Soyuz vs. the machine

Soyuz · 03-21-2005, 02:37 AM

I had a crazy weekend with my computer.
It started with me wanting to make the "hat switch" thing on my joystick to make it so i can look around (Shift+mouse).

So I went and found instruction on the forum and I followed the instruction but instead of programing the joy stick buttons to key board keys I tried to make it work other wize (fooling around with the air.con file). That didn't work so I tried the way it was said on a thread. To do that I needed to download new drivers for my joystick and then download some program that lets me bind button. This made the joystick not work at all in game. So then I went and tried to do System Restore and stupid XP didn't restore anything (for no apparent reason) So then I went and deleted all the possible driver for my joystick so that I could bring it back to normal/as before, but it didn't. Then my dad tried to fix it and downloaded drivers for my motherboard which I knew would screw thing up even more. Now I don't know how to get rid of them because when I unistall them they resore themsleves after a reboot. But if I don't delete them then my game freezes after like 20 mins.

So now I have a BF42 that works half the time and freezes, driver that I have to delete each time I reboot, and a joystick that doesn't work. And it all because I wanted the hatswitch to let me look around

I hate computers... but I love BF42....

PS I'll probably reformat but I need an external HD to save all the Ggigs of mods I have... Exiting!

Mad Monk · 03-21-2005, 03:11 AM

Thanks for sharing... :/

Soyuz · 03-21-2005, 03:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mad Monk

Thanks for sharing... :/

Ya, kinda pointless post. Just sharing my frustration after a day and 1/2 of pain and suffering

grim reaper · 03-21-2005, 11:22 AM

Quote:

I hate computers... but I love BF42....

I love PC and i love BF42, lucky me.

On a serious note reformatting is the best way, it solves everything. As for backing up consider a DVD burner and some DVDRW's. Works out alot cheaper than a decent sized Hard drive.

TyphoonSupport · 03-21-2005, 11:39 AM

You can get a really cool 80Gb external HDD for about £60 from e-buyer

http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...duct_uid=62839

or pay a few pouinds more and get a 250Gb, much faster than DVD burning, and its plug and play, plus is looks cool, I have two of the 250Gb ones never had a problem and only cost £96.

In the US you must be able to get the same HDD or simlar for like $60.

grim reaper · 03-21-2005, 12:40 PM

But if you read what soyuz said he stated he mearly wanted to hace a place to put all his mods while he reformatted, then to tranfer them back, An external HD seems like a waste of money for that.

He could all ways buy a internal hard drive, alot cheaper than external ones. And they are amasingly simple to install.

Soyuz · 03-21-2005, 10:33 PM

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Originally Posted by grim reaper

But if you read what soyuz said he stated he mearly wanted to hace a place to put all his mods while he reformatted, then to tranfer them back, An external HD seems like a waste of money for that.

He could all ways buy a internal hard drive, alot cheaper than external ones. And they are amasingly simple to install.

Ya I'll use an internal one probably.
+ I only need to use it for 1 day so I'll probably just borrow one.

(I'm cheap :P )

Mad Monk · 03-22-2005, 12:45 AM

Do you have more stuff than will fit on a DVD-RW?

Soyuz · 03-22-2005, 12:48 AM

I dunoo... around 4-5 GIgs.
But then I need to find a DvD Burner and blank DvD. seems a little to hard.
An internal HD is easier

grim reaper · 03-22-2005, 10:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Soyuz

I dunoo... around 4-5 GIgs.
But then I need to find a DvD Burner and blank DvD. seems a little to hard.
An internal HD is easier

Crazy crazy soyuz. How is it easyer?, and with a DVD burner you have th eoption to use it later to burn more DVD's.

melee · 03-23-2005, 01:23 AM

its soyuz, hes retartred, what can you expect?

But honestly soyuz, if you start a live journal with this sort of thing in it...

Or we could make a webcomic entitled "the tomfoolery of soyuz.

lego · 03-23-2005, 01:25 AM

soyuz has life journal?!

melee · 03-23-2005, 01:43 AM

holy mother fuck.

I tried to make one to be funny, but it was already made....

http://www.livejournal.com/userinfo.bml?user=soyuz

And of course, what else would we expect except random russian jibberish.

Caslon · 03-23-2005, 05:03 AM

Just burn them mods onto a bunch of cd's. How many do you ever play?

Don't give Soyuz a flat tire each time, it just seems stupid/unecessary. Didn't VA talk about attacks recently?

I could have posted Soyuz's post and got decent advice.

TheVerbalAssassin · 03-23-2005, 05:07 AM

Either spend your money on another hard drive which you will later fill up with goodness, or spend it on a DVD burner which you will later use to burn goodness.

In the future if you have tech problems/questions, use the forum for that listed further down the page.

Nothing more to see here, move along move along.

03-21-2005, 02:37 AM	#1 (permalink)
Soyuz Second Lieutenant Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 1,472	Soyuz vs. the machine I had a crazy weekend with my computer. It started with me wanting to make the "hat switch" thing on my joystick to make it so i can look around (Shift+mouse). So I went and found instruction on the forum and I followed the instruction but instead of programing the joy stick buttons to key board keys I tried to make it work other wize (fooling around with the air.con file). That didn't work so I tried the way it was said on a thread. To do that I needed to download new drivers for my joystick and then download some program that lets me bind button. This made the joystick not work at all in game. So then I went and tried to do System Restore and stupid XP didn't restore anything (for no apparent reason) So then I went and deleted all the possible driver for my joystick so that I could bring it back to normal/as before, but it didn't. Then my dad tried to fix it and downloaded drivers for my motherboard which I knew would screw thing up even more. Now I don't know how to get rid of them because when I unistall them they resore themsleves after a reboot. But if I don't delete them then my game freezes after like 20 mins. So now I have a BF42 that works half the time and freezes, driver that I have to delete each time I reboot, and a joystick that doesn't work. And it all because I wanted the hatswitch to let me look around I hate computers... but I love BF42.... PS I'll probably reformat but I need an external HD to save all the Ggigs of mods I have... Exiting!

03-21-2005, 03:11 AM	#2 (permalink)
Mad Monk Captain Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: O-O-O-O-Oklahoma, where the wind comes sweeping down the plain. Posts: 2,977	Thanks for sharing... :/ __________________

03-21-2005, 11:39 AM	#5 (permalink)
TyphoonSupport Private 1st Class Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Everywhere Posts: 145	You can get a really cool 80Gb external HDD for about £60 from e-buyer http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...duct_uid=62839 or pay a few pouinds more and get a 250Gb, much faster than DVD burning, and its plug and play, plus is looks cool, I have two of the 250Gb ones never had a problem and only cost £96. In the US you must be able to get the same HDD or simlar for like $60. __________________ E-Mail: sales@typhoonservers.com Website: www.typhoonservers.com

03-22-2005, 12:45 AM	#8 (permalink)
Mad Monk Captain Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: O-O-O-O-Oklahoma, where the wind comes sweeping down the plain. Posts: 2,977	Do you have more stuff than will fit on a DVD-RW? __________________

03-23-2005, 05:07 AM	#15 (permalink)
TheVerbalAssassin Forum Moderator Brigadier General Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Cleveland, Oh Posts: 5,435	Either spend your money on another hard drive which you will later fill up with goodness, or spend it on a DVD burner which you will later use to burn goodness. In the future if you have tech problems/questions, use the forum for that listed further down the page. Nothing more to see here, move along move along. __________________

03-21-2005, 12:40 PM	#6 (permalink)
grim reaper Forum Moderator Brigadier General Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: England Posts: 7,255	But if you read what soyuz said he stated he mearly wanted to hace a place to put all his mods while he reformatted, then to tranfer them back, An external HD seems like a waste of money for that. He could all ways buy a internal hard drive, alot cheaper than external ones. And they are amasingly simple to install.

03-22-2005, 12:48 AM	#9 (permalink)
Soyuz Second Lieutenant Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 1,472	I dunoo... around 4-5 GIgs. But then I need to find a DvD Burner and blank DvD. seems a little to hard. An internal HD is easier

03-23-2005, 01:25 AM	#12 (permalink)
lego Major Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: doomsday Posts: 3,576	soyuz has life journal?!

03-23-2005, 05:03 AM	#14 (permalink)
Caslon Lieutenant Colonel Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Deep inside the Earth. Posts: 4,582	Just burn them mods onto a bunch of cd's. How many do you ever play? Don't give Soyuz a flat tire each time, it just seems stupid/unecessary. Didn't VA talk about attacks recently? I could have posted Soyuz's post and got decent advice.