Update 44 Discussion Thread

**CHRIS2005yeah**

Yeah, I think I'll be having some fun with the slightly different design.

I can assume that this was done to assist in making it possible to stop style stacking then?

Katz

Message Edited by CHRIS2005yeah on 05.25.2006 08:25 AM
Message edited by CHRIS2005yeah on 05/25/2006 07:25:15.

Spartan18

CHRIS2005yeah wrote:

Yeah, I think I'll be having some fun with the slightly different design.

I can assume that this was done to assist in making it possible to stop style stacking then?

Katz

Message Edited by CHRIS2005yeah on 05.25.2006 08:25 AM

Yeh pretty much. This is how it will look now. This was posted from Walrus's most recent "This Side of the Looking Glass" concerning update 44:

**CHRIS2005yeah**

Hmm interesting..... I'd have found that myself eventually I'm sure but have you ever tried to find something on here when you really need to?!?!?:smileytongue:

Spartan18

Yep, I know the feeling SMILEY

stsbrad

Guys,

What am I doing wrong?!? I cannont load mish map no matter what sequence I choose here. i get ability is not equipped when I try to load it

stsbrad

interesting. I can load it fine from the LA. but I cannot load it after I jack in.

stsbrad

problem seems to be deeper than just me. other people can load their maps no problems. but.. they get the same error when trying to load spy style.

**BakuraRyou**

Hackers still only do 1 damage in IL whilst using Power Tactics, what a shame.

**Sephiroth+X**

Well the bug fixes and the game altering content of the patch = very very good

the new cinematic however = horrible IMO

Are you guys getting so lazy in regards to new content that you cant even put together a real cinematic rather then a comic-book / storyboard? It just really bugs me that you cant do any of the following

A- Use the in-game engine

B- Use the in-game cinematic player (thus using Windows Media Player again assumably, and we all know how reliable that thing is with our in game radio)

C- Cant even eliminate the loading area music when trying to watch your Episode 5.1 storyboard...

stsbrad

i dont like the new cinematics either. they did nothing for me. i used to be excited to click on the new cinematics :/

Message Edited by stsbrad on 05.25.2006 01:43 PM
Message edited by stsbrad on 05/25/2006 12:43:49.

**RemagDiv**

Walrus,

are you aware of any of these problems that seemed to have surfaced with the patch?

Other than that, great work!

Just a quick final question, if we had all our abilities leveled to 50 pre-patch, then I don't need to do anything with these seperated styles, right? It's just a fix for style stacking, nothing more I assumed.

RaNDoM

Ok I am not happy with the new style of cinematic...

I figure this is the best place to post...

To me these new cinematics add no depth to the game the animation is
that of story board quality which had me wandering are we infact just
getting the story boards that would have been used to script the
original FMV's.

I find myself wandering why such a change "had" to be made but I am
frankly dissapointed with the results. Is this an attempt to jump on
the "sin city" "max pain" band wagon [if it is..I would say that the wagon was truely missed] ? or is it just because it is easier to do it this way.

I fear it is the latter of the Two and this kind of upsets me

well anyway i feel this one post will attract minimal attention and get ignored or removed but I hope to get a response...

Cheers

Ackercoke - Vector

zeroone506

It's because it was the easier way to do. Although I wouldn't bet none of the initiators/executors didn't think of Max Payne or Sin City doing them... :smileywink:

**RemagDiv**

Correct, Rarebit said the old system took too long to make, and Monolith had a bigger team to do them. I for one am pleased with the new style, though. It has a much darker atmosphere and the music and voice overs were solid

**JakeS**

I have one thing to say the new cinematic is cheesy!!!!!!! If your gonna kill one of the main characters off dont do a cheesy black and white 7 fram sketch and try to pass it off as a good idea. I'm not bashing the artist, but i want some movement besides just a camera moving. This is crap. If i wanted a comic bookin look cinematic i would go to CoH. Do us all a favor and put it back the way it was!!! Btw all my friends say the same thing and most have been here since beta along with myself.

Message Edited by JakeS on 05.26.2006 12:31 AM
Message edited by JakeS on 05/25/2006 20:31:03.