Ryan B

timotheus4 - My answer to the question: Which former European country located east of Germany split into 2 separate countries in 1993: Austria - Hungary OR Czechoslovakia? My answer: Czechoslovakia.

Well done to every team that played, and congratulations to the winners! This season is already off to a great start!

Yes. The trophies are good. And just you wait until you find out what those GM trophies are for!

ArkenbergeJoe - That looks amazing! You've got me drooling now. Well done!

Hello, everyone. I've been attempting to create new textures for the Avenue Turning Lane Project ( for my own use ), and I've run into a bit of a problem. For anyone who's curious, I'm using DatGen 4 as my primary modding tool. Here are my steps: 1 ) Export texture in FSH format to the folder. 2 ) Open FiSHMan and export the bitmap. 3 ) Export the alpha. 4 ) Edit and save the bitmap. 5 ) Import the new bitmap into FiSHMan. 6 ) Import the alpha into FiSHMan. 7 ) Save the existing FSH file. I put my test texture into a DAT for in-game testing. The new mod worked - except for one thing: the alpha is showing. The texture I was working on was for Zoom Level 5, with the following TGI sequence: TYPE: 0x7AB50E44 GROUP: 0x1ABE787D INSTANCE: 0x5F433404 If there's anyone out there who would kindly show me the correct way to do this, I'd gladly appreciate it. Thanks in advance to anyone who can assist!

digger313 - Thanks for the info. I'll post here if I have any more problems.

jarlaxle - Welcome to the SHL! I'm sure you'll make a great additon. I'd like to also offer my services as a scout / opinion-giver. ( I know I'm already assistant commissioner, but I can multitask! ) Also - my condolences. May she rest in peace.

Tropod / digger313 - Those two things may be what I was doing wrong. I'll have pictures of the bitmap and alpha images on a post here in the next 24 hours. Stay tuned! I will have a go with the new information. Here's hoping it works! Thank you very much for all your help!

Bandero - I believe there's a DAT file with the words Left Hand Drive in the file name. If that one's still there, remove it.

A schedule, eh? Sweet! I like how this looks . . . . .

ardecila - In the FiSHMan's Import Bitmap dialog - they ask for a bitmap image and a alpha image. I put the bitmap and the alpha in their respective places, hit OK, and the texture had the alpha showing.

TJD - A couple things: 1) I've got Jagr listed as RW. 2) I don't think I'll be doing much trading, either. Thanks for the offer, though.

I agree with mentarman. I'll give my opinion on any proposed trades, free of charge ( for once )!

mentarman - I wouldn't doubt it. Therefore, I hereby request that the arena-stealing subject be closed, now and forever.

Traffic_Jam - Wow - you have arenas for both your SHL and minor league affiliate teams! Mr. Cortez - Our arenas were most definitely done by the same architect - ST's own sargeantcm. And for your information - that Arena is the home of the NHL's Buffalo Sabres. See what I meant by exclusive license ? On the topic of arena sharing, I don't think it's feasible. What are we going to do if we have to play each other? Who's the home team, and who's the away team?

Mr. Cortez - I really, really hate to say this - but you've stolen my arena. I've got an exclusive license on it. *yanks the Arena from your city and replaces it with a similar one made by SensMan on the STEX*

mentarman - ROTFLMBO!!! ( < Gotta keep it G-rated here. )

RHF - It's sad to see you go, buddy. I thoroughly enjoyed reading your CJ's. Best of luck in all that you do. Don't be a stranger - stick your head in every once in a while, eh?

Hmm. I can see it just fine. I don't know what's up. Maybe I left something out . . . . It's working fine now. It seems Tripod doesn't like people hosting their sigs on their bandwidth.

mentarman - Thanks for the info. I needed it! I do have my own hosting, so everything's fine that way. It's a very nice sig, by the way. EDIT: I did type whatever I wanted in there . . . . . . . It's good.

I really, really hate to play the part of idiot SimTropolite , but just how do you put images into your signature?

gizmo - Great work! I smell a Trixie for you!

East Timor

Whatever floats your boat, mentarman. Also - may I suggest that the reason that the Snob Hill Nouveau Riche's reason for not making the league was that: Due to the NHL's new economic system, they were about $50 million over the cap, so they were held out of play.

Look what I started! Aside from that - these look great, frimi.