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WELCOME

First of all I would like to say that your artwork is amazing.

Best of luck to you and your brother(s) on your first project. Start with a small project first to get the feel of AGS. Don't start out too big... or else you'll end up like me

It isn't 'username', it's actually Author that is having the issue.

Heh, I have had a problem with that on each of the games I put up in the database. I can never get back in later on to edit and so have to bug Chris to let me in

If I still had a wii I would happily paste you all again and again. 

Paste?? Heh.

Anyone else?

Boy, the How to make badass awesome backgrounds for your AGS game thread blew up rather quickly, no?

Alright, I've finally got this game after waiting since last May when my wife borrowed it from a friend at work. She said she was going to get it for me for Christmas, but since then it had been sold out EVERYWHERE. Didn't get it until last weekend. the whole househole got the flu a couple days later. Long story.

Anyway, I've been a huge Mario Kart fan since Super Mario Kart. Any AGSers have MKW and want to swap friend codes?

I know Boyd's got it at least. Please PM me with your codes!

I also agree with Anian's 2cents, and my 2cents can go into the pocket as well

WHAM, what I learned very quickly about "meta-gaming" after releasing the demo for Matt to the Future, is that the players do get frustrated rather quickly. They know as a player that they need a specific item, but because they haven't triggered an event yet, they can't take it.

My theory was that if Matt didn't know why he needed something, he wasn't going to take it, even though the player knew that he needed it.

You have to try to remember that the player and the protagonist are two different people.

Fortunately for you, you haven't released your game yet so you have time to adjust your puzzles!

Is your computer able to boot from a thumb drive?   If so there may be hope ...

Hmm, I think it is, actually. Heh, I wish I thought of that, I REALLY want Ubuntu Studio

I've already burned plain Ubuntu on a disc and tried it out as a live CD and I like it.

Thanks for the info, Rick.

I really want to install Ubuntu Studio on my old HDD - it looks awesome, but unfortuantely our DVD burner only burns CDs. Not to sound like an idiot, but since it is a DVD Rom with burning capabilities, wouldn't you think it would burn DVD-Rs too? I don't know, I only installed this a year ago and never tried. It came out of my mother-in-law's computer (Dell 2300).

Is there anywhere where I can find a CD ISO for Ubuntu Studio? Maybe one that isn't as full with programs? The ISO they give you is over a GB.

lol!

We all must have our own Chris Jones action figure! Does it come with the action where he grabs his wrists and complains about carpal tunnel?

Wow. Again. I knew Microsoft was bad, but...

Does anyone know if this update affected Vista? My mother-in-law has a vista machine and she's now worried that the update that she delayed, afterwords shutting off the machine (to visit with us here for the weekend), is going to result in what ours did.

Abstauber, thank you a million for finding that article on uninstalling the update! We got an XP disc and I was able to uninstall it from the repair and recovery section.

Thanks everyone for you help and support!

Now to install Linux on my old HDD

WOW.

Thank you, Xenogia. It's comforting to know that I'm not the only one this happened to...with the same update

Maybe Microsoft will send out some sort of fix...

...or maybe not.

Well, apparently the disc I do have is for a Dell Dimension 2300. I guess I'm out of options. The Knoppix  Live CD will suffice for the time being, I suppose, which isn't an entirely bad thing. I like it so far. It's different. After I make sure my songs are %100 backed up and safe I would like to format that old HDD and install Linux on it.

...Maxtor, but it seems like the have been aquired by Seagate or something.

Yes, they have. They've been Seagate for quite a few years now (5 maybe?). I remember when I first tried accessing my old harddrive and I was looking up the jumper settings online (someone apparently thought it would be okay to skip stamping them on the HDD shell) and all I kept getting was Seagate.

I know too many people that are joining the darkside (Sony) because their 360 had the red ring of death.  It's sad, really.

Heh, I would think that Microsoft would be the "darkside" you speak of

The RRoD is actually usually very fixable. Its due to shitty heatsinks on the chips (they are like little rubber pads).

Stick 2 pennies covered in insulation tape to the back of the chips with thermal paste and its fixed.

I've fixed at least 3 different Xboxs doing that.

Wouldn't you think that at one point we could buy something reliable enough that we wouldn't have to do shit like that? Oh wait a minute, Microsoft would lose money by making something too reliable... 

[Wyz]

Wyz, it is a Dell Dimension 2400.

I knew I would forget to mention something. It's Windows XP Home Edition.

No, I'm not sure I have the correct Windows disk. There might be one hanging around. If I find one I will try it ASAP. One of the sites I found DID mention the Windows CD, so hopefully maybe that'll help if I find it.

Thanks for reminding me, GG.

(Posting from Knoppix Live CD)

So around 2:30 this afternoon, Windows had an update. After installing, it wanted me to restart and so I did.

Now I'm getting this blue screen:

A problem has been detected and windows has been shut down to prevent
damage to your computer.

It this is the first time you've seen this Stop error screen, restart your
computer. If this screen appears again, follow these steps:

Check to be sure you have adequate disk space. If a driver is identified in
the Stop message, disable the driver or check with the manufacturer for
driver updates. Try changing video adapters.

Check with your hardware vendor for any BIOS updates. Disable BIOS memory
options such as caching or shadowing. If you need to use Safe Mode to remove
or disable components, restart your computer, press F8 to select Advanced
Startup Options, and the select Safe Mode.

Technical information:

STOP: 0x0000007E (0xC0000005, 0x8050ED93, 0xF8ACE3B8, 0xF8ACE0B4)

I've googled until I can't google anymore and nothing seems to help. I've looked all through this site but it keeps assuming that I can access Windows through what ever process, like Safe Mode.

I cannot access Windows what-so-ever. Not through Safe Mode, Normally or Last Safe configuration. Every option leads me to this blue screen.

The last time this happened (about a month or less ago) it actually gave me a messege, the one that went something like: IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL_TO. So I was able to fix it, but this time I cannot. A couple years ago we got this same problem and had to bring the computer it to get it fixed. We figured they would have to format and reinstall Windows, but they didn't. I'd rather not have to bring this back and get it fixed again. I would like to do it myself with your help.

Please help!

Thank you for posting, Roll, it was a big suprise! I'm glad you liked the animations
I am going to continue, but it will be cut down into episodes instead of one big game.

What if the games weren't necessarily multiplayer, but were able to be played over a network where players were able to swap turns at will and give advice/ideas within a messenger window/box?

"Hey, try putting the ___ on TOP of the ___..."
"I got an idea... what about ___?"
"Wait a minute... remember what ___ said about the ___?"
or
"When will you let ME play??"

[I had lost all my guitar recordings]

Good morning! Good news...

Last night I had a bit more time than I had anticipated and was able to use the computer.

I tried out Knoppix which works really well on this computer and I WAS able to read the HDD, but it wasn't showing anything in there that was mine... like it was a newly installed WinME. At first the WINDOWS folder wouldn't open but after a while it did. I went to the desktop folder where I know a particular folder is, and nothing was there.

Anyway, after a bit of fooling around I rebooted the computer normally and was able to find a free recovery tool, which is coincidentally, PCINSPECTOR - thanks anyway, Abstauber!

I was able to find pretty much everything that was lost on that HDD. This morning I will be going through it and save what I can.
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So after 4 years of thinking I had lost all my guitar recordings  - there are hundreds (at least three years worth) - I finally got them back! I can't explain how excited I am to be able to hear them again. Last night before I went to bed I had listened to 3 of them... it was great. I never thought I'd be hearing them again.
I was honestly near tears, I mean... bah, screw trying to explain. I know there are a ton of guitar players here on AGS, so I think you understand.

So thanks again to everyone that helped, even you, Leafshade , getting those sounds files back feels like I've won the lottery.

Oh, I almost forgot, there's also a bunch of old AGS projects on there too. I doubt they will work, some of the pictures were garbled and I'm sure some of the data is lost for good, but it's neat to see it all again.

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One thing that was awful wierd was that before accessing the HDD from Knoppix, Windows kept asking me if I wanted to format it. After I was done trying Knoppix, I tried accessing it from Windows again... and it let me into it! Any ideas why that would have happened?

A recovery tool is your best bet.

I'm thinking it might be too. While I was waiting for Knoppix to download, I found a recovery tool and downloaded that. It read it okay and I was able to see some of the files. The thing that sucked was that until I tried to recover some of them once they were found, I didn't realize it wasn't a free product. I've got to pay a little closer attention. But anyway, it did give me a little glimmer of hope.