Because dwm is customized through editing its source code, it's pointless to make binary packages of it. This keeps its userbase small and elitist. No novices asking stupid questions.
Shouldn't even release it to the wild if they think like that.
You did know that the two biggest MMORPG's for consoles are PS2 games, FFXI and EQOA. I've played them both.
They both do what the PS2 is very very good at, streaming data on the fly. Why keep textures in RAM when you can just stream them from storage, in EQOA's case it's the DVD, which means it's hard on PS2 DVD drives, if you're about to get DRE's you'll notice it in EQOA before other games. It also means that unless you directly port to a different zone, say from Freeport to Qeynos, you won't see load screens. You can walk-swim from Fayspires to the Kappa Fortress on Odus and not see a single load screen because the world is seamless, which was something that EQ on the PC could not claim.
FFXI uses the hard drive.
Technological limitations aren't the issue at all, its probably more that most traditional MMORPG developers have no console experience at all. Blizzard, for example, hasn't done a console game themselves in years, idiots. MMORPG devs are also more likely to be "PC partisans" and thus less likely to even want to do a console game.
One of the reasons it's less popular is that all the RPG gamers are still playing games on their PS2's! There were PS2 RPGs released this year. All those PS2 RPG gamers are going to go PS3 (back compat versions) when they get around to releasing RPG's for it, because they can keep playing the HUGE PS2/PS1 RPG libraries.
Yes, the chat box was annoying. I set it up to use the smallest font size and to take as little space as possible. I also used the chat filters to only show what I needed to see. That made it usable for me. I sat close to my TV so having the chat size smaller wasn't a problem
[CronoCloud@midgar CronoCloud]$ cat/proc/cpuinfo cpu:MIPS cpu model R5900 V3.1 system type EE PS2 BogoMIPS 392.39 byteorder little endian unaligned accesses 1902 wait instruction no microsecond timers no extra interrupt vector yes hardware watchpoint no VCED exceptions not available VCEI exceptions not available
[CronoCloud@midgar CronoCloud]$ cat/etc/redhat-release PS2 Linux release 1.0
Not much, really. Yeah I know, I need a PS3 so I can install YDL on it.
You sir, are clueless. Why? Because you haven't been paying attention. Why do you think the PS2 has USB ports? To allow different kinds of input for different games, thats why. People have been plugging USB keyboards into the PS2's since 2001! Any console gamer who buys an MMORPG "knows" that they are going to want to hook up a keyboard for in-game chat.
Console gamers are not stupid. If a game works best with a dedicated controller, they will buy them. Like all those Playstation 1 gamers who bought Dual Shocks in 1998, or the PS2 gamers who bought headsets in 2002, or all those EQOA and FFXI players who either bought keyboards or used one they already had.
[blockquote]which either depend on wifi or need you to route yet more cable to your television area just for some of the games that you will use on your television[/blockquote]
What? Your cable modem isn't next to your TV? And even if you don't have ethernet right near your TV, WiFi is an obvious and easy solution.
[blockquote]modern consoles have plenty of cpu, agreed, but
- you definitely notice any lag if you can't write nonblocking network code - you need to actually use the threading cpu features to get the benefits - it's still not in keeping with many game developers to write multithreaded games - we can't limit ourselves to the huge megalith companies if we are discussing more more more variety[/blockquote]
You noticed that too? Also noticed the pause and what looks like a gulp/swallow just before he tells Luke that Vader killed his father. Like he knew what he was saying wasn't so, but was going to keep it from Luke as long as he could.
Consoles never took off in EU because of the import duties/taxes made them more expensive than those Sinclair Spectrum's you all used. It's why most of the Amiga games late in it's life were from Europe, because you all were still using them rather than switching to SNES's and Genesis machines.
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Shouldn't even release it to the wild if they think like that.
You did know that the two biggest MMORPG's for consoles are PS2 games, FFXI and EQOA. I've played them both.
They both do what the PS2 is very very good at, streaming data on the fly. Why keep textures in RAM when you can just stream them from storage, in EQOA's case it's the DVD, which means it's hard on PS2 DVD drives, if you're about to get DRE's you'll notice it in EQOA before other games. It also means that unless you directly port to a different zone, say from Freeport to Qeynos, you won't see load screens. You can walk-swim from Fayspires to the Kappa Fortress on Odus and not see a single load screen because the world is seamless, which was something that EQ on the PC could not claim.
FFXI uses the hard drive.
Technological limitations aren't the issue at all, its probably more that most traditional MMORPG developers have no console experience at all. Blizzard, for example, hasn't done a console game themselves in years, idiots. MMORPG devs are also more likely to be "PC partisans" and thus less likely to even want to do a console game.
One of the reasons it's less popular is that all the RPG gamers are still playing games on their PS2's! There were PS2 RPGs released this year. All those PS2 RPG gamers are going to go PS3 (back compat versions) when they get around to releasing RPG's for it, because they can keep playing the HUGE PS2/PS1 RPG libraries.
Yes, the chat box was annoying. I set it up to use the smallest font size and to take as little space as possible. I also used the chat filters to only show what I needed to see. That made it usable for me. I sat close to my TV so having the chat size smaller wasn't a problem
Not know many console gamers? There's plenty who will play some very very complex games for hours on end.
You did know that the two biggest console MMORPG's are both PS2 games? A console from the previous generation?
You sir, are clueless. Why? Because you haven't been paying attention. Why do you think the PS2 has USB ports? To allow different kinds of input for different games, thats why. People have been plugging USB keyboards into the PS2's since 2001! Any console gamer who buys an MMORPG "knows" that they are going to want to hook up a keyboard for in-game chat.
It truly is a non-issue.
[CronoCloud@midgar CronoCloud]$ cat /etc/redhat-release
/proc/bus/usb/device (edited)
:-) and with regular games that have keyboard support too.
PS2 Linux release 1.0
[CronoCloud@midgar CronoCloud]$ cat
S: Manufacturer=Mitsumi Electric
S: Product=Apple Extended USB Keyboard
They work fine.
Console gamers are not stupid. If a game works best with a dedicated controller, they will buy them. Like all those Playstation 1 gamers who bought Dual Shocks in 1998, or the PS2 gamers who bought headsets in 2002, or all those EQOA and FFXI players who either bought keyboards or used one they already had.
[blockquote]which either depend on wifi or need you to route yet more cable to your television area just for some of the games that you will use on your television[/blockquote]
What? Your cable modem isn't next to your TV? And even if you don't have ethernet right near your TV, WiFi is an obvious and easy solution.
[blockquote]modern consoles have plenty of cpu, agreed, but
- you definitely notice any lag if you can't write nonblocking network code
- you need to actually use the threading cpu features to get the benefits
- it's still not in keeping with many game developers to write multithreaded games
- we can't limit ourselves to the huge megalith companies if we are discussing more more more variety[/blockquote]
Oh Please, the CPU's are a non-issue.
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When I read "Belmont" I thought: "They're previewing a new Castlevania character in the Qore package?"
You can actually download Symphony of the Night and Wild Arms on the Playstation Network. The games work on either the PS3 or PSP.
You noticed that too? Also noticed the pause and what looks like a gulp/swallow just before he tells Luke that Vader killed his father. Like he knew what he was saying wasn't so, but was going to keep it from Luke as long as he could.
Next thing you'll say is that you're a sysadmin who "doesn't" play Nethack
What's the world coming to, "when the world is mine, your death will be quick and painless."
Doesn't everyone?
You should be using vim.
Don't forget gsview.
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Some of the very very cheap entry level HP printers don't speak PCL. Have a PSC 1315 that doesn't, so you HAVE to install the HP crap....Bastards,
Have you tried xpdf for windows?
http://www.foolabs.com/xpdf/
Or Ghostscript + GSview for Windows?
http://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/gsview/
And you can install Linux on them too. Insert Beowulf cluster joke here--->
Consoles never took off in EU because of the import duties/taxes made them more expensive than those Sinclair Spectrum's you all used. It's why most of the Amiga games late in it's life were from Europe, because you all were still using them rather than switching to SNES's and Genesis machines.