MrDorf posted:gently caress those giant scorpions. I was all set up with a campfire, barely surviving the cold in the mountains on my first run through and I started hearing this weird tapping noise. I can't really see anything since I'm crouching near the fire just to keep the sliver of health I still had, and then this giant insect face and claws appear through the flames right in front of me. I killed it somehow before dying (still died from the cold later), but holy poo poo. GOTY
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Jun 4, 2015 17:10
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This is the first FPS survival game that ever caught my eye. The devs seem very ernest and active, and game play is incredibly fun and challenging. They have a lot going for them so far. And I really like how you need to be a tribe to survive. You can't easily solo this one to get the best stuff. My buddy is going up the building tree while I'm getting the drugs, guns and supplies routes. I can't wait to see what the game has in store once we move off of the beach.
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MrDorf posted:Seriously though this is the most playable and genuinely enjoyable early access game since Kerbal Space Program. If they can continue to improve the content and balance over the next several months they'll have an amazing full release. This seems like a bit much to me. Yea the gameplay seems really neat but it's basically unplayable at the moment from the graphical issues.
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Jun 4, 2015 17:19
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I played this last night, and it's all my favorite parts of Rust, plus dinosaurs. I didn't see it in the OP -- what mumble are y'all using and what server?
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Jun 4, 2015 17:19
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Rexicon1 posted:This seems like a bit much to me. Yea the gameplay seems really neat but it's basically unplayable at the moment from the graphical issues. I'm running 2x 780's SLI'd (even though SLI isn't really supported yet apparently) and haven't had any video issues at all. Most settings are on high or epic with a few on medium and it's always maintained a comfortable (certainly not seamless, but comfortable) framerate. Obviously there's some optimization issues to work out as well though, but that goes without saying.
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Jun 4, 2015 17:23
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Kimsemus posted:I played this last night, and it's all my favorite parts of Rust, plus dinosaurs. Strotski fucked around with this message at 19:24 on Jun 4, 2015 |
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Jun 4, 2015 17:23
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There is nothing more terrifying than an angry Brontosaurus. RIP tamed Carno, your tiny arms were too dainty for this harsh world full of angry herbivores.
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Jun 4, 2015 17:30
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Making friends with your neighbors during the daylight and then raiding their village during the night might have been the most fun I've had in a sandbox game in a while. I spent way too much time building a large compound hidden in the dense forest between some mountains, which I fully expect to be destroyed when I log on later after work.
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Jun 4, 2015 17:35
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~230mb patch dropped a few min ago. Not seeing server 40 online yet...
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Jun 4, 2015 17:40
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sushibandit posted:~230mb patch dropped a few min ago. Not seeing server 40 online yet... http://steamcommunity.com/app/346110/discussions/0/615086038667469164/ Patch Notes: Drake posted:Current Version:
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Jun 4, 2015 17:49
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descoteaux posted:http://steamcommunity.com/app/346110/discussions/0/615086038667469164/ 
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Jun 4, 2015 18:43
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I've been playing on some "the ninja pirates" server. Just hit level 10 while focusing on building engrams, I've got a nice three story wooden building with no roof so far. I think if I start from scratch again I'll work on equipment instead (armor) and just run around with no base until level 15 or so. I met my first Carno today, it killed me and by the time I ran back my parasaur had killed it. This game is fun.
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Jun 4, 2015 19:03
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Rexicon1 posted:This seems like a bit much to me. Yea the gameplay seems really neat but it's basically unplayable at the moment from the graphical issues. For some people, I'll agree with you. There have been some ini tweaks and guides on how to make it work on most systems, but it's still low FPS sure. I think the distinction, however, is that most survival games are basically an engine and a promise. This game hit EA with at least 100 hours worth of content just poorly optimized. If they quit development right now we'd still have a game that you could run at a good frame rate on whatever computer you build 2-4 years from now.
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Jun 4, 2015 19:17
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Is this like h1z1 where goons hype something to death and stop playing after one week? cause I like sandbox pvp douchebaggery as much as the next guy but I feel like these come and go so fast these days.
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Jun 4, 2015 19:29
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afkmacro posted:Is this like h1z1 where goons hype something to death and stop playing after one week? cause I like sandbox pvp douchebaggery as much as the next guy but I feel like these come and go so fast these days. We haven't seen the top of the crafting tree yet, but it seems like it's pretty extensive. You go from literally rags to building AK's with scopes and (according to the FAQ) powered turrets to defend base structures, so the desire to "max out" might make this last a little longer than what generally hits EA. MrDorf fucked around with this message at 21:56 on Jun 4, 2015 |
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Jun 4, 2015 19:36
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Gonan hop on mumble and play with goons tonight. I'm up to level 10 having spent 0 engrams pretty much, just stealing poo poo from pubbies, I like that you can repair stuff without having to know the engram.
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Jun 4, 2015 19:38
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Gonna start up on server 40 in an half hour or so, but ill wait with jumping in on mumble until i get a better idea on what's going on. I wanna explore some alone first.
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Jun 4, 2015 19:42
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Can you server hop with your dude?
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Jun 4, 2015 19:44
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Where are the goons at on Server 40? I just started a character there. Looted a guy in pitch darkness who logged off right next to his friend 30 seconds after logging in. So funny. They never saw me and I'm all geared up
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Btw, any eurogoons playing and can tell me how the high ping of us servers work out ingame?
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afkmacro posted:Is this like h1z1 where goons hype something to death and stop playing after one week? cause I like sandbox pvp douchebaggery as much as the next guy but I feel like these come and go so fast these days. Ya this is what has me concerned. Given all the complaining about frame rates and how poorly optimized it is I think it might be best to wait a bit before jumping in. That being said it's really drat tempting. I've got one buddy playing it right now and he seems to be having a good time. Hilariously enough I had sent him the trailer a couple weeks back when it came out and his words were "that's the dumbest loving thing I've seen in a long time"......and now he bought it before the rest of our gaming group. 
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Every survival game has come and gone. If you have $25, gently caress it, get some hours out of it.
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This really is probably the best survival game I've played on Steam, as unoptimized as it is Messing about in nvidia control panel I was able to get my framerate up to 30fps on medium. On launch day I was getting 3fps on low Bolded are the only settings I changed 
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Jun 4, 2015 22:06
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Caught a pretty cool Dino Brawl on a private server today with Herbavores vs. an Albino Rex:
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looks like 79 if the 80 servers are up but not mine ( server 7) maybe I should just join on 40..
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Jun 4, 2015 22:46
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Has anyone gotten an ARK character server transfer to work? A friend is trying to get me to jump to his (private) clan server and I'm considering it until there's a perma-goon server up. If so, details?
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sushibandit posted:until there's a perma-goon server up. Our current progress with that. 
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sushibandit posted:Has anyone gotten an ARK character server transfer to work? A friend is trying to get me to jump to his (private) clan server and I'm considering it until there's a perma-goon server up. You have to visit one of the obelisks (the big towers floating in the sky) and use the terminal. On the terminal will be an option to "transmit data" and then, after clicking that, an option to "upload character data." Once that is completed you go to your new server and "download data" at the obelisk. Note: this only works on servers that have specifically enabled "data download." The official servers currently have this disabled as I'm assuming they're still working on a way to make sure you can't transfer hacked characters to official servers.
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minchar posted:You have to visit one of the obelisks (the big towers floating in the sky) and use the terminal. On the terminal will be an option to "transmit data" and then, after clicking that, an option to "upload character data." Once that is completed you go to your new server and "download data" at the obelisk. We pulled this off once to transfer to the private server we settled on a day ago and then the dick didn't update the server and took it offline so now the characters are either wiped or locked away from us. This is the problem with the whole system. If you are fleeing to a new server because then old one went down or never updated then you are probably gonna need to make a new character because your guy died with the server.
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Drinkfist posted:We pulled this off once to transfer to the private server we settled on a day ago and then the dick didn't update the server and took it offline so now the characters are either wiped or locked away from us. This is the problem with the whole system. If you are fleeing to a new server because then old one went down or never updated then you are probably gonna need to make a new character because your guy died with the server. Hopefully the system will work by uploading a copy of your character to a centralised database and then data download enabled servers can pull the data from it. It is definitely a limiting factor. People on reddit are losing their poo poo and trying like mad to find the magic bullet that'll make their lovely Intel HD4000 run more than a single frame per second, or posting AHA I FOUND IT accusations of why the performance is so bad. Meanwhile I sit here laughing like a jackal while idiots with no idea what they're talking about screaming about how they clipped through a rock and could see under the game world and they could see A PLANE OF WATER and OH MY GOD THAT'S WHY THE PERFORMANCE SUCKS THERE'S NO OCCLUSION CULLING like they have the slightest idea what the gently caress occlusion culling is. I don't know how anyone posts on reddit when there's such a high concentration of dumb idiot babbies.
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I appreciate all the optimization they are doing. This is on Cry3, right? Using 4 GB memory mode when I have 8 GB to make my game load almost instantly is sicknasty >:)
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I'm sold. Bought it and will be on Mumble tonight.
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THE PENETRATOR posted:I appreciate all the optimization they are doing. This is on Cry3, right? UE4 actually. It's funny how similar both engines look when at full detail settings. The underwater color refraction looks almost identical to cryengines implementation. It's a custom renderer which explains why there's a lot of optimisation to be done that would otherwise already be included in the basic UE4 renderers.
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nightwisher posted:UE4 actually. It's funny how similar both engines look when at full detail settings. The underwater color refraction looks almost identical to cryengines implementation. It's interesting that it is UE4 considering they are doing some funky screen space reflections that by default UE4 does better. They really don't seem to be leveraging the assets of UE. In other news youse' have forced me to try this game. I hope I can find some low ping server for Australian.
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Sillybones posted:It's interesting that it is UE4 considering they are doing some funky screen space reflections that by default UE4 does better. They really don't seem to be leveraging the assets of UE. In other news youse' have forced me to try this game. I hope I can find some low ping server for Australian. I play on the official US servers from Brisbane and while it's a little janky at times you can do just fine. They're going to open up some Oceanic servers soon if you wanted to play local then I'd look at the officials since you can character transfer. Yeah if you turn down the settings low enough you see your wielded weapon reflected in any body of water you're facing, no matter how far away.
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The fact that they are rendering water under all terrain could be the cause of the lag.
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Clinton1011 posted:The fact that they are rendering water under all terrain could be the cause of the lag. The general way water is done is you have a water plane follow the character around which deforms and reacts to the local environment. Since the plane is always the same size and always present the cost is constant. Sure, you could save frames when on land, but then you'd still lag at the waters edge. This is typical of games. I can't really work out why the game would run poor. Maybe they just have stupid detail models.
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Clinton1011 posted:The fact that they are rendering water under all terrain could be the cause of the lag. It would only be a problem if it wasn't occluding properly, and if it wasn't occluding properly the framerate would be way worse than it is already. Occlusion could probably still be tweaked, and there's definitely an issue of a void showing up in the water sometimes so that could be part of the problem. Really it's most likely that theres a million things that need to be optimized at this point and there's no one single magic fix. They probably haven't even touched LODs or anything yet seeing as how the game launched into early access with 4k textures. VarXX fucked around with this message at 01:28 on Jun 5, 2015 |
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