Suspiria

Back on-topic: I agree that social pressure is probably one of the bigger causes of people not taking command. Meaning that it may be important not to let the skill gap between current commanders and new commanders grow too large. And I guess that maybe that's where a commander-tactics guide comes in? (which we probably already have?) Because once people have truly done their homework on this, they will naturally be less afraid to take command me thinks. e.g. RL analogy: I never feared corona once because I did literally everything I could to protect myself and my famn. Everything. If I hadn't, I would've been anxious like hell just like the others. Same applies to commander. If you are better prepared then you will still fail sometimes, but rather honorably and constructively instead of feeling like an idiot. IMO

Hmm, interesting perspective. Quite a few people here call those multi-hour matches "stalemates", and strongly prefer to play more than one map/match in their two hours of free time. Myself included. However I really do understand just how it feels to be in never-ending matches. Back in 2005, I've experienced these 40+ hour battlegrounds in World of Warcraft. I'd go to sleep, wake up in the morning, go to school, come back home,.. and then the same battle was still going on. And many of the exact same people were there again, just like me. As if nobody had a RL; we had our own little world. I've never understood exactly why it felt so epic, but I've always longed back to those days. At the same time it was also (one of) the world's first MMORPG battleground with 40x40 players in one little spot. Completely unique to its time. Having said that, I do think that some nostalgia can be based on false attribution, where one (mis)associates such freshness and uniqueness with less or even ir-relevant game traits. Then later when you think back of those less relevant game traits, those emotions and memories that were coupled arise again aswell. Now, I'm not necessarily saying that such a dynamic on its own would fully explain why I don't feel the same way about Renegade-X as you do. What happens to me in a nutshell is that I start feeling braindead/bored out of my mind with the non-stop field battles where little else happens except pushing back and fort a little. There's little to no purpose to destroy the other tank, because he'll just get a new one and be back in <2min. Why even bother? The only way to win such a game was to... well: wait until the other party tires enough that they make some stupid mistake in defense. Possibly because their top defender(s) had enough and leave(s) the game and nobody effectively takes up their spot(s). And then you would capitalize on that mistake and the game finally ends, yeeey. In other words: without leadership, to me it feels like both teams are just trying to bore/tire each other off the battlefield. And in the meantime have some fun shooting each other with all kinds of stuff, ofcourse. But that's just that, after a while. And only that, is not really my idea of excitement. Which I do seek in videogames. I don't just want to win the battle with the other tank. I also want to win the war. And I don't always have, or want to invest, 5 hours to do that. Especially if there are so many great maps to play. Please do keep voicing your opinion however (perhaps in another topic; not sure if such a discussion would fit here), because I'm still quite curious as to what exactly makes some people long back to OldRen dynamics so much, other than possibly some false attribution here and there. Because sometimes there are actually still some great (sometimes very subtle) elements in OldRen that definately do fit into RX. Such as the recently added smooth camera movement getting in and out of vehicles, to give you a tiny example. I love it! And perhaps one day we'll find a way to make the sky go red on a nuke, and make it rain with the ion. Stuff like that would still be totally legit. (if enough ROI) Those are unseen/forgotten dynamics that people don't always know how to articulate, but together all those things do create a certain "feel" or even "vibe". And I wonder if one day RX will be able to better approach that "feel" of OldRen, without having to surrender its own modern, progressive soul in the process. (which is a real fear of some RX ppl, and understandably so)

Yep!!! Smack on the nose, StoneD. This is really the time to worry about acquisition e.g. getting that interactive tutorial out. Who's working on this again?

Thanks!! Possibly some extension indeed. I tested only reading with the other browser, not posting.

"Final" adjustments complete. More eyeballs please. This one may actually do it. @Agent @StoneD

I've been further validating my reproduction setup: indeed I cannot reproduce it with the 32-bit client symptoms match up to the tiniest detail This isn't watertight, but it does make it very likely that I'm reproducing the exact same bug. I mean, that's a start, right? 😁 (joking. this is actually the most important part imo.) So here is my new research on the causal level: And this is the suggested workaround: This workaround comes from an even more informed position than the other two attempts, and has a decent chance at resolving the issue. ... ... and if not we'll just write a new engine. 🤣 (sarc)

OK. So while the Vista compatibility mode does eliminate the bug on my repro,... ...and I also not once had the bug again personally on retail... ...it does not seem to be a universal fix. As at least one person has now explicitly reported having encountered the bug once in Vista mode. And others were talking about a "reduction", meaning the bug still occurs. I therefore assume this is not the fix we're truly looking for. So that's good to know. Onwards.... Yes I hear you. So, I've continued tracking down the bug again.

Alrighty then. Glad you're safe. Enjoy!

Thank you for testing. Well, I double-checked this with a clean browser. It's server-side code injection, possibly tied to my account only. There's no other explanation. Let's see if it happens a 3rd time. Thanks again.

EDIT: Ah, I thought you ment without restarting Renegade-X. That would've been a very valuable find. Anyway yes this one is beyond tricky to fix. Many a dev went in and NEVER returned.....

What happened to the forum spoiler code? Last time that I made a spoiler, it inserted a huge "nerdy" emoticon. And today, it inserts multiple white button-up white-collar shirts. Pages long. When I open the same spoiler with another (clean) browser, same view. Seems server-side. Has the webserver been hacked, or did I make enemies lol.

Yes, I understand. I would've double-checked it too. You're quite welcome. EDIT: I would've loved to end this conversation on that high note, but something still bothers me about your situation. There are still a couple of unknown variables here: 1. If this is a false-positive, why am I not getting it too? (since I now also run BitDefender with Steam) 2. The warning is extraordinarily concise, specifically claiming an encryption process. (on a simple log file..) 3. I've thoroughly searched the Launcher code, and as far as I can see it does not deal with local Steam files at all. 4. Viruses are known to inject malicious code into other - innocent - running processes, shifting blame to the latter. 5. Ransomware goes after documents and images first. .txt files will likely fall under that umbrella. Depending on your personal level of neuroticism, I would suggest you consider that offline backup and to proceed carefully. The Renegade X files are probably clean, but I cannot fully guarantee that the rest of your computer is too. Perhaps you'd like to have a look at a more thorough scan, just to make sure. Better safe than sorry. Up to you.

Cool!!!

Love to hear it!!! You're welcome. Enjoy.

To make sure: upload your "Renegade X Launcher.exe" file to VirusTotal and report back the result. Also, for your safety, I have installed BitDefender myself to check for a false-positive. Under no circumstance does mine warn of ransomware. However, it is acting triggerhappy on other (online) files which could not be more clean. So that already tanks my trust in BitDefender as to not play on the customer's fears. Which version of BitDefender are you using exactly? Kindly be reminded that today's ransomware attacks are overally decreasing and also shifting to businesses. Nevertheless, do take precautions such as making an offline backup of your most sensitive or valuable files. IF ever you fear or suspect an active ransomware encryption process: hibernate the machine. Then unplug the power and calmly yet timely seek professional assistance. Do NOT reboot or shutdown. Renegade X's Launcher does indeed interact with Steam. In what way I don't know, but this is obviously a false positive. 🙂

It seems that a problem occurred while patching. (in the extraction phase) Does your computer have plenty of disk space on the drive letter to which you're installing? If there is, then open up the spoiler.

And what antivirus are we talking about here? Are you running Steam when you get the detection notice? (check for tray icon)

Try deleting the contents of the folder %localappdata%\Totem_Arts. While leaving the "Totem_Arts" folder itself in place. Please do let us know if this solves the problem for you.

We at Folding@Home have now surpassed 1 exaflops. That is five times the world's fastest supercomputer, which is the Summit from Oak Ridge National Laboratory @ a mere 200 petaflops. We are killing it. And I can say "we", because that's just the way this works. One more thing: if you want to support both the Rosetta project aswell as F@H, this can be fully automated. To do so, follow these instructions: Thanks again, and I wish y'all a good health.

Also one person so far had this issue completely resolved by deleting the contents of the following folder: %localappdata%\Totem_Arts

Yeah I definately am missing your point. Thought we were here to do a lil brainstorming on a Squad Mechanic. 😋

Great! I've been doing work on FAHViewer as it kind of broke in the last patch. Instead of showing you a demo proteïn it now actually connects to the WU's and will show you what's actually happening inside the core. Also I've made some performance tweaks and there will be an official release soon. Yeah it's kind of advanced origami. You can also use your brain instead of your PC. Are you smarter than your computer?

That's true.

Update: Due to batshit crazy success, Folding@Home is now usually out of work units. /APPLAUSE There is now more grid processing power than there is research. Supercomputers cannot beat this kind of infrastructure! It is really a myth. They're not quite compatible and at the end of the day orders of magnitude slower than our collective grid. Not to mention expensive. For you diehards I recommend installing both Rosetta and F@H and setting F@H to have slightly higher priority in advanced settings menu. If you tell Rosetta to only run at <40% CPU load, then it will automatically take over when F@H is out of WU's again. Cure's on its way. Let's keep it up!

+ Client toggleable option: Auto-join/exit commander's squad while (not) in xx ft. proximity of commander for >yy seconds. Enabled by default, this may subtly attract players to commanders due to a sense of belonging. And puts that tiny bit of social pressure on commanders to actually lead. As a defender worth my salt I also need to know what & when our attackers are doing. And as a mid-fielder, especially if radio's would also be rerouted, I'd want to monitor ALL channels for the same reason. So if you mean "exclusive" beyond color here, then this could easily backfire on teamplay and thus needs to be carefully thought-out. Giving squads their own comms, especially voice chat channels, may end up feeling like "splitting up the group" again. There would no longer be that populated feel where one's plugged into everything that happens across the map, socially speaking. You will miss things. Cheerful screaming, funny moments, rages.... Which would you rather have: "Ooh you weren't on? Everyone sang happy birthday for Sarah on <other server> last night! She was elated!" -VS- This apparently having happened right under your nose on the same server but you weren't in that channel so you'll still feel like an outsider while you were actually right there playing with them. (They were in your team for Christ's sake.) I know which poison I'd pick. Consider the commander-proximity auto-join/exit after yy seconds idea to get a feel for how it would be. If that proves successful, you'll know at that point how far you want to take this. That, is my recommendation. DISCLAIMER: I make mistakes like everybody else so my recommendations may or may not be useful.