Enthusiastic pc gamer since the dawn of the 486 era. Love sim racing, rpg's and strategy games the most. Am self employed with my own small company, called 'Custom Frontline Systems' or 'CFS'. Did a bit of simple modding, such as text file based re balancing and editing, gained a bit experience in picture editing and font and graphics design recently. To make a long story short: I'm always eager to learn something new and to improve existing skills and/or game experiences. Cheers!

Comment History
ShmaZen
ShmaZen - - 21 comments @ Far Cry 3

Running it with 4GB on ultra, so what's the matter? ^^

Good karma+3 votes
ShmaZen
ShmaZen - - 21 comments @ Danube Class

Looks ridiculously awesome guys. *G*

Good karma+1 vote
ShmaZen
ShmaZen - - 21 comments @ DarthMod Empire v8.0 Platinum Part 1

Does this release have equal content to DMUC, or is it really an improved DMC version?

And is it compatible with an full DMUC install, or recommended to reinstall the whole thing?

Sorry for bothering with questions and (anyway) kudos all the way for this truly epic project, you all know it's the best. xD

Good karma+2 votes
ShmaZen
ShmaZen - - 21 comments @ Bridge Commander 2

Coming Q4.... omg? Looking -so- forward to this one, I'm very curious about it!

Good karma+3 votes
ShmaZen
ShmaZen - - 21 comments @ DarthMod Empire

What GPU are you using? In my case, I had to slightly reduce the core and memory clock of my GTX 560Ti (Gainward GS version).

Since then it's running like a charm.

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ShmaZen
ShmaZen - - 21 comments @ Empire: Total War

Guess you've ment Darth Mod 7.0, since it's the showcased mod on the main page of ETW. (?)

To answer your question: Heck yes it is good! It enhances the game so much, it's not even funny anymore.

*Plus* it runs absolutely stable (at least it makes no difference to the vanilla version)... So, even if it's a month later after your initial comment: Go and load it (goddammit)! (![!]!)

Good karma+1 vote
ShmaZen
ShmaZen - - 21 comments @ Praetorian Industries

I certainly did ^^, so thanks for the hint, gonna die (literally) when I finally get to play the mod. =)

Good karma+2 votes
ShmaZen
ShmaZen - - 21 comments @ Star Trek Enhanced Space Combat

Wow! Just saw this one on youtube and again, just wow! Have to try it out -> Now!

Good karma+2 votes
ShmaZen
ShmaZen - - 21 comments @ Praetorian Industries

Hhmmm, is it just me or is anyone else experiencing stability issues? Game crashes after a few seconds after the battle has started.

Btw.: GREAT mod, I'm just wishing it would run stable on my system. =/

Good karma+2 votes
ShmaZen
ShmaZen - - 21 comments @ starwars warlords .60

First: I had absolutely no issues getting this to run.
Used Silentspy's HW2 Launcher and it works just fine.

Second: Even at this state, I have to admit that I'm very impressed. Some of the models are looking really great, nicely textured with really good lightning effects.

I really hope that this one get's further developed, kind of missed the possibility to gather further ressources without RU injections, saw some fighters which were missing their jet blast and the audio feedback you get while commmading your units seemed to be a bit out of place... But anyway, I really appreciate this modification.

- Grand potential, right here! -

Good karma+1 vote
ShmaZen
ShmaZen - - 21 comments @ Fairy Empire(Yaodu) Mod

Just have to, well, extract the .big File of the mod. (Tools are easily "googleble" and even to find on moddb.)

But yeah, as she mentioned, she is asking precisely to -not- extract her file/s.

Maybe you should contact fairy_queen and ask her descretly for her permission. (Just use the "send message" function above.)

Would love to see this one translated as well, maybe you could send him your finished work after all so -she- could implement your translation at the end by herself and that way everyone would be happy. =)

Good karma+1 vote
ShmaZen
ShmaZen - - 21 comments @ Homeworld 2 Complex Simple

That's by far the most ressourceful statement regarding to the lag problem I've read so far, was wondering if it's just my problem, cause my rig is quite descent.

Damn, we need even faster pc's, or some divine genious which is capable to make HW2 run on 4 cores +. ^^_

Good karma+2 votes
ShmaZen
ShmaZen - - 21 comments @ Homeworld2 Music Player V2.1

Thanks man, great response, totally appreciated!

Gonna' have a rather long way in front of me then, untill I'll get that done. ^^_

Regards > ShmaZen

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ShmaZen
ShmaZen - - 21 comments @ Homeworld2 Music Player V2.1

Hi, could you please tell me how to bind the player to another key than 'm'? Would be great to use circumflex or a similar (unuseful) key just for opening it.

Great work by the way! Cheers. =)

Good karma+1 vote
ShmaZen
ShmaZen - - 21 comments @ Tactical Fleet Simulator 3G (v2.8.2)

Oh my... Brilliant mod, a single player playtrough would be just totally epic, but it seems to be fairly bad balanced.

Second mission is impossible, either the transports are going down, or captain sobans frigatte. =/ Is there any way to just increase the hull strength of the transports?

Good karma+1 vote
ShmaZen
ShmaZen - - 21 comments @ Homeworld 2 Complex

Same for me,

GTX 560 Ti GS (Gainward) @ CC 900MHz. | MC 2100 | Drv.301.42
Phenom II X4 965 BE @ 3,9 GHz.
2 x 2GB DDR3 @ 1333MHz.
Win 7 Ultimate SP1

Runs perfect at the beginning, but starts slowing down to an almost unplayable frame rate. =/

Had a look into the official Forum, but people with performance problems seem to be ignored, mostly.

Can't believe it, there are people with 2,8GHz CPU's and older mid-range GPU's with no problems at all.

Allthough it seems that it isn't a NVIDIA specific problem, since there are people both with ATI/AMD and NVIDIA cards, having performance problems.

So what the hell is this issue about?
This seems like one of the, (if not -the-) best mod/s I've ever seen, wanna play it! =/

Good karma+1 vote
ShmaZen
ShmaZen - - 21 comments @ Release β released!

Oh-kay... works right now, even with the runtime errors at the start up. So a bit confusing, but besides this errors your work looks amazing so far guys.

I'm just wondering if there isn't any way to improve the textures of the ships, or did I got something wrong with my settings? =o_

Good karma+1 vote
ShmaZen
ShmaZen - - 21 comments @ Release β released!

Getting runtime errors all the way at the startup.

Got the mod running with a return to desktop when starting a skirmish though.

Deinstalled the mod + hw2, cleaned my registry, reinstalled, now I just get runtime errors, unable to start the modded game at all. =/

Good karma+1 vote
ShmaZen
ShmaZen - - 21 comments @ [OBSOLETE] DMUC v6.2

Omfg!

This one is just absolutely brilliant!

Played the Napoleon TW DM before, but in relations to gameplay possibilities and improvements, it's even better.

Btw.: Start conditions for the Barbary States in CC are just nuts. =D

Loving it, best mod for ETW! (!)

Good karma+1 vote
ShmaZen
ShmaZen - - 21 comments @ DarthMod Napoleon

Nevermind. =3
Had to be some temporary issue with my system =3²
Runs great now, no effect in fps at all =D.
Kudos all the way for this mod guy(s).

Good karma+2 votes
ShmaZen
ShmaZen - - 21 comments @ DarthMod Napoleon

I've got a -massive- impact on framerate on the campaign map when using the mod.

Can play on high settings, with all effects below activated in vanilla.

Using a Gainward GTX560Ti GS, Phenom II 965BE and 4GB DDR3@1333Mhz..

So, is it common that the mod decreases performance that much?
Even with deactivated Darth Effects (launcher) there is no increase in fps.

Good karma+2 votes