actually it's been progressing really fast for the last 4-5 months
How come this game isn't on steam?
[img]http://gyazo.com/ed7b7e1f90c6ab90350314fd21ed0461.png[/img]
This part when Badbreather Mc Spehss Marine dropped his shotgun was awful.
Looks amazing nonetheless.
[QUOTE=.FLAP.JACK.DAN.;26168699]How come this game isn't on steam?[/QUOTE]
the game is "on steam", it uses steamwork and you register the key on steam
but it's not sold yet in the store because they don't want to make tons of publicity off an alpha/beta that is still a while from releasing and get themselves a massive amount of complainers
[QUOTE=.FLAP.JACK.DAN.;26168699]How come this game isn't on steam?[/QUOTE]
It is, you just purchase it through them, they give you the key to activate on steam.
Pretty dangerous move actually to sell 10.000 closed beta keys, if they manage to do it. The awesome thing is that UWE is one of the most transparent devs I've ever dealt with! To see a game in a state that was a complete mess (beginning this year) as a behind the scenes kind of thing is unheard of in game-developing land, it has progressed a lot since then. Still quite rough, but it is getting there...
All money from the sales go into the game, which is also awesome. The pre-order last year actually saved the EXO-suit, which otherwise could have been scrapped...
[QUOTE=LtBubbles;26168619]It sort of felt stupid the marine dropping the shotgun in a ''mano y mano'' way..
No really, it's a alien...
But still, loved to see the progress, i almost felt like if they had stopped working on it, sounds like a slow progressing but far going game.
Also really liked to see fade now blinks instead of flying around like a big lerk.[/QUOTE]
He ran out of ammo.
[QUOTE=Pawnstick;26169279][media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOZYcdSnRHQ[/media][/QUOTE]
Host your own. Make it have 10 or less players.
Back in the days of the alpha it cooked my i5... It used nothing but the frigging CPU.
I honestly have no idea why some people can't even go into the game... I have a windows install here from 2006 and it is quite bogged down. But even I can run NS2 fine, even the first alpha release, sure low fps but I could move around and look at stuff :P
PC development is an odd beast to tame!
Can't connect to dick.
Oh well. At least I'll be able to play it when they fix the damn thing.
Decided to pre-order it. I loved the original NS and this looks pretty good.
[QUOTE=Kouji_San;26169496]I honestly have no idea why some people can't even go into the game... I have a windows install here from 2006 and it is quite bogged down. But even I can run NS2 fine, even the first alpha release, sure low fps but I could move around and look at stuff :P
PC development is an odd beast to tame![/QUOTE]
When you were hosting with the first alpha client you were rendering for every client on the server. Which meant extreme wear on the processor. I did loose an i5 because it overheated because of this. Fucking wish I never hosted that server.
Wait, your CPU actually ignored it's own safety features to prevent it from overheating by either clocking down or shutting down!? Did you threaten it in any way so it would end up taking the easy way out?
[QUOTE=Kouji_San;26169818]Wait, your CPU actually ignored it's own safety features to prevent it from overheating by either clocking down or shutting down!? Did you threaten it in any way so it would end up taking the easy way out?[/QUOTE]
Kind of had it over clocked and it cooked way too early. Everyone joined at once, comp blue screened and couldn't find the CPU afterward.
Is there a config file anywhere where I can change the resolution? The default resolution the game has isn't supported by my monitor, and setting the resolution in Launch Options doesn't work.
TSA? Full Body Patdown game mode!
I've had a beta key for ages, was some buy this pack and you get a beta key deal, wasn't even on Steam back then.
[QUOTE=<man>;26167564]those animations are a little bit stiff.[/QUOTE]
I prefer stiff to jelly-like. Stiff is generally the more natural of the two.
Those soliders look so much like Imperial Guard, which is awesome. But still shows how they can't do shit without numbers.
This is the shittiest beta i ever played
can't connect to any of the servers, The ones that i do connect to have MASSIVE Lag, can't join friends using steam, So much more.
Hell, I tried to make a server for Friends since all the other ones have crappy connections And i couldn't EVEN CONNECT TO THE SERVER I MADE (how the fuck does that even happen)
Not to mention friends i talk to that own it say the FPS rate sucks and they keep crashing
not worth the 25$ until they fix it
Oh wow, CGI? Wow, you can get in the beta if you buy the full game!? Nope. You people who are actually buying this are fucking stupid. You buy things based on CGI and promises? Sure is stupid. See above for the kind of dumb shit you'll have to put up with.
I bought it because friends in the alpha said it was good and all that.
:gizz:
[QUOTE=Wii60;26185371]This is the shittiest beta i ever played
can't connect to any of the servers, The ones that i do connect to have MASSIVE Lag, can't join friends using steam, So much more.
Hell, I tried to make a server for Friends since all the other ones have crappy connections And i couldn't EVEN CONNECT TO THE SERVER I MADE (how the fuck does that even happen)
Not to mention friends i talk to that own it say the FPS rate sucks and they keep crashing
not worth the 25$ until they fix it[/QUOTE]
There is a bug in the server software and a memory leak, they are working on that. But it has already improved a whole lot since the first alpha release back in February. I agree with you on the fact that calling this a beta is pretty bold, because of the fact that performance per system very erratic... Some systems can't run it currently, some can but have fps issues and some can actually play the game at decent beta type fps (15-45 fps)
Annoying as it is... These issues are being worked on! Check out NS2HD's video I'm linking, he shows the game is actually playable. But currently you shouldn't get servers up to more then 8 or 10 players, it will crash or lag when going over that...
[QUOTE=Calasmere;26185474]Oh wow, CGI? Wow, you can get in the beta if you buy the full game!? Nope. You people who are actually buying this are fucking stupid. You buy things based on CGI and promises? Sure is stupid. See above for the kind of dumb shit you'll have to put up with.[/QUOTE]
The scene is rendered in the Spark engine and it is actually able to render scenes like that ingame though. Sure the Fade reveal is using some custom animation, but that doesn't make the fact of Spark being able to render similar scenes any less impressive :D
Observe NS2HD
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUqm8lTl6cc[/media]
[QUOTE=Wii60;26185371]This is the shittiest beta i ever played
can't connect to any of the servers, The ones that i do connect to have MASSIVE Lag, can't join friends using steam, So much more.
Hell, I tried to make a server for Friends since all the other ones have crappy connections And i couldn't EVEN CONNECT TO THE SERVER I MADE (how the fuck does that even happen)
Not to mention friends i talk to that own it say the FPS rate sucks and they keep crashing
not worth the 25$ until they fix it[/QUOTE]
this is a true beta, none of the retarded shit that game companies call "betas" (more like demos)
the point of the whole early access is to have a huge sample of people testing with different hardware to be able to optimize as much as possible, they said that hundreds of times on their blog
however when they get more people to join in the testing they obviously get morons like you who never read about the game who expect it to be a final product
Alpha means the development team tests it.
Beta means they have a team of external testers (AKA you).
Just so that is clear.
[QUOTE=Wii60;26185371]This is the shittiest beta i ever played
can't connect to any of the servers, The ones that i do connect to have MASSIVE Lag, can't join friends using steam, So much more.
Hell, I tried to make a server for Friends since all the other ones have crappy connections And i couldn't EVEN CONNECT TO THE SERVER I MADE (how the fuck does that even happen)
Not to mention friends i talk to that own it say the FPS rate sucks and they keep crashing
not worth the 25$ until they fix it[/QUOTE]
Gotta love people that play betas or test servers and expect finished polished products and not report bugs/problems.
[QUOTE=Calasmere;26185474]Oh wow, CGI? Wow, you can get in the beta if you buy the full game!? Nope. You people who are actually buying this are fucking stupid. You buy things based on CGI and promises? Sure is stupid. See above for the kind of dumb shit you'll have to put up with.[/QUOTE]
First of all the graphics actually look like that in-game, second of all I'd trust the promises of an indie company over one controlled and funded by publishers who normally don't know the first thing about creating good video games.
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