YourExWife
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Didn't we have a rough idea of the upload limiting even before then? I seem to remember people doing rough traffic analysis because stuff didn't add up.
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Didn't we have a rough idea of the upload limiting even before then? I seem to remember people doing rough traffic analysis because stuff didn't add up.
User 73706
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Oh, okay, that makes more sense. Yeah, agreed. I thought people's complaints were about the illusion of difficulty or something.
I will admit the Incinerator Knight Battlewagons are bullet sponges, though - they're the only infantry other than Hunters that can survive a direct hit from an Incineration Cannon on legendary. Granted, the auxiliary explosions usually kill them, but that's still some bullshit.
Problem with this article is that they talk about X360 policies, which are basically the same as for the PS3. Feel more like a rehash of prior complaints, then an actual look into the future.
YourExWife
Member
Except Sony's are getting looser, while MS' are becoming more of a problem.
Don't know if you can't say that per se. We know next to nothing about how MS' is going to handle it in the future. Most of the complaints are still relevant to both the 360 and PS3. The PS4 on the other hand is new hardware and isn't constraint by old policies.
xxjuicesxx
Member
Europeans...my condolences.
Steelyuhas
Member
Haven't read that article, but after the PS4 was announced I saw a lot of people comparing PS4's development platform for indie developers to the 360, apparently just assuming that nothing will change for the next Xbox, even though it did for the Sony console.
New Xbox will share code kernel with Windows 8, so I think it's more likely that it will be more similar to that than the 360 (So stuff like paying big money to update their games will hopefully be a thing of the past).
lol nice
Blue Ninja
Member
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-Rf0fckK2AIf the majority of the players in a match are European I get host all the time.
suck it xeno lock
Just because I'm a bit curious, is the bandwidth cap a software limitation or can the network card not handle higher than 2Mb/s? I'm going to assume it's the former, but I wouldn't be surprised if Microsoft went cheap on the network card.
Steelyuhas
Member
It has been too long.
bobs...onGaf
Member
Same, I am very invested at this point but I do find the combat a bit weak. The analogue seems to be either too stiff or overshoot and its annoying me slightly.
The 360's "NIC" is a 10/100 'fast ethernet' card. Should support up/down at 100Mb/s.
So I'm guessing an XBL software limitation.
Silly.Mikey
Banned
Why limit bandwidth? They're already using peer to peer which would only give them more benefits by having people with really good connections host the game. Sometimes, i dont get these guys. Probably costs them too much to allow for that, like usual. Good thing we pay for live. What amazing benefits we get.
YourExWife
Member
Not to mention the Slim's Wifi allows for 802.11n, which can be even faster. It's a limit on XBL traffic as opposed to local network traffic, to which there is no limit other than hardware.
I don't think, that the Xbox is limited to 2MB/s, because I can download games, DLC and etc very fast with my 100 Mbit/s download speed. Friend has 16 Mbit/s and I always outrun him. 
My european host is incredible, especially in Halo 3, where I nearly reached my 50 now, but that's maybe, because I have a team, which is actually communicating and is quite good. However, the connection gets really bad, if we have to play against guys from the east coast, mexicans, columbians etc. You literally get killed through walls a handfull times.
I demand good connections with good pings for everyone! Would make a lot easier.
My european host is incredible, especially in Halo 3, where I nearly reached my 50 now, but that's maybe, because I have a team, which is actually communicating and is quite good. However, the connection gets really bad, if we have to play against guys from the east coast, mexicans, columbians etc. You literally get killed through walls a handfull times.
I demand good connections with good pings for everyone! Would make a lot easier.
The Henery
Member
Dutch host is probably the most abusive in Europe.
Pop
Member
Why the fuck do I still get laggy games of the Halo?
Halo 5 dedi's or RIPxInfinity
cause xbl caps speeds at about 3 down 1 up
Fuck.
(brb - gotta reboot because Windows 8 can't clear a cache ffs)
That's actually finnish or swedish. The connections there are incredible. French host is sometimes amazingly frustrating, too.
Well, 802.11n on 2.4GHz. If you want what I consider 'proper' n, then you need one of those black dongles for the 360.
I'm not entirely sure on this one. My friend and I did a test a few months back, where we started downloading within 15 seconds of each other. He has 40/20 Mb/s and I have 15/6 Mb/s at my apartment and we finished about 30 seconds apart.
why must i cry
It was the case with the Reach Beta and some DLC in Battlefield 3 however.
When did you do the test, because I feel like Xbox Marketplace got really slow in the last days. Took me 30 minutes to download End Game for BF3 for example, while the others took me 10-15 minutes.
Edit: I'm dumb. You said a few months ago. :/
StalkerUKCG
Banned
Iv just done a quick count. I own at least 111 Xbox 360 Retail games.
The Henery
Member
lol
Crey evrytim m8
Looking around a bit, seems Eastern Europe has the highest speeds, with Holland up there too.
http://www.businessinsider.com/europe-fastest-connections-2011-11?op=1
I'm taking the piss anyway. Like Exwife said if you get host it's bad for them and vice versa.
Trivially easy.
I think its a bit disappointing that the forerunner aesthetic now has all these floating pieces.
I think the animations can't really be that expressive or intersting when your pieces are all rigid floating pieces.
If you're a student, Autodesk's entire suite is free through their education website.
Mudbox makes for an excellent 3d photshop and sculptor.
I would urge you to start with that and a few free tutorials on their website or Youtube.
StalkerUKCG
Banned
It would be much lower but I decided at the start of this gen I would not trade games in anymore because I regret it if I ever want to replay them and the trade in value for games is ridiculously low.
Bro, you ain't never replaying 111 games.
This is 100% the case. If you select DLC through the BF3 main menu to download it's really slow, but when you change to the dashboard it's actually faster. Don't know why, though.
xxjuicesxx
Member
I think I have like 20-30 on my shelf and my GF rips on me for it.
StalkerUKCG
Banned
Nerd.
The GF dosnt really have any issues with it. I make sure she is the priority and shes fine with that.
Dossnt help she works in games retail and is always bringing me new shit to play
User 73706
Banned
I think its a bit disappointing that the forerunner aesthetic now has all these floating pieces.
I think the animations can't really be that expressive or intersting when your pieces are all rigid floating pieces.
If you're a student, Autodesk's entire suite is free through their education website.
Mudbox makes for an excellent 3d photshop and sculptor.
I would urge you to start with that and a few free tutorials on their website or Youtube.[/QUOTE]
I'll look into those, thanks!
Do you have any experience animating? I can do hand-drawn or keyframe for animation demos using Vegas or something but it'd be interesting to see the differences from a first-person perspective.
I think as far as actual game mechanics go I'm going to try and make the Combiner in Halo Custom Edition first since it essentially has all the functions it needs (charge shot, shotgun round and needler round) already in the game.
Are you seriously fucking trying to flip stuff from the Buy Sell Trade Thread?
Get that shit out of here, dude.
StalkerUKCG
Banned
Ew
Silly.Mikey
Banned
Not to mention (in the not too long future) on steam there will be some sort of deal on those anyway.
^Crysis 3 will be on steam?
You're gonna have a real hard time getting any of your sandbox stuff made with no programming/scripting/3d experience.
You're gonna have a real hard time getting any of your sandbox stuff made with no programming/scripting/3d experience.
Franklinator
Member
what a nice guy
Silly.Mikey
Banned
Steam, origin, whatever. There will be a deal eventually.
I wanted to see if anyone wanted to get them on here first. I haven't even posted this on there.
ElzarTheBam
Member
If anything, it makes TOO much sense.