New info from PC gamer

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August issue page 34. Not a lot of new stuff,just some new info about Galaxy drops. Worth checking out. It does say Higby is considering how to implement MAX drops from Galaxies and he is concerned about how the balancing would work. He is looking into it more before any decisions are made. Also some talk about stealth Galaxies and not sure if that would be a good thing do to "other gameplay implications". Thats a Higby quote.

Another new item,Galaxies will give experience to the pilot when people spawn from them once they are deployed,so there is the incentive to deploy them as spawn points.

Another bit about possibly creating a synchronization button so a Galaxy pilot can signal all troops to drop,and troops can also see where to drop via a camera mounted under the Galaxy. Also,drop speed can be increased by the pilot gaining certs for this.

Also,so far PS2 has been tested internally with 120 players and "thousands"using AI simulation at 60 FPS. According to Higby.He did admit that was on "Pretty beefy" hardware.

He (Higby)did say they are working on low end optimazation and "Networking is not one of our biggest concerns".

Higby said "Our biggest concerns are framerates and getting as many players as possible with as many customizations as possible and as many vehicles moving on your screen in a way that you can actually still play and get 60 fps".

Sounds like they are making progress and things are moving pretty well. Higby generally seems to be very confident that they will be able to hit 60 fps with thousands of players fighting over a small area of the map. I trust they will get this right. Higby did say all the experience they had with netcode from thier previous MMO's is why he is confident they will get this right.

Thats the meat of the article, I quoted Higby with most of this but the article is worth a read. Also,there are some nice pics of a Galaxy drop in progress.

[Kran De Loy]

Want to read it so bad >_<

Dun care what it says as long as it's about PS2.

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Want to read it so bad >_<

Dun care what it says as long as it's about PS2.

LOL. It was a short article,two pages,and I covered most of it.

[DarkChiron]

Also some talk about stealth Galaxies and not sure if that would be a good thing do to "other gameplay implications". Thats a Higby quote.

I wonder if, when they talk about that, if they mean stealth flight or just stealthed deploy-mode. Because I could see stealth flight being horribly overpowered, but stealthed deployment maybe not as much as long as the cloaking field isn't perfect.

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The way it is worded in the interview I think they are talking about stealth flight. That would be OP and I think thats why Higby said there are other gameplay implications to consider.

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August issue

In June/July? :confused:

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In June/July? :confused:

I know,crazy magazine. They always do that. Like how I bought my 2012 Truck in Oct of 2011. Makes no sense.lol.

[Policenaut]

So it sounds like they're not concerned with latency and whatnot being an issue? That's good to hear

[Greeniegriz]

Getting more excited to fly my Galaxy. Will have to check out this issue when i'm at the grocer next.

Cheers,

GG

[Russ]

Sounds really good. I really hope MAXs will be able to drop form Gals. Even if by doing so that denies other units. Have a few Gals drop a small group of MAXs in a base as shock troops. Gals land and deploy outside, rest of the force spawns in.

Even though not all are able to drop in at once, i still see it as being very valuable.

[Soothsayer]

Give all testers with GTX 500 series a higher ultra-priority beta pass... :p

[SystematicKillr]

give all testers with GTX 500 series and higher ultra-priority beta passes...

I agree with this statement...and is no way related to the fact i have GTX 550 ti

[Bags]

Are you sure this is new information? I recall seeing this before.

[sumo]

Give all testers with GTX 500 series a higher ultra-priority beta pass... :p
it would make better sense to give just that to the people with GTX 260-285:o
ill be waiting patiently.

[Furber]

Stealth Galaxies...that sounds like a Phantasm! YES PLEASE!

I'm assuming there would be trade offs, like you may not be able to carry as many as a normal gal. The original Phantasm could only hold 4 passengers. Thanks for the info

[Rago]

I think it could lead to a unbalanced state to have a Invisible Spawn flying Cow,...
I know not everybody is with me.But keep in Mind that it would be like a Invisible Spawn Point.
Better test things out in Beta, and see how it works.

[Furber]

I'm sure they would remove the spawn point capability if it is certed with stealth. They threw away the idea of the AMS (cloaked spawn point in Planetside1), so I doubt it would return in this form.

[Astrok]

im wondering when he says htey using pretty beefy machines.how they could optimize this for low end machines(what they said 5 years back)....

Its not easy and i dont think low end machines can get 60 fps constantly.
But hey its Highby and if he says he can.... then it will be done.

I do think the optimizing will let it take longer before beta starts.
im not thinking about next week but more like in a month or 3.

[DarkChiron]

Sounds really good. I really hope MAXs will be able to drop form Gals. Even if by doing so that denies other units. Have a few Gals drop a small group of MAXs in a base as shock troops. Gals land and deploy outside, rest of the force spawns in.

Even though not all are able to drop in at once, i still see it as being very valuable.

Something I think would be fair would be you lose 2 Infantry slots to gain a MAX slot. How far they want to take that would need some testing.

[SztEltviz]

Give all testers with GTX 500 series a higher ultra-priority beta pass... :p

it would make better sense to give just that to the people with GTX 260-285:o
ill be waiting patiently.

Actually they talk about 5 years old machines still can play. That's Nvidia 8000 line.

The sentence above have nothing to do with the fact i have a 8800GTS 640 MB :D

[Astrok]

Actually they talk about 5 years old machines still can play. That's Nvidia 8000 line.

The sentence above have nothing to do with the fact i have a 8800GTS 640 MB :D

I hope it will.besides it looks pretty but it looks pretty cartoonish to so maybe pretty old GPU's can handle this (Using a nvidia geforce 310m (1 gb ) on my laptop but on my pc i use a bit better one :groovy:

But still i can play firefall (its in beta) without really big problems with this card and thats a open world to so i dont think we shall all be to worried i guess.

[MacXXcaM]

I hope it will.besides it looks pretty but it looks pretty cartoonish to so maybe pretty old GPU's can handle this (Using a nvidia geforce 310m (1 gb ) on my laptop but on my pc i use a bit better one :groovy

That would be a matter of style rather than performance.

[SergeantNubins]

Are you sure this is new information? I recall seeing this before.

I think ive seen it before as well and i have a feeling it was in the july issue of uk pcgamer.

[MasterMind]

I just cannot wait until they release the cert trees! I want to plan how I will start off my engie!

[SystematicKillr]

I just cannot wait until they release the cert trees! I want to plan how I will start off my engie!

Your in luck, they are somewhat vague but here you go: http://www.planetside-universe.com/showthread.php?t=42395

[Poser]

it would make better sense to give just that to the people with GTX 260-285:o
ill be waiting patiently.

Time for an upgrade buddy.

[Stew]

by galaxie max crash you mean 10+ MAX in a single galaxie ?

this could be very over power i think

Time for an upgrade buddy.

GTX 680 DcuII For planetside 2 Ultra setting here i come - YouTube

Some people said i was crazy just because ive upgrade after i saw the Nvidia interview from E3 with higby saying the game was going to be very graphical and gpu intensive so i decide to buy the GTX680 dcuII top its a beast i have no regret at all now i run bf3 at 60 fps with 0 frame rates drop at ultra with 4xmsaa before in 1920x1080 with a gtx570 dcuII i was not able to put the 4xmsaa everything was on ultra but with 2xmsaa and i was runing it between 45 and 60 fps , with the 4xmsaa iwas droping below 35 fps with my gtx570 dcuII overclock so ...

[Otleaz]

Some people said i was crazy just because ive upgrade after i saw the Nvidia interview from E3 with higby saying the game was going to be very graphical and gpu intensive so i decide to buy the GTX680 dcuII top its a beast i have no regret at all now i run bf3 at 60 fps with 0 frame rates drop at ultra with 4xmsaa before in 1920x1080 with a gtx570 dcuII i was not able to put the 4xmsaa everything was on ultra but with 2xmsaa and i was runing it between 45 and 60 fps , with the 4xmsaa iwas droping below 35 fps with my gtx570 dcuII overclock so ...
Yes, you are batshit insane or insanely rich if you really upgraded from a 570 to a 680.

I'm going to go with insane after seeing a good portion of your posts. I suggest you hand your credit card over to whoever is taking care of you.

[demonicale]

Thanks for the new posting, sounds very intresting!..

My only gripe is that why was'nt this stated in the beta letter?, could they have not mentioned that they had this many people testing etc ... ?

[Hamma]

Good article - Jen and I mentioned a light to signal galaxy drops while we were there :D

[Soothsayer]

it would make better sense to give just that to the people with GTX 260-285:o
ill be waiting patiently.

What, you mean so that everybody who has access to the beta can't actually play until they get optimization ironed out? :p

I am very heartened to see Higby mentioning a dropzone camera for galaxies. The fact that he is suggesting it as a possibility leads me to believe that a similar camera could be made to work for a small "picture-in-picture" camera for tanks to show where your hull is pointing when you're engaged in some turret play against targets that aren't directly in front of you.

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by galaxie max crash you mean 10+ MAX in a single galaxie ?

this could be very over power i think

I don't have the article in front of me but I think they said 4 to 6 Maxes is what they are looking at. It's all about balance and this should be ironed out in Beta.

[fvdham]

MAX transport:

http://pcmedia.gamespy.com/pc/image/article/704/704099/supreme-commander-20060501044240617.jpg

[Zar]

I agree with this statement...and is no way related to the fact i have GTX 550 ti
i also agree with this its not like i have a gtx 560 ti or anything >.>