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Dorian27

Posted 18 years ago2006-01-13 15:52:26 UTC
in Problems 'installing' RAM Post #157751

How long did you leave the battery out? By m0p's advice I left my CMOS Battery out for 3 days to completely clear it, and it solved my problem.

Dorian27

Posted 18 years ago2006-01-13 15:47:56 UTC
in Problems 'installing' RAM Post #157748

Try this: Remove your CMOS Battery for a little while (Like an hour or so) Install the RAM, then put the CMOS Battery back in and let it do a memory test.

Dorian27

Posted 18 years ago2006-01-12 18:58:27 UTC
in What am I working on? Post #157637

obviously you haven't seen one

jk jk

@Hrny: nice teaser idea, perhaps I will use that method on a map in the future.

Dorian27

Posted 18 years ago2006-01-10 18:04:20 UTC
in Your first map Post #157335

Ill post my first map when I get home.. maybe.. if I have time. I will release it as I first released it to the public: Full-bright, and no VIS. it got like 14 fps anywhere on the map, and it uses like three textures.. I did it with No tutorials, or previous knowlege of mapping.

Hey Hey, I Uploaded my map Here

Dorian27

Posted 18 years ago2006-01-10 17:25:42 UTC
in Now Playing Post #157322

Family Guy - Peter Griffin Rap
The Who - Pinball Wizard
The Who - Happy Jack

Dorian27

Posted 18 years ago2006-01-10 17:03:42 UTC
in My First Model!!! Post #157307

oooh pretty. Nice work.

"Rimrook: Pro mapper, and soon-to-be accomplished modeller"

grats =D

Dorian27

Posted 18 years ago2006-01-10 16:39:19 UTC
in gman Post #157301

I think we need to take a step back from our computers for a while, so we don't get so pissed off at video game characters.
btw I have no useful input on this scenerio that hasn't already been mentioned, I just wanted to make a witty comment.

Dorian27

Posted 18 years ago2006-01-06 18:54:35 UTC
in TWHL Custom CS Server Post #156525

Ooh, Im looking forward to the finished product

Dorian27

Posted 18 years ago2006-01-06 17:09:56 UTC
in TWHL Custom CS Server Post #156495

Cut it out you two!
If you have CS maps that you think are worthy of the server, post links here.

Post in the map cycle!

I undersand what you mean - "Post the Maps that are in the Map Cycle" would be a better way to say it.

I am not running the server, someone else is. So far, the only maps I know that are running are:
Rimrook's Pristine
and my de_syrinx

I'll have more information on it later. Until then, check it out. I can't play right now, I'm at work.

Dorian27

Posted 18 years ago2006-01-06 16:20:23 UTC
in TWHL Custom CS Server Post #156481

AH HA!
We now have a custom CS Server: 24.74.117.46:27017
I will be admin soon enough, it is currently being hosted by someone I know. It is running some of the better CS maps made by TWHLers. It is running 24/7, it has 9 player slots. (I don't know if this can be changed, maybe)
If you would like your CS map hosted, post a link to it, and I'll check it out, and see if it can be added to the mapcycle.

Take that you HLDM Fanboys!

Dorian27

Posted 18 years ago2006-01-05 18:12:41 UTC
in de_TWHL Post #156346

WHY BRATTY WHY!!!1!

Us CSers gotta stick together! 90% of the people here don't play CS, We should get some more recognition than the HLers!

Dorian27

Posted 18 years ago2006-01-04 19:00:11 UTC
in dm_twhl Post #156220

Hrmm.. Make me the Cold Cathode Ray? maybe too hard to put my name on it, how bout the chipset? or is that too important a role for lil ol' me? perhaps just name a screw after me?

Dorian27

Posted 18 years ago2006-01-04 18:27:55 UTC
in dm_twhl Post #156210

Heh, I was just bitching for fun! =D but it would be nice to include me. If you feel anyone else is more deserving, by all means include them first, but, I'm putting the offer out there if you want to accept.

Dorian27

Posted 18 years ago2006-01-04 17:13:35 UTC
in Easter Egg in Blue Shift. Post #156197

I guess Ill be the retard to mention all the obvious ones.. Such as seeing Gordon on the train, as well as GMan. Seeing gordon on his way to the test chamber, and seeing Gina bringing the Specimen to the test chamber. I'm going to check that out when I get a chance.
*Side note* Certain angry bovines coughmadcowcough need to empty their PM boxes.

Dorian27

Posted 18 years ago2005-12-30 14:12:40 UTC
in Now Playing Post #155303

U2 - Vertigo

A little unrelated, but I ripped my mom's "70's explosion" CDs, It was like a 8 CD set. Ima upload them to my mp3 player when I get a chance.

Dorian27

Posted 18 years ago2005-12-30 11:18:04 UTC
in Who the f**k are you? Post #155289

Lol, Oh god, now we have to start a Jessica Alba fan-club. Does anyone remember her in "Idle Hands" I think it was her first well-known movie.. that is when I started enjoying her cough*acting*cough skills.

Dorian27

Posted 18 years ago2005-12-29 18:54:29 UTC
in Bleh.. Computer Problem Post #155225

At first i didn't think it would amount to having to call dell. At first I was gonna charge her $20-$30 but she left a check for $75 with my shoes and I didnt argue

Dorian27

Posted 18 years ago2005-12-29 17:28:01 UTC
in Who the f**k are you? Post #155207

Heh Ill add onto mine as well

Politiacl allegiance: Screw Politics, what do I know about Politics, except... CAPITALISM FTW!!! But that is more of an economic allegiance.

Dorian27

Posted 18 years ago2005-12-29 17:24:19 UTC
in Bleh.. Computer Problem Post #155204

*Update* (again, but for the last time)
It r teh fixed..zorz..zzz
I figured there was no way to back up her data with my current resources, so I got out her handy XP Home restore disc, and gave old Dell a call. they walked me through all the usual crap, and in the end had me run: chkdsk /r, fixmbr and fixboot. As I was doing this I was thinking 'oh great, I already did this, but they wont let me move on until I do it again.' So It ran for approx/ 1 - 2 hours and then the computer booted up... all the way to the OS.. I was like OMGWTFBBQ, but I was happy. I logged on and it wasn't sluggish either (which was it's original problem)
Thank you very much for all of your suggestions, and Yes Ansith, I think you are crazy, there is no way im going to try and back up her data onto floppys. she had at least 5 gigs full of data, so 1 floppy = 1.44mb. 5000 mb / 1.44 = 3472.22 floppies.

to that.
Also, as 7th said, I had no OS.. or a floppy drive for that matter, I cant back up to floppy withought those 2 key components. Anyways, I'm $100 richer after that experience (she paid me another $25 when I went back to her house to hook it up) and you are not.. ta.

Dorian27

Posted 18 years ago2005-12-28 15:20:36 UTC
in Bleh.. Computer Problem Post #155009

I shall not do any partition trashing, because I don't know which partition has the lady's data on it

Now she prolly wouldn't want me wiping away all her stuff now would she

Sorry for the frequent smiley use.. im a little hyper from the coffee

twitches at least I'm not falling asleep on my keyboard though!

Dorian27

Posted 18 years ago2005-12-28 14:48:34 UTC
in Steam Server IPs Post #155005

I'm a dirty thread reviver!
Does anyone know any good Steam HL2DM and CS:S servers in America? I got "Half life 2 Game of the Year" for xmas, and I want to know some good servers.

Dorian27

Posted 18 years ago2005-12-28 13:41:22 UTC
in Mice/Rats r_speeds Post #154999

Well the opinions of all the responses lead towards the stretched textures causing the low r_speeds... So, on a related subject, what is the hot-key to change brush dimensions? ( n x n x n )

Dorian27

Posted 18 years ago2005-12-28 12:40:35 UTC
in Bleh.. Computer Problem Post #154988

I don't know why I should avoid Maxtor or Western Digital, but I do anyway, Seagate ftw!

Dorian27

Posted 18 years ago2005-12-28 12:28:19 UTC
in Bleh.. Computer Problem Post #154985

*Update*
The lady is looking for her XP restore disc now, if she finds it, I'll try to fix her OS with that. I'll work the other problems out after I try that. Also, my boss, suggests that perhaps her Drive Controller is buggin out. It would make sense because it said her HD failed, and her floppy had a disc read error, and she doesn't have a floppy drive! If the restore disc doesn't work, I'm giving it to Dell to fix, it is still under warrantee after all.

Dorian27

Posted 18 years ago2005-12-28 12:06:01 UTC
in Mice/Rats r_speeds Post #154981

I hope this thread will sprout some interesting discussion.

My question is: How do the creators of the cs_mice and de_rats, and all the other rodent themed maps keep the r_speeds down. The maps are basically a wide open area with tons of visible objects on screen at once. I have contemplated a mini-sized map, but I wouldn't know how to keep the r_speeds below 1000!

Any Suggestions?

Dorian27

Posted 18 years ago2005-12-28 10:50:22 UTC
in chicken_man? Post #154975

Forget about it spag, it was supposed to be these 2 guys getting into a fight over a tall guy blocking a TV. There is a link to a slideshow on the chickenman news page.

Dorian27

Posted 18 years ago2005-12-28 10:38:10 UTC
in chicken_man? Post #154972

do you have popups blocked? Screw it never mind, the video wouldn't link right anyway.

Dorian27

Posted 18 years ago2005-12-28 10:29:17 UTC
in chicken_man? Post #154965

This was also found on that page. Its funny, but you gatta wait for the advertisements and crap to load first.

Dorian27

Posted 18 years ago2005-12-28 10:19:20 UTC
in chicken_man? Post #154957

OHH EMM GEE thats hilarious. I do feel bad for the guy.. I mean.. he was raised as a chicken..

Dorian27

Posted 18 years ago2005-12-28 10:06:16 UTC
in Bleh.. Computer Problem Post #154948

any suggestions on backing up her data? I can easily get a new hard drive, and reformat it, that isn't my concern as much as a way to back up her data.

Dorian27

Posted 18 years ago2005-12-28 10:04:51 UTC
in Who the f**k are you? Post #154947

heh Trapt, I suddenly like you, and don't want to eat your soul. (sorry The Hunter)

Dorian27

Posted 18 years ago2005-12-27 17:10:56 UTC
in Now Playing Post #154878

Manfred Mann - Blinded By The Light

#Blinded by the light
Wrapped up like a douche
Another runner in the night#

#Got a boner on my shoulder#

don't you think this guy would have noticed this stuff before he released this song.

Dorian27

Posted 18 years ago2005-12-27 17:02:22 UTC
in Who the f**k are you? Post #154876

Wow, Dajuppi, I didn't realize we had that much in common.. wow. I forgot.. Scarface is on my movie list as well.. I also like Hendrix and The Ramones, and Edward Norton, I fancy him in Fight Club more though.
Ah the days of Super Mario.. /remenisce

Dorian27

Posted 18 years ago2005-12-27 13:36:58 UTC
in Who the f**k are you? Post #154833

(Self)
Full Name : James Daniel Kraemer
Age: 17
Hometown : Coventry CT, USA
Born in: Coventry CT, USA
Self Classification: Mega-Strong, Mega-Sexy, Egotistical Computer Geek
Education: 12th Grade (Final Year) Tech School, Course: Information Systems Technology
(Interests)
Favourite Films: Ocean's Eleven, Bio-Dome, Sin City (To name a few)

Favourite Meal: Papa Gino's Pizza, Home Made French Fries, Buffalo Chicken Wings (all together as one meal)

Favourite Actor: Al Pacino

Favourite Actress: Jessica Alba (but its not her acting skills that I'm interested in

)

Favourite Game to Date: Legend of Legaia

Game your looking forward too: Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (been waiting for more than 2 years now)

Favourite Bands: Daft Punk, Gorillaz, Queen, Rush

Favourite Drink (hot and/or cold): Dunkachino/Monster Energy Drink

Favourite Alcohol: Not a drinker, but in memory of my late friend Garret - Budweiser

Hobbies: Gaming (console and PC) Game creation, and sadly.. work

(Other)

Girlfriend/Boyfriend Yes/No?: Yes

Past Girlfriends/Boyfriends: Serious relationships - just one.. others.. countless

Things that make you smile: My Girlfriend, fixing a broken computer, other people liking my maps, compliments

Things that make you really laugh out loud: Cats in funny outfits Clicky, people falling down ftw.

Things that annoy you: n00bs, retards asking me to make them a computer, retards who can't fix the simplest of computer problems, my sister (when she forgets her meds.. crazy bi-polar girl)

Things that well and truely piss you off: Anger and Annoyance are one the same to me.

[Picture]

Dorian27

Posted 18 years ago2005-12-27 13:10:40 UTC
in Bleh.. Computer Problem Post #154823

*Update*

I ran a disc diagnostics thingie.. and it said SATA hard drive failed.. I think her hard drive borked.. I hope ill find a way to recover her data.. I tried putting a PATA HD into her computeras a master, but its a dell and it has a funky BIOS. I can't choose any boot device other than her SATA, or a CD-ROM, and there isn't even a CD-ROM installed!! I hate you Dell!

Dorian27

Posted 18 years ago2005-12-27 11:46:22 UTC
in Bleh.. Computer Problem Post #154803

For some reason there are 3 partitions.. one isnt big enough to install XP (it is 80 mb or so), and the other ones show up as Unknown partition, so I don't know which one her data is stored on. The unknown partition probably means her XP is corrupt, I don't really want to risk destroying her data by choosing the wrong partition to format.

Dorian27

Posted 18 years ago2005-12-27 11:13:45 UTC
in Bleh.. Computer Problem Post #154794

Yeah, I cheaped out and bought a MOBO with no SATA

at the time, I didn't realize the greatness of hot-swap.. o well..
As for the BSOD, I can't reinstall any drivers, cuz I don't have any driver disks and I can't even reach the OS.. the load bar goes by about half way, and I get the Blue Screen.
The BSOD doesn't list and specific filenames, paths, libraries, its pretty generic.
On a not-worth-mentioning note, I use Security Task Manager to explore processes, but that wont work, cuz the OS wont load.
Why you gotta be show-offy and use your Uber admin text pout

Dorian27

Posted 18 years ago2005-12-27 11:06:41 UTC
in Now Playing Post #154791

@Seventh - I listened to that on the radio on the way to work today.

The Kinks - Lola

Dorian27

Posted 18 years ago2005-12-27 11:04:44 UTC
in Religion Post #154788

I was raised a Catholic, and I basically stick to my own catholocism. I don't beleive that one man boarded 2 of every species of animal onto a boat to survive an apocolyptic flood. These are most obviously stories, and most people don't believe them as cold hard fact. (although there are some odd religeous groups out there who do.) I dont believe that god went poof and 2 people, a male and a female, were created.
I think of god as the scientist who created the first cells.. because they had to get here somehow. I don't try to understand where god came from, or who created him, and into infinity with questions about the methods of their arrival.
I agree that religeon is overblown and misunderstood nowadays, and I do understand that religeon is exploited. Religeon, to me, is ones own spiritual retreat from the stress of the world to give ones self a break from life and reality. Believe it or not, some people feel better about themselves when they feel like they have some greater power watching over them, so try not to take that away from them.

Dorian27

Posted 18 years ago2005-12-27 10:38:50 UTC
in Bleh.. Computer Problem Post #154781

Like in most scenarios it was a pre-load.. my concern is not with the XP CD, I can get one from my girlfriend, she takes them from her office all the time, my concern is an alternative method that I can get done soon, and with he least amount of stolen software possible.

Dorian27

Posted 18 years ago2005-12-27 10:29:51 UTC
in Bleh.. Computer Problem Post #154779

I'm recruiting the help of Tech saavy people that have helped me in the past.. i.e. Seventh-Monkey and m0p perhaps 4thgen (you seem smart enough to help

).

I'm working on this lady's computer. She says it is running slow and sluggish.. I defrag, run ad-aware, clear temp, cache, cookies, all that jazz. I run CHKDSK, it takes about 45 minutes, then her computer crashes. I get a blue screen.
(paraphrased)

Your computer has been shut down to prevent any seriouus damage from occurring. If this is the first time you've seen this message, restart your computer. If not, uninstall any new hardware or software, and reboot

I was going to backup her data and reformat but
a. she has XP Home, and I have no Home CD (legitamite (sp) at least) (keep in mind, this is a professional customer.. no illegal software) and
b. she has a SATA hard drive.. I haven't upgraded to SATA, so I cant back up her data. (or can I, if you know how, please tell.)

I'm going to get a bad reputation if I can't fix this lady's computer, and she will want her money back, I am sure.. and I don't want to part with the $75 she gave me to look at her computer.

If anyone has a solution, please help me.. I know I need to get ahold of XP Home if I want to reformat, but is there any way I can repair the OS. btw.. due to the incorrespondance of XP Pro and Home, when I boot to my pro disc, I have no repair option.. plz help me.. plz.. I'll give you a cookie.

Dorian27

Posted 18 years ago2005-12-23 15:00:30 UTC
in Texture and Spotlight Post #154172

Is clip being exposed to the void? if so, you will get an error. In case you dont know, the void is the black area surrounding the map. The void, in no way can be accessable or visible to the player.

Dorian27

Posted 18 years ago2005-12-23 13:40:09 UTC
in Texture and Spotlight Post #154146

I'm workin my way to getting the "forum award." I don't have anything shiny in my profile

Dorian27

Posted 18 years ago2005-12-23 13:34:45 UTC
in Texture and Spotlight Post #154144

I got it, use the func_breakable with its "Target on break" set to your light entity.

Dorian27

Posted 18 years ago2005-12-23 13:29:19 UTC
in Texture and Spotlight Post #154142

For the first issue, use a clip brush. Clip brushes are impassible to the player, but weapons can be dropped through them, and shots fired through them. (Add ZHLT.wad to your textures to have "CLIP" available)

The second problem: have a func breakable (your lamp) and set its "kill target" (or maybe its called "entity activated on trigger" I dont remember) to your light entity. This means when the func_breakable is targetted, the light entity is removed.

Dorian27

Posted 18 years ago2005-12-23 13:21:32 UTC
in A Very Merry Message! Post #154138

Frame 1: the hand and the gun look awkward. I understand there is nothing you can do about the way the hand itself looks, but it doesn't look natural the way he is "pointing." also the gun looks like it is in an awkward position.
Frame 2: his disgruntlement doesnt seem realistic. His posture is too strait for his to look upset, and his hands aren't in a durastic enough pose.

It doesn't look bad, by any means, just a little unnatural. I have to agree with Luke, this is the most entertaining HL2 comic Ive seen. Maybe just because of the personal aspect of it, and the semi-inside jokes, but this comic is still teh roxxorz.

Dorian27

Posted 18 years ago2005-12-23 13:12:24 UTC
in A Very Merry Message! Post #154133

I knew I was gonna get called a prick one of these days.. good work strider.. (work on the posing a little bit though)
Shucks...no presents for me sigh

Dorian27

Posted 18 years ago2005-12-23 10:54:52 UTC
in Empty rechargers Post #154095

pfft, I knew how to do it from the start.. I was just waiting for the rest of you to figure it out..

Dorian27

Posted 18 years ago2005-12-23 10:29:50 UTC
in Now Playing Post #154090

John Mayer? pfft. I hate that guy

Mindless Self Indulgence - Tornado

Dorian27

Posted 18 years ago2005-12-22 18:57:38 UTC
in jpeg or png Post #154024

what are you going on about?

Dorian27