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• • computer help

  • My computer keeps putting in letters and opening stuff when I'm not doing anything.  I have tried 2 different keyboards and all my USB slots and it does the same thing, even when there is no keyboard plugged in it does it.

    I have scanned my computer with AVG and it found no virus.  I have also used 2 spyware scanners and it hasn't helped.

    I  have popped the battery for CMOS out and waited about 5 mins and put it back in.  I have also reformatted my computer now because a friend told me it was a virus he had had recently and reformatting fixed it.  I reformatted and when it starts up (XP btw) and it asks for my name or computer name it is still doing it.

    Any ideas on how to fix this?

  • Posted: 5/30/08 7:57 PM
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• • Tasos's May 23rd Update

  • They generally released updates about every 2-3 weeks recently.  So why whine about not having a date when it has only been 4 days.  Give it 2-3 weeks to see if they will have one out.

  • Posted: 5/27/08 12:29 PM
    Darkfall
• • Where have all the trolls gone ...

  • Originally posted by atziluth
    

    I think the fanboys are trying to claim victory over nothing.

     

    What is there really left for the critics to post about?

    Tasos is now MIA with no new journals coming out in the near future that anyone knows of.

    Warcry has pretty much extracted themselves as DF cheerleaders.

    No publisher is on the horizon.

    No beta is on the horizon.

    Release is projected this year when there has been no evidence that progress has been made in development.

     

    So this leaves what for people to take about? Perhaps the reason the board is so quiet is because the fanboys have nothing left to cling to. Almost at the midpoint of the year and the great savior of MMOs is just as obscure as ever.

    Lol yeah claiming victory over trolls is hard.  Maybe if you guys would bring up ONE worthy point.  Tasos only posted the update 4 days ago, for all we know he could just post the updates on the DF site, more people would probably read them then.  The contact at Warcry quit, I suspect they will probably still be the host of the updates, Tasos will just have to get in contact with them.  They can always self publish, Tasos said they were making progress.  Beta is set for 2008, maybe you didn't hear, which only gives us 7 more months.  I guess you didn't read it, but he said they would be increasing PR efforts, with a comprehensive video and interviews, we can see the progress when/if those are released.

    We could always argue about the font on the DF website or how long it has been in developement, you know the things the trolls always bring up that don't matter.

  • Posted: 5/27/08 9:29 AM
    Darkfall
• • Tasos's May 23rd Update

  • Originally posted by Polarization
    

    Originally posted by dirtknap69
    

    Originally posted by Psiho246
    

    Darkfall aims to be MASSIVE.

    How are they going to test this with limited number of professional testers? And the game is supposed to come out this year?

    why do you think you need human testers to stress test?

     

     

     

    A more apt question is why do you or anyone else supporting your contention think you DON’T need human testers to stress test?.

    You and other people (including the developers it would seem) are making this extraordinary claim, so you provide the evidence to support that claim.

    Can you name a single MMO developed in the history of the industry that was adequately stress tested without human stress testers, Or even any MMO that has ever successfully launched after only several (3) weeks of public beta?

    As we can see you and other people are even ignoring what your own developers are saying when Tasos himself realizes this is extremely optimistic and concedes the possibility it will be longer when in the update he says

    “public beta will be as long as it needs to be”,

    “we hope and we’re working hard so that it won’t need to be very long”.

    So yet again another ambiguous statement about beta and launch has been made, with the usual accompanying proviso about how they hope to meet this commitment.

    But again no evidence or information has been provided to support these claims, accompanied by the usual repeat of the familiar dismal “we don’t have enough time to update you” and there’s no ETA on the next update excuses, but we are planning to do so at some time in the future forlorn promises.

    They arn't testing without humans.  They have beta testers, professional or not.  The stress test will be the open beta that will last several weeks.  Which doesn't mean 3 weeks like you seem to assume.  Several is ambiguous so you can't really put a number on it, more than a few.  Of course beta will be as long as it needs to be, do you think they would screw their game over after years of work?

    What is the big deal with not having ETA?  It isn't like they were that regular to begin with.  Give it 2-4 weeks and then maybe that arguement would hold some weight.  It has been what, 4 days since he said that.  I can't imagine what the trolls would do if Tasos actually said something to worry about.

  • Posted: 5/27/08 9:22 AM
    Darkfall
• • Should MMO's be ported to consoles?

  • No MMO's shouldn't be ported to consoles.  Why plague the console kiddies with more crappy games?  Once companies start making quality MMO's then they should port to consoles.  Otherwise it is just an excuse not to innovate since the console players probably won't be as experienced with MMO's and won't ask for as much.

    If I was a game designer that wanted money I would definately port to consoles.  I could release crap clones that would probably be picked up and played for lack of alternatives.

    Maybe the TESO will be on PC and consoles.

    To the people arguing about price and upgrading your PC.  I have had mine around 5 years with the only upgrade being the video card which cost around $100.  I can play pretty much any game that is on console and pc at highest settings at 1024x768, which I think is what most ps3/360 games can play at max.  I'm only running a 7600GT.  Even with my old video card I could play any game out there, just not on high settings.  Then again I really couldn't care less about graphics.

  • Posted: 5/26/08 10:19 PM
    General Discussion