Posts by Thrik

The graphics discussion is potentially endless, but in my opinion once you become accustomed to a certain level of graphics it's difficult to be easily immersed in something that falls short. It's like when you watch a film and the CGI is a bit passé, or you play a game that you missed from the last generation (or two).

I mean, if gameplay were the only factor why bother making assets better than PlayStation 2 levels, right? Obviously such a step back would be widely considered unacceptable — but the same exists on a more micro scale too.

Of course, I did say that I like the visuals.

I've updated the configuration of buttons for all screen sizes now. It's no longer possible to fit any more on without some proper messing around, so BBCode will be needed for additional functionality. To fit the font formatting onto tablet-size, I've had to take away the (very rarely used) alignment options.

Oh, you're seeing the tablet version of the editor @jackophant. When the page loads, the editor buttons available is determined by the screen size (i.e. mobile, tablet, desktop). This is so that the buttons actually fit, although it does look like there is a bit more room available on tablet sizes.

If you were to make your browser window wider and refresh it'd most likely show them all, but I can probably fit the buttons in so I'll do that. There is no longer a code view though, BBCode is just entered directly into the regular editor.

@Vaya the button to the right of bold/italic/underline/strike clears formatting.

Sorry I don't follow, what aren't you seeing? Can you screenshot it?

BBCode should still be accepted and converted to formatting upon submission.

Nice! knj is the best.

I'm pleased to present our latest article, an in-depth making-of piece by Rick_D that dives into the development of Agency — specifically, the splendid art he produced for the map that has now been featured in three official Valve 'Operation' map packs. Hopefully this will provide some inspiration for those of you participating in our CS:GO mapping contest!

Check it out!

I'll admit that the visuals of Fallout 4 haven't blown me away, but they look nice. They're a lot nicer looking than Fallout 3, which I thought looked pretty sparse and just generally weak to be honest, even when it came out. I'm also happy to see more colour injected into proceedings — a guess taking a cue from Rage — because its predecessor was so dreary and washed out.

Quote from dux

You're a fucking idiot if you pre order.

But how else will I get the exclusive post-apocalyptic c**k ring?

lmao. Thanks guys.

Yes, from the Half-Life contest.

Haha, awesome. May they bring you years of joy.

The hype about this game is remarkable, I don't know if I can do it to myself to purchase what I assume will be a borderline endless game. The last game like it I played was Skyrim, and admittedly after 30 hours or so I started to get really bored because the stuff I was doing just wasn't that compelling — things eventually started to feel quite formulaic and I was really powerful so I felt little need to progress. Wondering how TW3 compares for someone who kind of loves the idea of RPGs but rarely gets that into them.

Quote from dux

What time?

About now. I thought that was in the original post all along :cool:

lol. FYI we have an arrangement to do the announcement at a certain time, we're not holding out to break keyboards. :sad:

We were only going to announce that it's my birthday on Wednesday, but I guess now we're going to need to think of something more interesting... :oops:

At this rate I think people are expecting Half-Life 3 or something, jesus guys. D:

Oh crap, we were meant to announce today?

...right, I need to get some more money.

Jesus, that is some seriously tough month! Being able to remain positive is a true testament to the strength of your will, haha. An excellent opportunity to get through some TV series I guess.