RavenX

So I've checking out the upcoming DCUO and today I signed up for the beta. At first I wasn't excited about it at all because I figured it would be just like every other MMO out there and more or less a DC version of City of Heroes and control like WoW like every other MMO out there. Today I watched some of the Dev interviews and found out you actually get to move around and dodge and stuff during combat, meaning actual player skill is involved. If someone were to, lets say, throw a car at you

[quote who="Nenjin" reply="7" id="2787627"]There is next to no control over graphic functions within the game. That makes it "ok" port in my book. A half of their tool tips are thrown in there too, some don't even report the correct button for the action they're describing. I see a lot of places this feels rushed, but by and large it performs pretty well. It's not a flawless port by any imagination though. [/quote] I can kinda see your point on the graphic functions. You can chan

[quote who="Gwenio1" reply="180" id="2786104"]The xml for forth level Fallen Cities defines the level up amount as 1000. (found in CoreImprovements -> F_CityHubs.xml) [/quote] Indeed, I found that. It's labeled as a Value. I think it abstracts or multiplies some of the values though. If you look a little further down that same XML and find the Level 5 Castle, it doesn't even give a max population value. Instead it's like this: (Note: I'm taking out all of it but the popul

[quote who="OMG_pacov" reply="5" id="2786652"] Is there a particular controller you have in mind for using? Actually, I haven't picked one up, but will be doing so shortly. I was leaning towards the 360 joystick anyway, so good stuff. Just curious if it was a game that would be fun on pc without a joystick. Thanks! [/quote] No prob brother. I highly recommend the wired X-Box360 controller for PC games, even if you don't own a X-Box. I find

[quote who="Tormy-" reply="14" id="2786441"]An Open Letter From A Former Bungie VP to Bobby Kotick While perhaps not seen in the full context of his talk at the Bank of America Merrill Lynch conference, Activision head Bobby Kotick's comments about Bungie did create quite a stir last week. Among those bothered by Kotick's talk was former Bungie executive vice president, and current president of Atomic Games, Peter Tamte. He sent Kotaku this Letter to the Editor which, as

[quote who="OMG_pacov" reply="3" id="2786318"] the controls are good Are you using a joystick or just keyboard and mouse? If joystiq - what? Thanks! [/quote] I'm using one of the standard wired X-Box360 controllers. When you get to the part where you're riding the Gryphon though I'd say use the mouse and keyboard because that part is more like a on-rails shooter and it's easier to aim with the mouse. I'm sure you can use other controllers as well

Aye, some be just that, arrgh. Our fair k10w3 be a might fiesty these days as well. @ Karen :P

[quote who="Aractain" reply="1" id="2786029"]Are you SURE this thread is about Darksiders and not Mafia 2? I have Mafia 2 but not Darksiders... Yet. [/quote] LoL Yes I'm sure. I was going to write a review on Mafia 2 but I've been too busy since I finished it a few weeks ago, maybe a week and a half ago. It was an awesome game, really, really awesome. The production values were just, incredible....jaw dropping honestly. The level of detail in the world is something every develope

[quote who="Gwenio1" reply="176" id="2786082"]Kingdom is definately 1250, it is the only one I play as. (I only found one thousand through captured cities) [/quote] Ahh, that could have very well been the AI then. I thought I saw a mention somewhere of the AI getting wierd and not building up to level 5 cities. That might have been for the minor factions though, I can't remember. Maybe they up'd them both on the latest patch?

[quote who="Kalin" reply="177" id="2786096"]I'm sure. Is your custom faction using kingdom city hubs by anychance? [/quote] Nada, Empire tech tree and buildings. I did the base faction through the Workshop's faction creator.

[quote who="Gwenio1" reply="173" id="2785940"]They must have raised it, it was 1000 when in 1.07 (or was it 1.06?). I have not played long enough since 1.08 to find out. [/quote] No biggie. It's not like it was a big numerical difference anyway. In the big picture 250 isn't going to be a whole lot (hopefully). [quote who="Kalin" reply="174" id="2786068"]Empire and Kingdom cities has different reqs for lvl 4 and 5. Both of you are correct. Empi

[quote who="Gyb" reply="169" id="2785797"]You are forgetting that you start at level one, so it is level 2 at 25, level 3 at 100, level 4 at 400, and level 5 at 1,250 for Kingdom, and I believe Empire is level 4 at 500 and then not sure about level 5 for Empire. This is off memory so maybe Kingdom and Empire are the same at level 4 and I'm just misremembering. [/quote] [quote who="Gwenio1" reply="170" id="2785805"] Quoting Gyb, reply 169 You are f

[quote who="vStyler" reply="6" id="2785754"]Ive posted these before, top one is me singing an old Kid Rock song, bottom 3 are original 'WIP's" and contain several midi driven VSTi's A few bits of songs [/quote] That's really cool man :), hell yeah. Great stuff indeed. That's not really "old school" video game stuff I was talking about, but, very cool none the less :)

[quote who="Goontrooper" reply="15" id="2785760"]I'm actually looking at making unit sizes race dependent...haven't talked about it much yet, but I'm working on a 'generic' fantasy mod, not a recreation of any other source (MoM, AoW, etc) but something that I am designing ground up that will be designed to work with Elemental and play to the strengths of the engine. Anyways, in my mod so far, I'm trying to have, for example, Elf units go in a 1 / 2 / 5 / 25 unit s

[quote who="jstrebel" reply="397" id="2785734"]I'm a little late to this thread but agree I was looking forward to battles of the scale of what was depicted in early screen shots. If we do get something along those lines in 1.1 can someone email me how to mod the button on the battle interface to [/quote] Frogboy didn't say by 1.1 , but probably by the first Expansion. Version 1.1 is laying the groundwork with the

[quote who="Frogboy" reply="157" id="2784848"]The issue with mega armies (they're not really stacks since they fight as a single unit) is that we don't want that to be the only way to play the game. It should be a strategic choice to do so. The problem with the organized talent was that it made the mega army strategy the best one by far. in GalCiv, we limited fleet size based on the player's logistics ability. The idea was that the player had to make a strategic choice as to

After seeing Frogboy's latest Dev Journal I guess it's ok to talk about this a little. I had a conversation with Frogboy and Boogie yesterday and after hearing about some of the upcoming changes to tactical combat they have in mind and are working on, I can now say I believe that when we see what they have in store for us battles will look a Lot More like what we have in the picture on the side of the box :) . I can't/won't go into any of the details he told me about because I

[quote who="vashtyphoon" reply="9" id="2785460"] It made me wonder why a guy would even have a ability he couldn't use. It's an undiscovered ability that only you as an All-Mighty/Incredibly Frail channeler can see the potential for and release. Besides, have you seen the animation for the "Melee" powers, "I'll smite you with all the strength and power granted by my liege. Quiver as I smash each testicle into different counties." - Raise shield into air, don't swi

It's looking really Awesome. You guys are going a killer job here. Well done All :)

Damn that's messed up. The worst part is that yet again, Video Games are going to be blamed and take a hit because this bitch was nuts. I'm sure this will be just another excuse to add to the pile if the day ever comes that laws are made against video games being "too in-depth" and "engrossing". I also can't stand people who are cruel to animals (not counting food animals). Those poor dogs didn't deserve that....neither did the kids. While I feel sorry for the womans loss, I h

Aye, methinks it be time to go WENCHING!!!

[quote who="vStyler" reply="4" id="2785672"]what i meant was, in my music productions, songs etc. [/quote] Ooooh, I gotcha. Still, good stuff. You should put up some samples of the stuff you do for us to check out man. I'd like to hear it :)

So a buddy of mine was given the PC Port of Darksiders a few days ago and the person who got it for him didn't know he already had it on X-Box so he in turn gave it to me. I just installed it this morning and I've been playing it for about an hour (I have it minimized while I'm typing this in fact). For once this is a PC Port over that is pretty good. I didn't get a chance to play it for the X-Box so I couldn't tell you how it performed there, but on my PC here it runs great. No slow down, no

I can't stand Kotick. Assclowns like him are the reason why gaming has turned into big business where putting out sub-standard shit to rake in fast cash is acceptable. He's actually proud of the fact that he took the "Fun" out of making games. He's a one man version of EA and people like him are killing gaming with their rush to bring in the big bucks. I'd laugh my ass off if the market crashed and he lost everything and had to live in a box on the street eating out of a dumpster behind McDon

[quote who="impinc" reply="1" id="2785564"]Heh, good stuff there Raven. Actually, Midi files are still used A LOT today in music production. Thing is, computers are so powerful now that there are prgrams that synthesize (or play a recorded sample) sounds, and sound real (the real good ones anyways). I do some music production myself, and I work with midi on a constant basis (because I only own a guitar). [/quote] I play guitar too man, been playing since I was 13. That's good stu