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Mmmm copied these notes down to a word document to read over later :)
Actually like reading tech stuff like this even if I don't understand half of it xD (Maybe because my dad used to work with things like this?)
Ahh and I remember moving from my 32bit XP laptop to a 64bit Win7 one - was quite the experience :)
Mari from The Foundary is one app that's not available in 32bit at all.
At times like this I'm happy to be using Macs :>)
hugz()
*hugz back* Teh interweb seems awful slow outside Australia, lots of 522 errors before
he was the dude in Willow left madmardigan in the crow cage.
Professor Plum with a rope in the kitchen \m/
Is there ever a delay sending out gift certificate emails?
Mmmm copied these notes down to a word document to read over later :)
Actually like reading tech stuff like this even if I don't understand half of it xD (Maybe because my dad used to work with things like this?)
Ahh and I remember moving from my 32bit XP laptop to a 64bit Win7 one - was quite the experience :)
Mari from The Foundary is one app that's not available in 32bit at all.
At times like this I'm happy to be using Macs :>)
Eh, nothing mentioned above really applies to me since my computers hardly ever have any problems (User-error aside) - I just enjoyed reading it :P
Mm, my school had macs except in the CAD class(es). Was so hard for me to get used to them - even though I was in one way or another in the computer lab every year since 7th grade (Either as a student or as an assistant) I never could get my head around 'em.
Was born and raised around Windows, so yeah xD Hard for me to transition to anything else.
I don't dislike Macs (Dunno why so many people seem to be of the "One or the other - you can't like both" opinion), but I do often find them hard to use :)
Well... I can use them in a basic sense - get some standard stuff installed and used, but anything beyond that is lost on me. Have actually been considering getting a Mac (Desktop or laptop) exclusively for art stuff, while I keep my other two Windows machines for everything else. Is nice that Cinema4D's Net Render doesn't care what operating system is being used - treats them all equally, Mac and Windows and even Linux.
Sometimes, and I usually get two emails, the number in the second one always works :>)
At times like this I'm happy to be using Macs :>)
Eh, nothing mentioned above really applies to me since my computers hardly ever have any problems (User-error aside) - I just enjoyed reading it :P
Mm, my school had macs except in the CAD class(es). Was so hard for me to get used to them - even though I was in one way or another in the computer lab every year since 7th grade (Either as a student or as an assistant) I never could get my head around 'em.
Was born and raised around Windows, so yeah xD Hard for me to transition to anything else.
I don't dislike Macs (Dunno why so many people seem to be of the "One or the other - you can't like both" opinion), but I do often find them hard to use :)
Well... I can use them in a basic sense - get some standard stuff installed and used, but anything beyond that is lost on me. Have actually been considering getting a Mac (Desktop or laptop) exclusively for art stuff, while I keep my other two Windows machines for everything else. Is nice that Cinema4D's Net Render doesn't care what operating system is being used - treats them all equally, Mac and Windows and even Linux.
The lightwave renderer works with WINE so most outcomes are platform agnostic except in situations where mathematically idiosyncratic hardware abstractions affect outcomes, like for example radiosity calculations, and you can mostly bake your way out of those as well :>)
Mmm kay, I'm gonna need someone to tell me what to do here...
I've conquered all but one race (Who I've had an alliance with for pretty much since the dawn of time)
I've defeated the Guardian at Orion and colonized it (A first for me)
And I've grabbed most planets that can be colonized.
But nothing's happening D:
No more "diplomatic victory" screens come up now that it's just me and one other, no matter how many turns pass, and conquering Orion didn't do anything beyond giving me some very tasty weapons (Which are pretty much useless now)
I don't see any way out of this game now, short of going to war with the one civilization that stuck with me for all this time (And without that Trade Treaty they had, I would have never made it this far!)
Here, blue flames are natural gas! :)
Dana
Sometimes, and I usually get two emails, the number in the second one always works :>)
Yeah, I've noticed that. What's up with that. They're wasting codes that way. It's obviously a bug.
Dana
Treachery seems the winning play but new threats evolve if you attack an ally?
Treachery seems the winning play but new threats evolve if you attack an ally?
The humans (Only other race still operating other than myself) only have a handful of star systems, and I can see all their ships - not a single 'Titan' class ship and only a handful of others thrown about here and there. If I did declare war, it wouldn't last long.
As far as I know, there aren't any ill consequences other than diplomatic relations crumbling.
I've never run into a situation like this in MoO2 before - in Civilization IV plenty of times, but there were ways to win without having to war with a former ally. In fact most of my victories are Diplomatic or Domination (Controlling virtually the entire world) because it's difficult for me to go to war with a long established AI ally and thus no real way to get a Conquest victory.
Here, blue flames are natural gas! :)
Dana
Think those blue ones are fires which are contained, usually means nothing left to burn right there :>)
The humans (Only other race still operating other than myself) only have a handful of star systems, and I can see all their ships - not a single 'Titan' class ship and only a handful of others thrown about here and there. If I did declare war, it wouldn't last long.
As far as I know, there aren't any ill consequences other than diplomatic relations crumbling.
I've never run into a situation like this in MoO2 before - in Civilization IV plenty of times, but there were ways to win without having to war with a former ally. In fact most of my victories are Diplomatic or Domination (Controlling virtually the entire world) because it's difficult for me to go to war with a long established AI ally and thus no real way to get a Conquest victory.
How to be Machiavellian XD
The humans (Only other race still operating other than myself) only have a handful of star systems, and I can see all their ships - not a single 'Titan' class ship and only a handful of others thrown about here and there. If I did declare war, it wouldn't last long.
As far as I know, there aren't any ill consequences other than diplomatic relations crumbling.
I've never run into a situation like this in MoO2 before - in Civilization IV plenty of times, but there were ways to win without having to war with a former ally. In fact most of my victories are Diplomatic or Domination (Controlling virtually the entire world) because it's difficult for me to go to war with a long established AI ally and thus no real way to get a Conquest victory.
How to be Machiavellian XD
I think I'd look David Xanatos up if I wanted to learn how to be so :)
Ehh, well if the only way to win now is to go to war with the Humans I'll just start a new game. Not too keen on that sort of victory - I've done it a few times in CivIV and it's always left a bad taste in my mouth.
How to be Machiavellian XD
I think I'd look David Xanatos up if I wanted to learn how to be so :)
Ehh, well if the only way to win now is to go to war with the Humans I'll just start a new game. Not too keen on that sort of victory - I've done it a few times in CivIV and it's always left a bad taste in my mouth.
Gargoyles! It would be great to live in a castle on a skyscraper :>)
...yes.
...yes.
Have you tried a different light? It seems to have happened every time you tried to move that light. Is it a standard light, or one you bought as an add-on?
Just a thought.
Dana
Birdy drop
Tip #1:
I never do this in Windows 8 anymore. It's just not necessary with 8. However, for Windows 8 users who feel strongly that this is necessary, then here's a tip:
If you shut down Windows (so the PC turns OFF), then restart it, you are actually NOT getting what we might call a "cold boot".
Microsoft changed the way Windows 8 handles things. When powering off with "shutdown", Windows actually saves the system state, then uses that information to reconstruct parts of memory the way they were before you powered down. Saving and restoring the system state is faster than it is to "re-initialize" memory. So you might think you're getting a "fresh start", but that's only true in Windows 8 if you do a "restart".
If you are still on Windows 7 or earlier, then I believe a shutdown causes the next start to be a "cold boot".
Tip #2:
If you are getting repeated bluescreen crashes at all, this is not normal and you should not accept this. I define a repeated bluescreen as any two blue screens within 2-3 weeks having the same description.
Tip #3:
Most common cause of BSODs: Bad video driver, USB device, or USB device driver that does not properly handle low power system states (such as "sleep", "hibernate", etc.).
Tip #4:
Another possible cause of BSODs: Specifying "zero" for minimum and maximum virtual storage. Windows sometimes needs some virtual storage, so please stop trying to turn a tiger into a kitty cat, and then complaining that your "kitty cat" just bit your arm off. With Window 7 you should specify at least a few GB, or let Windows manage it. For Windows 8, you should let Windows manage virtual storage. Always make sure "some" virtual storage is on your system (C:) drive so that the dump writer can do its work and leave you something with which you can do diagnostics.
Tip #5:
If you get a repeated BSOD (Tip #2 above), you can use BlueScreenView from Nirsoft to try to gain some insight into the problem. Make sure you have some virtual storage defined to your C: drive (Tip 4), and the next time you get a blue screen, use the viewer to navigate the dump. I have on occasion found the problem in memory nearby to my crash. One time was a Firewire driver (Windows 7), and another time it pointed to my graphic card. A driver update prevented recurrences.
Tip #6:
Maybe the most important tip of all is for everybody still on XP to be planning their exit. You gave it your best. You stuck it out. You may have even gotten a lot of cool stuff done with XP! But now it's time. It's REALLY time. Windows XP is only 32 bit. More and more creative software is being designed to take advantage of massively parallel (lots of CPU cores) systems and massive memory address spaces. XP can't do these things very well. Windows 7 and Windows 8 have been designed to do these things and to support software that has been designed to take advantage of the latest hardware features.
If it has not already begun, it soon will: Some software will eventually no longer be offered in 32 bit flavor. It's time.
And finally, security updates for Windows XP are scheduled to stop in February 2014. It's TIME.
Start planning. Start working extra overtime if money is tight. Vicki needs a new CPU! Make this happen for your art and your muse, I urge you. Your muse will thank you and you'll thank me! :coolsmirk:
...#1, the system is Win7. Never going to touch 8 because it's UI is better suited to tablets and Smartphones and therefore is absolute rubbish on a workstation.
...#2 yes and I agree
...#3 this appears to change based on the WIndoze
...#4 virtual storage values are fine
...#5 the readouts from this look about as incomprehensible as the ones in the Windoze diagnostics in Safe Mode to someone not who is not idiomatically fluent in "Geekspeak" (might as well be written in ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs).
...#6 again, the system in question is WIn7 4 bit.
...and just to set the record straight, XP does have 64 bit support as well.
...for me it is the extra price of "membership" and the proprietary nature of the hardware.
Have you tried a different light? It seems to have happened every time you tried to move that light. Is it a standard light, or one you bought as an add-on?
Just a thought.
Dana
...it was with the Advanced Ambient and Spotlights. Never had this issue before. Age of Armour is looking into it as several more have reported the same issue.
Mrph... Well did some looking around, and can't find anything that would explain how I should progress here. Right now it's looking like only one solution: Betray the humans and kick them out of [my] galaxy - which I really do not want to do. Ever since the insect race surrendered to me, no more ruler-of-the-galaxy elections have popped up, and there doesn't appear to be a Domination victory condition either (I've settled every single planet, asteroid, and gas giant and still nadda) so that's out too.
There IS one other victory condition possible, but I can only enable it when creating a game (And since I'm new to MoO I usually leave it disabled since it makes the game 300% more difficult).
So... Yeah. Despite spending two days on this game I think I'll have to start a new one. =(
Just curious...these atmospheric cameras (or something like that) have been mentioned a couple of times. First, I would think that this would be a light thing. Second...do they come with DS 4.6 or are they some paid add-on product? If the latter, anyone got a link for me?
Not that I can afford to buy them right now. :long:
Dana
http://www.daz3d.com/atmospheric-effects-cameras-for-daz-studio
How am I supposed to sleep with you guys talking in here?
http://www.daz3d.com/atmospheric-effects-cameras-for-daz-studio
Thanks. I already had it in my wishlist! :red:
Dana
Still daylight here, but dinner was rich and make sleepy baked salmon so might fall asleep at any time anyhow :>)
a couple times my yahoo mail sent it to the spam folder.
be lucky you don't have a krakken keeping you up!
every few hours a loud mechanical rattling noise sounds off, sounds like a krakken moving through the pipes