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Camelot Unchained 1st Official Pre Alpha/ Tech / Engine demo
will75
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Makes me glad I'm a backer.
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Something lost in all of this today... CSE had Cohh announce that Nvidia Turf Effects will be used in this game. It'll be the first game to implement it, You can see what they look like here :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2j_HNzXUUc
Speaking of what Cohh said, besides turf effects, the other two that got "lost" is that CU has 100% server-side physics (amongst other things, this should be quite helpfull against hackers and cheaters). The first MMO (and it seems the only one so far) to do so, and he also mentioned the Wave Works !? All that early work with the engine seems to pay off!
Edit: What makes this even more interesting is the CU map, lots of water everywhere...In fact, I guess we will have to travel by the sea just to reach some areas. I doubt we will have naval combat at launch, but maybe a little Xpack will do?
If that is the case, then that is the best news i have heard about MMO's in a good long while
Beta 1 is the next stage after Alpha. Alpha is scheduled to be 6 months long which means the estimated start for Beta 1 is August. But I think that estimate is based on them having the 2 senior programmers they are currently searching for. I would not be surprised to see Beta 1 pushed back weeks or months therefore.
You can try out the offline building system in CUBE during Alpha pretty much 24/7. But the rest of Alpha is being done by scheduled and impromptu tests. So the online alpha servers are only put up once every week or several weeks when there is something they want alpha testers to test out.
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looks really good for alpha.. and seeing some large fights in it aswell..
I have higher hopes in CU then i have in crowfall..
CU wil be epic groupplay and large battles..
Cant wait for this game
Only alpha and already massive zergs.
You missed the post above yours.....
Yes, they've already tested it with over 1000 on the field, epic indeed.
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Not sure if trolling or what, but the game is being made to support large battles. If you've followed or read anything about the game. You should/would know mark is very anti zerg. He's going to make it the least favorable way to advance in the game. But, that doesn't mean he doesn't want large battles sometimes. It's just not going to be the end all be all to skill up etc..
Well Carnage seemed to have got that speech from the developer and read it right off the paper.None the less the focus is the video.
There was nothing there that got me excited,but then again,i do not like pvp in my rpg's.Simply having a bunch of players attack each other is too boring for me.Sure if it is an Arena setting where it is 2 players using all the strategy and deception they can muster ,it is great.However running through some open field spamming attacks is nothing that offers the challenge and skill i would want form pvp.
I have no idea how they are firing at such a distance those flame attacks,not like any of them should hit.That is why pvp is just better under different settings like a fps because you have the varied weapons,like sniper for long distance,rockets or some other mid range weapon and closer melee type attacks.
Problem with a rpg is you need TAB targeting or it just doesn't work with these settings,but then tab targeting ruins pvp,so it is a lose lose design for pvp.There is simply not enough variables,yes i see the creation of stone blocks to act as a defense but it is not enough to add variable to the game play.Yes i see the players up top for some zaxis but not like the opponents have and choice of zaxis fighting since they are running through a field.
I am sure if all you want from your rpg is pvp ,many people will like this but not me,i want a lot of depth in any type of game design PVE or PVP or FPS.
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They have a partnership with nvidia, i assume it'll be something related to certain cards, if i remember correctly it's a certain model of nvidia and better than can run it. I did read that they will not add either waveworks or Turf effects if it reduces their fps goal. That being said, it'll probably be like most games, something that you can turn on/off and the higher end machines will be able to have it. However, does that mean higher end machines will have a leg up because they can see tracks in the grass? I cannot wait to test it, even if it doesn't make it in
I really like where this game is headed. I dislike PvP in my PvE games but I love PvP in a PvP focused game. They are doing this the right way imo.
My big problem now is that I don't have the time to play all of the games I'm interested in that will be coming out next year.
I have not given the possibilities a lot of thought i will admit but i struggle to see how using this with this rpg setting will do anything.You know they will need to use the lowest settings for quality,not that matters much really as it will still accomplish the idea and look decent.
We already have snow/ice having sliding properties for many years now, as for turf physics i still cannot see how it can make the game any better.
How many turf properties do we have?grass,bushes,trees and that's about it?You can already hide behind a tree,what more can be done with a tree?You should already be able to hide in a bush,again what more?SO we are left with the demo of grass and you will need tall grass to make any difference,so ya unless someone can come up with some useful ideas ,i don't see the value here.
There is actually another problem i have seen in MANY games.Games tend to draw players at any distance as a black object rendered against terrain it makes you stick out like a sore thumb,losing most of the terrain effects or blending in.
I know COD tried something funky to make players blend in at a distance but it looked fake,they were pretty much invisible.I guess the problem is how games do the draw distance and rendering at distances.
Never forget 3 mile Island and never trust a government official or company spokesman.
Looks really good for it's early state. If they manage to recapture most of the early-DAoC magic it will be great.
Whenever someone (in this case, Cohh) spends an inordinate amount of time explaining the concept of an alpha and an even greater amount of time trying to tie it to the game discussed, my snake-oil salesman detection system starts flashing its warning signal.
The first thing I thought of when I saw the grass being flattened by an object going over it was tracking. You'll be able to track people, tell when a large group recently walked through an area, etc. That's just one quick idea.
Have you seen exactly what they are doing with Alpha these days? That's why what was said was said.. Do you recall what some other games looked like in alpha? Let me briefly remind you.
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