thanks :) it did. On Fri, 13 Jun 2003 07:56:34 -0500, Kevin Graeme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> It's nothing. He's following directions. Even if he's not, it's not that > hard to figure out that changing "viewdistance 3" to "viewdistance 30" > is going to do something interesting. (That's a completely made up > example. I haven't played Tribes, but I've played enough other games to > extrapolate.) > > Hope this gets to you soon enough. > > -Kevin > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Dana Tierney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 13, >> 2003 3:45 AM >> To: CF-Community >> Subject: tribes question - annihilation server configuration >> >> >> I am not a fan of first person shooter games (I can hear you all out >> there going naaawww...you're kidding... really?) :) I do have a question >> about Tribes that someone here may be able to answer. >> >> My son is an avid Tribes player. I think I have mentioned here before >> that I homeschool. I need to have a chat with someone about his >> academics tomorrow as I am thinking, if he is willing to get serious >> about his math, that he would be best off just writing SATs and/or a GED >> and enrolling in a computer science curriculum, which seems to be where >> he wants to go. The thing is the school system here apparently requires >> some sort of permit to graduate early (which I think is really dumb) and >> I am liable to need some professionals backing me to get it. Thus the >> conversation tomorrow. >> >> On to the tribes question. He has taken to modifying the configuration >> files, and I would like an idea how impressed I should be by this. Is >> this common practice, or something he would find a cookbook for on one >> of the gamer sites? In other words, is he just good at following >> instructions or is he actually reading code? What is Tribes written in >> anyway? Anyone know? I had assumed he was working through some sort of >> UI but what he was looking at earlier looked java-ish. I don't want to >> embarass myself by citing this tomorrow if it's something pretty easy to >> do and I just don't know it cause I don't play the thing. If that's the >> case I will just stick to the hardware skills when I brag about his >> computer knowledge <g> >> >> Thanks for any answers, >> Dana >> -- Mr Jones and me >> We're stumbling through the barrio.... >> >> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Host with the leader in ColdFusion hosting. Voted #1 ColdFusion host by CF Developers. Offering shared and dedicated hosting options. www.cfxhosting.com/default.cfm?redirect=10481 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
