Aesir Rising

[quote who="Tridus" reply="23" id="2285579"] I dunno why people see that as a big deal, though. Diablo 1 and Starcraft both had ads in the battle.net lobby. Most of them were ads for other Blizzard stuff, but not all of them. Nobody really much cared.[/quote] I said, "In-game advertising" - that's what the press release says, and it's what Massive specializes in. I didn't say boilerplate square ads at the launch pad or lobby like what you get now. In-ga

It's not as a dramatic a reason as "preventing piracy" but I still say the reason you're going to be forced to use Battle.net for any multiplayer is due primarily to the in-game advertising deal. That's where the money is at, not piracy prevention (hahahaha).

[quote who="chevelleking" reply="5" id="2283601"]I wouldn't be surprised if B.net 2.0 is a small fee per month, no LAN, forcing people to play on thier network, just invested massive amounts of time to overhaul it adding nice features, need some other cash cow to compare to WoW anyway.[/quote] While a monthly fee is a possibility, I think you'll find the truth about the 'lucrative cash cow' was already announced and written up last December 2008, when Activision (Blizzard) and Mi

[ Update : Got it, thank you!] I PM'd at 13:01 eastern time but didn't receive a response. Are keys still available?

My OEM Vista Ultimate DVD had both 32/64 versions, selectable at first power-on of the laptop that came with it. I'd expect similar from Win7. But since I've not been as active in tracking Win7 development as I had been with prior OS releases (I installed some beta months ago, but used it for about 11 minutes), I am intently curious to know if the only differences between Ultimate and Pro versions are what's indicated in the product comparision ch

[quote]No, I can't feel confident that I can clean the system, LOL.[/quote] I think that gives you your answer. If the data (photos, in your case) are important and ultimately cannot be replaced, then it's probably 50 bucks well-spent. Hopefully, they know what they're doing and you will come out of this with your stuff intact.

It's easiest for a anyone responding to this topic to say, "Yes have that other person do it." because it absolves a responder here of any guilty feelings that might come up if you or they bork the job and you lose your important data/files/photos. But the real answer is that you need to determine this for yourself, because you know whether or not you can ascertain your system/files are clean *before* migrating the files to your external HD. If you cannot do t

It wasn't an interesting enough topic for two bumps within 8 minutes of the original post to fish for a response. But since you're trawling, I'll come trolling: No, I don't like invasive DRM. I speak with my wallet as well. The only game I'm tracking that uses Tages is X3: Reunion (Edit: I meant X3: Terran Conflict. X3: Reunion was already released sans DRM. Thank you, Egosoft). Egosoft historically re-releases a DRM-free package sometime around a y

Alrighty, Zubaz, Yes I'll stop going off on a tangent within the topic, but lemme 'splain before it gets locked: You see, someone says, "Punishing all for the sins of one is not cool..." And I think to myself, "Self, that sounds a lot like the concept of Original Sin and similar concepts found within several world religions. Oh, and also forms the basis of 'group punishment' found in the basic training programs of several military organizations."

I bet you're not Catholic.

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When I get into the game itself, I'll form a persona. Even when I did roleplaying in the past, when creating a new character I learned that I didn't do well forming up a detailed backstory - because events that develop in actual game-play can conflict with these 'past' events. So, I tend towards creating a concept/feel for a character. Then develop it as I go along. But I wanted to comment on: "Research - although I don't prefer to go for the "

Off-topic ...sort of.. but someone near FrogBoy's desk needs to be saving those awesome in-game renders from these posts for inclusion as bonus content in the final release.

[quote who="Martok" reply="21" id="2098056"] Quoting Aesir Rising, reply 17How important will leaders play in terms of outcome for specific battles? I'd like to know the answer to this question as well. Personally, I'd prefer it to be the latter and not the former -- there've been too many strategy games where the general/admiral/etc. had an overly-large effect on a battle's outcome. [/quote]

How important will leaders play in terms of outcome for specific battles? Are the devs envisioning leaders as epic tide-turners? Or will the bonus applied be worthwhile, but not necessarily the primary key to a successful battle?

how big a game world can we make? A subjective question, yes, but let me give some background. The OP mentions D&D, and that's a perfect point of reference. D&D Online was the MMORPG I'd wanted to make since I was a kid. But the implementation of the game is such that you leave a main city and bam! you're in a dungeon. The designers wanted to have friends play a complete adventure within a 2 hour (or so) game session. But that's too

4% is wonderful. It doesn't tell us what percent is supposed to be there, but it sounds so tiny that it makes it easy to disregard. But what if C02 is supposed to be only 2% of our atmosphere? Need to put the stat into context. Otherwise, it's worthless data , and not useful information .

[quote who="NickJames" reply="9" id="2061946"] How can this be done? Woudn`t each partition have to have the OS and page file present in each parttiion?[/quote] Adding to CobraA1's reply, just to be clear, the default setup on Microsoft operating systems so far is to have the pagefile on the system partition (usually, the C: drive). But you can set the pagefile to whichever volume you wish in Control Panel under "System". On XP:

[quote who="NickJames" reply="6" id="2061918"] For me, it's because I like to have my program files on a separate partition from my games. My games are all on one partition I`m just curious, Why do this? Does it improve performance? I guess if the hard drive was partioned into smaller sections the pc could access files faster, I think.[/quote] It can improve performance, reduce defrag and backup times, and improve chances of recovery from dis

[quote who="Gir92" reply="11" id="2060286"] Quoting Aesir Rising, reply 5 Quoting Gir92, reply 3 The simultanious release on PC/console was NOT the only reason for the delay. Many BioWare devs have stated that the game was simply not done yet and they needed more time to make it a great title.[/quote] I don't usually spout unsupported rumour. The announcement was made by EA during their investor teleconference, and r

[quote who="Zoomba" reply="14" id="2010025"] And honestly, I feel one of the single largest barriers to getting games onto Linux is support. Oh my lord supporting software on Linux is a logistical nightmare. There is no single base configuration you can count on. [/quote] I'd suggest that the type of person flirting with Ubutu might likely be a gamer. Maybe because I am a gamer and have flirted with Ubuntu a few times

I like the basics. You know, classic staples of prestidigitation, such as: Fireball Magic Missle Mordenkainen's Illustrious Illusion of Effluvium (a.k.a. "Shit Storm")

If the back-story for the official races/factions are that well developed to require a name generator, that's probably a good sign. If such an animal is implemented, I would like to see it exposed to the modding community who may wish to plug in their own name constructors for any custom created races/factions.

[quote]It's never a good idea to explicitly wish for a single source. Some people in the comments area have said "Of course no one wants a monopoly". But I can assure them that yes, there are lots of people and companies who would like just that because a single source is seen to streamline things.[/quote] I'm one of those people that would prefer convenience, but not at the price we currently have to pay for one-stop-shopping for digital distribution. (The price