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Re: Icewind Dale II

in Milliways
Look at the wikipedia article. And no, this shows again your ignorance, for porting software from pc to other systems doesn't necessarily mean you need to rewrite the code from ground up. See ScummVM, Exult or GemRB - these run well on other platforms besides the PC, including Amiga, PowerPC, …

Re: Icewind Dale II

in Milliways
Genrb, exult, pentagram, nuvie, xu4 and the one you labeled usless as ... are all engine remakes. And these remakes can be ported to other platforms. What you mean is a straight port done by the company. The engine remakes are done by reverse engineering the original game and making a new engine. …

Re: Icewind Dale II

in Milliways
it's not being done by the original coders, it's not using the original code -> it's an engine remake. You still don't get the difference and why it is the same as the engine remake you labeled pointless... take your meds again...

Re: Netbook purchase advice

in Milliways
If the laptop is really old, she should get a new laptop that weighs less than the previous one and has a smaller screen. I would never go the netbook road again (I had a small form factor Vaio when the term netbook didn't yet exist 😉).

Re: Windows XP CD-Rom problem

in Windows
Ha, now that you mention it, I actually do remember similar problems due to Nero. Get rid of it, use some other burning software, perhaps Alcohol bla%. Since it is trialware you can test first whether it works. Nero became too much of everything and none of it good enough. And adding things so deep …

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