Random Rants XI: This Title Actually Has Some Imagination

[jeps]

Knowledge was meant to be shared.

not always for free.

 

[Dachs]

I tried both using the start menu and the shortcut that the installation created. Both achieved the same result.

I installed it in the RTW folder, where it created a folder "EB."

Then I truly have no idea what your error is. Have you reported it to the dudes at the bug fixes/tech issues area in the Total War Center or the Guild? They know a helluva lot more about this than I do.

To be fair, not a lot was written down by the Greco-Bactrians, only about them.

Oh, sure, but the sources used by Wikipedia seem...biased...in a certain direction.

 

[Cheezy the Wiz]

Do you mind if I ask what your "Target" and "Start In" places are for the EB shortcut?

EDIT: My God am I a dumbass. EB is for RTW 1.5.

I'lll update it, reinstall EB, and try this again.

 

[Dachs]

Do you mind if I ask what your "Target" and "Start In" places are for the EB shortcut?

Target is "C:\Program Files\EBTrivialScript\EBTrivialScript.exe" -s ebconfig.xml -runeb -type "Single Player"
Start In is "C:\Program Files\Activision\Rome - Total War"

EDIT: Aight.

 

[azzaman333]

Got into the uni I wanted to go to, but didn't get my first choice of course...

 

[Cheezy the Wiz]

Target is "C:\Program Files\EBTrivialScript\EBTrivialScript.exe" -s ebconfig.xml -runeb -type "Single Player"
Start In is "C:\Program Files\Activision\Rome - Total War"

EDIT: Aight.

ER LEBT!!!

 

[Kozmos]

8GB of ram costs $60. The monetary value of the resources Vista uses is far less than the monetary value of the resources XP used on release.

And increased RAM usage in Vista leads to increased performance.

People who do like Vista like it because it's faster, in OS performance, and features enabling faster user interaction with the OS.

So that's why all the benchmarks and other speed tests run by most gaming and computer websites show XP leading by as much as ten-twenty frames in games and up to 50 seconds faster operation execution.

For software...you got NOD32, Alcohol 120%, Nero. Hell for some darned reason even the Cyberlink DVD program wouldnt work as it should.

Few of my friends in graphic design griped that some parts of Photoshop, Photoshop! dont work as they should in Vista. And AutoCAD 2006 and older refuses to work on Vista.

True, most of that incompatible software is of the older versions but it's stupid to upgrade to Vista if your current software that works fine wont work on it. Then there is also issue with hardware, I've been to several offices whose printers and scanners simply refuse to work on Vista and no drivers for it have been provided by the manufacturer simply because they have no incentive to do so.

If I had 2000$ to burn on all the software and hardware upgrades I needed to get just to make Vista match XP, I'd might do it. Unfortunately I am not made of money.

And I know for sure one brilliant game that will not work on it. Worms 3D. Obviously an OS which wont play it is surely made with the hand of the devil himself.

 

[Phlegmak]

I hate Wikipedia's obscenely biased articles on the Greco-Bactrians and Indo-Greeks.

Then you should read Conservapedia, the Trustworthy Encyclopedia.

 

[CCRunner]

I think I'm sick

 

[Red Door]

I think I'm sick

I am sick, and it sucks. I am hazy, I can not sleep, I am coughing up my right lung, and my headaches are killing me now. At least my muscles are not as sore as yesterday, but it is pretty close.

Oh, and the homework I have to make up is ridiculous.

 

[Zelig]

So that's why all the benchmarks and other speed tests run by most gaming and computer websites show XP leading by as much as ten-twenty frames in games and up to 50 seconds faster operation execution.

They don't. Do any comparison with up to date drivers, and you'll see they're dead even. In games with high memory use (The Witcher, Stalker, Supreme Commander, GTA IV, etc.), Vista comes out ahead in actual use, if not in fps numbers.

For software...you got NOD32, Alcohol 120%, Nero. Hell for some darned reason even the Cyberlink DVD program wouldnt work as it should.

NOD32 supports Vista
Alcohol 120% supports Vista
Nero supports Vista.
PowerDVD supports Vista.

I've currently got Alcohol 120%, Nero and PowerDVD all installed and working perfectly on Vista 64-bit.

Few of my friends in graphic design griped that some parts of Photoshop, Photoshop! dont work as they should in Vista.

They're wrong. Photoshop CS4 is the first 64-bit version of Photoshop, not available for Mac OS, and a huge performance step forward.

And AutoCAD 2006 and older refuses to work on Vista.

That's a 4 year old program, released years before Vista. If you're happily using autocad 2006 on an old computer, there's no reason to upgrade the computer, the OS, or the program. If you're buying a new computer, you should buy an up to date version of autocad to go with it.

If you look at programs last updated years before XP, they also tend to have issues running on Windows XP.

True, most of that incompatible software is of the older versions but it's stupid to upgrade to Vista if your current software that works fine wont work on it.

Most software is either free to update to new versions, or has limited license periods, forcing you to pay to upgrade anyway.

The relatively small portion of productivity software which you have to purchase new versions for Vista compatibility is a niche market, and tends to be in use by corporations which plan rollouts with new computers/operating systems/software versions all at the same time.

Then there is also issue with hardware, I've been to several offices whose printers and scanners simply refuse to work on Vista and no drivers for it have been provided by the manufacturer simply because they have no incentive to do so.

That's what they get for buying sucky printers and scanners. My dot matrix printer works fine with Vista... Vista driver compatibility is miles ahead of where XP driver compatibility was 2 years after release.

If I had 2000$ to burn on all the software and hardware upgrades I needed to get just to make Vista match XP, I'd might do it. Unfortunately I am not made of money.

You'd have to make spectacularly poor purchasing decisions to require $2000 for that. My main PC is 2005-era, with some upgrades, and it runs beautifully with Vista, much better than with XP.

And I know for sure one brilliant game that will not work on it. Worms 3D. Obviously an OS which wont play it is surely made with the hand of the devil himself.

It works beautifully in Wine though, and Worms 4 works fine in Vista.

Should I start dredging up compatibility issues that XP has with old games?

 

[Kozmos]

Hah you do that, but Vista has far more. I dont like what I've seen from it and the way it works (hooray for UAC). Windows 7 however shows far more promise.

 

[Zelig]

Hah you do that, but Vista has far more. I dont like what I've seen from it and the way it works (hooray for UAC). Windows 7 however shows far more promise.

It does not, as I stated before, there are no common functions where leading programs fail to work on Vista, all the example programs you provided work fine in Vista.

UAC takes about 10 seconds to disable.

Windows 7 is Vista with more features, it's an even further departure from XP.

Have you even used Windows 7 extensively? I have.

 

[choxorn]

The problem: Don't upgrade your 6-year-old computer running XP to run Vista. Instead, by a new computer to run Vista. Much less headache.

 

[Cheezy the Wiz]

I don't think Mobby is going to answer my post in the Wal-Mart thread.

 

[JustinianVII]

Hooray for rapid weather changes. It's only 36 degrees colder today.

 

[D'Artagnan59]

Am I the only person who thinks Tool is overrated?

 

[Nylan]

Am I the only person who thinks Tool is overrated?

Of course not. They're complete tools.

 

[mythmonster2]

It never gets cold here. Just now the leaves are changing to autumn colors. And it was 76 degrees here.
76 degrees. IN WINTER!

 

[Synobun]

I wonder why. It might be because you live in Cowboyland.

My rant - I'm single.