Author Topic: who wants to be my friend? :D (Read 7436 times)

PIAC · « **on:** June 08, 2003, 08:56:10 PM »

and you can be if you do me the service of making me a Murry the talking Skull avatar, as you can see from my dodgy 3 minute MS Paint job my avatar leaves alot to be desired, im sure alot of people here are very proficiant with PSP or something, so yeah, anyone want to help me? ^_^

Grey Ninja · « **Reply #1 on:** June 08, 2003, 09:02:18 PM »

I'll see what I can do, but no promises.

I might have to install the game later on, and rip the sprite directly from the game if I have to.

Mario · « **Reply #2 on:** June 08, 2003, 09:03:11 PM »

Your avatar looks cool like that. Just keep that one, it owns!

Grey Ninja · « **Reply #3 on:** June 08, 2003, 09:20:38 PM »

Murray is a really cool character though, and I think that in his case, an animated one would be MUCH better. I searched the internet far and wide though, and found nary an animated picture. I will install the game later on if I can find time, and se if I can rip the frames directly from the game.

PIAC · « **Reply #4 on:** June 08, 2003, 09:42:07 PM »

wow thanks!
yeah i cant find any avatars for anything i want :\ i saw a REALLY cool Guybrush one ONCE, it was him from the spitting contest, but size limitations wouldn't make it acceptable, it did look awsome though

but Murray is an awsome characterl, and i feel my avatar isn't doing him justice

edit: well Infernal Monkey cleaned up mine so now its not a pixleated mess, but hey i wont turn down a funky animated one

, now i just gotta get some cool Murray quotes for my sig..

Grey Ninja · « **Reply #5 on:** June 09, 2003, 11:28:57 AM »

Well, I don't know if you still want it or not, as the new one looks much better, but I did install the game and make you an avatar last night. I took over 200 screenshots at 0.5 second intervals.

These are the 103, 104, 105, and 106 shots.

It's kind of crappy, but it is an animated Murray avatar. (and it's under 5k)

get it here

Anyways, I really have to thank you for getting me to install the game. It's been a while since I have played it, and I am having a great time. Murray cracked me up as usual.

nitsu niflheim · « **Reply #6 on:** June 09, 2003, 01:50:46 PM »

What, if I may ask, game are you talking about?

Infernal Monkey · « **Reply #7 on:** June 09, 2003, 02:45:53 PM »

nitsujdark, Murry is from the Monkey Island series. Those hilarious point and click adventure games that gathered a massive following =D
Most recent MI game was Escape from Monkey Island on PC and PS2.

nitsu niflheim · « **Reply #8 on:** June 09, 2003, 03:20:42 PM »

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Originally posted by: Infernal Monkey
nitsujdark, Murry is from the Monkey Island series. Those hilarious point and click adventure games that gathered a massive following =D
Most recent MI game was Escape from Monkey Island on PC and PS2.

Thanks, I never played any of them though, obviously since I didn't know. Is the PS2 one any good?

Infernal Monkey · « **Reply #9 on:** June 09, 2003, 03:35:03 PM »

Yeah, it's a very faithful port of the PC version, which was awesome. It's pretty old now, so it'll be dirt cheap. Check it out!

PIAC · « **Reply #10 on:** June 09, 2003, 04:01:04 PM »

nono, dont get the PS2 version, you can get the 4 game PC pack for about $60 AU (so like prolly $25 us)

also THANKS gray ninja

thats awsome! now i REALLY wish monkey island worked on XP

its odd, Monkey Island 1 and 2 work, yet 3 doesn't cause it was built for windows 95/98 and so boohoo XP goes NO you cant play

. and i dont want to play 4 untill ive played 3 again (ive finnished all 4 before (1 and 2 heaps of times) but ive only ever played 3 and 4 once and i forget most of it except murray

)

Termin8Anakin · « **Reply #11 on:** June 09, 2003, 06:14:17 PM »

does that mean you are not our friends anymore because we didn't make you a murry avatar?
*sob*

Grey Ninja · « **Reply #12 on:** June 09, 2003, 06:33:59 PM »

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Originally posted by: PIAC
nono, dont get the PS2 version, you can get the 4 game PC pack for about $60 AU (so like prolly $25 us)

also THANKS gray ninja thats awsome! now i REALLY wish monkey island worked on XP

its odd, Monkey Island 1 and 2 work, yet 3 doesn't cause it was built for windows 95/98 and so boohoo XP goes NO you cant play . and i dont want to play 4 untill ive played 3 again (ive finnished all 4 before (1 and 2 heaps of times) but ive only ever played 3 and 4 once and i forget most of it except murray )

You know, that's what I thought too when I tried to play it a while back. The FMV would freeze the game every time I went to play. But... it's working perfectly right now. Must have been the service pack I went through great trouble to install. MS kind of made it... difficult for people like me with the new service pack. For the first time, I feel like it was actually worth the trouble to install the blasted thing. I am trying to play through the game right now, and I am STUCK beyond reason right now, so I am giving it a breather. I have never finished Monkey Island 2, 3, or 4 yet, as my save files always seemed to get lost somewhere, and I was having compatability problems with #3 a while back, and I wanted to play it before 4.

Anyways, I am glad that you like the avatar.

PIAC · « **Reply #13 on:** June 09, 2003, 06:38:49 PM »

well i cant even get into the game for it to break :\ it seems to think that i need to install direct X 5... i have direct x 9, i tried the fix on the lucusarts site to no avail, it still does it

its stinky, i should try now i have XP pro... or i should get the serivce pack (speaking of which how do i do that?

)

Grey Ninja · « **Reply #14 on:** June 09, 2003, 06:57:07 PM »

Hmmm... it didn't even ask me to install DirectX 5, although I know Star Wars Episode I did that. I have a bargain version though, so it might be pre-patched.

The service pack can be downloaded from Windows Update, IF you have the right stuff. There's a better way of doing it though if you are in the same boat as me. If you are, PM me, and I will help you out. But I can't do anything more tonight, as the computer lab is closing, and I don't feel like walking all the way down the hill to the 24 hour one right now.

Infernal Monkey · « **Reply #15 on:** June 09, 2003, 09:06:00 PM »

Bah, there's one upside of still using Windows ME, I guess. Everything runs!

*Gets some more script errors and freezing*

Oh well, nevermind

Is it worthwhile upgrading to XP? I got a cracked copy like, July last year, but I'm too lazy to format and crap

(Sorry to throw this thread way off topic PIAC

)

PIAC · « **Reply #16 on:** June 09, 2003, 09:59:20 PM »

well, XP is the most stable of windows (not like i paid for it either

) and only a few games dont run (so far only monkey island 3) i think its worth it over Me definatly

nitsu niflheim · « **Reply #17 on:** June 10, 2003, 05:53:39 AM »

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nono, dont get the PS2 version, you can get the 4 game PC pack for about $60 AU (so like prolly $25 us)

also THANKS gray ninja thats awsome! now i REALLY wish monkey island worked on XP

its odd, Monkey Island 1 and 2 work, yet 3 doesn't cause it was built for windows 95/98 and so boohoo XP goes NO you cant play . and i dont want to play 4 untill ive played 3 again (ive finnished all 4 before (1 and 2 heaps of times) but ive only ever played 3 and 4 once and i forget most of it except murray )

If the PC ones don't work on XP then I will have to go with PS2 version as both my desktop and laptop run on XP.

Grey Ninja · « **Reply #18 on:** June 11, 2003, 12:31:00 PM »

Windows ME is the WORST operating system ever made. Simply running it on your computer is a crime against humanity. In spite of myself, I actually kind of like Windows XP. It consumes a LOT of memory, but it's fast, it's stable, and it rarely crashes. And just for the record: ALL MONKEY ISLAND GAMES RUN ON WINDOWS XP providing you have SP1 installed. And besides, the PS2 version is Monkey Island 4, and it's Monkey Island 3 that had problems with Windows XP. IMO, the game is a very PC style game, and a console cannot do it justice. (Like the NES version of Maniac Mansion)

http://www.tacktech.com/display.cfm?object=article.cfm&id=160

Go there for instruction on how to create a bootable Windows XP SP1 CD. Mind you, if your serial starts with the letters FCKGX (or something like that), you will not be able to install Service Pack 1. However, I have "heard" that there is a Windows XP CD Key Generator floating around on Kazaa that will be able to generate a valid Windows XP Corporate edition serial, that will not require product activation, and will work with Service Pack 1.

nitsu niflheim · « **Reply #19 on:** June 11, 2003, 01:50:00 PM »

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Originally posted by: Grey Ninja
Windows ME is the WORST operating system ever made. Simply running it on your computer is a crime against humanity. In spite of myself, I actually kind of like Windows XP. It consumes a LOT of memory, but it's fast, it's stable, and it rarely crashes. And just for the record: ALL MONKEY ISLAND GAMES RUN ON WINDOWS XP providing you have SP1 installed. And besides, the PS2 version is Monkey Island 4, and it's Monkey Island 3 that had problems with Windows XP. IMO, the game is a very PC style game, and a console cannot do it justice. (Like the NES version of Maniac Mansion)

http://www.tacktech.com/display.cfm?object=article.cfm&id=160

Go there for instruction on how to create a bootable Windows XP SP1 CD. Mind you, if your serial starts with the letters FCKGX (or something like that), you will not be able to install Service Pack 1. However, I have "heard" that there is a Windows XP CD Key Generator floating around on Kazaa that will be able to generate a valid Windows XP Corporate edition serial, that will not require product activation, and will work with Service Pack 1.

Thanks for the head's up Grey, but that just seems like to much work for me to do play a game.

PIAC · « **Reply #20 on:** June 15, 2003, 05:20:47 PM »

nonono, its no work at all, turns out my mums PC has service pack 1 installed, i poped the cd in and after the install vwahla! it worked! and its DEFIANTLY worth it, i cant belive i haven't played this game more than once, i love it! its definatly my favorite series EVER!

i just got to blood island and im buggering around

nitsu niflheim · « **Reply #21 on:** June 15, 2003, 05:26:25 PM »

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i just got to blood island and im buggering around

Sound kinky. LOL.

Grey Ninja · « **Reply #22 on:** June 15, 2003, 06:34:11 PM »

Heh. I got to Blood Island the other day too. I didn't actually explore the island though... I just kind of... stopped. I got pre-occupied with other games. I am currently buggering around with Freespace 2 rather than playing Monkey Island. I should really get back to Monkey Island one of these days.

Anyways, if you don't want a bootable Windows XP SP1 CD (I did), then you can just change your CD Key via a CD Key changer, which can be found in a multitude of places. Boom. Done.

PIAC · « **Reply #23 on:** October 05, 2003, 10:45:01 PM »

;___________; i finanlly have SP1 installed (take THAT microsoft) and for some reasons MI4 doesn't want to install, its says some file doens't have two other files, so i have no idea about that -___-

KnowsNothing · « **Reply #24 on:** October 06, 2003, 09:41:16 AM »

I really want them Monkey Island games, but I can't find them places lots in. :\

havent searched much though. other things first come. like fzero and stuff other.

Friend of PIAC I will be!

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Author Topic: who wants to be my friend? :D (Read 7436 times)