anyone want to put odds on what item is going to crap out next...psp that shoots the UMD at passers by? an LCD TV that explodes outward throwing shards everywhere?
I think i'll just keep avoiding sony products as i always have
its not really a matter of "cutting it out" it has to do with the fact of how fast the cpu could parse the code. even just going by some googled specs:
The wii is going to be 729 times as fast, cpu wise, and the bus on it is goning to be at least 243 times faster, and 8 times as wide.
Even if they dont optomise the emulator, the wii will be able to load the game faster than the C64 could ever dream. even if you use the bus speed for an ugly example ie 2 minute load time (120 seconds) / 243(wii bus)= 0.49387 seconds to pass the same amount of info, while the CPU sits there twiddling its thumbs even running at this decreased rate. now, granted, an emulator is not always as good as the real hardware its emulating, but even if you assume a 50% efficency rate, HOLY CRAP LOOK AT THAT, its still only 1 second to load. as for the use of "disk swapping" the emulator could just be set up to do it when the game tries to promt for the second disk, like placing the files for multiple cds in a video game install (like UT2004 for example) onto a DVD, I have done this several times with my games to make installing easier, not to mention faster.
In NWN there's an in-game service ("lobby", whatever) whereby you can register your friends and then see what server they're on, and join it with a click of a mouse. That ought to be standard in all MP games, and also I'd like to see a mechanism whereby a team will look for a server as a unit. If me and a friend "band up", then I want the system to have the property that if one of us is accepted by a server, that will reserve -- for a limited time -- a slot on the same team for the rest of the gang (i.e me). The lobby would then say to me "Your friend XXX was accepted to the server Y, there's a spot reserved for you. Join?". Voila, instant MP'ing with friends.
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Gee...shock and amazement
Sony with another broken product.
anyone want to put odds on what item is going to crap out next...psp that shoots the UMD at passers by? an LCD TV that explodes outward throwing shards everywhere?
I think i'll just keep avoiding sony products as i always have
its not really a matter of "cutting it out" it has to do with the fact of how fast the cpu could parse the code. even just going by some googled specs:
http://www.myoldcomputers.com/museum/comp/c64.htm
http://www.maxconsole.net/?mode=news&newsid=8802
The wii is going to be 729 times as fast, cpu wise, and the bus on it is goning to be at least 243 times faster, and 8 times as wide.
Even if they dont optomise the emulator, the wii will be able to load the game faster than the C64 could ever dream. even if you use the bus speed for an ugly example ie 2 minute load time (120 seconds) / 243(wii bus)= 0.49387 seconds to pass the same amount of info, while the CPU sits there twiddling its thumbs even running at this decreased rate. now, granted, an emulator is not always as good as the real hardware its emulating, but even if you assume a 50% efficency rate, HOLY CRAP LOOK AT THAT, its still only 1 second to load. as for the use of "disk swapping" the emulator could just be set up to do it when the game tries to promt for the second disk, like placing the files for multiple cds in a video game install (like UT2004 for example) onto a DVD, I have done this several times with my games to make installing easier, not to mention faster.
I'm pretty sure the whole floppy thing has been worked out in the last 20 years...
In Soviet Russia, Batteries explode you !!
In NWN there's an in-game service ("lobby", whatever) whereby you can register your friends and then see what server they're on, and join it with a click of a mouse. That ought to be standard in all MP games, and also I'd like to see a mechanism whereby a team will look for a server as a unit. If me and a friend "band up", then I want the system to have the property that if one of us is accepted by a server, that will reserve -- for a limited time -- a slot on the same team for the rest of the gang (i.e me). The lobby would then say to me "Your friend XXX was accepted to the server Y, there's a spot reserved for you. Join?". Voila, instant MP'ing with friends.
Its called Xbox Live.
Actually, its 90% chance of rain today, and partly cloudly for the rest of the week...
Hell, Michigan http://www.wunderground.com/US/48169.html
other than the obvious.........semptember only has 30 days in it.
UM...try again its about $1.11 today
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......soon enough, soon enough
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and the longer bush stays, the better our dollar will get
*thinks back to the 70's when our dollar was worth more*
uh guys...?
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i hate to burst your bubble....
http://www.popsci.com/popsci/technology/generalte
and yes, I KNOW its not digital, but hey, it uses parts from a A7 spyplane, so that's gotta count for something right?
Sadly, its not just for CD's anymore! While trolling around on fileplanet for a FPS to try out the other day, i found a demo for Bet On Soldier http://www.fileplanet.com/98316/0/section/Bet-on-S oldier
;)
This little beauty had StarForce right in the freakin multiplayer demo.
I did what was neccisary obviously, and uninstalled the demo, deleted the installer, and formated the partition
And Gmail is still invite-only.
Not completely.
https://www.google.com/accounts/SmsMailSignup1