Blogs - V_Flashbang

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nice video imo lol...... Anyways, whats up dudes. This whole shitty front page post spamming the word 'content' was kinda retarded so I decided to add in a nice video. The name of the song is 8 Ball by Eazy-E and it's one of his better works..up there with Boyz 'n' da Hood IMO....pretty nifty you all should check it out..

God I haven't been here in a while....kinda nostalgic

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just to get the noobish rant from 2 years ago off the front of the page

now give me time to think of some media to post >_>

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By Lord_Fornelius.

Lord fornelius: go fuck yourself.

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Table of contents:

A) difference with me and him

b) our chat conversation

c) proof based on logic

a) differences

im in V Alliance
he is not
I have played with him
no offense curiousj, you dont build fast =P
and i cannot play myself in battle room, technology is limited and computer unable, its impossible.
search how you would with my old smurfs, you will see he is not me.
ask stchurdak too.

b) chat conversation
i was chatting with him on GR. Can't chat myself, i now have only one computer thats usable, and GR does not cope with logins from the same comp.

chat----

V_flashbang232: rawrV_flashbang232: escalation?curiousj: wow, how long has this been here?V_flashbang232: what been here?V_flashbang232: escalation?V_flashbang232: idkV_flashbang232: a whilecuriousj: this pmcuriousj: srryV_flashbang232: idkcuriousj: btw, i tried to download TADR...curiousj: It set off my antivirusV_flashbang232: lolV_flashbang232: its cuz its a .exe fileV_flashbang232: thats the main file type that carries a viruscuriousj: I've downloaded others, but they did not set it offV_flashbang232: others include zip files, archive files (zip, rar, sfx)curiousj: still no set offV_flashbang232: which site did you dl it fromcuriousj: FUV_flashbang232: well gosh then....if you want it that way. =P ahahha jkcuriousj: wtf?curiousj: i saw this comingV_flashbang232: lolspeakV_flashbang232: lolcuriousj: ?V_flashbang232: but FU doesnt carry virusesV_flashbang232: FU in lolspeak (lol, lmfao, wtf) is Fuck youcuriousj: I had a simialar experence with ESCcuriousj: btw, i knowV_flashbang232: oh you were all like wtf so sorry...curiousj: nvm, lets move oncuriousj: my first thread? it talked about viruses and TAUcuriousj: ESC destroyed two of my computersV_flashbang232: ???V_flashbang232: esc has no virusV_flashbang232: like i downloaded it on like at least 10 computerscuriousj: 7 trojans?V_flashbang232: with like the latest security stuffV_flashbang232: your computer was just bein retarded, it happened to my old XP computer too, worked fine stillcuriousj: killing a laptop in twenty minutes w/ vista?V_flashbang232: detected 47 trojans in ta, impossible, there were barely any files in directoryV_flashbang232: umm thats probably hardware relatedcuriousj: ya, no.V_flashbang232: esc is widely used on computers dating back to a decade ago.V_flashbang232: and prove it isntV_flashbang232: its probably something wrong with your power buttonV_flashbang232: its happened to me beforeV_flashbang232: ta has 0 trojanscuriousj: we did extensive testing on itcuriousj: anyways, what news on the project?V_flashbang232: \whmmV_flashbang232: removing shieldsV_flashbang232: oh dont mind if im idle for a bit its likely to happenV_flashbang232: i had to do CHORES?!??!?? D:V_flashbang232: balancing unitscuriousj: thats fine, nobody is going to get in trouble over TAV_flashbang232: oh and gamma asked if curiousj = flashbang232V_flashbang232: :|curiousj: ya, what's his problem?V_flashbang232: he pm'd me on moddbV_flashbang232: oh idk what happenedcuriousj: ya, but if i'm accused of being you, there's a problemV_flashbang232: he accused me of being youV_flashbang232: i explained everything to himcuriousj: one round of ta and it's obvious we are not the samecuriousj: thx!V_flashbang232: npV_flashbang232: i even told him to ask stchurdakV_flashbang232: the other day when you guys were playingV_flashbang232: i was online/activecuriousj: ha!V_flashbang232: cannot be playing ta and chatting on GR at same time...it would give me that wierdo warning message, and i would have to abort ta to chat on GRcuriousj: ya, i've seen that before, "(username) did not recieve your private message because they are in a game"V_flashbang232: nahV_flashbang232: your in a roomV_flashbang232: playin taV_flashbang232: cannot alt tab to chatV_flashbang232: try it next timecuriousj: kkV_flashbang232: window comes up sayin you gotta exit ta to do that or whatevercuriousj: i tried to talk to you once, but you were in a gameV_flashbang232: im also cuttin + pastin our conversation to pm to prove to himcuriousj: that's where i got itcuriousj: thx dude!curiousj: all he has to do is play one game of ta with me and he'll realize that we are not the sameV_flashbang232: im putting it in a blogV_flashbang232: its too long for a pm xDcuriousj: ha!V_flashbang232: and imah hand him the linkV_flashbang232: lol your all excitedV_flashbang232: =Pcuriousj: again, tell him to play me and it will settle it out, i am terrible at TA compared to ypoucuriousj: you*

c) logical reasoning

cannot play myself at ta, as mentioned before, computers are limited and stuff, yes yes
ask stchurdak
cant chat with myself on Gameranger, i have 1 comp and GR does not support logging in from multiple comps.
a couple of days ago i was online with GR. Curiousj was too. he was playing stchurdak. i believe i was talking to V_SA1GON (PlayerV)
due to the way GR runs, people cannot chat while they're playing a game. a message pops up saying they gotta abort ta to continue chatting.
so i could not be curiousj, reasoning and the course of events creates a stacked deck against the claim that i am.

supcom is gay stratwise
ta is epic stratwise
starcraft is realistic but simple...(meh, boring)
ta is modded easy
a lot others are not
ta is origional and badass
supcom is the supposed "sequel" but eh...its what i do on a rainy day ta is 12/24 365 past 10 yrs and is not a copy of supcom, it cannot copy what came out a decade later.
lmfao

Starcraft is a pain in the ass.
Ta is like butter.
(idk)

point is ta is fucking awesome and pwns.

alright, dont mind my typos, i got a new laptop with a new keyboard and i tend to type fast without looking at the keys. Its different. But anyways, over the past 7.5 months i have been experimenting online and in skirmish with ta and it's faults, and im here to present some of the knowledge i aquired to you.

Well i have windows seven now, so no need to use my old xp computer for ta, but it served good in experimenting with lag. it had over 1.5 gig ram but still was, in fact, a slow piece of shit, so i decided to experiment. (you can skip this part)

well here are some of the things i did to slow lag. (i used mods and the regular install of ta btw)

i actually pressed "ctrl" repeatedly and lowered lag
remove tademo.ufo if found from ta directory. not needed.
remove every dll file except: (if found) dplayx.dll, ddraw.dll.
do not remove smackw32.dll as well or else you will make ta non-functional.
this is like only if you are running ancient systems such as 95, 98, or 2000, or even a very slow version of xp

for online: you can use multidump, found on files.tauniverse.com/fu/files/totalannihilation/moddingutilities.aspx
download, install anywhere where you can find it, run multidump.exe
now, go to ta directory. [if found] rename ccdata.ccx to ccdata.ufo
rename totala1.hpi to totala1.ufo.
if you have rev3.gp3 in there and it isn't found on multidump (or scanned), rename it to rev31.ufo

you might want to back up these files

now, open multidump, (if you closed it out), scan ta directory, extract all files.
choose to pack into a monolithic archive (name it totala1.hpi)
pack it up! (into ta directory)

in-game
this solution is really cool. in-game, ta uses RAM space to control unit pathfinding.
(ex, how a unit moves around a hill)
when you have a shitload of units, pathfinding gets worse. not only does this solution [im about to explain] free up ram for pathfinding, but it also reduces unit count in ta AND frees up a bit of RAM.
now, when you go tech 2 and have some mohos/fusions up, either reclaim or self-destruct your tech 1 resource buildings. (tech 1 metal extractors, solars, tidal generators...)
reclamation is the preferred choice because self-d'ing your units causes collateral damage to other structures.
lessens up about 5-10% of lag, and in some cases, 15%.

also:
try to empty recycle bin
delete unnecessary files from your computer (frees up RAM/Hard drive space)
defrag your hard disk drive

if you have to, get a new computer.

Fyi, tau members who might view this. I plan on having thsi blog totally different than this spammish thread here
Tauniverse.com
and here
Tauniverse.com
(although, yeah, because im the one to be talknig on no-spam stuff...:P)

Well, total annihilation is an epic game, surviving 13 years now? Still kicking and squirming with life. Absolutely fun, not just to play and learn strategy, but to mod and manipulate as well. (example: Total annihilation escalation shields manipulate the game engine using script hacks and a weapon that acts as an anti-weapon i think)

But, it could use improvements.

1)In ta, a unit can haee a max of three weapons, and even that is hard. Increase weapon limit to 5 different weapons. (at least)
2)PATHFINDING SHOULD BE BETTER!
3)ai should be able to be more intelligent. The ai controls in ta, for the most part, are primitive. The ai should be able to have it's build patterns affected easily without editing the exe. (totala.exe)
4)ai should build nukes/antinukes and launch them properly
5)ai needs more control on resources
6)graphics (models/antialiasing/) should be better. also, there should be a water effect or, on acid maps, an acid effect. a reflection of light on water and acid and make it look like its actually water/acid instead of being seemingly-stationary. (optional choice when bulding maps; select areas of map where the heightmap is below like -45 or something.)
7)slopes in ta can only be between -255 and 255, make it -500 to 500
8)ta's savegame needs to be more reliable
9)less redundant units
10)going up to tech 6-would be EPIC

Self-Explanatory

Mayhem Balancing pwns escalation balancing.
Escalation is better at unique units, but it tends to lag more.
Escalation has better graphics, but still>>LAG
Even though Mayhem does not have as much naval marvels as escalation, balancing/less redundant units surely pwns a ship with bertha cannon/legs. like a ta:scrap heap version of BB, Spiderbot, and Warlord mixed up.Gamma takes advice much more to heart it seems, and TRO is like "piss off, i can do it myself" :P.The experimentals are not invincible in mayhem. :P Mayhem Aircraft is much more interesting. Especially experimental.esc:unbalanced, ugly, but yet a marvel in itself.Mayhem: Cool, balanced,Not-So-Marvelish, but yet has hard work & effort into it (esc does but mayhem has more of a friendlier feeling to it; EScalation stuff seems like intrusive, unnatural, like an alien living in your house)
Lots of ESC units are redundant, at least more than what units are so in mayhem.

Mayhem poses more strategies even after experimental, because, experimentals arent as much as a "walk-in-your-base-&-destroy-everything" type of thing, unlike in Escalation.

A core in escalation wipes a hole four screens wide in a base before dying.
It takes like 10 drakes to kill a large base, and they sustain very heavy damage.

Mayhem pwns.
Escalation=unbalanced, but yet marvel.

Suggestions:

Core Vindicator (for its buildtime) should have like 30% more armor. It takes like 7 to kill a krogoth due to the missiles.

Thank you for the upped krogoth buildtime!

I think behemoths/centurions should have like 10% more armor and be like 78193 for buildtime.
Also, like someone else said in a TAU thread, (Tauniverse.com), behemoth/centurion are OMGSUPERGOLIATH. and not unique like the other units.

Add like at least 6 more super units? The mod kinda gets boring with the same units lol.
Even with the upgrades, its one new thing and gets worn out fast. :|

What about an experimental ship? :0

Immolator is fucking tough! (Is it meant to survive a nuke?) :P