"Are pirates providing a better service than most reputable industries?" Yeah, except they aren't providing anything...just breaking what others create. Only on a PC game forum can you find people who admire those who break more than those who create. Renevent42

Pirates have better gaming experiences when it comes to not needing the disc to play, not having to be online to play your game, no need for 3rd party software to run the game aka Tages or SecuRom.

I download cracked .exes for games that I purchase because I hate DRM so much.

Run game as administrator.

So far the only way to get it to show and even then it doesn't show all the time or shows 999 pings.

Exactly, I can't optimize my economy because there's no way to match how much I am gathering when how much I am consuming. This is particularly annoying when you set a base to 'repeat' order. You can' tell if 30seconds later you'll be out of resources because the stupid system doesn't tell you the consumption rate of building each unit. Swiftstrike5

If you build a unit that requires a total of 100 mass and 100 energy. If you do not have 100 mass and 100 energy you can't build it.

BUT, if you do have 100 mass and 100 energy and when you build it you, and in your buffer you say had 100/100 mass/energy. You would then have 0/0 when you STARTED building the unit.

If you add a unit to a queue and said unit costs 100/100, when you add it to the queue 100/100 gets taken away from your buffer.

There is no cost over time. It's ONE TIME COST.

http://secure.newegg.com/WishList/PublicWishDetail.aspx?WishListNumber=12404265

This is a nice cheap, under $600, PC.

Just something I threw together, used a case that I just saw in Computer Power User magazine.

Only 1 PCI-E connector, so you can't run other devices that require a PCI-E slot.

Can't really say that the PCI-E 1x on the motherboard is good for anything because it's right there next to the heat sink will could cause interference for most pci-e 1x cards.

You can use Revo Uninstaller.

It has a Hunter Mode that lets you select shortcuts for programs on your desktop and it tries to uninstall it. It also removes all the registry entries that the program created.

TO test the power supply to see if it will turn on you can take a paper clip and connect the GREEN wire on the 24 Pin connector to a BLACK, aka ground, cable on the 24 Pin connector.

The green cable is the Power On cable, if this method doesn't turn on the PSU that means you will need to RMA it.

Do you just need a list of components?

Is there a maximum price?

First, I wouldn't use that case+PSU for ANYTHING. $35 for a case is fine, but $35 for a case and 550w PSU isn't right considering most people now pay about $50 for a GOOD 400w PSU.

Secondly, you should use Newegg for all your parts or a mix of Newegg, TigerDirect and possibly Amazon.

Supreme Commander: Resource gathering +XX Metal +XXXX Energy On top of that you have reserves that give you a buffer. XXXXXX Metal Reserve XXXXXXXXX Energy Reserve Unit Production: allows you to constantly produce a unit that requires less than -XX Metal -XXXX Energy or to produce a single unit regardless of the rate of consumption of metal/energy, as long as its total is less than your reserves. Supreme Commander 2: Resource Gathering (same as SupCom1): Unit Production: Some unit requires XXX Metal XXXX Energy **NOTE** It does not give rate of consumption. So you can't maximize your economy by making sure rate of gathering = rate of consumption. Hence, it's more difficult for me.Swiftstrike5

It's ALL or nothing. If you don't have the resources AVAILABLE when you want it, you can't build it.

You HAVE to all resources for the unit available when you build it, if you don't you can't. Just like buildings.

If a building Costs 100 Mass and 1000 energy, if you don't have 100 mass and 1000 energy IN YOUR BUFFER you CAN NOT build it.