Of course I use the latest Rice plugin too. For the majority of games jabo seems to work better "out of box". Actually the highest compat / most "correct" video plugin would be the glide plugin, even with a glide wrapper! Almost all the games play perfect with that (particularly Dr. Mario and some other favorites). You can also set the settings for each rom in 1964, so that they all work perfectly with their respective plugins. This is not really good advice for the n00b, though, as it is a little bit of a process to get it all setup right. For the majority of games however, jabo 1.5 direct3d6 plugin seems to work very well with very little tweaking. This is the fastest way to "get your feet dirty" at the moment, for the n00b. An advanced user will quickly figure out how to setup all the plugins for different roms and have a perfect emulator setup, which should be preconfigured hopefully when the 1964 1.0 ini is released (along with 1964 1.0!!).
Alot more can be read about this at emutalk.net where I've been banned about 5 times for pissing off a mod named Dude, who is kind of weak on maturity.
Anyone who would do this instead of emulating or contributing to the (largely open source) emulator community is missing alot of things about how fun classic gaming has become.
Alot of people have trouble setting up emulators. This is due to the fact that most games play much better with 3rd party plugins than the original included plugins. Do a little research, or just try this:
Get yourself a boat load of roms. (shareaza, irc, google, there are ways). Then install zsnes, set the video to 1024x768 and turn on hq3x.
This improves the playability of old snes roms so much that it is amazing. Especially with a high quality usb controller (i like the saitek p2500), and a projector. Mario is over a foot tall and not jaggy at all! People come to my house ALL THE TIME, just to play dr. mario with foot long pills.
Another big favorite is mortal kombat 4 (n64 edition) on 1964 with the jabo video plugin, at 1024x768, with 8x AA and 8x ansio enabled. The people are nearly as tall as real people and their blood sprays all over the room.
Another key element is a good little surround sound system. I like the logitech z640 set of speakers and a cheap audigy, but there are other options.
It's cool to restore old consoles as a hobby, but for raw playability and user experience, a kick ass PC set up right with a projector and wireless gamepads, seriously takes it. None of my friends even play their xbox/ps2/gamecube anymore! (They do play vice city ALOT on this particular pc setup, can't wait for the pc version of san andreas!!!)
I can find anything on there, and it's open source! I wish there was a IM client that integrated it, but if you AND your IM friend both have shareaza, it's very easy to send a URI link to that person, and they can get the file that easy!
Yes I'm sure Kerry and Bush are just beating down the/. editors doors to get media coverage, on their way back and forth from photo ops and botox injections. Thank GOD/. is interviewing real candidates, and not the talking heads that are driving this country, and indeed this planet right into the ground. If you're remotely interested in what either of the corporate conglomerates that bush and kerry work for have to say: YOU ARE A MORON. TURN ON MSNBC AND FOX AND GET A HEALTHY DOSE OF THEIR CRAP. Don't post on/. which is for a more cerebral crowd.
If there's no life there, and even if there is some microbial life, there is no question in my mind that ethically we have the RESPONSIBILITY to spread life (not just our own) to other planets. The sheer volume of planets without life vs. the planets that do have life should be enough to convince anyone who finds beauty in variety to endorse terraformation.
And the how doesn't have to be that difficult. bombarding the atmosphere with nitrogen rich asteroids over a hundred years would probably make the planet fairly liveable in under 500 years, depending on how many asteroids are availble, and how much money/time/effort is put into it.
Now we need to quit bombing Iraq and just get started.
Perfect example of someone in the FOSS community who does this right? (or damn close): Firefox of mozilla. Great installer. Works with the stupid flash plugins almost automagically. Everything is simple and fast. Gimp 2.0 won't even work for me AT ALL, and I can program in pascal and C (badly). How the hell do I recommend this (other wise great) program when me an oft called "computer guru" can't even install the damn thing and have it work out of box?!?!
And why isn't there an IM program that is half as pretty or functional as trillian? Gaim is ugly as hell, and alvaro is too.
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Sibelius treats finale like a retarded step child with emotional problems.
Please don't use finale.
I don't think that this is any worse than people writing passwords to post-it stickers stored under keyboard.
DAMN IT! Now I have to change my whole security setup ASSHOLE!
Of course I use the latest Rice plugin too. For the majority of games jabo seems to work better "out of box". Actually the highest compat / most "correct" video plugin would be the glide plugin, even with a glide wrapper! Almost all the games play perfect with that (particularly Dr. Mario and some other favorites). You can also set the settings for each rom in 1964, so that they all work perfectly with their respective plugins. This is not really good advice for the n00b, though, as it is a little bit of a process to get it all setup right. For the majority of games however, jabo 1.5 direct3d6 plugin seems to work very well with very little tweaking. This is the fastest way to "get your feet dirty" at the moment, for the n00b. An advanced user will quickly figure out how to setup all the plugins for different roms and have a perfect emulator setup, which should be preconfigured hopefully when the 1964 1.0 ini is released (along with 1964 1.0!!).
Alot more can be read about this at emutalk.net where I've been banned about 5 times for pissing off a mod named Dude, who is kind of weak on maturity.
yeah, it plays 99% of the games perfectly now, with the right 3rd party plugins.
Anyone who would do this instead of emulating or contributing to the (largely open source) emulator community is missing alot of things about how fun classic gaming has become.
Alot of people have trouble setting up emulators. This is due to the fact that most games play much better with 3rd party plugins than the original included plugins. Do a little research, or just try this:
Get yourself a boat load of roms. (shareaza, irc, google, there are ways). Then install zsnes, set the video to 1024x768 and turn on hq3x.
This improves the playability of old snes roms so much that it is amazing. Especially with a high quality usb controller (i like the saitek p2500), and a projector. Mario is over a foot tall and not jaggy at all! People come to my house ALL THE TIME, just to play dr. mario with foot long pills.
Another big favorite is mortal kombat 4 (n64 edition) on 1964 with the jabo video plugin, at 1024x768, with 8x AA and 8x ansio enabled. The people are nearly as tall as real people and their blood sprays all over the room.
Another key element is a good little surround sound system. I like the logitech z640 set of speakers and a cheap audigy, but there are other options.
It's cool to restore old consoles as a hobby, but for raw playability and user experience, a kick ass PC set up right with a projector and wireless gamepads, seriously takes it. None of my friends even play their xbox/ps2/gamecube anymore! (They do play vice city ALOT on this particular pc setup, can't wait for the pc version of san andreas!!!)
rhY
Yeah, I've done this with about 20 people and their computers.
It just works better, it's easy to keep those people now.
Ah. Good idea. :D
Which version of shareaza? They all sucked big time till just recently. You may wanna give it another shot, as it's open source and stable now.
Why not just have your friend install shareaza and send him a magnet link?
http://shareaza.com/
That's what I do with even my n00bliest of online buddies.
... that does edonkey, gnutella 2, gnutella 1 AND bit torrent.
http://shareaza.com/
I can find anything on there, and it's open source! I wish there was a IM client that integrated it, but if you AND your IM friend both have shareaza, it's very easy to send a URI link to that person, and they can get the file that easy!
rhY
quicktime alternative.
those were all broken earlier. oh the power of /.
Did anyone get these pages and can provide a magnet link or torrent? I'm very interested in seeing these, and cryptome is dead.
thanks.
rhY
That's a GREAT weezer song.
Should've used the Quake logo icon.
Yes I'm sure Kerry and Bush are just beating down the /. editors doors to get media coverage, on their way back and forth from photo ops and botox injections. Thank GOD /. is interviewing real candidates, and not the talking heads that are driving this country, and indeed this planet right into the ground. If you're remotely interested in what either of the corporate conglomerates that bush and kerry work for have to say: YOU ARE A MORON. TURN ON MSNBC AND FOX AND GET A HEALTHY DOSE OF THEIR CRAP. Don't post on /. which is for a more cerebral crowd.
Well, as buggy as IE is, it sure SEEMS like a prerelease version.....
I'd like to know your crazy reasons. I have some Ideas too that would be considered "eccentric", and they have full merit for me.
rhY
Innocence in theaters? Does that mean there's no bad divx out on Shareaza yet? Get me my mini-cam honey!
This simply means that ethically I can no longer justify buying any of their albums. Save me some money!
If there's no life there, and even if there is some microbial life, there is no question in my mind that ethically we have the RESPONSIBILITY to spread life (not just our own) to other planets. The sheer volume of planets without life vs. the planets that do have life should be enough to convince anyone who finds beauty in variety to endorse terraformation.
And the how doesn't have to be that difficult. bombarding the atmosphere with nitrogen rich asteroids over a hundred years would probably make the planet fairly liveable in under 500 years, depending on how many asteroids are availble, and how much money/time/effort is put into it.
Now we need to quit bombing Iraq and just get started.
Shut up ass. I know that. I just don't like that it didn't have a setting in the options. To me that is trash software. *sigh* again.
It runs every time Winblows starts, and there's no turning it off short of uninstalling. That's a deal breaker for me. Now I need a reformat. *sigh*
Perfect example of someone in the FOSS community who does this right? (or damn close): Firefox of mozilla. Great installer. Works with the stupid flash plugins almost automagically. Everything is simple and fast. Gimp 2.0 won't even work for me AT ALL, and I can program in pascal and C (badly). How the hell do I recommend this (other wise great) program when me an oft called "computer guru" can't even install the damn thing and have it work out of box?!?!
And why isn't there an IM program that is half as pretty or functional as trillian? Gaim is ugly as hell, and alvaro is too.
There's my rant quotient for the day.
You obviously never played the PC version of Halo. It is chock full of errors and problems.
*sigh*