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Two words: recycler variant.

That way, it's a choice.

-- GSH

Better textures won't cause bad assets. Better models would.

-- GSH

[not]

Also, please make sure you're running the latest drivers for your nVidia card. Do not trust the drivers that Windows distributes. Instead, go to http://www.nvidia.com/ and select them from their list.

If you put /safemode on the commandline, BZ2 will drop back to the simplest settings (640x480, no FSAA, etc). I suspect that there's some option that is making your card unhappy. Your job is to figure out what option it is, and probably just avoid it if the latest drivers don't help.

-- GSH

You can bind inputs by selecting the input type you want to bind, pressing the 'bind' button with your mouse. Then, press the button or waggle the input you want to bind it to.

-- GSH

I'm not using a real-RAID for offline backups. Just a lot of inexpensive disks that plug into an external box that my computer uses eSATA to talk to. When the drive is offline for all but an hour a month, there's no need to pay $$$ for a RAID card.

-- GSH

Use the mouse. If that doesn't work, pause (use the escape button), go to input, and reload the mouse input defaults.

-- GSH

I need another HD to hook up?

Usually, a USB stick will work. Your saves ought to be smallish.

But, the rule remains: you're responsible for your backups. Always have been, always will be.

-- GSH

According to http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=2010100071+1087444985&QksAutoSuggestion=&ShowDeactivatedMark=False&Configurator=&Subcategory=71&description=&Ntk=&CFG=&SpeTabStoreType=&srchInDesc= , dual-layer (50GB) bluray discs are about $15. Each.

For me, "RAID" is the way to go. An 'internal' 1TB drive (i.e. 20x larger than a bluray disc) is $80, which is only 5.3x the cost. Get an external drive caddy that connects to a USB/eSATA port on your computer, and you can drop in as many of those 'internal' HDs as you like. Store those HDs in a safe place, not connected to your computer, and you've got a much cheaper backup situation. Yes, your eggs are in a larger basket, but a drive that's powered on once or twice a month for backups is likely to last a long time.

-- GSH

[really]

I have a .bat file on my system that copies all game saves that live under C:\Program Files\... into $MyDocs\My Games. (Just a bunch of lines that look like 'xcopy /D /Y "C:\Program Files\Path_To_Game_Saves_Folder" "C:\Documents And Settings\nathan\My Documents\My Games\GameName"). Run that early, run that often. My normal backup procedure runs that, then compresses up $MyDocs for archives/burning.

I really prefer parking saves under $MyDocs, as it centralizes everything for backups.

-- GSH

Some games park their saves under c:\program files\Steam (and its subfolders). Other games save to $MyDocs. Other games might place things elsewhere. Given that there's 900+ games on steam (according to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steam_(content_delivery) and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Steam_titles ), you'll have better luck if you specify which game saves you're trying to restore.

-- GSH

The xsi should be able to use .dxtbz2/.pic/.tga/.whatever.

However, all I see on this thread is vague handwaving and griping that something doesn't work. It is not a quality bug report.

-- GSH

Ever since BZ2 switched to OpenIL.dll for .bmp reading, RLE has been supported for .bmp files. (As to what it is, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Run-length_encoding ). It's not related to DX9; I think pb4a would do the same thing. All .pic files have RLE compression enabled 100% of the time. It's a required part of that file format; in .bmp files, it's optional.

-- GSH

That's because the .zip and the installer .exe aren't digitally signed by MS. That costs $$$. All BZ2 patches are the same way.

-- GSH

Clean rooms cost $$$. Depends on how much you're willing to pay them.

Backups are always cheaper than recovery.

-- GSH

Don't think such a thing exists.

-- GSH