The new machine finally arrived - and it has ridiculous quantities of blue lights. Even the red-eye mouse has a blue light

I'm now spending all my time trying to configure the UI to work on a 6040 x 1080 resolution (spread across three monitors). Most of it is OK, but I'd like to move some more of the HUD items onto the center screen, and stop the game from trying to use the whole width for the maps. I'm learning a lot more about the menus xml files than I intended.

The extra screen space is great for the Construction Set, which likes to open new windows for everything. I can use a whole monitor for the cell render, and still see all the other stuff at the same time.

If I can't find any tutorials etc. on the triple-screen issues, I may end up writing one.

ghastley: Blue lights and three screens! Woot! I can imagine what you mean about having three screens to tinker around in the CS.

Congrats ghastley. Glad to hear you are getting a handle on the three screens. It does sound like it would be handy for using the CS. Just using a second monitor helps me immensely when going between spreadsheets and databases at work.

I have been thinking of getting a new machine soon too. My current one is starting to get tired. I still have not quite made up my mind to replace it yet though.

Extra screen space for the CK/CS would be wonderful. Congrats on the new system.

I'm quite a regular complainer here!

So, I'm trying to run Thief 2 on my laptop, but it refuses to load the disk. It doesn't crash, but when I put the disk in, all my PC does is make some odd clunking noises. It isn't a problem with the disk drive, since it will run other disks and has never made this noise before. Any ideas?

Oh, and the disk is a Sold out version, just in case thats the problem.

Odd clunking noises? Well if the disc isn't ruined, you could try opening My Computer and see if the computer thinks there is anything in the drive.

My PC did exactly that when I put Oblivion in before I upgraded the PC to handle it. Check the game minimum requirements and your PC's - possibly it can't handle the graphics.

Good point - if there's a graphics issue, it might not think it can even display the "fail" dialog!

Well, my old MBP finally died.

And I have my new one - with the same specs except for the display and hard drive. The display is the high-resolution version of the standard display, which can go up to 1680 x 1050 - pretty respectable. The HD is the standard platter drive - 750 GB.

I decided to go with this one instead of the one I was looking at earlier because the display on this is proven, while the display on the other is really new tech. Typically I'm not an early adopter - I prefer to let someone else work out all the kinks on new technology before I get into it. So that's why I got this high end MBP instead of the MBP with Retina display.

I just picked this baby up on Thursday and so far am very happy with it. It does not have HDMI (like the Retina does), but it has Airplay capability which lets me use my HDTV as a second monitor wirelessly. So hopefully I'll be able to get back into writing once again, now that I have something portable.

Hello...

I give permission to treat me like a complete numpty where computers are concerned... ...I said where computers are concerned... ...

Aaamywho...

I'm being hassled to buy Oblivion and Skyrim for the PC...

Sooo...I know you can create alternate users...One each for me, boy and girl...

Reet...If we each create a character or so, does the fact that these users are seperate mean that the autosave won't save over each other's games?...

Aaaaand...

Knowing the boy, he'll want to mod...And probably, so will I...

Sooo...Can we run different mods on the seperate users?...As I can't remember how the turorial that Subrosa sent me said about turning them off or on each time you use the game...

Please use small words... ...Like I said, other than push button, press here to make internet/itunes/word I don't know, really, what I'm doing...


EDIT!!!..Oooh, OOohh...Can you use the PS2 lookalike controllers to play Oblivion and Skyrim or do they not support it?...Ta vm...

This post has been edited by McBadgere: Sep 24 2012, 04:29 PM

If you're getting Oblivion and Skyrim then be sure to get a few of the helpful tools, such as Wrye Bash and BOSS installed to take care of the mods.

Wrye Bash has a useful feature called profiles (essentially it just swaps folders) to keep characters separate. They can run different combinations of DLC, mods etc. as the plugins list is part of the profile. WB is essential if you're installing and uninstalling mods to make sure they don't remove anything you need that's shared, and that replacement files don't prevent the originals from being restored.

BOSS makes sure that your mod list is in the right order, and you're not trying to use incompatible ones.

There are a number of others that I consider essential, but most of those are involved in making your own mods, so they can wait until you get that bug!

Edit to match yours, yes there are controllers you can use with PC TES games. See the Hardware forum at Bethsoft for threads on how to make them wok.

This post has been edited by ghastley: Sep 24 2012, 04:49 PM

http://www.infoworld.com/t/microsoft-windo..._sec_2013-08-15

I found out why computer quit working after the latest round of MS patches...

How do you get back on your PC to remove the patches or install the updates to fix them? (just in case).

I was able to do a system restore.