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I will be upgrading the TuG server tomorrow morning!

CoD4 v1.40 - v1.50 Patch ReleasedThe latest patch for CoD4 has just been released. Lots of download mirrors available over at Gamershell Patch DetailsFixed server browser not showing all of the serversThe "hold [ ] to steady" sniper scope hint will only appear if you can use itt Fixed game not recognizing IWDs existing if they are all in fs_basepath and none are in the main/ folder Made mod scripts able to change stats Allow developer_script for mulitiplayer modding Fixed map rotation errors with usermaps Fixed minimap not showing up in the menu for usermaps Mod tools will now work with other languages NOTE: patch 1.5 is not compatible with 1.4. You will not be able to find 1.4 servers if you update.

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bah - hopefully talk to you at some point on the weekend.

Hi Sherriff, Glad you enjoy the server & the games. You should hear us on TS when its full - very funny & a bit rude! If you want to come say hello on TS, then your more than welcome. Just let me know & I'll give you the details.

What patch? Its not done yet as far as I know!

TuG Team GR:AW2 Server back ONLINE!Thanks to some pestering from JJUK, we've decided to put our GR:AW2 server back online with some new custom content. Our Server Details: TuG Team - London - Custom Maps - IP: 193.93.46.63:16250 We will be running custom maps in the rotation which are all either available from our downloads section or from links within this thread. Currently installed: 1. TuG MapPack1 - v1 - Download: Here 2. Castle Day - From GR.net 3. Urban Conflict - Download: Here We'll be posting some more maps soon.

Not true. He has gone traveling to find "Lady Boys!"

That is true, I am gay!

You'd be wrong - I've already spoken with JJ on TS last night and we'll be putting the GRAW2 server back online tonight.

I still have Gunship sat boxed on my shelf. That was an excellent game for its time.

I bought UT3 the other week & yes it looks bloody good!

Oblivion = ghey Bioshock = Nice gfx, but still ghey! Computer says No! hehe. I didnt bother buying MOH:A cos the MP was so ****ed up again.

Get on our TS wizzy & dont get on so late, usually we're playing for about 3-5 hours on a good night.

Far Cry Oh my ****ing god! If you own a copy of Far Cry & have a new gfx card, you seriously need to get this game installed, crank everything up to "Very High" and prepare to come in your pants at the sheer beauty on offer. The config tool is excellent and allowed me to pick the right 1680x1050 screen res and then set every single option to "Very High", also set Anti-Aliasing on highest & Anisotropic Filtering on highest. The still runs at an amazing 90-100fps on my 8800GT. I could take pictures of how nice it looks, but they honestly dont do it justice. Verdict: ****ing 2 Thumbs Up!

F.E.A.R. - First Encounter Assault Recon This isnt a particularly old game and I do remember it looked pretty good & played pretty well on my old 6600GT & 7950GT with everything high @ 1280x1024. The one thing I do remember is that it was probably one of the 1st games to make me feel sick while playing it because of the bobbing when moving. Playing it now @ 1680x1050 with everything on high, to be honest it still didnt look any different from how I played it before and still the same old sick feeling after 5 mins of play through the SP. The game certainly looks nice, but the engine is somewhat dated and wasnt really using any of the newer effects that I've seen. Verdict: Thumbs in the middle! Next the daddy of old school games - Far Cry...

2 Loks 1 Cup!

Looks like someone smeared poo all over your walls JJ.

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. - Shadow Over Chernobyl This isnt that old a game, but when it was originally released, it was buggy as hell and the frame-rates were shocking. I've installed the latest patch (v1.0005) and fired it up and was impressed that it had my 1680x1050 widescreen mode, so I selected this & turned everything upto max settings. Originally when I played the game (on old patches), I could only get about 15-20fps even with my 7950GT - however with the new CPU/8800GT combo - it flies along at a steady 45-50fps. I have to say it does look extremely nice in full detail & widescreen, just a shame I never really got into the game play or MP side of it. It could be a good co-op game I think. Verdict: Thumbs Up! I'll do FEAR next.

Here's my desk. It may not be completely clear as I had to stand pretty far away in a corner of the room to fit it all in! Left side is my Shuttle XPC which I use everyday for Internet, Email, Photoshop, etc Right side is my custom built Gaming Rig on the floor - nothing pretty to look at from the outside, but it has great air-flow, is quiet and runs very well. oh & you'll also notice the 44 inches of widescreen there too. Next month I'm gonna replace my now 3.5 year old Shuttle (Nforce2 chipset/Athlon 3000+/1 gig ddr ram/6600gt 128mb) with a shiny new Core2Duo E8400 beast which should last me for the next 3 years.

While bored last night I decided to install a few old games onto my new system (CPU/Mem/MB/GFX) to see if I could crank things upto the max and see what they looked like. I picked 4 games off the shelf and set about getting all the latest patches, etc. Games I picked are: Battlefield 2 + v1.41 Patch Fear + v1.08 Patch Far Cry + v1.40 Patch Stalker + v1.0005 Patch Here's the results..... Battlefield 2: I originally last played this back in december 2006 according to my stats page in-game after I retrieved my old acount - at the time I was playing on a 6600GT and my old Athlon64 3500+ and I could put everything up high @ 1280x1024 on my 17" TFT. Now I have the uber rig with the 1680x1050 widescreen, I thought I could now set absolutely everything to max and it would fly. Um, well it does fly, but it looks like shit! The 1st problem is, BF2 only supports upto a max 1280x1024 screen resolution with the only 'widescreen' option being 1280x960 (which was more for laptop screens) - so I cranked everything up on uber and joined a server and spawned in. It was the same mad, fun gameplay of capping the flags I enjoyed from before and I picked my trusty sniper kit and went off to a suitable point and just started capping heads. The gameplay is still good, but the engine is now totally out-dated for the hardware and widescreens. I've done a little digging on a few forums, notably the "Widescreen Gaming Forums" and found a tool called "Widescreen Fixer" which works with a number of older games. Site: http://imk.cx/pc/widescreenfixer/ Forum: http://www.widescreengamingforum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=11529 I've yet to test the program, but it has alot of good reviews. Sadly, even putting BF2 into the correct screen resolution, probably wont make it look any better than it does. Verdict: Thumbs Down! I'll do STALKER next!

How about - Ghost Recon!

I have 20mb cable.

It's easy, I'm sure you'll work it out soon enough.

Edit: All downloaded now -got it from codhq.com @ 2mb/s - only took a few minutes.