APB: Reloaded - The highs are very high and the lows are very frequent

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less than three: Aug 9, 2007; Fire Sights and LED Lights

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The Dregs posted:

BigStew

My son is playing his own character on my account as well. If I buy a weapon on the marketplace, do we both get it, or do i have to assign it to one of us? Kid wants a shotgun.

Weapons are per character.

# ¿ Feb 12, 2012 02:56

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# ¿ May 18, 2013 21:18

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Meis posted:

Speaking of kits, does anyone have a nice looking Jericho with an armas kit that they'd be willing to sell me for 50k? I know you won't get any profit from that, but help a goon out will ya

Sure. Which kit?

# ¿ Feb 14, 2012 15:44

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The new Best Thing.

and the audio to go along with it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OelsVPKtND0&hd=1

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# ¿ Feb 15, 2012 05:27

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Cabbit posted:

If that's what's currently done, it's not dissuading them much.

For people who are already 195 or near it, who cares about rewards when you can stomp newbies.

# ¿ Feb 16, 2012 18:46

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An Unoriginal Name posted:

I think there's a variable in the .ini tweak post that forces RAM purge after a certain point but can't confirm if it works anymore. In other words you are literally running out of memory.

GarbageCollectionMemoryCeilingGb=2.2

Also 3rding or w/e that you need a quad core to fit recommended requirements. A dual core is only minimum. APB won't use more than two cores, but it will use two full cores of whatever you have. On my Phenom II x4 965 Black APB will use two full cores to itself (I'm CPU bound) and the other two are used by background processes.

Running on a dual core (especially AMD) is certainly bottlenecking you in the general FPS area. Sound/FPS stuttering when you load new areas/drive fast is a HD/RAM bottleneck.

# ¿ Feb 17, 2012 06:58

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Cronyx posted:

http://imgur.com/a/VXOCq

squad wanted me to post this, there was more but my buffer didn't go back that far. One of them can fill in the story, I'm too tired and going to bed.

You can press the chat options button and then 'Save Chat Log'

# ¿ Feb 20, 2012 17:10

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Jamizzy99 posted:

Alright then... downloaded, registered. Open up character creator... nothing I click changes my character?

Whatever... load in and the camera wont stop spinning in circles

Update graphic drivers?

# ¿ Feb 23, 2012 22:09

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Secret Sweater posted:

I really wish I didn't need quantum computing to record with fraps/bandicam without a severe performance hit even with a 4ghz quad core and a $300 graphics card. I record at 40-60 fps, but it still feels jittery and it effectively takes me from a gold to a silver in killing ability.

The best option would be streaming it, but I don't have enough upspeed to stream 720p.

first world problems :<

Dxtory with the Lagarith Lossless Codec works much better for me than FRAPS, giving only a minor hit to the game's FPS.

# ¿ Feb 23, 2012 23:35

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Great Beer posted:

Looks like they avoided the problem TF2 crates have where you get something worthless 99% of the time. I wouldnt mind any of those for a dollar. Or however much 99g1c translates to.

It's $1.25. A good deal.

# ¿ Feb 24, 2012 08:26

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Slimy posted:

How do you switch servers based on bronze, silver or gold threat? Do you actually have to log out and back in? And does this have any effect on who you group with?

Esc > District Select

Click the >> next to 'Choose Your District' and you can see all the instances and their threat level.

If you go into a district 1 threat level lower than you, 25% reduced rewards.
2 levels is 50%, 3 levels is 90%.

There's also a penalty for going in a district higher than your skill, it's either 5 or 10% from what I recall.

# ¿ Feb 26, 2012 02:07

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New ban wave!

Players banned:
NA East: 153
NA West: 189
EU: 820

HK: 45

less than three fucked around with this message at Feb 27, 2012 around 00:11

# ¿ Feb 26, 2012 23:31

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grnberet2b posted:

It's actually not premium only, I'm not sure if it was in the past or not, but Quinzel seemed really confused when I asked her if it still was.

Yeah, I just tried. It isn't. I think it was on release, or when I was still in SPCI.

# ¿ Feb 27, 2012 00:10

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boz posted:

Started playing this yesterday and I'm having a blast. If I get sick of losing missions, i just get in something big and run everybody else off the road.

Haven't seen any of the inviters in the OP on yet, is there anybody else that plays that can invite?

I'll idle in Social right now.

edit: Posting your name means we can add you whenever we're online!

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# ¿ Feb 29, 2012 08:21

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We're not doing an FBI gimmick anymore for Tboo Thursday. Message Kabuki for new symbol!

less than three fucked around with this message at Mar 1, 2012 around 00:28

# ¿ Mar 1, 2012 00:07

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gently caress SNEEP posted:

What is the gimmick?

I think it's something related to that cat decal. Ask someone in TS.

# ¿ Mar 1, 2012 19:45

less than three: Aug 9, 2007; Fire Sights and LED Lights

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Cabbit posted:

That shaders thread is kind of a thing. Do I want to grab the stuff from the first post, or the end, or what?

I've put everything you need into this archive:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/229862/Shaders/Shaders_0301.7z

Just unzip into your steamapps/common folder or wherever APB's root folder is. (The first folder in the archive is APB Reloaded)

In the Engine/Shaders folder, modify the file called APBUberPostProcessBlendPixelShader.usf in notepad.

Line 77 I put a comment to change the numbers to whatever screen resolution you play in. It's currently 1440x900. Doing a Ctrl+F for 1440 will find the values.

# ¿ Mar 1, 2012 23:21

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Gasoline posted:

Does that fix the bug where the screen flashes black when you hit metal a certain way?

Yeah. I haven't had that issue with this current set of shaders.

# ¿ Mar 2, 2012 00:21

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Robo Reagan posted:

It's taking me a really loving long time to connect to the district. I think I'm up to ten minutes now. Is this normal for the first time?

No. On rare occasions the game will fail to connect to the district and it'll just sit there doing nothing. Exit and try again.

# ¿ Mar 3, 2012 03:23

less than three: Aug 9, 2007; Fire Sights and LED Lights

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Aww yeah.

# ¿ Mar 6, 2012 06:43

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CoffeeBooze posted:

I installed this game yesterday, and after struggling to get it to run worth a poo poo finally got to play tonight. Even running with pubies this game has an absurd potential for fun. Unfortunately it also has the bad habit of grinding to a halt the moment someone from the other team pops up on my screen. Aside from the ini tweak, updating drivers, etc are there any other good options for getting a few more frames? Or do the developers have any further plans to optimize the game's engine?

More RAM, or a better hard drive.

Stuttering happens when the game tries to stream in content but can't because either A. You don't have the RAM or B. The hard drive wasn't quick enough to provide the content.

If you have 6GB or more already of RAM, I'd suggest an SSD! If not, get more RAM. Also texture compression as I mentioned in the ini tweak.

# ¿ Mar 6, 2012 09:48

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Captain Swing posted:

You can just buy the preset crim clothes on a crim character and send them to your enforcer character.

Or just buy the default A-Shirt and track pants and colour them red. The crim track pants are the same ones as the enforcer ones, just different colour.

# ¿ Mar 9, 2012 02:28

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Novasol posted:

What's this about Playspan? I don't see any offers from them on there.

You do them on playspan.com for UltimatePoints and redeem the UP for G1C.

# ¿ Mar 9, 2012 23:09

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Cabbit posted:

You can already launch yourself up to some of the massive skyscrapers in Financial with the use of two Packer vans, a garbage truck, and a lot of luck, evidently. I was hanging around with some people doing it, though I never got that great of a roll of the dice.

never forget.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAk9VCEJ8Yk&hd=1

# ¿ Mar 11, 2012 02:43

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Goofballs posted:

How are they nice to play with? Playing against them all I could think was how stupid are they?

It's worth noting Tboo doesn't seem to know you can press V to change what hand you're holding the gun in.

# ¿ Mar 12, 2012 03:17

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Inzombiac posted:

If someone could get rid of that kill streak message, I'd pretend to suck your dick in game.

# ¿ Mar 13, 2012 06:30

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Frank Rossitano posted:

One question though. It seems like every other time I go in for an arrest, I press F and nothing happens. Walk closer, strafe around, still nothing. Is that just the game being a laggy piece of poo poo, or am I doing something wrong?

Also, I'm in as Hefty. I'll bug someone for an invite next time I'm on.

Are you going behind them to perform the arrest?

# ¿ Mar 22, 2012 16:58

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Songbearer posted:

I'd love to try that out sometime if I wasn't so worried about being banned and didn't find dealing with shaders such a fuss, it looks like it'd be amusing for a while and kind of fits APB's wacky atmosphere.

G1 has come in and said they don't care if people modify shaders.

# ¿ Mar 23, 2012 20:32

less than three: Aug 9, 2007; Fire Sights and LED Lights

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This is so awesome.

# ¿ Mar 23, 2012 22:44

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Songbearer posted:

Goddamn that's spiffy. I want to play me some APB: Cartoon'ed.

Any chance we can get a video of it in motion?

Liberatore posted:

Mind posting the method you used to create the custom shaders? I want to go Sin City on this.

Sure. I'm uploading a video of a mission now. I'll also post the shaders.

# ¿ Mar 23, 2012 23:46

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfC2NdKYYE4&hd=1

You can get the shaders here: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/229862/Shad...rs_0323_Cel.rar

Remember to go edit APBUberPostProcessBlendPixelShader.usf after and set your screen resolution.

# ¿ Mar 24, 2012 01:18

less than three: Aug 9, 2007; Fire Sights and LED Lights

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Cabbit posted:

Does tweaking the shaders to do this do anything to the performance? Thicker borders seems like it might make it run a little slower to me.

Also, is this compatible with the RTW shaders?

Edit: What gun is that one you're using based off of?

I find the performance to be pretty much the same as the RTW and other custom shaders. From what I've heard you can't just place a new single shader to get the effect, it's a whole folder. Trying to load it with the RTW shaders the game won't start.

The gun I'm using is a Joker SR15 Carbine 'Casanova'

# ¿ Mar 24, 2012 02:03

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Cabbit posted:

So, do I need to remove the RTW shaders or something before dropping this in? Or will it overwrite anything of consequence installing it?

I recommend renaming your current Shaders folder Shaders.old and then dropping the new one into the Engine folder.

# ¿ Mar 24, 2012 02:40

less than three: Aug 9, 2007; Fire Sights and LED Lights

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If anyone's wondering how to get that dot in the middle of your crosshairs...

edit the file APBUberPostProcessBlendPixelShader.usf

Inside the section labelled // Calculate DOF and bloom for the pixel place this right before the return Result;

code:

if( UV.x >= 0.5 - ScreenSize.x && UV.x <= 0.5 + ScreenSize.x && UV.y >= 0.5 - ScreenSize.y && UV.y <= 0.5 + ScreenSize.y )
{
Result = float3( 0.8, 0.8, 0.8 );
}
else if( UV.x >= 0.5 - ScreenSize.x * 2 && UV.x <= 0.5 + ScreenSize.x * 2 && UV.y >= 0.5 - ScreenSize.y * 2 && UV.y <= 0.5 + ScreenSize.y * 2 )
{
Result = lerp( Result, 0.0, 0.75 );
}

# ¿ Mar 24, 2012 03:42

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There's currently a giant weekend sale on permanent weapons and car kits.

30% off
+20% for premium
+10% off G1C from PlaySpan.

For example, a 3 slot perm Obeya is $13.50, basically the cost of a 90 day lease.

Get a PlaySpan account here. and use coupon code APB when buying G1C.

# ¿ Mar 24, 2012 05:39

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gently caress SNEEP posted:

Haha nice referral link.

I have lost out on many referrals because I always forget.

Also if your activation link doesn't work (as they seem to be getting hammered right now) add https://www.playspan.com/user/activ...on=front&token= to the place before the activation token.

# ¿ Mar 24, 2012 05:54

less than three: Aug 9, 2007; Fire Sights and LED Lights

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FYI the Cel shaders I posted above, it replaces your current Shaders folder, not overwriting the current files.

Rename your current Shaders folder to Shaders.old or something for if you want to switch back.

Also if you have Depth of Field and Bloom disabled in APBMachineOptions.ini the effects won't work.

# ¿ Mar 24, 2012 14:29

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Freshout posted:

I have stairs that lead to my house! <3 Fai

What is this poo poo KICKED FROM THE GUILD.

Who listens to Fai?

j/k though, but don't listen to Fai.

# ¿ Mar 30, 2012 07:48

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APBMachineOptions.ini crap:

Choose 1 of these:

code:

;Max Reduced CPU Usage
DynamicDecals=False
DynamicShadows=False
BlobShadows=True
EnvironmentShadows=False
MotionBlur=False
DepthOfField=False
AmbientOcclusion=False
Distortion=False
DropParticleDistortion=True
SpeedTreeLeaves=False
SpeedTreeFronds=False
LensFlares=False
FogVolumes=False
DetailMode=1

code:

;Quad core recommendation
DynamicDecals=False
DynamicShadows=True
MotionBlur=False
DepthOfField=False
AmbientOcclusion=False
Distortion=False
SpeedTreeLeaves=False
SpeedTreeFronds=False
LensFlares=False

Plus one of these

code:

;Low end GPU setup Radeon 4xxx Geforce 2xx
MaxAnisotropy=2
DirectionalLightmaps=False
Bloom=True
QualityBloom=False
bEnableVSMShadows=False
bEnableBranchingPCFShadows=False
bAllowBetterModulatedShadows=False

code:

;Midrange GPU setup
MaxAnisotropy=4
DirectionalLightmaps=True
Bloom=True
QualityBloom=False
bEnableVSMShadows=False
bEnableBranchingPCFShadows=False
bAllowBetterModulatedShadows=False

code:

;GTX 470 or better. Radeon 57xx or better
MaxAnisotropy=4
DirectionalLightmaps=True
Bloom=True
QualityBloom=True

Add this if you have 6GB of RAM or less

code:

;APB memory management tweak
bCompressDiffuseLocalPlayerCharacterTextures=true
bCompressDiffuseLocalPlayerVehicleTextures=true
bCompressDiffuseOtherPlayerCharacterTextures=true
bCompressDiffuseOtherPlayerVehicleTextures=true
GarbageCollectionMemoryCeilingGb=2.2

Add this if you have an nVidia 4xx or higher

code:

[Engine.ISVHacks]
UseMinimalNVIDIADriverShaderOptimization=False

Whoo! What if now I have performance to spare and want to gradually re-enable some things?

I'd switch these things on one-by-one (in order):

CPU:
DynamicShadows=True
EnvironmentShadows=True
DynamicDecals=True
AmbientOcclusion=True
DropParticleDistortion=False (This setting is reversed. False is high quality, True is low quality.)
DepthOfField=True

GPU:
DirectionalLightmaps=True
QualityBloom=True
bEnableVSMShadows=True
bAllowBetterModulatedShadows=True

What do all these switches control anyways?

Here's some documentation, so that if you miss a certain effect/want to get rid of something you know what to change

DynamicDecals: Dynamic decals on map, such as bullet holes. Uses CPU.
DynamicShadows: Real-time shadow rendering on characters. Mainly CPU, some GPU.
EnvironmentShadows: Automated way of controlling dynamic lighting. Increases lighting/shadow quality at cost of CPU.
MotionBlur: Simulates blurring during quick camera movement. Uses CPU
DepthOfField: Distance based blurring of the environment. Uses CPU.
AmbientOcclusion: Improved shadowing detail. Uses CPU.
Distortion: Post-process distortion effects. The best example I can think of (but not APB specific) is that wavy heat distortion you see over hot things, such as a toaster.
DropParticleDistortion: Reduces particle distortion quality (like muzzle flashes) to reduce CPU usage
SpeedTreeLeaves: SpeedTree procedurally generated trees. Uses CPU. Turning off makes trees a little more static looking, but who's looking at them anyways.
SpeedTreeFronds: Same as above
LensFlares: Lens flare caused by the sun, etc. Uses CPU.
FogVolumes: Volumetric fog effects. Uses CPU. Feel free to turn it off if the occasional foggy weather pisses you off.
DetailMode: Integer between 0 and 2. Determines how frequently certain components are updated. 2 is default. 1 is lower.
MaxAnisotropy: Anisotropic texture filter multiplier. Higher values provide better texture detail when viewed from an angle. Diminishing improvement as you increase. Uses CPU/GPU.
DirectionalLightmaps: Enables directional lighting. Uses GPU.
Bloom: Glowing light effects on certain textures/objects. Uses GPU. APB makes heavy use of Bloom, so disabling it can have major impacts on how the game looks.
QualityBloom: Use high quality bloom instead of fast versions. Uses GPU.
bEnableVSMShadows: Enables VSM, a type of shadow modulation
bEnableBranchingPCFShadows: Branching PCF implementation for projected shadows
bAllowBetterModulatedShadows: Extra geometry pass needed for culling shadows on emissives
bCompress*: Enables DXT texture compression. Decreases game's RAM usage in exchange for increased CPU usage.
GarbageCollectionMemoryCeilingGb=2.2: Forces the game to manage RAM more strictly, at the cost of I/O.

# ¿ Apr 10, 2012 22:40

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Broand posted:

I'm also still looking for someone in Something Lawful who can invite me. All the people in the OP aren't on.

I see like 6 at least online right now.

edit: When I went and told them your name in teamspeak apparently they saw you in social but you didn't whisper anybody.

# ¿ Apr 12, 2012 23:25

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# ¿ May 18, 2013 21:18

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The Aberrant posted:

So, I've heard a lot about the customization this game offers but yet when I go to the wardrobe kisok drat near everything seems to be locked until I earn X do Y etc. What's up with that?

Also, as a new enforcer what should I be doing/shooting for?

You unlock new clothes as you progress through contacts. (Prentiss Tigers specifically iirc.)

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