Empire specific game versions

[Vreki]

Nay. Maintaining and building 3-4 different clients -> 3-4 times the number of bugs.
Ok, probaly not as bad as that, but it is still a recipe for disaster. Sooner or later they will release something like a patch for one client that is linked to stuff for another client.

Maybe one client that only downloads textures as needed, but that will give you terrible loadtimes when you encounter something new.

The correct answer is to free up HD space. As other have said, you will suffer anyway if your are playing from a HD that is filled to the brim.

[Knotz]

Originally Posted by Knotz

where I will be downloading doesn't have the greatest bandwidth speed

Originally Posted by ChipMHazard

The only reason I can see this being a valid idea is if someone has limited bandwidth.

dingdingdingdingding......

[indirect]

This idea wouldn't even be slightly feasible, did you put any thought into it at all? The texture you see in 'first person' is the same texture you see on other models, just closer up...

This isn't 2001.

[kaffis]

I don't really care, but I do think you're vastly overestimating the impact of UI elements and first person-specific textures.

[Goku]

Originally Posted by zomg

Don't forget that not everyone has cash to spend on upgrading their computers unless it's absolutely necessary.

If you are worried about 2-3 GB on your HDD I would say its time to get a new one. That imo is a necessary upgrade.

[Zenben]

The only empire-specific files I can think of that will be client-side are the music files, and that's not going to cut it down by 2-3 GB, so I'm not sure what the point of this would be. Might just end up being confusing to new players.

[Xyntech]

99%+ of the game resources will be required for all players, regardless of empire, especially if they ever allow for anything like equipment looting. Unlikely that they will, but no need to put up an arbitrary barrier in the way of potential changes down the road. PS1 had a tun of arbitrary barriers that made it a nightmare to change a lot of stuff in the game, and I don't want to see any repeats of that shit in PS2.

It's stunning how poorly thought out this idea is.

But I'd love a faction specific launcher customization option

[Noivad]

Will not happen. You need to have all the enemy extras on your machine for you to see them.