bonscott

Reply to I take it I shouldn't bother with the beta... in Demigod Demigod Forums

Take your tax rebate next month and build a kick butt computer.

Reply to Grapics card not working, Help please in Technical Sins Forums

Are there any updated drivers for your LCD monitor? And yes, there are drivers for monitors. :D

Reply to Welcome! in Demigod Demigod Forums

Cool. Now just get Dungeon Siege 2 up on Impulse and now we're talking. Huge fan of the first one and just never got around to getting the 2nd one. I'll part with a few tokens for it. :)

Reply to The other forums I ask are dead... in PC Gaming Demigod Forums

Jets N Guns all the way. That game is a blast.

Reply to Big announcement coming Monday in GalCiv II News GalCiv2 Forums

I think all it will be is the official release of Impulse with at least one if not more major modern games available on it.

Reply to Need tips on improving performance in Technical Sins Forums

I had similar specs to you although an x800 with a 22 inch widescreen. I found that my system just couldn't power that monitor properly and I built a new computer. Having said that I had a lot of success player this game on the old computer with these settings. Ran the game at 1440x900 (which is actually my desktop resolution is, 1650 is just too darn small for my old eyes). Turn off all AA and AF. AA even at x2 will really kill your framerates at this high resolutio

Reply to Brad Wardell Guest Stars on GFW Radio in Sins News Sins Forums

Wow was that podcast painful at first. Holy Cow what a bunch of crud for the first half hour. For those just wanting to listen to Brad, fast forward to around 38 minute mark. Everything before is worthless.

Reply to Sins on Steam? in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

So I finally had to install Steam. With my new video card I got the Black Box for free. So of course Steam had to be installed. All I can say is that Steam is a huge bag of suck. Just to play a game you have to run this 60 MB+ memory hog? Please. And you have to be on the Internet just to play single player. Worst. System. Ever. Stardock's system is so much better. You just use it to download and install your game and you're done. No need to be connected to the Internet or ru

Reply to When will the price drop? in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

[quote]I don't buy games on the internet, so I do have an excuse. Even if I did, $30 is a lot for a video game.[/quote] Well here is the thing. For *you* $30 may be a lot for a video game but $30 is dirt cheap for a game. Normally a game is $49-$59 on release. It will take at least a year to get that price down to $30 and that assumes it's a crappy game. Usually takes a couple years to get a game down under $30 and most games don't go under $20-25 unless it's really old. Only real

Reply to BUG: Can't continue tutorial without a scroll wheel on my mouse [laptop has no scroll wheel] in Technical Sins Forums

And in the options are all the key maps active in the game.

Reply to [ANSWERED] Dual-Core Support in Technical Sins Forums

I just build a new computer, first one in over 4 years. I would have loved to get an 8400/Wolfdale *but you can't find one anywhere* actually for sale cause they are constantly sold out. So I went with the E6850. With that, 2 gigs of RAM and an ATI Sapphire HD3870 Toxic my machine is screaming and I don't overclock anything (The Sapphire Toxic is factory overclocked though). I was already running Sins pretty well on my ancient P4 2.8 ghz with ATI x800 but had some stuff turned off an

Reply to Sins of a Solar Empire Demo Released in GalCiv II News GalCiv2 Forums

Come on guys, the demo will be all over the net in less then a day if you don't want to register at Gamespot. Give it a break. ;)

Reply to Dx 10 anybody? in Graphics Design Sins Forums

Why? That would mean you'd have to run Vista [shudder]. I'm building a brand new high end PC and I'm putting XP on it. Now way I'm touching Vista.

Reply to How to move mods, maps, etc. out of the Local Settings folder in Technical Sins Forums

Nice job. I'll have to try this. And I completely understand this because it's the way "shortcuts" and "pointers" work in the document management system I support that uses Oracle as it's back end.

Reply to PLEASE stop putting game files (mods, saves, etc.) in windows profile in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

[quote]bonscott, maybe I'm missing entirely what you're trying to say, but there is no general "My Documents" or "Application Data" folder for all users at once. There is one for each and every user account that's on a modern Windows machine. Thus, I believe Sins is in compliance because it is putting its info in the appropriate Application Data folder (which resides in each user profile).For hahas, I'm looking at my games that have Games For Windows logos, and here's the scoop:Crysis: save ga

[Request] Display game speed in single player in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

Now that we can increse and decrease the speed with the + and -, unless I'm missing something I don't find a way to tell at what speed the game is at. So please display somewhere on the UI what speed the game is at. I remember the old Sim City 2000/3000 had speed settings of Turtle, Llama and Cheata. Something even as simple as +1, +2, -1, etc. would be nice. Thanks!

Reply to PLEASE stop putting game files (mods, saves, etc.) in windows profile in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

[quote]Found it.From Microsoft's site: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb173456.aspx2.1 Follow User Account Control GuidelinesRequirementEvery executable file (that is, every file that has a .exe extension) must contain an embedded manifest that defines its execution level by including the following tag: Copy CodePer requirement 1.2, the main game and autorun executable must have the execution level of asInvoker to support Standard User contexts.User data files that have file associatio

Reply to PLEASE stop putting game files (mods, saves, etc.) in windows profile in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

[quote]I agree with everything you said except for the part about putting the files in the My Documents/Games folder. For people like myself that doesn't fix the problem because My Documents/Games cannot be moved off the C Windows drive.Technically, this is not correct. As discussed, there are means to do this built into windows. They're not easy to find nor perform, and can be dangerous, but they are there. For most people, installing everything on one great big partition is easy and effective,

Reply to PLEASE stop putting game files (mods, saves, etc.) in windows profile in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

[quote]Complain to Microsoft, unfortunately. Microsoft guidelines require that application data be stored under the user profile. This becomes especially true in Vista, where you cannot even modify an item in Program Files without elevating to Admin.We deal with the same thing at my job... the customers might not like it, but it's Microsoft's call, not ours.[/quote] Then as I've asked a few times already, why do other games that are "Games for Windows" not store things in the user pro

Reply to Artwork, and Translucent UI in Sins Modding Sins Forums

I really like those new portraits but I'm not going to register on a forum to download them. Good job though. Put them in the file library here. :D

Reply to PLEASE stop putting game files (mods, saves, etc.) in windows profile in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

[quote]As a side note you can also change the default location your program files folder to the drive and folder of your choice, to save space on your System Volume. If you're looking for more ways to reduce the usage of your System Volume (By the way, this typically means the C:) you can also find ways to move your page file, hybernation file, and Temporary folders off of this drive, which will prevent the disk usage from changing dynamically.Or, you could just make your System Volume bigger to

Reply to PLEASE stop putting game files (mods, saves, etc.) in windows profile in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

[quote]I agree, but sadly, I believe this is a requirement if a developer/publisher wants that darned "Games For Windows" logo on their box. Blarg.-HM[/quote] As I posted it can't be. I have yet to see a Games for Windows certified game (that I have installed anyway) that does this. Sins is the only one. So it can't possibly be a requirement unless all those other companies are violating it and Microsoft ignored it during certification.

PLEASE stop putting game files (mods, saves, etc.) in windows profile in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

I know this has been brought up before but I am begging Ironclad to get the saved games, screenshots, mods and replays out of the Windows profile. I'm on XP by the way. This isn't about finding them as a shortcut can make that easier, but it's about disk space. I, like most gamers I'd think, have a small C drive for just Windows and not much else and then larger D, E, etc. partitions for our programs and games. My C drive is 15 gig for example. Sins is quickly fil

Reply to CPU Questions in Technical Sins Forums

I don't think you'll have a problem. I have a 4+ year old Pentium 4 2.8 ghz which is just single core. Dual core didn't even exist yet when I bought it. 2 gigs of RAM 2+ year old video card - Radeon x800 GTO 256 meg. Pretty low end nowadays. And I run at 1440x900 on my widescreen monitor with everything set to at least high and a few to highest with no slowdowns other then in some really massive battles. Even then frames still stay above 20 so it's not too bad. <

Reply to "Sins" commits THE Cardinal Sin - No Challenge! in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

Argggggggg :CONGRAT: