There most certianly is a playable version... it's the E3 demo. There screens floating all over the net'.
But yeah, sorry about that. I jumped to some conclusions there. Guess I'm kind of unhappy that the game I was looking forward to for 5 years was delayed 6 months;P.
I agree; it is definately a bad port. When you release a game, you want it to (yes of course) have some new functions when better hardware comes out, but you don't want to have to force people to use the latest hardware to gain 50+ fps. That's just insane; and a waste of money.
I'm regretting that I've ever bought it now. To me, it looks almost the same as it does on the Xbox -- with really crappy FPS. Halo is a great game, I've always loved it, but I wish it ran better.
The X-box had an "advance" gpu like... 3 years ago? Equivalient to a GF3/GF4
Try using the beta Nvidia drivers (52.13) you can download them off my website (http://download.flipsidesoftware.com/) and make sure that you aren't using PS2.0 because Nvidia cards are seemingly having a problem with such. (first I would try to use it with the 52.13s, and then turn off PS2.0)
Parameters:
PS1.1 -use11
PS1.4 -use14
PS2.0 -use20
The equivalient of a Geforce3 am I not correct? (XBOX chip that is). You're trying to compare a Geforce3/Geforce4 chipset running on what is similar to a DX8 app to a GeforceFX running DX9 ps2.0 (which has shown to have problems).
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I loved the original; one of the first singleplayer games I've actually spent my hard earned money on. (I'm not one for buying singleplayer games; usually get them from friends after they're done with them).
I was moreso talking about network and server software than basic office software. To me, once you learn how to use Word, you can use any office application out there... atleast that's what I believe; but expect the worse.
Well; I don't think Microsoft needs to worry about customers; or else they would be doing this would they? Apparently they believe that they have enough customers that will pay out of their wallet rather than change over to another system.
Fact is, more people would pay more for something they know how to use than pay less for something they've never used before.
This is very true. Although... they probably used it in the first place because they aren't hiring people who know *nix;)... also will need to look at sending their ITs to training and stuff.
Starcraft has always been big overseas; I believe that it would be bigger here if people actually held tournaments for SC (or RTS in general).
I'd like to see a C&C:Generals compeition, I've played that game when it first came out... loved it. Just didn't have the $ to spend on it at the time. Going to pick it up from the ebx later this week.
Well; apparently the courts don't care about that. They find that the big RIAA has some means of finding out the users names, ISPs, etc; and they don't ask how they did it.
I just feel bad for VALVe in general, this was a poor hit for something they've been working on so long; although besides losing corporate secrets, there's nothing much that you can do with this source code if you think about it.
The only people it will help will be authors of modifications who can get a little head-up on how the programming style will go with the HL2 SDK. Steam is pretty much worthless now; atleast until they fix the network. The source code is out and about, someone is bound to find a hole.
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There most certianly is a playable version... it's the E3 demo. There screens floating all over the net'. ;P.
But yeah, sorry about that. I jumped to some conclusions there. Guess I'm kind of unhappy that the game I was looking forward to for 5 years was delayed 6 months
I agree; it is definately a bad port. When you release a game, you want it to (yes of course) have some new functions when better hardware comes out, but you don't want to have to force people to use the latest hardware to gain 50+ fps. That's just insane; and a waste of money. I'm regretting that I've ever bought it now. To me, it looks almost the same as it does on the Xbox -- with really crappy FPS. Halo is a great game, I've always loved it, but I wish it ran better. The X-box had an "advance" gpu like... 3 years ago? Equivalient to a GF3/GF4
Try using the beta Nvidia drivers (52.13) you can download them off my website (http://download.flipsidesoftware.com/) and make sure that you aren't using PS2.0 because Nvidia cards are seemingly having a problem with such. (first I would try to use it with the 52.13s, and then turn off PS2.0)
Parameters:
PS1.1 -use11 PS1.4 -use14 PS2.0 -use20
You mean, you downloaded the illegal, stolen, unfinished, e3 demo? Err... yeah.
The equivalient of a Geforce3 am I not correct? (XBOX chip that is). You're trying to compare a Geforce3/Geforce4 chipset running on what is similar to a DX8 app to a GeforceFX running DX9 ps2.0 (which has shown to have problems).
I loved the original; one of the first singleplayer games I've actually spent my hard earned money on. (I'm not one for buying singleplayer games; usually get them from friends after they're done with them).
I was moreso talking about network and server software than basic office software. To me, once you learn how to use Word, you can use any office application out there... atleast that's what I believe; but expect the worse.
Well; I don't think Microsoft needs to worry about customers; or else they would be doing this would they? Apparently they believe that they have enough customers that will pay out of their wallet rather than change over to another system.
Fact is, more people would pay more for something they know how to use than pay less for something they've never used before.
This is very true. Although... they probably used it in the first place because they aren't hiring people who know *nix ;)... also will need to look at sending their ITs to training and stuff.
Starcraft has always been big overseas; I believe that it would be bigger here if people actually held tournaments for SC (or RTS in general). I'd like to see a C&C:Generals compeition, I've played that game when it first came out... loved it. Just didn't have the $ to spend on it at the time. Going to pick it up from the ebx later this week.
Playing FPS games is nothing like shooting a gun; we're safe until we see actual guns with mice and keyboards.
Well; apparently the courts don't care about that. They find that the big RIAA has some means of finding out the users names, ISPs, etc; and they don't ask how they did it.
I just feel bad for VALVe in general, this was a poor hit for something they've been working on so long; although besides losing corporate secrets, there's nothing much that you can do with this source code if you think about it. The only people it will help will be authors of modifications who can get a little head-up on how the programming style will go with the HL2 SDK. Steam is pretty much worthless now; atleast until they fix the network. The source code is out and about, someone is bound to find a hole.