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dhex

it took some minor tweaking but i have ss2 running real fast and smooth on my win2k machine. i never got the chance to play it when i bought it (whenver it came out) so it's been interesting...it's far different than the first, which was more like a violent puzzle game with minor creepouts.

i love the voice acting, especially the ever so polite english ai that's trying to kill you.

"sorry there old chap, but i'm afraid we're going to have to make you part of the many here...you understand, budget cuts and all."

there's an arc of an idea - or an element or something - initially from ultima 4 and mutating all the way over to deus ex that i can't quite identify, but you know when you're playing a game from this particular gene pool. dunno if that's largely warren spector, the framework garriott and he developed, me confusing nostalgia with quality or little bits of each.
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Persona-sama · Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2005 2:51 am Post subject:

Shame on me but what's "SS2?"

System Shock 2?
Samurai Showdown 2?
Slick Squirrels meet the Cowboys of Moo Mesa 2?
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dessgeega · Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2005 4:54 am Post subject:

silent scope 2, obviously.
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kingmobster · . Joined: 30 Jun 2005 Posts: 8 Location: Stockholm, Sweden

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Getting SS2 to run in XP is a hassle and a half.

2K wasn't that hard. What exactly did you do (like optimize or play around with patches/add-ons), dhex?
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dhex · Posted: Fri Aug 26, 2005 11:08 pm Post subject:

- had to run the installation from the start menu (switch is -lgforce something or other)
- had to patch it before running it.
- had to step back one set of nvidia drivers

that's it.

it's pretty creepy. sort of like, angry disturbing.

like i hope the full version of FEAR will be.

oh yeah the add on fan textures that have been developed - SHTUP - are very good.
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Mister Toups · Posted: Sun Aug 28, 2005 12:04 am Post subject:

I had no trouble running it under XP. HMM!

It's great though, isn't it?
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dhex · Posted: Sun Aug 28, 2005 7:55 am Post subject:

yeah, it is.

i mean, system shock (the original) was seminal, and i feel like a stupid ass for never having gotten this up and running when it first game out.

i think i'm going to try and track down warren spector for an interview. i want to blame him for my childhood.
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dhex · Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2005 8:07 am Post subject:

oh, and the graphical modifications are absolutely necessary. a la morrowind.
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kingmobster · . Joined: 30 Jun 2005 Posts: 8 Location: Stockholm, Sweden

I hunted it down again. This time, I can´t get it to work on my XP machine however many tweaks and tricks I use Sad

HL2 doesn´t work anymore either. Something bad must have happened (maybe Shodan has taken contol of it?) I´m considering a clean reinstall of Windows. That takes forever. I really want to play this again though.