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Don't Panic

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  • Birthday 05/28/1962

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    Melbourne, Australia
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    Games(Comp,Board,Minatures), SciFi, Good Food, Wine, Skiing, Travel
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    Radiologist

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  1. You can also use "dropzip" to zip files for PC users. Stuffit Expander will recognise and unzip files. They are all shareware files. Cheers Chee-Yan
  2. One work around which I use on a Mac is via a shareware control panel called USB Overdrive. It allows me to map my five button scroll mouse to keyboard equivalents. this allows my scroll whell to change view elevations by scrolling up or down (euivalent to + and - on the number keypad) while my 4th and 5th buttons is zoom up and zoom down ([ and ] respectively on the keyboard). Click scroll is angle camera up and camera down. Once you use the scroll wheel to change view elevation, you will never want to go back to any other way because I can literally move around my camera just with my mouse hand and my other hand is used to give orders via keyboard (run, move, hunt, advance, etc). The only thing is that I have never found an equivalent driver/control panel setting for Windows. (If someone knows how this can be done on the Windows please let me know). Therefore, I play all my CM on a Mac even thought I have a PC and a Mac and all versions of CM for both systems. Cheers Chee-Yan
  3. Thanks for tryng to fit me in but alas it will have to be the next time. In terms of board gaming, there are two other regular board game groups I go to. Gamers@ Dockers at the NAB building at Docklands every thursday night Website is http://www.gamersatdockers.com/ The Victorian Diplomacy club meets every 3rd Sat from Feb to Nov at the Melbourne Uni Union House 2nd floor from noon to 6 pm Both clubs are free to join. Cheers and a Happy New Year to all Chee-Yan
  4. Hi Guys Would love to make it too but will be away from 20th Jan to Feb 3rd. Have a drink for me if the get together is on the 27th. If at a later date, will definitely try to make it. Happy new year to all Cheers Chee-Yan
  5. Admiral Keth I would like to add to the many thanks and appreciation for your wonderfully hard work and providing such a site like the Scenario Depot. It has been a source of many a pleasurable scenario for many of us and also a way to share our own creations. I do hope it will be resurrected in some way or another. Cheers Chee-Yan
  6. Thanks very much all. I will check out Clickymouse and Mouseware. Cheers Chee-Yan
  7. Hi all I play CM I, II and III on a Mac Powerbook dual boot 1Gz with a 5 button scroll wheel mouse. There is a shareware control panel called USB Overdrive which allows one to configure and define all mouse buttons and wheel scroll actions. For CM, Scroll up is + on the number pad and scroll down is - on the number pad (not the equivalent in the row of numbers above the letters on the main keyboard). what this does is it allows me to change elevation view by just scrolling up or down. It is quick, fast, intuitive very quickly and all only using the mouse with one hand. I have also configured two other buttons as [ and ] which allows zoom up and zoom down. Rt click is shift click which brings up the menu...in fact you can configure in whatever way you want depending on your gaming style and preferences. It can be set up with different configurations for different applications so the mouse buttons can change for different games and apps. It is one of the few shareware progams that is definitely worth the shareware fee ! What I want to know is...is there an equivalent driver for the mouse in the PC world ie, Windows XP pro. Most drivers I have checked have not allowed that degree of configuration. I have now also a PC for work which I can also play CM on but I am finding it a bit "clunky" changing view elevations after being so used to my Mac. Cheers Chee-Yan
  8. Good Question ! I was about to ask that myself. I don't know Napier Hotel but is there a prominent corner or spot we decide on to meet? Cheers
  9. I can do either 26th or 28th although 28th is slightly better for me Cheers Chee-Yan
  10. Thanks guys, If the 27th is the happening day, count me in for dinner as well. It will be fun and interesting to put some faces to the names on the forum. Cheers Chee-Yan
  11. Any possibility of postponing by a week? I am away in Perth for work and will only return on the 25th. Cheers Chee-Yan
  12. It is true that the TiBook 1 Gz will play all the CM series, but you need a patch for the Radeon card (search this forum for link or get it from Matt), otherwise, you get a psychaedelic screen. Despite the patch, smoke is still low res and non transparent. The TiBook 800 Mz, I believe will display full high res smoke and proper graphics without any patch. Both should play the game well without significant difference as they both have enough computing grunt. It will depend on whether you plan to use the computer for other uses. My personal suggestion is the 800 Mz if you plan to get one for purely gaming purposes. I am looking for one myself if anyone has one for sale. Cheers Chee-Yan
  13. 1 GHz Ti Powerbook with 1 Gb RAM and 64Mb ATI Radeon 9000 I have installed the hotfix and have noticed no significant difference from the Beta realease in that it has fixed the psychaedelic colours but not the "low res" solid smoke graphics. One thing I did notice is that the release notes say that the hotfix consists of ATI 8500 3D Accelerator 7.0.9 OpenGLRendererATI 1.3.5 After insatllation, I checked and I found the following ATI 8500 3D Accelerator 7.0.9 OpenGLRendererATI 1.3.4 So is there a mistake in the release notes or in the installer? Cheers Chee-Yan
  14. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia to Sydney, Australia to Toronto, Canada to finally Melbourne, Australia
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