Re: Crysis WarHead to require activation?

Posted on 2008-09-18, 14:11

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by DosFreak

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http://www.pcgameshardware.com/aid,660468/Reviews/Crysis_Warhead_Benchmark_special_and_general_info_about_the_game/ According to the system requirements Warhead needs more than 10 GiByte free space on the hard drive, but if you stick to a single language, only 5.5 GiByte are necessary. In addition …

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Re: QUERY: RSS/Atom Feeder...

Posted on 2008-09-18, 11:50

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by DosFreak

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Nope.

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Re: Crysis WarHead to require activation?

Posted on 2008-09-18, 03:27

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by DosFreak

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Noticed this today from the above thread: http://storefront.steampowered.com/eula_testapp17300/english.html 6. Term and Termination The term of this Agreement and the license granted herein begin on the date on which you first download, install, load or otherwise use CRYSIS and shall expire, without …

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Re: A little confused about configuration files...

Posted on 2008-09-17, 18:12

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by DosFreak

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in DOSBox General

As long as you specify the gamespecific.conf with the switch then yes, it will overwrite the dosbox.conf settings.

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Re: Best PCI performance...

Posted on 2008-09-17, 13:28

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by DosFreak

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Use the NOLFB program?

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Vmware Fusion 2 is out (MAC)

Posted on 2008-09-16, 20:48

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by DosFreak

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http://blogs.vmware.com/vmtn/2008/09/windows-gets-ev.html We’re proud to announce that VMware Fusion 2 is now available. ... VMware Fusion 2, a free, downloadable upgrade for all VMware Fusion 1.x customers, adds over 100 new features and enhancements including: More Seamless with Unity 2.0: …

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Re: Want to play Shivers 1 & 2 in Windows Vista!!

Posted on 2008-09-16, 18:20

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by DosFreak

in Windows

in Windows

Shivers 2 http://www.squirtthecat.com/

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Re: DosBox Function Keys

Posted on 2008-09-16, 15:59

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by DosFreak

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in DOSBox General

Look in the README. Something to do with mapping keys to other keys.....

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Comedy Gold...Worse Fallout 3 Preview...EVER

Posted on 2008-09-16, 15:58

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by DosFreak

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http://www.xboxfocus.com/columns/2-the-xbox-guy/879-fallout-3-prepare-be-blown-away/index.html When it comes to my impressions on pre-released games, you can pencil me down as a cynic. After having my expectations trampled, spat upon, and raped so many times in the past, I have come to the …

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Re: Slow load from network map ?

Posted on 2008-09-16, 06:56

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by DosFreak

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and you really shouldn't be using DOSBox with mapped drives anyway. C'mon, it's 2008, you know... (; Having lots of data on network drives (NAS's, File Servers, etc.) isn't that uncommon anymore. I've also noticed that DOSBox is a bit slow on mapped drives, but until now that wasn't a real issue. …

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Re: Windows install

Posted on 2008-09-15, 22:41

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by DosFreak

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in Windows

Vmware Workstation 6.5 is your best option for the easiest and most compatible way to play Windows games in Linux. For 9x in Vmware you won't have 3D acceleration but in 2000+ you will. Don't bother with 9x in DOSBox.

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Re: version .63

Posted on 2008-09-15, 18:00

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by DosFreak

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They don't have to wait, they can use Google to find it and download it if they really want it. Heck, they can even use Google to download it from the DOSBox sourceforge site. The point was to make the older DOSBox versions not as readily available which would force people to report games that …

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Re: Slow load from network map ?

Posted on 2008-09-15, 17:37

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by DosFreak

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IIRC, dates and file sizes are not cached in DOSBox....and you really shouldn't be using DOSBox with mapped drives anyway. Use a VM if you want to run your old DOS apps with mapped drives.

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Re: So where in the world is a good palce to start looking to download adventure roleplaying dos games

Posted on 2008-09-15, 15:46

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by DosFreak

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in DOS

Closed. Topic length and contents of thread annoy me.

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Re: What's in a name? You say tomato, I say ...

Posted on 2008-09-15, 14:38

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by DosFreak

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I've seen alot of cases where users have a very long directory structure where short file names were the ONLY way to fix file access issues: Ex: C:\Files\Publications\Name of Parent Company\Name of sub company\Name of team in company - State\Name of Company - TOPS\NAME OF SYSTEM TOPS\Strange mix of …

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Chex Quest 3 released! (Includes 1 & 2 as well)

Posted on 2008-09-13, 21:17

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by DosFreak

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http://chexquest.org/index.php?topic=918.0 Whew... it's been a while on this little hobby project. While I could easily polish and add features forever, I need step away and let it be. The game is in a very presentable form, so GO GET IT! Thanks to a little technical support from yet another DC …

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Re: my dos download isnt working,and what version do I use besides the 0.72

Posted on 2008-09-13, 20:12

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by DosFreak

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in DOSBox Games/Apps

This forum isn't for the lazy. If you cannot type proper English or even perform the simple task of reading the DOSBox README then I suggest you try a different forum. Thread closed.

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Re: So I downloaded dosbox 0.72 and now I'm trying to download warcraft series:help

Posted on 2008-09-13, 20:11

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by DosFreak

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in DOS

Thread closed. Buy Warcraft, don't download it.

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Re: Virtualization showdown: VMware Workstation vs. Sun xVM VirtualBox

Posted on 2008-09-13, 00:06

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by DosFreak

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in Milliways

No development. (Sorry but one SP a year if that is not good and when they are released they aren't very many changes) Lack of features. (Still no USB support which we've been asking for since 2002-3....) Lack of updates. (Released updates pale in comparison to quality of Connectix updates....and …

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Re: Double Mouse Pointers in Fantasy Empires

Posted on 2008-09-12, 15:30

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by DosFreak

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in DOSBox Games/Apps

Try the AEP CVS from my signature.

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