Resource Points in HDv2?

[Trebuchet]

Anyone know how to purchase Resource Points from Dark Champions in v2?

[Simon]

Go to the Perks tab and purchase the aptly named "Resource Points" ;)

note: you will need to have the Dark Champions source book enabled under your application preferences.

[Simon]

Oops....just caught the "v2" bit -- they were not implemented until v3.

Best/easiest option under v2 is likely to just use a Custom Perk and rename it to Resource Points.

[Trebuchet]

Thanks, Dan. :)

My intended purchase of v3 will have to await acquisition of an XP-equipped computer.

[zornwil]

Thanks, Dan. :)

My intended purchase of v3 will have to await acquisition of an XP-equipped computer.
V3 seems to work on 2000 for me.

[Trebuchet]

V3 seems to work on 2000 for me.No doubt. But I am running a Windows 98SE system; and upgrading to a newer OS would not be cost effective since I hope to purchase a new PC within 6 months anyway.

[zornwil]

Ah, well, good luck with the new PC.

[Thrakazog]

Isn't the new MS OS coming out in early '07? I was going to buy a new PC but I put it off to see if the hardware companies were going to make any special improvements for supporting the successor to XP.

[Starwolf]

Yes Vista is coming out very soon, it is slated for release to enterprises, and organizations in Nov 06 and for general public release in Jan 07, but yesterday I read there is going to be another delay (how long was not mentioned). For those running the RC1 Beta release (like myself) there is now suposed to be an RC2 release sometime soon. As far as hardware it has worked seamlessly with everything I have so far, but software wise there are major issues... Many programs that run great under XP won't even install under Vista, like McAfee Virus for example.

[Jhamin]

Many programs that run great under XP won't even install under Vista, like McAfee Virus for example.

While there are a bunch of software compatability issues, singling out McAfee antivirus is a bit unfair.

AntiVirus software needs to be tooled to watch the inner working of an OS. To my knowledge no Antivirus software has ever been foreward compatable to an OS written after the Antivirus software was released.
I'm betting that a Vista compatable Antivirus package gets released about 10 min after Vista goes gold.

[Teflon Billy]

While there are a bunch of software compatability issues, singling out McAfee antivirus is a bit unfair.

AntiVirus software needs to be tooled to watch the inner working of an OS. To my knowledge no Antivirus software has ever been foreward compatable to an OS written after the Antivirus software was released.
I'm betting that a Vista compatable Antivirus package gets released about 10 min after Vista goes gold.Not until McAfee, Norton, etc... find a different paradigm to make their software work.

Microsoft has locked down the Kernel so that no one is able to mess with it. McAfee, etc... all wrote their anti-virus software requiring the ability to mess around wth the Kernel.

IMO, MS did a good thing. No outside software maker should be messing with the OS internals like this, period. For consumer grade software, software producers need to be dragged kicking and screaming into good programming practices.

I'm hoping this is finally the OS release taht will put a stake through the heart of programmers taht require Administrator level priviledges to install games.

TB

[Thrakazog]

I'm hoping this is finally the OS release taht will put a stake through the heart of programmers taht require Administrator level priviledges to install games.

TB

Oh, Amen to that. I can't reinstall Half-Life 2 because the installer doesn't recognize me as an admin account, even though I'm the only account, and the actual "administrator" account only is available in safe mode where you can't install software! Doh!

[ghost-angel]

While there are a bunch of software compatability issues, singling out McAfee antivirus is a bit unfair.

AntiVirus software needs to be tooled to watch the inner working of an OS. To my knowledge no Antivirus software has ever been foreward compatable to an OS written after the Antivirus software was released.
I'm betting that a Vista compatable Antivirus package gets released about 10 min after Vista goes gold.

Norton Antivirus written under Mac OS7 installed and ran just fine under Mac OS8.

He wasn't singaling out any piece of software to be unfair - since he's running a beta vers of Vista I'm going to assume Starwolf actually tried to install McCafee and it failed. Thus his statement.

[Starwolf]

Norton Antivirus written under Mac OS7 installed and ran just fine under Mac OS8.

He wasn't singaling out any piece of software to be unfair - since he's running a beta vers of Vista I'm going to assume Starwolf actually tried to install McCafee and it failed. Thus his statement.

You are correct, and there are issues with other software that installed and ran just fine under XP. I was not trying to single out McAfee, in fact they are my preferred and favorite anti-virus dudes. There is supposed to be this tool thngy in Vista that allows you to set vista to run earlier software in "compatability" mode. The problem is the earlier stuff won't even install so that it can be run in compatability mode. I have had issues with Poser, HDv3, and even some MS-Office 2007 stuff. As time has gone on I have been able to find or create or hack some work arounds to get things operational, but an OS should not be so tight on security that it becomes almost non-operational. The only anti-virus I could find that works with Vista is Trend Micro's PC-Cillin which is a poor substitute for McAfee. But I also did not intend to hijack this thread it is supposed to be about Resource Points in HDv2... I apologize to all for the derail...

[archermoo]

You are correct, and there are issues with other software that installed and ran just fine under XP. I was not trying to single out McAfee, in fact they are my preferred and favorite anti-virus dudes. There is supposed to be this tool thngy in Vista that allows you to set vista to run earlier software in "compatability" mode. The problem is the earlier stuff won't even install so that it can be run in compatability mode. I have had issues with Poser, HDv3, and even some MS-Office 2007 stuff. As time has gone on I have been able to find or create or hack some work arounds to get things operational, but an OS should not be so tight on security that it becomes almost non-operational. The only anti-virus I could find that works with Vista is Trend Micro's PC-Cillin which is a poor substitute for McAfee. But I also did not intend to hijack this thread it is supposed to be about Resource Points in HDv2... I apologize to all for the derail...

Well, in your defense it was a straightforward "How do I do this" that has now been answered. So I'd say no harm, no foul. ;)

[Vurbal]

For consumer grade software, software producers need to be dragged kicking and screaming into good programming practices.
That's just crazy talk. Next you'll be expecting them to optimize their code so you don't have to have a machine that's less than 2 years old to run new software.

I'm hoping this is finally the OS release taht will put a stake through the heart of programmers taht require Administrator level priviledges to install games.As long as they have an easy mechanism for me, both as a network administrator and a parent, to disable the same software installation functionality I'm in complete agreement. Since I haven't even bothered looking at any screenshots of Vista, let alone evaluated its features, I can't comment on how anything in it is even designed to work.