A nifty mini usb mouse works wonders...badboi wrote:how do you deal with tank control on the laptop? i've seen people play bz on the touchpad, but I can't do that. i need to use a real mouse or a trackball. i could play on an eraser head, except that mine would develop a memory and zoom off into the middle of nowhere.
what hardware do you play bzflag on?
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Here's my BZflag setup:
Computer: HP Pavilion ze5375us Notebook
Processor: Pentium 4 Northwood @ 2.53 Ghz
FSB: 533Mhz
Ram: 512 DDR SDRAM PC2100
Hard Drive: Western Digital 40GB 4200RPM
GPU: ATI Radeon 345m
OS: Windows XP SP1 (ATI won't make linux drivers for the above)
I'd write out more specs if my computer was better
Computer: HP Pavilion ze5375us Notebook
Processor: Pentium 4 Northwood @ 2.53 Ghz
FSB: 533Mhz
Ram: 512 DDR SDRAM PC2100
Hard Drive: Western Digital 40GB 4200RPM
GPU: ATI Radeon 345m
OS: Windows XP SP1 (ATI won't make linux drivers for the above)
I'd write out more specs if my computer was better
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Can't Linux release their own drivers? Or does ATI only know how? [trying not to get off-topic]penguinix wrote:I have a x700 mobile and I can't run any Linux distro I've tried.
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Once I get a second computer I'm going to try this:A Meteorite wrote:Can't Linux release their own drivers? Or does ATI only know how?
http://dri.freedesktop.org/wiki/
I just don't have the HD space for a full linux distro at the moment. (I play with live cds though).
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I use:
An Apple G4 Dual 1Ghz (ye it's quite old now i now, but it still outstrips lots of my mate's PCs)
An Apple Studio Display 14"
And 2 Apple Pro Keyboards.
I also have my sound wired through my Pioneer Stereo (50watt sattelites, and 75 watt subwoofer)
It has served me well for the last 3 years!
An Apple G4 Dual 1Ghz (ye it's quite old now i now, but it still outstrips lots of my mate's PCs)
An Apple Studio Display 14"
And 2 Apple Pro Keyboards.
I also have my sound wired through my Pioneer Stereo (50watt sattelites, and 75 watt subwoofer)
It has served me well for the last 3 years!
"Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans." - John Lennon
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toshiba satellite a35-s159
2.3-GHz Pentium 4 CPU, 512MB RAM, Windows XP Home, 15-inch screen, 60GB hard drive, 8X DVD-ROM and 24X CD-RW combination drive, built-in V.90 modem and 10/100 network interface, 802.11g wireless, touchpad pointing device, 8.9 pounds (including AC adapter and phone cord). One-year warranty on parts and labor, free 24-hour daily toll-free support.
$1349
i do use the touchpad to play alot of times. i have become pretty good at it too. but the thing is warn out.
also how can i get a live cd to work on a windows xp machine. not to get ot please pm me
2.3-GHz Pentium 4 CPU, 512MB RAM, Windows XP Home, 15-inch screen, 60GB hard drive, 8X DVD-ROM and 24X CD-RW combination drive, built-in V.90 modem and 10/100 network interface, 802.11g wireless, touchpad pointing device, 8.9 pounds (including AC adapter and phone cord). One-year warranty on parts and labor, free 24-hour daily toll-free support.
$1349
i do use the touchpad to play alot of times. i have become pretty good at it too. but the thing is warn out.
also how can i get a live cd to work on a windows xp machine. not to get ot please pm me
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Intel Celeron D 2.4GHz(overclocked to 2.8GHz)
256MB DDR333
60GB Maxtor ATA100(due to mobo limits)
Sapphire Radeon 9250 128MB
Windows 98SE
It runs BZ perfectly at full quality and 1280x1024. LouMan's TimeTrial has been the only map on which I've seen a performance drop and it's only sometimes and not much of one.
256MB DDR333
60GB Maxtor ATA100(due to mobo limits)
Sapphire Radeon 9250 128MB
Windows 98SE
It runs BZ perfectly at full quality and 1280x1024. LouMan's TimeTrial has been the only map on which I've seen a performance drop and it's only sometimes and not much of one.
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I found this one called "Home"penguinix wrote:Wow thats amazing unguided missile, thats one hell of a set up. One question though, which apple store do you sneak into to use it?
The Keyboard. Honestly, that's what I did on a laptop, and old habits die hard, so, still using it on my PowerMac.badboi wrote:how do you deal with tank control on the laptop? i've seen people play bz on the touchpad, but I can't do that. i need to use a real mouse or a trackball. i could play on an eraser head, except that mine would develop a memory and zoom off into the middle of nowhere.
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Mac!
Mac here... all of us art-nerd types like macs it seems.
It's an older one... G4 800MHz (yuck!) I may get a new one, but I've mixed feelings about Apple after their bone-headed decision to drop the PPC chip in favour of (w)intel...
We'll see.
It's an older one... G4 800MHz (yuck!) I may get a new one, but I've mixed feelings about Apple after their bone-headed decision to drop the PPC chip in favour of (w)intel...
We'll see.
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I got my new laptop sometime in June:
15" PowerBook G4
CPU: 1.67Ghz PPC
Ram: 1GB
HD: 80GB
Video: heck, I dunno
Network: 128kbps WiFi in house (I need Cable...)
I used to use an 800Mhz iMac G4... bleah. It could barely handle BZFlag graphics, which are really pretty simple. And that's not a diss. Simple graphics are good... *cough* NES *cough*.
15" PowerBook G4
CPU: 1.67Ghz PPC
Ram: 1GB
HD: 80GB
Video: heck, I dunno
Network: 128kbps WiFi in house (I need Cable...)
I used to use an 800Mhz iMac G4... bleah. It could barely handle BZFlag graphics, which are really pretty simple. And that's not a diss. Simple graphics are good... *cough* NES *cough*.
my website,
http://www.lazy-gamers.net/
http://www.lazy-gamers.net/
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