig. I'll do some good with it. Load it up with every scrap of software that you can, and I'll auction it off. I can feed a lot of hungry kids for five grand. If I can find a corporate sponsor that is willing to overspend, then I can feed even more. I am certain that there is a food bank in your area that would be delighted to receive this boon. You can benefit one person, or you can benefit a hundred or more. (And stop any and all whining in the process.) <p

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Reply to What are the most realistic settings to play? in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Hi Nels. You seem to have a pretty good handle on the game vs reality thing, so I'll skip this. Here are the choices that I generally make when trying to make a 'realistic' game. "Space is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglinly big it is." (DA) Start with an immense galaxy. This doesn't even remotely approximate reality, but it is what we have to start with. There are a lot of stars. We know this. I set stars at 'abundant'. The afo

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Reply to Empire: Total War in Everything Else Demigod Forums

@ Annatar11: Thank you for taking time to post that very well thought out reply. I'll give the game a whirl. Sincere best wishes, Mistralok

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Reply to Empire: Total War in Everything Else Demigod Forums

Hey guys. How is the strategy part of this game? I've played the demo, and the graphics are great, but I am more interested in the 'nuts and bolts' of the game. Have they improved over previous incarnations?

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Reply to The Impulse Millionth User PC Prize in Personal Computing Demigod Forums

This is an incredibly generous thing to do. This is a lot of money to give away just to say 'Thanks for trying Impulse'. I just don't understand how anyone could be upset about this. Putting out this program in the polished, solid form it is in now, adding groundbreaking systems, and having one million users adopt it in this relatively short time period is an extraordinary achievement. Frogboy and Stardock have every right to crow about it. I don't support Stardock be

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Reply to Used Cars in Everything Else Demigod Forums

There is also e-bay and Craigslist. Don't buy any car until you have physically inspected it. If you aren't experenced, then find someone who is. If you buy a car on the net, sight unseen, you WILL be screwed.

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Reply to [Cheese] big army exploit in Demigod Demigod Forums

Nice catch, adders0208. I never would have thought to do that. I always just assumed that if the totems went away, then the associated minions would go poof also. That being said, I tend to agree with innociv, in that any number of minions make precious little difference to the outcome of the game. Whether they number one or one hundred, they are still just a minor annoyance; something one must wade through in order to get to the commanding general.

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