Balthiel's is cool, but Seraph takes the cake. (so to speak)

Yeah, I'd much rather run with XP, but I can't reformat this computer for some reason.  I try to boot from CD and it just goes to the Vista bootscreen.  I've set the boot order correctly too. /shrug

Recently my roommate threw soda on my gaming PC and all I have left is my Laptop.  The only game I really care to play on it is MxO, but the last time I tried it was like running Crysis on a intergrated card.

Basically, I need some stuff I can put in the UserOpts to make it run a lot smoother, aka make it look like EQ 1.

I'm running with an ATi RADEON XPRESS 200M (127MB) card, Vista OS 32Bit (I can't figure out how to format back to XP on this laptop :/ or I would), 446MB of RAM, and Intel Celeron M Processor 520 @ 1.60 GHz

So basically since I only have 446 MB of RAM it's hard to run things on Vista.  I just need some help on making the game run smoother if anyone can help .

Canbus wrote:

Uh, if you haven't been keeping up with current events, the U.S. has a very bad economy right now which makes it moot (i.e. no job= no cash to spend). Even as of today, Vista is still touted as being problematic and unless you have been working as a member of Geek Squad or managed to have the spare time doing computer work as an "engineer in training." I'm not technically savvy with installing a new graphics card or motherboard mainly because I don't have the training or proper knowledge to do such things (does that make me an idiot? Hell no. I'm just not good at that stuff, never will be.)

My current PC is technically supposed to run FEAR, and was slightly above minimum spec requirements from SystemRequirementsLab.com website, but it only does the bare minimum at best without any major slowdowns. PC gaming has been dying mainly due to bad programs, system-hogging resources, targetting only at least 5% of the population that can afford said hardware, the crap that is SecuRom, and gaming in general is just too expensive as it is already. No one should have to buy or upgrade a new PC yearly just to play the next recent game only to find out that the game three months later will render the recent computer obsolete. BTW, that mentality is why we're facing global warming.

From your last paragraph I can tell you're just splurting whatever you can think of to sound smart. I'm sorry, I'm not going to get in a tout with you, but you're completely wrong.

#1 about Vista. http://www.mojaveexperiment.com/
Until you've tried Vista for at least two to three months, you cannot comment on its integrity as an operating system.
#2 about PC gaming dying.
It's quite the opposite as a matter of fact. Just recently Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning came out, which is now boasting nearly ONE MILLION subscribers in a month, making it the fastest growing MMO to date. Guess what, you need a pretty nice PC to run it.
#3 With the introduction of DX10, most computers can last 3-4 years without even a graphics card change. If you've got an 8800+ or a 4850+, you'll be set for at least 3 generations.

I'd rather you know what you're talking about before you pull facts from no where.

Canbus wrote:

Shinryu wrote:

I'm not a SW fan by any means, and on the surface this doesn't appeal to me much at all.. after reading some of the proposed details, however, I wouldn't mind giving it a try.  Can't see grabbing it straight off the shelf though.

And I agree the graphics are a little.. actually a lot of meh at this point.  While I realize "realistic" graphics don't age as well as cartoony graphics, and thus tend to fare better in an MMO due to it's extended creation time and hoped for life length after release, they just don't look very good.  Okay, we get it, it works in WoW, that doesn't mean it's a good design choice.  While MxO isn't anywhere near as popular as it should be, it still looks great even now compared to pretty much any (every?) other MMO out there and *gasp* it has a more realistic graphical style.  Do it right, and you don't need to comprimise.

Shinryu, I hope you're not insinuating that the MMORPG be restricted to only players that have $5,000+ to get a recent top-of-the-line PC hardware compatible with the game.  I mean, I have a three-year-old PC that I spent $4,000 on just to play MxO when it was under Monolith's control, and the recent technical decisions made by the powers that be for MxO really dwarfed my PC in half (i.e. "ZOMG, combine nine small servers into three large ones!" being the main problem), and I am not interested in shelling out a similar amount of money to get another top-of-the-line PC to deal with the pain in the rear  problem that is Windows Vista, and/or suffering with a similar fiasco for the Old Republic should relationships with LucasArts and BioWare get sour. I really want the game to be as accessible as WoW in terms of being able to play the freaking game without having to steal a PC from NASA (I'm looking at FEAR, Company of Heroes, and Crysis for being that problematic). As it is, I've already abandoned PC gaming mainly because of Vista, lack of time for extensive gaming, and money problems.

Mate...
Upgrading your computer is a part of PC gaming.  If you're not willing to deal with that buy a console, it will last you longer.


I'm tired of developers trying to reach a 'larger' group of players because they refuse to upgrade their PC.  If you can't run FEAR at this point in time, you need to upgrade.


I miss the days when games were about innovation, not money and corporate lust for it.  I miss when games pushed to have something new, IE MxO with it's cutting edge realistic graphics, interlock system, and on the fly class changes.  Now they're all 'four button' clones.  WoW has it's piece of the pie, and it can't be bitten into.  I want companies to start pushing the graphics line for MMOs again, like AoC (ran like butter for people who knew what to customize, don't give me that bad engine bs)


Like I said in the begining.  Upgrading your computer is a part of PC gaming.  It has been since the first AGP slot was created.  If you're not willing to fork out the change for your hobby, then play with old toys.  Some of us enjoy progression, not regression.

http://forums.station.sony.com/mxo/..._id=36300025879

Dark Mav one, most important   

I got it a couple times and just kept trying then got in.

Would of been cool to have Halloween crits.  IE crits about Halloween.

Masks work though I guess.

nightofcrow wrote:

Diablo 3

WAT

Hoping for good turnout!

I was really really stoked to hear about this, then I saw the screenshots.  What is this Star Wars: Toontown Online?  Look at the lightsabres.  TOO BIG.

Should of gone with an improved KOTOR engine, this cartoon *CENSORED* is not cutting it anymore.  Every game doesn't need to look like a *CENSORED* cartoon.  I want graphics that push the limit in a Star Wars MMO.  Not that remind me of WoW but even worse.

Yeah for level 50's there defo should not be any clothing available. If your wanting mad amounts of info, you need to fail or your just getting it all in your lap. I made just over 20 mill in half an hour there. Yesterday someone made over 400 mill in DM on vector. Make the rich richer and make lvl 50 gears soar up in price, no thank you.

I agree that DM should be a bit more lowbie friendly. It isn't till about lvl 45 that you can tap the whole area. Before that your only confined to 2 small spaced which tend to already have been cleared due to info farmers. I would be all for clothing for lowbies but lvl 50's should not be able to wear them.

Yeah i tried to do the Corrupted while leveling up but relised to late that it was 2 stacks and not just the 1 you needed so i never got to test out what the xp gain was like. Xp amps are really worth going for

Ugh, this is annoying the living hell out of me. The first time I looked at all the pictures of the exile bosses in this post, I found one that I really liked, and now I can't find it, as if I made it up in my head, lol. It was a guy with short hair and a suit/tie shirt.

KanoR wrote:

odj wrote:

GoDGiVeR wrote:

It truly is sunday. *cough*


Also, is Bioshock 2 merely an "expasion" or a complete new followup with new engine and stuff?

Complete new game, I've heard that they are making 2 new games (Bioshock 2 and 3) with the 3rd in the serise being lined up to be released arround the time that the movie is being made.

MOVIE?

Yes, movie. They are making a movie based on the Bioshock universe.

GoDGiVeR wrote:

It truly is sunday. *cough*


Also, is Bioshock 2 merely an "expasion" or a complete new followup with new engine and stuff?

Complete new game, I've heard that they are making 2 new games (Bioshock 2 and 3) with the 3rd in the serise being lined up to be released arround the time that the movie is being made.

It truly is sunday. *cough*


Also, is Bioshock 2 merely an "expasion" or a complete new followup with new engine and stuff?

I do not agree with this idea. I personaly like going back over the frags that I do have and read them from time to time.

KanoR wrote:

No, no, no, no, and no.

1.) I don't roleplay with NPCs. I don't want to roleplay with NPCs. Who is to even say we would know HOW to roleplay with NPCs?

Well, I guess Seraph telling you to come back with more manners would be a good indicator of what you need to do. And, sad to say it, but outside of the once-an-update org party/meeting, these missions are all the interaction with the movire characters you're going to get.

 

2.) No. People can't level up alts if you have to have a team. When is the last time you saw more then two 30+ on at one time, in one area, that are both Zion, Merv, or Mach? Impossible to require a team except for the 50s. That would ruin ANY chance of a new player doing critical missions.

Jeez, okay. I guess the standard mission system or the "500 or so archived missions" aren't enough to level an alt on? And I don't think it's registered with you yet, but the part in Rarebit's update where he said that you won't even be able to do the new mission quests until level 30 means that new players won't even get to access them unless they are on a team. And, I see plenty of same-org level 30's and up online all the time. I bet I could jack in right now to each server and find at least one in 5 minutes or less.

 

3.) Once again, no. Not everyone likes to PvP. Forcing PvP on players that don't like to PvP is stupid.

PvP was forced in Live Events all the time. And just because you don't enjoy a particular aspect of the game doesn't make it stupid. . .

So when is this going to happen ??? as ill be up for it not that im anygood as an MA lol

 

Grave

Diddums, read carefully. I know you said PC games, but I'm talking exclusively about FPSRPGs and their ilk. We're not comparing console games to PC games, we're comparing console FPSRPGs to PC FPSRPGs. You can't justify the argument that BioShock isn't dumbed down to cater for consoles by talking about completely unrelated games. As I said, they do not merit comparison.

But no, let's run with it anyway. You mention Mass Effect and Assassin's Creed. These are covered by what I've already said: 'It's only very recently that developers have realised they don't need to make things too simple for console gamers and have started to be a bit more clever in their approach.' Got it this time?

You and Bruinz seem to want to turn this into yet another console vs PC thread. Stop it. That was never what I was getting at. I said they dumbed down BioShock for consoles. They did. Just like they dumbed down Deus Ex 2. They did not, however, necessarily dumb down other games, e.g. Mass Effect.Ok, since you don't care to think, I'll put this in plain terms.

Firstly - Bioshock is not a FPSRPG. It has elements of gameplay such as upgrading your weapon and abilities, but that does not make it a RPG. Where do you roleplay in the game? It is a first person shooter, pure and straight up. It is not dumbed down in any form. It was never meant to be a game such as S.T.A.L.K.E.R with inventory management or anything similar to that. If anything, talking about Mass Effect is a direct comparison to the genre YOU believe Bioshock to be in. Regardless, I never once said I was talking ONLY about FPSRPG, you cannot put words in my mouth and expect me to not call you out on it.

Mass Effect and Assassin's Creed are new games which are not dumbed down at all, correct. You forget that there have been games since NES which are to this day some of the most in depth games around via story and gameplay. Let's make a list, shall we?

Final Fantasy VII.
Grand Theft Auto series. (Incredibly in depth for a simplistic 'Shoot 'em up.')
Legend of Mana.
Secrets of Mana.
Final Fantasy IV.
Let's just go ahead and say nearly every RPG(RPG RPG RPG RPG RPG RPG RPG RPG RPG ) on the market since NES.

In all actuality I could sit here for days comprising a list to suite your needs, but it would be such a waste of my time.

Also, they didn't dumb down Bioshock for consoles, and have a superior version released for PC.

IT CAME OUT ON 360 FIRST. It was meant to be the way it was. IT WAS A FIRST PERSON SHOOTER, NOT A RPG.

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KanoR wrote:

This makes me think you're an idiot.

Dumbed-down-ness?

Bioshock is one of the best games I've played in 20 years. Just because you prefer PC to console, doesn't mean conosles are dumbed down. Don't be ignorant. Bioshock was more indepth than 90% of the PC games I played last year. Actually all console titles are more indepth than most PC titles coming out.

(And pssst, it came out for PC too)

Tell me, what were these 90% of PC games you played last year? Remember, they have to be a similar genre to BioShock or they don't merit comparison. If they were just plain FPSs (which aren't meant to be complicated) then I'll laugh.

Not just a plain FPS.
Not an RPG FPS by any means, but PC gets few of those.

I also never said anything about genre. I said PC games. You're running out of reasons to argue and simply saying that they have to be the same genre. I laugh at you.

Mass Effect, 360 then to PC, beat any game that was purely a PC game.
Assassin's Creed, Console THEN PC.
EA skate. One of the best control systems in any game to date.

Some older ones.

Halo, sure it's full of 'BOOM HEADSHOT' kids, but guess what - console game ported to PC where the console game was still better.
Gears of War. Console game ported to PC in which it's still played more on console and beats a TON of PC only FPS story lines.

Your arguments lack sustenance, your sentiments are perfectly precise in their simplicity.

Let us see where this goes.

The original BioShock was pretty good. Way, way overhyped though, and the last couple of levels I kinda skimmed my way through and sadly never felt compelled to go back and do properly. I may play it again while I wait for GTA IV or Mirror's Edge, now that I can see it in DX10 mode.

I sincerely hope they fix the console dumbed-down-ness of the first.

I thought there were rumours a few months ago that it was indeed a prequel.

12 attachments per email with 48 RSI Captures. Thats 4 full mails in an inbox of 300. Not seeing a problem myself.

Are botters allowed in WoW? I mean, most MMOs ban botters because of various reaons and I'm sure he can't coordinate 32 accounts at the same time with just 4 keyboards and 6 mice.