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by DarkHorse
Tue Jul 14, 2009 4:33 am
Forum: Descent Single Player
Topic: Picking up Helix makes me loose Spreadfire (in TEW)
Replies: 23
Views: 4231

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Yeah, I suppose if you're hunting for reasons to hate D2X-XL you can invent all sorts. Truth is, though, it's become quite a good edition of D2.
by DarkHorse
Tue Jul 14, 2009 4:29 am
Forum: Descent Single Player
Topic: Which official level title do you think is the silliest?
Replies: 14
Views: 6353

Drec'nilbie K'luh is an anagram of Incredible Hulk. Iwihml, I have no idea.
by DarkHorse
Mon Jul 13, 2009 3:26 am
Forum: DXX Rebirth
Topic: Don't Nerf The Boss.....
Replies: 12
Views: 9516

I'm pretty sure the Golems fire maximum-strength smart missiles. Doesn't surprise me they kill you on Trainee.
by DarkHorse
Wed Jul 08, 2009 10:59 pm
Forum: PTMC Gallery
Topic: Blender 2.5, MASSIVE UI UPGRADE!! WOOT!! :D
Replies: 15
Views: 2863

Yeah, I have. Those mice are still a little dodgy - you have to make sure you press properly to the edge or it can get the wrong button. God forbid Apple actually design a mouse with an unseemly split that works properly. It's much better than the old days of single-button pointers, though. Even Wac...
by DarkHorse
Wed Jul 08, 2009 3:27 am
Forum: PTMC Gallery
Topic: Blender 2.5, MASSIVE UI UPGRADE!! WOOT!! :D
Replies: 15
Views: 2863

Actually, it's just about unusable if you're on one of those ridiculous Mac machines with a one-button mouse. It's been rock-solid everywhere else though.
by DarkHorse
Tue Jul 07, 2009 12:28 am
Forum: PTMC Gallery
Topic: Blender 2.5, MASSIVE UI UPGRADE!! WOOT!! :D
Replies: 15
Views: 2863

Blender runs on OS X as well last time I tried. That was a couple years ago but I don't see them pulling the plug on compatibility.
by DarkHorse
Mon Jul 06, 2009 3:06 pm
Forum: PTMC Gallery
Topic: Blender 2.5, MASSIVE UI UPGRADE!! WOOT!! :D
Replies: 15
Views: 2863

Blender was made by Linux junkies. I'm surprised it works with both the other major operating systems.
by DarkHorse
Mon Jul 06, 2009 4:16 am
Forum: PTMC Gallery
Topic: Blender 2.5, MASSIVE UI UPGRADE!! WOOT!! :D
Replies: 15
Views: 2863

Cool. That was the biggest hurdle to competing with the Autodesk products.
by DarkHorse
Mon Jul 06, 2009 3:46 am
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: It's getting closer...
Replies: 10
Views: 1131

Oh, hello.

Someone remembered a game from the early 90s and had a go at a tribute level in their own game. I'm probably going to pass on JG:E, but that's a nice touch.
by DarkHorse
Mon Jul 06, 2009 3:38 am
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: The state of Interplay...?
Replies: 6
Views: 872

Saying you have a potential WoW smasher will just attract skepticism these days. You have to have an idea.

The re-failure of Interplay isn't really surprising. They didn't emerge from the 90s the way they entered it for a reason.
by DarkHorse
Mon Jul 06, 2009 3:31 am
Forum: Descent Level Spotlight
Topic: Enemy Within test: bugs and other issues
Replies: 76
Views: 13530

There's two locked doors in the central tower, a little while up. Directly opposite them are two rooms, each with a little cubby-hole in the other side. Duck into them and it'll open the doors revealing a trigger. I would have shot you a PM but this is an easy one to get stuck on, and it's not reall...
by DarkHorse
Wed Jun 24, 2009 5:25 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Attention \"unseen\" mech fans!
Replies: 4
Views: 458

I hated most of those designs anyway, so it never bothered me.
by DarkHorse
Thu Jun 18, 2009 2:29 am
Forum: DLE-XP
Topic: DLE-XP Bug Report Thread
Replies: 469
Views: 1027431

When Diedel gets into debates, they turn into flamewars real fast. Something lost in translation I reckon.
by DarkHorse
Wed Jun 17, 2009 5:33 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: America won't \"meddle\" - Obama
Replies: 19
Views: 1226

Re:

Still, I think the Iranian regime would crumble if Obama came out in support of FREEDOM and LIBERTY for the Iranian people. Nope. It'd be strengthened. Obama doesn't have any credibility in Iran that isn't completely undermined by representing the US, and none of the other states in the region have...
by DarkHorse
Wed Jun 17, 2009 5:47 am
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Poll; Canuck's New female Roomate
Replies: 16
Views: 1468

Lock your ★■◆● up. You don't want her doing a runner with anything expensive.
by DarkHorse
Thu Jun 11, 2009 1:12 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: are we heading towards a Fascist government??
Replies: 59
Views: 4115

:roll:

ok
by DarkHorse
Mon Jun 01, 2009 2:48 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: are we heading towards a Fascist government??
Replies: 59
Views: 4115

uh, no?

hyperbole for the lose
by DarkHorse
Sun May 31, 2009 9:18 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Red Faction: Guerilla
Replies: 14
Views: 1954

Does it have anything for which joystick support would be useful? I've seen some videos of what the engine can do - it does look pretty sweet. Only concern I have is that the developers for the PC version are basically a stripped-down reincarnation of Outrage. Hopefully they can make a port play sli...
by DarkHorse
Sun May 31, 2009 9:16 pm
Forum: Descent Multiplayer
Topic: Roncli, I miss you.
Replies: 15
Views: 3642

Haha. I remember him going off at my team for lagging when his side lost a CTF game... I wish client/server actually worked like that.
by DarkHorse
Sun May 31, 2009 9:11 pm
Forum: PTMC Gallery
Topic: Graphic Tablets?
Replies: 15
Views: 2877

I use a Wacom tablet both at work and home. I've never seen anyone use another brand actually. At work we have the massive Intuos A3 tablets, since compared to broadcasting equipment they're really quite cheap. At home I use a Graphire 6x8 - smaller surface area but both work just fine. No gripes at...
by DarkHorse
Thu May 21, 2009 4:32 am
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Presenting: The Obamamobile!
Replies: 49
Views: 5178

I thought Joe the Plumber had bailed on the GOP.
by DarkHorse
Mon May 18, 2009 1:48 pm
Forum: Descent Single Player
Topic: TEW Level 26 - How to get to the hostages?
Replies: 13
Views: 2372

That's it. I'm surprised no-one's spotted that before, actually; surely someone else with high-res textures has got to that bit.
by DarkHorse
Mon May 18, 2009 2:57 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Meat Industry Worth It?
Replies: 26
Views: 3366

If I put a blue or red light bulb in the fridge I'll want to change the fucker.
by DarkHorse
Mon May 18, 2009 2:52 am
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Start Trek vs. Star Wars : Death Star vs. Enterprise
Replies: 13
Views: 1468

Let's not resurrect this absurd debate. All it proves is that anyone who takes it seriously needs a new hobby.
by DarkHorse
Mon May 18, 2009 2:49 am
Forum: Descent Single Player
Topic: TEW Level 26 - How to get to the hostages?
Replies: 13
Views: 2372

Re: TEW Level 26 - How to get to the hostages?

hori wrote:It seems to me like I ought to shoot a Guided Missile through these openings or the "glass"-wall and shoot the switch; tunnel opens; rescue hostages - fine.
That's right. Something's wrong with your D2 version if that doesn't work.
by DarkHorse
Sun May 10, 2009 12:27 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Meat Industry Worth It?
Replies: 26
Views: 3366

There's more than enough space around the world to grow food for 6 billion. Mismanagement and politics aren't going to go away just because everyone decides to go vegan. I can't really comment on what the US meat industry does, because I know very little about it. I have some knowledge of the proces...
by DarkHorse
Thu May 07, 2009 2:01 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: StarCraft II Beta Test Opt-in...
Replies: 5
Views: 553

Heh.

Sounds like too many WoW players that need firing.
by DarkHorse
Thu May 07, 2009 12:17 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: People's Republic of China Supports the US, or the Opposite?
Replies: 7
Views: 555

Their record has improved markedly since 1989. They're more likely to stabilise further than break into civil war.

It's a lot more constructive to promote further improvement in their policies than to try imposing sanctions, which will definitely ruin the US as well.
by DarkHorse
Sun May 03, 2009 1:20 am
Forum: Descent Single Player
Topic: TEW Secret Level 2 - unreachable items in reactor roorm
Replies: 10
Views: 2296

Maybe. I don't think I've ever run into the trigger limit to test that.
by DarkHorse
Sat May 02, 2009 2:50 am
Forum: Descent Single Player
Topic: TEW Secret Level 2 - unreachable items in reactor roorm
Replies: 10
Views: 2296

Not sure actually. DFW has some pretty diabolical puzzles in her secret levels but that doesn't sound like it was intentional.
by DarkHorse
Thu Apr 30, 2009 3:06 am
Forum: Descent Single Player
Topic: Unreachable Double Exit-Cube in D2, Secret 1 \"Segment
Replies: 7
Views: 2328

Something Brizzna's Ice Palace I think. Vertigo secret level 2 or 3.

I left an artefact in one of my levels in TEW as well, just for the hell of it. It's supposed to look like a secret area you can't access until you check it out in a mission editor for the sign I popped in there. Hehe.
by DarkHorse
Thu Apr 30, 2009 3:01 am
Forum: Descent Old Skool
Topic: Music in the Shareware version of Descent 1
Replies: 17
Views: 7456

It's exactly the same except for levels 6 and 7, which are nothing but repeats of Descent levels 1 and 2 in the shareware version.

If they sound different, you have your sound card set up wrong in the full version.
by DarkHorse
Thu Apr 23, 2009 3:09 am
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: goodbye
Replies: 58
Views: 4539

et tu
by DarkHorse
Wed Apr 22, 2009 1:57 am
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Interplay closer to bankruptcy
Replies: 36
Views: 3934

How insightful.
by DarkHorse
Sat Apr 18, 2009 3:35 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Reality TV Worth Watching
Replies: 9
Views: 1445

No, it's not. There's an America's Got Talent that has been running a few seasons as well. It's just been copied around the world. Most of the 'performers' are truly awful, but it's the odd pleasant surprise that ends up winning the show.
by DarkHorse
Fri Apr 17, 2009 10:22 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Interplay closer to bankruptcy
Replies: 36
Views: 3934

Buying shares in Interplay was never a wise thing to do, even before the economy tanked. As I said in April last year, they had a lot to redeem themselves for.
by DarkHorse
Fri Apr 17, 2009 2:48 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Interplay closer to bankruptcy
Replies: 36
Views: 3934

Making a game before you go under is really unpleasant for the end-user.

And no, they can't make anything with a dev team of four.
by DarkHorse
Fri Apr 17, 2009 4:02 am
Forum: Descent Development
Topic: Where can I get a good Descent 1 editer
Replies: 10
Views: 2764

It's because D3Edit is total rubbish. It'd be fine if you could import meshes and textures from other applications that can build them properly, but if I knew of a way to do that I would have long ago.
by DarkHorse
Fri Apr 17, 2009 3:59 am
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Descent into Crysis, Part II
Replies: 36
Views: 2778

Well, you can fly the VTOLs in MWLL upside down, so it's easy enough.
by DarkHorse
Sun Apr 12, 2009 8:20 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Captain Rescued! Three Somali Pirates Killed by US Navy Seal
Replies: 16
Views: 861

lol

Good job on the rescue but it seems a little tacky to be talking about making a film of it already.