[Blackpool] New PC build - it works!

[Michael]

Its an opesource port of the old Command and Conquer Red Alert series.

Install it and have a play

On 11 March 2015 at 11:04, Arthur Garlick <arthur_garlick at hotmail.com>
wrote:

> Well I didn't fully get what OpenRA is, but an 'inter LUG games
> night/hour' type thing might be a jolly good laugh.  I'm in.  Just as long
> as I can play with a non-Linux box?!
>
> A
>
>
> > Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2015 10:06:38 +0000
> > From: heed at bigmassiveheed.co.uk
> > To: blackpool at mailman.lug.org.uk
>
> > Subject: Re: [Blackpool] New PC build - it works!
> >
> > Who's up for a OpenRA LUG league?
> >
> > On 11 March 2015 at 09:50, Arthur Garlick <arthur_garlick at hotmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > I didn't know about OpenRA, just looked at their site and it's a case
> of
> > >
> > > WELCOME BACK, COMMANDER vs RIGHT ON COMMANDER!
> > >
> > > Unity 5 has just come out and that would be my choice, but will look at
> > > OpenRA and that Gideros stuff too.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > I noticed that the original 1984 Elite is there for PC and Mac as a
> free
> > > download so I'll start with that to relive the old memories.
> > >
> > > I didn't have an external drive on my BBC B so I only had the cut down
> > > version. I totally played Elite to death in between A Levels and
> waiting
> > > to go to Uni so the game is a big part of my gaming life.
> > >
> > > So far no problems or glitches, I did a few hours development work on
> it
> > > and it behaved really nicely. The screens started off feeling way too
> big
> > > and I thought I'd made a mistake, but you soon adjust to it and here
> on my
> > > works dual 1920x1080 setup it feels cramped up now. We'll have A4 sized
> > > phones before long.
> > >
> > >
> > > A
> > >
> > > > Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2015 18:34:15 +0000
> > > > From: jmsp.1983 at gmail.com
> > > > CC: blackpool at mailman.lug.org.uk
> > > > Subject: Re: [Blackpool] New PC build - it works!
> > > >
> > > > Sounds perfectly specced for OpenRA!
> > > >
> > > > :p
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Best wishes,
> > > > James
> > > >
> > > > On 10 March 2015 at 14:46, Michael <heed at bigmassiveheed.co.uk>
> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Elite Dangerous for the win....perhaps should get a LUG wing set
> up...
> > > > >
> > > > > On 10 March 2015 at 13:17, Arthur Garlick <
> arthur_garlick at hotmail.com>
> > > > > wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > Hi,
> > > > > > So I got the new main PC I mentioned on Saturday. I hadn't built
> a
> > > PC
> > > > > for
> > > > > > over 10 years, wow the kit is so much nicer to work with
> nowadays.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > In my recent spirit of trying new things that in the past I'd
> > > discounted
> > > > > > ('discounted' is putting it mildly), I water cooled it, I fretted
> > > over
> > > > > how
> > > > > > that would go but it was very easy. I went with a Corsair H105,
> > > it's a
> > > > > > sealed setup and very much a good beginners (or raving sceptics
> even)
> > > > > entry
> > > > > > point into water cooling.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > There was a bit of a learning curve with all the new fangled
> lingo, I
> > > > > > think the hardware guys have been busy making new words up for
> > > marketing
> > > > > > purposes.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > 6 cores i7 Haswell E, 16Gb DDR4 memory, 1Tb SSD, AMD Firepro
> 7100,
> > > Dual
> > > > > > 28" 4K monitors. Not a bad spec for writing code in Turbo Pascal
> -
> > > it's
> > > > > > pretty quick. Having two 4K 28" monitors 2' from your face feels
> > > like
> > > > > > you're getting a suntan as part of the deal too.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I haven't played games on it yet, the monitors are lower end
> gaming
> > > ones
> > > > > > and although the AMD graphics card is more workstation than full
> on
> > > > > gaming
> > > > > > I should be able to run Elite Dangerous comfortably in 4K and
> 60Hz.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > A
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
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