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Topic: Friendly Direct X reminder...
Troodon
Technology Luddite
posted 11-28-2001 11:45:12 AM
Just thought I'd remind everybody who's heard, and tell anybody that hasn't, that when SoL goes live on Tuesday the 4th, you'll need to have DirectX 8 loaded to run Everquest, even if you don't have the expansion installed.

For Windows 95 users: Sorry, **** out of luck, DirectX 8 won't run on Win95. Get a better system already!

For Windows 98/2000/Me users: Go here and download DirectX 8, and follow the installation instructions. Note that there's different downloads for Win 2000 than for 98 or Me, make sure you download the right one.

For Windows XP users: Don't have to do anything, XP already comes with DirectX 8 loaded.

Just thought I'd remind you. You can do this during the 20 hours of EQ server downtime between Monday afternoon and Tuesday morning. (All EQ servers will be down from 12noon PST Monday the 3rd to 8am PST Tuesday the 4th to load everything necessary to run Shadows of Luclin.)

[ 11-28-2001: Message edited by: Troodon ]

Mortious
Gluttonous Overlard
posted 11-28-2001 11:53:56 AM
DirectX 8.1 is out now, too, no more 8.0a I just nabbed it.
Koska Kintaro
Not Banned Yet
posted 11-28-2001 11:57:33 AM
Major red line there. Wow, where are the mods when you need 'em?
Troodon
Technology Luddite
posted 11-28-2001 11:58:14 AM
quote:
Mortious Shadowstalker had this to say about Robocop:
DirectX 8.1 is out now, too, no more 8.0a I just nabbed it.

Yep, 8.1 is basically 8.0 with the bugs ironed out. The link I gave goes to where you can download 8.1, didn't think it was necessary to put the ".1" in my post. EQ will run under 8.0, but obviously you're better off getting 8.1.

[ 11-28-2001: Message edited by: Troodon ]

Drysart
Pancake
posted 11-28-2001 01:36:16 PM
Fix your sig.
Prometheus
Pancake
posted 11-28-2001 01:44:39 PM
:boggle:

What is the purpose of the red line? I am confused.

Prometheus
"Forethought"
Tier the Genius™
Dark Elf Pimp
posted 11-28-2001 01:58:11 PM
quote:
Prometheus had this to say about Pirotess:
What is the purpose of the red line? I am confused.

It's PRETTY!

Lashanna
noob
posted 11-28-2001 02:01:27 PM
Just use [small][/small], It really doesn't hinder the readability of the text, and it makes it more like a Sig should be, a subtle, unassuming afterthought.
Dad's going to kill you. Really. He is.
Drysart
Pancake
posted 11-28-2001 02:03:16 PM
quote:
Prometheus had this to say about Duck Tales:
What is the purpose of the red line? I am confused.

It keeps sigs from growing so large that they start eating humans and plotting to take over the board, then the Universe. Think Little Shop of Horrors.

Prometheus
Pancake
posted 11-28-2001 02:03:25 PM
Okay...


It was in Koska's sig too, but I refreshed the page and it was gone.

I thought it may have had some other significance.

Prometheus
"Forethought"
Troodon
Technology Luddite
posted 11-29-2001 12:32:03 PM
quote:
Drysart had this to say about Jimmy Carter:
Fix your sig.

I never put a red line in there, to my knowledge. I checked my sig, don't see anything in there calling for a red line. It's just always been there, I assumed it was something automatic. If you have some idea on how to get rid of it, I'd be glad to. It bothers me too, but I don't know how to get rid of it.

[ 11-29-2001: Message edited by: Troodon ]

Bajah
Thooooooor
posted 11-29-2001 12:38:11 PM
quote:
Troodon had this to say about Optimus Prime:
I never put a red line in there, to my knowledge. I checked my sig, don't see anything in there calling for a red line. It's just always been there, I assumed it was something automatic. If you have some idea on how to get rid of it, I'd be glad to. It bothers me too, but I don't know how to get rid of it.

It means your signature is larger than the allowed amount. use the [ small ] tags to shrink your text, as Lashanna said.

Or just don't make it so long

Gydyon
Yes, I am a lawyer. No you can't sue them for that. Shut up, or I'll have your legs broken.
posted 11-29-2001 12:40:41 PM
Just a little bit more......
Gydyon
Evercrest Lawyer

Thinking about your posts
(and billing you for it) since 2001

Troodon
Technology Luddite
posted 11-29-2001 12:45:45 PM
quote:
Bajah wrote this then went back to looking for porn:
It means your signature is larger than the allowed amount. use the [ small ] tags to shrink your text, as Lashanna said.

Or just don't make it so long


It's not that long, I've seen people with longer sigs than mine. And if it's bigger than allowed, whi is it still allowed anyway? Doesn't make sense. If they want to make a sig size limit, why don't they just cut it off when you exceed it? And if mine is past the limit, the limit should be raised, I don't think mine is anywhere near excessively long.

But I made it smaller, see if that helps.

Troodon
Technology Luddite
posted 11-29-2001 12:49:23 PM
By the way, not that I'm complaining (much) but wasn't this supposed to be a thread about Direct X 8? When did it turn into a discussion about sigs? Besides, if the red line is because my sig is too long, I have to point out that I'm not the only one with a red line, dozens of other people have it. And none of them have especially long sigs as far as I can tell.
Troodon
Technology Luddite
posted 11-29-2001 01:03:34 PM
Besides, it's about time to change my sig anyway. So here's a new one.
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