For those of us that are computer illiterate

Suicide Junkie · #1 March 14th, 2002, 07:24 AM

Hrmph. Here I was, thinking that the shrapnel forum was down (I could see any other site, and even shrapnels homepage), when it is just IE that refuses to load it.
Netscape 4.7 slogs through a slow transfer, and a few broken images, and here I am.

To start with, go here and download TDMv3.00.zip, unless you can find a TDM Version 3 on your CD, then just copy instead of downloading.

Images: (interlaced, and kept down to 50Kb each, so some look better than others)
#1.gif: Starting Download from the SE4 AI file-posting thread..
#2.gif: Save to a nice place.
#3.gif: Find your download.
#4.gif: Open Zip with Winzip.
#5.gif: Open Extraction dialog.
#6.gif: Find SE4 directory, and press extract.
#7.gif: Extracting TDM
#8.gif: Open "My Computer"
#9.gif: Browse to SE4, and note "TDM-Modpack" is one of the folders.
#10.gif: Open Path.txt
#11.gif: Change the path, and save.
#12.gif: Close Path.txt, and Run Se4
#13.gif: SE4 loading, with TDM text in the corner.
#14.gif: TDM races are available.

[ 14 March 2002: Message edited by: Suicide Junkie ]

Captain Kwok · #2 March 14th, 2002, 07:32 AM

SJ,

Does it seem around 11-12pm the Last few nights, the shrapnel forum has been down? It happened to me Last night too. Every other site works fine too. Are you using rogers@home?

Mephisto · #3 March 14th, 2002, 12:20 PM

I have the same problems. Must be the server.

Anyway, I have posted the TDM-ModPack with an Install Shield that should be capable of locating the right directory on its own.

Grab it here.

tesco samoa · #4 March 14th, 2002, 06:55 PM

I am seeing the problem as well. and I am on dsl

Suicide Junkie · #5 March 14th, 2002, 07:13 PM

I don't recall exactly when, but it has seemed sporadic all night lately. I'm using sympatico.

Tim Brooks · #6 March 14th, 2002, 10:14 PM

quote:
Does it seem around 11-12pm the Last few nights, the shrapnel forum has been down?

Guys. We have been crushed. Between the releases of BCT Commander and Space Empires IV Gold we have times when we can't keep the server running. Already this month we have done over a terrabyte of transfer. Bear with us. We are adding a second server, but it won't be in place until early next month.

Gryphin · #7 March 14th, 2002, 10:36 PM

Tim,
Thanks for menitoning that. I was begining to think it was me or my new cable connection.