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I have the same problem, in XP with a GeForce 8800GT. According to what I've heard, this is exclusive to newer nVidia cards. With this happening and a restriction on graphics modes on old DOS games (I'm a big-time retro gamer), the next card I get is going to be ATi. nVidia's just pissing me off too ...

QUOTE (raingriffin @ Oct 1 2009, 03:08 PM) As a little advice from personal experienc, you may want to inflate it a bit, giving it a bit of a bigger profile, like if it had a spine on the back: it's not because i don't like how the model looks, it's just that i think their profile in game could be ...

Whoever winds up being my first podding is probably going to be my favorite for a while.

Returning greenhorn here! I never got past the newbie stage, but now I'm getting back into the game - let's see if I can start podding people instead of the other way around!

QUOTE (Dragenesis @ Sep 9 2009, 12:03 PM) I ran across an open-source TS/Vent alternative called mumble. Maybe we can use that as the basis for the integrated voice chat. From my testing, it's very resource efficient and sound quality is good.

Well, there's a couple of ways we could do this.

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QUOTE (Orion @ Sep 3 2009, 03:32 PM) Although it's possible to shoot down missiles, it's buggy at best.. I suspect the bullet intersection detection code isn't very robust. I think this is something worth looking into; at the same time if we do improve the code we might have to beef up missile ...

Man, seeing Ghost of Blue ramping up his number of posts in this thread makes me want to stick a reply in here just to bring my count up.

Oops, too late, I just did it

EDIT: Crap, this was 11. I didn't need it.

What would be awesome would be more granular options. The particle effects look great, but if someone is having trouble with a boost to the face making their computer chug, perhaps an option to have fewer boost particles, or just turn off boost smoke?

QUOTE (Pedowich @ Sep 2 2009, 06:37 AM) Saying we need to fix this implies it is broken, which it is not.

Okay, sorry for my improper phrasing. Kindly replace 'fix' with 'change'.

QUOTE Don't want to accidentally kill pods? Don't spam your fire at the target ship and be more careful. It is a ...

QUOTE (Pedowich @ Sep 1 2009, 09:50 PM) Stuff like this has been brought up before. THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH PODS AS THEY ARE NOW. They are an integral part of the game, and of tactical decisions throughout the game, and shouldn't be $#@!ed with.

Has this been brought up before in the context ...