Diablo Epic or World of Warcraft Epic, not just 1000pt armies anymore it is 10000pt armies clashing on a 5mm scale... wait a minute.... Doh! wrong gameverse.
I forgot to add this to the original post, the reason for this pain is the reliance on the Unix file attributes that OSX uses. 1 User/Owner, 1 Group, 1 World where Windows with XP and NTFS can have multiple Users/Groups it is a 1:1 in ?nix systems and a 1:many in the NTFS. I hate Microsoft I just hate Mac/Apple more until Vista is the only choice, then I will switch to OSX or LINUX. Most likely OSX since I play Warcrack.
That is because with Apple it does not always just work. If you are the only user and owner of a mac it works almost all of the time. However if you are setting up macs in a network where multiple users use the machine it can be more of a pain in the ass than the current XP limited accounts to get software to work.
I like fireworks and all but is this not just tempting fate as across the US lots of small rockets will be launched for our enjoyment as we wait and watch them explode.
It is a ROI issue, I will use Eve-online as my example.
When I was running freight between systems a lot I was making around 1M isk profit about every hour or so for a few weeks. So in that time if I was on 18 hours during that time I would profit 18M. Now I work full time so that reduces how much time I can play, at 18 hours for 2 weeks that makes it one of my major activities when not working.
Now I can buy with real money isk through some farming group at about a rate of 5M/$ So for sake of the argument say my salary averages 15$/hour that means for the money in game to be worth my time with our farming I need to be making around 75Misk/hour else it is more time effective and efficient for me to just buy the in game money when I have extra money to do so.
All these companies need to stop pissing with their economy and actually look at it as a whole and not make a distinction between in game and out of game economies/realities.
What are you talking about with the reprinting? Have you looked at D&D and White Wolf Lately??? The reprint much more content for nothing than Rifts ever did. Not to mention all the fluff books that get released by both game lines. Add on top of that the fact that both lines have released completely new verions of thier worlds some twice while Rifts has been constant. I would much rather pay 35.00 for a book that is meaty and worth while than the 40.00 for the pretty fluffy waste that is most White Wold and Wizards publishing anymore.
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Yes I am running an ATI chipset on a laptop. But here is the kicker, I know the chipset can render the graphics because in the world editor everything looks right. That is what is the most frustrating of it all. Yes you can see the board and everything fine except in play mode? That is why I blame the programmers and designers.
I do not program games or graphics so I admittedly only know the generalities of the subject. But I am a programmer and this really seems like a simple logic switch FUBARed somewhere, dealing with the fog of war settings.
Uh, I meant Morrowind, if I was going to reference Oblivion I would have said so. I refer to the first iteration of Morrowind that came out several years ago.
On the computer in question I have played Morrowind, NWN, Eve-Online, Guild Wars, Civ 3 and other games of the same and previous eras. Now the graphics and 3Dness in Civ 4 does not seem as it should be much more elobrate than any of the games above yet the are graphics problems even when tuning down the graphics to the bare minimum.
Now I can play Civ 4 on another computer that I have however I do not wish to spend 4-8 hours in front of said computer. From playing the game the graphics are just a bunch of fluff that are not really needed for the game play. So I indicate this as another miscalculation of the programming and design staff. Hence Sid's name is on the box so he has some responsiblity in thte matter.
The question that game desingers should be asking themselves now is not what can we do with all of these new graphics breakthroughs but do we need them for the game and gameplay we are trying to create?
Much like WotC and WW should be asking themselves when it comes to a new fluffy book to print for the sake of printing.
I have been of similar opinion about MMORPGs and the three that I like only one of which has a monthly fee are as follows: Guild Wars, World of Pirates and Eve-Online. The last one is actually my new favorite because it has the functionally of being able to train and accomplish automated tasks while not being logged on to the server. This makes it great for those of us that do not have the High School or Early College 40+ hours of gaming time. With Eve I can log one once or twice a day to once every couple of days and not be behind. Just some food for thought.
Eve-online works great on my computer that still has fog of war black tile problems in CIV4. If they would have went with a regular engine that is well used like Q2, Q3 they would have been able to incorporate all the 3d they wanted with out all of the chipset problems. The chipset I have falls under the initial minimum specs but none of the patches have corrected the problem. Really the basic game play has no need for the 3D enhancements they are just fluff to try and bring in some of the graphics Nazis that are out there in the gaming world rather than keep it simple and play to the loyal fan base that has been with them since the beginning. That is what pisses me off about the whole situation. I for one will not buy any more games by Sid's group now that they have sold out. A Civ game should not have more graphics requirements than Morrowind!!! WTF!!
I would much rather have a game with great game play that does not require FPS graphics. Which one use to be able to rely on the Civ series for, not anymore apparently. I guess he should know if there are not any really good single player games, since the most recent version of Civ sucks due to the graphics engine they decided upon using.
The average temp of space is what a few Kalvin, almost absolute zero.
Say make a multilayered exterior skin/enclosure so could expose pipes or coolent to said vacuum...Make a large coil of pipes to maximize surface area exposed to cold. Wrap it around the entire exterior of the core module.
Just an idea don't know what type of material would be needed.
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pwned time to wait to submit.
It is also the scripting language that is used for WoW mods.
Diablo Epic or World of Warcraft Epic, not just 1000pt armies anymore it is 10000pt armies clashing on a 5mm scale... wait a minute.... Doh! wrong gameverse.
I forgot to add this to the original post, the reason for this pain is the reliance on the Unix file attributes that OSX uses. 1 User/Owner, 1 Group, 1 World where Windows with XP and NTFS can have multiple Users/Groups it is a 1:1 in ?nix systems and a 1:many in the NTFS. I hate Microsoft I just hate Mac/Apple more until Vista is the only choice, then I will switch to OSX or LINUX. Most likely OSX since I play Warcrack.
That is because with Apple it does not always just work. If you are the only user and owner of a mac it works almost all of the time. However if you are setting up macs in a network where multiple users use the machine it can be more of a pain in the ass than the current XP limited accounts to get software to work.
I don't know if it is open but if it is not it should be.
Sony Europe seems to be the following:
[first name].[last name]@eu.sony.com
The pattern for their email, for sony USA anyway, seems to be:
[first name]_[lastname]@sonyusa.com
So if you know who to contact by looking at names in a news article or off other their website there you go.
I like fireworks and all but is this not just tempting fate as across the US lots of small rockets will be launched for our enjoyment as we wait and watch them explode.
It is a ROI issue, I will use Eve-online as my example.
When I was running freight between systems a lot I was making around 1M isk profit about every hour or so for a few weeks. So in that time if I was on 18 hours during that time I would profit 18M. Now I work full time so that reduces how much time I can play, at 18 hours for 2 weeks that makes it one of my major activities when not working.
Now I can buy with real money isk through some farming group at about a rate of 5M/$ So for sake of the argument say my salary averages 15$/hour that means for the money in game to be worth my time with our farming I need to be making around 75Misk/hour else it is more time effective and efficient for me to just buy the in game money when I have extra money to do so.
All these companies need to stop pissing with their economy and actually look at it as a whole and not make a distinction between in game and out of game economies/realities.
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Does this mean Microsoft will now become a world leader in fuel production, other than burning MSCE manuals for heat?
What are you talking about with the reprinting? Have you looked at D&D and White Wolf Lately??? The reprint much more content for nothing than Rifts ever did. Not to mention all the fluff books that get released by both game lines. Add on top of that the fact that both lines have released completely new verions of thier worlds some twice while Rifts has been constant. I would much rather pay 35.00 for a book that is meaty and worth while than the 40.00 for the pretty fluffy waste that is most White Wold and Wizards publishing anymore.
Found a more direct route.
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Yes I am running an ATI chipset on a laptop. But here is the kicker, I know the chipset can render the graphics because in the world editor everything looks right. That is what is the most frustrating of it all. Yes you can see the board and everything fine except in play mode? That is why I blame the programmers and designers.
I do not program games or graphics so I admittedly only know the generalities of the subject. But I am a programmer and this really seems like a simple logic switch FUBARed somewhere, dealing with the fog of war settings.
Uh, I meant Morrowind, if I was going to reference Oblivion I would have said so. I refer to the first iteration of Morrowind that came out several years ago. On the computer in question I have played Morrowind, NWN, Eve-Online, Guild Wars, Civ 3 and other games of the same and previous eras. Now the graphics and 3Dness in Civ 4 does not seem as it should be much more elobrate than any of the games above yet the are graphics problems even when tuning down the graphics to the bare minimum. Now I can play Civ 4 on another computer that I have however I do not wish to spend 4-8 hours in front of said computer. From playing the game the graphics are just a bunch of fluff that are not really needed for the game play. So I indicate this as another miscalculation of the programming and design staff. Hence Sid's name is on the box so he has some responsiblity in thte matter. The question that game desingers should be asking themselves now is not what can we do with all of these new graphics breakthroughs but do we need them for the game and gameplay we are trying to create? Much like WotC and WW should be asking themselves when it comes to a new fluffy book to print for the sake of printing.
I have been of similar opinion about MMORPGs and the three that I like only one of which has a monthly fee are as follows: Guild Wars, World of Pirates and Eve-Online. The last one is actually my new favorite because it has the functionally of being able to train and accomplish automated tasks while not being logged on to the server. This makes it great for those of us that do not have the High School or Early College 40+ hours of gaming time. With Eve I can log one once or twice a day to once every couple of days and not be behind. Just some food for thought.
Eve-online works great on my computer that still has fog of war black tile problems in CIV4. If they would have went with a regular engine that is well used like Q2, Q3 they would have been able to incorporate all the 3d they wanted with out all of the chipset problems. The chipset I have falls under the initial minimum specs but none of the patches have corrected the problem. Really the basic game play has no need for the 3D enhancements they are just fluff to try and bring in some of the graphics Nazis that are out there in the gaming world rather than keep it simple and play to the loyal fan base that has been with them since the beginning. That is what pisses me off about the whole situation.
I for one will not buy any more games by Sid's group now that they have sold out. A Civ game should not have more graphics requirements than Morrowind!!! WTF!!
I would much rather have a game with great game play that does not require FPS graphics. Which one use to be able to rely on the Civ series for, not anymore apparently. I guess he should know if there are not any really good single player games, since the most recent version of Civ sucks due to the graphics engine they decided upon using.
WTF?!?!?
The average temp of space is what a few Kalvin, almost absolute zero.
Say make a multilayered exterior skin/enclosure so could expose pipes or coolent to said vacuum...Make a large coil of pipes to maximize surface area exposed to cold. Wrap it around the entire exterior of the core module.
Just an idea don't know what type of material would be needed.
to try minimizing This would work as well. to try and minimize Proper English is: try to minimize not: try and minimize