Daehawk wrote: ↑Thu Jul 02, 2020 7:01 pm
Thought you said Star Wolves for a moment. Loved that series. Dont know Space Wolf.
Warhammer 40000 Space Wolf.
I've played Star Wolves series. Interesting, though the RPG elements are a bit hard to understand. For a space game, you have to play it more as Diablo... Tease one or two enemies away from the mob, wipe them out, repeat.
Re: Video Games Randomness
Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2020 1:27 pm
by Daehawk
Ya that was a hard lesson. I almost gave up on the first game before figuring that strategy out.
Re: Video Games Randomness
Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2020 6:13 pm
by Eel Snave
I had completely forgotten that Bookworm Adventures existed.
Re: Video Games Randomness
Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2020 6:46 pm
by JetFred
Eel Snave wrote: ↑Fri Jul 03, 2020 6:13 pm
I had completely forgotten that Bookworm Adventures existed.
They got to you too!
Re: Video Games Randomness
Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2020 7:17 pm
by Paradroid
Daehawk wrote: ↑Fri Jul 03, 2020 1:27 pm
Ya that was a hard lesson. I almost gave up on the first game before figuring that strategy out.
For some reason I'm reminded of that post you made many years ago when Sins of a Solar Empire was the new hotness. As I recall, you'd amassed a ridiculous fleet of literally dozens of capital ships to attack the enemy homeworld or something.
Re: Video Games Randomness
Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2020 7:39 pm
by Daehawk
Could be. I dont remember that at all but I did love that game and I have a habit of turtling until I amass a giant overwhelming force.
I started to say you're the best bot Ive ever seen but then I recall something about an old member who lost access.
Re: Video Games Randomness
Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2020 8:04 pm
by Paradroid
Daehawk wrote: ↑Fri Jul 03, 2020 7:39 pm
I started to say you're the best bot Ive ever seen but then I recall something about an old member who lost access.
Yep I've said elsewhere but the admins didn't respond when I asked for help recovering my old account. I'm the guy who sent you Bridge Commander!
Re: Video Games Randomness
Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2020 8:27 pm
by Daehawk
Why am I not remembering this stuff!?? I played that game to death. Thank you. My life is bits and flashes. For 31 years my wife was my brain. We both agreed on that. I fend for myself now and I think Ive grown some grey matter. Though I dont recall last year at all much.
Re: Video Games Randomness
Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2020 8:36 pm
by Daehawk
Has anyone used the mod pack Fixt for Fallout 1?
Re: Video Games Randomness
Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2020 9:06 pm
by Sudy
Paradroid wrote: ↑Fri Jul 03, 2020 8:04 pm
Yep I've said elsewhere but the admins didn't respond when I asked for help recovering my old account. I'm the guy who sent you Bridge Commander!
Paradroid wrote: ↑Fri Jul 03, 2020 8:04 pm
Yep I've said elsewhere but the admins didn't respond when I asked for help recovering my old account. I'm the guy who sent you Bridge Commander!
Try posting in the Meta forum maybe?
What was your old account? I'm trying to figure out which missing person you could be!
Re: Video Games Randomness
Posted: Sat Jul 04, 2020 9:26 pm
by Paradroid
Ha! Well try to guess then! I think that back in the day I was talking about Silent Hunter 3, Guild Wars (I had a GW avatar), Eve Online...I played a lot of open-ended games. Oh and I loved talking about old 8-bit and 16-bit games.
Re: Video Games Randomness
Posted: Sat Jul 04, 2020 9:42 pm
by Sudy
Back in the day I remember everyone talking about Silent Hunter 3 and Guild Wars. You'd think SH3 was the new Mario Bros.
Re: Video Games Randomness
Posted: Sat Jul 04, 2020 11:50 pm
by gbasden
Reemul?
Re: Video Games Randomness
Posted: Sun Jul 05, 2020 5:01 am
by Paradroid
Nope. I'll tell you if you don't get it by the end of the day.
Re: Video Games Randomness
Posted: Sun Jul 05, 2020 4:09 pm
by jztemple2
People might find this interesting, an article from SCS Software (they make the trucking simulators) called Under the Hood: Explaining SSAO :
Today we'd like to explain a new graphical feature that we are introducing to our games with update 1.38. The article is very technical - we have asked our programmers to help out, and the explanation is quite complex. However, we felt that it may actually be interesting for at least some of the people in our audience to be exposed to this material - to see that what is happening under the hood of a game engine involves a lot of research and hard work of our programming team. In addition to the technical details, we thought that providing the context and explaining the performance trade-offs may be useful and important for most of the players.
The TLDR summary of the text below is that Screen Space Ambient Occlusion is a cool new but performance-heavy technique to enrich the rendering of our game world. You do not have to use it if you feel it lowers performance too much for your liking, or you may like it and can afford to trade a few frames per second for improved shadow and depth perception. The effect may be subtle, it mostly works on subconsciousness level, but once you get used to it, it may be hard to go back. It is another milestone in our lighting/shadowing improvements plan that we are now executing, to be followed by new HDR light processing and introduction of more normal-mapped surfaces in upcoming updates.
Re: Video Games Randomness
Posted: Sun Jul 05, 2020 4:42 pm
by Daehawk
For a moment I thought this must be an old article on when it first came out. Then I saw it was a new article. Still wondering why they posted it. Is it just new to their games? I mean its been a thing since 2007 or so.
Re: Video Games Randomness
Posted: Sun Jul 05, 2020 4:43 pm
by jztemple2
Daehawk wrote: ↑Sun Jul 05, 2020 4:42 pm
For a moment I thought this must be an old article on when it first came out. Then I saw it was a new article. Still wondering why they posted it. Is it just new to their games? I mean its been a thing since 2007 or so.
It is new to ATS and ETS2.
Re: Video Games Randomness
Posted: Sun Jul 05, 2020 5:00 pm
by hitbyambulance
Daehawk wrote: ↑Sun Jul 05, 2020 4:42 pm
For a moment I thought this must be an old article on when it first came out. Then I saw it was a new article. Still wondering why they posted it. Is it just new to their games? I mean its been a thing since 2007 or so.
i'm guessing a significant portion of truck simulator players don't possess the latest graphics technology on their PCs. juuuuuust a guess
Re: Video Games Randomness
Posted: Sun Jul 05, 2020 5:04 pm
by Kasey Chang
ATS/ETS graphics never looked quite photo-realistic unlike some racing games where only limited amount of real-estate needs to be loaded and rendered. To keep the frame rate up, I guess they just never implemented eye-candy stuff into their graphics engine.
Re: Video Games Randomness
Posted: Sun Jul 05, 2020 6:54 pm
by jztemple2
Kasey Chang wrote: ↑Sun Jul 05, 2020 5:04 pm
ATS/ETS graphics never looked quite photo-realistic unlike some racing games where only limited amount of real-estate needs to be loaded and rendered. To keep the frame rate up, I guess they just never implemented eye-candy stuff into their graphics engine.
I remember that they stated a long time ago that they were aiming to make it as accessible to as many players as possible, so they kept their requirements low. It is actually a bit of a wonder how popular their games have become, so perhaps they were on the right track. I have had Euro Truck Simulator 2 installed for years but finally uninstalled it since I'm really focused on the American Truck Simulator. I'm very much looking forward to Colorado being released maybe late this year, but I suspect I might be too old and gnarly to enjoy playing by the time Florida is released
Oh, that reminds me I need to check out ATS using my new wheel that arrives tomorrow. I might be less prone to driving off the sides of roads
Re: Video Games Randomness
Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2020 2:40 am
by JetFred
hitbyambulance wrote: ↑Sun Jul 05, 2020 5:00 pm
i'm guessing a significant portion of truck simulator players don't possess the latest graphics technology on their PCs. juuuuuust a guess
I could be wrong, but you may be mistaking those games for old shovelware titles aimed at the audience you seem to be referencing. Euro Truck and American Truck are pretty unforgiving with a serious trading/business model that requires quite a grind and hours and hours of long, slow play sessions. It's hard for me to imagine it being the only game Donny plays on his Celeron-based laptop besides Deer Hunter 3.
hitbyambulance wrote: ↑Sun Jul 05, 2020 5:00 pm
i'm guessing a significant portion of truck simulator players don't possess the latest graphics technology on their PCs. juuuuuust a guess
I could be wrong, but you may be mistaking those games for old shovelware titles aimed at the audience you seem to be referencing. Euro Truck and American Truck are pretty unforgiving with a serious trading/business model that requires quite a grind and hours and hours of long, slow play sessions. It's hard for me to imagine it being the only game Donny plays on his Celeron-based laptop besides Deer Hunter 3.
not what i was thinking. more tp my point was these have a contingent of core players who are, to some degree and more or less, devoted to this title - spending many, many hours in it to the exclusion of most any other. from what i have observed - and this is only anecdotal; i don't have any data on this - mono-title players don't have cutting edge systems in the first place if those games don't absolutely require such. i suspect higher-end systems might be significantly more prevalent amongst, say, X-Plane devotees.
Re: Video Games Randomness
Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2020 1:17 pm
by JetFred
Fair enough. Actually, given what you all know about my collection, I think you'd be shocked to find how low-spec my machine is. But then again, if you look at the 20+ games I've finished during the pandemic, they tend to be a range of short adventure and puzzle games from the past 10 years.
Re: Video Games Randomness
Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2020 1:44 pm
by Rumpy
Another way of looking at it is that a truck simulator is still a relatively niche thing, so it doesn't need all the latest bells and whistles. But here's a company who has made steady improvement to its titles, and until recently was still using DirectX 9, moving to DirectX 11, and recently overhauled their sound to use FMOD. You don't often see that level of commitment and improvement.
Re: Video Games Randomness
Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2020 3:37 pm
by Anonymous Bosch
JetFred wrote: ↑Mon Jul 06, 2020 1:17 pm
Fair enough. Actually, given what you all know about my collection, I think you'd be shocked to find how low-spec my machine is. But then again, if you look at the 20+ games I've finished during the pandemic, they tend to be a range of short adventure and puzzle games from the past 10 years.
I didn't see this game in your impressively voluminous list, and suspect you'd quite enjoy it if you're not averse to an ARG adventure-puzzler:
Re: Video Games Randomness
Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2020 7:55 pm
by JetFred
I've looked at it, and I saw this recommendation again recently, but I actually haven't ever developed a tolerance for or interest in AR games. I think it's because I imagine the websites and such disappearing before I ever get around to it.
Re: Video Games Randomness
Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2020 10:08 pm
by Daehawk
TF2 has become and inventory management sim. My inv has been full for months so Im constantly deleting stuff I get or stuff I have to make room for the new items. All I hear is that damn new item ding . I dont know what to delete any longer or what to use in crafting or whats neat or old or collectible or anything .Im so tired of it. Why cant they just triple my space so I can forget about it for a few years like when it was new.
Re: Video Games Randomness
Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2020 10:42 pm
by Daehawk
I forgot the little tedious stuff that was in Fallout its been so long...The absolutely horrible inventory that shows only 3 or 4 items at a time or the teeny tiny little buttons you have to click for everything. I can open my inventory with I as normal but nope cant hit I again to close it..have to click the teeny tiny little button. All screens are that way. Want to rest...its in the pipboy not the R key.
I know I know its old. It had innovative stuff in its day. I was there. I know. I loved it.One of my top games ever. But going back after 23 years or so is tough...its like C&C and how you build stuff and such. Fine at the time but not now. But I still love it. Then again I recall even then how the INV management was fussed at.
Daehawk wrote: ↑Fri Jul 03, 2020 7:39 pm
I started to say you're the best bot Ive ever seen but then I recall something about an old member who lost access.
Yep I've said elsewhere but the admins didn't respond when I asked for help recovering my old account. I'm the guy who sent you Bridge Commander!
Daehawk wrote: ↑Sat Jan 13, 2007 2:56 pm
Big +1 to Huw the Poo for an amazing pristine copy of Bridge Commander. Thnx Huw!
Re: Video Games Randomness
Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2020 1:17 pm
by Paradroid
Heh, I forgot about this. Correct, good detective work!
Re: Video Games Randomness
Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2020 1:27 pm
by Anonymous Bosch
Paradroid wrote: ↑Wed Jul 08, 2020 1:17 pm
Heh, I forgot about this. Correct, good detective work!
BTW befitting your updated username, here's a suitable avatar image for you:
Re: Video Games Randomness
Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2020 2:24 pm
by Daehawk
I think I know that guy
Re: Video Games Randomness
Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2020 2:26 pm
by Paradroid
Anonymous Bosch wrote: ↑Wed Jul 08, 2020 1:27 pm
BTW befitting your updated username, here's a suitable avatar image for you:
Thank you!
<-- Look!
Re: Video Games Randomness
Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2020 3:33 pm
by Daehawk
For me its Look! ---------------------->
Re: Video Games Randomness
Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2020 3:38 pm
by Paradroid
Hehe.
By the way Daehawk, look what I found (shame the screenshots are gone)! As you can see that's also the thread that brought SoaSE to my attention, and to this day it's on my Steam profile as my favourite game!
Re: Video Games Randomness
Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2020 4:01 pm
by Daehawk
I semi remember that. Ya the pics would be neat. I made a couple maps for that and they are still part of the company's map files.
Re: Video Games Randomness
Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2020 2:08 pm
by Daehawk
Re: Video Games Randomness
Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2020 2:22 pm
by Eel Snave
I'm perturbed because there aren't any games interesting me at the moment. I don't feel like playing anything too complicated or anything where I have to learn an interface, so I'm just playing the same old boring games I play all the time. I feel like I need to reignite it somehow, but I can't.
I'm getting close with figuring out some stuff on Retroarch that'll make it more useful, but until then I'm borrrreeeeeed.
Re: Video Games Randomness
Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2020 2:44 pm
by Blackhawk
Eel Snave wrote: ↑Thu Jul 09, 2020 2:22 pm
I'm perturbed because there aren't any games interesting me at the moment. I don't feel like playing anything too complicated or anything where I have to learn an interface, so I'm just playing the same old boring games I play all the time. I feel like I need to reignite it somehow, but I can't.
I'm getting close with figuring out some stuff on Retroarch that'll make it more useful, but until then I'm borrrreeeeeed.
This has been spring and summer 2020 for a lot of us. I've actually spent quite a bit of time reexamining what I get out of games, and asking whether I still get that. Or if I still need it.
