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Doom 4 - annouced on www.idsoftware.com  May 2008

Production has begun on DOOM 4 , the next journey into the legendary DOOM universe.
(Well Doom 1 and 2 were great , doom 3 was utter garbage )
We are expanding our internal team and are currently hiring to work on this highly anticipated title.
(more people to code back into doom 4 coop and release proper sads program and a linux client ?)

"DOOM is part of the id Software DNA and demands the greatest talent and brightest minds in the
industry to bring the next installment of our flagship franchise to Earth," said Todd Hollenshead,
CEO, id Software. "It's critical for id Software to have the best creative minds in-house to develop
games that meet the standards synonymous with our titles."

The DOOM franchise is one of the most recognizable and important in gaming history, having been
named "one of the ten most influential games of the decade" by PC Gamer and "the #1 game of all time"
 by GameSpy. DOOM 4 will join the award-winning series which has consistently topped sales charts
 throughout the world.

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Personaly I dont have many high hopes for Doom 4 after seeing the utter crap
that Quake 4 and Doom 3 worked out to be , both had
COOP REMOVED as a built in feature
, both supported consoles ,
Doom 3 had ugly graphics with limited colours .

What do people think of the upcoming Doom 4 game for PC ?

Can it show real game play before bling  and bring back the real doom feeling
that doom 1 and doom 2 (and its exp packs) had ?

Will it support opengl ?

Will it have built in LAN and online coop with EIGHT to 16 players ?

Will it have a proper seperate stand alone dedicated server ?

Will it have a working game browser unlike so many incompete games lately ?

Will it have huge system requirments ?

Will it be worth supporting ID once
again were as I found Doom 3 and Quake 4
wasnt worth supporting

To my huge disapointment both Flomp and DB have droped AVI XVID
and now using bloody h264 which doesnt work on dvd players like ROWA
or my new little usb tv out gadget .

Ohh BTW H264 sucks the big time

Looks like theirs a niche market for a new fansub group to pickup
the slack and offer AVI XVID fansubs of bleach and Naturo
in 175 meg FULL SCREEN 4:3 format.

Cross fingers and toes in hope that SD can come to the rescue

Ive been using Ubuntu v8.04 Linux recently on my gaming PC recently

OMFG Why doesnt linux have Portable apps like Windows ... GRRR

Almost got DC++ working in Linux the way I want , it just
crash's since its a odd release I converted from a RPM to a DEB

http://img292.imageshack.us/img292/9862/dcpplinux27april2008jh8.png

Still it connects and works with Windows DC++ 0.261 and Windows DC++ 0.674
just it CRASH's once I try to share files under Linux

Anyone out their have any luck with DC++ under Linux ?

kvirc v3.4.0 s

kvirc is a FREE opensource multi platform
irc (Internet Relay Chat) client

It features:
* Full GUI Based configuration
* MDI floatable windows
* Built-in help browser
* Themes support (all configurable by GUI or scripting)
* Pseudo-transparency support (up to the desktop on KDE)
* Drag & Drop toolbar editing
* Activity Notifier Pop-Up
* Status bar with Applet support
* Unread text mark
* 14 Languages Translations
* Proxy support (SOCKSv4, SOCKSv5, HTTP)
* Full IPv6 support (also for DCC transfers)
* SSL support (also over IPv6)
* Micryption support
* UNICODE support

IRC specific features:
* Multiserver connection
* Notify lists (yes, WATCH is supported)
* Ignore lists
* Registered users database
* Lag meter
* Configurable logging
* Standard DCC CHAT and SEND (with resume) support
* Extended DCC types: VOICE, RSEND, GET, RECV
* DCC CHAT over SSL
* DCC bandwidth limit (ability to set it "on the fly")

Note:
For Linux users this wont be under Addremove/auto update programs
it will be download and compile from source
http://www.kvirc.net/

(Tested add/remove with Ubuntu latest , didnt find it thats why I am suggesting source)

Hammer of Thyrion
http://uhexen2.sourceforge.net/

Hammer of Thyrion is a free client to play
Hexen 2 Retail , Hexen II demo,
Portal of Praevus mission pack and HexenWorld
on Linux , Windows and Mac
with added features .

Info about Hexen 2 here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hexen_II

Hammer of Thyrion Features:

* Cross-platform code: Tested on Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, Mac OS X and Windows.
Also reported to build and run fine on QNX and DOS is supported for nostalgic purposes.

* Tested on 32 bit and 64 bit platforms.
* OpenGL enhancements including multitexturing, glow effects, working brightness control,
  text and hud size changing on the fly, translucent console background, console background
  stretching, colored lights and support for external lit files, fixes for texture cache and
  model mesh cache mismatches.

* Fully network-compatible with Raven's 1.11 windows version as well as with other Hexen II ports.
  Can load and play games saved with Raven's 1.11 windows version.

* Fullscreen intermissions and help dialogs.

* MouseWheel support.

* Improvements and fixes to the HexenC (mod scripting) game code.

* Improved sound support: A selection of three different sound drivers (ALSA, OSS and SDL) for Linux.
   FreeBSD is supported with OSS and SDL, OpenBSD and NetBSD are experimentally supported with sunaudio and SDL.

* Many bug fixes, security fixes and other improvements.

Linux Tube Website - Video tutorials for Linux OS/free software ,etc
http://www.linux-tube.com/

This looks like an interesting website in alpha stage that hopefully
turns out very well , it looks like at the current time has some
free tutorial guides on linux releated things and a few linux ads

Instead of using Bit Torrent , Windows File sharing or setting up FTP servers
on each PC at Lan Parties . I suggest using DC++

DC++ is a FREE open source file transfering program which was made
to REPLACE the spyware infested officall program
that NO LONGER EXISTS any more

DC++ is on Windows , Linux and Mac and its cross platform
You can transfer data between each other on different OS's
as long as you connect to the same DC++ server .

Example of DC++ below:

Click here for FULL size:
http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/8218/cbaudcspeedexamplegigabyh8.jpg

How to use DC++:
http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/486050
http://www.b.ali.btinternet.co.uk/DCPlusPlus/gettingStarted.html
http://www.dc-resources.com/guide.htm

Tips on better DC++ use:
- Instead of using stock default Win2000/XP/2003 use Nlited Windows
- Run XPY while running Windows to speed up things
- Use Internet updated drivers for your Motherboard and Network card ,
avoid using Microsofts built in drivers
- TURN OFF QOS
- DEFRAG YOUR HDD regulary
- DONT Transfer MULTI files at the same time (VERY BAD , slows down everything)
- Pre hash DC++ before turning up to the lan

 By the looks of the official (finally) announcement of
 Red Alert 3  http://www.ea.com/redalert/press_release.jsp

 I am going to say its going to be crap which is a shame
 Red Alert 1 (PC) and Red Alert 2 (PC) are GREAT FUN games .

 Releasing a RTS on a console is a BAD IDEA it will only result
 in watered down game play , slower movement and
 reduced multi player player amount.

 If you look at all the other game series that EA games
 have ruined over the  years its no surpirse that this series
 would get effected as well.

 I supported buying Red Alert 1 and 2 and one of the exp packs
 I doubt Ill support Red Alert 3 (PC)

 co-operative campaign play is something that a LOT OF PEOPLE
 wanted with Red Alert 1 and 2 its a shame it took this long to add it.

 With the watered down process are they going to downgrade
 from 8 players in Multiplayer to 4 or actually shock gamers
 and increase it to 12 or 16

 A standalone dedicated server is a must . I remember playing
 RA2 games from Friday night to Sunday (yes the same game
 session  with sleep/eat breaks) the game would slow RIGHT
 down after a while.

 I guess only time will tell with the leak of the beta (no doubt it will be leaked)
 and the release of the Demo and retail

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For anyone that has never played Red Alert 1 or Red Alert 2 on PC I suggest getting it
trying it out before playing Red Alert 3 gets released

Some pics of Red Alert 2:

Failblog - Check out this site for a laugh
http://failblog.wordpress.com/

Some of my fav pics off it:

DVD Video disc  to AVI (codec) convertor:
DVDx - http://www.labdv.com/dvdx/
Mediacoder - http://mediacoder.sourceforge.net/

AVI (Codec) to DVD video disc Convertor:
DVD Shrink - http://www.dvdflick.net/

CD Audio to mp3/ogg:
CDex - http://cdexos.sourceforge.net/

MP3 to CD Audio:
(Use CDburnerXPpro or Infra Recorder or Nero Burning Rom/Express)

Free Burning Software:
IMGburn - freeware - http://imgburn.com/
Infra recorder - opensource - http://infrarecorder.sourceforge.net/
CDburnerXPpro - freeware - http://www.cdburnerxp.se/