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For the last 1-2 weeks the forums have been really slow and unresponsive for me, when I type a post half the time it just sits there etc.. is anyone else having the same issues..?

Does anybody else have this problem? In the (European) evenings the forum is unbearable slow. The server is delivering about 8Kbyte/s, sometimes less and usually stops midwhere during loading the page. Sometimes you can't even get the index page, sometimes you can log in, but then only get half of the overview etc. In the mornings everything is snappy.

I've upgraded IPB to the latest stable version, and since this was a major upgrade (from 2.3.6) I also had to re-do the forum style. Most of the new stuff is in place, but I bet that the logo will be changed. One of the many new features in version 3 is rating of posts and also a "report spammer" ability which will make it easier to single out spam bots and ban then at sight. Hopefully this will stop some of the spam threads we've seen recently. Make sure to empty your browser cache if you're experiencing any problems. And please report any errors etc in this thread. Cheers, ~m2

Since im new and im a beta mapper i dont know if this is really my place to talk but there are a few things that i see that might be able to be improved. first Saint Lucia should be the main focus at this point. geting everything to work properly and look great So we can get this Beta demo to the players and build some more hype for the upcoming release. a few problems i noticed could maybe be in Bug thread but decided this would be a good place for them. first off the map looks Amazing. definitly a work of art here. im sure this Beta demo will impress just about every thief fan out there. great design all around. im sure there are some things the auther wants to do before release but as it stands i think it is in prim condition. 1st on my posibile upgrade for release list is the problem with the enemy not holding any weapons and still beating you with an invisible stick. kind of strange to see LOL. I thought of a couple posibilitys for this. thief 1/2 the builders carryed there hammers and never put them on there back. which to me is more realistic. the hammers they carry have no straps. and there is no scabard they fit in to. One of the fetures of thief 3 i lived with was the fact that the builders hammer just magicly stayed on his back lol. maybe we can make it so the builder doesnt put his hammer away, he carrys it just like in the old eidos thief 1/2. as for city watch and guards that carry swords i think that a scabard is more realistic. so to me it depends on the weapon and what seems more realistic. and it could fix the problem with they gaurd of anytype not actualy hold his weapon while attacking you. 2nd While useing the sword you can not click and hold for a more powerfull attack, i know thief 3 did not incorperat this feature but they had a dager. not only do i belive it adds a better feel being able to prepare your attack with the sword but being able to do a more powerfull attack definitly makes the player feel like he/she has control over the kind of attack they are laying down. 3rd AI.. Ai seems to be functioning as it should at this stage of TDM but one thing i find strange is just how Bad ass they are. there like Rambo AI. watch out Selvester is coming lol. only kidding. but i slashed a gard like 5 - 6 times and he still took me down. the difficulty should be up a little higher and the gaurds should react more and search for you. but there health shouldnt be to much to where if you have to fight one your pritty much screwed unless you can go the rest of the level with out taking any damage. also there attacks should be slowed down a little bit. rate when they see you its like 1 second and they have hit you. they should say something like bye the builder lol. but that would be stealing then they should swing back then forword in the matter of like 1 1/2 - 2 seconds. make it seem like there really going to kick your a$$ with a big hit. and i tryed to out run a builder lol. i made it like 40 feet but he was hiting me the whole time so maybe there run speed needs to be slightly changed. they are holding big iron hammers and gear so they cant be that fast realisicly speaking. 4. Posible bug but when trying to knock out a Builder he just starts looking for me. tryed several times but never had any succes. 5. this one goes out to thos tallented guys makeing all the amazing models. they builders hammers seem to need a little work. its just a model, it can function the same way if it looks good of bad, but as for swords and bows exc everything looks VERY amazing. but the builders hammers seem slightly dull. im going to try and create a model of a nice looking hammer they can carry. a longer Shaft ( yea i seid shaft ). thin dark iron and they Handle is leather rapped and bumps out in the middle of the handle and a cool looking hammer head. im sure you all remember the old thief days when the hammers would point there hammer at you then swing it over there head real intense like as if they where going to bust your skull ( It was awsome ). let see if we can bring that kind of intesity to fighting the builders cause guards fighting with bow's and swords are all similer. hammers always stood out cause they had uniqe fighting styles cause of there diffrent weapons. these are just some suggestions/observations. at the stage we are at i think TDM is at a amzing point. a head of schedule. these are just some posible alterations and future upgrades. let me know what you think. btw Map screens coming soon.

So... What was up with the forums all day yesterday..?

[update] Spoke to Marcus @AMD UK on the phone and as it turns out a number of complaints have been made against "Spyre". My AMD forum account has been unbarred and my Ip address unblocked!!! Bought a new gfx card for xmas, been having issues with mainly the driver So I though a good place to look for support and polity vent etc - or so I thought My second post got flamed by some smart arse fanboy and then promptly locked, to which I reported the posted asking why it had been locked.. and then my account on there got deleted and my Ip blocked (untill the isp dhcp refreshed etc) so I cant login even with a different account name. I have emailed AMD directly about this as I did nothing wrong according the t&c's and I got no warning Pm or email from the forum mods. Now I've been over at the nVidia forums a long while back when I had the 8800GTX when I was equally frustrated when posting about the driver issue with thief etc, but at no point did a thread get locked or worse my account deleted. I don't have loyalty to AMD or nVidia but depending on the answer I get from AMD next week this card maybe going back and AMD will be added to the list of manufactures I will never buy anything from again. So whats the moral of this story, well take your pick.. [update] found cached copies of 1 of my posts Cached AMD frum link Cached AMD forum link2