If you are an owner of the “Bringer of Slient Death”, the top of the line Razer Mice, Lachesis, you might encounter 2 issues while using it.
- Cursor Drift: While you are moving your mouse, suddenly the cursor ‘drift’ to somewhere else on the screen. Irritating when you are playing FPS game.
- Axis Lock: While moving your mouse, you can’t move it up or down, but the cursor can move horizontally, or vice versa. Also very irritating.
I also own a Lachesis and living with the problems ever since Day 1.
The original firmware that came with your mouse is v1.00, which is the buggy one.
Now, Razer has beta firmware for Lachesis and I have tested it. So far, the ‘drifting’ and ‘locking’ have not been occuring. The firmware update is a breeze. You just have to replug your Lachesis after the firmware update is done.
You can try out the beta firmware from the Razer website to solve these problems. I guess the official firmware should be around the corner… Stay tune!
This download supports the following audio devices only:
- Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeMusic
- Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer
- Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Platinum
- Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Fatal1ty®
- Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Elite Pro
- Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi
Fixes:
- Resolves the issue for systems with 4 GB of RAM.
- Resolves the Digital I/O detection issue when restarting your computer.
Known Issues:
- Before installing this driver, close the Creative MediaSource Go! application on your desktop and restart your computer. (After you have installed this driver, you may manually launch the MediaSource Go! application from the Start menu)
- When adjusting the master volume in any of the Mode Console, there is no sound output in the rear speakers. (Use the Microsoft Volume Control panel to adjust the master volume)
Source: Creative
This may be a old news, but I have just encountered it.
Lineage II is currently on open beta in the South East Asia Region. Lineage II is a MMORPG that was available in the western countries in year 2004, only a few Asians play it.
In case you do not know about Lineage II, check this out. It will give you some brief ideas of Lineage II.
If you want to try out, you can proceed to download the installation files, 5 parts in total, weighs about 3 GB.
Then you need to register yourself with a Lineage II account here.
I going to try it out. I will post some screenshots and my review.
Grando Espada, an award winning massive multiplayer online role playing game (MMORPG) in the 2006 Korea Game Awards, has set up servers in South East Asia countries for extensive beta testing for the game. The Philipines, Singapore and Malaysia are few of the participating countries.
For the fans, you can visit the IAH GE official website. You can download the beta client and register for the open beta at this site.
You can read more about Grando Espada.
Features of Grando Espada
- Multi-Character Control (MMC) - You can create a variety of combinations of characters to enhance your gaming experience for questing.
- Family System - You do not create individual character, but a family. You can add on more characters to the family as the game progress.
- Heroes - There are five types of heroes to choose from; Fighter, Musketeer, Wizard, Scout, Elementalist.
- Stance System - Allows you to use your characters’ skills to suit to different situations and battles.
- Trading - Allow you to open a personal shop to sell stuffs that might not be useful to you.
- Xtreme Artificial Intelligence (XFI) - Advanced AI engine that allows 3 characters to attack and move seamlessly
- Graphics - This game won the Best Graphics Technological Award in the 2006 Korea Game Award for its nice scenery and graphics.
- PvP - Arena style dueling and PvP. Factions can hold Colony War in designated map area if they are at war.
Hardware Requirement
Due to its nice graphics, I guess there is a need for better graphics card, more memory and better CPU if you want a smooth gameplay.
Recommended Specification from GE.
- CPU : At least a Pentium IV 2.4 Ghz
- RAM : At least a 1GB RAM
- Graphics : GeForce 4 series / Radeon 9000
- OS/Software : Windows XP / DirectX 9
GameBlog recommends the following specification:
- CPU : At least a Pentium IV 3.0 Ghz, or AMD Athlon64 3200+ (Dual core CPU is highly recommended)
- RAM : 2GB (MMORPG usually requires this amount of RAM for smooth gameplay)
- Graphics: GeForce 6 Series / Radeon x1000 series
The Lord of the Ring Online: Shadows of Angmar has begun its beta testing in Europe and North America, according to Gamespot.com.
The Europe signup page is available http://www.lotro-europe.com/beta-signup.php and the North America signup is available at http://lotro.turbine.com/betasignup.
More news to available if any. Watch out for it.
