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Re: Skins question [message #406533 is a reply to message #406344] Sat, 10 October 2009 18:43 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Jerad Gray wrote on Fri, 09 October 2009 10:33

Some people also believe that game-play > graphics, but thats an opinion really, just think about it, wouldn't their be a lot more people still playing ren if graphics really didn't matter?


There are more people that play still play Pokemon: Red Version than play Crysis. What does that tell you?


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Re: Skins question [message #406547 is a reply to message #392443] Sun, 11 October 2009 02:39 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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It's less of ren's graphics and moreso its buggy physics (no, not physics that apply to the vehicle the Nod Buggy), pretty bad netcode, difficult to get used to (read: isn't retardedly easy) gameplay, and somewhat lackluster features (which, there'd have been very many if Westwood had finished the game) that push people away from Renegade.

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Re: Skins question [message #406550 is a reply to message #406533] Sun, 11 October 2009 03:13 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Dover wrote on Sun, 11 October 2009 03:43

Jerad Gray wrote on Fri, 09 October 2009 10:33

Some people also believe that game-play > graphics, but thats an opinion really, just think about it, wouldn't their be a lot more people still playing ren if graphics really didn't matter?


There are more people that play still play Pokemon: Red Version than play Crysis. What does that tell you?


Pokemon Red version was awesome :>


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Re: Skins question [message #406553 is a reply to message #406550] Sun, 11 October 2009 04:42 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Ghostshaw wrote on Sun, 11 October 2009 03:13

Pokemon Red version is awesome :>


Fix'd.
Although I'm a G/S/C generation fan, myself.


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Re: Skins question [message #406572 is a reply to message #406553] Sun, 11 October 2009 09:39 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Dover wrote on Sun, 11 October 2009 06:42

Ghostshaw wrote on Sun, 11 October 2009 03:13

Pokemon Red version is awesome :>


Fix'd.
Although I'm a G/S/C generation fan, myself.

Classic pokemon's the only way to go.
The rest sucks balls.


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Re: Skins question [message #406583 is a reply to message #392443] Sun, 11 October 2009 11:52 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Nah G/S/C are pretty much classic as well.

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Re: Skins question [message #406598 is a reply to message #406572] Sun, 11 October 2009 14:03 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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GEORGE ZIMMER wrote on Sun, 11 October 2009 09:39

Dover wrote on Sun, 11 October 2009 06:42

Ghostshaw wrote on Sun, 11 October 2009 03:13

Pokemon Red version is awesome :>


Fix'd.
Although I'm a G/S/C generation fan, myself.

Classic pokemon's the only way to go.
The rest sucks balls.


The problem with the original 151 is that they are very poorly balanced,. There is no grass type or ghost type that does not also carry the burden of being part poison type, which makes them all garbage against psychic types. There are also no damaging moves that are bug type or ghost type, further strengthening psychic's hand. The ideal team in R/B/Y is five Alakazams and a Mewtwo. This is somewhat rectified in G/S/C with the introduction of the dark type, and the separation of the specattk and specdef stats. It isn't until R/S/E that balance is truely perfected, but by then the pokemanz get way too weird and abstract. G/S/C is the ideal generation.</nerdrant>


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Re: Skins question [message #406599 is a reply to message #392443] Sun, 11 October 2009 14:04 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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If we could get on topic please...

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Re: Skins question [message #407986 is a reply to message #406531] Thu, 22 October 2009 09:24 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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EvilWhiteDragon wrote on Sat, 10 October 2009 19:39

Jerad Gray wrote on Fri, 09 October 2009 19:33

Spoony wrote on Mon, 05 October 2009 10:29

please, please make it so that a server can disallow custom sounds... loud beacons and stank engines are so much more of an advantage than bright c4.

I hope your kidding, most people play music while they play ren. I'd pick up on the bright yellow C4 a lot quicker than some little beep sound. Or a bright yellow beacon.

Remember, you guys are implementing wide-screen, which makes the game look better for some, but is viewed as a cheat from other's view points, at the same time you threaten to remove skins, which make the game look better for some, but others consider it a cheat.

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Widescreen doesnt change much. You just get the pixels ordered differently. You'll lose some view down and at the top, and get some left and right.
Also, if you would read, then you would've noticed that we are giving serverowners the option to allow, disallow or whitelist skins.

What about the ability to allow/disallow widescreen?

See I don't worry much about people who have special textures in game, thats always been a issue and it never really bother me much, but the ability to see more left and right when you are camping in a corner could be very useful.

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Jerad Gray wrote on Fri, 09 October 2009 10:33

Some people also believe that game-play > graphics, but thats an opinion really, just think about it, wouldn't their be a lot more people still playing ren if graphics really didn't matter?


There are more people that play still play Pokemon: Red Version than play Crysis. What does that tell you?


That there are too many Pokemon fans around lol. Ren is currently very easy to change/skin, people like that, would people still play Pokemon red if I took out a chunk of the game after its release? I'd also like to point out your comparing a FPS to a... ?RPG? ?Strategy game? I don't know, its not an FPS though. Do you think anyone would play Crysis if it had Pokemon red graphics?


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Re: Skins question [message #408037 is a reply to message #407986] Thu, 22 October 2009 18:58 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Jerad Gray wrote on Thu, 22 October 2009 11:24

Do you think anyone would play Crysis if it had Pokemon red graphics?

Shit, I would. I would be able to play that.


Re: Skins question [message #408057 is a reply to message #407986] Fri, 23 October 2009 00:40 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Jerad Gray wrote on Thu, 22 October 2009 09:24

Ren is currently very easy to change/skin, people like that, would people still play Pokemon red if I took out a chunk of the game after its release?


Funny you should mention that--Every generation of pokemon games are heavily modifiable. This is especially true of the GBA-era games, and there are more mods for that era of games than there are pokemon games in the entire series. They just aren't played as often because;
1) they're third-party and
2) Most of them kind of suck hard.
Of course, most of them have shinier (Or at least, newer) graphics, further reinforcing the point that the superiod game play of the core games beats out the "improved" graphics of the mods.

Jerad Gray wrote on Thu, 22 October 2009 09:24

I'd also like to point out your comparing a FPS to a... ?RPG? ?Strategy game? I don't know, its not an FPS though.


You're missing the point. I'm simply reinforcing the fact that gameplay > graphics

Jerad Gray wrote on Thu, 22 October 2009 09:24

Do you think anyone would play Crysis if it had Pokemon red graphics?


You're asking the wrong question. The question you're looking for is "Would people actually play Crysis if it had Pokemon Red's level of game play?", and the answer is yes.


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Re: Skins question [message #408064 is a reply to message #392443] Fri, 23 October 2009 04:10 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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How would learscope be affected by these options serverside?

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Re: Skins question [message #408065 is a reply to message #392443] Fri, 23 October 2009 04:14 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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How will you be checking for cheat skins?

Using a CRC/MD5/whatever hash check?
Checking the bytes one by one?

Just wondering...

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Re: Skins question [message #408090 is a reply to message #392443] Fri, 23 October 2009 07:23 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Hash is indeed how it will work. I won't reveal the hashing technique used obviously Wink

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Re: Skins question [message #408095 is a reply to message #408057] Fri, 23 October 2009 08:15 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Dover wrote on Fri, 23 October 2009 01:40


Jerad Gray wrote on Thu, 22 October 2009 09:24

I'd also like to point out your comparing a FPS to a... ?RPG? ?Strategy game? I don't know, its not an FPS though.


You're missing the point. I'm simply reinforcing the fact that gameplay > graphics.

No, that depends on the person, especially if there is another game that mimics the the first game's game-play and has better graphics. And as many people have pointed out, who plays Crysis for its game-play?

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Jerad Gray wrote on Thu, 22 October 2009 09:24

Do you think anyone would play Crysis if it had Pokemon red graphics?

You're asking the wrong question. The question you're looking for is "Would people actually play Crysis if it had Pokemon Red's level of game play?", and the answer is yes.

Let me promise you that I'm asking the correct question, once more: As many people have pointed out, who plays Crysis for its game-play?


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Ghostshaw wrote on Fri, 23 October 2009 16:23

Hash is indeed how it will work. I won't reveal the hashing technique used obviously Wink


Could be bypassed if I'm right, since there is a lot of software out there, which allows people to change the hash of a file. Which, if correctly, can be used to make advantage skins look like original skins or allowed skins.
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That depends on what hash you use. It's possible for CRC, but you won't be able to do that for hashes like MD5 or SHA1.

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theres also the error if some has a certain skin it crashes ppl from serv if its not the original skin on the character or vehicle.

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I just hope there are some servers out there that don't go nazi on all skins and models... I do understand the blocking of certain material though.
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StealthEye wrote on Fri, 23 October 2009 19:53

That depends on what hash you use. It's possible for CRC, but you won't be able to do that for hashes like MD5 or SHA1.


I had this program which allowed me to change the MD5 hash too. For SHA1 I don't know.
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Chew wrote on Fri, 23 October 2009 21:17

I just hope there are some servers out there that don't go nazi on all skins and models... I do understand the blocking of certain material though.

Well, we @ BlackIntel will surely create a whitelist for skins that we allow. Though that whitelist would be pretty strict, it would surely allow quite some really nice skins.


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Re: Skins question [message #408179 is a reply to message #408162] Sat, 24 October 2009 11:13 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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EvilWhiteDragon wrote on Sat, 24 October 2009 04:46

Chew wrote on Fri, 23 October 2009 21:17

I just hope there are some servers out there that don't go nazi on all skins and models... I do understand the blocking of certain material though.

Well, we @ BlackIntel will surely create a whitelist for skins that we allow. Though that whitelist would be pretty strict, it would surely allow quite some really nice skins.

But no models I take it? I am currently trying to figure out ways to use other characters from ren online.
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I'd quite like custom mixs and map models to be allowed, but I don't see it happening.

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Models and skins that match the server version of the file are allowed by default.

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