CharlesLentz

Reply to Political Machine 2008 not working properly, please help in Political Machine PolMach Forums

[quote]When the game starts all I see is a white screen[/quote] A white screen means video card problems. [quote]Card Name: Intel(R) 82852/82855[/quote] The game requires you have a video card that supports pixel shader 2.0 or better. According to Intel's site , your card does not support it. Sorry for the bad news. Please see this sticky post for more details. (if link does

Reply to The Political Machine 2008 Official Trailer in Political Machine News PolMach Forums

There's one at GameTrailers.com too. Here's the link Vote on it and leave comments if you feel so inclined. Thanks!

Reply to Rock Band 2 tracklisting in Console Games PolMach Forums

No Rock Band fans out there?! Craziness.

Reply to Screen is Sideways in TPM Support PolMach Forums

Hrmm, that's very odd. Could you post a screenshot of what is happening? Also, it will be helpful for us to see the contents of your "debug.err" file. The file can be opened with notepad and is located here: "my documents/my games/polmachine2008/". Regards, ~C

Reply to The Political Machine 1.03 Update Released! in Political Machine News PolMach Forums

[quote]I can see the update on the website, but it does not give me the option to download it. It gives me the options of 1. Forum 2. Ignore this update 3. Un-install[/quote] CrsB7143VT, It sounds like the "website" you are referring to is the Games or Updates tab of Impulse. When you select a game, in the right pane it will have the name of the game, its size, the installed version number, and t

Reply to My last token on TGN in PC Gaming PolMach Forums

[quote]If I use TGN tokens at the web site to buy NotMoM2, will I be able to use Impulse to keep the game updated after y'all take down the SDC servers?[/quote] I don't see why not. Just like you can buy PM2008 with tokens and use Impulse to update it. PM2008 is only available on Impulse (not SDC), so it's the perfect example.

Where do you score in Politics PolMach Forums

Go here and take the World's Smallest Political Quiz. It's only 10 multiple-choice questions. What's your score? Here's mine:

Reply to XBOX 360 Gets Cheaper, New Dashboard, Netflix in Console Games PolMach Forums

[quote]hats good to know, I was unaware of that. When I bought a 360, not the core version but the "more" expensive one (it was white) it did NOT have a HDMI. You had to buy the "Elite" (black) to get the HDMI. So if they are standard now on all the 360's, good![/quote] yeah I bought the same version as you (Pro version) at launch. At the time, it was the best version. It has a hard drive and no HDMI ports. I've heard that they DO come with HDMI ports now, but that doesn't really help

Reply to What Did You Play This Weekend? in Gaming PolMach Forums

I played some Puzzle Quest, Zuma, Rock Band, GH2, and a quick game of PacMan, all on the 360.

Reply to guess my created politicians in Political Machine PolMach Forums

That is definitely Monopoly man! Hey, isn't there a monocle piece that you could give him?

Reply to Who wants to get Left 4 Dead? in Console Games PolMach Forums

Cool.

Reply to XBOX 360 Gets Cheaper, New Dashboard, Netflix in Console Games PolMach Forums

[quote]At $349 I can easily put together a 3870 core 2 duo system wth more ram and bigger hdd then a 360[/quote] Well that may be true, but the issue at hand isn't that he wants to buy a 360 because it's cheaper than building a PC or even that he's not going to still be a PC gamer. He wants a 360 because he wants to do some gaming on a console, and this is the one he's thinking about getting. You can be both a PC gamer and a console gamer. Don't be so narrow-minded. &n

Reply to Who wants to get Left 4 Dead? in Console Games PolMach Forums

I read an article on it awhile ago in Game Informer mag. Sounded pretty sweet. Thanks for the reminder. When does it come out?

Rock Band 2 tracklisting in Console Games PolMach Forums

Rock Band 2 tracklisting was announced . Every single one of them is a master track (not a cover band doing the song). There's some reallly great stuff here. Plus for the 360 version, all the DLC (downloaded content) is compatible with RB2. Which is amazing. On top of that, they've said that they've come up with a way for users to transfer all of the on-dis

Reply to XBOX 360 Gets Cheaper, New Dashboard, Netflix in Console Games PolMach Forums

it's actually only $50 a year, so like $4 a month. And about the batteries for the controllers... I bought this recharge kit after about a month of replacing AAs. It comes with a rechargable battery pack, but if you want more than one, they are only $12 each.

Reply to XBOX 360 Gets Cheaper, New Dashboard, Netflix in Console Games PolMach Forums

I have a 360, and I really like it. Have had it since launch. Most of my friends and coworkers now have one too. Let us Stardockians know if you get one Kryo, and we can do some online gaming. ~C

Reply to White Screen in The Political Machine 2004 PolMach Forums

The debug.err file is located at "my documents/my games/polMachine2008/". The file can be opened with notepad, and its contents can be posted when you report problems. The file will have your PC specs in it, as well as game messages that we can use to track down issues. In this case, a white screen when you try to run the game means you don't have a new enough video card. As boogieBac says, you have to either get yourself a new card (which can be a pretty cheap investment) or you can c

Reply to I would like to play multiplayer... in TPM Multiplayer PolMach Forums

Charlesmyk1, You can get updates to the game by using Impulse, our downloading application. -If you bought the game at a store, it should have installed Impulse for you when you installed the game. -If you bought the game via our website then you would have gotten an email telling you to use Impulse to download and install the game. In either case, run Impulse, and go to the Games tab (or

Reply to A few suggestions in TPM Suggestions PolMach Forums

We're glad you appreciate the GalCiv2 reference in the game. We put it in there for people just like you. :) We are mulling over some ways to add replayability to the game. Extra scenarios has definitely been mentioned. Mega events are an interesting idea.

Reply to Bug Report in The Political Machine 2004 PolMach Forums

[quote]2. In campaign mode, the locked characters are not only viewable, they are also playable.[/quote] Weird, did you already unlock them previously? What version of the game are you running? [quote]1. The "Political Strategy" tab simply displays all the states as the opponent's color no matter who is winning.[/quote] The intent of "Political Strategy" view mode is to let the user pick which states they want to go for. Click a state once to turn it your opponents

Reply to I cant get this to work!!! in TPM Support PolMach Forums

Could you be more specific? What is happening? You can't get the installer to work, or the game? Is it a single player game that you cannot get to work, or multiplayer? Basically, the more information you can give us, the more help you'll be able to receive.

Reply to More crashing in The Political Machine 2004 PolMach Forums

[quote]I switched to the modern pointer instead of the larger old version and things run smoother, but I can still only get through about half a game before it crashes.[/quote] [quote]Debug Message: Candidate Outlines: ON Debug Message: Map Glow: ON Debug Message: Candidate Animated Bobbling: ON[/quote] If you're looking to get things to run smoother, you might try turning off Candidate Outlines, Map Glow, and Candidate Animated Bobbling in the Options screen. The

Reply to Game still not working in Political Machine PolMach Forums

Can you post the contents of your "debug.err" file. It can be opened with notepad and is located here: "/my documents/my games/polMachine2008/debug.err". The file is created by the game each time you run it, and will have system information as well as important messages that the game writes to it that may help us determine what is causing your issues. Thanks, ~Charles ps. [quote]I got a new video card, like political machine said to do[/quote] The <span style="text-decor

Reply to Sony Vaio VGN-FS690 in Political Machine PolMach Forums

Unfortunately, there's no way that I know of for me to tell if your video drivers from 2005 will run the game flawlessly or not. You might be able to find an update for the drivers at www.OmegaDrivers.net though. Like I said, your video card is good enough, and it has enough video memory. You also seem to meet all of the other requirements (processor speed, OS, DirectX version, etc..). You could use some more system memory since you're at the bare minium of 512MB (well y

Reply to Why This Game Sucks in Political Machine PolMach Forums

[quote]Is that even the reason why it spontaneously crashes?[/quote] Unfortunately for PC game developers, nearly all of our customers have a completely different PC configuration. We won't know what is causing your problems, nor how we can go about fixing them, until we see some more info from you. We want you to be able to play our game with zero problems. Really. In fact, some people have had zero problems from