Yep, I'll stop too. Thanks for sharing that with me, codemon! Im really happy that you love Gothics, they will live on forever!
Do you have MAL? (I have 2 secrets I think you might like: I finished Chromanin on my own, and, I know the name of our nemeless hero...would you like to know? I'll tell you on MAL.)
Have no fear. The thing works pretty well. It's just a dll that translates older directx calls to newer ones, i.e. the game still thinks its talking to directx 8 when the calls are actually directx 11 (very clever stuff). Having said there might be problems, not that I've encountered any, but IMO you're too paranoid regarding the most curious stuff. Can't say for sure but the patch will probably fix most issues you mentioned.
Regarding the game I've done some stuff too tbh :D. In G1 I used to lure powerfull creatures like shadowbeasts and swampsharks for the guards/templars to kill and me to loot. I was obsessed with animal trophies. I didn't kill critters until I could loot them thoroughly. I always beat up that dude with the yellow crossbow early on and was a beast mid game. In G1 still I forged crude swords like a mofo until I could beat Wolf and steal all his stuff. Never paid for anything after that lol.
In G2 that part where you arrive in the colony at night really hit me good. I binged the game when I got it so it was night irl too during that part. That feeling of sneaking, well morelike stumbling, behind the orcs all night and at dawn making a run for the battering ram was freaking great. I always saved Jergan when the orcs attacked the mine later on. When I finally made it to the castle my dad saw that I was still awake and told me to go the fuck to sleep lol.
I could go on but I'll stop here. Here's hoping admin doesn't ban us both.
Glad you like it :D. I'ts so satisfying to hear people appreciate your work. Probably why admin keeps running this site even though it causes him some headaches.
I think you must have played Gothic somewhere between 1999 and 2001. Gothic 2 came out in 2002 as far as I remember. Thank you for reminding me about the DX11 patch! I seen it in 2013, I think, but I was scared that it was harmful (system lockups and force restarts with the possibility of damaging the pagefile are my biggest fear). Thank you for giving me curage to try it out. Im happy you talked to the autor, so now Im 100% sure to go for it. By the way, I really look forward to it because since I installed win 10 three weeks ago, I encountered strange problems with Gothic 1 and 2 (GOG).. It forces them in windowed mode, strange sound burst at the beginning of G2 and, the Ore Nugget in G1 inventory is not visible! That last one shocked me because it was all fine on win 7. Do you think the DX11 patch will fix it? I think It has to do with the object fov for the inventory since all the items there are actually 3d, not a texture picture.
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I was always obsessed with Ore Nuggets. On my first playthrough I actually collected 1000 ore nuggets even before Thorus at the Castle Gate in the Old Camp asked me for that same amount so I can get in. Of course I didnt give it to him because I was ALWAYS saving for armor. The swords I usually made myself at the Camp forge, or found them while out on my usual long hunts and attempts of ambushing orcs in the Orc Land. I actually loved the Swamp Camp most. It was so mystical at night when all the ore lamps turned on. I was like, 40 hours in an novice loin cloth. I loved it that much. I used to go SNAPPER hunting in Cavalorns canyon in the Novice Loincloth and with a Two Hander. I would sneak up on them on the brige and then wait for one to smell me and I slowly started to back away, then fought far enough from the other snappers. It was insane, I was side-running around it waiting for an opening by forcing it to run to a wall or simply hitting it the last second when it charge run at me head on. When It had to turn around I hit it in the side...I got so practiced that I almost never ended up dead from the snappers, when I was too weak I could manage to run away... I actually did so many things and exploring before joining any Camp.(All in my Novice Loincloth I bought from the templar at the Gate of the Swamp Camp for 250 Ore Nuggets, or was it 500..)
I would love to hear some of your experiences in G1, G2. (I know this is not an adequate place, but just a bit... )
Try one of my stylish themes for AT. Just install the stylish plugin for your browser and click "Find styles for this site". They're both the same red but IMO way easier on the eyes than the default and they work on the mirror too.
Damn ... 26 here. Cant remember when I first played Gothic. I did play them in release order. I'll never forget how much german I listened to cuz NotR wasn't translated for a while. Finished all games except Gothic 3, even that pos Arcania. Can't say I clocked as many hours as you though. Do you know of the DirectX11 patch for Gothic 1 and 2? The same dude is doing a reimplementation on the engine. Old video here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjEpN3I8Ovc . He and AT admin are like gods among men when in comes to coding and IT, honestly. I've talked to them both and the clever tricks they pull off are almost too smart. Working in IT too I understand what they do, but can't really match up to them.
Thanks codemon. Well, I'm a bit older kid, 24 actually. But I 'll always remain a kid at heart. I am surprised that you know about Gothic (1,2,3). I started playing Gothic II, then 1, and G2 Night of the Raven, back in 2005 what I was 12, and to this day Gothic 1 and 2 NotR are always with me installed even on my latest rig, and I still play them with the same fire and joy. (Gothic 3 is on a dvd but since I dont have a dvd drive anymore i'ts not in my new rig.) I usually had 250 hours in Gothic II NOTR *half way through* and some 400 hours in the end. In Gothic 1 I usually had 120 at end. Gothic 3 didnt have a timer on the savegames, but I think my gameplay time was the same or more than Gothic 2.
Or, and I know this is a crazy suggestion, just grab a player for Windows that works with the free version and test it. BTW, the "half-official" win-builds by the main-dev lachs0r, don't include vapoursynth support: https://github.com/lachs0r/mingw-w64-c...r/packages Well, will become interesting to see you building mpv including vapoursynth support from source. It's just pain, even for skilled people (referring Windows). Someone did win-builds in November 2016 and linked them. As it's looks to me, you don't mind running binaries from any strange source (because asking for cracked warez): https://github.com/mpv-player/mpv/issu...-257471182 Edit: The user did setup autobuilding via Jenkins. So there's a git polling log and a build information. Looks OK, but anyway, binary files should be handled with caution.
Admin ... I'm just gonna shut up ... 60 TB omfg ... I'm clearly over my head here, didn't realize the true scale of this thing. Usenet may not be free but is indeed a great way to archive this stuff. 1Fichier is a long time player so it's probably safe for now. Looked at pricing and it's one of the better deals out there. You clearly know what you're doing so I'm just gonna go back to leeching.
I meant skipping horriblesubs for the archive not the normal hosts AT already uses. Save what is not popular, stuff that if it dies it's hard to get anywhere else. HS is popular so it's available through many channels.
I agree with you that volunteer will probably not work. There are too many useless leechers (as is expected), many of whom probably don't even read the feedback page.
AT is great for what it does. Just a longer term memory would be even greater.
Owww yeah now were talkinz!! Youz guyz! It time to party! My IP changed by itself! I didnt even know it does that all the time! I can now download from MEGA again! I already downloaded 1TB, so hello another 1TB of download quota.
Youz know what that meanz youz guyz!? It means you just got rid of me for 20 or more dayz since Im going back to downloading from mikudb. In the past month when you had peace, I downloaded 400/800 albums.
Thank you for that link. "SVP provides GPU acceleration and allows to watch FullHD 1080p-video recalculated to 60Hz in real-time using a mid-range CPU and almost any GPU hardware"
Thats a beast for you?
Im pretty sure that my system can handle that since AC Unity is not a problem.
But, there is a problem, I need a pirate purchasable version because I use mpv player. Since Im among pirate's here, any links where I can get one?
1000GB doesn't last long, and you'd constantly need to maintain more and more accounts, which I can't see as being sustainable. Currently there's about 60TB of files on our 1Fichier accounts, for the Direct link system.
admin modestly forgets to mention that he is already archiving all the stuff AT processes via Usenet. Not free downloading, but probably available for 5 years.
Horrible is probably one of the most popular downloads here, if you're suggesting skipping them that sounds like a bad idea.
A portal that provides temporary access to new releases like AT is probably all that is really viable. A summary archive is doomed: On a public host it would eventually disappear via change in policy (Mega, Mediafire, etc.) or death of host (Anonfiles, DevHost, etc) . On a private host there are the high costs, DMCA removals and liabilities. All for what, newbies? Fans just have to stay current with new releases as they become available, or cry in their soup for what they missed.
For suggestions, it seems that what AT needs are automated, unlimited, free (mostly) uploads. Probably not paid accounts or group volunteer concepts.
I would like 60 fps anime. It would be amazing. It would be great and plesurable for the eyes if anime was made in 60 fps in the future. Seriouz peoplez joke about high fps but at the same time those same pplz want a gtx 1070/1080, thats kinda funny.
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