If you have a PCI USB card check that it's seated. Even if so maybe re-insert it. If the USB ports on on the mobo itself well... get XP drivers I'd presume. 

that in Device Manager, there's no section called USB Controller which seems a bit odd to me. 

If you haven't already, install the drivers for your motherboard chipset (if it's VIA, and you have a Radeon, _don't_ get 4.50). 

just a reminder, its happening tonight at 9pm GMT / 4pm EST in #speedq1 on gamesnet.net 

and i am dnurk

[13:31] <scampie> can you tell me the differances between the molecular stuctures and things?
[13:32] <scampie> and if so, what is your reaction to the future?
[13:32] <inert> well i so that i dont think i should answer
[13:32] <inert> REASON: tonight is gf blood bash party in her pants
[13:33] <_blackpope> you suck
[13:33] <inert> =/
[13:33] <scampie> THANK YOU FOR PARTICIPATING IN A SCAMPIE @ QUESTION INTERVIEW OK 

00:26 (inert) GODDAMNIT
00:26 (inert) WAS THAT MY 2 QUESTIONS
00:26 (inert) START OVER
00:26 (_blackpope) it doesnt work like that
00:26 (inert) i would not have quoted qmd
00:26 (inert) shit 

<inert> mmm ace of base 

http://speedq1.spawnpoint.org/files/sm59_pack.zip 

You bitches did see this on Blues, right?? If not...

http://digital-eel.com/blog/ob.htm

Looks....mildly interesting by 1997 standards. And no more. Some amusing comments too:

Oblivion is somewhat noteworthy in a couple of ways. It has no floor. Instead, a damage inflicting zone kills the player's character instantly if he falls into it.

Somewhat like Hipdm1 then, perhaps?? Or any other void maps around.

It presents disconnected platforms at different heights as floating "sky islands," something which was novel then. It presaged Quake 3 Arena's space levels by about two years.

And presaged HL's Xen levels by a considerably shorter time. Hell, they might have been in development first. 

Who care if it's not out for release. It's just boring attention whoring. 

Hope he releases it; that would be swell. 

Thanks, downloading.

I may not contribute to the Speedmapping events, but I do thoroughly enjoy their results. 

All mappers are attention whores.

The upside-down lava with fireballs shooting down looks like the most interesting part of it. 

The fact that Blue's News never mentions new quake map releases, but did mention this, a map that is not only not new, but not released, is absurd. 

i would imagine whoever is responsible for the "news" at blues news, is not even aware new maps are still being made for quake 1.

but they should be.

maybe i should email them. 

If Blue started covering new map releases for every game as old as Quake no one would ever bother to read down as far as the real news. This is more like a human interest story than an anouncement about a map. 

i think Pushplay is right, as much as i'd like to get angry for quake being under-represented. It's acceptable to see huge releases for a game being noted though, like the ut2003 community pack. I'm not sure if Nehahra got linked there, but that probably deserved it, if we're talking quake releases. 

i could not release some maps, too! that would make a great story! 

my complaint is that he did cover this, not that he doesn't cover other maps. 

This map was going to be OFFICIAL! It was going to be a PROFESSIONAL RELEASE. Can you even comprehend that!? My loins tingle just thinking how the world could be differant if this map had made it into a honest to goodness retail game! 

Let them know about Rubicon 2 right away. 

ehehehe.

You said 'loins'

eheheeheh. 

Arrr the light, I cannot stand it anymore... 

Hi sock. I have this strange feeling--it's like you don't come around anymore. How odd. 

It would have been funnier if I had submitted it before reliezing I typed it as 'lions'.