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Breetai posted:Refresh my memory; an instance is in effect the 'observable universe' of a player in a game, i.e. the area within a game that their actions can immediately see and affect, right? So all of this poo poo about porous and meshed instances is a load of bullshit by definition, yeah? You can easily have a player see that something is in another instance, since we're talking instances that are location based. Some MMOs, like eve, even let you know exactly what is, and where it is, in an instance, given the correct tools. However, no, you can't actually have people see into instances or interact with them in real time. That defeats the entire point of an instance. intardnation posted:who cries when they cut an onion? Protip: put your onion in the microwave for 15-30 seconds first.
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aleksendr posted:No direct sources and i'm not telling this as facts. My understanding is Disney just chose to deal with 2 developers to make everything easier and cheaper. EA can make plenty of start wars games.
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Lord_NeckBeard posted:EA can make plenty of start wars games. It's about time WOPR got its own licensed game.
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Tippis posted:It's about time WOPR got its own licensed game. They called it DEFCON, I think
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EmesiS posted:Has Lethality doomed this with a tweet yet? Oh wow! This looks nice! Kind of reminds me of Spore. Another one that deserves a remake is Starflight. Please Stardock make it happen! 
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ManofManyAliases posted:Wasn't there another quote that said he was going to reveal something so damning that it would 100% guarantee legal action? Sigh - those were the good times. Yes. And that's why people like us have good (you wouldn't know anything about that) attorneys as a buffer. It's no fun being sued; especially if you're on the defensive right off the bat in trying to justify it. It's a lot of paperwork, aggravation and money. Even if it gets tossed.
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Foo Diddley posted:They called it DEFCON, I think But they had to wait until today before Star Citizen made it a truly fidelicious experience. The only winning move is not to play.
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The Titanic posted:The only winning move is not to pay.
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EmesiS posted:Has Lethality doomed this with a tweet yet? Don't rejoice so soon. By the looks of things, none of the alien races will be from the original game. Apparently, it's part of the "Star Control multiverse" and doesn't have anything to do with the first three games.
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Daztek posted:I've said it before and I'll say it again. Throughout the history of the internet people have told themselves "I'm going to be the one that gets into an internet argument with Derek Smart, owns him hardcore and shuts him up once and for all" and every single one that has tried have all gone through with their attempts in exactly the same ways. You've seen it most recently on Reddit with his weird stalky fanclub, or with guys like MoMA. Hell you saw it with Chris Roberts. Now you're seeing it with Batgirl! heh funny thing is, I posted this PSA on my Facebook wall today. 
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I wish I had some reason to be Derek's facebook friend. I think that would really boost my FUD-spreading resume. After all, it's all about who you know 
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D_Smart posted:heh funny thing is, I posted this PSA on my Facebook wall today. Not for nothing, but you DO have some serious crybabies on your page that poo poo it up to the point where the block function needs to be hot keyed lol.
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Beet Wagon posted:I wish I had some reason to be Derek's facebook friend. I think that would really boost my FUD-spreading resume. After all, it's all about who you know 
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Beet Wagon posted:Wait are we back to fighting about recipes now? Awesome, that means B_of_inforedux making his triumphant return is right around the corner, according to my charts! Parp is a flat circle.
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TheLastRoboKy posted:I appreciate the Archering good friend. Yeah, it was over the Squadron 42 console discussion. I wrote extensively about that here, along with my spat with her. Shortly after she offered to interview me to get my side of the Star Citizen story. It never happened. Breetai posted:Refresh my memory; an instance is in effect the 'observable universe' of a player in a game, i.e. the area within a game that their actions can immediately see and affect, right? So all of this poo poo about porous and meshed instances is a load of bullshit by definition, yeah? No, an instance is a full session copy of the ENTIRE game. Think of an instance as it's own standalone game copy containing all the clients. In the case of SC, the max client count before it falls over is 16. So, with their cloud servers (GCE to AWS) they can spin up instances in much the same way that you can setup a game server on any service (e.g. https://www. pingperfect.com) What croberts has been - hilariously - promising, are "1000 client instances". We're still laughing. He was also touting "inter-instance" communications between instances (e.g. Instance1 <-> Instance2) in order to form a single cohesive universe. Which of course is patently impossible with modern tech. Heck, not even Eve, let alone Frontier, have been able to do it. So basically players in Instance1, won't be able to see or interact with players in Instance2 - and vice versa. Those rear end-clowns talking about how a capital ship is going to be its own instance, don't have a loving clue what they're talking about.
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Just happened across this in the Android store , not sure why it's in my recommended list. Better burn this phone now  So only 10k people have downloaded a cig created app , out of let's be generous and say 500k android users ? Assuming 500k apple users with a smattering of windows and blackberry Seems a bit low to me, any thoughts Derek ? Might help to confirm their obviously padded citizen numbers
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Milky Moor posted:Don't rejoice so soon. By the looks of things, none of the alien races will be from the original game. Apparently, it's part of the "Star Control multiverse" and doesn't have anything to do with the first three games. Well that puts it into questionable territory because 3 was really bad.  I'll hope for the best though! If they have planetary exploration or mining like Starflight that'd be super cool. I really loved just going out and exploring and colonizing and upgrading the whip. Make more! 
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The Titanic posted:Well that puts it into questionable territory because 3 was really bad. Yeah. I was a big fan of Star Control, so, I immediately scoured that site for any sort of hard info. There's plenty of stuff where they're saying it's a full reboot without admitting as such. It feels like one of those cynical 'using the name for a different idea' franchises. Like, without the Ur-Quan and the Spathi and the Orz and so on, what makes it Star Control?
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Sappo569 posted:Just happened across this in the Android store , not sure why it's in my recommended list. Better burn this phone now It's low because most backers know their pledge was just to help CIG build a multinational, multilayered mega corporation that makes YouTube videos and a crysis mod. If their account is stolen it's really ok with them because their money still went to CIG, so game development can continue. They really are just kind benefactors not wanting anything for $$$$$'s of their hard earned and government dispensed earnings. The end result of a AAAA game is all they want. Such good guys and girls with hearts of gold. 
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Milky Moor posted:Yeah. It sounds like this thing of trying to cash in on old franchises is a fad these days. I didn't dig into it that deeply but from the video, it really did look like a game that can actually be built. It won't be the second coming but if it's fun it'll be good for a $15. I did see they wanted >$30 for it though. I guess good luck with that.  I hope they make it, though it seems like the Star Control name is only used for getting the game noticed by an audience.
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Good news to all you iPhone users, the RSI app is also available on the App Store. And I looked over the screenshots to see if it looked legit.  Judging by this, it's 100% au-loving-thentic CIG software. I'd nab it now because it's gonna be a collectors item fast! Also counting the days it takes before they fix this. 
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Breetai posted:Refresh my memory; an instance is in effect the 'observable universe' of a player in a game, i.e. the area within a game that their actions can immediately see and affect, right? So all of this poo poo about porous and meshed instances is a load of bullshit by definition, yeah? The way I think of it is basically the way WoW uses it for dungeons. Each dungeon run is a separate instance, and only people within that instance can see and interact with it. Other groups are, naturally, placed in another instance of the dungeon. Hell, they've even extended that tech to the overworld at this point, so the game can spin up multiple instances of overworld zones to balance population. In any case, you cannot see players who are in a different instance than you, even if they are, technically, standing right next to you. You can even pull another player into your instance by inviting them to a group, but in that case you're simply changing what instance they're in, not letting them look into one other than the one they're in. So basically, if the larger ships were an instance of their own, you wouldn't be able to see anything outside of the ship except the environment; other players would not show up at all. For that matter, other players wouldn't even be able to see your gigantic ship, because it wouldn't be in their instance!
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The Titanic posted:Good news to all you iPhone users, the RSI app is also available on the App Store. And I looked over the screenshots to see if it looked legit. The Apple appstore version only has four reviews. Please be a gentleship and offer your kind and encouraging feedback after experiencing the app's fidelity
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Quavers posted:The Apple appstore version only has four reviews. Please be a gentleship and offer your kind and encouraging feedback after experiencing the app's fidelity Unfortunately I won't actually download this ransomware product. 
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Sappo569 posted:
Dumb question, is this app basically for two factor authentication purposes?
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Colostomy Bag posted:Dumb question, is this app basically for two factor authentication purposes? Yes
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Shadowlyger posted:So basically, if the larger ships were an instance of their own, you wouldn't be able to see anything outside of the ship except the environment; other players would not show up at all. For that matter, other players wouldn't even be able to see your gigantic ship, because it wouldn't be in their instance!
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Shadowlyger posted:The way I think of it is basically the way WoW uses it for dungeons. Each dungeon run is a separate instance, and only people within that instance can see and interact with it. Other groups are, naturally, placed in another instance of the dungeon. Hell, they've even extended that tech to the overworld at this point, so the game can spin up multiple instances of overworld zones to balance population. I'm staggered by CIG's claim that they're going to be creating "windows" so you can see across instances. Absolutely staggered. I'm not claiming the tech is technically impossible - I'm claiming it's impossible for CIG to develop it, much less deploy it into this piece of poo poo that passes for a game in their version of reality. It would take far more computing resources to create such a "window" than it would to just jam everyone in the same instance in the first place. Even if you use the power in the machines. Scruffpuff fucked around with this message at 03:09 on Feb 7, 2017 |
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D_Smart posted:Yeah, it was over the Squadron 42 console discussion. I wrote extensively about that here, along with my spat with her. Shortly after she offered to interview me to get my side of the Star Citizen story. It never happened. You know, if Batgirl wanted to boost her numbers on YouTube, getting an interview with you would really help her. Ask simple, objective questions, and most would eat it up. Controversy as told from a neutrality is devoured by both sides. Unfortunately, as much as I enjoy what Batgirl could do with her YouTube, I think she's in too deep to want to dabble in these waters. Then again, can't blame her, after all, the Star Citizen community is the most friendliest, welcoming group of people there is.
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D_Smart posted:I think it's just that most people don't want to be bothered with 2FA. Until they get hacked. "get hacked" It's password re-use or phishing. There's no hacking involved.
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nawledgelambo posted:You know, if Batgirl wanted to boost her numbers on YouTube, getting an interview with you would really help her. Ask simple, objective questions, and most would eat it up. Controversy as told from a neutrality is devoured by both sides. "Batgirl" is in no way at all the journalist that she thinks or claims she is. She has no interest whatsoever in being neutral about this situation. Her entire entity is wrapped up in promoting Star Citizen and when you watch those videos where she tries to be "critical" she is still waving her pom poms. Derek would dominate her and the narrative immediately. But you are correct, the viewership would be off the charts. I think it would be loving hysterical for Pgabz to do a series of these with Derek and whatever shitizen shill they could round up for Youtube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ya7mwQYeICQ
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intardnation posted:didnt know that. Garlic is nasty poo poo though. Gives me a migraine in 2 secs flat. That sucks. Garlic is like the best seasoning ever.
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DapperDon posted:"Batgirl" is in no way at all the journalist that she thinks or claims she is. She has no interest whatsoever in being neutral about this situation. Her entire entity is wrapped up in promoting Star Citizen and when you watch those videos where she tries to be "critical" she is still waving her pom poms. Derek would dominate her and the narrative immediately. But you are correct, the viewership would be off the charts. I think it would be loving hysterical for Pgabz to do a series of these with Derek and whatever shitizen shill they could round up for Youtube. I get what you're saying here, but I'd argue that the time for neutrality has passed. When a situation is uncertain, then good journalism warrants looking at the issue from multiple sides. However, once any given situation matures and the facts surrounding it solidify, there is no longer a such a thing as neutrality - there is fact, and there is fiction. Two years ago there was an argument to be made both for and against CIG. Last year the wheels started to come off. Today - well, put a fork in it. There is no way to be neutral about CIG and be realistic at the same time. That's bush-league journalism - the kind of poo poo you read on MMORPG.com, where no dumpster fire is bad or hot enough to call it as it is. Were Batgirl to actually accurately assess what's going on with this project, she'd wind up posting here with the rest of us. And having a far better time than she is right now, all things considered.
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