Posts by Sentura

it's like maths, positive times positive gives negative...

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wait, no

st0lve is the master of bullshit when it comes too close to the fallout franchise. he apparently also mastered the art of predicting how a game will be before production has even begun. this guy is amazing. rly.

game journalists, lol.

it's true, rick has the most beautiful voice ever. nice chest, although i'd probably serve the lighting and sparks/whatever as sprites rather than attach them to the model

who dropped the bomb?

anyway, game sounds moderately interesting; it would be better if it was something original instead of x meets y, but i love diablo and mad max... so, how bad can it get?

awesome

periskillz

how long time did it take you?

back in the day when mapping for the hl1 engine was 'in', i used to create small singleplayer maps. these maps wouldnt have anything special in them really, maybe a small scripted sequence of a sci walking to a door and opening it, or the player having to get somewhere to make him do just that; usually accompanied with a small walk/climb/maze to get to said situation.

the thing back then was, that whenever i felt like putting something into shape, i'd replay these simple maps (no level interchange, manual changelevel; though the maps were continuations), and get just a little bit inspired as what to do and how to start a map. if you replay a large map or a chapter of some campaign in any game, it'll be too much building inspiration, but if you take a small map, nothing fancy, you'll get a kickstart on how to build stuff.

this also provides a perspective of how the player perceives the level. you'd be surprised how little the blocky parts mattered when the fun was there.

i've actually seen a mod recently employing a similar technique, where the maps and everything are blocky, but the gameplay/flow is so finely tuned it's still an amazing experience to play. this mod is called riot act, and it's on modDB. failing anything else, i suggest you at least play through that.

nice ones, both

although stepp i would reconsider the green color, it doesnt seem to be matching the plane

battlefield 2142... eagerly anticipating:

warhammer online

guild wars: eye of the north

black box? orange box? whatever the hell color box it is.

dear sirs

we are forgetting

i am still waiting for them to release service packs for vista so it'll actually be worth purchasing

looks good. if it was set in the middle ages and i didnt already ahve a project i'd probably have joined

excellent movie, by far one of the greatest of all times

common typo, the keys are like right next to each other joking aside, the gfx thing sounds good. i didnt realize nvidia was so pressed to release new stuff already - maybe one should consider getting a 9800 GTS instead... (note the irony - nvidia reusing ati's old ranks)

what topic said (obey the topic)

current rig:

AMD AthlonXP 3000+ (standard fan) 2.4 Ghz

ASUS motherboard (AGP), NVIDIA Nforce (1) chipset

SAPPHIRE RADEON X1950 PRO (512 MB)

CREATIVE SOUNDBLASTER AUDIGY

CORSAIR Value Select DDR (1792 MB)

XILENCE 800W PSU

Maxtor 40 GB/ 500 GB HDDs

Westen Digital 200 GB HDD

NEXA case by NZXT

cable galore

new rig (comin up this fall):

Intel C2D e6750 - 1333 Mhz FSB, 4 MB L2, 2.66 Ghz (will oc to 3.3 Ghz)

ASUS EXTREME STRIKER motherboard (passive cooling), NVIDIA Nforce 680i chipset

ASUS GEFORCE 8800 GTS, 640 MB

CREATIVE SOUNDBLASTER X-Fi FATAL1TY FPS

2x1 GB CORSAIR DOMINATOR XMS2 DDR2 PC2-6400

XILENCE 800W PSU

Maxtor 40 GB/ 500 GB HDDs

Westen Digital 200 GB HDD

NEXA case by NZXT

Total cost: <1000$

you could have gotten that system for about 50% of the price if you had gotten all the parts seperately and assembled it yourself...

also keep in mind that a 500w psu with that system will only hold up for so long, so you might have to replace it in a year or 18 months. i'd have gone for a 650w to be on the safe side.

i think comparing SC to thief and hitman is a weird thing to do: the goals in those games differ from the ones in splinter cell, and while you do sneak around in all of them, it is not possible to really compare gameplay/style in them to each other.

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bscly

nique les pinguins!