Kono kanji…

I have been playing some PC racing games lately (mostly various Need For Speed titles) and discovered a fun (and free) online racing game called Project Torque. It’s only for North America (due to an imposed IP ban) but there are regional versions for much of the world (although I think they are named Level R).

Project Torque is closed track (and closed street) online racing, has lots of cars and several modes of play including: fast oval track draft racing (Thunder Alley), simulation race mode, arcade race mode,  capture the flag, explorer mode, drift, and drag racing. One of the things I really enjoy is that there are a ton of different levels and variants of levels and many different types of road conditions including dirt/mud tracks for the 4 wheel drive fans out there (yes, the game has 4WD racing too). There is an update for the game coming soon that may add/remove some modes of play, but I guess we’ll just have to wait and see…

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MechWarrior 4: Mercenaries + MekPak 3.02b Setup

EDIT (5-28-2010): MekTek has released an updated version of MechWarrior 4: Mercenaries (you can get it here), My updated install instructions are here.

BASIC INSTALL INSTRUCTIONS: This will give you a good setup for online and (MWL) League play (accurate as of 4-2009).

NOTE: These instructions are now out of date (as of 5-2010) and pertain to the CD version of the game, MekTek has released an updated version of the game available for free here (use the MTX client to install MechWarrior 4). Updated install instructions are here!

There is a newer patch coming out soon… I am not sure if everyone will switch to it. Look for MekPak 4 from MekTek.

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Server Name: von Pilsner’s

Game: MechWarrior 4: Mercenaries
Current Mod Version: MekPak 3.02b
Hamachi VPN: Enabled (usually MW4mercs3 or MW4mercs4 network)
IP address: dynamic
EvilBot: Enabled
Max. Players: 22
Admin: Baron_von_Pilsner@hotmail.com

System:

CPU: AMD Athlon 64 2.0GHz 3000+
RAM: 1024 MB
Connection: Cable/LAN (12-15 down/1.5 up)

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Well I have been waiting patiently for two MechWarrior mods (which take place in the BattleTech universe) for various games. Mechwarrior Living Legends is a total conversion mod for Crysis and MekTek’s upcoming (unofficial) MekPak 4 patch is for Mechwarrior 4: Mercenaries.

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My dedicated MechWarrior 4: Mercenaries server (von Pilsner’s) crashed the other night. I don’t play much during the week, so I didn’t notice until I got a call from another player asking where the server went.

Fortunately the important stuff was recently backed up so I had to re-install and configure Windows and a few other programs and the server was back online within 24 hours. According to initial reports from other players it is running a lot more smoothly now, so perhaps it was a blessing in disguise… lol

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This is awesome.. I thought that I could play the guitar, this rocks!!!

See more at Zack Kim’s You Tube Channel.

Hey, finally a post that isn’t just a rant… lol

There is no substitute for using a 4-way joystick on older 4-way games like Pacman or Donkey Kong. But here is a substitute that might help until you get a real 4-way joystick for MAME.

This works with my MAME + MAMEUI setup and it probably works with every modern MAME version and setup, but I can’t be bothered to check at the moment…

Sadly, this only works with analog (49-way) joysticks, I have an X-Arcade Tankstick and I have been thinking of replacing the joysticks with Ultimarc Mag-Stik or Mag-Stik Plus joysticks so I can switch between 4 and 8 way settings easier (at the moment I have to take the bottom off the controller to switch).

Download 49-way joystick configuration files (9.3 KB).

I made a MAME ctrlr file (more info about the MAME ctrlr configuration can be found at the BYOACWiki) for my friend’s Pelican X-Box arcade sticks (he has two of them). He uses X-Box to USB converters so he can use them with his computer. Even though I made it to use the X-Box Pelican arcade sticks, it may work with other X-Box via USB arcade controllers (for PC/MAME).

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I got bored and made a MAME .lay file (overlay) for the arcade game Ozma Wars. I based the colors on screenshots of the game in the arcade flyer for ‘SNK Original Games’, which I found at The Arcade Flyer Archive.

Ozma Wars artwork (overlay) file (752 bytes).

title: Ozma Wars (set 1)
manufacturer: SNK
year: 1979
genre: Shooter
category: Shooter / Gallery

Since I just changed my blog to a new engine, I figured I should get used to the way it handles uploads, images, comments, etc…So here goes: a test post with very little content.

I figured this would be a good test picture, it is the score of our most recent McRugby match against RAGE (we won). They didn’t like the way we played the game and disconnected during the 2nd round, RAGE_Epi stayed in the server so we could report and confirm scores. Much respect to Epi for this.

The Black Scorpions don’t always make friends when playing MechWarrior, we play to win and often surprise other teams with our tactics.