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It doesn't sound like an RPG. It sounds like a button-mashing FPS.

So you answered my question; you watched the film and haven't read the book.

Cranial = Neural I/F Skeletal = Thermal Masking. I know last time I was playing, when it was first released, I ened up clearing out neural i/f for cloak after the half-way mark.

In that case use a different emoticon! ≠ sarcasm

Not since 3rd edition ... <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Showing my age, then. :D

Sam Neil or John Carpenter? Carpenter has some good stuff: I still like The Thing.

I was just trying to get you interested in playing again (well, at least I got you to get the manual out! ) -- the questions were rhetorical. " Having said that, I took Hacking (never did see the point of Bot Domination) -- but I didn't think I could be invisible to people and Bots at the same time; I'd better check that!

Baley, you remind me of a perticular episode of Friends, when Chandler and Joey accidentally got free Cable pr0n and the effect it had on their reality ... "Did you see that?" "Yes, I did: that pizza delivery girl didn't take all her clothes off after dropping off the pizza!" etc

Thrity-something post-Friends comedy drama involving two couples and two singles and their trials and tribulations and intercourse.

"Can we survive a nuclear attack?" "Ja Mein Fuhr- er, Yes mein president."

Yep, I could watch Angelina Jolee cooking.

... Do I want to be invisible to people of bots? ... Should I take Hacking or Bot Domination? " Hehe.)

Dr Strangelove

The Matrix: Path of Neo (PS2, Xbox and PC)

Sounds like the plot to "In the Mouth of Madness". (Funny, I was sure that was called Into the Mind of Madness.)

Um... No. Most people use virtual keyboards and screens while a few others can jack in. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I had my tongue firmly in my cheek. I am always wary of settings so far in the future, as it is really, really difficult to predict the society, even if you get the technology right. (It's the little things, like there was a guy who woke from a coma in the nineties that he entered in the early eighties: he was asked what surprised him the most ... remote controls. When he lost consciousness there were few remote controls anywhere, and those that were around -- e.g. on VHS tape recorders -- were attached with a wire. Remeber having to get up to change the channel on the tv?) Anyway, Arthur C. Clarke wrote a seminal work on technology called Profiles of the Future, which was very interesting and is still a good read. I don't have my copy anymore, so I don't know what slated for the latter half of this millennium, except I think we have some solar flares and build the Ark that gets invaded by the Wyrrn, and then that is used by the Cybermen to invade the Vogons after the Sontarans are defeated on Earth and the Doctor returns from setting Davros and the Daleks back a few generations. Oh, wait a moment, that's a different universe. :D

That did the trick -- all working as expected.

Oh... mods. I haven't installed any mods, other than the texture pack. But the european version, as you have, store the .dds files and stuff in a different subfolder, as I mentioned earlier. Try and copy all the stuff from dynamicallyloaded (man, I wish I could remember the exact folder) to dynloaded(?)/english. Note: Copy, not cut. Might mess stuff up otherwise. There should be a thread about this on some DE2 forum though, where it's explained better. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> mods = texture packs. cp C:\...\Deus Ex - Invisible War\Content\DX2\Textures\DynamicallyLoaded\. C:\...\Deus Ex - Invisible War\Content\DX2\Textures\DynamicallyLoaded\English

What is more interesting IMO is the regional differences will make modern English look like Roman Empire latin, compared to all the new local versions. Even though the advent of writing has slowed the rapid regionalization of the language, still it continues apace. Don't more people speak Spanish as their first language in the US than English at the moment? There will certainly be hybrids of English-Spanish probably becoming the regional language of the SW of USA. (Of course latin stuck around until the Norman invasion of England as the offical language, so English will probably do the same.)

Doesnt that just mean you write in "drow" in the subrace thingie and then choose dark skin and white hair in the customizer? Like you could do in NWN? "..and there was much rejoice." <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Not anymore, I think they've included that what-are-thems-called tables and whatnot. So the subraces have the bonuses they should have, etc. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Yeah, all my elvish PCs have dark skin and light hair in NwN. :D

Sauce for the goose ... I hate enemy NPCs summoning in dang beasties ... then again I suppose a succubus isn't going to fail a morale check when summoned by another succubus ... I did like the fact that the rats didn't automatically attack in that bit of your mod, btw. (sure, have 'em do it if you make 'em angry, but surely a rat is going to run away rather than fight a person ...)

European version of the game? I remember you had to move all the /dynamicallyloaded/ whatnot to /dittofolder/engrish/ or summin if you had the european version. Of course, I'm not even sure if you're talking about a result of having installed the texture pack or not ^_^;; <{POST_SNAPBACK}> It did ask me if I wanted the English - US or English - UK version, and I selected the latter. It did ask me about an ini file that was replaced (and of course, being an experienced technology user, I backed it up :D ), so I'll look at that and the ..\dynamicallyloaded\.. affair. Thanks for the tip. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> If you have v1.2 from scratch (i.e 1.2 on the game disc), then it's the european version. If you have to patch the game to 1.2, it's the US version. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Sorry, yes I have 1.2 on the DVD, I was talking about the mods: they ask if you want British or US English.

Pah readers [of?] reaction in 500 years if I'm in for English one [?] into [?] [?]roods utter ? ? ? ? ?

I dunno about "clear" ... sounds a bit too much like "no doubt". :D I think the G-man is a very good evil character, who (primarily because he hasn't been explained in any depth) is still a (potentially very) deep character .... and so evil ...

... and very cool. Wouldn't be that mnuch work, would it? If they fail the morale check they would just join the enemy ranks ...