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15 total messages Started by Jamie Kahn Genet Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:39
How do you get the command.txt easter egg in Hellfire to work?
#543725
Author: Jamie Kahn Genet
Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:39
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"cowquest; theoquest; bardtest; barbariantest; nestart;" is what I've
typed and it just doesn't work with Hellfire 1.01. Is there a trick to
getting this working?

TIA,
 Jamie Kahn Genet

-- 
If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate.
Re: How do you get the command.txt easter egg in Hellfire to work?
#543726
Author: Jamie Kahn Genet
Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:45
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Jamie Kahn Genet <jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz> wrote:

> "cowquest; theoquest; bardtest; barbariantest; nestart;" is what I've
> typed and it just doesn't work with Hellfire 1.01. Is there a trick to
> getting this working?
> 
> TIA,
>  Jamie Kahn Genet

NM, it turns out Windows XP uses hidden file extensions that don't show
up even in the file's properties. Amazingly bad design... *shakes head*
-- 
If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate.
Re: How do you get the command.txt easter egg in Hellfire to work?
#543727
Author: Magnate
Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2008 11:34
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"Jamie Kahn Genet" <jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz> wrote 
> Jamie Kahn Genet <jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz> wrote:
> 
>> "cowquest; theoquest; bardtest; barbariantest; nestart;" is what I've
>> typed and it just doesn't work with Hellfire 1.01. Is there a trick to
>> getting this working?
>> 
>> TIA,
>>  Jamie Kahn Genet
> 
> NM, it turns out Windows XP uses hidden file extensions that don't show
> up even in the file's properties. Amazingly bad design... *shakes head*

Amazingly bad design? In a Micro$oft product?? Surely not. 

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Re: How do you get the command.txt easter egg in Hellfire to work?
#543729
Author: Ashen Shugar
Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2008 01:20
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I think it was "~misfit~" <misfit61nz@yahoo.com.au> that wrote
something like...

>Somewhere on teh intarwebs Jamie Kahn Genet wrote:
>> Jamie Kahn Genet <jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz> wrote:
>>
>>> "cowquest; theoquest; bardtest; barbariantest; nestart;" is what I've
>>> typed and it just doesn't work with Hellfire 1.01. Is there a trick
>>> to getting this working?
>>>
>>> TIA,
>>>  Jamie Kahn Genet
>>
>> NM, it turns out Windows XP uses hidden file extensions that don't
>> show up even in the file's properties. Amazingly bad design...
>> *shakes head*
>
>Umm, you can unhide file extensions (for known file types) in folder 
>properties. I'm fairly sure I've had the above working in Hellfire on XP. 
>(Oh, you know you typo'd "netstart" right?)
>
>Cheers,

And you can also right click on the file, choose to change the file
extension and pick what extensions you want from a drop down list.
It'll even do that auto-complete thing.  At least the version of XP on
the laptop at work does that.  My computer here isn't, but that may
just be because I'm not hiding the file extensions.
Ashen Shugar
-- 
The lions sing and the hills take flight.
The moon by day, and the sun by night.
Blind woman, deaf man, jackdaw fool.
Let the Lord of Chaos rule!
Re: How do you get the command.txt easter egg in Hellfire to work?
#543730
Author: Jamie Kahn Genet
Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2008 03:46
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~misfit~ <misfit61nz@yahoo.com.au> wrote:

> Somewhere on teh intarwebs Jamie Kahn Genet wrote:
> > Jamie Kahn Genet <jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz> wrote:
> >
> >> "cowquest; theoquest; bardtest; barbariantest; nestart;" is what I've
> >> typed and it just doesn't work with Hellfire 1.01. Is there a trick
> >> to getting this working?
> >>
> >> TIA,
> >>  Jamie Kahn Genet
> >
> > NM, it turns out Windows XP uses hidden file extensions that don't
> > show up even in the file's properties. Amazingly bad design...
> > *shakes head*
> 
> Umm, you can unhide file extensions (for known file types) in folder 
> properties. I'm fairly sure I've had the above working in Hellfire on XP.
> (Oh, you know you typo'd "netstart" right?)
> 
> Cheers,

That's no typo unless Jarulf's and other guides are wrong. How does one
get file extensions to at least show up in a file's properties? It's
just insane they don't show there. Whoever made that decision should be
fired and blacklisted from ever working in the tech industry again.
-- 
If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate.
Re: How do you get the command.txt easter egg in Hellfire to work?
#543731
Author: ald
Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2008 05:08
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On Tue, 25 Nov 2008 16:46:40 +1300, jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie
Kahn Genet) wrote:

>That's no typo unless Jarulf's and other guides are wrong.

And they aren't. You're enabling the art in the nest, not starting a
net ;-)

ald
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Re: How do you get the command.txt easter egg in Hellfire to work?
#543733
Author: Jamie Kahn Genet
Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2008 07:28
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~misfit~ <misfit61nz@yahoo.com.au> wrote:

> Somewhere on teh intarwebs Jamie Kahn Genet wrote:
> > ~misfit~ <misfit61nz@yahoo.com.au> wrote:
> >
> >> Somewhere on teh intarwebs Jamie Kahn Genet wrote:
> >>> Jamie Kahn Genet <jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> "cowquest; theoquest; bardtest; barbariantest; nestart;" is what
> >>>> I've typed and it just doesn't work with Hellfire 1.01. Is there a
> >>>> trick to getting this working?
> >>>>
> >>>> TIA,
> >>>>  Jamie Kahn Genet
> >>>
> >>> NM, it turns out Windows XP uses hidden file extensions that don't
> >>> show up even in the file's properties. Amazingly bad design...
> >>> *shakes head*
> >>
> >> Umm, you can unhide file extensions (for known file types) in folder
> >> properties. I'm fairly sure I've had the above working in Hellfire
> >> on XP. (Oh, you know you typo'd "netstart" right?)
> >
> > That's no typo unless Jarulf's and other guides are wrong.
> 
> S'been a while but I could have sworn it was supposed to be "netstart;"

Heh, I imagine it has :-) How long since you played D1 SP? MP? Hellfire?
I try to play D1 once every six months. I still get a buzz entering the
first few levels that I never got in D2. D1 is just plain creepier :-)

> > How does
> > one get file extensions to at least show up in a file's properties?
> 
> Open a folder, the one in question is a good start, go to "Tools", click
> "Folder Options" then the "View" tab. In that list you'll see a check mark
> in a box that says "Hide extensions for known file types". Uncheck it. I do
> with every XP install I do (that isn't for a l-user). While I'm in there I
> also change to "Show hidden files and folders" and uncheck "Hide protected
> operating system files". (But that's just me.) Then I click "Apply", then
> "Apply to all folders" at the top and Bob's yer uncle.

Many thanks, I'm the first to admit my Windows skills are rudimentary. I
like to get done what's necessary and then get back to my Mac.

> > It's just insane they don't show there. Whoever made that decision
> > should be fired and blacklisted from ever working in the tech
> > industry again.
> 
> I'm not touching that one. <g>
> 
> Cheers,

*grins*
-- 
If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate.
Re: How do you get the command.txt easter egg in Hellfire to work?
#543728
Author: ~misfit~
Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2008 22:06
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Somewhere on teh intarwebs Jamie Kahn Genet wrote:
> Jamie Kahn Genet <jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz> wrote:
>
>> "cowquest; theoquest; bardtest; barbariantest; nestart;" is what I've
>> typed and it just doesn't work with Hellfire 1.01. Is there a trick
>> to getting this working?
>>
>> TIA,
>>  Jamie Kahn Genet
>
> NM, it turns out Windows XP uses hidden file extensions that don't
> show up even in the file's properties. Amazingly bad design...
> *shakes head*

Umm, you can unhide file extensions (for known file types) in folder 
properties. I'm fairly sure I've had the above working in Hellfire on XP. 
(Oh, you know you typo'd "netstart" right?)

Cheers,
-- 
Shaun. 
Re: How do you get the command.txt easter egg in Hellfire to work?
#543732
Author: ~misfit~
Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2008 02:34
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Somewhere on teh intarwebs Jamie Kahn Genet wrote:
> ~misfit~ <misfit61nz@yahoo.com.au> wrote:
>
>> Somewhere on teh intarwebs Jamie Kahn Genet wrote:
>>> Jamie Kahn Genet <jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz> wrote:
>>>
>>>> "cowquest; theoquest; bardtest; barbariantest; nestart;" is what
>>>> I've typed and it just doesn't work with Hellfire 1.01. Is there a
>>>> trick to getting this working?
>>>>
>>>> TIA,
>>>>  Jamie Kahn Genet
>>>
>>> NM, it turns out Windows XP uses hidden file extensions that don't
>>> show up even in the file's properties. Amazingly bad design...
>>> *shakes head*
>>
>> Umm, you can unhide file extensions (for known file types) in folder
>> properties. I'm fairly sure I've had the above working in Hellfire
>> on XP. (Oh, you know you typo'd "netstart" right?)
>
> That's no typo unless Jarulf's and other guides are wrong.

S'been a while but I could have sworn it was supposed to be "netstart;"

> How does
> one get file extensions to at least show up in a file's properties?

Open a folder, the one in question is a good start, go to "Tools", click 
"Folder Options" then the "View" tab. In that list you'll see a check mark 
in a box that says "Hide extensions for known file types". Uncheck it. I do 
with every XP install I do (that isn't for a l-user). While I'm in there I 
also change to "Show hidden files and folders" and uncheck "Hide protected 
operating system files". (But that's just me.) Then I click "Apply", then 
"Apply to all folders" at the top and Bob's yer uncle.

> It's just insane they don't show there. Whoever made that decision
> should be fired and blacklisted from ever working in the tech
> industry again.

I'm not touching that one. <g>

Cheers,
-- 
Shaun. 
Re: How do you get the command.txt easter egg in Hellfire to work?
#543734
Author: EvilBill
Date: Mon, 08 Dec 2008 06:01
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~misfit~ wrote:
> 
> Open a folder, the one in question is a good start, go to "Tools", click 
> "Folder Options" then the "View" tab. In that list you'll see a check mark 
> in a box that says "Hide extensions for known file types". Uncheck it. I do 
> with every XP install I do (that isn't for a l-user). While I'm in there I 
> also change to "Show hidden files and folders" and uncheck "Hide protected 
> operating system files". (But that's just me.) Then I click "Apply", then 
> "Apply to all folders" at the top and Bob's yer uncle.
> 

I'm the same. I always change those settings, it's pretty much the very 
first thing I do with a new XP install. <g>
Re: How do you get the command.txt easter egg in Hellfire to work?
#543735
Author: jerk-o
Date: Mon, 08 Dec 2008 08:39
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After going to <http://tinyurl.com/2tnqw> on Mon, 08 Dec 2008 01:01:41 -0500,
EvilBill <quake2lives@gmail.com> wrote
>~misfit~ wrote:
>> 
>> Open a folder, the one in question is a good start, go to "Tools", click 
>> "Folder Options" then the "View" tab. In that list you'll see a check mark 
>> in a box that says "Hide extensions for known file types". Uncheck it. I do 
>> with every XP install I do (that isn't for a l-user). While I'm in there I 
>> also change to "Show hidden files and folders" and uncheck "Hide protected 
>> operating system files". (But that's just me.) Then I click "Apply", then 
>> "Apply to all folders" at the top and Bob's yer uncle.
>> 
>
>I'm the same. I always change those settings, it's pretty much the very 
>first thing I do with a new XP install. <g>

Another thing you should do with a new XP install is check out
www.blackviper.com
-- 
no, i didn't forget the 'F's
http://www.geocities.com/jerk_o2002
http://www.geocities.com/nameless_mod
	-My Diablo 2 Mod
Re: How do you get the command.txt easter egg in Hellfire to work?
#543736
Author: Magnate
Date: Mon, 08 Dec 2008 12:00
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"jerk-o" <jerk-o@yomomma.org> wrote
> After going to <http://tinyurl.com/2tnqw> on Mon, 08 Dec 2008 
> 01:01:41 -0500,
> EvilBill <quake2lives@gmail.com> wrote
>>~misfit~ wrote:
>>>
>>> Open a folder, the one in question is a good start, go to "Tools", click
>>> "Folder Options" then the "View" tab. In that list you'll see a check 
>>> mark
>>> in a box that says "Hide extensions for known file types". Uncheck it. I 
>>> do
>>> with every XP install I do (that isn't for a l-user). While I'm in there 
>>> I
>>> also change to "Show hidden files and folders" and uncheck "Hide 
>>> protected
>>> operating system files". (But that's just me.) Then I click "Apply", 
>>> then
>>> "Apply to all folders" at the top and Bob's yer uncle.
>>>
>>
>>I'm the same. I always change those settings, it's pretty much the very
>>first thing I do with a new XP install. <g>
>
> Another thing you should do with a new XP install is check out
> www.blackviper.com

Great site - thank you.

CC 
Re: How do you get the command.txt easter egg in Hellfire to work?
#543738
Author: EvilBill
Date: Tue, 09 Dec 2008 05:45
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jerk-o wrote:
> After going to <http://tinyurl.com/2tnqw> on Mon, 08 Dec 2008 01:01:41 -0500,
> EvilBill <quake2lives@gmail.com> wrote
>> ~misfit~ wrote:
>>> Open a folder, the one in question is a good start, go to "Tools", click 
>>> "Folder Options" then the "View" tab. In that list you'll see a check mark 
>>> in a box that says "Hide extensions for known file types". Uncheck it. I do 
>>> with every XP install I do (that isn't for a l-user). While I'm in there I 
>>> also change to "Show hidden files and folders" and uncheck "Hide protected 
>>> operating system files". (But that's just me.) Then I click "Apply", then 
>>> "Apply to all folders" at the top and Bob's yer uncle.
>>>
>> I'm the same. I always change those settings, it's pretty much the very 
>> first thing I do with a new XP install. <g>
> 
> Another thing you should do with a new XP install is check out
> www.blackviper.com

Oooh. Will do!

*...waits five minutes for Firefox to load on my ancient Dell laptop* ;)
Re: How do you get the command.txt easter egg in Hellfire to work?
#543737
Author: jerk-o
Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2008 01:25
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After going to <http://tinyurl.com/2tnqw> on Mon, 8 Dec 2008 12:00:32 -0000,
"Magnate" <not@receiving.here> wrote
>"jerk-o" <jerk-o@yomomma.org> wrote
>> After going to <http://tinyurl.com/2tnqw> on Mon, 08 Dec 2008 
>> 01:01:41 -0500,
>> EvilBill <quake2lives@gmail.com> wrote
>>>~misfit~ wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Open a folder, the one in question is a good start, go to "Tools", click
>>>> "Folder Options" then the "View" tab. In that list you'll see a check 
>>>> mark
>>>> in a box that says "Hide extensions for known file types". Uncheck it. I 
>>>> do
>>>> with every XP install I do (that isn't for a l-user). While I'm in there 
>>>> I
>>>> also change to "Show hidden files and folders" and uncheck "Hide 
>>>> protected
>>>> operating system files". (But that's just me.) Then I click "Apply", 
>>>> then
>>>> "Apply to all folders" at the top and Bob's yer uncle.
>>>>
>>>
>>>I'm the same. I always change those settings, it's pretty much the very
>>>first thing I do with a new XP install. <g>
>>
>> Another thing you should do with a new XP install is check out
>> www.blackviper.com
>
>Great site - thank you.

You're welcome.  It's a great site and I figured mentioning it wouldn't hurt
-- 
no, i didn't forget the 'F's
http://www.geocities.com/jerk_o2002
http://www.geocities.com/nameless_mod
	-My Diablo 2 Mod
Re: How do you get the command.txt easter egg in Hellfire to work?
#543739
Author: ~misfit~
Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2008 05:42
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Somewhere on teh intarwebs "jerk-o@yomomma.org" typed:
> After going to <http://tinyurl.com/2tnqw> on Mon, 08 Dec 2008
> 01:01:41 -0500, EvilBill <quake2lives@gmail.com> wrote
>> ~misfit~ wrote:
>>>
>>> Open a folder, the one in question is a good start, go to "Tools",
>>> click "Folder Options" then the "View" tab. In that list you'll see
>>> a check mark in a box that says "Hide extensions for known file
>>> types". Uncheck it. I do with every XP install I do (that isn't for
>>> a l-user). While I'm in there I also change to "Show hidden files
>>> and folders" and uncheck "Hide protected operating system files".
>>> (But that's just me.) Then I click "Apply", then "Apply to all
>>> folders" at the top and Bob's yer uncle.
>>>
>>
>> I'm the same. I always change those settings, it's pretty much the
>> very first thing I do with a new XP install. <g>
>
> Another thing you should do with a new XP install is check out
> www.blackviper.com

I've just clicked it, will have another look. It's been a while since I've 
visited.

Cheers,
-- 
Shaun. 
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