zombiefan wrote on Aug 3, 2012, 23:28:
The problem with VR setups like this is until you get some sort of unidirectional walking surface under your feet, the level of "reality" you feel will still be diminished. I know because I went through this when I bought my VFX-1 helmet. Even playing in a standing position and using a peripheral to control movement is still wonky and doesn't lend itself to the experience. It doesn't matter how good the headtracking, graphics or 3D effects are, nor how much they increase your field of vision. It won't lend itself well to FPS's, etc, simply because your brain knows you aren't moving.

Now, where this product WILL do better is in games where the character is still and the world moves around you. In other words, flight and driving simulators. Being able to look around a virtual cockpit, glancing into your rear view and side view mirrors, etc. Unfortunately there will still be the lack of g-forces affecting your body, but the effect won't be nearly as pronounced as the movement problems in a FPS. Unless of course you've got your chair sitting in the center of a gyroscope, like a mini version of Star Tours or any similar motion rides. I found where the effect was the most pronounced was when I stood next to the edge of a cliff or chasm and peered over the side, as well as looking down out of the cockpit as you banked left or right. The you *really* felt it.

So ultimately this will still be a gimmick. A pretty gimmick, but a gimmick nonetheless.

Matshock wrote on Aug 2, 2012, 21:08:
They keep leaving out what version of DirectX they're referencing. DX9 vs. today's OGL?

Journalism- making people with marketing degrees look smart.

Anonymous wrote on Aug 2, 2012, 09:25:
Maybe this time their PC port won't fucking require the textures to be stored in the video card's memory. I disabled that shit and set it on full and, despite the shitty performance pre-Nvidia patch, it ran exactly the fucking same with full detail.

Fucking schmucks.

InBlack wrote on Aug 2, 2012, 09:59:

Dev wrote on Aug 1, 2012, 23:57:
And as usual, it will be consoles first, or only, and PCs to follow a year later if we are lucky. And never if we aren't.

My bet is on never.

Silicon Avatar wrote on Jul 31, 2012, 12:45:
Eh, he does have a point, sort of.

Look at it this way:

Valve is scared of the MS app store that's going to be built into Win 8. They're scared that eventually Steam will be made inconvenient or get locked out somehow. Win 8 is closed source and Valve can't change the OS so they move to Linux. On top of Linux they launch a ton of closed source games, perpetuating the problem they ran from (inability to change source code) on an OS that was built to avoid that very thing.

Stallman might sound crazy and look weird but he has a point.

Valve should give something significant back if they're going to build on top of open source software.

^Drag0n^ wrote on Jul 31, 2012, 18:13:
Freedom isn't free (TM)

Creston wrote on Jul 30, 2012, 17:12:

jacobvandy wrote on Jul 30, 2012, 14:45:

Creston wrote on Jul 30, 2012, 14:36:
What's really baffling is that people apparently said "Yes, that sounds like a GREAT IDEA!" when uplay asked if it could install plugins in their browsers...

Users mindlessly clicking "yes" is the number one reason why PCs are so horribly infected with all kinds of shit.

Creston

Unfortunately, when Steam does the 'first time setup' installation of whatever various runtimes and add-on apps the publisher wants the player to have, it's almost always done in the background with no dialog windows at all...

Admittedly, the only game I ever had that installed Uplay was the latest Assassin's Creed, and I got that outside of Steam. And it simply asked me "Do you want to install our wonderful Uplay add-ins for your browser? It will let you do really awesome stuff, like... ehm... well... erm, really AMAZING STUFF!!!!"

I guess I didn't think about Steam just forcing that shit straight onto your computer. THANKS STEAM!

Creston

Verno wrote on Jul 27, 2012, 14:03:
I'm all about discussing the positives and negatives of these companies but you guys are kinda going nuts in this thread

rkone wrote on Jul 25, 2012, 17:14:
Also - of course he's going to say it's a catastrophe, it's competition! It's not like he's going to tell everyone to stop bothering with steam now...

Axis wrote on Jul 25, 2012, 17:10:
I got news for you, even though most don't want to hear it and will fanboy flame to high heaven...

The last "Great" OS from Microsoft was and still is XP.

necrosis wrote on Jul 24, 2012, 11:13:
Einstein, 57 years after his death and we are still proving his theories correct.

Ray Marden wrote on Jul 22, 2012, 11:08:
I think Micro$oft has a bad patch policy, but Fish knew what he was getting into. It is his company's fault that the game has some significant bugs, including wiping out everything a player has put into the game, and he has made money from releasing the game. On top of that, he is talking about releasing on other platforms - about making further money - and his answer is "f*ck off" to the gamers negatively impacted by his company's programming faults?

It is not that they cannot resolve the issue, it is not that they do not have the money to do so, it is not that they can give guidance to people on how to avoid it or use a workaround - his answer is simply that it is not worth it to him to patch it.

And what if his game needs another patch? Or there were bigger issues? A larger player base was affected? Just screw those people, too?
Creating, hyping, and selling a game have expectation repercussions.
Thinking issues with Micro$oft are not grounds for destroying saves,
Ray

Dev wrote on Jul 22, 2012, 15:51:
He should STFU about it if its going to go to court. That last line is just giving ammo to his opponent.

DangerDog wrote on Jul 17, 2012, 18:19:

MajorD wrote on Jul 17, 2012, 11:25:
Thank God for Indies!

I'm still waiting on that indie developed multiplayer FPS game that can be officially called a "Battlefield Killer".

or a commercial AAA game for that mater.

SpectralMeat wrote on Jul 17, 2012, 12:22:

MajorD wrote on Jul 17, 2012, 11:25:
Thank God for Indies!

Exactly!