give it time... Halo PC comes out on weds Oct 1st (or Sept 30th in some places) and it looks to be killer. there are a LOT of people who have a sneaky suspicion that Halo is going to overtake CS after given some time... I'd suspect as much after reading some of the previews i've read about it...
we shall see...
well, i do understand. but there's also that they general performance increase of a brand new CPU design from AMD is not that impressive. true it's good but it's not stellar. I know there were problems w/ the Winxp 64bit stuff, but the 32bit stuff wasnt something to write home about and it's supposed to be equally good at both...:-/
this is kinda a letdown. everyone hoped this thing would kick butt and it barely compares to a lot of stuff. their own old CPU model beats it in some tests... kinda reminds me of the early p4's being outrun by some of the older p3's... im a diehard AMD fan but im starting to worry for AMD.
I've been using php for about a year to do scripting at work. It's familiar feel and ease of use make it a perfect candidate IMO. True it's not the fastest language out there, but it IS powerful and very easy to code (again, IMO).
I've also done a lot of web programming w/ PHP as well (www.gamerznet.com for one), and i find it WONDERFUL for web work. i've tried everything from shtml to C++ coded binaries for web stuff and havent found a lanuage for it yet that i like more than php...
Why does this remind me of SCO. Announce what you will, say what you must, and stick to it or no one will take you seriously. I have no problem for the most part with what Microsoft produces in the way of software (aside from the fact i would never use a MS server over a Linux Server.....duh), but i DO have a problem with their flakey business ethics...
If you're going to go for something GO FOR IT for the love of pete. Changing your mind makes ya look like an idiot.
heh, their engines were only awesome on the surface... Their latest graphics engine doesnt even use most of the DX8 features. UT2k3 and U2 were nothing but beefed up DX7 engines. There were some DX8 features but a pathetic few of them there were...
can i have some pixel shaded water please? no...instead we'll throw a texture on the top of it and turn the alpha way down....hopefully no one will notice...
the games were two of the biggest disappointments ever IMHO. and Tac Ops? it was nothing but a cheap rip off of CS. any CD player who's played Tac Ops will tell you that...
Ah, thats what i was thinking people were saying. it's really hard to say at this point whether or not it will make it... MMO games are ALWAYS a huge risk... the problem is 'what if there aren't enough players to keep up with the cost of running the servers?" then they close it down and EVERYONE loses...
wouldnt it have been better to use a "websense" type program to do this blocking? or maybe a decent algorythm that could root out words and such and block it. blocking by IP is quite frankly a dumb way to do it...
I would say that this is a really dumb idea on the part of SOE... With the player population as small as it is compared to what was expected, the last thing they need to do is block any possible curious people from getting questions answered about the game...
When Unreal 2 came out I was pretty torn about whether or not to buy it after hearing mixed reviews. The members of the infogrames (now atari) forums convinced me it would be worth my money. (truth is, i only moderatley enjoyed the game though...) This is not the only case of a forums encouraging me choice of a game in the past.
By blocking a lot of the perspective customers, they're really doing themselves harm rather than good... i'm not sure what they think this do...
uhm, splinter cell is out for PC... apparently you COULD see a game with that good lighting... I've played it on both, and it's only decent on PC and laughable in the big scheme of things on an XBOX... HALO-2 isnt out yet and all you've seen are some escreenshots which ALWAYS look better than any finished product on the XBOX. When HaloPC comes out then people can talk about halo = good graphics...
the XBOX's graphics are HIGHLY inferior to the PC's graphics. I'll challenge any claim to the opposite. every thing in the xbox is about 3 years old now. give or take...
i'd have to disagree. if you look at the hardware in the XBOX and then look at the cisual quality, the xbox is the most misplaced graphics power ever. that thing should be able to do WAY better than it does... I've been far more impressed by the PS2 graphics and GC graphics than i have by the XBOX graphics...
i remember when the XBOX came out everyone was saying how the games with the really good graphics would be out soon... sorry havent seen one yet... and don't cry halo. that game looks like butt...(IMO)
man, 60 million units is a LOT of consoles. given the choice of all that's out i would most likely go for the PS2... im not a big fan of consoles in general though.
that new infinium labs "phantom" looks to be a killer./. has a lot of mentions of it as i recall. do a search. should be the first console ever that's truely upgradable.... not to mention it comes with not too shabby hardware. makes the xbox look like a toaster...
but back on topic, i wonder what a pile of 60 million consoles would look like....
heh Linus himself said in his interview that he knows the guy who coded most of the SMP stuff... IMO this whole SCO thing has scam written all over it. The uppers in the company are selling off stock like crazy. What does that say to you?
Question: If someone does compile in SMP support because they're not using it, how does sco have anything against them?
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give it time... Halo PC comes out on weds Oct 1st (or Sept 30th in some places) and it looks to be killer. there are a LOT of people who have a sneaky suspicion that Halo is going to overtake CS after given some time... I'd suspect as much after reading some of the previews i've read about it... we shall see...
well, i do understand. but there's also that they general performance increase of a brand new CPU design from AMD is not that impressive. true it's good but it's not stellar. I know there were problems w/ the Winxp 64bit stuff, but the 32bit stuff wasnt something to write home about and it's supposed to be equally good at both... :-/
this is kinda a letdown. everyone hoped this thing would kick butt and it barely compares to a lot of stuff. their own old CPU model beats it in some tests... kinda reminds me of the early p4's being outrun by some of the older p3's... im a diehard AMD fan but im starting to worry for AMD.
why instead of saying "press any key" didnt they just say "press space bar" or "press enter/return" i mean it's still "any" key...
I've been using php for about a year to do scripting at work. It's familiar feel and ease of use make it a perfect candidate IMO. True it's not the fastest language out there, but it IS powerful and very easy to code (again, IMO).
I've also done a lot of web programming w/ PHP as well (www.gamerznet.com for one), and i find it WONDERFUL for web work. i've tried everything from shtml to C++ coded binaries for web stuff and havent found a lanuage for it yet that i like more than php...
Why does this remind me of SCO. Announce what you will, say what you must, and stick to it or no one will take you seriously. I have no problem for the most part with what Microsoft produces in the way of software (aside from the fact i would never use a MS server over a Linux Server.....duh), but i DO have a problem with their flakey business ethics...
If you're going to go for something GO FOR IT for the love of pete. Changing your mind makes ya look like an idiot.
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CD = CS. didnt notice my typo
heh, their engines were only awesome on the surface... Their latest graphics engine doesnt even use most of the DX8 features. UT2k3 and U2 were nothing but beefed up DX7 engines. There were some DX8 features but a pathetic few of them there were... can i have some pixel shaded water please? no...instead we'll throw a texture on the top of it and turn the alpha way down....hopefully no one will notice... the games were two of the biggest disappointments ever IMHO. and Tac Ops? it was nothing but a cheap rip off of CS. any CD player who's played Tac Ops will tell you that...
No, Atari is NOT epic games... Atari used to be called infogrames. They are nothing but publisher...and microsoft took over their gig...
Ah, thats what i was thinking people were saying. it's really hard to say at this point whether or not it will make it... MMO games are ALWAYS a huge risk... the problem is 'what if there aren't enough players to keep up with the cost of running the servers?" then they close it down and EVERYONE loses...
wouldnt it have been better to use a "websense" type program to do this blocking? or maybe a decent algorythm that could root out words and such and block it. blocking by IP is quite frankly a dumb way to do it...
really? i stand corrected then. from the early reviews it wasnt doing well. things to do change.
I would say that this is a really dumb idea on the part of SOE... With the player population as small as it is compared to what was expected, the last thing they need to do is block any possible curious people from getting questions answered about the game...
When Unreal 2 came out I was pretty torn about whether or not to buy it after hearing mixed reviews. The members of the infogrames (now atari) forums convinced me it would be worth my money. (truth is, i only moderatley enjoyed the game though...) This is not the only case of a forums encouraging me choice of a game in the past.
By blocking a lot of the perspective customers, they're really doing themselves harm rather than good... i'm not sure what they think this do...
agreed. every time i see a new PS2 game, it loosk better than anything else out for PS2.
i think the most under rated graphics were in the GC... Metroid prime was beautiful...
Well, shipped != sold to the STORES. shipped DOES = sold to Sony. they have the luxury of getting their $chaching$ up front
uhm, splinter cell is out for PC... apparently you COULD see a game with that good lighting... I've played it on both, and it's only decent on PC and laughable in the big scheme of things on an XBOX... HALO-2 isnt out yet and all you've seen are some escreenshots which ALWAYS look better than any finished product on the XBOX. When HaloPC comes out then people can talk about halo = good graphics... the XBOX's graphics are HIGHLY inferior to the PC's graphics. I'll challenge any claim to the opposite. every thing in the xbox is about 3 years old now. give or take...
i'd have to disagree. if you look at the hardware in the XBOX and then look at the cisual quality, the xbox is the most misplaced graphics power ever. that thing should be able to do WAY better than it does... I've been far more impressed by the PS2 graphics and GC graphics than i have by the XBOX graphics...
i remember when the XBOX came out everyone was saying how the games with the really good graphics would be out soon... sorry havent seen one yet... and don't cry halo. that game looks like butt...(IMO)
man, 60 million units is a LOT of consoles. given the choice of all that's out i would most likely go for the PS2... im not a big fan of consoles in general though.
/. has a lot of mentions of it as i recall. do a search. should be the first console ever that's truely upgradable.... not to mention it comes with not too shabby hardware. makes the xbox look like a toaster...
that new infinium labs "phantom" looks to be a killer.
but back on topic, i wonder what a pile of 60 million consoles would look like....
AHAHAHA, i almost peed my pants....
will PC and XBOX players be able to play together? I cant wait for the day when console players and PC players can play the same game together....
heh Linus himself said in his interview that he knows the guy who coded most of the SMP stuff... IMO this whole SCO thing has scam written all over it. The uppers in the company are selling off stock like crazy. What does that say to you? Question: If someone does compile in SMP support because they're not using it, how does sco have anything against them?
now THAT'S funny stuff :) props brutha
Teaching young people to lie, cheat and steal to get to the top of every ladder anywhere....and then get sued for it...
ah, reiserfs... i use it for everything. i would totally have to agree with you on that.
from what i hear though, database driven file systems are quite slow... can someone clarify that for me?
mars went out of business chain wide... if they suddenly had guitars i'd be a REALLY happy person right now.