Posts by Arvedui

  • CF1.8 development process

    np m8 :)


    btw, once we all have got the serial info, we should remove that from here... i dont want the guys from milkshape start legal actions against this forum for software piracy...

  • Graphical work

    i like that pic, and if that ship is not in CF then it should be ;)


    where is that ship from? can i have that pic unmodified?


    going on topic, even if that ship is not appropriate fot not being in CF, the idea of one alone ship standing in space fits really well with the meaning of the screen: no multiplayer, keep playing alone...

  • CF modding volunteers

    ive not much free time at the moment, but i can help with infocards and maybe ships (with the aid of the step by step tutorial), so count me in


    ive also some experience with c/c++/c# coding and visual studio, so if you need help with something related to that let me know

  • Help Wanted

    expanding maxbur's point 2 (TM): usually the control panel packed with graphic cards drivers is the same for several card models manufactured by the same guys. however not all the models support all the features you can activate within that control panel


    sometimes, if the graphic options of your graphic card are not well selected in that control panel, it eventually will try to do stuff that it is not capable to and then it will freeze


    so, open your graphics card control panel (nvidia nview or ati catalyst), look for the configuration or performance tags and disable all the stuff not supported by your card


    if you dont know what your card supports then use the default options, and dont let the games to select performance options (in the control panel usually you can set the performance options to "selected by game" or similar... dont do it, as it seems the games are selecting wrong options, and select fixed performance options... it can be a question of trying different options till you get the correct ones...)


    you can also download a new version of your graphics card drivers (www.ati.com or www.nvidia.com)... maybe it will be able to determine your GC model more accurately and set for you optimized options

  • Securom Investigation

    my two cents:


    as a fan of space-strategy games i was very interested in "galactic civilizations", by stardock. however, as they released the game 'protected' by starforce i didnt purchase it
    when they released "galactic civilizations 2" they sold the game 'unprotected' and i purchased it
    (the guys in starforce were so angry that they linked in their home page some torrent and p2p sites where the game was available to download :D)


    if stardock releases in any time a "galactic civilizations 3" ill buy it if its unprotected, but if they use securom, starforce or any other shit they wont get my money


    if everybody were acting the same way those DRM virus would be history by now...

  • My favourite....

    i think my favourite moment in CF was the sol blockade, about a year ago (or maybe even before? time becomes relative as you become older...). great rp, a lot of pvps, and fun everytime :D


    on the other hand, my favourite FL moment of all times is the "enemy territory" mission, that was performed by BG back in 2004... youll need to check history books if you want details about that glorious mission :D

  • GMT

    WET is only GMT in winter
    WET is servertime anytime


    i think the time in which server events take place should be indicated as server time and not GMT, as GMT is confusing in summer...

  • Virus warning when launching CF

    avira is not bad at all, however its known for giving some false positives... is for that i disabled the heuristic long ago and i look carefully every positive before deleting the file


    it also has a free version, and that is a big advantage against kaspersky (sry jack, i dont intend to prevent you to get your commission from kaspersky labs sellers department :P)


    kaspersky is also a very good antivirus, but its also non perfect... in fact i treated some computers on past december where kaspersky did a false positive in explorer.exe and deleted the file with no warning (search in google if you love technical details :P)


    to say it fast: windows wont work if you delete that file so i got some work restoring files that should have never been deleted...
    ...that means i got some unexpected bucks thanks to kaspersky labs guys and i wish to thank them for that ^^