Just finished upgrading my system today. It is working hella fast, I love my new Samsung SP1614N. Installed Diablo today... finished the install before the start menu icons were ready. The new fan and power supply I aquired from bruce are working great. Noisy, but stable at 84 degrees. Farenheight. I also replaced the bezels in the front panel and the power supply fan seems to be pumping out a little more air. Hmm.. speaking of Diablo, apologies to bruce for not showing up on Monday. I was back from Minneapolis, but I didn't finish setting everything back up before I left for the weekend so I didn't have D2 until about two hours ago. We should try to hook up again. Also, there's a new patch out. No idea what the changes are all about yet, I must investigate this at a later date...

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bruce42
Sat, 08/06/2005 - 10:34
Run-Down
Don't sweat it, yo. I totally forgot about Monday, but now that you've reminded me, I should remeber it. Between now and the next planned gaming session, I should hop online and use my characters; it's been quite a while since I've actually played. Way to go on the re-install, by the way. I've got to do the same pretty soon, but my rig is jam-packed with un-archived shit. I'm glad the fans worked out. At some point we should put together a "bulk" order of lighted fans; I'd love to put blue LED units in the elite machine. The changelog, straight from Blizzard's site:

A new Mystery has been revealed!

• Players of Hell Difficulty Realm games are hereby warned once again, that a series of new and challenging tests await you! The answer lies within Diablo's Bosses, which span across the world from the Den of Evil to the Throne of Destruction... New Items
• Added 10 New Runewords.
• Added new Unique Items that will drop from Special Bosses. Hireling Enhancements
• Players can purchase hirelings that are within 1-5 levels below their own level.
• The rate at which hirelings gain experience has been increased. They should now stay closer to the player's level.

Major Bugs

• Creating a town portal when corpses or other objects entirely fill the area where the portal will appear in town will no longer crash the game.
• Skills obtained from runewords created while the item is equipped will no longer disconnect you from Battle.net when chosen.
• Barbarians will no longer become stuck when using Whirlwind right after Inferno from the unique item Balrog Blade Flamebellow.
• German, Spanish, and Polish users will no longer crash when the mouse cursor moves over an item that grants an Aura while equipped.
• The game will no longer crash when selecting a skill granted by a weapon at the same time as switching weapons with the W key.
• Dying or being requested to trade while changing the key configuration will no longer cause you to get stuck.
• The "Missile Firing too far" assertion error has been corrected.
• Attempting to sell a Horadric Cube or a quest item to an NPC by holding Control while clicking will no longer disconnect you from Battle.net. Minor Bugs
• Running the game with -install no longer causes the game to be installed as a Windows Service. -install is now ignored.
• Sometimes the seals in Diablo's lair would not activate. This has been corrected.
• Character expiration messages have been updated to reflect the expiration policy implemented in patch 1.10.
• Unidentified items sometimes caused other set items to display green for items the player does not have. This has been corrected.
• The German mouseover text for the Ist rune has been corrected.
• Account recovery is now allowed for existing accounts whose name is only one or two characters.
• When leaving a game on Battle.net, you will now be brought back to the channel in which you were previously.
• Transmuting an ethereal item now retains the ethereal stats bonuses.
• In Japanese Lord of Destruction, items that add to all Assassin skills incorrectly stated in their mouseover text that they added to all Druid skills. This has been corrected. Fixed Game Exploits
• It is no longer possible to bypass the 10-second hostility timer by activating a waypoint at the same time as declaring hostility.
• A player must now have sufficient room in their inventory to receive the Scroll of Resistance. This prevents receiving multiple copies of it. * Uber Diablo is no longer killed when Shenk the Overseer or Blood Raven die nearby.
• Necromancers with Trang-Oul's Set equipped could sometimes become invincible to attack. This has been corrected.
• Blessed Hammer no longer remains active while in town, preventing players from subsequently declaring hostility and having the hammers hit other players for damage.
• Set items retained their multi-piece bonuses after the player died, even though they were removed. This has been corrected.
• Items with skill-charging effects will no longer give synergy bonuses to skills when equipped on a character without those skills.
• Pasting from the Clipboard no longer allows the creation of characters with more than one dash or underscore in their name.

"Your mission is to obey the commands of whoever is able to strike the Master Key of Electricity... I once read in a book that all things are regulated by exact laws of nature" - SPAM

heavy pie
Mon, 08/08/2005 - 00:42
Sessational
When is the next planned gaming session?
Other time... other space.

bruce42
Mon, 08/08/2005 - 18:28
I suppose we should have
I suppose we should have thought of that. I'm thinking Monday evenings would be nifty- perhaps around 19:00? I'm soldering boards while Mel is at work, and we plan on finishing some assembly when she gets back at 21:00. I may be able to squeeze in a little D2 time, but not a whole lot, and we've got plenty to do in game. Perhaps an evening later this week might work out better.
"Your mission is to obey the commands of whoever is able to strike the Master Key of Electricity... I once read in a book that all things are regulated by exact laws of nature" - SPAM

heavy pie
Tue, 08/09/2005 - 13:06
Later!
Aye, a Monday would normally be good. Not last Monday, though. Obviously. Hmmm... so. What later evening? Thursday? Friday? Tonight? Pick ye a time and I'll make sure to get there. And the slaughtering will commence... That and you've got some awesome equipment coming your way.
Other time... other space.

bruce42
Tue, 08/09/2005 - 23:17
In Awe
You have both shocked and awed me with the promise of new equipment. Hmmm... let's see... well tomorrow night might be okay. Mel and I made a pantload of progress on the basement; you can see the floor AND there is enough space to start setting up tools. The big problem now is hauling stuff to the local GoodWill and the Half Price Book Store.
"Your mission is to obey the commands of whoever is able to strike the Master Key of Electricity... I once read in a book that all things are regulated by exact laws of nature" - SPAM

bruce42
Tue, 08/09/2005 - 23:21
Phone
I'll give ya a ring tomorrow to work out details. I have to get ready for bed now. Me needs sleep. Brain no work good.
"Your mission is to obey the commands of whoever is able to strike the Master Key of Electricity... I once read in a book that all things are regulated by exact laws of nature" - SPAM

heavy pie
Thu, 08/11/2005 - 00:18
Aww, but nothin' says good
Aww, but nothin' says good times like runnin' in a straight line for five minutes before you realize you don't know where you're goin'! Right?
Other time... other space.

heavy pie
Thu, 08/11/2005 - 14:17
Speaking of D2 Sessions...
Hey, if any of you passers-by play Diablo II, we're always looking for good players to aid in the burning and pillaging of many a vile creature... If not, more for us. (C'mon, we can take 'em!)
Other time... other space.

heavy pie
Thu, 08/11/2005 - 19:56
Confirmed!
T-minus one hour or so! Be there! Or not! Well, bruce has no choice. HA Ha haaaaaaaa... I presume meet in SoMA Chat as usual?
Other time... other space.

bruce42
Thu, 08/11/2005 - 23:26
Dammit
I'm sorry dude, I have failed you once again. Perhaps you should ring me before game time to remind me of impending doom. It seems I am unable to comply to a schedule on my own.
"Your mission is to obey the commands of whoever is able to strike the Master Key of Electricity... I once read in a book that all things are regulated by exact laws of nature" - SPAM

heavy pie
Fri, 08/12/2005 - 14:16
All right. Got some game
All right. Got some game time in anyway. This would be a good topic to put in mdportal, but it's awfully broked. I'm denied access to everything with my account. All I get is "my account" and "log out."
Other time... other space.