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Filed under Crysis, Games and Technology

The intro movies, the clips before crysis starts can be quite annoying to watch each time you play and load the game. Ive created a simple script that will allow you to remove and restore the crysis movies, for when you want to see them and don’t want to. The crysis intro movie script will allow you to remove crysis intro movies with a simple dialog box yes or no.
Download the script below.

Remove crysis intro movies Download HERE

Place this script in your crysis intro folder located at
“Drive:\Program Files\Electronic Arts\Crytek\Crysis\Game\Localized\Video”

By default.

no intro dialog

Then run the script and thats it! Keep it for later to restore the movies if you need to.

Removing crysis intro movies is pretty simple! Enjoy playing Crysis with a faster half the load up time!

Comments (0) Posted by Spencer on Saturday, December 29th, 2007

Filed under Crysis, Games and Technology

A couple of days ago i had modified the crysis server config file ( cfg)

So i am going to show you “how to currently setup a crysis dedicated server and play on a crysis dedicated server” with modifications such as low gravity, even no gravity, how to allow your players to hold and carry all crysis weapons, increase the nano speed, turn auto turrets off, and other sorts of things that will be fun to play with.

crysis dedicated server

Setting Up Your Server Config File

By default in “Drive:\Program Files\Electronic Arts\Crytek\Crysis\Game\Config” create a file named autoexec.cfg and another file called server.cfg

Add all the commands you need such as

p_gravity_z 0

Or download my crysis server config.

then save it in the config directory from above.

Once that has been achieved you can then go-to “Drive:\Program Files\Electronic Arts\Crytek\Crysis\Bin32″ and run CrysisDedicatedServer.exe and your server will be hosted with the current settings in autoexec.cfg except for any settings like low gravity, or any settings in your server.cfg, so execute your server.cfg by typing in crysis server console “exec server.cfg” (highlighted in green on the image above).

Running low gravity and joining the server

Hosting and playing on a dedicated server means that you will have to enable developer mode, which will also enable god mode commands etc to work, but there maybe a command in crysis to disable them too, check out the crysis commands list tosee a full list of commands.

1. Setup the server config as above

2. run CrysisDedicatedServer.exe -DEVMODE , to do this download this file “developer server” and place it in your “Drive:\Program Files\Electronic Arts\Crytek\Crysis\Bin32″ folder then double click it to run. (as shown on the image above)

3. Do the same with the client file Crysis.exe -DEVMODE, to do this download this file “developer client” and place it in your “Drive:\Program Files\Electronic Arts\Crytek\Crysis\Bin32″ folder then double click it to run.

If you wish to join your own server I’ve noticed you must run the client first the Crysis server.

4. Join your server either by typing in your server IP or locating it on the server list, other people will not be able to join your server if they are not running the game in DEVMODE.

Note: when in game to disable all the information on the screen open console and type: “r_Displayinfo 0″

Have fun running in DEVMODE don’t forget to try out all the nano suit commands gravity and the no weapon limit!

Comments (1) Posted by Spencer on Friday, December 28th, 2007

Filed under Games and Technology, Hardware

Right some of you that are viewing my post may be wondering what the xbox 360 intercooler actually is or maybe even just to see what I think of it before you purchase your own (if you are thinking this then please hold fire until you read what I have to say).

Firstly the xbox 360 intercooler is a piece of xbox 360 hardware that is supposed to COOL down the components inside your xbox 360 console. This hardware simply plugs into the back of your xbox 360 console and the power lead plugs into the back of it.

Please see my illustrations to show this:

intercooler

xbox 360 intercooler hardware pluged in
At this point in time you are most probably thinking:

“right the intercooler plugs into my xbox 360 console and doesn’t look bad and also helps the components keep cool so I can play games like Gears of War and Halo 3 for longer. What is this kid talking about!”

If you are thinking the above then you are so wrong.

Yes it sounds great but the bottom line is, that the intercooler doesn’t help your xbox 360 it actually breaks it!!

This piece of hardware is one of the main reasons alot of people get the xbox 360 dreaded red ring of death. Trust me I know this from experience as it has happened to me. If you don’t know what the xbox 360 red ring of death is then please see the below image and I would like to add that I really hope it does not happen to you.

xbox 360 red ring of death

When you get the ring of death it is one of the worst feelings ever as this means your xbox 360 console is completely broken and you need a new one!

Don’t get me wrong I am not saying that every intercooler is bad but I know of many people who have had the same problem as me.

After all the trouble this hardware has given me and many others I can safely say do not buy one and save your money!

My user rating for this hardware is 2/10.

 

 

Comments (0) Posted by James on Friday, December 21st, 2007

Filed under Crysis, Games and Technology

This ones for all you Crysis fans Wink!

Yesterday i was playing crysis and trying out some of the console commands and I’ve found some useful commands such as changing the crosshair in game, and low gravity etc. Just to play and for fun really.

Okay , So first i was looking about the internet for a list of crysis commands to try out, i found a very nice command list! If you want to download it you can below. Sorry i forgot the site where i found it, so i can’t give out credit, but it was in Google not to far from the first page for ‘crysis commands‘ so it shouldn’t be hard to find.

crysis commands list DOWNLOAD HERE

I saw the command “hud_crosshair” (0-8) and thought I would give it a go, so while in game i opened up console and typed in “hud_crosshair 9″ and i got a different crosshair from the ones you can normally select in the options menu, after that i tried a few numbers 8+ and found you can set your crosshair to 13 different ones not just the standard 1 to 8 you get in options.

So if you want to change your crosshair whilst playing in crysis do the following,

  1. Enter a game ( multiplayer or single player)
  2. Open the crysis console
  3. type in “con_restricted 0″
  4. then type “hud_crosshair 9″ or the number of the crosshair you want

Here’s a small image of the full 13 crysis crosshairs and their code’s 8 = no crosshair
Crysis Crosshairs and command codes

Gravity

Changing crysis gravity using the p_gravity_z command.
In Crysis/Game/Config/ if you create a file called autoexec.cfg

add the lines:

con_restricted 0

p_gravity_z -5

Then load up the sandbox editor and enter to play a map.

The default is ‘-9.8′ so ‘-5′ should give you a feel of lower gravity.

Server Fun and Commands

So far I’ve not been able to get a server with low gravity(updated: How to play on a crysis modded server , low gravity etc), but there are many other commands for server like increase in the nano speed which is pretty fun, and also suit energy regeneration time can be changed.

A few commands that you might want to put in your server autoexec.cfg or server.cfg are:

“g_suitSpeedMultMultiplayer 5″ this changes the nano speed on the multiplayer server

“g_playerSuitEnergyRechargeTimeMultiplayer 40″ faster recharge of the nano / energy suit.

“g_meleeWhileSprinting 1″ either 1 or 0 to melee while at full nano speed.

“hud_mpNamesDuration 8″ how long you want to display the multiplayer names for default is 2

Theres tons more just check out the crysis commands list have a look at what might make the game a bit more fun, or just to adjust it!

click here for the crysis commands list

I would like to see more severs with different settings, same old settings can get boring!

Thats all for now, and was just thinking there must be a way to make your own crysis crosshairs somewhere.

Comments (0) Posted by Spencer on Tuesday, December 18th, 2007

Filed under Games and Technology, Learning, Releases, Software

Free Download Go Boggle Click Here - 1.94 mb

Ive completed it, in single player mode anyway! ( go Boggle )

I’m going to release this this small learning word game to the public, free ofcourse, maybe it will help users that are foreign improve your English skills, or maybe it will just be a fun to play game. Inspired by the board game Boggle! This version is English so only English words will work.

With over 140,000 words it will check nearly any word input into it, getting correct ‘English words’ results each time.

Theres a few small bugs, nothing that will harm your fun.

Instructions,

1. Save the file somewhere,

2. Open it,

3. Select the round time, i suggest playing each round for about 2-3 minutes to improve your skills. 3 minutes plus can become boring guessing each word.

4. Press start game. You will be presented with letters that represent a boggle game board

5. Link the letters closest to create words then add them to your word list

6. Once the time is over click on your score to see detailed results of your longest word etc.

The rules are the same as board game boggle, Boggle rules (Click Here) . The Multi player feature is unavailable, at current. I haven’t had time to complete multiplayer, but i intend to complete it if i get enough positive response for this small game.

Here a few screen shots of ‘go boggle’

Go boggle

go boggle screen shot 2

go boggle score

For now why not try commenting back with your scores and the time taken, and any awards got! Download Go Boggle at the top of this post - its just a small file of 1.94 MB

Hope you all have fun with go boggle, and improve your word and English skills while your at it.

Comments (0) Posted by Spencer on Sunday, December 16th, 2007

Filed under Games and Technology

Hi all,

I have been having a think about the 2 best xbox 360 games out Halo 3 and Gears of War.

I am going to make a few good and bad points.

One of the biggest differences between Halo and Gears is simply that Halo has vehicles . Yes this does bring a new edge to a game and in some cases makes it more enjoyable to play and would like to see some type of vehicle in Gears of War 2.

Secondly Halo allows more people in one game than Gears does. Not that this is a problem as Gears of War doesn’t really need to have more players as it is much more of a Tactical game than Halo.

One thing that is annoying on Halo would be the lag! I have never known a game with as much lag as Halo 3 and it can make the game very irritating to play and even get me to take it out my console.

The heads-hots on Gears of War are so much better than the head-shots on Halo as they are much more graphic!

Its a shame that Gears does not have medals like Halo as this can be cool when you are playing with your mates on xbox live.

Last but not least I think that in Gears of War 2 needs to have a video replay section Halo3 because it is really cool to see your kills etc.

Thanks for reading.

James A

Comments (1) Posted by James on Sunday, December 16th, 2007

Filed under Games and Technology

I have been having a lot of trouble these last few days in finding the last flag in The Kingdom on Assassins Creed for the xbox 360.

I have used every guide there is and retraced my steps hundreds of times but have still had no joy finding the remaining flag.

When searching google I have come across many websites where people seem to be having the same trouble!

There is a lot of talk about the company that produced the official walk through have messed up.

You would have thought they would have tested there own guide!

Ubi-Software should definitely do something about this issue as I am using alot of my free time looking for this Kingdom flag and am even not wanting to play the game as much.

I guess if I keep searching for websites that have the answer I will do it in the end.

Good luck to everyone that is having the same trouble.

James

 

Comments (0) Posted by James on Thursday, December 13th, 2007