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General Discussion / Re: Boot issues - any ideas?
« on: August 23, 2009, 01:11:25 PM »
No, I can give that a try later, though.

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No errors found with the HDD diagnostic.

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General Discussion / Re: Boot issues - any ideas?
« on: August 23, 2009, 09:45:53 AM »
I already ran Memtest86 back when the problem started, but I'm running it again just to be sure. I'm not sure about the HDD diagnostic or stress test, I'll have to look into those later.

 :edit:

Memtest86 found no errors. One thing I noticed, after running it I was able to boot into Vista with no problem. I've experienced the same in the past (no problem booting after running Ubuntu off the live CD and installing, no problem after running 7/Vista's repair options), it almost seems like the computer needs to "warm up" before it wants to boot now.

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Final Fantasy V Research & Development / Re: Bug: Butz' Blue Mage sprite
« on: August 23, 2009, 09:42:38 AM »
FF1-FF5 attack sprites are very easy to draw. The frame is identical to walking forward, except the right arm has been removed. Just copy his leg from the walking forward animation and remove any traces of the right arm remaining (probably just a single line out outlining). It's a real shame they didn't keep this sprite style for FF6's battle sprites, they were so much more dynamic looking in battle.

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General Discussion / Re: Boot issues - any ideas?
« on: August 22, 2009, 01:10:52 PM »
Of course, but I had unplugged everything, so I really don't think it was that. It's just really odd timing that the modem went after the storm; the lights didn't even dim before I unplugged it.

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Gaming Discussion / Re: Gaming Progress Thread
« on: August 22, 2009, 11:08:33 AM »
Final Fantasy IV: The After Years (Wii)

[spoiler]In what is quite possibly the biggest oversight in this game, EXP is still divided by the number of characters in the party, even characters that are no longer gaining EXP. Once I found that out, I started leveling at a much faster rate in Edward's Tale (Edward and Harley can hold their own now), but it's still going to take forever. Unfortunately that is not an option for Porom's Tale, since I'm still taking way too much damage to have every hit focused on two characters.[/spoiler]

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Gaming Discussion / Re: Final Fantasy III: Eternal Crystals Bugthread
« on: August 22, 2009, 11:03:38 AM »
Quote from: Deathlike2 on August 21, 2009, 04:07:14 PM
One of the few things I'd hope most hack-makers do is test their own stuff... at least one full playthrough. That way, you can fix/tweak whatever is wrong.

Yeah, especially in this case, since the hack was already so bugged to begin with. You don't even need to do a full playthrough if you're just making fixes, load up a savestate from the area you're editing and make sure everything works. It's not hard, I do it all the time.

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General Discussion / Re: Boot issues - any ideas?
« on: August 22, 2009, 10:55:03 AM »
Quote from: Deathlike2 on August 21, 2009, 01:28:04 PM
What hardware are you running?

If you're using an Intel board, you might have issues with their boot disk drivers....

No, I've got an AMD processor, I believe the board is branded nVidia (it's got one of their onboard graphics chips).

Quote from: bond697 on August 21, 2009, 03:19:03 PM
when you installed 7 and then vista... each time did you do a full/low level format and install or let the installer do a quick format?  what did you do before you installed ubuntu? maybe something different? letting the installer "quick format" has caused problems for myself and clients before.

I did the quick format when I installed 7. I didn't realize it didn't do full by default, but had a feeling when it got to installing so fast compared to past  XP installations. I just installed Vista onto a partition I made when I installed 7, so that was also quick formatted. For Ubuntu, that was a full format of the space I gave it.

Quote from: bond697 on August 21, 2009, 03:19:03 PM
as for the vista restore disc, i'm pretty sure it checks your hardware, not so much for that partition.  once it verifies the hardware, there isn't a reason to ask for a serial.

Good to hear. I have the serial should I need it, I was just a little worried since it never prompts me for it.

Quote from: bond697 on August 21, 2009, 03:19:03 PM
glad to hear it's working, though. :tongue:

Guess what...it stopped working. Ubuntu too, as soon as I select that it just powers off (unlike 7/Vista, which only crap out at the end of the loading stage). Not only that, my DSL modem went, so I'm on dialup again right now. I've got a new modem on the way for free (shame I can't do that with the PC...), and I can't help but think the two might be related. The modem went yesterday afternoon; I unplugged it since we were getting a nasty electric storm, and it wouldn't power on when I plugged it back in later.

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General Discussion / Re: Voting system not working
« on: August 21, 2009, 12:31:15 PM »
Ah, I see. Yeah, it's definitely broken.

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General Discussion / Re: Voting system not working
« on: August 21, 2009, 12:26:49 PM »
Could you provide more information? What exactly is wrong, can you not post a poll or have existing polls disappeared? Everything appears to be set up correctly, and a test poll I created is working fine, so polls haven't been broken by a forum update.

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Final Fantasy IV Research & Development / Re: Random Lesser Known Facts
« on: August 21, 2009, 11:17:49 AM »
You'd need to find at least 25 bytes of free RAM (five slots for five characters), plus your code would need to be smart enough to know when the player reordered things and either track the items or set the slots back to zero. Doesn't seem worth the trouble.

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General Discussion / Boot issues - any ideas?
« on: August 21, 2009, 11:15:46 AM »
First up, some backstory: About two weeks ago (maybe a little more now), I decided to give the Windows 7 RC a try. I had been wanting to do a reformat for a while anyway; I like to do one about once a year even if the computer is still running good, because it always seems to make everything run better. Anyway, since the RC is out there I decided to give that a try, backed up all my important stuff, and wiped my Vista partition. I made two partitions, dividing the drive in half; one for 7, one for another Vista install should I need it. There's also a 10GB recovery partition that I never wiped out, even though I don't plan on ever making use of it, I was afraid that Vista might not install if I did (it's an OEM disc and doesn't prompt for a serial when installing; my guess is it checks for this partition's presence).

Anyway, 7 installed fine, I used it happily for about a week (I still don't see what the big deal is though; it's Vista with a few new features, which are nice features, but given how much people supposedly hated Vista...), then I started running into an issue when booting. Everything would go smoothly until the Starting Windows screen appeared, then the computer would just shut itself off. This happened very rarely, I checked for conflicts with the hardware I had plugged in, and uninstalled a few things I had installed just before it started occuring, but the issue kept happening. 7's built in startup repair supposedly fixed an issue, things went smoothly for about a day or two, then it started happening again. Not only that, it started happening much more frequently; every time I turned my computer on, and occasionally more than once. It got bad enough that I decided to reinstall Vista a few says ago, assuming there was just something about my hardware that 7 didn't like.

Installed Vista and the two service packs, everything seemed to be great, until the next day when I turned the computer on. Same exact issue. This never happened to me before installing 7, so now I've pretty much ruled out hardware incompatibility as the issue (I suppose it could still be an issue with the hardware itself and not the OS, and it's just a coincidence it started acting up shortly after installing 7). I used the recovery console on Vista to rebuild the boot record, but the boot menu was displaying fine and it only turns off after Windows starts loading, so I really don't think it's that. Does anyone have any ideas? I've certainly run out. Right now I'm running off an Ubuntu live CD because I couldn't even get Vista to boot this morning (eight attempts, it's never taken more than three, and even that's rare) and I'm considering installing just to see if this issue also affects a non-Windows OS.

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Well, I installed Ubuntu and am able to boot into that just fine. I'll have to give Vista a shot later (7 isn't even displaying in the menu, maybe something really was wrong with it?).

 :edit:

Okay, choosing Vista from GRUB brings me to the standard Windows menu for selecting which OS to boot (which has 7 listed). I've never done an Ubuntu installation with more than one version of Windows installed, so I didn't realize this is how it would work. Anyway, everything seems fine now, I was able to boot into Vista just fine twice now. Hopefully it stays working.

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Final Fantasy IV Research & Development / Re: Random Lesser Known Facts
« on: August 20, 2009, 03:48:00 PM »
The game remembers which slots you placed removed equipment in. Take off all of a character's gear, putting it into empty slots. Now go back over each slot and select them - the cursor will default to the correct piece of equipment for that slot. I've never noticed this before.

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Pandora's Box / Re: Suggestions
« on: August 19, 2009, 08:50:56 PM »
Whoa, whoa, we know the smileys are awesome, but you don't have to use every one of them in your post. :laugh:

Anyway, if you mean changing the names of the menus/skills, that's a simple matter of using a hex editor and table file to edit the text. The simplest of the simple, when it comes to ROM hacking. Check out the getting started section at RHDN, there are several guides on the subject. Once you know what you're doing, I'd suggest using WindHex32 as your hex editor, several of the documents there are old and there are better programs available than what they suggest.

If you want to change the skills themselves, it's not so much a matter of adding skills than it is editing them to your liking. There's really no (easy) way to add anything to a game - instead you edit what's already there, replacing things you don't want in your hack with new things you do. You can use FF3usME for that, it's one of the nicest game-specific editors out there and can do a lot.

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Gaming Discussion / Re: Gaming Progress Thread
« on: August 19, 2009, 09:07:06 AM »
Final Fantasy IV: The After Years (Wii)

[spoiler]The month is slipping away fast again, and unlike the previous months, I actually need to have these tales finished by the time the next one comes out. I was working on Edward's last night, and thought I'd finally max out at level 30...only to find I was still gaining experience. This is not fun; this is torturous. I sure hope I don't need to get him all the way up to level 40... The EXP gained in this tale, even with the arm gear that makes you gain 1.5x the normal amount, is just too low to put up with that. The only redeeming thing is that it's really easy to get the best treasure each time through this one, and have gotten some decent pieces of armor so far.

Porom's tale, on the other hand, has no redeeming qualities to it. I've only get her and Kain up to level 28, and I'm really hoping they cap at 30, but I doubt it. Again, the EXP totals are just too low, getting up to 40 is going to take forever. This was not a problem with any other tale. Porom also has a very annoying challenge dungeon, which is only two maps, loaded with monsters that are actually pretty strong and idiots who steal all of your healing items. I would've been very happy getting Golbez up to level 60, because his dungeon was actually fun, as short as it was. These "games" they make you play in Porom and Edward's dungeons just ruin them for me.[/spoiler]

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General Discussion / Re: NFL season (2009-2010)
« on: August 18, 2009, 05:34:00 PM »
Quote from: Lenophis on August 18, 2009, 03:45:28 PM
Marquee'd for lulz.

Hey, they finally fixed the marquee tag in Firefox?

:cycle:
Dammit! There's no way to set him to move right! :nuts:

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