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by TheJabMan
Tue Sep 10, 2013 3:46 am
Forum: General Carmageddon and Rant Forum
Topic: Your Ride?
Replies: 169
Views: 91893

Re: Your Ride?

What to do with all those retired rides?

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Well, obviously. All three actually still run. I mean we had to rig the transmission lines in the thunderbird and the cougar's rad is now one with the fan, but hey.
by TheJabMan
Sat Apr 27, 2013 1:38 pm
Forum: General Carmageddon and Rant Forum
Topic: Your Ride?
Replies: 169
Views: 91893

Re: Your Ride?

Since last fall I've had 4 cars. My beloved Cougar took out a Taurus wagon that made an improper turn in front of it. http://imageshack.us/a/img266/607/img154z.jpg http://imageshack.us/a/img21/2876/img155ix.jpg Sustained very light damage, drove it for two weeks while waiting for insurance to pull t...
by TheJabMan
Tue Jan 24, 2012 11:20 pm
Forum: General Carmageddon and Rant Forum
Topic: Your Ride?
Replies: 169
Views: 91893

Re: Your Ride?

http://img33.imageshack.us/img33/9301/39982210151193785275613.jpg 1993 Mercury Cougar XR7 5.0L High Output. Bought this thing for $850 with 200,000km. Just needed a car to get me through spring, but it's still kicking and I like it so much I'm picking up a 1994 Cougar XR7 4.6L tomorrow. The new one...
by TheJabMan
Thu Jul 14, 2011 11:14 pm
Forum: General Carmageddon and Rant Forum
Topic: Who's lurking around..?
Replies: 41
Views: 19404

Re: who´s lurking around...??

I can post again! Huzzah!
by TheJabMan
Tue Jun 07, 2011 12:13 am
Forum: General Carmageddon and Rant Forum
Topic: CWA Board
Replies: 40
Views: 439

CWA Board

A damn fine board, even if I hasn't let me post in a year or so.
by TheJabMan
Thu Sep 09, 2010 1:11 pm
Forum: General Carmageddon and Rant Forum
Topic: Fuck yeah!
Replies: 4
Views: 2275

Fuck yeah!

<t>After a few months, and 2 tries I finally have my AZ license! Sweet sweet moneys await, and I can finally ditch this crap ass tide-me-over job! Huzzah!<br/> <br/> Just had to share it, been wanting this for so long and all.<br/> <br/> For those not familiar with Canadian licensing, A class is 18 ...
by TheJabMan
Tue Jul 20, 2010 6:31 pm
Forum: General Carmageddon and Rant Forum
Topic: Its just a car?
Replies: 31
Views: 15057

Re: Its just a car?

<t>I feel sort of the same way about the truck I learned to drive on, and my 1st car..<br/> <br/> I still check up on the truck ('84 F150 "explorer"), its a farm truck now but at least it's being taken care of and kept going.<br/> <br/> My 1st car ('86 Cadillac Brougham) is in a barn now, it runs bu...
by TheJabMan
Tue Jul 20, 2010 6:10 pm
Forum: General Carmageddon and Rant Forum
Topic: This is genius, why did it not catch on?
Replies: 8
Views: 3418

Re: This is genius, why did it not catch on?

<t>Probably never caught on because it's only useful for very light vehicles, like compacts. things like jackknifing would not occur, instead it would just send your car sliding in whatever direction it wanted. Not to mention vehicles with a high center of gravity would be scary as hell with a bunch...
by TheJabMan
Tue May 11, 2010 8:59 pm
Forum: Carmageddon and The Splat Pack
Topic: Big Grab / Super Sac
Replies: 6
Views: 3141

Re: Big Grab / Super Sac

Never thought I'd see Pit Viper in a game again.
by TheJabMan
Mon Feb 22, 2010 4:21 pm
Forum: General Carmageddon and Rant Forum
Topic: Carmageddon 1/2 With a steering wheel.
Replies: 14
Views: 7142

Re: Carmageddon 1/2 With a steering wheel.

<t>All I did was choose the next KB control scheme, and then change the inputs. When it asks for a key for accelerate, hit the gas and so on, left and right, steer the wheel. Just replace the usual commands with wheel imputs.<br/> <br/> The joystick setting is a lost cause in C1 if you're using a mo...
by TheJabMan
Sat Feb 20, 2010 11:57 am
Forum: General Carmageddon and Rant Forum
Topic: Your Ride?
Replies: 169
Views: 91893

Re: Your Ride?

<r>I think Qwerty used to have an old LeBaron as well, but I think it was the version after that, a little more rounded early 90's. Recall he used to have a sig with a picture of the cardboard he used to catch the oil it leaked with the caption "what oil leak? Thats just the sweat from all that hors...
by TheJabMan
Sat Feb 06, 2010 10:33 am
Forum: General Carmageddon and Rant Forum
Topic: Carmageddon 1/2 With a steering wheel.
Replies: 14
Views: 7142

Re: Carmageddon 1/2 With a steering wheel.

<t>The wheel counts as the joystick in C2. Just enable Joystick. I still have the issue with a hefty deadzone though, and only some of the buttons on the wheel work. (2 top buttons, shifter paddles, and shifter. You don't have to even change the accelerate/brake settings at least for me C2 figured t...
by TheJabMan
Wed Feb 03, 2010 8:26 pm
Forum: General Carmageddon and Rant Forum
Topic: Your PC specs
Replies: 13
Views: 7599

Re: Your PC specs

<t>Nothing too fancy, I built it back in '07 but have changed the videocard, powersupply and HDD's since then.<br/> <br/> Corsair 650 PSU<br/> <br/> Asus P5N-E SLI <br/> <br/> E6500 2.3ghz Dual Core (some manner of Accelero cooler on it, I can't remember)<br/> <br/> 2 320gb and 1 640gb Hard Drives<b...
by TheJabMan
Mon Feb 01, 2010 12:08 am
Forum: General Carmageddon and Rant Forum
Topic: Carmageddon 1/2 With a steering wheel.
Replies: 14
Views: 7142

Carmageddon 1/2 With a steering wheel.

<r>So I decided to try my wheel with C1 and C2, I knew it would work with C2 but no idea about C1.<br/> <br/> Turns out it works better in C1 than C2... C2 has a deadzone I'm trying to work out but C1 does not.<br/> <br/> Also you havent played Carmageddon until you play it with a wheel in cockpit v...
by TheJabMan
Sun Jan 31, 2010 10:06 pm
Forum: Carmageddon and The Splat Pack
Topic: Carmageddon 1 remake in XNA
Replies: 34
Views: 12073

Re: Carmageddon 1 remake in XNA

Sexiness indeed.
by TheJabMan
Sun Jan 31, 2010 10:01 pm
Forum: General Carmageddon and Rant Forum
Topic: Who's active here (for LumberJack)
Replies: 74
Views: 31517

Re: Who's active here (for LumberJack)

Don't post much but generally check in at least once a week.
by TheJabMan
Thu Nov 26, 2009 11:56 am
Forum: General Carmageddon and Rant Forum
Topic: Windows 7: Opinions
Replies: 39
Views: 10515

Re: Windows 7: Opinions

<t>I'm not sure what the issue is, I've got mine configured pretty much the same as XP, down to the quicklaunch.<br/> <br/> Vista I can understand being annoyed with as it gave you a dialogue for everything you clicked on.<br/> <br/> I think the only thing like that I've had to deal with like that w...
by TheJabMan
Wed Nov 25, 2009 12:17 pm
Forum: General Carmageddon and Rant Forum
Topic: Windows 7: Opinions
Replies: 39
Views: 10515

Re: Windows 7: Opinions


Because it's the operating system equivalent of a kindergarten for mentally challenged leopards.
Sure you're not talking about Mac OS?
by TheJabMan
Mon Oct 26, 2009 2:36 pm
Forum: General Carmageddon and Rant Forum
Topic: Windows 7: Opinions
Replies: 39
Views: 10515

Re: Windows 7: Opinions

Running 32, I've never tried 64 bit XP, or Vista... I guess I could but I just went with what I knew.
by TheJabMan
Sun Oct 25, 2009 7:03 pm
Forum: General Carmageddon and Rant Forum
Topic: Windows 7: Opinions
Replies: 39
Views: 10515

Re: Windows 7: Opinions

<t>Well you need a run command to get the option for a quicklaunch area on the taskbar but after thats it's pretty smooth sailing. I haven't had any game issues really, runs smooth and it's very solid... plus windows7 finally killed the error I had with using the replay function in C1/C2.<br/> <br/>...
by TheJabMan
Thu Oct 22, 2009 12:56 am
Forum: General Carmageddon and Rant Forum
Topic: Zombieland Movie
Replies: 18
Views: 6083

Re: Zombieland Movie

<t>Yeah, there are some odd choices made... like the H2 at the amusement park, and thier idea of "high ground" being pretty flawed.<br/> <br/> As for power, it has only been 2 months since the outbreak. I would assume some if not most generators in a powerplant would still be going.<br/> <br/> To be...
by TheJabMan
Wed Oct 14, 2009 6:14 pm
Forum: General Carmageddon and Rant Forum
Topic: Zombie Driver
Replies: 7
Views: 2979

Zombie Driver

So it's not exactly Carmageddon... actually it looks to be a mashup of Quarantine and Carma from a topdown view.

http://www.zombiedriver.com/news.php5

Might be a fun little time waster when it's out.
by TheJabMan
Sat Oct 03, 2009 10:17 pm
Forum: General Carmageddon and Rant Forum
Topic: I want my god damn 10 bucks back
Replies: 9
Views: 3481

Re: I want my god damn 10 bucks back

<t>Hrm... in 2005 Steam did suck, but now Steam is awesome.<br/> <br/> As far as your issue goes, why not DL the Steam installer from Valve, then try to install the game.<br/> <br/> It is kind of a pisser that it has to be online and so on, as when I got HL2 I was on dial up, but you can make it run...
by TheJabMan
Sun Sep 27, 2009 5:05 pm
Forum: Carmageddon 2: Carpocalypse Now
Topic: The Dukes of Hazzard Mod
Replies: 56
Views: 13771

Re: The Dukes of Hazzard Mod

I have seasons 1-3 on DVD if anyone wants pics of certain vehicles...

I don't have the Green Machine, I think thats season 4-5 with those douchebags "Coy and Vance"
by TheJabMan
Thu Sep 24, 2009 10:25 pm
Forum: Carmageddon and The Splat Pack
Topic: Carmageddon 1 funky colours.
Replies: 9
Views: 4752

Re: Carmageddon 1 funky colours.

That has got to be the weirdest fix, though it works for some reason, even in Win7.

It's like the Red Faction Guerrilla DX9 fix, clicking away from the program folder before the game loads lol.

Thanks though!
by TheJabMan
Thu Sep 10, 2009 11:23 am
Forum: Carmageddon and The Splat Pack
Topic: Carmageddon 1 funky colours.
Replies: 9
Views: 4752

Re: Carmageddon 1 funky colours.

<t>Yeah, looks like DOSbox, or that DirectX thing that was posted a bit ago will have to be used. As far as compatability goes and so on, tried all that... I was hoping the running in 256 colours might do the trick, but the funky colours are part of C1's 256 colour palette anyways.<br/> <br/> ah wel...
by TheJabMan
Wed Sep 09, 2009 7:30 pm
Forum: Carmageddon and The Splat Pack
Topic: Carmageddon 1 funky colours.
Replies: 9
Views: 4752

Re: Carmageddon 1 funky colours.

<t>Nothing to be Ugh about. So far the only issue is it has funky colours in Caramageddon 1, and thats without it needing any directx workthrough, or sound setup.<br/> <br/> So far it's run everything I've asked... my only reason I delayed getting it was because of the COD4 punkbuster thing, which h...
by TheJabMan
Tue Sep 08, 2009 12:06 am
Forum: Carmageddon and The Splat Pack
Topic: Carmageddon 1 funky colours.
Replies: 9
Views: 4752

Re: Carmageddon 1 funky colours.

My DSL modem recently got fried, so havent been on much... but yes, newest drivers one can get. Win7. :/
by TheJabMan
Wed Sep 02, 2009 11:49 am
Forum: Carmageddon and The Splat Pack
Topic: Carmageddon 1 funky colours.
Replies: 9
Views: 4752

Carmageddon 1 funky colours.

<t>Ok, so you know the Drugs poweru right?<br/> <br/> Well it's like that except all the time, no flashing and only some of the colours are affected.<br/> <br/> I thought running it in 256 colour mode would fix it, but no dice.<br/> <br/> Running the melded C1 pack in Windows 7, works great other th...
by TheJabMan
Sun Aug 23, 2009 4:41 pm
Forum: General Carmageddon and Rant Forum
Topic: The Gmod Idiot Box
Replies: 7
Views: 2229

Re: The Gmod Idiot Box

The part with "what is love?" and the guy plummeting in the station wagon was quite amusing.
by TheJabMan
Sun Aug 23, 2009 5:13 am
Forum: General Carmageddon and Rant Forum
Topic: Your Ride?
Replies: 169
Views: 91893

Re: Your Ride?

Last year this was my ride :tongue: http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/8002/200811191650.jpg http://img30.imageshack.us/img30/9438/200807141217.jpg http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/2138/200807211027.jpg FX Tire shine, lol The Cadillac has rusted faster than I want to fix it, so I swapped if for someth...
by TheJabMan
Tue Aug 18, 2009 4:40 pm
Forum: Carmageddon 2: Carpocalypse Now
Topic: '70 Caddy Eldorado Hearse
Replies: 51
Views: 16599

Re: '70 Caddy Eldorado Hearse

The hump is more of an ambulance thing

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But I think it looks fine on the hearse, makes the roof look more stylized and less boring.
by TheJabMan
Mon Aug 17, 2009 7:01 pm
Forum: Carmageddon 2: Carpocalypse Now
Topic: '70 Caddy Eldorado Hearse
Replies: 51
Views: 16599

Re: '70 Caddy Eldorado Hearse

Paint it up like Shadow from Twisted Metal 2 and you're golden.
by TheJabMan
Sun Aug 02, 2009 12:20 pm
Forum: General Carmageddon and Rant Forum
Topic: Zombieland Movie
Replies: 18
Views: 6083

Re: Zombieland Movie

<t>Been following this for a bit... not a big fan of the kid, but I do like Woody Harrelson. <br/> <br/> I am curious as to the significance of the number 3 on the door of the Hummer and Escalade.<br/> <br/> Speaking of which, that's probably the only Escalade I've ever liked... busted out headlight...
by TheJabMan
Fri Jul 31, 2009 11:22 am
Forum: General Carmageddon and Rant Forum
Topic: Doggie's skins
Replies: 95
Views: 17169

Re: Doggie's skins

You should try doing Steel Gonad with Econo's big ass 50's bus.