I've suspended operations over at The Wire for the time being. It has been some time since I have found myself invigorated by the project, and while the submissions for what would have been Issue #15 have been both plentiful and of high quality, I feel that the overall direction of the site is not what I had imagined from the outset. Presently, it is my intention to resume operations if and when I find myself as enthused as I was in September. I appreciate the support your site has consistently provided in this connection, and wish you continued success in the future.

    Since I have been playing outlaws 1 1/2 years it seems to me there is just not enough of those great map makers out there making enough single player or historical mission maps. We all cant play the zone all the time and since most of us players have mastered the CD game and not to mention all the single and historic maps that are on your site. Approximately 10 levels. I find it to be frustrating that these great maps makers don't release more of these types of maps. Since you are the main hub for the outlaws maybe you could put out a challenge to the map makers out there to send in more SP & HM maps.
     I think the best single player maps out there is WADDY GANG and TACO SAGA. These are true single player maps. Well thanks for letting me vent on you. For those of us out there that need our outlaws fix but cant always go to the zone these maps would be a refreshing way to keep our skills and attention to the game. Besides without a challenge what fun is it to play anyway........

The mIRC Outlaws are bringing back one on one tourneys in the #Outlaws_players for the Outlaws community to enjoy. This Sunday we will host a tournament with a maximum of 16 contestants just like the old days. I have posted a tourney website for all to obtain information about the tourney and to assist them in getting to mIRC. The site is located at http://www.outlaws.simplenet.com.

Outlaws Tourney on the Undernet Info and all the downloads you need to get in on the one-on-one Sunday ladder action in the #Outlaws_Players IRC channel, in an easy-to-browse format by Kohna.

Thanks for forwarding this to me - it's great to see such enthusiasm still out there for Outlaws! It's one of our favorite games internally also. Whilst we're always looking at our product line to see what would make sense to sequel, we don't have any definite plans for Outlaws right now. But, you never know!
 
Thanks again

I would like to draw to the attention of the Outlaws fans that visit your site that a product is well into development set in the same period and in the same genre. "Wanted! The Half Life Western Pack" is set for commercial release later this year and is a follow up to our acclaimed "Redemption" product. Naturally we wish this product to be the very best that it can be and would welcome input from all fans of Outlaws. Constructive comments, direction, likes/dislikes etc are all welcome. Perhaps these could be pooled and sifted and sent as one.....maybe we could even layout an interview based on these suggestions, the product etc...... Be a shame to waste the opportunity to make it the very best for all.....
 
Best Regards

I just saw the petition on your site for an outlaws sequel. So I decided to send you this e-mail.. IceQuake Production is currently working on a western multyplayer tc for half-life. Ok, its not outlaws 2 or something but its a great western with some of outlaws weapons :) So be sure to check our western tc site, Tombstone.
 
Best Regards

Dear Sir,
     The long list of names and comments below is the result of a simple petition for a sequel to your company's game "Outlaws" held on my Outlaws fan page at https://paleface.net/petition.html. Although the site is not connected with any gaming network and the petition did not receive coverage on any other gaming news sites we were able to collect 1,188 signatures in about five months, all from dedicated Outlaws fans who would be first in line to buy another Outlaws game if one should ever appear. Because of the great length of the list of signatures I am sending the petition in two parts; the second should arrive immediately after this first one.
     I have sent this list to you to show you the dedicated following your game still holds even after nearly three years and to encourage you, should the opportunity arise, to consider making a follow-up to this unique and wonderful game. Every one of the 1,188 people below eagerly await it. If you would like to contact any of them you will find this same list with email hyperlinks at the web address above. In fact as I write this the petition is still on-going and will continue until Lucasarts can satisfy this widespread craving for another game in this genre that you have singlehandedly created. Thank you for your time, your consideration and most of all, your games.

    Right now we have about 25 that I know are definately coming.. and a good bit of tentatives as well :) (who knows if everyone will show.. but.. good thing about new orleans.. ya can have a handful or alot of people and always have a great time ;)
     Don't know if ya were planning on coming for the OL bash 2000 in New Orleans on Aug 4, 5, 6.. but if ya were .. Here's some info! :) (let me know if ya comin :)
     Right now.. we have the hotel picked out.. 79.00 per nite (weeeeee :)Very good location.. very nice hotel.. also a historical landmark built in early 1800's by the Baron Pontalba Its the Historic French Market Inn www.frenchmarketinn.com.
     When you make your reservations (do it soon.. ya can always cancel if ya need to) Ask for reservations for the Historic French Market inn.. and to speak to Jesse (if possible) tell him you're one of Susan Pierce's party and want to be in the same area of the hotel (no problem if they cant get ya close.. hehe hotel only has 98 rooms ;)
     Their reservation number (its toll free) is on their webpage (the url I just gave) YOu need to book for Aug 4, 5 (leaving on the 6th unless ya decide to spend longer time in New Orleans :)
     the shuttle from the airport to French Quarter is only 10.00 one way :)
     hehe hope that helps.. more info in a bit :)

    I've installed Windows 2000 RC2, and wundered out to the zone, and guess what, it did it the first time i tried it :
- Installed OL, patch 1.0, 2.0 and 2.01
- I didn't setup my Voodoo3 - 2000 in OL ( just used the standard one )
- Joined a game that someone started up for me ( didn't see the LAT indication in the zone, which means LAT > 1000 )
- blew the other guy away
     I know, it was not a very good sight ( without glide ), but i had no problems to connect ( using Cable modem ). The only problem encountered was that i was lagging like hell to the others, but it didn't stop me from blasting them away .... lol .... but baicly, it should work fine ( and even better with glide, directX, .... )
     Also, connection to the zone was a lot more stable, and i had a lot more trouble with 98 ( 2nd edition ) then with Win2000.

    Well, I thought I'd get my two cents in... I've been playing with Windows 2000 professional (rc 2195 I think it is... well whatever Microsoft called the version that is their goldmaster copy :). Anyway, one of my first thoughts was to test Outlaws with it, and that I did. Now, im not sure if the join bug is still an issue, in fact I believe it is, its just that lately I have been able to connect a bit better, therefore I dont have constant problems. The one major problem I did have with win2k is that for some reason I can not back space any character fields i.e.: my nick names, chat lobby, game name etc. What I did do to change my name resulted with registry editing. However, I dont think this is a Win2k problem only, since I had the same problem when I was playing around with NT4 sp6.
    Currently my biggest gripe is that there are no official drivers for my voodoo3, so hacking up nt4 drivers will work, but when they fail... everything becomes exciting.
    Oh, hehe I guess I didn't say that Outlaws DOES work under win2k with minimal problems. Since I'm a Kali regular, I obviously tested NT5 under tcp/ip Winsock, then to be fair I gave Zone a test as well. Zone went fine, as I expected it would, until in the middle of a game something died, or I lost connection... I don't remember exactly now, but I ended up ending Outlaws in that task manager, as well as zone, then a fresh reboot. Upon my next visit to Highnoon I joined a game, then as soon as OL launched Windows blue screened with a NTOSsomething something (it did not look pretty) error occurred, which forced the computer to reboot and return to windows as if nothing had happened. I joined a game again, and again Windows blue screened.
    In conclusion, Outlaws does run with certain circumstances. However people should be forewarned that the video drivers are not stable at this point for it, and maybe 3dfx will release NT5 drivers shortly. Concerning the "non backspaceable characters" I would assume this is a problem on my end, and not the fault of win2k.

I noticed something that from what I have read from others no one else has. I know with our old hard drive (just got a new one, and haven't put any of these on yet) that when BOK_Dad and I left our virus scanners open in the task bar at the bottom we could join games almost 100% of the games we tryied to join when we were there when the host launched. So if you have them open from start up, keep em open, it worked for us. Dad said something about them scanning the other persons computer real fast or something while connecting and without them open it had a harder time to scan them and that was why we got time outs in connectin.

I decided first to consult LEC as I not so sure they were aware of the problem, I think they beleived they fixed all the win98 probs with the 2.1 ptach. Anyway I wrote them an email, describing the problem and saying how wide spread it was.
     Sooo today I get back my reply.. a nice long one, mostly its the basic stuff make sure you got the right patch, etc etc but there are a few interesting points I thought I'd mention to you. Can send you the whole email if your interested.
     Firstly, they seem to be aware of the prob as shown in this statement... "There appears to be a compatibility issue with the game and the new version of Winsock (2.0) that is installed with Windows 98. We recently released a 2.0.1 update (at ftp://ftp.lucasarts.com/patches/pc/olupd201.exe) to address this problem, but we are currently receiving feedback from some Windows 98 users who are still unable to join some multiplayer Outlaws games, more specifically on the Microsoft Internet Gaming Zone (http://www.zone.com)."
     Also they suggested this possible fix for such... "If a user upgrades Win95 to Win98, in Add/Remove programs they can restore the Winsock 1.1 configuration, and that seems to help. Clean installs and OEMs with Win98 do not have this option though."
     I've done a fresh install of 98 so I can't try this one, was hopping you could post it for someone else to try.
     Then there is a whole lot of simple things like, uninstall webtv, turn off auto detect for your cd, don't have to many programs running like icq etc. But he ends with the following...
     "We are currently researching this issue to see if it can be corrected, though in most cases the above suggestions have resolved this problem for most users of Windows 98, especially the installation of an updated version of DirectX. I would suggest that you periodically monitor our website regarding this game, to see if there are any further updates released to address this problem with Outlaws and the Zone, using Windows 98."
     So the good news, what this email is about, is that they are aware of the problem and are looking in to it. I'm going to write back in more technical detail so hopefully we can solve this one.

"Copyright protection subsists from the time the work is created in fixed form. The copyright in the work of authorship immediately becomes the property of the author who created the work. Only the author or those deriving their rights through the author can rightfully claim copyright."
 
"Copyright protection subsists . . . in original works of authorship fixed in any tangible medium of expression, now known or later developed, from which they can be perceived, reproduced, or otherwise communicated, either directly or with the aid of a machine or device. 17 U.S.C. 102(a)."

On a further note about the CL Unified Drivers, I purchased A CL 3D Blaster TNT2 Ultra for Christmas, ( or was it Santa? ), and It is simply AMAZING! I have it clocked up to the hilt with their Overclock Util. and it is running rock solid Stabile! It is one of the finest Video cards I've ever had the pleasure of using, (Though not installing), It just blows everything out of the water. I have an AMD K62-400mm with 64 MEG RAM and using the unifed driver pushing 32 bit color to it, Outlaws runs a cool average of 150 FPS at 640x480! My advice, drop 3DFX and run as fast as you possibly can to your nearest store and buy this card! A note, they say it will not install on the FIC PA-2013 motherboard, but I found a way. CL tech support has my solution. But I would reallly look at one of these cards before buying 3DFX, I did, I bought the 3D Blaster. There are no bugs when running Outlaws through unified also. Thought Id pass on my $.02 worth.

USMarshalls Small but pretty decent posse site. Info on the members, some of their favorite maps for download and a bit of a news section

Well if ya havnt heard latly but the LMP clan has broke up and Desperado one of the fearless leaders has went to ANV and me Machine (a.k.a. Tweak) a co-leader has decided to start a new clan and i would like you to say that the 2nd i command is up for grabes: Its a contest whoever can make up the name i like best (person can be good or not) will be co-leader BUT if i can come up with something to top it they will not enter the clan, posse ,gang etc.... without a tryout.
Tweak
P.s. tell em to find me on the zone as TwiztedTweak or tell em to E-mail me with answers thanks
P.s.s. i Have started on a series called Malice its gonna be a CTF series but to make it good its gonna be what i call a MOD New guns and characters

I just downloaded the NEW Nvidia drivers for the TNT2 Ultra (I think it's the detonator series) and they reaaaaaaaaaaally speed up the video card in the Direct 3d mode. Best of all, these Nvidia drivers work with the Creative Labs Unified Drivers so Outlaws runs in Glide mode.
To be honest, I'm not sure if the Unified Drivers are needed with the new Detonator drivers for glide emulation, but since it works, I ain't fixin' it.
Frame rate flies waaaaaaaaaaay up and no graphical glitches like funky TNT or crap like that.

Train Robbers Java and multimedia heavy production by BossMan but it really does sound like a train is screaming through your room when you load up the opening page so I guess that's worth something. Pretty good selection of maps to download as well as some files and a fairly attractive interface.

OzE's Outlaws Site He makes some levels and the site is kind of cute. Loads fast, easy to navigate.

SC: South Cowboyz Java and animation laden ugly affair with no real compelling content.

Posse From Hell Pretty basic page for this fiery posse. But you gotta love the flaming background.

	The French Gang Fun site for an all French posse. Nice use of frames, backgrounds and Javascript buttons provides an enjoyable way to browse info on the gang, screenshots from their best matches and some info on the game. Best thing? Seeing screenshots of the French version of Outlaws!
	Creature9's Outlaw Page Hmm Outlaws and hamsters, together at last. Kinda cute, anyway. Not a whole lot else on this individual Outlaw site though his comments on his OL friends make for a good read.

	Clan Dutchy Not a tremendous amount of stuff at this posse site, yet, though they do have some (large) attractive graphics and a very good "favorite maps" section.
	Hawk's Nest Site currently in the works by Hawk. First page has a very nice, legible news format. Still to come are tips, links, character info, maps and info on his CBO posse.

	Trooper's Outlaws Page Tips, news, links and a decent map selection all in a quick-loading, attractive layout. What more can one ask for?
	Mista's Shotgun Shop News, level tips, map reviews and a selection for download plus other tasty tidbits in an elegant, efficient format. Very well put together.
	OzE's Outlaws Site Hmm uh well semi-daily news feed on this one-pager, may be more later. Loads fast, nice lookin' logo.

Chet's Outlaws Place Irregular layout and pretty image/animation heavy, but probably the first place to look for the prolific Chet's latest map.

Mike's Outlaws Page Okay, it's really hard to rate a site that is THIS barebones, but author MikeDaKid does say that it is under construction. On the plus side it is very fast, easy to read, has a nice background color and a few levels to download. More to come soon, hopefully.

	The Ultimate Guide for Sanchez Players Text-based two-pager by SilverZ. First page is largely self-aggrandizing, as is the second, but at least there are some good tips for using Sanchez effectively on the second page.
	Swift_Arrow's Unofficial Outlaws Site Not complete yet but lots of good info here such as daily news, play tips and evaluations of characters and weapons in a very fast loading, bare-bones interface.
	Karrde's Web Page A funny looking page with some personality not to mention frequently updated news, weekly Outlaws polls and a self-confessed cheesy DHTML Outlaws game (which only works on recent versions of IE, doh!). It all adds up to a fun, friendly Outlaws site.

I have started a "Guess the levels" contest. Whomever can guess the most levels from 8 screencaps wins a CD with all the levels i have collected (817 to date...). This will be a monthly contest.

This is my first map... I worked triple time with LawTutor before even making one... I hope this shows... I took 2 designs, and 1 texture from other maps, but with first permission from the makers. There are some thing I learned incorperated into this map. In the basement, it starts off dark, but there are 2 light switvhes, (one in the basement, and one somewhere else)... they turn lights on in the basement, and make it bright. each one works for half the basement. The light in front of the stove, and under the lamp in the mine flash, like real light flickers... The Cow and horse die. )Thanks again to _Picante for the use of these). Umm, And there is also a new #4 gun, which is by Spidy... He made it, and was so kind to let me use it. There are 3 in the map, so u gotta get 'em... I didn't really have any help makin this map, but there is someone who taught me waht i know, in a hurry too..

The English Hooligans Soccer-themed site of a posse whose members name themselves after famous English club football players. Strange stuff as you might expect, but you gotta love that nice green pitch backdrop. Fast loading, easy to navigate, catchy theme... all go together to make one fine posse site.

BOC Outlaws Posse Home Page Gorgeous site on a 800x600 or higher screen. Webmaster GodZilla has put it all in here: tips on just about everything you need to know to become a master gunslinger, info on the "Boothill Outlaw Clan," maps and links, all in a sumptuous framed black interface.

i have just finished a new map called moose's ranch which i was hoping you could put onto your site and perhaps ask people to send me their suggestions on how to make it better (i know the top step is un-textured but i couldn't fix it!)

1. Run ta where they caint see ya.
2. Open up tha text window (alt + y) then type in hit.wav (er bmhit.wav if ya's got mary)
3. Type in yer character's 2 letter 'breviation (ex. JA fer james BO fer bob...) and "die"; like jadie fer james and tack on a .wav at tha end an' hit enter fer the sound.("jadie.wav" fer james) Once again... If yas got mary, it'll be bmdie.wav... ol' hag sounds like a duck!
     When ya put 'er all togher, ya get the sound of a hit and a death. so that guy thinks yer dead cuz a lag now... so when he comes 'round that corner lookin' fer ya dropped ammo real un suspectin' like an reloadin, load 'im up with some buckshot. And everyone thought lag wern't gud fer nuttin'!

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O U T L A W S version 2.0
8/14/97

1. Install off of your "Handful" CD.
2. Go to Start Menu/Run... and enter "regedit" without the quotes. Press OK.
3. Regedit should run in a window. Browse to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\LucasArts Entertainment Company\Outlaws\v1.0\ and double click on the string value called "Version" in the right-hand panel.
4. In the Edit String window that appears, make sure the value data is 2.0. If it says 1.1, change it to 2.0 and click the OK button.
5. Right-click on the "Outlaws" key in the left-hand panel (under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\LucasArts Entertainment Company) and choose New > Key from the popup menu. Name the key "v2.0" without the quotes.
6. Run the 2.01 patch.
7. If it installs, try logging on to the Zone.

The Elite Homepage Shockingly gorgeous graphics by Savior and very solid layout by Notorious make for one dandy of a nice lookin' site. Not much here yet aside from the eye-candy, but the menu indicates plans in the works.

Just read this at the Dark Jedi's "general discussion area" msg board:
" Just Got Indy... And it looks like the license agreement doesn't allow anykind of addons whatsoever. And I quote "You may not: ... (2) modify or prepare derivative workds of the software; ... (5) design or distribute unauthorized levels; or (6) reverse engineer, decompile or dissasemble the Software."
So much of new Indy levels :-(
Time to play :-) "
That was from some guy called Blue Ghost
Looks like LEC are shooting themselves in the foot again. I've always said the main reason that outlaws is still played is becaise of the new levels and level maker. Most other compaines know this and actually provide a level editor with the game. I don't know how they can survive with such restrictive policies, that star war's name must be worth a hell of a lot.

	SyN Homepage Uh, there's a nice graphic of Batman crashing through a flaming window and that's pretty much it. Webmaster essix promises more Syndicate posse stuff to come shortly.
	Mista Man's Cavern Fast, easy to read, news, some maps, top players lists and so forth.
	Zone Players Database Beginning of an ambitious site by Doc which aims to form the definitive list of all Outlaws Zone players and posses through an interface ripped straight from Microsoft's Internet Gaming Zone.

    I have another innovation, howsomever, it looks so natural, ya may not be able to even see it. Hehe, two questions: What makes this screenshot unique, and if ya get that one, how the heck did I do it.
    No it isn't the smoke, that's old news.
    By the by, I dumped the cabin up top. It's now a clearing in the woods with a couple of rocks to hide behind. I figgered that any idjit would try to live closer to the water, and that's a mean hill to be luggin a bucket around. I just made a separate cleft cave that had been modified with a wall to keep out the chill. There's a natural chimney in there.
    Anyway, who's got the good eyes. :-)

Danger's Outlaws Page Much of th' layout of this here page reminds me a lot of a certain other Outlaws site but I think there's just about enough new stuff here to get away with it. A very complete site featuring, among other things, files, level reviews, a posse name list, strategy tips and tricks (har), an image gallery, message boards and a LawMaker section.

a few of us Oklahoma boys are gonna meet up in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma this saturday at Fred's Code West club/bar, just wonderin if ya might mention it on you site, maybe some other folks might wanna show up too you can put my email [removed] for anyone with questions

CB4 Very stylish (big) graphics, absolutely no content as far as I can see. Uh.

ANV Spidey A site providing new textures, props and such for LawMakers, not to mention tips and support files, is a great idea. Only a small handful of textures in the correct format to download at the moment, hopefully this will change as Spidey continues his efforts on the site.

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The Elite League Quick loading, easy to navigate 1 on 1 ladder site. Not a whole lot here as yet but webmaster Trooper promises daily updates to keep the ladder action fresh.