The 2008 version!

First off, I'd like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas or Happy whatever you're celebrating this time of year.  The holidays aren't all about gifts, but we can't deny that we get them.  So how about we share what we got this year?  This is not a thread to flame other people because they got more than you or they got less than you or whatever.  It's just for fun and maybe you'll get some good gift ideas for next year.  :P

I'll go first!

• a pair of pajama pants from Hollister
• a Peacoat from Hollister (my gift to myself and I had never shopped at Hollister before now but I kind of like their stuff! But I hardly buy new clothes anymore, thrift stores are the wave of the future!  :P)
• some Bod fragrance spray
• My Secret: A PostSecret Book!
• iHome IP9
• a pair of black/white converse because my old ones were getting ragged!
• a double shower head!
• money, obviously
• Starbucks gift card
• more money

And I'm going to a white elephant party tomorrow! 

So now it's your turn.  What did you get?  :)

Figured I'd start one for whenever I do some random images here and there.  This'll fade into obscurity and then get resurrected whenever I have the time!  Hope you enjoy your stay.  :)

And here's my first one!

Also available in: [1280x1024]

It's my first venture into background size images and I'm pretty pleased with it, other than my unsteady hand causing some choppy lines.

What is Captain Dernick's drop rate if you are over lvl 45?  Does his earpiece drop at all or is it dramatically decreased like dungeon drops or is it the same?

Thanks!

Ok, here's my problem: I go to school.

Let's just say I have a lot of free time at school and during that time I think it would be dandy to get on the forums.  Only problem is that our IT guy blocked the forums.  Reason?  "Games." 

So, does anyone know how to get around that without being detected?  I really NEED the internet for school related stuff so I don't want him finding out and then blocking me completely.  Any help would be appreciated.

Oh yeah.  It's a Sonic firewall thingy.  I'm not completely sure, but I know it has the word Sonic in it.  =P

I've always wondered what Revolutions would have been like if Gloria Foster hadn't died.  Do you think Rama-Kandra, Kamala, and Sati would still have been in it?  Or do you think they would still be in it, but without the part about Rama-Kandra trading the killcode for the Oracle to the Merovingian in exchange for Sati being brought into the Matrix?

What do you think?

I don't know if this currently exists in the game, but I think it would be awesome if there was a place in the game that you can only reach by hyperjumping and can only be reached when your hyperjump is at level 50, thus making it a level 50 only area.

The area could be used for lvl 50 only meetings for RP purposes, it could have some spawns up there that drop relatively good loot if the devs wanted that sort of thing, end game content, anything is possible to be put up there and it could only be accessed by lvl 50's.  It would be hard to implement because a couple things would need to changed/impeimented.

1. HJ ability would need changing so leveling it up to 50 made a difference.  Currently it can be leveled to 50 but it only makes a difference until about level 23 or so.
2. An actual area put in the game which would probably mean it can only be done if they open up a new area in the game.
3. Some how make a recall ability not work up there.

I understand it's hard to do and will probably not be done anytime soon if at all but I just thought it would be cool.

I made this thread last year and it seemed to be a hit, so here we go again. 

This is a thread for you to share what you got for Christmas.  Don't try and one-up each other and don't make up things to make it look like you "beat" everyone else.  Just have fun. 

My haul was relatively small but nice.  Here's what I got:

iPod Nano 8GB
Xmen 3: The Last Stand dvd
Harry Potter 5 dvd
25$ starbucks gift card
20$ American Eagle gift card

I also got an iPod docking station and a 160GB external hd, but i'm trading them both in for a Wii. 

So, what did YOU get?

Oh, and Merry Christmas, everyone. 

Who else is as freakin' excited about Saw IV as I am?  I've heard it's supposed to be the grossest ever and I normally don't watch things that gross but I'll stand it for a Saw movie.

The first 4 minutes of the movie are on youtube here.  So amazing.

October 26th!

That's right, bishs.  I finally reached lvl 50!  And it only took me 2 years this month!  :D:D:D:D:D

Pictures coming soon....:D

I took this picture first:

And then I realized that you aren't going to know what lvl I got to.  :P  So I took this one:

Notice the 50 in the upper right corner.  :D

So far, everytime I try and detect one, I'm only able to find the N30 Frag luggable.  Once I've got it, I try searching again, and the waypoint points to me.  I've seen people with all of the luggables on them at once but I can't seem to find any luggables other than the N30 Frag one.

My question is:  How do you find more than one luggable without it pointing back to you?  Is there a way to specify which luggable you want to find?

At some point or another, I crashed while the log-in client was starting up and it had to start over.  But now, ever since then, after I enter my username and password, the crash client comes up everytime!!!!  It won't crash at all, I just hit cancel. 

But is there anyway to make it stop appearing every single time I start the game!?

Ok, the hardline situation is getting worse.  I don't think I have a single hardline image that isn't messed up somehow.  Like so...

and

Since I haven't been able to find a fix for it so far, I'm thinking that the images for the hardlines is in the profiles folder, so if I just delete it, the patcher will replace it with a correct version, yes? 

Now, I just need to find the right file that controls this sort of thing.  I would go and delete everything in the profiles folder under my main, but I don't want my hotbar disapearing or anything else important.

I'm thinking that hl.cfg might be the file that stores this, but I'm not certain. 

So, my question is, does anybody know or is anybody willing to test it out?

I know that Christmas isn't just about presents, but you can't ignore the fact that you do, in fact, get gifts.  So, how about everyone share what they got this Christmas.

I'll start.

Dance Dance Revolution game and Mat
PJ pants
V for Vendetta the DVD
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire DVD
some stocking stuffers
Blank CD's (I needed those)
A Pair of black converse
some candy/cookie stuff
a Puzzle
Gift card to Starbucks
Money
Season 2 of House
And I've been told there is one other gift in the works but that hasn't been confirmed.

So, anyone else?

Oh, and, Merry Christmas!!!! 

Ok, whenever I go to the Loading Area, either from just starting or dying or anything, it sends me to the list of Cinematics, like I have one to watch or something.  But I don't.

I've watched them all twice to see if it would stop, but it didn't.  Is there any useropts or something that will bypass this?

Ok, I've been testing out this cool lighting stuff everyone's been doing and I can't seem to get it down.  I tried it on my new sig but it came out like this.

It just looks odd to me.  It doesn't have that insane glossy effect like the rest do.  Maybe I'm going to minimal?  Idk.

Any tips etc would be appreciated! 

Edit:  You know, maybe if I actually spent more time trying I would get it.  O.o  I'm such a quicky runthrough person.  Lol.

Ok, when I go to the hardline and click the "hardline" button to teleport me somewhere else, some of the maps to the side of the hardline name work.  Others have either portions blacked out or all of it blacked out.  Like so.

No, that is not a large building.  It's Tabor East and that side of the map is blacked out.

Here's Eshean Projects.  Completely blacked out except for the hardline icon.

I'm sure these maps are somewhere in the Profiles folder in the MxO directory.  I suppose I need to delete some or something.  I just don't want to delete the wrong thing.  And, if deleting said file causes my hardline collection to vanish, then I don't want to do that either.  Is there a fix that will keep all of my hardlines that i've found but give me the correct picture to go with it?

Computer info to follow.

Sheesh, I've made alot of threads here today.

Ok, when I go to the hardline and click the "hardline" button to teleport me somewhere else, some of the maps to the side of the hardline name work.  Others have either portions blacked out or all of it blacked out.  Like so.

No, that is not a large building.  It's Tabor East and that side of the map is blacked out.

Here's Eshean Projects.  Completely blacked out except for the hardline icon.

I'm sure these maps are somewhere in the Profiles folder in the MxO directory.  I suppose I need to delete some or something.  I just don't want to delete the wrong thing.  And, if deleting said file causes my hardline collection to vanish, then I don't want to do that either.  Is there a fix that will keep all of my hardlines that i've found but give me the correct picture to go with it?

For a couple months now, whenever I start MxO, it's doing this weird glitchy thing.  It starts like this.

Then it completely freezes.  Can't X out, can't press a button, nothing.  Then, all of the sudden...

Instead of the launcher fluidly typing the characters out, it freezes and then they pop up.  I reinstalled MxO (for other reasons, not just this) and it's still doing this.  However, I backed up my Profiles and my useropts so I'm thinking it's something to do with them.

This isn't hindering my game preformance or anything, it's just a tad annoying.  Any advice?

I have this in my useropts

AFK_Default_Message = I'm AFK...please don't gank me!

When it's in there, MxO won't load.  When it has the # in front of it, MxO loads fine.

Am I doing something wrong?

Whenever I click on the shortcut on my desktop, or go from the start menu, or try launching it through launcher.exe, nothing happens.  I tried deleting launcher.exe and replacing it with another copy of matrix.exe but that didn't work.  I defraged, ran Ad-aware, spybot, virus scan, and it still doesn't work.

I don't want to have to reinstall MxO because that takes for freakin ever!  But, if I have to, I will.

Here's my system info:

[System Summary]

Item Value 
OS Name Microsoft Windows XP Professional 
Version 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2 Build 2600 
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation 
System Name XMAS2004 
System Manufacturer Dell Computer Corporation 
System Model Latitude D600 
System Type X86-based PC 
Processor x86 Family 6 Model 9 Stepping 5 GenuineIntel ~1395 Mhz 
BIOS Version/Date Dell Computer Corporation A16, 6/29/2005 
SMBIOS Version 2.3 
Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS 
System Directory C:\WINDOWS\system32 
Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume2 
Locale United States 
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-215" 
User Name XMAS2004\Jared 
Time Zone Central Standard Time 
Total Physical Memory 1,024.00 MB 
Available Physical Memory 451.29 MB 
Total Virtual Memory 2.00 GB 
Available Virtual Memory 1.95 GB 
Page File Space 1.65 GB 
Page File C:\pagefile.sys 

[Hardware Resources]

[Conflicts/Sharing]

Resource Device 
I/O Port 0x00000000-0x00000CF7 PCI bus 
I/O Port 0x00000000-0x00000CF7 Direct memory access controller 
  
I/O Port 0x000003C0-0x000003DF Intel(R) 82855PM Processor to AGP Controller - 3341  
I/O Port 0x000003C0-0x000003DF ATI MOBILITY/RADEON 9000 (Omega 3.8.221) 
  
IRQ 5 SigmaTel C-Major Audio 
IRQ 5 Conexant D480 MDC V.9x Modem 
  
IRQ 11 ATI MOBILITY/RADEON 9000 (Omega 3.8.221) 
IRQ 11 Intel(R) 82801DB/DBM USB Universal Host Controller - 24C2  
IRQ 11 Intel(R) 82801DB/DBM USB Universal Host Controller - 24C4  
IRQ 11 Intel(R) 82801DB/DBM USB Universal Host Controller - 24C7  
IRQ 11 Intel(r) 82801DB/DBM USB 2.0 Enhanced Host Controller - 24CD 
IRQ 11 Broadcom 570x Gigabit Integrated Controller 
IRQ 11 O2Micro OZ711EC1 SmartCardBus Controller 
IRQ 11 O2Micro OZ711EC1 SmartCardBus Controller 
  
Memory Address 0xE8000000-0xEFFFFFFF Intel(R) 82855PM Processor to AGP Controller - 3341  
Memory Address 0xE8000000-0xEFFFFFFF ATI MOBILITY/RADEON 9000 (Omega 3.8.221) 
  
Memory Address 0xA0000-0xBFFFF PCI bus 
Memory Address 0xA0000-0xBFFFF Intel(R) 82855PM Processor to AGP Controller - 3341  
Memory Address 0xA0000-0xBFFFF ATI MOBILITY/RADEON 9000 (Omega 3.8.221) 
  
I/O Port 0x000003B0-0x000003BB Intel(R) 82855PM Processor to AGP Controller - 3341  
I/O Port 0x000003B0-0x000003BB ATI MOBILITY/RADEON 9000 (Omega 3.8.221) 
  
I/O Port 0x0000C000-0x0000CFFF Intel(R) 82855PM Processor to AGP Controller - 3341  
I/O Port 0x0000C000-0x0000CFFF ATI MOBILITY/RADEON 9000 (Omega 3.8.221) 
  

[DMA]

Resource Device Status 
Channel 4 Direct memory access controller OK

[IRQs]

Resource Device Status 
IRQ 9 Microsoft ACPI-Compliant System OK 
IRQ 11 ATI MOBILITY/RADEON 9000 (Omega 3.8.221) OK 
IRQ 11 Intel(R) 82801DB/DBM USB Universal Host Controller - 24C2  OK 
IRQ 11 Intel(R) 82801DB/DBM USB Universal Host Controller - 24C4  OK 
IRQ 11 Intel(R) 82801DB/DBM USB Universal Host Controller - 24C7  OK 
IRQ 11 Intel(r) 82801DB/DBM USB 2.0 Enhanced Host Controller - 24CD OK 
IRQ 11 Broadcom 570x Gigabit Integrated Controller OK 
IRQ 11 O2Micro OZ711EC1 SmartCardBus Controller OK 
IRQ 11 O2Micro OZ711EC1 SmartCardBus Controller OK 
IRQ 10 O2Micro SmartCardBus Reader OK 
IRQ 12 PS/2 Compatible Mouse OK 
IRQ 1 Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard OK 
IRQ 8 System CMOS/real time clock OK 
IRQ 0 System timer OK 
IRQ 13 Numeric data processor OK 
IRQ 4 Communications Port (COM1) OK 
IRQ 14 Primary IDE Channel OK 
IRQ 15 Secondary IDE Channel OK 
IRQ 5 SigmaTel C-Major Audio OK 
IRQ 5 Conexant D480 MDC V.9x Modem OK 
IRQ 2 System board OK 

[Memory]

Resource Device Status 
0x0000-0x9FBFF System board OK 
0x9FC00-0x9FFFF System board OK 
0xC0000-0xCFFFF System board OK 
0xE0000-0xFFFFF System board OK 
0x100000-0x3FFEFFFF System board OK 
0x3FFF0000-0x3FFFFFFF System board OK 
0xFEDA0000-0xFEDFFFFF System board OK 
0xFFB00000-0xFFBFFFFF System board OK 
0xA0000-0xBFFFF PCI bus OK 
0xA0000-0xBFFFF Intel(R) 82855PM Processor to AGP Controller - 3341  OK 
0xA0000-0xBFFFF ATI MOBILITY/RADEON 9000 (Omega 3.8.221) OK 
0xD0000-0xDFFFF PCI bus OK 
0x40000000-0xFED9FFFF PCI bus OK 
0xFEE00000-0xFFAFFFFF PCI bus OK 
0xFC000000-0xFDFFFFFF Intel(R) 82855PM Processor to AGP Controller - 3341  OK 
0xE8000000-0xEFFFFFFF Intel(R) 82855PM Processor to AGP Controller - 3341  OK 
0xE8000000-0xEFFFFFFF ATI MOBILITY/RADEON 9000 (Omega 3.8.221) OK 
0xE0000000-0xE7FFFFFF Intel(R) 82855PM Processor to AGP Controller - 3341  OK 
0xFCFF0000-0xFCFFFFFF ATI MOBILITY/RADEON 9000 (Omega 3.8.221) OK 
0xF4FFFC00-0xF4FFFFFF Intel(r) 82801DB/DBM USB 2.0 Enhanced Host Controller - 24CD OK 
0xFAFF0000-0xFAFFFFFF Broadcom 570x Gigabit Integrated Controller OK 
0xFFAFE000-0xFFAFEFFF O2Micro OZ711EC1 SmartCardBus Controller OK 
0xFFAFD000-0xFFAFDFFF O2Micro OZ711EC1 SmartCardBus Controller OK 
0xF6FF0000-0xFAFEFFFF O2Micro OZ711EC1 SmartCardBus Controller OK 
0xDF000-0xDFFFF O2Micro OZ711EC1 SmartCardBus Controller OK 
0xFFAFC000-0xFFAFCFFF O2Micro OZ711EC1 SmartCardBus Controller OK 
0xFFAFB000-0xFFAFBFFF O2Micro OZ711EC1 SmartCardBus Controller OK 
0xF0FFF000-0xF4FFEFFF O2Micro OZ711EC1 SmartCardBus Controller OK 
0xDE000-0xDEFFF O2Micro OZ711EC1 SmartCardBus Controller OK 
0xFFAFA000-0xFFAFAFFF O2Micro SmartCardBus Reader OK 
0xFFAFFC00-0xFFAFFFFF Intel(R) 82801DBM Ultra ATA Storage Controller - 24CA OK 
0xF4FFF800-0xF4FFF9FF SigmaTel C-Major Audio OK 
0xF4FFF400-0xF4FFF4FF SigmaTel C-Major Audio OK

Post your halloween sigs here so everyone can see your scary creative genious. 

Man, making sigs is harder than I remember. 

That's right!  It's me!  Cervacius!

I know alot of you might be asking "who the *CENSORED* are you?"  And it's understandable. 

BUT I DON'T CARE!  I'm back!

Plus, I'm looking for a new Zion Faction.  If you *do* remember me, you might remember that X INTENT has perished.  (I know, it's heartbreaking, etc.)  So, just spreading the word.

*logs in and remembers he's still not lvl 50*

BLAST!

Edit:  HAH!  I just logged in...and then crashed!  OMG IT'S GREAT TO BE BACK! BAHAHAHAHA!

ESA announced today that E3 will not be what it was last year.  Now, instead of the large trade-show environment of the previous years, it will be a small, intimate gathering to display the latest games.  Instead of the estimated 60,000 people in attendance last year, ESA states that their new format will bring in merely hundreds of attendees.  ESA believes that this is what is needed for the new entertainment industry.  When E3 was started, it was to promote the industry for the holiday season, but now that everyone is aware the games exist, that's not what they need anymore.

[Linky 1]                   [Linky 2]

Personally, I've never been to an E3, but it's been one of my dreams to go at some point and with this new format I'll never get to see the grandeur of what E3 used to be. 

Discuss.

Valedico - To bid farewell.

Yep, that's right.  I'm leaving.  If it were up to me, I would stay forever.  I haven't lost interest in this game at all, I still love it.  But money is a factor and time is a factor.  School is starting on August 10, which just so happens to be the day my subscription expires, and last year this game took up too much of my time and I started slacking off.  This year is substantially more important and harder than last year and I don't want to jeopardize my grades, etc. 

Sadly, although I've been apart of this community for over a year, I never got to know many of you personally.  Most of the people that I still talk to aren't here anymore (my faction, X INTENT, for instance, which will be laid to rest the day I leave since I'm the only one in it).  Anyway, what that means is I don't have people to thank individually.  So I'll just say this.

Thank you everyone for making my first experience in an online game the most memorable I'll have.  You all will be missed.

Hopefully I got this all right the first time around since I can't edit my post. 

I will more than likely be back in 5-6 months for a month so my information doesn't get deleted.  And, hopefully, I'll be back with more money and time than before a little later on.  Don't wory, I will never forget the people here or this game and I could never abandon it. 

Goodbye, but not forever.

Consummatum est - It is done.

This thread is ONLY for Forum bugs and suggestions.  Only post if you are adding something, please.  I'll start off with my list.

1.  It's too hard to tell when you've completely read a thread or not.  Unbold the threads you have completely read, like the Lith boards.
2.  We NEED an EDIT button.
3.  Divide the stickied threads from the regular threads.  Icons aren't enough.
4.  Bring back our old sig size.
5.  Give us a column that gives us the number of how many replies in a thread that we have not read that is also clickable and takes us directly to the first reply that we have not read yet.
6.  I, personally, liked my purple name.  Can I have it back?  The green matches the Character names too much.
7.  There is no indicator icon for threads that you have replied in.  I liked the green arrow (lith boards).
8.  The Search function needs dire improvement.
9.  The Last Message column in the Forum Index was better when it showed the last THREAD made, NOT the last REPLY to a thread made.
10.  Where have our macros gone?
11.  Why can't we have our nickname the same as our station pass?  That was a stupid feature to begin with.  Take it away...please.
12.  There is no way to get back to the Forum Index when you are looking at a "Messages Posted by" thread. 
13.  I much prefer the term "Locked" instead of "Blocked"  IBB (in before block) doesn't really work....not that I do that.
14.  It needs more customization.  ex. Thread views per page, replies per page, etc.
15.  No one really cares about the views column (at least I don't).  Replace it with the How many unread messages suggestion.
16.  Censor is screwed up.  It let damnit slip by yet censored a mental disability that begins with R and ends in a D.
17.  The Trackers need some love.
18.  Quoting needs dividers like the last boards.  Right now it's hard to tell whats a quote and whats the actual post.
19.  Handles that match the station name should be allowed.
20.  Avatars may be too big which starts to look sloppy and unproffesional (just my personal opinion).
21.  Preview post option needed (lith boards).
22.  We need to be able to quote someone after you've clicked the Reply button instead of having to go back to the thread and click the quote button.  Just put a Quote button in the editor.
23.  Just forget about the sticky icon, it's not enough.  Seperate it with a prominent line from the stickied thread and the regular threads.
24.  We need lines in the thread view so you don't have to follow it with your eyes to get to the other side of the screen.  People with widescreen monitors will be thuroughly annoyed.
25.  Take away the "World Forums" link in the Forum Index and just put the World Forums on the front page.  It's just another extra click that nobody needs.
26.  "Forum Index" and "Top" are the exact same thing.  Why bother?
27.  To they take away a clikc for the abilities forums but add one for the World Forums?  Seriously rethink that.
28.  When you click the Back button on your browser, it does not update the forums to tell you that you have completely read a thread, unlike the lith boards that updated it when you clicked Back.
29.  It sometimes looks sloppy without alternating colors for different threads (lith boards).

That's what I could come up with on short notice.  Please, add more.  And yes, I took some of these thoughts from other posts, so props goes out to you, whoever you are.

Message Edited by Cervacius on 03-28-200610:18 PM

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