Splash Damage

They mistook release slot in the first one. And VAC means F******CK. ^_^

yes, it is imo

darth, the manual enemy spotting in BC2 is one of my favorite features of the game and I consider it a huge innovation. Perhaps it is because on the controller, you almost have to make a sacrifice, do I forego shooting a round or two to spot this guy, or do I try to take him on all by myself and risk not killing him and him getting away "unspotted". Regardless, a spotting system of any kind, is better than no spotting system. On the Games On Net interview: 1. PvP hosting on the consoles! YES! Dedicated servers for XBL games are WAY over-rated, and either force the company to create server farms all over the world, or force players from continents on which there are no servers to be at perpetual disadvantage. If the netcode is decent, then a PVP game amongst friends (hosted on a good connection) will work just fine. Note to developer - if an overwhelming "host" advantage is insurmountable (as it is in both Gears of War games), then adjust accordingly by simply making the host weapons 20% weaker or something. Don't just leave a Gears of War-like host advantage in the finished product. (Note to PC gamers - you need not even reply to this. Console gamers have to make all sorts of concessions to even the playing field and when crap like the GoW host advantage is left unaddressed, the game becomes unplayable - even in a frickin' LAN situation. It really is THAT bad. Unreal Engine 3 is a disaster for MP gaming, and even casual games like Fat Princess become unplayable. Electronic Arts has dropped its use of UE3 for the MP component of the new Medal of Honor game, and have gone with DICE's BC2 Frostbite engine instead! They are developing on two different engines! Bwahahahahahahaha Epic UE3 MP = EPIC FAIL! ) 2. Hardly an interview goes by where Rahdo doesn't mention the efforts SD is going to to minimize grief-age. "What about...." "Yes" "But did you think of..." "Yes" "But.." "Yes, we thought of that, too". Gamers makin' games. I love it.

yes, it is imo\

But why? I've never had an issue with VAC. If someone is causing a problem, go to another server. Pretty easy. It's also damn easy to set up your own server to play with only the people you want. That's what I do a lot of the time and no problems :)

not much new there in the interviews. but what i was wondering about the auto chatter system. this sounds good to a certain extend, but i ask myself if there is still some sort of the manual chatter system that we know from wolf et and etqw. this was one of the things that really stand out in wolf et and it was a lot of fun also, hearing some guy with a german accent scream "i need a medic!" and "danke!". :)

They also have an appeals process. If it does it incorrectly then you can appeal and they'll reset it. If you WERE cheating.. then get stuffed, you deserve the ban.

They also have an appeals process. If it does it incorrectly then you can appeal and they'll reset it.\

They only appeal when a lot of people get banned. Just read some VAC ban cases where ban wasn't lifted.

Spamming a button to unlock temp wallhack is innovation now ? You can try netcoders.cc, will gives you awesome games to download!\

The button isn't spammable. If you miss with spotting it becomes unavailable temporarily. Try to be informed before commenting.

lol. you never heard of, I imagine there's lots of things you've never heard of. Oh well, for some, ignorance is bliss

Oh ye, just because those who are false-banned are a minority we can't be bothered...

So are there any cases of false positives with unmodded games?\

Ye, like some reports of xfire causing it and some guy testing aimbot on a completely different game when steam was running and not playing any steam game.

Decide for yourself: [url]http://www.sx.brutalcore.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=37&t=205&start=0[/url]

Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence but it certainly doesn't look like theres reasonable cause to be scared of VAC, which is what you were telling us we should be.\

I don't like having to use Steam authorization to run a game I purchased, with VAC comes mandatory Steam usage. If you're happy using Steam, good for you, but I don't appreciate having to open ports not required by the game itself. And where TF did I say VAC scared anyone ? I still think it should be optional, but it seems the accountants get their way again. things like this annoy me: "Furthermore, external websites and companies with links to and from Valve's online sites and products may collect personal information about users. Valve's privacy policy does not extend to these external websites and companies."

scare links ??, pull your head out of your buttocks I never said anyone would be banned, I said there are instances of non cheating that got several thousand people banned for using a legal mod read the quote again, or get an adult with English comprehension to do it for you The people that use Steam for advertising also collect all sorts of personal information from Steam and are not obligated to follow Valve's privacy policy, can you say Yahoo ?

according to Gabe Newell "We’re looking at a variety of ways of funding these development projects and it probably benefits us less than other kinds of developers. … I think where advertising-supported projects will be interesting is the degree to which it … [helps broaden] the distribution of games like Red Orchestra. I think that we’re going to start to see games that would struggle to get traditional publisher funding find that advertising is a great way of finding and developing an audience, and that’s why we’re putting the effort to make it possible for people to use Steam to do advertising-supported games."

Red Orchestra is a game distributed by Steam but not a game developed by Valve. It will have a completely separate agreement regarding privacy because the advertising done through it will be completely separate from steam. Thats also Gabe talking about the potential for advertising in individual games, not steam itself. So what? If 100,000 people had been banned I'm sure we'd know about it. Its unfortunate the mod makers made part of their mod resemble a cheat and somehow activate itself in multiplayer when it shouldn't but it looks like a lack of testing is at as much fault as VAC mistaking a graphical effect for a wallhack. Be discerning about whos 3rd party code you run and know that beta testers take risks.

A graphics update that does some kind of opengl hook? The "people" hes referring to are other developers. The "advertising supported games" are the hypothetical ad supported games made by other developers but that won't be part of Steam. So all you'll have to do is not purchase that game and you won't see ads. Even the customers who do purchase that game won't see ads in steam. Am I making a grossly unfair reading?

Haha gold. Those who have made up their mind are highly unlikely to change though :( It's a shame they're willing to give up on a game that could potentially be GOTY (imo) because of such minor issues :(

But thats the thing, Steam should be no effort. It installs the game for you and updates it to the current patch. Its even less effort than piracy and successfully got me buying games again.

Anyone know the pricing history of Bethesda published games on Steam? Retail distributors seem to have some publishers by the vulnerables such that they can demand online distribution be more highly priced. Its bad enough that I don't think I've bought a new release on Steam since the Orange box.

But that's the thing, for some people it doesn't, I've never had problems with steam either but have heard that it does cause problems for others. Anyway, as long as I can buy a copy from a real store at a fair price and just activate it on steam I'm indifferent about Brink using steam, just hope that they release a demo that can try first though :)\

I'll go with this.