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Ak Gara posted:Doesn't always work. Fallout NV for example looks hideous when zoomed in to the distant hills. You can see how powerful GTA V's texture streaming ability is by zooming in and out several times quickly and seeing the things load and unload almost instantly. At nighttime 20000 feet up you can still see individual streetlights. GTA's texture streaming for buildings and landmarks is a beast. Not so much for people though.
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Party Plane Jones posted:At nighttime 20000 feet up you can still see individual streetlights. GTA's texture streaming for buildings and landmarks is a beast. Not so much for people though. Not really, this is all faked. Go into a high up apartment at night and look through the telescope. You'll see headlights and tail lights. Zoom in on them and they disappear because there were no cars there to begin with.
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Cojawfee posted:Not really, this is all faked. Go into a high up apartment at night and look through the telescope. You'll see headlights and tail lights. Zoom in on them and they disappear because there were no cars there to begin with. That only happens in Multiplayer. If you zoom in in single player, every light is a car
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Oct 25, 2013 15:12
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Hedgehog Pie posted:for some reason I thought 'Everybody Wants to Rule the World' was in Vice City Stories, turns out it's not. Wonder where I got that from. If you've played Saints Row 2 before, it's on the '80s radio station.
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VarXX posted:That only happens in Multiplayer. If you zoom in in single player, every light is a car Yeah I've definitely flown around and watch a light on the horizon slowly reveal itself as a streetlight. There was even an interview with a designer who was talking about how proud they were of the lights in the distance being actual lights. edit: Here it is. quote:I think one of the most amazing features is the way we handle lighting in the game to maintain a consistent look despite the constraints on realistic lighting and shadows on current hardware. Every single light we place in the world is stored, streamed, and laid into the map, even into the distance. The entire world draws all the time: You can fly high in the air at one corner of the map, look over the miles of city and skyscrapers, over the hills and desert to the furthest ridges of the most distant mountains. It’s all there and visible. That’s amazing to see. But the really cool bit is that you can see a street light in a distant town, fly toward it for kilometers until the street itself is visible and the light bulb eventually comes into view. It’s amazing. It’s a level of solidity that I’ve never seen before. It brings the world alive in an incredibly realistic and organic way. That all the lighting the artists have placed to fill out streets and buildings form, at a macro level, the shape of the settlements themselves, that you can look over the desert and see the little towns and trailer parks miles away and get a feel for the road layout even in total darkness and know that it’s not faked, that you can go there: That’s cool. wa27 fucked around with this message at 15:30 on Oct 25, 2013 |
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Oct 25, 2013 15:28
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quote:<Item platform="xbox360"> There's a lot more here http://gtaforums.com/topic/632685-the-hunt-for-north-yankton/page-11 Including what appears to be Niko Belic being playable in the DLC The best part is this new ability (possibly for Niko?) quote:<specialAbilities> Nevermind 
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Oct 25, 2013 15:30
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VarXX posted:Some people on the GTA Forums may have stumbled upon some Single Player DLC entries. Looks like North Yankton isn't an interior either I'd be surprised if Niko comes back. Didn't Rockstar have a huge falling out with his voice actor?
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Oct 25, 2013 15:35
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Hobo Clown posted:I'd be surprised if Niko comes back. Didn't Rockstar have a huge falling out with his voice actor? Well it's a pretty drat easy accent to replicate.
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There's also references to some placeholder GTA:O missions so it looks like you'll be going to North Yankton in GTA:O eventually as well. These apparently all showed up with the 1.04 patch so this may not be cut content.
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Actors have been replaced in TV shows and movies before, you think it'd be hard to replace a voice actor from a 5 year old video game? poo poo, even Kojima replaced David Hayter and that's an iconic video game voice as it gets.
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Oct 25, 2013 15:43
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VarXX posted:Some people on the GTA Forums may have stumbled upon some Single Player DLC entries. Looks like North Yankton isn't an interior either Did you actually read the thread? It's full of the dude's poorly written fanfiction.
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Knuc If U Buck posted:Did you actually read the thread? It's full of the dude's poorly written fanfiction. Yeah I did read it, which is why I linked to Page 11 where someone else started finding things in the files
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VarXX posted:Yeah I did read it, which is why I linked to Page 11 where someone else started finding things in the files Ah, right. I guess you can't fake that quality rockstar writing. quote:Quote
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Knuc If U Buck posted:Ah, right. I guess you can't fake that quality rockstar writing. Where is that? I'm only talking about the stuff being posted by "theNGclan"
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VarXX posted:Where is that? It's from the guy who's supposedly finding poo poo in the game's code.
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Speaking of voice actors, here's some love for the random pedestrian conversations in the game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0iaH3IMv5A Ey, you like potato salad?
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Knuc If U Buck posted:It's from the guy who's supposedly finding poo poo in the game's code. Can you link which post because I just searched that entire thread and didn't see any of what you just posted
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VarXX posted:Can you link which post because I just searched that entire thread and didn't see any of what you just posted http://gtaforums.com/topic/632685-the-hunt-for-north-yankton/?p=1063877449 This could be real, but the dialogue this clown is pulling out definitely isn't, also the fact that he just ignores anyone who asks him what files he's looking at just screams bullshit.
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StickFigs posted:I was trying to do the final triathalon mission and I was leading the pack until half way through the bike section one of the NPCs flys by me at twice the speed of the fastest I can possibly go. A couple seconds later I notice a stray blip on my minimap so I go to check it out on my big map: As stupid as it is, that's pretty much scripted to happen. You'll catch up at the running portion or slightly before it. No matter how good you are, NPCs will get a burst of speed at the bike portion and blow past you by a considerable amount. This was the only mission in the game I felt legitimately annoyed with.
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Knuc If U Buck posted:http://gtaforums.com/topic/632685-the-hunt-for-north-yankton/?p=1063877449 Wow, yeah weird. I searched everywhere and it never picked any of this up. Dang and I was really gettin my hopes up
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Strangers and freaks question. The Josh (real estate guy) missions with Trevor, after they end, do you get to see who/what is in the motel? I have this feeling that it's something gross. Not just his wife.
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beedeebee posted:Strangers and freaks question. The Josh (real estate guy) missions with Trevor, after they end, do you get to see who/what is in the motel? I have this feeling that it's something gross. Not just his wife. No.
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VarXX posted:That only happens in Multiplayer. If you zoom in in single player, every light is a car I think static lights and car lights are different, even in SP. Static lights (the light sources, not the streetlight model itself) are always present on the whole map, while car lights do something similar to GTAIV where the long distance "row of headlights" is blended with the near-distance actual car models when you get close enough.
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Hobo Clown posted:Speaking of voice actors, here's some love for the random pedestrian conversations in the game: I smoke 'cause it gives me knowledge.
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the lights moving in the distance are a particle effect which sticks to a path, and as you get closer it tries to generate a car in the correct spot. you can sometimes see them shift when it's fading them in if you look close. It's still loving incredible technology though, I cant believe how well their LOD/streaming works - it's proper wizardry.
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Could anyone offer some advice as to where this van spawns?  I've followed a couple of directions and I can't seem to get anywhere. The "furthest" I got was when a Gruppe 6 (will never not be funny, sorry!) van spawned next to me at the freeway junction just to the north-west of the dot, but it wasn't a "blue flash, hey there's a van over here!" one. Apparently it's around that junction, on or over/under the freeway, or near the "Ban Windmills" (Save our Environment!) billboard but I've had nada. I know it's pointless, but I have some free time! On the upside, Blue Ark is a swell playlist. Hedgehog Pie fucked around with this message at 17:25 on Oct 25, 2013 |
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If I haven't received my $20 Xbux code for pre-ordering through the MS store, should I be concerned at this point?
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Pisswasser has now exceeded its original maximum projected value a month later. Congrats anyone who stayed on board the whole time, you're now a billionaire like me from a single stock.SplitSoul posted:I smoke 'cause it gives me knowledge. I loved that one NPC so, so much. Favorite in any GTA "THAT ESE PUT DUST IN MY WEED!!" TheRationalRedditor fucked around with this message at 23:02 on Oct 25, 2013 |
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TheRationalRedditor posted:Pisswasser has now exceeded its original maximum projected value a month later. Congrats anyone who stayed on board the whole time, you're now a billionaire like me from a single stock. My favorite will always be Fat CJ. I only ever ate to regain health so I never had him put much weight on. Its just amazing there's all these lines a bunch of people probably never heard.
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TheRationalRedditor posted:Pisswasser has now exceeded its original maximum projected value a month later. Congrats anyone who stayed on board the whole time, you're now a billionaire like me from a single stock. Wait really? I bought stock in PIS last night and I just checked and it's down about 5 points for me 
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TheRationalRedditor posted:Pisswasser has now exceeded its original maximum projected value a month later. Congrats anyone who stayed on board the whole time, you're now a billionaire like me from a single stock. Is it feasibly possible to even spend a billion dollars in game? I have around that for each character after buying every property and everyone is pretty well stocked on guns. You kinda just laugh off the $5000 healthcare charge after that.
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Spalec posted:Is it feasibly possible to even spend a billion dollars in game? I have around that for each character after buying every property and everyone is pretty well stocked on guns. You kinda just laugh off the $5000 healthcare charge after that. Yeah which made me laugh when people complained about the 'ridiculous' wasted penalty and they tried to avoid it by hiding their money in stocks. $5000 is freaking nothing, even if you only have the money from the final heist.
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For those who might be playing through for the first time or are going back and beating the game again (like me), a couple of tips: Go cheap on the crew for the first heist. I took the cheapest of every option (this means using Rickie Lukens), still managed to clear out all 20 cases in the jewelry store, picked up the dropped bag when the gunman dies entering the tunnel, and ended up making over $1 million with Michael (and another 245k or so with Franklin). Do the Epsilon missions as soon as possible. I ended up waiting until I had unlocked Trevor and gotten him moved to Los Santos (basically the first point when you've got all three characters readily available to switch) and immediately did it, and now Michael is sitting on about $3.2 million. At that point, you could easily do Lester's first assassination mission and make Michael quite rich (and help the other two as well). From there you could easily have Michael pay for car mods and then give the cars to the other players, etc. It's been a lot nicer than my first playthrough when I barely hit $1 million with Michael and Franklin right before the final heist.
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Hatbox Ghost posted:Wait really? I bought stock in PIS last night and I just checked and it's down about 5 points for me Fooley posted:My favorite will always be Fat CJ. I only ever ate to regain health so I never had him put much weight on. Its just amazing there's all these lines a bunch of people probably never heard. TheRationalRedditor fucked around with this message at 00:07 on Oct 26, 2013 |
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Is there a way to track how many deer and coyotes you've run over? Cause that's basically all I do
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TheRationalRedditor posted:It's around $153 a share on PS3 Bawsaq right now. It hit rock bottom and made the long slow climb all the way up despite the expectation of a crash after the reddit "dump", which in retrospect, lol Should I sell now and break even seeing as how I bought at an all-time high? I accidentally bought during a 5-hour low, thinking it was a more advantageous time than it really was.
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Hatbox Ghost posted:Should I sell now and break even seeing as how I bought at an all-time high? I accidentally bought during a 5-hour low, thinking it was a more advantageous time than it really was. No idea how much higher PIS will actually go, its original Max was $151 according to the social club master listing.
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VarXX posted:There's also references to some placeholder GTA:O missions so it looks like you'll be going to North Yankton in GTA:O eventually as well. These apparently all showed up with the 1.04 patch so this may not be cut content. It wouldn't surprise me...if you pause the game during the intro sequence and pan around the map, there's quite a lot of area with proper roads and everything.
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SheepNameKiller posted:As stupid as it is, that's pretty much scripted to happen. You'll catch up at the running portion or slightly before it. No matter how good you are, NPCs will get a burst of speed at the bike portion and blow past you by a considerable amount. This was the only mission in the game I felt legitimately annoyed with. Yeah, another guy will easily beat you on the bike section but then waits at the start of the foot race where he doesn't get any bonus to speed. I kind of liked the third triathalon because by that point you'll have unlimited stamina so it becomes less of a test of endurance for the character and more of a test of endurance for the player.
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Hedgehog Pie posted:Could anyone offer some advice as to where this van spawns? I've found this map to be pretty useful as far as random events go http://www.vgfaq.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/GTA-V-Map-Random-Events.jpg
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