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Journal #6846

DiscoStu • 14 years ago2010-10-24 19:55:55 UTC • 5 comments

I got some sort of virus or trojan this week. I don't know where I got it from, since I always visit the same 10-12 sites which were always safe. Now I was getting continuous popup windows in sites that never had them before and it was annoying the shit out of me. After googling without success (filtered?) I found a forum where someone suggested to run Spybot Search & Destroy. OK, fair enough I think, could give it a try.

But the S&D page didn't load. This couldn't be casual. So I started to think of possible reasons why that particular page wouldn't load, and figured it might have messed up my network settings somehow. It turns out it had changed the DNS server and all my requests were being proxied through some obscure IP. I can only suppose it got many of my passwords too, which I suppose I'll have to change.

I changed it back and I just finished downloading that S&D software. I hope it helps. At least I'm not getting those annoying popups anymore.

Journal #6845

Rimrook • 14 years ago2010-10-24 19:27:48 UTC • 5 comments

Day 4: Not so great of a day. Every once in a while Lyssa gets a nurse that is just a bitch. They will soon move her to the regular level where she has a full private bathroom and shower, but the AVM was larger than they had anticipated. They want to do another Angiogram for some reason. We don't know if something showed up on the latest MRI scan and we're worried about a third surgery. Still not sleeping well.

Journal #6844

2muchvideogames • 14 years ago2010-10-24 17:51:46 UTC • 0 comments

Allow me to proudly present you Opposing Life2Life, the Gold Source of Goldsource mods.

If you click the link nao, you will see a list of 22 mods that this mod was built upon. Since they credited those other mods, there is no need to go STOLEN STOLEN or whatever spam on their page. Well, actually they didn't credit all of the mod contents they used (e.g. They Hunger, Point of View, Redemption, etc.) so do what you will.

So what the EFF exactly is this mod? Well, imagine going into opposing force and typing "map c0a0". That is more or less what this mod tries to achieve. You get to play vanilla with Opposing Force Coding.

BUT WAIT A MINUTE! This mod offers more than just that. Didn't I just said this mod is built on 22 other mods? Yes it is. So, if you play thru this mod, not only will you see monsters from OP4 (like gonomes and shocktroops) but you will also get new weapons from OP4. So, in a way this is just like playing Half life with OP4 code. But in a way it is better.

Sprawled throughout the mod are nonsolid prop models placed almost everywhere. Some are nice to look at. Some are generics that can be gibbed. And some are annoying because they block my view and the grunt behind it can take potshots at me. AR time.

The mod quality is discouraging at first impression. They start out from the opening cutscene of Visitors, which was badly linked with the opening of blue shift, which in turn is badly linked with the opening of vanilla HL. So just start a new game at c1a0 and you're all set.

The first thing you notice is that your colleagues are no longer clones of five certain individuals. You will definitely see some familiar faces here and there, but unfortunately this means that later on you will see a variety of bodies around the complex. Sob.

Storyline plays out normally in this mod. That is, until you take your unpaid vacation to Xen. At Xen, Gordon will be in entirely new places that will look familiar to you. This is not a grammar error, I really mean it that way. So then after you realign the focal transmitters, Rosenberg tells you to hurry and return into the portal. But guess what? That cheeky bawstard redirected the portal right into Nihilanth's factory. Damm it.

So go ahead and grab this mod and see your favorite mods make their cameo appearances in vanilla HL. Just remember that the file size is almost the combined file size of all these mods, so it will be obese. Now go and throw a displacer ball up Nihilanth's face, and enjoy the fireworks.

Journal #6843

Striker • 14 years ago2010-10-24 16:48:46 UTC • 3 comments

Tomorrow I'll must give a speech in order to support my candidacy for the president of my school(sort of) :|.
It's funny because I had the option of not participating at this, but you know what happens when you refuse and the teacher wants you so much to participate ...

Tuesday will be the "elections" =)).

Wish me luck. I hope I won't screw myself up when talking in front of the whole fucking school.
[EDIT] Someone just suggested me to imagine everyone in front of me being naked so I won't be inhibited. Now I hope I won't laugh like a stupid in front of them.

Journal #6842

Rimrook • 14 years ago2010-10-23 17:55:49 UTC • 8 comments

DAY 3: Walking around, eating, drinking, and peeing on her own. Lyssa is a bit cranky, they keep waking her up every hour or so for medicine that makes you drowsy. She finally got her chocolate too! Full meals too, hospitol food is good. Expected to go home on Monday.

Journal #6841

Skals • 14 years ago2010-10-23 02:08:03 UTC • 2 comments

To those of you who haven't been so lucky to be blessed with fallout: new vegas yet, here's my first impressions review (I've been playing for 6 hours total but still that's only a scratch into the game.)

I'll try not to make it long... Basically over all, fallout new vegas is the same old fallout 3 game but with many little improvements to all aspects of it. The one improvement I find the best is the Hardcore mode, It doesn't really live up to the name since I'm finding it easy even when playing the game on hard, but it adds a much more realistic feel to the game. Basically with this mode on, you are forced to eat food, drink, and sleep or you die. Which is actually good, since you are actually using all the food and water you can find, unlike in fallout 3 where it was just a waste of bag space. Repairing has also been improved to allow you to recycle old ammo and create new ammo, and there is a new skill called survivalism which allows you to create food and increases its benefits.
The monsters ai is also so much smarter now, the wild animals actually team up in packs and try to stalk you, if they get low on hp they run off to nearby friends and call them to attack you too.
So far I am loving the game, If you enjoyed fallout 3 this is a must get, because it is not only better but it also has a completely new story and environment.

Oh and also, There is this new dodgy perk you can choose at the beginning, you should get it :> (you'll know what I'm talking about when you see it).

As for myself, I'm going on a holiday for a week now, cya guys!

Journal #6840

Rimrook • 14 years ago2010-10-22 19:08:56 UTC • 11 comments

Day 2 is finally done and things are in the clear. The doctor said the surgery couldn't have gone any better than it just did and then ludicrously trounced about high-fiving his medical team... maybe not that last part, but in theory the surgery went in THAT well. Lyssa feels better after today than she did last night by far and is already awake and aware, though I think the medicines are making her feel like she's playing Mario or something, it was funny. She'll be laid up for a day or so. Will continue to update you on her status.

Journal #6839

Striker • 14 years ago2010-10-22 18:03:34 UTC • 2 comments

Ok, I saw Soup Miner's journal and decided to join too(through Soup Miner's referral link, so you own me one bro' :D).

So as he said, my chances of winning such a l33t gaming gear set are increasing with the total number of referrals.

Please click this link: http://l33t.razerzone.com/index.php?user_dtl=0ad084da7fc8ab46464f9fe759926e21

Thank you :).

Journal #6838

Habboi • 14 years ago2010-10-22 15:50:42 UTC • 7 comments

I need your urgent help.

Today I got Fallout Vegas and my PC locked up and froze. I thought here we go.

So short version is that my PC now locks up whenever I play a game. What happens is I'll load TF2 and as soon as I join a team the screen flickers, it freezes and all these red dots or lines appear all over the screen and I am forced to reset.

Before all this, the Nvidia display driver kept crashing so I wiped it clean, deleted all folders, all registry entries and used CCleaner to nuke it. Then installed the latest driver.

The display driver crashing stopped but the game freezing is still there. SO I ran some tests.

The first was memtest which passed.
Then I ran a complete system test where it just checks everything and that passed too.

So this leads me to think of two things at this moment in time.

1. Somehow the display driver is still b0rked.
2. Something wrong with my Nvidia 8800 GTX card.

Now I must stress I can't open my PC or I break the warranty on it so I can't check to see if it's hot. I'm thinking of getting a temperature testing program but not sure what a good one is yet. I must also point out there's a lot of dust covering the two fans at the front of my PC. However they seem to work fine because one of the tests I did turned them from low to high and off and on and all sounded fine.

Honestly it's almost like winter over here and the fans sounds normal as always.

I'm no expert but there's a fan on the graphics card right? I can't see it but is it possible the fan is clogged or not working therefore the GFX is getting hot? If it was getting hot wouldn't the other fans all act up?

This is a Dell PC by the way and I'm gonna contact them to come and fix it if I find no answers. Any tips before I do?

Oh here's a dump from DxDiag:

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System Information

Time of this report: 10/22/2010, 16:54:50

Machine name: DELL-PC-HABBOI

Operating System: Windows Vista? Home Premium (6.0, Build 6002) Service Pack 2 (6002.vistasp2_gdr.100608-0458)

Language: English (Regional Setting: English)

System Manufacturer: Dell Inc.

System Model: Dell XPS710
        BIOS: Phoenix ROM BIOS PLUS Version 1.10 1.4.1
   Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU           @ 2.66GHz (4 CPUs), ~2.7GHz
      Memory: 3068MB RAM
   Page File: 1156MB used, 5189MB available
 Windows Dir: C:\Windows

DirectX Version: DirectX 11

DX Setup Parameters: Not found

DxDiag Version: 7.00.6002.18107 32bit Unicode

DxDiag Notes

Display Tab 1: No problems found.
  Sound Tab 1: No problems found.
  Sound Tab 2: No problems found.
    Input Tab: No problems found.

DirectX Debug Levels

Direct3D: 0/4 (retail)
DirectDraw: 0/4 (retail)
DirectInput: 0/5 (retail)
DirectMusic: 0/5 (retail)
DirectPlay: 0/9 (retail)
DirectSound: 0/5 (retail)
DirectShow: 0/6 (retail)

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Manufacturer: NVIDIA
   Chip type: GeForce 8800 GTX
    DAC type: Integrated RAMDAC
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Display Memory: 2018 MB
Dedicated Memory: 741 MB

Shared Memory: 1277 MB
 Current Mode: 1920 x 1080 (32 bit) (60Hz)
      Monitor: Dell ST2410(Analog)
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Driver Version: 8.17.0012.6089 (English)

DDI Version: 10

BGRA Supported: Yes
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WHQL Logo'd: Yes

WHQL Date Stamp:
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Vendor ID: 0x10DE
Device ID: 0x0191
SubSys ID: 0x039C10DE

Revision ID: 0x00A2
Revision ID: 0x00A2
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  D3D Status: Enabled
  AGP Status: Enabled

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Default Sound Playback: Yes
Default Voice Playback: Yes

Hardware ID: HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_8384&DEV_7618&SUBSYS_10280207&REV_1002

Manufacturer ID: 1
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           Type: WDM
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 Driver Version: 6.10.5343.0001 (English)

Driver Attributes: Final Retail
      WHQL Logo'd: Yes
    Date and Size: 2/8/2007 06:16:26, 647680 bytes
      Other Files:
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   HW Accel Level: Basic
        Cap Flags: 0xF1F

Min/Max Sample Rate: 100, 200000

Static/Strm HW Mix Bufs: 1, 0
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HW Memory: 0

Voice Management: No

EAX(tm) 2.0 Listen/Src: No, No
I3DL2(tm) Listen/Src: No, No
Sensaura(tm) ZoomFX(tm): No

Description: Digital Output Device (S/PDIF) (SigmaTel High Definition Audio CODEC)

Default Sound Playback: No
Default Voice Playback: No

Hardware ID: HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_8384&DEV_7618&SUBSYS_10280207&REV_1002

Manufacturer ID: 1
     Product ID: 100
           Type: WDM
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 Driver Version: 6.10.5343.0001 (English)

Driver Attributes: Final Retail
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    Date and Size: 2/8/2007 06:16:26, 647680 bytes
      Other Files:
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Min/Max Sample Rate: 100, 200000

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HW Memory: 0

Voice Management: No

EAX(tm) 2.0 Listen/Src: No, No
I3DL2(tm) Listen/Src: No, No
Sensaura(tm) ZoomFX(tm): No

Sound Capture Devices

Description: Microphone (SigmaTel High Definition Audio CODEC)

Default Sound Capture: Yes
Default Voice Capture: Yes

Driver Name: stwrt.sys

Driver Version: 6.10.5343.0001 (English)

Driver Attributes: Final Retail
    Date and Size: 2/8/2007 06:16:26, 647680 bytes
        Cap Flags: 0x1
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Description: Rear Mic (SigmaTel High Definition Audio CODEC)

Default Sound Capture: No
Default Voice Capture: No

Driver Name: stwrt.sys

Driver Version: 6.10.5343.0001 (English)

Driver Attributes: Final Retail
    Date and Size: 2/8/2007 06:16:26, 647680 bytes
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Description: Line In (SigmaTel High Definition Audio CODEC)

Default Sound Capture: No
Default Voice Capture: No

Driver Name: stwrt.sys

Driver Version: 6.10.5343.0001 (English)

Driver Attributes: Final Retail
    Date and Size: 2/8/2007 06:16:26, 647680 bytes
        Cap Flags: 0x1
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DirectInput Devices

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   Attached: 1

Controller ID: n/a

Vendor/Product ID: n/a

FF Driver: n/a

Device Name: Keyboard
   Attached: 1

Controller ID: n/a

Vendor/Product ID: n/a

FF Driver: n/a

Device Name: USB Receiver
   Attached: 1

Controller ID: 0x0