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Far Cry 2 |OT| of Money, Diamonds, and Military Checkpoints
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BobFromPikeCreek
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No, no. Don't. You can play your maps in player matches with strangers in FC2. Forge "maps" just sat on your hard drive unused because no one wants to go to a website, download your Forge edit, then find enough people to privately invite and play in it.JdFoX187 said:
You can do it all in the game in FC2 and with strangers.
Future PhaZe
Member
I think quick saving has gotten kind of out of control in games. One method that I like is giving a quick save or two between safehouses so that if you absolutely have to use it you can use it, but its not something you can just spam like crazy.
It just takes so much tension away from the game and FPS games have already gotten fairly simple over the years in terms of difficulty without artificially making it harder by using overly cheapened hard modes.
It just takes so much tension away from the game and FPS games have already gotten fairly simple over the years in terms of difficulty without artificially making it harder by using overly cheapened hard modes.
If you don't want to Quick Save then, err, don't? I mean no one is forcing you to hit F5 or whatever every few minutes, personally I couldn't do without them, especially when I could be right in the middle of something and end up going out or something.
Quick saving is best in RPGs with overly harsh death penalties (like the ones that consist of a lot of grinding, but then take away EXP if you die - fuck that), or shooters with fun set pieces like Half-Life 2 and F.E.A.R. I abuse quick save when I play F.E.A.R., not because I die a lot, but because there are a lot of sections I enjoy replaying over and over since the combat is so delicious.
I'll try and cut down on it big time for Far Cry 2, if not eliminate it entirely, because I know that'll be more rewarding in that specific game. If it's bound to something, I'm unbinding it.
I'll try and cut down on it big time for Far Cry 2, if not eliminate it entirely, because I know that'll be more rewarding in that specific game. If it's bound to something, I'm unbinding it.
any mp impressions?
Blim seemed to have some issues with the lack of icons showing where the flag carrier was, etc. Also, he mentioned that you can't pick guns up off of dead enemies or off of the map in mp and that weapon loadout is strictly class based. How does this play out? seems a little restrictive for my tastes...but i don't think it would be a deal breaker.
Blim seemed to have some issues with the lack of icons showing where the flag carrier was, etc. Also, he mentioned that you can't pick guns up off of dead enemies or off of the map in mp and that weapon loadout is strictly class based. How does this play out? seems a little restrictive for my tastes...but i don't think it would be a deal breaker.
f@luS
More than a member.
It's not as simple as that, I'm afraid. The reason I'm against Quick Saves is simply because I feel it has an impact on development. When checkpoints are required, the designers generally craft their scenarios with this in mind and you end up with tighter pacing. I actually don't mind quicksaves being dropped on top of such a system, to be honest.Ikuu said:
The problem is, a lot of games designed without any sort of checkpoint system end up with unfocused level design. You often end up with long, drawn out encounters or some other akward pacing issue. Checkpoints keep designers in check and push them to look more closely at pacing which, in general, improves the final product.
Now, the issue with something like Far Cry 2 is simply that, as an open ended up experience, checkpoints would be very difficult to implement properly due to the variety of methods the player can use to complete a mission. Still, FC2 is more of a non-linear mission based shooter that shares many of the same issues you'd find in your average sandbox game.
xS1TH L0RDx
Banned
someone else said it, but i'm glad lbp got delayed. definitely picking this beast up.
Goldrusher
Member
Nothing impressive about that explosion. Looks like a bunch of firecrackers on a scale model.chubigans said:
BobFromPikeCreek
Member
First page of thread old. But still funny.f@luS said:
MrTroubleMaker
Member
I can't wait 
:lolf@luS said:
Chiggs
Gold Member
Holy Crap! Look at the Hotfix driver results for ATI cards.
http://www.pcgameshardware.com/aid,...delivers_up_to_98_Prozent_better_performance/
Edit: Uh oh....
So if you've got a single GPU, you might want to avoid this driver.
http://www.pcgameshardware.com/aid,...delivers_up_to_98_Prozent_better_performance/
Edit: Uh oh....
So if you've got a single GPU, you might want to avoid this driver.
JdFoX187 said:
Well, for FC2 you will actually upload the entire map. In Halo 3 I thought you only really upload the weapon/item placements etc, since you cannot actually alter the actual map.
Ubi will have servers ready so people can upload their best maps so the community can rate them or you can keep them on your own HDD and players will download when they connect to your game.
Chiggs
Gold Member
Far Cry 2 not really DX 10.1?
http://www.pcgameshardware.com/aid,664083/News/Far_Cry_2_Vague_statements_on_Direct_X_101/
http://www.pcgameshardware.com/aid,664083/News/Far_Cry_2_Vague_statements_on_Direct_X_101/
Shake Appeal
Member
Forge is simultaneously not as limited as the average user thinks it is, and far more limited than it could have been. But you can do more a lot more than alter weapon placements, especially on the Foundry map.Raide said:
Hmm, the benchmarks are not looking good on the PC. The average and minimum framerates are quite a bit lower than I would have expected when you consider the visuals being presented. It wouldn't be a problem if you could lock the game at 30 fps maximum (which would allow an even, constant framerate) but I doubt that is an option.
Honestly, the visuals just don't look all that impressive. With the visuals being presented, I would expect a rock solid 60 fps from the game. Then again, I'd be happy with 1360x768 with little to no AA. Perhaps my GTX260 can actually pull off a reasonably stable 60 fps with those settings. I suppose we'll see.
Honestly, the visuals just don't look all that impressive. With the visuals being presented, I would expect a rock solid 60 fps from the game. Then again, I'd be happy with 1360x768 with little to no AA. Perhaps my GTX260 can actually pull off a reasonably stable 60 fps with those settings. I suppose we'll see.
chespace said:
Save a profile in CCC with overdrive enabled. When saving the profile you need to select save all catalyst settings. Then go to
Start>username>appdata>local>ati>ace>profiles folder
You'll will need to enable show hidden files and folders in folder settings in control panel.
Once there you should see your saved profile. Open it in notepad and look for these entries.
<Feature name="CoreClockTarget_0">
<Property name="Want_0" value="50700" />
<Property name="Want_1" value="75000" />
</Feature>
<Feature name="MemoryClockTarget_0">
<Property name="Want_0" value="50000" />
<Property name="Want_1" value="90000" />
</Feature>
<Feature name="CoreVoltageTarget_0">
<Property name="Want_0" value="1050" />
<Property name="Want_1" value="1250" />
<Feature name="CoreClockTarget_1">
<Property name="Want_0" value="50700" />
<Property name="Want_1" value="75000" />
</Feature>
<Feature name="MemoryClockTarget_1">
<Property name="Want_0" value="50000" />
<Property name="Want_1" value="90000" />
</Feature>
<Feature name="CoreVoltageTarget_1">
<Property name="Want_0" value="1050" />
<Property name="Want_1" value="1250" />
The want 0 values are your 2d clocks and want 1 values are your 3d clocks. Edit the 2d clocks to whatever clocks you wish,but don't go any lower than 300mhz GPU and 300mhz memory as the clocks don't seem to take. Don't mess with the voltages as they won't do anything.
Save it and then select the profile in CCC and the new 2d clocks should take, and will take automatically after boot. My idle temps for the hottest GPU is 58C with this fix, so no need for the manual fan adjustment just leave it on auto.
I have about 6 saved profiles for various settings and they all work flawlessly with this fix.
Macho Madness
Member
So no one can answer my question regarding the 360 version and the dead zone?
BobFromPikeCreek
Member
Distribution/download in FC2 is much better. You can download maps in game. You don't have to go to the website at all to get maps and play them. If a host chooses a map that you don't have, you download it from them right in the game.JdFoX187 said:
Macho Madness
Member
Funny, that's exactly how Halo 3 did it. You only have to go to the website to grab complete stranger's maps.BobFromPikeCreek said:
BobFromPikeCreek
Member
Yeah, and you don't have to do that in FC2.thewesker said:
VictimOfGrief
Banned
Chiggs said:
Lulz ^1,000,000,000,000 Uberth degree. I'm sure that will have some nice fodder in PC threads around the net.
thewesker said:
That's the whole point. People you don't know make great things, too. It's amazing a critical feature like this to so long to hit consoles. Back in Quake 1 you could download custom maps automatically as soon as you entered a server with that map, as well as player skins, sounds, and pretty much any sort of models that you don't currently have. That was over a decade ago.
Sho_Nuff82
Member
No new reviews today? Odd.
So my understanding is that if you run the game in DX 10 mode on a 4870x2 there isnt too big a difference if you arent using the hotfix driver. But if you are running dx9 mode, the hotfic apparently unlocks crossfire and doubles the performance? (Which im assuming dx10 was already doing?)Chiggs said:
Shake Appeal
Member
When you join a stranger's Halo custom map variant it downloads it instantly, because filesizes for Forge maps are a few Kb. What we're saying is that as it stands Bungie.net is leagues ahead of anything in the console space for browsing player-made content at your leisure. You don't need to have downloaded anything in advance of playing.Zeliard said:
MaritalWheat
Member
I've pretty much decided on this, though I also plan on getting Fallout 3 which pretty much offsets any need I'd have for Fable 2 in the coming weeks. Also, I'm a sucker for the setting, especially after seeing how they implement animals and shit.Hootie said:
BigBlackGamer
Member
I just was at my EB and they said far cry ships tommorow and arrives Wednesday.
Zeliard said:
Well, contrary to GAF I absolutely loved Oblivion and played it for nearly 200 hours, so Fallout 3 is a must buy for me. Guess I'll wait until Wednesday and pick up Far Cry
I've never played the 1st, and I just became interested in Far Cry 2 about....well yesterday actually :lol
It looks like a great, great game though and I don't want to miss out on it.
I'll be able to pick up Fable 2 next week anyway, though with Fallout 3 being released next week I'll have to wait a bit longer.
MaritalWheat
Member
Similar style of game--I'd rather get two wholly different high quality games than two similar ones to play too close to each other, and I'm personally more interested in the setting and tone F3 promises to offer.Hootie said:
Edit: Wise choice.
Hootie said:Well, contrary to GAF I absolutely loved Oblivion and played it for nearly 200 hours, so Fallout 3 is a must buy for me. Guess I'll wait until Wednesday and pick up Far Cry
I've never played the 1st, and I just became interested in Far Cry 2 about....well yesterday actually :lol
It looks like a great, great game though and I don't want to miss out on it.
I'll be able to pick up Fable 2 next week anyway, though with Fallout 3 being released next week I'll have to wait a bit longer.
I don't quite share your love for Oblivion/Fallout 3, but there are definitely a huge number of solid games coming out. It's understandable someone would want to know what to get. My wallet is starting to get pretty thin. I've already bought Dead Space (seriously, play this game), pre-ordered and paid in full for Far Cry 2, LBP and Left4Dead. May end up snagging Fable 2 tomorrow, since it looks great. And then there's Gears 2 coming up. Sigh.