[Eishtmo]

I'm going to be different and say Diablo.  Mainly because as a general rule, you'll need to buy a new computer to play the other three if you don't meet the mins (and even if you do in some cases).

Personally, I'd look for some old classics.  Most new games are flashy, but don't have much else backing them up.

[Stryke 9]

Er... SS2's cool, but make sure your hardware's compatible first. I got that color-inversion **** going on with the textures, where everything looks like a pixelated acid trip. It really sucks, and makes the game unplayable to boot.

[ZylonBane]

That can probably be fixed by patching, and then open your user.cfg file in Notepad and add the line:

safe_texture_manager

[Stryke 9]

I'm failry sure it is patched (HOTU download, they're pretty good about these things), but it's worth a shot. Where's the patch?

[mikhael]

Originally posted by PhReAk
this pic rocks
 

Nah. This one does:



I picked Unreal because it understand Lightwave.

[Stryke 9]

I'm inclined to say Unreal out of the list, too, by the way, even though I've only played about ten minutes of it. Any game with a mod that lets you ride a missile is all right in my book.

[Levyathan]

Originally posted by StrykeIX
I'm failry sure it is patched (HOTU download, they're pretty good about these things), but it's worth a shot. Where's the patch?

You can download it from Irrational Games.

[Stryke 9]

No dice. The installer can't find my copy of the game.

[Nobilis Draco]

Americas Army, greatest FPS/sim and it's free.

[Stryke 9]

...

...


Should I say it? 'Cause I want to, but it's getting a bit old, and it's about a page of more or less ranting.

[mikhael]

Originally posted by StrykeIX

Should I say it? 'Cause I want to, but it's getting a bit old, and it's about a page of more or less ranting.

Do it! Give in to your hate! Unleash your anger!

or something.

[Levyathan]

Originally posted by StrykeIX
No dice. The installer can't find my copy of the game.

What version are you running? You should be able to get this information somewhere, just look for it.

[Stryke 9]

Actually, on close inspection, it has a readme for a patch describing roughly what the patch you provided the link for does, so I assume the rest of it is already in there, too.


And ZB: Do you mean user.bnd or something else.cfg? There's no user.cfg anywhere, and I don't think the key bindings are the problem.

[01010]

Originally posted by StrykeIX
Actually, on close inspection, it has a readme for a patch describing roughly what the patch you provided the link for does, so I assume the rest of it is already in there, too.


And ZB: Do you mean user.bnd or something else.cfg? There's no user.cfg anywhere, and I don't think the key bindings are the problem.

The version of SS2 from HOTU is the patched version. I remember reading it when I D/L it the other day. Pretty cool game but I don't know if I have the inclination to play it too much. Scared me  a couple of times already though and it's got a great atmosphere.

[Nobilis Draco]

Originally posted by mikhael
I picked Unreal because it understand Lightwave.

all the modeling and animation was done in lightwave but it comes with mayaPLE go figure

[Levyathan]

Originally posted by StrykeIX
And ZB: Do you mean user.bnd or something else.cfg? There's no user.cfg anywhere, and I don't think the key bindings are the problem.

It's user.cfg. You have to create the file under the main Shock 2 folder with some text editor and put that single line ZylonBane mentioned in it.

[ZylonBane]

Just outta curiosity, what graphics card are you using?

[Stryke 9]

Matrox Millennium on the 98 box. My first guess was that that was the trouble, but I'm trying everything else, just to be sure.

[Nuclear1]

Get Warcraft 3.

Load any mission, click rapidly on different units (footmen and riflemen in particular). Listen to the funny voices.

[Stryke 9]

For that, you can just get WCII for about $2 in any bargain bin.