Hi, I have an Asus P5LD2 DDR2 motherboard, and I'm thinking about getting an Asus GeForce 8800 GT (the model is EN8800GT 512 MB) that, nevertheless, is on DDR3. Am I likely to encounter problems, incompatibilities or fry either motherboard or graphics card when I put them together?

Thanks in advance.

That's basically the type of undertaking experienced MODding teams try their skill at and fail. In other words, it's out of the question that you should manage on your own.

There may be hope for games on different iterations of the same engine, but even then such ports are bound to look just as crappy as the original, since the models and textures are the same.

Bioshock uses the UT3 engine, right?

If so, I am willing to bet that a week after UT3 is released we will see mods since UT3 will most likely (knock on wood) come with an SDK for map and mod creation. How easy would it be to transfer the net code of UT3 to Bioshock, or transfer the models and whatnot of Bioshcok to UT3?

mrbojangles25

That's just wishful thinking, I'm afraid. Bioshock using Unreal Engine 3 does not automatically mean that the latter's SDK can or will be used for modding the prior. Even though it doesn't automatically mean that Irrational did the same thing with Bioshock, I urge you to take a look at the problems Clancore Games had with the now-defunct Starsiege 2845 project:

The project was cancelled because of a collection of events that totally derailed our ability to produce anything of significance. First, Vivendi forced us to drop our initial development on UT2004 to and take up development on Tribes: Vengeance. Even though we were very close to an ATR on the UT2004 engine, this made sense; they wanted to sell more copies of T:V. But Irrational Games totally hosed the Unreal engine to the point it was unmoddable. In addition, Vivendi's agreement with IG gave IG the exclusive rights to the T:V source code, so we couldn't fix what they broke.

Clancore Games

Therefore, I wouldn't get my hopes up, especially since Irrational didn't advertise MODding at all. Plus that I can't remember one Irrational game that was really MOD-friendly. The only so-called MOD that I can remember done of an Irrational game is a texture and model upgrade to System Shock 2. Which is really nothing in MODding terms. A sad thing indeed.

well i feel stupid... its still a great game.... you cant use any mods though which sux ass

fistking1

But you can, just check out Hard-Light.net, it's full of MODs. You do have to download the SCP edition, but it's really worth it.

Your right, but technically it was abandonware beforehand. Now its "offical" that its freeware. In literal terms, there isnt too much of a difference, but for some it can be (the "I dont download abandonware its technically warez!!! ill buy it from ebay for $50 instead!!" crowd).KorJax

Ummm... no. Volition actually released the entire source code for FreeSpace 2 back in April 2002, and since, Freespace 2 SCP has been a legal download under GPL. Moreover, the EULA for the original game stated that the software (copyrighted materials AND everything else would be included under such a broad definition) may be copied to distribute to friends and acquiantances. The legal defintion of the term "acquaintance" is VERY broad. It doesn't even mean someone you personally know, it just means someone you have knowledge of.

Btw, does anyone remember that old developer...I think they were called DiD or something. They made a great F-22 game and a Eurofighter Typhoon game

mrbojangles25

This "new" F-22 Air Dominance Fighter is either shares the exact same name with this older game that I happen to own, or actually IS that game, with a release date error (1997 would be correct, as opposed to 2007). And yes, it is the previously F-22 game mrbojangles25 mentions.

Of the two (and both are great games), in my opinion, Gothic 3 is the better game. Nevertheless, it's plagued by a number of bugs, and official patches are not likely to come out at all, due to the developer having a number of issues to settle with the publisher.

How do i convince my parents to buy me a new computer for christmas !! ??? for crysis.burning_ice11

Back when my parents bought me hardware, I used to accidentally damage some part of the computer that needed the entire system to be replaced, along with some convincing that I need a new computer for school, etc. I did this four times in the past 7 years, caring to break another part of the computer at times when my parents also needed to use it.

They may get suspicious, but there's nothing they can do really, but buy you a new computer. And since it should be you, the most computer-savvy member of the family that chooses the parts, well... hello 8800 GTX, 2 GB of RAM and Core 2 Duo.