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TECHNOLOGY
AMAZING ROACH AI
>>340851058
>mfw I took HL1, its mod scene, and community for granted and thought it would just get better with HL2
>it didn't, all of vidya got worse
I wish I could go back
>>340851240
But muh physics
>>340851250
>purple
>puts blue in table
>>340851058
>turk party
>>340851631
Anyone remember Digital Molecular Matter?
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEJDInk1NXQ
>>340851250
it's actually broken in hl1. their shockwave is supposed to get weaker (less blue, more white) when you kill a member of the group. it's fully functional in the oem version.
>>340851609
it's the original rgb values from the source code.
>>340851928
>tfw they rushed TFU right out the door and it was total fucking shit because of it.
So much potential wasted.
>>340851240
>all those mods you thought would get better in their Source version
>they're all absolute shit compared to the HL1 versions
Sometimes limitations are the mother of creativity.
>>340852365
I'm still a bit salty Valve just bought CS and DoD, ported them to Source, and then charged cash money dollars for a formerly free mod.
>2010
>can simulate character from flesh to bone
>can mutate in real time
>imagine a zombie game where you hack a zombie with a sword and actually remove flesh down to the bone
>or a game with a plague weapon that mutates enemies as they attack you
>nearly a decade later and this shit still isn't in use in AAA games
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1c_PVtMIz-A
>>340852365
>Played lots of CS and fell in love with the custom maps
>Moved onto CS Source and all the custom maps were shit.
What happened? Every source custom map seemed to be some shitty AWP map or a surf map. Nipper's maps may have been genuinely unplayable most of the time but they got 11/10 for creativity.
>>340852949
The fact that there isn't a single game today that uses this fucking blows my mind. I mean, i have all this expensive hardware, lemme use it on more than one game per 8 years
>>340853005
The only thing I like about CSS are the zombie escape maps. But damn are the vehicle (jeeps, boats, etc) maps for GoldSource CS fun as fuck. I like the GoldSource's wonky ass vehicle physics.
>>340852949
Man, you can even hear the excitement and enthusiasm in that guy's voice.
>wasted resources thread
>>340853425
But dude, OPEN WORLD GAMES
>>340851240
Empires was good
Dystopia aswell
Fistful of Frags was fun but community was to small
>>340852949
Damn that looks nice, I dont know why we dont ahve that, like... the longer you fight, the more enemies can mutate or something
>>340851928
>implying wood explodes violently when twisted
But anyway, very nice physics simulation.
What are some games today that use this or similar technology?
TECHNOLOGY
https://youtu.be/ypNPxwnppU0
https://youtu.be/SJwh3erQlyE
>>340853715
I can go anywhere and do nothing
Just like real life
>>340851058
AIs with interesting shit are more bros than actual npcs
>>340853425
It is really computationally expensive. Just to render that one alien with a decent frame rate it took a 580 SLI setup. You would have to simplify everything dramatically to get it working on multiple character models and have a realistic performance target, even on modern hardware.
Also consoles would choke on it.
I think Star Citizen currently wears the crown for TECHNOLOGY
>>340854153
vaporware is not technology
>>340854184
name anything in gaming that is currently playable that surpasses the TECHNOLOGY of standing in a highly detailed spaceship behind the pilot as you can see his every movement in the ship and the ongoing battle outside the ship at the same time while moving through the ship.
Even if the game is vaporware and never comes out, the current build wears the TECHNOLOGY crown easily.
>>340851058
This is an 18 year old game EIGHTEEN YEARS OLD - you have to be that age to be allowed to browse this board.
Modern 2016 nu-games by Ubishit/EA/Bethesda/Take2 and even Valve itself don't have that level of little details and technology to it.
This is how shit and low the video game industry has sunk. The Judenschweinekikes have won.
>>340851928
>we will never have a TFU with this level of detail and technology
>we will never have a TFU ever again
>>340854404
Houndeyes a cute
>>340854342
>to browse this board
Not to be pedantic but that applies to the entire site, contrary to popular belief.
>>340852949
Killing Floor 2 has a somewhat similar system with multiple layers of textures blending together. You can shoot off the skin on some enemies to reveal metal plates, or burn holes straight through them.
>>340852949
Dead Island was supposed to use this kind of thing way back when it was first announced.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vz4X__dpTsk
>>340854607
I like the game, but why do some of the guns have such low res textures?
>>340854626
Why did they make all this? There arent even that many houndeyes in the game. Or why did they scrap all this and not give us more houndeye action?
>>340854626
>>340854538
>>340854404
>>340851250
>>340851058
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8_R2OMgNUY
I love Marphy's videos.
>>340854118
>Also consoles would choke on it.
This
This is the real reason why we don't see much improvement aside textures in past 6-7 years.
Because it wouldn't even start up on consoles.
>>340854701
No idea. The Zeds are really high res which makes it very strange, I would have thought more effort would be put into texturing things the players will see more of close up.
>>340854626
shh, houndeye is sleeping
>putting unconscious people face down into puddles of water kills them
How did Hitman get so fucked up? it started out delightful.
>>340854881
Cough cough... Squenix... Cough cough
>>340854801
Yeah. I was playing firebug earlier and noticed the flamethrower was super low res on the back end. Even with everything on ultra, some of the guns look really bad.
>>340854881
Original Thief had this
>>340854759
yeah i wish he made more half life series secrets videos, they are 10/10 and probably the best content ive seen on youtube if not by a couple of videos
>>340854347
it hurts anon. 1 was great and 2 was an abomination. Fuck Lucasarts. They ruined it despite the dev team saying they needed more time. It could have been good.
>>340854748
Someone probably just made it in a day or two and it probably didn't take up much space on the disc.
>>340854404
Sleep tight dogger
>didn't play HL12spooky4me yes I get spooked irrationally easily with vidya for some reason
All of this Houndeye shit is absolutely fascinating.
>>340851240
Same here but i foolishly thought people would push starcraft 2's map editor to its limits
God i miss 1999
>>340853005
There are some custom maps that are great but they're locked behind small servers and close friends because no one wants to host them.
>half life 2 didn't have bullsquids, houndeyes, vortigaunts (as enemies), controllers, agrunts, or hecu
>instead, most enemies are just antlions, combine or zombies
>>340854404
adorable
>>340855284
The combine sucked dick, your and their guns had no real weight or impact to them, and the combine weren't threatening at all.
I'll take HL1 Marines and Spec Ops every day.
>>340854404
And here people say HL is not the actual citizen kane.
>>340855284
>vortigaunts
Manly because killing floatbaby in 1 freed them iirc
>>340855495
here is a fun fact:
if you run up to HECU with a crowbar and start mashing at his face, you will get your teeth kicked out
if you run up to Combine with a crowbar and start mashing at his face, you will kill him because dipshit will have his melee animation interrupted
>>340854101
hello reddÃt
>>340855495
>I'll take HL1 Marines and Spec Ops every day.
is this nigga real?
combine might have been bad, but jesus christ it was an A-Z upgrade from those fuckers
not only where they nonsensical bullet sponges but they also fired weightless and impactless weapons, you could shoot them 20 times with low damage bullets and they dont even react to getting mauled by shots until they already die
its like you were shooting at test dummies made of unpenetrable rubber with 100 ml of red liquid inside that could barely be seen
Who developed the Houndeye AI, anyway? Is it known, or are they just a name among the rest of the programmers?
The behavior of Houndeyes is really neat, and I'd like to see what else the person responsible has worked on.
>>340855781
>hmm why do my 9mm bullets not penetrate their kevlar vest very well
>>340854748
Because they made the game to be fun rather than just for profit.
It was before the "programming pays well" meme created all those Pajeets and women who "do their job" (poorly) to release the "product".
>>340855852
>>340854290
That's not really TECHNOLOGY, none of that is extremely impressive
>>340856021
forget it, anon. They don't understand you
>>340855852
>>340856030
>>340856296
what is it with you retards? that's nothing groundbreaking
>>340856213
makes me feel bad for killing them now that i know they stop attacking if you hurt them enough
>>340856021
>Because they made the game to be fun rather than just for profit.
Do you really belief this deluded crap?
They were made for profit even back then, always has been the case and always will be.
The only difference might be that they were more passionate about it back then and were working in a more lax atmospshere.
>>340856362
if you don't, they'll hide, recover, and attack the next victim. That one may not have a crowbar though
>>340856396
Nah dude, everything when I was a kid was objectively better because everything was pure
It's completely coincidental that I'm a cynic nowadays and everything's shit
>>340856335
it's mind blowing by today's AI standards
>mfw i see all these groundbreaking concepts from games that are years old
>mfw they were all taken for granted
>mfw games are only made for profit now instead of fun and creativity
>>340856362
>if something that tried to kill you stops, you feel bad for it
what
>>340856335
yes... its expected everyone just know this subtle as fuck feature was implemented
>>340856438
but but but...im not a murderer!....i dont want to hurt anyone one or anything!
Is it wver ecolained in halo 2 why the vortigants are suddenly your freinds?
>>340856396
>The only difference might be that they were more passionate about it back then and were working in a more lax atmospshere.
Nigger stop contradicting yourself.
You just said they are doing it 100% for profit
>>340856467
wrong
>>340856491
see >>340856396
>>340856491
>play Dark Messiah, a game from 2006
>has kicking
>look down, you see your body, legs
>you have a bow that shoots a rope with it that you can climb on
>tons of envoirnment that can be destroyed for the purpose of taking enemies down quicker
Why didn't RPGs go that way in terms of gameplay?
>>340856534
>Typical Undertale fan
>>340856556
of course they were made to make money, but now every game of a genre uses the exact same tried and true formula to get the most sales
there's no more innovation
>>340856602
Good luck explaining any of this to a modern gamer they would whine becuase remembering to kick is too much for them
>>340856602
too much work to implement, when something simpler sells just as well
>>340856709
let them whine. They'll whine about everything anywhere. Meanwhile people interested in games get better games
>>340856537
>Is it wver ecolained in halo 2 why the vortigants are suddenly your freinds?
Are you drunk?
Anyway, they were enslaved by Nilithanth (however you spell it), now they're free and helping you against the combine
>>340856556
if the team was more passionate then fun would be a higher priority than for a team that was less passionate Damm nigger that post doesn't even make its own point well
>>340856602
Because they moved towards social media and gambling.
>>340856548
>100%
Stick this number up in your ass or where you took it from.
Programming has been always payed well, and it was payed even better in Half-Life times, before dotcom crash, when any person with basic C++ knowledge could easily make $150k.
>>340857140
>payed
>>340856991
Not him but I always wondered that too, but this makes a lot of sense. Big N was one ugly motherfucker, those teleports he did to you were annoying as hell too.
This thread kind of makes me want to play 1 again, was the Black Mesa remake good?
>>340857250
Yes, my English is crap. So?
>>340857289
it was good but it isnt finished
xen portion isnt complete so maybe replay the original?
>>340856602
None of these are RPG mechanics, Dark Messiah wasn't an RPG.
>>340857437
>Xen isnt complete
Still? That's the only reason I haven't got it yet.
>>340857289
Black Mesa isn't too bad, but it's unfinished and has lots of missing parts.
Also the hecu are a bit shit. And the weapons aren't very good.
It's a bit unfocused, at times they do make good use of the engine, but at other times they're just making a soap opera, and other times they're just remaking half life 1 decently.
>>340857605
http://www.blackmesasource.com/
there's a legacy release link available on their website
ive been meaning to replay it myself - i played it before it went commercial
i havent verified whether it's the same game that i played yet but im gonna download it and check it out during my isp's off peak hours
post games with huge amounts of technology
>guy in front of me is stopped at red light, smoking a joint. rolls down window and flicks joint out. smoke pours from out the vehicle window
>walking down sidewalk
>bump into young lady that's using the phone
>she drops phone, looks at me and calls me a jerk
>few seconds go by and she picks up phone
>"yeah, sorry about that.. some asshole walked into me"
>at playboy's home sniping people
>get up to pee and return a few minutes later
>notice people gathering around one of the corpse
>guy reaches down and steal wallet
>takes off running
>lady screams "HE JUST TOOK HIS WALLET" and pulls out her phone to call the police
>>340858037
forgot image
>>340851240
Damn dude I thought the SAME thing. I was thinking on man The Specialists Mod with fucking physics would be awesome.
>>340856396
I agree with this.
I mean, look at the industry now. Mod makers, who have a more lax atmosphere are more creative these days than the devs themselves.
I mean, compare the schedule tight AAA game with a creative game, like maybe Undertale and how they contrast. I mean, Undertale isn't exactly TECHNOLOGY but you get the idea.
>>340854783
>This is the real reason why we don't see much improvement aside textures
Even textures haven't improved noticeably in the last 6 years. Texture resolutions are still incredibly low on consoles.
If anything, the artists got better, but the tech did not.
>>340852949
Holy shit thats fucking awesome
>>340851058
>>340851240
>>340851250
>>340851928
But not only does it cost a ton of money, and time, but also who is going to notice...
>>340851928
This is already in games like GTA V since 2013
>>340853005
>What happened?
prior to source, creating custom maps involved having to manually set up worldcraft, which for most people was more complicated than actually making a map. compile times were long as hell if I remember correctly
in source, hammer is just a couple mouse clicks and suddenly you're uploading your hollowed out cube with fullbright to csbanana.
>>340857140
>entry-level coding position making $150k
In what alternate reality? Programming was never six-figure until you got into senior positions.
>>340851697
Severely underrated post.
>>340858393
>not only does it cost a ton of money, and time, but also who is going to notice...
This is why bean-counters shouldn't be in charge of vidya.
Happy devs add details that please them and give some depth to an otherwise lifeless experience.
Sometimes it's easter eggs, sometimes it's a quick script that does something neat like a "hound curiosity AI", sometimes it's subtle QOL improvements when the dev did his own testing instead of waiting for feedback from focus groups.
You want sterile, half-ass shit like the new Mirror's Edge? You go on ahead and count those fucking beans.
>>340857140
>basic C++ knowledge could easily make $150k.
Pfthaha, no.
>>340858839
>instead of waiting for feedback from focus groups
Yeah a shame Valve heavily relies on focus groups ever since they could afford to. HL2, L4D and Portal, these all went through their filter and had to be adjusted to accommodate the lowest common denominator.
>>340851058
Jet Force Gemini had a lot of advanced enemy behavior despite being an N64 game. The standard drones will run while taking potshots, they'll shoot at you from behind cover, and the ones with shields will actually make an effort to keep them facing you. You can also shoot their guns and disarm them, making them surrenderwhere they'll pull out a grenade and suicide bomb you if you let them live.
>no fear webms
>>340858839
I don't like it either, but no one is going to notice, and now adays no dev cares, or is allowed enough freedom to do things like this anymore, because they know it adds no more attention, or money to them.
>>340857289
I thought it was terrible.
>>340859251
>I YIELD! I YIELD!
>NEVER SHOULD HAVE COME HERE
>>340858481
Webdev probably. Useless cunts at startups can con massive pay packets in Silicon valley.
>>340859183
>that tunnel that got changed because one dumbass spent a half hour going in a circle.
>>340852949
6 years is hardly nearly a decade.
>>340854701
Because it's still not finished despite being nearly a year now. They should also rerecord the gun sounds because right now they suck, it's like they're muffled and shit.
>>340854626
Damn, this really makes the world and the creatures within the game feel more alive
They could have just had them as regular enemies, that attack on sight, but they programmed unique behavior to them, and if you took the time to learn it your encounter with them would be different
>sneak up on houndeye pack and shoot squad leader
>others are startled but easily fended off
>sneak past houndeye pack, potentially ignoring them entirely
Its pretty fucking cool, it just makes the AI and the world feel more alive in a sense..
>>340859806
>They should also rerecord the gun sounds because right now they suck, it's like they're muffled and shit
the 9mm beretta sounds like tapping on a car door with your finger
where did it all go so wrong
Stormtroopers in Jedi Outcast will raise their hands in surrender if you force pull them and randomly yank the weapon out of their hands.
But they will walk around the map until they do find a weapon, however rarely there may be no weapons on the map and they will stay standing or crouching with hands up.
>>340858103
>>340858037
GTA V if sull of this kind of shit. Very well done and carefully implemented scenarios that occur dynamically. This is especially noticeable when most other open world games just tend to play an animation set involving a few people on loop
>>340851240
This, what a time to be alive.
>Consoles are holding back technology for years
>Those are the same years of your life you'll never get back
>How much has changed since 2006? Not much, why would anything change in 2026 or 2036?
>You now realize all those super technological advancements you expected as a kid and teen are held back by consoles
>You'll die unfulfilled because of the consoles
>Consoles literally wasted your life and pissed on your grave.
>>340851240
yup
i was hype when they announced sven coop for source, and years after years after years nothing really happened with it, they showed a couple screens, but in the end they canned it
>>340861561
And both Obsidian Conflict and Synergy are awful compared to SC.
I wish somebody tried to port sc_tetris to Source.
>>340861561
>2004
>they'll port Action Half-Life and The Specialists to Source soon, right?
RIP in peace.
>>340855852
this game is the game of all games
>>340858037
None of this even affects the gameplay directly, it's just show-offy bullshit and a waste of resources. There's plenty to be done with technology that has a meaningful impact on gameplay.
>>340851058
>roaches get startled by light
This is an urban myth.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V12pjX-1EjM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTOpWBdSbq4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtuDshl1Pgw
>2009 massive implements craters perfectly
>2016 craters nowhere to be seen
>2016 massives quality of effects is nowhere to be seen
>2009 massive makes better use of DX10 than today, where games may as well be running on DX9, both performance and visuals wise.
Fuck games to be honest.
>>340864929
they clearly behave that way in Half Life. Real Life just has a sloppy implementation
>>340864929
>Go into bathroom one night, turn on light.
>T*rk runs for cover under the washing machine.
Sure it is buddy.
>>340865002
>World in Conflict
I was hyped for this but then got afootball scholarshipfor college so spent all my free time training. Does it still hold up today?
>>340865087
>half life modeled roaches perfectly 10 years ago
>real, full life still has dumb roaches that stand around like idiots
>>340865251
They shut down the servers anon... it's dead, they didn't even want to release the server code for the servers so that people can still play.
But the SP definitely holds up, it's an amazing game.
>>340865002
>2009 massive implements craters perfectly
You can go back all the way to two decades ago for cool craters
>>340851631
Ok I think I'm buying this game now.
>>340865365
games used to come with integrated or dedicated servers. Publishers love to be able to pull the plug though. And we're retarded enough to buy their shit
TECHNOLOGY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7psEPQ10wU
>>340865472
It's not the servers themselves it's those fucking login servers, they fuck up everything for everyone.
EA killed BF2142 the same way.
>>340854607
Man I can't wait for that game to get enough content that I can justify playing it over 1.
>>340861419
>Master race
>Held back by shitty inferior hardware
pick one
Kek. I'm glad you feel so sad.
>>340865703
>it's those fucking login servers
doesn't change that we're voluntarily buying games when we know the publisher has a self destruct button for them
>>340851631
Siege bois
>>340865850
It does effectively stop piracydesu
>>340856396
I don't think so, not then. I'm pretty sure gabe didn't care about a profit considering he was already rich as fuck with microsoft money at that point. I don't think he realized he could get even richer through steam until far later.
>>340865703
I don't get it. Like the auto industry, for mass production cars, the manufacturers are required to continue making replacement parts for a certain timeframe creating a large stockpile for the future. Vidya? Meh, whatever.
>>340865848
the Nazis killed the jews because they felt held back. It's the nature of the slow and crappy ones to hold up all the rest
AI having neat features always makes me hard.
>>340866081
>dropped shields and corpses are client-side
>they stop bullets
one of these things needs to change
>>340866126
>I don't get it
Look at the eternal ramblings of the MAFIAA. You're not buying a game. You're buying a license. They just chose to retain the ability to revoke your license as they see fit. And somewhere in the depths of the EULA you agree to it.
It's up to you to refuse to make a deal with these entities. We have more games available than ever, we can afford to be picky.
>>340851240
>>340851058
I loved the modding scene that Half-Life 1 had. It's really a shame Steam had to piss on all that shit and redo Half-Life 2 because some guy dumped what would happen
>>340853712
It's probably 50-100 lines of code made in few hours or less
>>340866318
now ask a bean counter what a few hours of developer time cost in wages, hardware, electricity, and how much of it could go to profits instead.
>>340866237
That's because bullets are client side also, this is what you get with games that don't have dedicated servers.
>>340852949
That guy reminds me too much of Hank Hill
And it's not just the looks.
>>340866297
>it was a literal german kid that did the hack
>he apologized to gaben and was just curious
>he only got in because valve had basically no security
>gaben waits for him to turn 18
>tells him he can have a job at valve and all is forgiven
>kid agrees and goes to airport
>right when he's about to board the plane, the german police stop him
>apparently gaben was in contact with the FBI and it was a ruse to get him to the US where he's face 20+ years in prison
>the germans only found out because an FBI agent with a conscience tipped them off over this bullshit
Never could respect Gabe after that. Lying and destroying some kid's life because he looked at some game files is extremely unethical.
>>340865002
I believe bf 3 and 4 use creaters
>>340866654
Oh wow.
Yeah Gabe has been shitty for a very very long time. Too much avarice.
>>340866705
They are pretty shit, when compared to WiCs.
>>340866654
Yeah, that fat fuck, was m-muh super sekrit video games.
>>340866654
wait thats true?
>>340866868
well, it's on the internet
>>340866654
>the german police stop him
Wait, they stopped him? I thought he legit got thrown in jail.
And I think it was less about looking, and more about him going and sharing those files.
>>340858037
>>340860791
>>340864725
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWVtZJo-HqI
>>340866868
You're joking right?
>>340867080
it's been 10 years, give me a break
>>340852365
RIP The Specialists.
>>340855628
>gonna need a cold shower for this
>>340851240
Basically all mods went to Garry's Mod.
>>340866868
1 of 2
>At 6:18am on 15th February 2004, Valve's MD received an email with a blank subject line from sender 'Da Guy'.
>"Hello Gabe," the author began, before going on to claim responsibility for infiltrating Valve's network months earlier.
>Newell was unsure whether to believe the story at first. But two attached documents, both of which could only have been obtained by someone with access to private areas of Valve's server, proved the sender's claims were valid.
>Five months after Half-Life 2 was released onto the internet, long after all leads had gone cold, Newell's man had turned up on his doorstep.
>Why did Gembe send that email? "Because I was sorry for what happened," he says. "I wanted them to know who did this thing, and that my intention was never for things to work out the way they did."
>To Gembe's surprise, Newell wrote back a few days later saying yes, Valve was interested. He asked if Gembe would agree to a phone interview.
>The real motivation behind the suggestion was not to discover whether Gembe would be a strong candidate for a position within the company. It was to obtain an on-the-record admission from Gembe that he had been responsible for the leak. It's an old FBI trick, designed to gain a confession by appealing to a person's sense of pride.
>The trio talked for 40 minutes. Any sense of guilt dissipated for Gembe in the presence of his heroes. But that was nothing compared to the adrenaline rush he felt when he received an invitation to a second interview. This one would be face-to-face at Valve's headquarters in Seattle, on American soil.
>Having set the trap, Valve and the FBI needed to obtain a visa for Gembe (and his father and brother, as he had asked if they could accompany him to the US). But there were concerns about the ongoing access Gembe had to Valve's servers and the potential damage he could still cause. So the FBI contacted the German police, alerting them to the plan.
>>340867586
2 of 2
>After drinking a cup of coffee and smoking a cigarette, Gembe climbed into the back of a van and was driven to the local police station. There he was greeted by the police chief. He walked up to Gembe, looked him in the eye and said, "Have you any idea how lucky you are that we got to you before you got on that plane?"
>Axel Gembe's trial lasted for seven hours. No one from Valve was present, though someone from the Wall Street Journal turned up. Security breach aside, there was no evidence to suggest Gembe had been responsible for pushing the Half-Life 2 source code on the internet.
>However, Gembe admitted to hacking into Valve's network. The judge sentenced him to two years' probation, citing his rough childhood and the way he had worked to turn his life around as considerations when it came to deciding on the relatively lenient punishment.
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-02-21-the-boy-who-stole-half-life-2-article
>>340866439
Matches in Siege are hosted on dedicated servers
>>340866654
>>340866868
>>340866921
https://www.wired.com/2008/11/valve-tricked-h/
"Perhaps sensing that his relocation expenses would be shouldered by U.S. taxpayers, Gembe didn’t take the bait. He was ultimately charged in Germany, where he was sentenced to probation."
Nothing about an agent tipping him off, that's probably fake, but he did get charged in Germany. Sounds like a dick anyway. If he hacked Valve because he was curious then whatever, but to share what he found and how he got in, well that's just ego-driven bullshit.
>>340851058
>dukkadukkadukka
>CRUNCH
>>340867678
Dedicated servers from ubisoft aren't dedicated servers, as per ye old what a dedicated server is in games.
>>340867042
amazing
>>340867697
>gets hit on the chest
>light on the head goes off
>blood starts dripping
>it doesn't make a stain
this shit makes my autism go on a rampage
you either do things right or you don't do them.
>>340867787
Server browser ≠dedicated servers
>>340867724
He was literally a kid and fully admitted and apologized for his actions and already started turning his life around before Gaben tried to trap him into coming to the US and throwing him in prison for decades.
>>340856335
a game older than you probably are doing this is pretty impressive
>>340866976
Whatever it happened, a german trial for some PC shit you did 3 years ago > the fucking FBI after your ass for VIDYAGAEMS
>>340867912
Most satisfying tech demo ever.
>>340851631
this is the only thing that is impressive out of the entire thread, making an AI go eat something if it sees something is not impressive and has never been
>>340857373
So, fix it
>>340868331
bothering to implement it for dedicated enemies is an exception. It shows a better understanding for the created world than is common among developers
>>340867912
>turn off washroom lights
>lights remain on for the shitter
brilliant
>>340868461
you can not edit posts
>>340856650
>nonlethal means underage tumblr
Then again, if that's an actual quote, my apologies.
>>340867724
>Perhaps sensing that his relocation expenses would be shouldered by U.S. taxpayers, Gembe didn’t take the bait.
According to the other article (for which they apparently spoke to the guy) he was arrested by German police before he could leave because they knew what would happen to him. Somewhat ironically the German police only knew about this plan because the FBI asked them for help finding him, which ultimately wrecked their entire plan because the authorities in Germany aren't complete dicks.
>>340867787
Yes they are.
>>340856650
what?
>>340867912
Sequel NEVER.
>>340868919
No dedicated server per ye old gamers way, means being able to rent a server box and host your own server that you control on it.
This is called a room based whatever the fuck it is.
TECHNOLOGY...?
>>340868919
dedicated servers are standalone programs (that is, not part of the client/game) in possession of the players that enable them to host a game. They may report to a lobby system, but it's not necessary. In particular it's always an option to reach a server directly via IP, bypassing provided lobby infrastructure.
Is that the case here?
>>340867287
that's fucking amazing
>>340869112
No, that's just one type of dedicated server. The name is literally the fucking definition.
>>340869226
>in possession of the players
not necessarily
>>340868686
;_;
>>340852949
deadpool's game has this, i think
>>340852650
>literally wanting free professionally games because they used to be free mods in earlier versions
>>340855852
>>340869476
Then they aren't dedicated servers.
Because, one server could be hosting way more than one match at a time, meaning that you do not get a dedicated server for your match.
>>340869476
yes necessarily, that is the old school definition people are talking about.
At the time it was absolutely normal for every MP game to be able to host. At some point though players wanted more resources for the servers without the overhead of a client, so dedicated servers popped up. That they were in possession of the player was a key aspect of them, as that enabled them to be independent from publisher infrastructure
>>340854342
>nu-games
Very fitting term. I'm gonna start using that.
>>340854342
>nu-games
This is just meme enough to catch on
>>340854342
nah. There was a trough in the later half of the '00s to be sure, but things have been looking up recently
>>340869701
to clarify, the "dedicated" aspect of "dedicated server" was that it was not tied to the client, so players could move them onto their own box, to give them maximum resources.
That is, dedicated servers are the opposite to client-integrated servers. The term is meaningless for publisher-provided infrastructure
>>340869162
>get spooky as fuck zombies and ghosts in oblivion
>get transparent humans in skyrim
Fucking Todd
>>340866705
>bf 3 and 4 use creaters
They severely limited the terrain deformation in those games, especially compared to BC2
Maybe BF1 will bring it back to glory, with the map progressively getting more and more scarred by craters and shellholes from grenades, artillery, anti-tank guns and mines and tank shells and naval artillery and plane bombs as the round progresses
>>340869162
This would be QUALITY
>>340856819
This. NEVER give into whiners. They will never be happy and you will always suffer for it.
>>340868502
>Tfw Technology better in game than real life
I got stuck in my Church's bathroom once taking a shit when some dude came in to take a piss and turned the lights off on me, pitch black, and this was ages ago when I didn't have a phone for light.
>>340852650
Im more upset that DoDS was a mere husk compared to DoD and they never updated it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NyIj1iIeeg
>>340851058
>>340872176
What is starbreeze doing now anyway?
>>340872176
did anyone even play Syndicate?
>>340872384
Payday 2 and overkills other game
>>340872539
Yeah, it was okay
>>340872539
Finished it when it was published and reinstalled it few months ago, feels kinda average.
>>340868331
>making an AI go eat something if it sees something is not impressive and has never been
talk for yourself, shitdick.
>tfw cant play webms on mobile
>>340872539
I bought it on day 1 because it came out in the dead zone of February and there was literally nothing else to play on PC. It was alright. The first boss fight was great and the second the last one (I think) was good too. It had some good ideas but single player was like 6-8 hours long. Never tried MP.
>>340874018
Do you not have the clover app?
>>340872539
kinda average the bloom thing is real thought it's kinda annoying
Why don't modern games have any type of TECHNOLOGY anymore? It was stuff like this that made game worlds so much more believable back in the 90's.
>>340851240
I have a cool bootleg copy of HL with mods included.
It was my gf's when she was a kid
>>340856537
>Halo2
and yes, it is told. Not bluntly out loud, but you don't need to be a Sherlock to figure it out.
Heck, even in HL1, they were called "slaves".
>>340874172
80% of webms dont work on clover, or any 4chan app.
>>340851240
>>340853792
Not to mention SMOD, Gmod, Synergy, Goldeneye Source, Sourceforts, Eternal Silence, Zombie Master, NMRIH, plus all the silly single player mods like Dayhard, Mistake of Pythagoras, that one where you play the HL2 campaign as MGS characters.
HL2 modding scene was great too.
>>340874363
there's no money in it
games are on incredibly tight schedules with no time for monkey business
the only studios that still bother with technology and other meme fuckery are companies like rockstar that has money coming out of its ass
>>340874535
I have clover and I'd say it's the inverse. 80% work, but the rest freeze on the first frame or two.
It's called "attention to detail", not "TECHONOLOGY"
>>340875171
>precanned animations are tech
>>340874363
Shadow of Mordor's Nemesis system made that game better than it had any right to be
>>340867912
God fucking dammit this still needs to be available to DL for the PC. I had it on my 360 back in the day and now that I have a computer thats where I want it.
>>340875326
each melee strike is from a button press, the game decides which contextual melee animation to use on the fly.
The enemy's eye lens breaking is cool too.
