yes, but this third-party tool will be illegal and thus not on the steam listings. Having to break down a game and lose connection to the regular servers JUST to run mods is a bit over the top.
not to mention steam will probably lock you out if they find out.
btw, such maps are possible for certain games, like older RTS'. The maps in newer games just call up things from other files.
command and conquer never had any real mods; often it was replacing current units with different graphics, tweaking statistics, etc. Maps got changed tough. In a 3D shooter, you need new animations, skins, 3D models,... for a mod. It's a whole different thing.
slight "feature" you don't note: when MS releases a new version, you need to buy it or you won't be able to open the new version either. So in effect, you keep paying over and over for the exact same thing.
1: if you want to re-sell the game, this is indeed not possible, and it sucks. If you have an old game then there will be cracks and fixes. If the company stopped offering support or went bankrupt then you have every right to circumvent their DRM.
Who said windows? WINE plays a lot of games fine. And with desktop virtualization, you just need to have your old copy of windows around and load it up inside your actual OS. The virtualization gets rid of OS updates, malware, driver bugs and stuff too.
2: go buy a pc for $300, set it up, and install crysis. If you're an idiot and set the graphical options to maximum, then yes, it doesn't work. Then again you can just make it go down and have the game fully functional. This way you will be able to play the game again later with a completely different experience, thus making replayability.
3: Bullshit. I have a motherboard with a decent integrated audio card. I have a non-integrated graphics card. I can do whatever i want - try composing or editing music on a console. Try making 3D models on a console. Yes, PC's are general purpouse. But they are simply better for the things consoles can, because you can upgrade later. If you run an xbox game on an xbox360, can/does anything change? Nope. It does if you always use low-cost hardware for PC's.
who would suffer more? Obviously microsoft.
The EU may have it hard, but they don't lose income.
Microsoft on the other hand, loses a serious part of its market. Either they will have to charge the others more or go and use their cash reserves - neither of wich is a good thing to them.
perhaps these prices are so low, but that's America. Over here in europe, we are forced to cash out 60+ euros if you want to buy a brand new game. Oh and one year later, the price will still be the same.
over here, steam just sin't a viable solution. You can get a game for €10 in a retail shop, but on steam it'll still cost you €50 or more.
the ribbon interface was a major hit for ms office, i think. It's the thing that made me switch...
I've used the ribbon interface, and it's crap. Give the menu's that don't hide all the features behind unecessary bling, and you've got a good program.
Well then, a remote can usually be found for a decent price. If you want something good, turn to logetech, they always work with apple. They're a bit expensive tough.
you can connect a mouse, yes. Then you can go look for a surface to put it on. Consoles are nearly always hooked up to TV's, so it often won't work.
Other then that, pc games have something called an options menu. It lets you choose resolution and how much details you want to see.
As a last resort, there is of course the possibility of a small upgrade, with graphics cards these days being good enough for a low price. 50$ should get a good enough graphics card. Eve just doesn't require much.
Oh really? I think a simple alt-tab would do better, without paying for a console. If you can't/don't want to do that, get a second monitor and run both games windowed. Problem solved for under 100$ or free if you already have 2 monitors.
A console is not even equipped for decent FPS games. Nothing beats the accuracy of a good gaming mouse, and even if you buy some cheap-ass mouse you'll still be more accurate then a little thumbstick.
"rapidly" is not exactly a precise amount. What if they mean 10 dB every 10 meters?
Also, this device is made for crowd control. Sooner or later it will get used at close range, either by accident or because some idiot tought it was a good idea.
i only recently bought halo 1 for pc (i ran a pirate version before that) and i had to pay â15. Halo for pc was released in what, 2002? 7 years, still not â5.
huh? Over here, it doesn't matter what you buy it for - the biggest price difference i've seen lately is â5, and that was in favour of the consoles rather then pc.
the average, casual gamer can run a new game on an older computer, except it won't have as much bling to it. Console has no settings at all, but what they produce is often less then what a high-end pc shows on the screen.
Now if only microsoft and others stopped forcing people to buy their other products, then a lot of the reasons to have an xbox 360 would vanish. If they where properly implemented on pc, a 5 year old pc should run it, albeit at low settings. As for sp3, the usual reason is staying away from the RROD or getting one of the few ps3-only titles.
-software such as? If the ISP has buggy linux software, just run the windows version in wine. There, fixed.
-web accelerator software... again, use wine.
-internet explorer is downright a terribly unsafe browser, that's why it isn't ported. It would work udner wine, but it's better to just use firefox or another linux-ported browser.
-open vlc, view, playlist. Drag your songs in there, then start playing
-that's because of the emulating software, not linux. Either ask the developers to fix it or choose another emulator. This has nothing to do with ubuntu.
-alt+click , then drag the screen.
You seriously weren't actually trying ubuntu. Failing to even google for what isn't working clearly shows that. Sure, the resolution problem is a bit more irritating then others. All the other are either bad software, especially internet explorer, or the fact you don't know how to run the software (vlc)
If you are going to be modded troll, then you deserve it. At the very least use google to solve basic problems.
They are lies. This is the first article i've ever seen that points to failrues of a ps3. Compared to the ridicilous amount of people who have had RROD, i think a former microsoft employee has no reason to start pointing at sony and say their product is unreliable.
ugh, what's up with the slashdot posts lately? I some white lines to make things more readible, and it gets posted as wall of text...
everything before the "-- Sorry" is a quote.
Sorry, Linux fanboys are so smug about Linux security it's hard not to throw it back at them when they are wrong
--
Sorry, but since this is the very first linux botnet opposed to the millionth windows botnet, the fanboys have a point
Having a big botnet on linux would require a lot of work to get past the built-in security by the OS, then add in compatability for all the different distro's...
I'd say the fanboys aren't completely right but they're a lot more right then wrong.
Heh, this is just bullshit. the protection will never be strong enough to make it "not worthwhile". The only way to do that would be making it unbreakable, wich is impossible. It only takes ONE person to break the DRM and give pirates free copies.
Your example of xbox live is a poor one. the whole xbox OS is DRM. If microsoft wasn't locking down every single part of the console, pirates would be all over it. The big difference is that MS' DRM doesn't ruin the game in any way. You want to play offline? Go ahead. You want to play the game you bought from a developer that is now bankrupt? You can.
If the xbox OS ever gets seriously broken, MS will have to start all over. This one security is just too big to crack, and it doesn't matter if you crack it - it's not in your way.
DRM can be neutral. Locking people out of games they paid for isn't. Requiring a connection to play offline isn't. As long as DRM keeps locking out paying users, all that will happen is an increase in piracy.
Oh, and as a last note, you say our theories are unproven. Are yours proven? piracy has only gone up since DRM. You do not have even the slightest hint of evidence yourself.
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Out of curiousity, what version of ubuntu was this? I've only been following the releases since 7.10.
yes, but this third-party tool will be illegal and thus not on the steam listings. Having to break down a game and lose connection to the regular servers JUST to run mods is a bit over the top.
not to mention steam will probably lock you out if they find out.
btw, such maps are possible for certain games, like older RTS'. The maps in newer games just call up things from other files.
command and conquer never had any real mods; often it was replacing current units with different graphics, tweaking statistics, etc. Maps got changed tough. In a 3D shooter, you need new animations, skins, 3D models, ... for a mod. It's a whole different thing.
the servers load the map and distribute as needed. It allows people without a specific mod to get the map and play.
slight "feature" you don't note: when MS releases a new version, you need to buy it or you won't be able to open the new version either. So in effect, you keep paying over and over for the exact same thing.
1: if you want to re-sell the game, this is indeed not possible, and it sucks. If you have an old game then there will be cracks and fixes. If the company stopped offering support or went bankrupt then you have every right to circumvent their DRM. Who said windows? WINE plays a lot of games fine. And with desktop virtualization, you just need to have your old copy of windows around and load it up inside your actual OS. The virtualization gets rid of OS updates, malware, driver bugs and stuff too. 2: go buy a pc for $300, set it up, and install crysis. If you're an idiot and set the graphical options to maximum, then yes, it doesn't work. Then again you can just make it go down and have the game fully functional. This way you will be able to play the game again later with a completely different experience, thus making replayability. 3: Bullshit. I have a motherboard with a decent integrated audio card. I have a non-integrated graphics card. I can do whatever i want - try composing or editing music on a console. Try making 3D models on a console. Yes, PC's are general purpouse. But they are simply better for the things consoles can, because you can upgrade later. If you run an xbox game on an xbox360, can/does anything change? Nope. It does if you always use low-cost hardware for PC's.
who would suffer more? Obviously microsoft. The EU may have it hard, but they don't lose income.
Microsoft on the other hand, loses a serious part of its market. Either they will have to charge the others more or go and use their cash reserves - neither of wich is a good thing to them.
If it's UK only, then it still isn't worth much - it just means america AND uk have an online shop with good prices.
considering all the sale blastst they get when they do a weekend sale, i really wonder why they don't lower the price of older games.
perhaps these prices are so low, but that's America. Over here in europe, we are forced to cash out 60+ euros if you want to buy a brand new game. Oh and one year later, the price will still be the same.
over here, steam just sin't a viable solution. You can get a game for €10 in a retail shop, but on steam it'll still cost you €50 or more.
the ribbon interface was a major hit for ms office, i think. It's the thing that made me switch...
I've used the ribbon interface, and it's crap. Give the menu's that don't hide all the features behind unecessary bling, and you've got a good program.
Well then, a remote can usually be found for a decent price. If you want something good, turn to logetech, they always work with apple. They're a bit expensive tough.
you can connect a mouse, yes. Then you can go look for a surface to put it on. Consoles are nearly always hooked up to TV's, so it often won't work.
Other then that, pc games have something called an options menu. It lets you choose resolution and how much details you want to see.
As a last resort, there is of course the possibility of a small upgrade, with graphics cards these days being good enough for a low price. 50$ should get a good enough graphics card. Eve just doesn't require much.
Oh really? I think a simple alt-tab would do better, without paying for a console. If you can't/don't want to do that, get a second monitor and run both games windowed. Problem solved for under 100$ or free if you already have 2 monitors.
A console is not even equipped for decent FPS games. Nothing beats the accuracy of a good gaming mouse, and even if you buy some cheap-ass mouse you'll still be more accurate then a little thumbstick.
"rapidly" is not exactly a precise amount. What if they mean 10 dB every 10 meters? Also, this device is made for crowd control. Sooner or later it will get used at close range, either by accident or because some idiot tought it was a good idea.
only 150 dB? that's plenty to cause irreversable damage.
i only recently bought halo 1 for pc (i ran a pirate version before that) and i had to pay â15. Halo for pc was released in what, 2002? 7 years, still not â5.
huh? Over here, it doesn't matter what you buy it for - the biggest price difference i've seen lately is â5, and that was in favour of the consoles rather then pc.
the average, casual gamer can run a new game on an older computer, except it won't have as much bling to it. Console has no settings at all, but what they produce is often less then what a high-end pc shows on the screen.
Now if only microsoft and others stopped forcing people to buy their other products, then a lot of the reasons to have an xbox 360 would vanish. If they where properly implemented on pc, a 5 year old pc should run it, albeit at low settings. As for sp3, the usual reason is staying away from the RROD or getting one of the few ps3-only titles.
Actually, it didn't break.... it fell out,but i guess the water broke its fall. Who knows what made it so weak against pressure.
-software such as? If the ISP has buggy linux software, just run the windows version in wine. There, fixed. -web accelerator software... again, use wine. -internet explorer is downright a terribly unsafe browser, that's why it isn't ported. It would work udner wine, but it's better to just use firefox or another linux-ported browser. -open vlc, view, playlist. Drag your songs in there, then start playing -that's because of the emulating software, not linux. Either ask the developers to fix it or choose another emulator. This has nothing to do with ubuntu. -alt+click , then drag the screen. You seriously weren't actually trying ubuntu. Failing to even google for what isn't working clearly shows that. Sure, the resolution problem is a bit more irritating then others. All the other are either bad software, especially internet explorer, or the fact you don't know how to run the software (vlc) If you are going to be modded troll, then you deserve it. At the very least use google to solve basic problems.
They are lies. This is the first article i've ever seen that points to failrues of a ps3. Compared to the ridicilous amount of people who have had RROD, i think a former microsoft employee has no reason to start pointing at sony and say their product is unreliable.
ugh, what's up with the slashdot posts lately? I some white lines to make things more readible, and it gets posted as wall of text... everything before the "-- Sorry" is a quote.
Sorry, Linux fanboys are so smug about Linux security it's hard not to throw it back at them when they are wrong -- Sorry, but since this is the very first linux botnet opposed to the millionth windows botnet, the fanboys have a point Having a big botnet on linux would require a lot of work to get past the built-in security by the OS, then add in compatability for all the different distro's... I'd say the fanboys aren't completely right but they're a lot more right then wrong.
Heh, this is just bullshit. the protection will never be strong enough to make it "not worthwhile". The only way to do that would be making it unbreakable, wich is impossible. It only takes ONE person to break the DRM and give pirates free copies. Your example of xbox live is a poor one. the whole xbox OS is DRM. If microsoft wasn't locking down every single part of the console, pirates would be all over it. The big difference is that MS' DRM doesn't ruin the game in any way. You want to play offline? Go ahead. You want to play the game you bought from a developer that is now bankrupt? You can. If the xbox OS ever gets seriously broken, MS will have to start all over. This one security is just too big to crack, and it doesn't matter if you crack it - it's not in your way. DRM can be neutral. Locking people out of games they paid for isn't. Requiring a connection to play offline isn't. As long as DRM keeps locking out paying users, all that will happen is an increase in piracy. Oh, and as a last note, you say our theories are unproven. Are yours proven? piracy has only gone up since DRM. You do not have even the slightest hint of evidence yourself.
actually, the cry engine has good physics too. It originally came from FPS titles, the MMORPG part is only an add-on to the actual engine.