icemann on 7/3/2007 at 09:41
Any threads beginning with the words "cant run ss2" or "cant setup ss2" should get auto closed apon creation with a macro posting of "look at the sticky threads before posting. I like to keep a quiet station, thankyou" (or whatever shodan says in that email in SS1).
What the hells Tabarnque mean by the way?
D'Arcy on 7/3/2007 at 09:57
That's precisely what bothers me about these threads. As Kolya says, even if it's difficult to find an answer to your problem in the huge existing sticky thread, that doesn't justify posting a new thread instead of simply adding a new post to the existing thread.
I could merge this thread with the existing one, but there are too many replies here already that aren't a direct answer to DaNtAn's problem. If people already complain that there are too many posts in the sticky thread, I don't want to add even more posts that aren't replies/solutions to technical problems.
Vigil on 7/3/2007 at 11:35
Why not edit the single-page, nicely indexed <a href="http://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=60930">System Shock Series FAQ - Technical/Other</a> thread and add the information there? This problem has come up enough times to qualify as a common and serious technical support issue.
Nameless Voice on 7/3/2007 at 13:16
I must admit that the 1,000+ post help thread scares me. It's too huge to even look at - there's just something intimidating about a thread with so many replies that immediately discourages someone from looking at it, because it's just too much.
One idea would be to harvest all the useful information out of those posts into one coherent FAQ post, and then archive everything else into a separate (non-sticky) thread.
Kolya on 7/3/2007 at 13:39
Great job. Where's the TTLG trainee we can give that?
Also the coffee tastes like seven years in Tibet again... :devil:
Bjossi on 7/3/2007 at 14:19
Quote Posted by Nameless Voice
I must admit that the 1,000+ post help thread scares me. It's too huge to even look at - there's just something intimidating about a thread with so many replies that immediately discourages someone from looking at it, because it's just too much.
One idea would be to harvest all the useful information out of those posts into one coherent FAQ post, and then archive everything else into a separate (non-sticky) thread.
I look at it this way; read the first post over if you are experiencing problems. If the solution isn't there, make a new post.
We can ask people to read the sticky thread's first post, but attempting to read the other posts is just crazy.
By the way, I think Ninjit should update the first post of the SS2 XP thread, there is quite a bit of info that I see missing, such as mentioning ImageCfg to fix the X2/HT freezing.
DaNtAn on 7/3/2007 at 18:59
Quote Posted by Kolya
Great job. Where's the TTLG trainee we can give that?
Also the coffee tastes like seven years in Tibet again... :devil:
I know what you mean.. I had it 3 hours ago... left in the micro again :D
That's the point, going through a rough 1000 replay's in the FAQ, with a
problem as this one, I think I'd never finish reading the damn replays even
in 100 years from now. Besides, I know that this has to be with the "Setup
Engine" that was ussed at that time, so I guess that this has to be in the
FAQ, as this will arise again. There should be small links in the FAQ pointing
to subsections (Subtopics), like "Install Troubleshooting under Windows XP",
"Install Troubleshooting under Windows Vista" and etc. and make those posts
sticky. This way if someone come in here and see's the
"Install Troubleshooting under Windows Vista" as sticky, then he'll go there.
But seeing two threads with 1000 replays to each, will get people (like me..)
to post Technical issue questions again, again and again.
Quote:
Running System Shock 2 on Windows 2000 or Windows XPHow to Install
* Press the Start Button
* Press the Run button.
* In the box type x:/setup.exe -Lgntforce Where x is the letter of your CD-Rom drive.
* Press Enter
* Follow the onscreen prompts.
That's taken from the main FAQ, and I don't see in it that you have to go into
"Safe Mode" if you have a prob with the install.
Once again I apologize for posting a Technical post in the
"Shock 1 & 2 General Discussion" section.:erm:
PS:
Tabarnaque is a curse in Quebecian French (it is also a curse in Italian, if I'm not wrong)
