I hate people who are all cynical over April fools. Come on, we don't have to be super-serious all the time.

I like clever jokes though. And I mean jokes that hadn't been reused 343243 times.

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Just bought it, gonna say my first thoughts after I played a few missions. :o

Wee, Kane is back at least...

Edit: Shame it's only one DVD, one thing with some of the older CnC games is that the game was on two CD's, and you could easily LAN that way. :o

Edit2: And it dosen't install, joy.

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Ziff, actually the problem isn't with EA.

It's with installshield.



Had exact same error message with Norton Internet security on this computer. Seems like åäö get's messed up in installshield for me, and one of the files (lol läsmig.txt) contains that charcther. However, I'm going to try installing it on my laptop then transfer it to my main computer (with registery settings and everythng) and see if it would work there, seeing how it's the installer that troubles. I wonder if it's related on how osme things in my version of Win XP media center edition is in Swenglish... and Norton internet security quites with same error.

Oh yeah, the error is 1324 "invalid charcther".

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Update to latest version whenever it's up, i'm gonna use that version.

I'm making a quick scenario currently.

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Well, I got the installer running.

I pretty much changed the "läsmig" reference in the msi file to "lasmig" and then renamed the läsmig.txt file to lasmig.txt.

...the game itself better run now.

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Well, I'm not going to bother installing that one... Even if i know how to fix the error (hex edit!)

Well, it's graphics is impressing. First thing I started was tutorial mode, so I could make sure it worked fine ingame... probably will post some screenshots later.

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Just finished GDI campaign, is playing the Nod one right now.

I like the game physics, and things like how troops says differently when you make them retreat makes the game feel somewhat more realistic. My biggest complaint is the music, fitting but dull. No Frank Klepacki here. And that troops have a tendancy to walk into tiberium at times on their own when stuff moves around. (who in the right mind would walk into a field of toxic crystals?)

And for casting, all I care is that Joe Kucan is in there. Heh.

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I been here for over four years already. At this point though, I probably miss my five years annivesary.

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Heh, the game is pretty much easy until third act, for both GDI and Nod. Is on the first mission on act IV, which is very tricky, especially if you want to finish the bonus objectives.

I should try multiplayer later. Even if there's like, three patches in the last week so far. xD Most of them being related to multiplayer.

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Well, the patches aren't really that major in terms of many bugs they fixed. As I said before, it's mostly stuff related to online play.

Edit: Also, the system requirements isn't really that bad for me. The game automatically set everything to it's highest when I started it for the first time, apart from the fact that it didn't get the native resolution of my monitor, so I had to change that (like usual).

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Posted by Xkeeper

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And turning, and accelerating, and slowing down...

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As far as I know, weight dosen't affect turning. Current speed of train vs how 'steep' the curve is matters more. And train length is another factor as well.

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I wish I could get away with such pranks. If I could go back for one day in elementary school, I would pull off alot as I have much more technical knowledge.

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You usually need some quite heavy turns to slow down freight trains though.

Hmm, let me test something...


289 km/h?
152 km/h
131 km/h
88 km/h

For the most upper curve, max speed actually might be higher than 289 km/h, there were just no faster railway train.

And remember that the acceleration model is different with maglev trains. And trains will only slow down if they're 'bent' at two points so if a train is perfectly straight, even for only a game frame, it will not slow down. This is more of a limit in the acceleration model than a feature though. :p

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Nice seeing that they fixed that though. I only played Mario kart Wifi once, and only rather quickly. >>

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Mmm, I remember when we weren't allowed to take floppies from home due to the paranoia of viruses. Ironically, nowadays use floppies today as they're way too ancient compared with most average computer hardware for today.

I started using the multimedia craze though, so my first computer was a typical multimedia computer 486 computer back then when Compaq was actually a good and reliable brand.

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To post videos of me smashing it with a hammer?

Sorry, I couldn't resist.

Well, only reason I could think of would be playing all those PS2 games I never played before.

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Someone definatly needs to make it a newGRF.

A gif I made by a screengrabbing program I made

Less intresting animation, but more smooth

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YOshit as in YOshi-t or YO-shit?

:o

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You probably wouldn't want it to explode though.

Knowing Xk.

:o

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time for milkkkk.

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