Gremlin

The difference is that dogs had no say in the matter, soldiers and politicians did. ------------------ I pity the fool, thug, or soul who tries to take over the world, then goes cryin' home to his momma. --Mr. T

"Windows 98 is capable of addressing up to 2GB of memory, and most vendors ship with 128MB of memory because that's the least they can get away with on a non-budget system." --p. 54, Maximum PC, December '00 issue. The article discusses the benefits of different amounts of RAM in Win98 and Win2K environments for different types of applications. They essentially recommend 192MB for Win98. ------------------ I pity the fool, thug, or soul who tries to take over the world, then goes cryin' home to his momma. --Mr. T

You can bring them up in halftracks or other vehicles after the surrounding area has been scouted for enemy anti-tank assets. ------------------ I pity the fool, thug, or soul who tries to take over the world, then goes cryin' home to his momma. --Mr. T

Goes to show that you can't keep a great site down! ------------------ I pity the fool, thug, or soul who tries to take over the world, then goes cryin' home to his momma. --Mr. T

Ah, but you didn't get the satisfaction of building your own to your specs Still sounds like a great system, though. *** CM has cost me almost nothing when you look at the hours of playing/talking about/writing and reading about per dollars spent. A darn good bargain! ------------------ I pity the fool, thug, or soul who tries to take over the world, then goes cryin' home to his momma. --Mr. T

No problem. Beware that it may take a few bursts from the flamethrower to ignite a building or patch of woods, so budget accordingly as you set the battlefield alight (Flamethrower vehicles are good for this sort of thing, btw.) ------------------ I pity the fool, thug, or soul who tries to take over the world, then goes cryin' home to his momma. --Mr. T

Doom was far more than a Wolf 3D clone: compare the atmosphere, level design, music and sounds, immersion--not to mention the introduction of modem and serial deathmatch. Doom is one of the most significant games ever made, despite its obvious roots in id's earlier game. ------------------ I pity the fool, thug, or soul who tries to take over the world, then goes cryin' home to his momma. --Mr. T

Use "area target." ------------------ I pity the fool, thug, or soul who tries to take over the world, then goes cryin' home to his momma. --Mr. T

Doug, you're right. I misread the earlier post. ------------------ I pity the fool, thug, or soul who tries to take over the world, then goes cryin' home to his momma. --Mr. T

E in excelsis! ------------------ I pity the fool, thug, or soul who tries to take over the world, then goes cryin' home to his momma. --Mr. T

One more thing regarding backups, be sure to back up the perhaps less obvious stuff, like browser favorites (folder is in the Windows directory) and email client address book. I believe that Outlook Express normally exports them to \WINDOWS\Application Data\Microsoft\Address Book using the Export command under the File menu. ------------------ I pity the fool, thug, or soul who tries to take over the world, then goes cryin' home to his momma. --Mr. T

You shouldn't need a startup disk if Windows is already installed properly and your BIOS recognizes your CD-ROM properly, but it's a good idea to have one on hand in case of emergencies. You make one by selecting Settings in the Start menu on the Taskbar, opening Add/Remove Programs, and then selecting the Startup Disk tab. Btw, if you don't have them already, you should make backups of all your drivers. ------------------ I pity the fool, thug, or soul who tries to take over the world, then goes cryin' home to his momma. --Mr. T

I'm not sure about partitioning, but as for reinstalling Winblows 98, it goes something like this: Put the CD in the drive, hit start, and then wait about fifteen or twenty minutes as it installs itself. Then select Windows Update in the Start menu on the Taskbar to get any critical updates. The Microsoft site will determine which ones you need. Then just hit download, and they'll install automatically. You'll then likely need to install some drivers for those components which can't be run with drivers present on the Windows CD. These can include things like your sound card, video card, printer, scanner, etc. If you bought any of those separately, you should have a driver CD or floppy. For some components, you may have a system restoration CD with drivers on it, too, if you bought your system from an OEM (Gateway, Dell, etc.) Just follow the directions in the manual and on screen for installing the drivers--it's usually easy and self-explanatory. Reinstall your other software and copy files from your backup discs (make sure to have important data burned to CD, on Zip disks, and/or on floppies--not the hard drive you'll be reformatting. Safety first ) Then go through and tweak Windows and display settings to your liking, and set up your email client with the proper info (passwords, servers, etc). That's pretty much it, as I recall. It's more time-consuming than difficult. Give yourself a couple hours to be on the safe side. ------------------ I pity the fool, thug, or soul who tries to take over the world, then goes cryin' home to his momma. --Mr. T

Regarding the point of diminishing returns with memory in Win98 gaming: I added in another 128MB stick I had laying around to my 256MB for 384MB total. I didn't see any difference in Q3 demo001, 3DMark, or UT (nonscientific look at running timedemo readout for the last one, since there isn't any standardized benchmark for UT, afaik). (Note that the link to Yahoo in the post above is dated. They're still talking about Win95 and DOS games.) ------------------ I pity the fool, thug, or soul who tries to take over the world, then goes cryin' home to his momma. --Mr. T [This message has been edited by Gremlin (edited 03-05-2001).]

Croda, the longer it's been since you last defraged, the longer it will take to run the process, generally. It shouldn't take nearly that long, though. Hours, yes, but not a whole day. I found that one thing that can stop the Windows defrag program from completing its task is having programs running in the background. Hit ctrl+alt+del and close out all the programs except explorer and systray, then give it a try. You may need to disable your screensaver too. Reboot after it's done to reboot any important background programs, like virus checkers and so forth. ------------------ I pity the fool, thug, or soul who tries to take over the world, then goes cryin' home to his momma. --Mr. T

Wrong There are a lot of people here into tactical shooters like the R6 series and SWAT3 (both highly recommended, btw). ------------------ I pity the fool, thug, or soul who tries to take over the world, then goes cryin' home to his momma. --Mr. T

Regarding accumulated detritus in Windows, one thing that helps is to run Regclean, which you can d/l from Microsoft's site. As mentioned it's still a good idea to reinstall Windows at least once per year. Make sure you defrag your HD every few weeks, too. ------------------ I pity the fool, thug, or soul who tries to take over the world, then goes cryin' home to his momma. --Mr. T

Seti@home ------------------ I pity the fool, thug, or soul who tries to take over the world, then goes cryin' home to his momma. --Mr. T

Regarding the P4 and its (expensive) RDRAM support, there are two factors to consider: AMD is moving to DDR support now, and DDR stands a good chance of becoming the new standard, according to a lot of the industry talk I've read. DDR can be had for around the same price as PC133, at last check (Crucial). Not everyone owns or will ever want to own an Intel proc, so what they produce doesn't immediately effect everyone. Also, any hardware you buy will eventually become outdated, it's just a question of how quickly. That's no reason not to buy upgrades. *** Regarding swap file usage in Windows 98, I've read that it works well to set it to 512 minus your current RAM, so 384MB if you have 128MB RAM, for instance. ------------------ I pity the fool, thug, or soul who tries to take over the world, then goes cryin' home to his momma. --Mr. T

Griffin, I assume you've employed proper cooling? Even without OC'ing, a proc with that core speed gets really hot. (Congrats on the new system! I just built a new rig with a 1.1 G Tbird (. I'm getting over 80 fps in Q3 at 1024x768x32 now Too bad CM can't take advantage of it ) ------------------ I pity the fool, thug, or soul who tries to take over the world, then goes cryin' home to his momma. --Mr. T

Btw, in Win98SE, you can just right-click the My Computer icon to see that Windoze is properly recognizing all your memory. As to how effectively it's being utilized, that's another issue. ------------------ I pity the fool, thug, or soul who tries to take over the world, then goes cryin' home to his momma. --Mr. T

UT is a perfect example of a RAM hog. I first played it on a system with 64MB RAM, then moved up to 192MB--enormous difference. All the other UT players I know have also commented on how much better it runs with more RAM. That and the proc are at least as important as the vid card for that game, unlike, say, Q3, which is more vid-card dependent. I now have 256MB (and a new 1.1 G AMD Tbird), and UT loads way faster. No more naps between levels Of course, I now also have ATA/66 support with a new mobo, which undboutedly helps. ------------------ I pity the fool, thug, or soul who tries to take over the world, then goes cryin' home to his momma. --Mr. T [This message has been edited by Gremlin (edited 03-05-2001).]

Windows 98 can address up to 2GB of memory. For most applications, 128MB is all you need, plus extra RAM to cover any apps you have running in the background. From experience and the article I got this info from, 192MB RAM is plenty. More than that, and you get relatively little benefit, except in RAM-hungry apps like Photoshop. (Data from Dec. 00 Maximum PC, pages 54-5) *** Someone mentioned you can find RAM cheaply through pricewatch.com, which is true, but it's important to buy quality RAM or you can easily experience problems. Crucial and Mushkin are among the best, afaik. Regardless, buy RAM now, while the getting is good. ------------------ Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticize them, you're a mile away and you have their shoes.

I used to own a V3 3000, but it's been a while. I'd try setting it to OpenGL or D3D to see what happens. You're not somehow running the game in software mode, perhaps? ------------------ Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticize them, you're a mile away and you have their shoes.

Regarding the Boot Camp articles: First off, I love the Combat Missions site and am very happy to see it alive and well. Manx and I get along fine--there were no arguments, bad blood, or anything at all like that. I want to thank Manx publicly for posting them in the first place. I just wanted to revise and improve the articles. In their new form, they'll either be published at one of the professional sites I've written for or reappear at Combat Missions in the near future. I'll post here once I fix them up and get them posted. ------------------ Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticize them, you're a mile away and you have their shoes. [This message has been edited by Gremlin (edited 03-02-2001).]