Summoning stones revisited :D

[Summoning stones revisited :D]

... you also gain quite a lot of experience from them, so if you factor that in, it is still in your advantage to sell your stones at slightly below the NPC price, even if you lose a few gold coins for some stones.

That sounds like: "buy your exp at NPC!"

[Alt-Enter in Windows XP]

Windows users might know, alt-enter switches a program to full screen.. Any idea how to disable this feature? 2nd rost that i've lost to it and i'm wondering if i can stop it before the 3rd

Use ColdKey program (http://www.visualautomation.com/coldkey/index.html).

[How old are you?]

meh, i'm the only 40+ in game

No, you are not... I was born in 1956 exactly when Stalin died

[Can't get on EL since i changed to Vista [SOLVED]]

I found some info about OpenGL on Vista in Wikipedia (Windows Vista):

Games or programs which are built on Vista's version of DirectX, 10, will not work on prior versions of Windows, as DirectX 10 is not backwards-compatible with DirectX 9. According to a Microsoft blog, there are three choices for OpenGL implementation on Vista. An application can use the default implementation, which translates OpenGL calls into the Direct3D API and is frozen at OpenGL version 1.4, or an application can use an Installable Client Driver (ICD), which comes in two flavors: legacy and Vista-compatible. A legacy ICD, the kind already provided by independent hardware vendors targeting Windows XP, will disable the Desktop Window Manager, noticeably degrading user experience under Windows Aero. A Vista-compatible ICD takes advantage of a new API, and will be fully compatible with the Desktop Window Manager. At least two primary vendors, ATI and NVIDIA, are expected to provide full Vista-compatible ICDs in the near future. However, hardware overlay is not supported, because it is considered as an obsolete feature in Vista. ATI and NVIDIA strongly recommend using compositing desktop/FBOs for same functionality.

Additional information is avaiable at OpenGl.org website:

OpenGL hardware acceleration is handled in exactly the same way in Windows XP and Windows Vista - through an Installable Client Driver (ICD) provided by graphics card manufacturers. Without an OpenGL ICD installed, Windows XP and Windows Vista both revert to rendering OpenGL in software on the CPU rather than using GPU acceleration.

[Trying to get CVS working]

plus i noticed dev-cpp has an odd sense of humor...

 [General Error] Too many messages; abort. 
 There must be something terribly wrong with your code. Please fix it. 

As freeone3000 say:

... I suggest NOT using dev-cpp, because their version of mingw is many versions behind gcc, plus for my system, it was painful to keep working. MSVC++ is better if you insist on using Windows for EL compilation.

[Wont open?]

If your OS is Windows XP go to nVidia drivers download page

and download ForceWare driver. Before instalation read carefully Installation Hints

[How to convert .mod file to .avi or mpeg]

any know of a converter (free) that can do this?

The mod file can be converted very easily by changing the extension from .mod to .mpg

JVC stores the video in files with a .MOD extension which are standard MPEG-2 VOB files with Dolby Digital sound.

[EL crash and freez my system [SOLVED]]

...It sees that 1-2 seconds before everything freezes “pixels” or “fragments” from the gamescreen rains similarly the rain effect (only in the game window)...

Sounds like virus infection... Have you any antivirus program?

[I think I broke something.]

Check graphic card drivers settings. Check "ATI bug" status in "Options" or el.ini

[Can't get on EL since i changed to Vista [SOLVED]]

Change back to XP. Vista is'nt system for gamers today

[I'm banned]

Mayby you should read this:

http://www.eternal-lands.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=29370

[I'm thinking of making a list of bots available from vakana]

Bot name: Pigi

Owner: OnyxA

Any other contacts: Rusikus, DarOH, ElNinho

Purpose of this bot: Trade

inv #inv wanted #wanted loc #loc help #help

[I Need help for playing EL on Mandriva]

-edit el.ini and change datadir to where you unzip everything

Yes, it was easy but i must be numb because i still have wrong path error when i launch the game

You probably edit wrong el.ini. Check where the #data_dir in your el.ini (in ~./elc), points at. For your installation should be /home/underfire/Desktop/Eternal Lands-1.33.

[How do i install a new Graphic/Video Card?]

Many games wont work with your current card...

[el problem]

the geforce 2 GTS isin't lister there too(i looked for it)

only the geforce 2 PRO should i try that one then?

Go to http://www.nvidia.com/content/drivers/drivers.asp.

In first window select "Graphics Driver"

In next window select "GeForce and TNT"

In next window select "Windows XP/2000" then click "GO!".

Click on "Primary Download Site" or any Mirror

After download uninstall current drivers and then run downloaded installer.

[el problem]

now it crashes between a half hour and a hour, depending on how intensive i use the console

It looks like your hardware have problems with overheating...

when i went to the Nvidia site my driver wasn't even there!

but strange tho 7600 and 7800 series are listed therebut 7700 NOT!

Chipset of your card is NVidia GeForce2 GTS and you must search NVidia site for drivers to this chipset. V7700 is ASUS code for card not NVidia chipset code!

[Question about stocking a new bot]

Im still newbie in game (playing EL only one year) and as bot coadmin im rookie.

Please explain me in which way i can resuply my bot in storage without trade while bot have nothing in storage? How i can initialy put some stuff to bot storage?

[No Connection (Linux Client)]

Thats right. Mayby latency is to high? Mayby packets lost?

[Ideas for the "charm" attribute replacement]

I read carefully all posts. Like Aislinn i agree with trollson's post

[small question about books]

http://www.el-cel.com/info/books.php?Category=All

[Game wont work [SOLVED]]

... I share this computer but the people I share it with don't know to much about computers so I'm pretty sure they didn't change anything.

AFAIR people who don't know to much about computers CAN make unpredictable changes.

[el problem]

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Display Devices

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Card name: ASUS AGP-V7700 DDR SGRAM V56.55

Manufacturer: ASUSTek

Chip type: GeForce2 GTS/GeForce2 Pro

DAC type: Integrated RAMDAC

Display Memory: 32.0 MB

Current Mode: 1024 x 768 (32 bit) (60Hz)

Driver Name: nv4_disp.dll

Driver Version: 6.14.0010.5655 (English)

DDI Version: 9 (or higher)

I suppose that there is problem with a little to high settings. Your card have only 32MB memory. Try set display mode to 800 x 600 (32 bit).

[Computer Freezing! [CLOSED]]

Upgrade your video card. It's ancient.

Not only ancient. Like many graphics chipsets integrated with NorthBridge have not sufficient cooling. You should buy external graphics card with AGPx8 (your motherboard support only AGP expansion slot). I suggest card with NVidia processor (for example GeForce 7600 - not expensiv but sufficient to play EL and other 3D games).

[el restarting automatically after #exit]

I have 2 computers, both WinXP Pro. On my first machine that bug never happen, but on my second machine it happens very often.

[Artwork Updates]

you can buy them when they will be available

Very smart and diplomatic answer