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# Heh
It's more that I'm a bit irritated as I used to do this sort of 'shoppery fairly regularly, then took a break for a few years.

I'm out of practice and a bit shit. Also, the graphics tablet is in the loft.
(witty_ditty has made multiple miaows since, Tue 5 May 2009, 0:26, archived)
# it will come back to you.
plus the tablet ain't no use to you here. Just got to remember how to make colour range selections and then give them adjustments or adjustment layers to bring it in line with the layer below.

edit:// not that I'm an expert, I've done the odd face swap though.



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(I helped save b3ta! Pasanonic 's been known to cause insanity in laboratory mice, Tue 5 May 2009, 0:36, archived)
# That was the heart of the problem
The skin tones of the original image were incredibly pale, which made fiddling with the colour range quite tricky.

Ho hum. Need more practice.
(witty_ditty has made multiple miaows since, Tue 5 May 2009, 0:39, archived)
# bioshock is ace
i finished the third level earlier, its fucking brilliant. i'm a huge fan of the setting and the atmosphere of it already.

tell me i'm not alone in thinking that'd be a pretty cool place to live?
(I helped save b3ta! Tom OBedlam I have control of a tank, Tue 5 May 2009, 0:40, archived)
# It is rather spiffing.
I think that the setting is the main thing for me, so atmospheric. You met the little sisters and the Big daddies yet? I won't tell you how to choose your actions with them but it does have a bearing on the endgame sequence.

Play it in the dark and get the surround sound on. You'll shit yourself ;)
(I helped save b3ta! Pasanonic 's been known to cause insanity in laboratory mice, Tue 5 May 2009, 0:43, archived)
# BUT, Pasa, your're on the Ayn Rand side, aren't you?
And, by playing Bioshock, you're (virtually) destroying everything you've ever strived for.

Correct me if I'm wrong.
(I helped save b3ta! Sea Tramp the thinking woman's 8 Ace, Tue 5 May 2009, 0:48, archived)
# yeah i was playing it in the middle of the night on head phones.
i kept having to stop and just admire the sound effects. i'm adoring the big daddies, there's something really mournful about them when you rescue the little sisters and the new big daddy is waiting for them at the hole in the wall

edit: ooops I replied to the wrong one
(I helped save b3ta! Tom OBedlam I have control of a tank, Tue 5 May 2009, 0:54, archived)
# I suppose philosophically I have leanings in that direction
but not so extreme. I'd hate to be pigeon-holed. I have many ideas that I believe in that some people would consider contradictory ( I'm quite the socialist in some areas ).
I like to think I'm my own man who subscribes to nobody's edicts and just believes in what I think is morally correct.

As for bioshock, it's a game I bloody well enjoyed and it's been a long time I could say that about the FPS genre.
(I helped save b3ta! Pasanonic 's been known to cause insanity in laboratory mice, Tue 5 May 2009, 0:56, archived)
#
Bioshock contains three possible endings. Which one you get to see is based on
your actions throughout the game. If you chose to save the Little Sisters,
you’ll get ending #1. If you chose to harvest the Little Sisters,
you’ll get ending #2. Here is a description of what happens in each of
them.

Ending #1 – Little Sister Savior – The now-human Sisters will
offer you the chance to rule Rapture as king, and you turn it down. You escape
Rapture and effectively seal its evil secrets beneath the ocean. You offer the
Sisters a chance at a real life and they take it, never forgetting what you
did for them.

Ending #2 – Little Sister Harvester – The now-human Sisters offer
you the chance to rule Rapture and you take it. You aren’t satisfied in
simply ruling Rapture, so you bring your Splicer army to the surface world and
unleash Hell.

au.faqs.ign.com/articles/816/816684p1.html
(I helped save b3ta! Rapitinui get in the cage and I'll give you a treat, Tue 5 May 2009, 0:48, archived)
# *hides*
why post spoilers?
(I helped save b3ta! Tom OBedlam I have control of a tank, Tue 5 May 2009, 0:52, archived)
# SNAPE KILLS DUMBLEDORE
(I helped save b3ta! Rapitinui get in the cage and I'll give you a treat, Tue 5 May 2009, 0:59, archived)
# THE PROTAGONISTS
ARE 'THE OTHERS'
(InsaneKingKong Terrorizes cities, but leaves polite calling cards, Tue 5 May 2009, 1:01, archived)
#
Wolverine, along with Kayla help all the mutants escape, and end up fighting Weapon XI, who is actually a transformed Wade Wilson (Deadpool). Wolverine is finally able to kill Deadpool after a long battle with the help of Sabertooth. The mutants escape outside to find Professor X who has come to rescue them.

Wolverine picks up an injured Kayla and walk off into the sunset, except Stryker is still alive and shoots Wolverine with adamantium bullets, wiping his memory. Wolverine comes to, forgets everything, even Kayla, who is now dead.
 
(I helped save b3ta! Rapitinui get in the cage and I'll give you a treat, Tue 5 May 2009, 1:10, archived)
# I have to admit, I didn't really want to play bioshock until I read the whole story
also: what sea tramp said. It's almost a relief when you finish it.
(I helped save b3ta! gronkpan @vomitinglarry.bsky.social, Tue 5 May 2009, 1:14, archived)
# All of this^
I would love to see a sequel taking place in Rapture before it got all fucked up. Though it seems BioShock 2 is to take place in much the same environment. Ho hum, still be ace.
(I helped save b3ta! zoldergoose, Tue 5 May 2009, 0:44, archived)
# It gets a bit wearing.
One ends up being glad once it's all over. Not many new delights once you're more than half-way through (which you are).

Fallout 3 is where it's at, I promise you!
(I helped save b3ta! Sea Tramp the thinking woman's 8 Ace, Tue 5 May 2009, 0:44, archived)
# Where do I begin???
( not re: bioshock which I thouroughly enjoyed but I did have a long break from it mid game so getting to the end was not tiresome for me )

Fallout 3? Well I've played thta a bit and thought I'd give it another bash after Bio. Oddly it crashes when I try to load any game or start a new one. Won't initialise 3D. So I thought 'new forceware drivers last week, I'll just roll them back'. No joy. So I tried to load oblivion and same result. Just a bit miffed.

I'll fix this! So I ripped out the SLI Nvidia cards and put in an old ( but once the fastest card on the planet ) ATI X850XT PE and it's just behaving the same.
I'm left with two of my favourite games that will no longer work for no discernible reason.

So I'm a bit miffed. And puzzled.
(I helped save b3ta! Pasanonic 's been known to cause insanity in laboratory mice, Tue 5 May 2009, 0:51, archived)
# Stick with it, mate!
It might just be the very best game there ever was.

(Apart from the Atari ST version of Super Sprint, with three people sharing one keyboard)
(I helped save b3ta! Sea Tramp the thinking woman's 8 Ace, Tue 5 May 2009, 0:55, archived)
# Oh I've played hours and hours of it
and now that it won't work it's driving me nuts. There is no obvious reason.
I'm upgrading this PC to Win 7 tomorrow so I'll put the effort in then. No reason to go mental fixing it on Vista when it could all change tomorrow.
(I helped save b3ta! Pasanonic 's been known to cause insanity in laboratory mice, Tue 5 May 2009, 0:58, archived)
# thats a bit odd, i think i'll be playing fallout again next, i played it through first time on the xbox so i could appreciate the graphics fully
the pc version looks a bit better but sadly my graphics card and processor are bobbins.
(I helped save b3ta! Tom OBedlam I have control of a tank, Tue 5 May 2009, 0:57, archived)
# yeah I played it with
2 Nvidia 8800 GTX in SLI 2Gb of GRam and 8Gb of system Ram. It makes the Xbox version look like a sega megadrive in comparison. When it bloody works.

edit:// If you are managing to run bioshock at all then your graphics are not that bad.
The same ati card I mention above, despite being a £300 card on release won't play it because ATI decided not to add shader model 3.0 support.
(I helped save b3ta! Pasanonic 's been known to cause insanity in laboratory mice, Tue 5 May 2009, 1:00, archived)
# i'm running it on an ATI mobility radeon x1300 and my processor is a centrino du0 1.83ghz
not great but it runs suprisingly recent games, albeit on the lowest graphics settings
(I helped save b3ta! Tom OBedlam I have control of a tank, Tue 5 May 2009, 1:11, archived)
# I'm going to be giving this a run out tomorrow
stalinvsmartians.com/en/

( which is also on the server ;))
(I helped save b3ta! Pasanonic 's been known to cause insanity in laboratory mice, Tue 5 May 2009, 1:14, archived)
# that looks amazing
(I helped save b3ta! Tom OBedlam I have control of a tank, Tue 5 May 2009, 1:20, archived)
# oh i know, i've spent lots and lots of time in fallout 3 :)
(I helped save b3ta! Tom OBedlam I have control of a tank, Tue 5 May 2009, 0:51, archived)
# SANCTUS! DOMINUS!
 

 
(I helped save b3ta! Rapitinui get in the cage and I'll give you a treat, Tue 5 May 2009, 0:44, archived)
# Feeding Time !
(I helped save b3ta! Valin I changed glasses while I wasn't looking, Tue 5 May 2009, 0:46, archived)
# weird...
(I helped save b3ta! Tom OBedlam I have control of a tank, Tue 5 May 2009, 1:30, archived)
# Don't worry.
Most of us have plenty of practice and are still shit.

Now: kindly do us a funny picture.
(I helped save b3ta! Sea Tramp the thinking woman's 8 Ace, Tue 5 May 2009, 0:37, archived)
# Have an old kitteh related one :)
(witty_ditty has made multiple miaows since, Tue 5 May 2009, 0:43, archived)
# awwwww!
(I helped save b3ta! Rapitinui get in the cage and I'll give you a treat, Tue 5 May 2009, 0:46, archived)
# Lovely.
(I helped save b3ta! Sea Tramp the thinking woman's 8 Ace, Tue 5 May 2009, 0:49, archived)