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[Dice!]

Hi, im kind of new in H&D2. I was just wondering what those options means in setup like, 'multipass rendering' , 'true colour' and so on..?
And is there somewhere list of console commands? I have googled it and tried to find everywhore but no result... :?
One more question..
I started playing yesterday and since i already had played this game in SP i went to play MP cause haven't played before MP. It worked ok. I really don't realize how you can see which one is enemy and which one is frienly
But when i went playing MP today and tried to join server, it doesn't go anywhere. There just reads, 'creating client' or something. And finally after 5min or so it went to the server, but there just reads 'waiting server' and i let it be there like 10min and then quitted cause didn't want to wait anymore. And this happens in every server now. What might be the problem? And sorry my bad english...

[-ViTaMiHnM203-]

What are your system specs? And what is your connection speed?

[Dice!]

I have:
AMD Athlon XP 2100+, ~1,8GHz
512mb ram
Radeon 9600 pro 256mb

1mb/256kb broadband

[Jason]

Did you open the correct ports? they are written in the manual.

[Dice!]

No i haven't opened any ports. And i can't find any instructions from manual to do so. But how did it work first time i played and suddenly it doesn't work?

[-ViTaMiHnM203-]

1st, multipass rendering I believe is just the way your computer rendures objects ingame. Like instead of trying everything and all detail at once, it will load each layer 1 by 1. But I really have no clue.

True color is like better color. Im pretty sure it uses more colors as aposed to non true color wich doesnt worry about specific shades of color. Again no possitive clue.

Console commands can befound in the readme and be typing "help" in the console.

Do you have a router? Hub? Firewall?

I really have no clue, I need more information to help you. It sounded like you were having trouble loading the map, but I doubt it since your system is mediocer.

Enemys and Allies? I cant help you there, you need to know uniforms and weapons.

[Dice!]

Yes i have closed router and a firewall. But i tried the game without firewall and it still didn't work. I ordered from my broadband manufacter aplication that will open upper ports from my router. It should be here in a week, so till then i just have to play sp.. :(

[Drozdov]

I can help you with a couple of the setup options...

Anti-aliasing is to do with smoothing the edges of objects in the game world. Essentially it makes the edges less blocky and pixellated. The 2x, 4x options refer to the number of times the anti-aliasing process will be performed. The more times, the smoother the edges appear. It does hurt your framerate, but I used to have the same graphics card you did and I could get away with 4x anti-aliasing. It makes a big difference to the graphics, everything looks much much better.

On the sound settings, you have the 'Disable EAX' option. EAX is a type of environmental audio effects program, it adds effects to sounds in game. For example, if you enable EAX you will hear echoes if you walk down a tunnel. It adds effects based on the type of environment you are in.

About the MP, there has been occasions for me when H&D just refused to work in MP for no apparent reason. I also use a router with unopened ports, and I usually have no problem with this. If it worked first time then surely it can't be because you haven't opened the ports. Could be a problem with your ISP, have you tried rebooting your modem or reconnecting? Sometimes that helps, but for me problems like that with H&D mysteriously appear and then vanish after a few days. Don't ask me why. :?

As for identifying who's a friend and who's an enemy, there's one technique you can use - if you point your gun at a friend, their name will appear in white text above their head. If you point your gun at an enemy, no text will appear. Uniform recognition is still the best way of identifying quickly though, and you can also identify them by which gun they're using. You can also use the map if you have time - friendly troops appear as blue circles on the map. Enemies don't appear on the map, except in some objectives mode missions where you have an objective to kill the VIP. The VIP is marked on the map by a red circle.

[Dice!]

I can't believe this... I was playing SP and was getting little pissed off to that cause the tank in africa first map did kill me all the time and so i went to tr if it would work in MP now... I was able to get to the server and played there like 30min and then suddenly my screen went all black and it jumped back to main menu and when i tried to go again then it didn't work anymore. really weird. haven't seen anything like this before...