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| Cat 5.10a (BETA) OmegaDrivers Available |
The newest OmegaDrivers ATI Radeon drivers based on Catalyst 5.10a (BETA) have been released.
From the OmegaDrivers News Page:
(10/25/05)
Ok, the update is up now, the new version is 2.6.75a, sorry for the problems with the original release, but please download and update to the new one since there are tons of internal changes.
(10/24/05)
Ok, the new drivers based on the Cat 5.10a are here (Yes, decided to jump the official 5.10).
Go to the ATI Radeon section and take a look at the Readme while downloading so you know the latest changes, additions to this set and some important notes or warnings. As you remember from my last post here, I was going to start the development of a CCC for the Omega Drivers, well, fear not guys, I dropped the CCC idea after playing with it for a few days, I ended up uninstalling it (sorry ATI). I will continue to work and develop my drivers using alternatives to CCC for the time being.
Enjoy!
Oh! and BTW, if I can pull it off, expect a new installer for next release, more streamlined and easier to use than the actual one (also prettier).
Unfortunately, for some time now, drivers after Cat 5.2 up to and including the 5.11 drivers (whether it be the stock ATI or modified OmegaDrivers version) do NOT resolve the blackscreens/lockups in Everquest II reported by players in this thread.
It should be noted that the various solutions presented in the forums other than reinstalling Cat 5.2 will not work (but may have contributed to solving other problems a particular user was having). Setting Complex Shaders to -1 (turning off Complex Shaders altogether) may prevent the condition causing lockups, but will result in severely degrated visual quality. Basically, this turns off shaders and bypasses pretty much everything that makes owning a recent-generation video card worthwhile. And that's assuming it actually works around the problem...
ATI has provided Sony with a development driver that at last report was believed to resolve the problem in early testing. No information identifying the driver version series this fix is in or an ETA on release has been provided yet.
The issue is also being tracked in a sticky on the Technical Help and Questions forum.
Note that downgrading drivers is notoriously unreliable. It is highly recommended that folks use the Driver Cleaner to completely uninstall previous driver versions before proceeding with the downgrade. (It is vitally important that you read, understand, and follow the specific instructions that come with Driver Cleaner in order for it to be effective.) |
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Posted by Tessil Tuesday, October 25, 2005 (15:13:46) |
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| New Issue Of The Daedalus Project |
The Daedalus Project has new findings and a new survey. The Daedalus Project is an ongoing online survey study of MMORPG players that started 5 years ago and has surveyed over 35,000 players.
Some highlights of this issue's findings: While the media likes to talk about how "virtual" relationships in MMOs are, about 80% of players actually play with someone they know in real life (a romantic partner, a family member, or a friend). PvP servers attract younger players as well as more men than PvE servers. This has implications for gender-bending rates. On PvP servers, female avatars are much more likely to be played by men. 22% of respondents said that they had purchased virtual gold. On average, these players have spent $135 USD on virtual gold. While older players are more likely to have done so, there were no gender differences. |
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Posted by Tessil Tuesday, October 25, 2005 (10:29:42) |
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| XBox 360 Arrives November 22 in US |
Microsoft has released an official press release regarding the XBox 360 world wide launch just prior to the Tokyo Game Show. Looks like the US will be getting it just prior to Thanksgiving on November 22nd. Europe will get it on December 2nd, and Japan on December 10th. |
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Posted by Tessil Thursday, September 15, 2005 (12:32:31) |
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| Guilds: What's in it for me? |
The Escapist has a piece looking at the rationale behind joining a Guild, and what it takes to enjoy the experience. Guilds are a core component of most Massively Multiplayer Online Games, but they're also one of the hardest to get right.
From the article: "If guild members don't get what they need from their group, whether that need is companionship or gear, they are going to leave it. The guilds that thrive are not the ones that recruit hundreds of members with no common interests - in this case, finding members might be easy, but keeping them would be impossible. Similarly, if players refuse to accept the costs of a guild such as sharing loot or defending castles, the guild will have a harder time functioning as an efficient unit. The guilds with higher rewards and lower costs are the ones that will last." |
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Posted by Tessil Wednesday, September 14, 2005 (12:02:17) |
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Disney's ToonTown Online is finally getting a day in the sunshine. Gamespot is reporting that Sony Online Entertainment is going to be publishing the game commercially, both for the PC and console systems.
From the article: "The boxed version of the game will retail for $19.95, which includes a two-month subscription to the $9.95-a-month service. Toontown has been available directly from the game's official Web site since June 2003." |
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Posted by Tessil Monday, August 29, 2005 (09:38:11) |
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| Putting Xbox 360's Price in Context |
There is no question that four hundred dollars is a good chunk of money, but how wide is the gap between this console launch and the price of previous gaming hardware? What follows is a list of previous consoles with their prices adjusted for inflation according to the Consumer Price Index:
Atari VCS launched in 1977 for $249.99 = $811.21 in 2005
Nintendo Entertainment System launched in 1985 for $199.99 = $354.91 in 2005
SEGA Genesis launched in 1989 for $249.99 = $389.67 in 2005
NeoGeo launched in 1990 for $699.99 = $1041.12 in 2005
Super Nintendo launched in 1991 for $199.99 = $282.21 in 2005
Jaguar launched in 1993 for $249.99 = $328.69 in 2005
3DO Interactive Multiplayer launched in 1993 for $699.95 = $920.30 in 2005
SEGA Saturn launched in 1995 for $399.99 = $497.66 in 2005
Nintendo 64 launched in 1996 for $199.99 = $242.75 in 2005
SEGA Dreamcast launches in 1999 for $199.99 = $228.09 in 2005
PlayStation launched in 1995 for $299.99 = $372.01 in 2005
PlayStation 2 launched in 2000 for $299.99 = $333.15 in 2005
Xbox Launched in 2001 for $299.99 = $325.34 in 2005
GameCube launched in 2001 for $199.99 = $216.89 in 2005
Read the whole article on xbox360.ign.com. |
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Posted by Tessil Sunday, August 21, 2005 (01:54:57) |
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 The Cat only grinned when it saw Alice. It looked good-natured, she thought: still it had VERY long claws and a great many teeth, so she felt that it ought to be treated with respect.
`Cheshire Puss,' she began, rather timidly, as she did not at all know whether it would like the name: however, it only grinned a little wider. `Come, it's pleased so far,' thought Alice, and she went on. `Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?'
`That depends a good deal on where you want to get to,' said the Cat.
`I don't much care where--' said Alice.
`Then it doesn't matter which way you go,' said the Cat.
`--so long as I get SOMEWHERE,' Alice added as an explanation.
`Oh, you're sure to do that,' said the Cat, `if you only walk long enough.'
Alice felt that this could not be denied, so she tried another question. `What sort of people live about here?'
`In THAT direction,' the Cat said, waving its right paw round, `lives a Hatter: and in THAT direction,' waving the other paw, `lives a March Hare. Visit either you like: they're both mad.'
`But I don't want to go among mad people,' Alice remarked.
`Oh, you can't help that,' said the Cat: `we're all mad here. I'm mad. You're mad.'
`How do you know I'm mad?' said Alice.
`You must be,' said the Cat, `or you wouldn't have come here.'
- Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll; Artwork by Rifka |
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Posted by Tessil Wednesday, August 17, 2005 (14:52:19) |
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| Cat 5.7 OmegaDrivers Available |
The newest OmegaDrivers ATI Radeon drivers based on Catalyst 5.7 have been released.
From the OmegaDrivers News Page:
"These drivers are based on the Cat 5.7 and they include a customized version of ATI Tray Tools instead of Radlinker. Go to the ATI Radeon section and take a look at the readme while downloading so you know the latest changes and additions to this set.
Enjoy!
UPDATE: After a few hours of the driver's release I noticed there was an error in the INF files, if you downloaded the drivers earlier (they wrong ones say they are v2.5.42 and Cat 5.6), please download them again, the available mirrors already have the updated 5.7 drivers. Sorry for any grief this situation may have caused."
NOTE: Unfortunately, Cat 5.7 and 5.8 (whether it be the stock ATI or modified OmegaDrivers version) does not resolve the blackscreens/lockups in Everquest II reported by players in this thread. It should be noted that the various solutions presented in the thread other than reinstalling Cat 5.2 will not work (but may have contributed to solving other problems a particular user was having).
ATI has provided Sony with a development driver that at last report was believed to resolve the problem in early testing. No ETA on release has yet been provided.
The issue is also being tracked in a sticky on the Technical Help and Questions forum.
Until this issue is resolved, EQ2 players who have RADEON cards must use the previous Cat 5.2 drivers. Note that downgrading drivers is notoriously unreliable. It is highly recommended that folks use the Driver Cleaner to completely uninstall previous driver versions before proceeding with the downgrade. (It is vitally important that you read, understand, and follow the specific instructions that come with Driver Cleaner in order for it to be effective.) |
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Posted by Tessil Thursday, July 28, 2005 (09:09:07) |
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Following on the development of Guild Chat for Station Players our engineers have been working to provide other means by which players can communicate with each other when offline. We have compiled some documents to help educate people that may wish to communicate with our chat infrastructure via their own programs or third party plugins.
Note: You will still need to have an active Station Players Advanced Guild Features subscription in order to communicate with your guild in EverQuest II. Advanced Guild Tools bills at a rate of $0.99/mo., it is also included in the $2.99/mo. bundle which includes all four premium features. You can add Station Players to your EverQuest II subscription by Editing Your Account and selecting "Update Station Players Premium Features".
You can download the two files here:
Third Party Guild Chat Document
Guild Chat with Miranda |
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Posted by Tessil Wednesday, July 27, 2005 (08:27:49) |
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| SOE Station Exchange Launches |
MMORPG.com reports that the experiment in Massive retail that is the Station Exchange has launched.
From the article: "Station Exchange is going live for EverQuest II on two all-new servers (The Bazaar and Shadowhaven). EQII players will be given the option to have their characters moved for free over to the new servers or they can start up brand-new characters there. Players who do not wish to participate in Station Exchange can continue playing on their current servers.
SOE recently concluded a two week pre-launch trial phase for Station Exchange. We only allowed a very small number of EQII players into the pre-launch in order to help us fine-tune the system and get feedback on the user experience. The service was live for pre-launch, which meant that all of the users were exchanging US dollars for the rights to use virtual goods, characters and coin within the game." |
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Posted by Tessil Friday, July 22, 2005 (07:53:27) |
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| Guild Name: |
| | Clenched Fist |
| Server: |
| | Crushbone |
| Guild Level: 95 |
| Guild Status: N/A |
| Total Characters: 183 |
| Unique Members: 33 |
| Average Adv. Level: 56 |
| Average Art. Level: 29 |
| Date Formed: |
| | Wed, 12 Jan 2005 19:31:00 |
| Average Quests Completed: 427 |
| Total Rares Harvested: 7,837 |
| Total Items Crafted: 575,523 |
| Total Kills: 2,903,764 |
| Total PvP Kills: 0 |
| Total City PvP Kills: 0 |
| Total Wild PvP Kills: 0 |
| Total Deaths: 69,232 |
| Total Kills: 2,903,764 |
| Total Deaths: 69,232 |
| Kills vs. Deaths Ratio: 42 |
| Highest Guild Status Contributor: | | | Tulvarus (8,061,885) |
| Most Quests Complete: | | | Tulvarus (5,551) |
| Most Collections Complete: | | | Toukai (509) |
| Highest Max Melee Hit: | | | Glouciir (142,246,544) |
| Highest Max Magic Hit: | | | Tulvarus (64,662,636) |
| Most rares collected: | | | Tulvarus (977) |
| Most items crafted: | | | Tulvarus (356,500) |
| Longest Time Played: | | | Tulvarus (1 year 6 months 1 week 5 days 4 hours) |
Class Breakdown:
 | Fighter: 26 |
- Berserker: 4
- Guardian: 5
- Bruiser: 4
- Monk: 7
- Paladin: 6
- Shadow Knight: 0
| Priest: 25 |
- Templar: 4
- Inquisitor: 6
- Warden: 3
- Fury: 6
- Defiler: 2
- Mystic: 4
| Mage: 35 |
- Warlock: 6
- Wizard: 8
- Illusionist: 4
- Coercer: 6
- Necromancer: 6
- Conjuror: 5
| Scout: 35 |
- Brigand: 5
- Swashbuckler: 2
- Dirge: 6
- Troubador: 6
- Assassin: 2
- Ranger: 5
- Beastlord: 9
Trades Breakdown:
| Craftsman: 23 |
- Craftsman: 6
- Provisioner: 8
- Woodworker: 4
- Carpenter: 5
| Outfitter: 21 |
- Outfitter: 9
- Armorer: 5
- Weaponsmith: 3
- Tailor: 4
| Scholar: 23 |
- Scholar: 3
- Jeweler: 7
- Sage: 6
- Alchemist: 7
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One day like today...
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Ethernet invented. Thus begins the ascendancy of the geek. |
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