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deathbeam

The omega is really useful for those tiny green "wasps" or whatever they are that spiders drop when you blow them up. They were giving me all sorts of trouble until I started using the omega. Best weapon in game for dealing with them.

deathbeam

I usually fly toward the first volley and tri-chord out of the way at the last second, then I tri-chord around to their back and keep circling without giving them the change to face me while I pound them. Unless it's not an open room. The I snipe and use stun weapons. Interestingly, I've shot homing ...

deathbeam

sdfgeoff wrote:It's an awesome design, and a reasonable candidate for a boss robot.

Exactly, it's designed to be the boss in my game "Infiltrator". I will be happy to share the lower poly one once I get it optimized.

deathbeam

This is from a descent clone I'm working on myself. Probably has too many polys, but it hasn't been optimized

deathbeam

In my humble opinion, D2X-XL is the best I have seen in the way of Descent/6DOF. An amazing resurrection which is still eating up just as much of my time as the original was when it was new to me.

I am grateful for your work and credit you for having a job well done... Or a job being well done.

deathbeam

It's a whole lot better than the older Firefox versions. But I still prefer Chrome because of it's new tab page that displays most visited pages, or pages of your choice.

deathbeam

I've always wanted to know what it looked like from the other end of a match with somebody less n00by than me.

deathbeam

To be fair, I don't remember any project like this before that actually reached a playable state (and yes I consider the Pre-alpha to be playable... it's actually very fun). Uhm, Into Cerberon was "playable". :roll: and it was fun. But it looks dead now to me. BUT, I'm keeping my ear to the ground ...

deathbeam

Assembly Language... I like it! :) This is the desktop image on one of my work PC's... It's my 16 year old daughter... she'll be 17 in mid-march 2011: Thanks, I actually made it myself in GIMP. My new Desktops http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii13/wacza/PC%20stuff/th_Desktop2011Dark.jpg Posting ...

deathbeam

I play as many different handles at different times, including \"LazerBlade\",
\"[BOZ]king\", \"d3thb3am\", and Jim.

deathbeam

This is from a new install I just did on my new computer. My desktop is always changing anyway though.

deathbeam

DigiJo wrote:2. System Shock (Damn, i believe Shodan is still in my head)

Hooray! I'm not the only one left on the entire planet.

deathbeam

The entire series of the following in \"descending\" order:

System Shock

Descent

DOOM

deathbeam

Yea it always seems like most Descenders play at nighttime.

BTW, those five players in Ascent are always bots. Unless some humans
joined the game.

deathbeam

Glad to see I'm not the only one interested in Wipeout.
I don't have a PS3 right now but I've played older versions of the game
and seen game play of Wipeout HD. I Can recommend it to anyone,
especially Descent players.

deathbeam

Batman has the ability to improve himself. Just because he doesn't do the best on one fight doesn't mean he'll never do better. And of course, if the variables(such as when the fight took place, if either party was aware it would occur beforehand, if either party had a brain the size of a peanut ...

deathbeam

If the fight took place in this universe, ironman's suit wouldn't even work.

Kinda takes some weight off his side doesn't it?

deathbeam

And if Ironman AND batman knew about the fight, there would still be a 50-50 chance. As batman could also come up with clever tech just as fast as ironman. Plus, neither of them are sure to end up in a real fight. Both are cunning enough to avoid it.

deathbeam

At this point I think it's obvious that if Isaac wrote the comic, Ironman would win. :P (1) I didn't say an EMP was a good way for batman to win. Although it should be noted that ironman is only invincible to an EMP IN HIS universe. But as krom pointed out, in this universe there is no real way to ...

deathbeam

By the way, I think krom's idea is one of the most well thought out idea yet...

deathbeam

Batman = Ironman. Who won the fight would depend on who wrote the comic. You have to face it, superheroes are invincible whether or not it's one of their powers. The only weakness of any superhero is the writer of his stories. Superheroes are always winning or coming out on top against realistic ...

deathbeam

You've all got it wrong. She was an alien shape shifter talking to the mother ship. It's clear that Bush captured aliens which crash landed in AREA 51, and they eventually escaped when one of the guards forgot to put his tin hat on. Then they immediately contacted Google who provided them with ...

deathbeam

I haven't had extra time in cyberspace lately.
I've only ever done multiplayer in D3.
I love the original descents though so I'll try it out and see if I can get it working. It may be a learning curve to go from D3 to D2 MP, but I learn fast.

See ya in the mines!

deathbeam

I get an EMD lock warning only in Group-C.
No lock warning when I'm on a normal server.

I play Group-C a lot.

deathbeam

Oh, that D3 launcher.

As it seems, that launcher only appears in Windows, under which I only have the demo version.

I got the loki version because I primarily use Linux.
I've been considering trying to get a Windows version as well though.
Seems there's a much wider field of support for it.

deathbeam

I don't really use a launcher. I just check for games on the cx tracker(d3.descent.cx/tracker.d3) and manually enter the IP's for a direct TCP/IP game. I'm looking into command line options now though. I thought it was ping because my TNFC ping was at like 0.050, but for games I could join it was ...

deathbeam

D1 level 5. (first challenging level)

I didn't really like or finish D2, D1 was a lot more fun for me.

D3 level 10(CED lunar outpost)
I loved the part where you find yourself in the mine from D1.
And the weaponless joshbot...
Plus, the whole level was just all around awesome.

deathbeam

I couldn't get in.
Ping was to low.

deathbeam

I usually get a lock warning from EMD, but only for a second. Unless, they just wont stop firing. Then I get lock warnings just like I do for a homing missile. When it comes down to it, I think that what weapon is being used doesn't matter much. I think it's who is using it. I've had both sides. I ...

deathbeam

Kind of unrelated, but:

Actually, an ISP and an internet provider are the same.
But, \"Internet Protocol\"(or, IP) is different.
IP is part of TCP/IP which is a set of rules for how data is transmitted over the internet.

I just to spread interesting information like this all around.

deathbeam

I haven't been able to get it working yet but when I do, That's when the descent will begin.

deathbeam

I generally follow these steps: 1. if you see a pyro, shoot it until it's nothing but shrapnel flying across the room. 2. Grab gunz 3. Rinse and repeat. If you have a big keyboard up when I shoot you, it's your problem. I probably kill em' anyway more often than I let it go, but thats anarchy. I ...

deathbeam

Simply amazing!

This is the exact kind of music I spent hours looking for.
But I never quite found it before.

deathbeam

Aye, I guess that typekilling although maybe not the nicest, at times is unavoidable or even the right move. I have a brother that I do 1v1's with all the time, and every time I fire a mega/cyclone/homing/big gun, he starts a message before it gets to him. -> Insert annoyed typeKilling here <- While ...

deathbeam

Yea, I guess nothing is really wimpy uneless it's something like typeKilling or cheating. I must agree that unpredictability is one thing which is very advantageous. It's also a good way to avoid mothing/fusion shots. :D I like levels with a medium space to dogfight in, and lots of little tunnels ...

deathbeam

Got it, so ratting is a \"whimp like thing\", and mothing is a \"stupid thing\". Thank you, that actually clears up a lot of confusion for me. :) (Really though, it does) As for tri-chording, I just want to make sure I have it right. It means to move in all three axis', Like strafing left ...

deathbeam

I've been in the mines for awhile and am looking for a little advice on piloting tactics and techniques. I think I have tri-chording down, but it doesn't come naturally yet. It would be great if someone could explain fusion \"mothing\" and \"rattling\". I'm sure there's a plane of techniques/tactics ...

deathbeam

It's either a doom3 mod, OR it's a game based on the doom3 engine(ID Tech 4). Right now however, the only way to obtain the engine is with one of the ID Tech 4 based games(Q4, Doom3, Prey, etc). But since the IC team says it's a doom3 mod, it probably is. Although they will probably start using the ...

deathbeam

P.P.S:

I suppose IC will eventually become independent of doom3 after the
GPL release of ID Tech 4, but we don't know how long that will be.

deathbeam

Does anybody know of a way to play into cerberon without buying a copy of doom3? I did a lot of work trying to get it to run with the demo version of doom3, but to no avail. I mean IC is supposed to be free, but where's the free if you have to buy doom3? P.S: I don't really have a stable income at ...

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