I thought I’d update you guys quickly and just let you know hes released another video this time 9 minutes long and showing you the zombies in great masses, how they react to a certain amount of humans etc, its very interesting as well as fun!
Once you know how to change the colour of your crysis nickname / username then you are ready to permanently change the colour of your nickname.
Firstly you need to find your profile folder which will be located at such a directory like:DRIVE:\Documents and Settings\[ XP USERNAME]\My Documents\My Games\Crysis\ProfilesSo in your “My Documents” folder under “My Games” -> “Crysis” -> “Profiles”
(Before you question it what i mean by ‘permanent’, it does not mean you cant repeat these steps and change your game name ever again, it just means when entering the game you will not have to keep changing your name the manual way, your name will be changed automatically.)
Right click the folder of that profile name you wish to change the name of, Rename it to a colour name e.g
Rename the folder “Username” to “$8User$4Name”. In Crysis that would look something like UserName , see the crysis colour chart for a list of colour codes.
Then OPEN the folder and you should see profile.xml
OPEN profile.XML in a text editor such as notepad.
Replace:
<Profile Name=”Username”/>With the profile name you chose to rename the folder in our case:
<Profile Name=”$4User$8Name”/>
Save The File!
Launch Crysis and enter a multiplayer game you will see your name is already set as coloured!
If you need anymore help comments are welcome.
Comments (0) Posted by Spencer on Monday, March 17th, 2008
A while ago now an article was written about the Crysis coop mod not long ago an update with a video had been released containing ZOMBIES!
these zombies are WIP. this is just displaying the zombie behavior or character in game. the map and zombies will be in Assault Coop Crysis.
Here are a few image’s captured from the implementation of Korean zombies, running across the Sandy Dunes which i think actually looks like a great area to be placed in with a hundred zombies, not sure if this is just a test area for flameknight7 the developer. Assault Crysis COOP Mod looks to be coming together quite well.
I’m glad there re a lot of users looking forward to it.
Comments (1) Posted by Spencer on Sunday, March 16th, 2008
Football Superstars is an Massively Multi-player Online Game, in which of course you will be playing as a football player. I know this game will appeal to so many people as there are a lot of football fans out there.
Football Superstars is currently due to be released this year 2008. Although there is no exact date confirmed it is expected to be this summer sometime.
Like most MMOG’s Football Superstars will feature a epic world in which players can explore different parts of. This game is not all about being a player on the pitch but also taking the Superstar to the max and enjoying what players do off the pitch ( saying that i doubt the age rating will be that high so don’t expect to see or do everything they get up to ).
The game will feature full TEAMS create your own team with a few mates or just people you meet online, I’ve not seen this type of MMOG before but this looks like it is going well!
The good stuff
Football Superstars is soon to be released as a beta phase and you the public will be able to test it. The graphics from screen shots do not look as good as some MMOG’s and MMORPG’s that we have seen around today, but they look sufficient and that they will serve the purpose of what they need.
In Football Superstars its said in the Developer’s diary’s that you WILL be able to customize your players look.
Checkout their site get signed up, and make sure you fill out all the information and you will have a chance for Beta testing Football Superstars very soon!
Comments (0) Posted by Spencer on Sunday, March 16th, 2008
A lot of gamers got Motorstorm 2’s predecessor ‘Motorstorm’ shipped and bought with their PS3 in a package. Sony are planning to bring you Motorstorm 2 this year 2008. Sony only being the publishers, this game was created originally by Evolution Studios , but Sony have since then acquired Evolution Studios who have a good background in game development especially racing games. Although Motorstorm 2 will be a bigger, badder great game to play it will still use the same game engine as motorstorm, although this doesn’t seem to be a draw back of any kind because the original motorstorm had stunning visuals anyway.
Talking of visuals motorstorm 2 is not going to be located in desert and sandy dunes like its predecessor motorstorm. Players are going to experience another type of scene where you will be driving and riding though jungle and vast vegetation areas, which reminds me of the lush environment crysis was set in, and these scenes definitely can open some eyes.
Take a look below at the screen shots from the trailer and ever further for the motorstorm 2 trailer itself.
Whats New
Motorstorm 2 brings you:
lush interactive environments
new vehicles including Monster Trucks!
And obviously tons more tracks.
More features to come I’m sure but right now they are unannounced
Another great feature will be 4 player split screen which I am sure a lot of gamers want when they have their friends and family over.
Crytek / EA Have released the second patch, good news because frankly the other patch ( crysis patch 1.1 ) only fixed a few minor bugs and there were loads of cheaters running around the servers still.
Although there has been many changes i think I’d find the connection messages the most help full because i often got disconnected from servers and sometimes not even being able to join them, authentication failed!
Crytek is committed to continuing their support of the community, and CEO Cevat Yerli is driving the team towards attacking the Crysis community’s most wanted list. Stay tuned for more information.
Patch Notice
Patch 1.2 can be applied to both vanilla Crysis (v1.0) and Crysis v1.1 since it will update automatically to Crysis version 1.2.
Crysis Patch 1.2 Change log Full List
Optimizations and Stability
Corrected a number of memory leaks with FSAA modes.
Optimized Object Motion Blur for DX10 Very High Spec
Destroying objects will now properly remove their decals from the world under DX10.
Fixed a number of memory leaks with some procedural vegetation and destroyable objects physicalization.
Fixed issue in windowed mode where the map or weapon attachment UI cursor can leave the game window.
Fixed potential server exploit that could cause servers to crash
Fixed crash with AI triangulation in the editor
General Fixes/tweaks
Added new effects for vehicle shattering after being frozen
Player movement will now be cancelled if the player is shooting while moving in prone mode.
Fixed issue where player will exit VTOL from closed rear hatch irrespective of seat.
Continuously firing the VTOL machine gun in 3rd person mode no longer causes the VTOL to descend.
Fixed an issue where vehicle 3rd person camera could break when switching the player “ControlledTurret” flag while using the gun.
Fixed identical swimming sounds being used on surface, underwater and swimming in different directions.
Frogs will no longer block the player’s view after being picked up
Fixed an issue where in unarmed mode, the character’s arms will suddenly reappear and disappear when picking up and dropping an object.
Fixed health recharge rate when computing drowning damage.
If climbing a ladder while cloaked, energy no longer depletes at the same rate as if player were standing still.
Mouse cursor will no longer be permanently removed on attaching gamepad.
Fixed issue where resetting gamepad control with Default button doesn’t enable Force Feedback.
Fixed issue where the Clear All and Back Keys do not function properly when creating a profile on the gamepad.
Fixed the “Back” key in the on-screen keypad not deleting the first character in the keypad text box.
Fixed the “Clear All” key not functioning for text input in the on-screen Keypad.
Waterfalls can now be viewed from underwater.
Virtual keyboard now functions correctly when a game pad is connected
Fixed an issue where users can lose the ability to look around with the Right Stick.
Player no longer continues to move forward when prone on roof of bunker after letting go of button.
Mouse cursor now hidden when virtual keyboard is enabled
Fixed an issue where key bindings were not saved until the player resumed the game
Fixed a number of chainlink fences/barbwire that could not be shot through.
Fixed a broken LOD1 on electricity pylon object
Fixed player receiving damage from ragdolls.
Decoupled basic speed-mode movement speed from current suit energy level. Sprinting still takes up energy.
Fixed bolting/pumping sound not playing when firing shotgun, precision rifle and gauss rifle in scope view.
Fixed issue with vehicle mounted MOAR reload sound being audible for all players.
Added mouse wheel scrolling support for server browser
Weapons
Added “overfreezing” sounds to handheld and vehicle mounted MOAR/MOAC
C4 will now stick to doors correctly
C4 can no longer stick to the surface of water
Fixed an issue where the player could shorten the shot duration of the MOAR near the edges of a map.
Fixed an issue when using dual handguns and switching to 3rd person view, a pair of arms will remain when running devmode or in editor
Fixed an issue where the player could force firing after reloading if player clicks and keeps pressing fire button while reloading.
Explosive charges no longer clip through the top of the NK tanks located in the munitions dump in mission tank.
The ice beam animation from the moar gun no longer clips through the walls of tunnels.
Grenade Launcher projectile is no longer invisible.
When freezing a dual-SOCOM player, the second pistol will now be properly frozen.
Freezing a player that is shooting a MOAR will now properly stop the MOAR’s beam.
Nano-Disruptor grenade will no longer disrupt the revive invulnerability effect.
Fixed claymore/mine limit not being applied properly.
Added an empty landmine animation.
Players are no longer revealed to enemy on enemy minimap when using silencers on weapons unless they are within 5 meters of another player.
When prone with a sniper rifle, the attachments menu should no longer be cut off.
Fixed issue where dual wielding SOCOMs the pistol equipped in main hand doesnt automatically reload if weapon switched whilst empty.
The crosshair for the TAC no longer disappears after the player zooms in and out of ironsight mode.
Added missing animations for FY71 and SMG when holding an enemy and using the melee attack.
Fixed issue when the player dropped last picked up SOCOM, even if that is the pistol with the most ammo.
Scaled grenade launcher projectile for better visibility.
Added smoke trail to grenade launcher shell for better visibility.
Adjusted odd looking random rotation values for grenade launcher projectile
Adjusted explosion radius of grenade launcher to be more efficient vs players
Decreased air speed of grenade launcher projectile for better readability.
Reduced initial visibility time of grenade launcher shell very slightly
Improved the behavior of guided rockets, when aiming through player collision proxies. This should reduce instances of rockets flicking away from targets occasionally.
Improved the HUD Grenade Indicator - Players will now be able to track one enemy and one friendly grenade. Enemy grenades show up as red, friendly as blue.
Fixed a number of issues where the grenade indicator was not showing up on multiplayer clients.
Added new grenade indicator icon.
Improved the behavior of the Repair Kit, when repairing rotating turrets.
Update singularity explosion effect.
Fixed an issue with some weapon effects that would cause explosions not to be rendered.
Moved assault scope further away from the camera to allow for a better peripheral view while zoomed
Vehicles
Added first person view limits for helicopter, VTOL and APC rear seats.
Fixed an issue with incorrect “friendly fire” icon in multiplayer VTOLs
Helicopter wind effect no longer plays after vehicle is destroyed.
Fixed a number of issues where players getting out of vehicles would get stuck in walls.
Fixed issue where the AA cannon only produces tracers from the left side barrels
Fixed issue with friendly fire setting not affecting vehicle-actor collisions
Components can no longer be more than 100% damaged.
Correct firemode now displayed when switching seats in Gauss Tank in Multiplayer.
Improved vehicle handling under braking and boosting
Tweaked damage for players hit by vehicles at lower speeds
Reduced collision damage multiplier for actor-vehicle collisions in MP.
Smooth out change between vehicle views when changing seats.
Adjusted wall collision damage for civilian car.
Reduced damage to trucks during slow collisions.
Added new shell ejection effect for air vehicles.
Vehicle lights will now turn off vehicle lights after player leaves vehicle.
Vtol cannon now has correct spin up or spin down sounds
Fixed issue with the amphibious apc taking far longer to repair than any other vehicle
Fixed potential issue with tank turret rotation when a second player takes control of vehicle, the turret could be unsync’d between server and clients.
Increased VTOL vulnerability to being hit by other aircraft cannons
Added seat entry point for gunner position from roof of cab of Truck
Fixed an issue where vehicle ammo could become greyed out when in a vehicle in a valid buyzone.
Increased visibility of friendly player name tags by 3 times when in vehicles
Fixed issue where players hands were not touching the hovercraft steering bars correctly
Disabled vehicle exploding above a certain speed threshold in MP and SP when there isn’t a player in the vehicle.
Locked camera in 3rd person view when player is using a vehicle mounted weapon in difficulty settings that allow driver controlled mounted weapons on vehicles.
Fixed issue where explosions had no sound when hitting VTOL or helicopter
Added overheat sounds for VTOL and helicopter guns
Fixed issue with VTOL weapons not overheating correctly
Greatly increased AAA damage vs VTOL and Helicopter
Adjusted damage of rockets vs. AAA
Fixed a number of issues where players would not get the correctly awarded/deducted amount of prestige points for team kills or enemy kills
SinglePlayer
Fixed an issue with “Escort Prophet out of sphere” objective failure causing reloading issues.
Player will now be prone if loading a level that was saved while they were prone.
Fixed an issue with troopers missing shield fx if the player was holding them when the level was saved and loaded.
Fixed issue where after saving the game manually while in the shell, the save will not immediately appear in the save list.
Player no longer has grenade controls during cutscenes
Player is no longer able to carry enemies into cut scenes.
Fixed issue where player weapon loses shadow on loading save game.
Fixed player view aligning to horizon on loading.
Helmets on the Navy personnel on the flight deck now fit their heads.
Added a missing texture at the base of doorway leading to schoolhouse roof from staircase in village.
The paper on all of the clipboards through out fleet no longer appears to be upside down.
Improved AI machinegun handling (both stationary and mounted machineguns on vehicles.)
Increased player melee damage and decreased AI melee damage
Increased damage of most player-fired weapons and decreased damage of most AI-fired weapons.
Helmets will never deflect shots when the player hits them while using weapon sights.
Halved suit energy required for punching in strength mode.
Adjusted AI vehicle coax gun pitch limits
MultiPlayer
Fixed issue where death effects were only showing on remote players.
Server admins can now remove the server password with ’sv_password 0′.
Clients with a password set can now correctly connect to unpassworded servers.
Fixed some game states not properly resetting after game restart.
Fixed an issue where factory vehicle marker was not showing up for clients. The vehicle you purchased is now visible with a blue icon.
Fixed an issue where scores could change after the game has ended.
Fixed issue where sometimes demotions would not be properly announced.
Radio commands will now be properly played as a voice sound.
Fixed an issue in spectator mode where the player’s view could clip through the top of objects
Fixed an issue where vehicle shattering effects were not playing on clients
Fixed an issue where standing on a crouched squadmate would cause model clipping.
Fixed an issue where the player was unable to purchase additional mines or claymores through load out menu if one already in inventory.
Fixed issue with missing subtitles in French version of PowerStruggle tutorial.
Player can now no longer create and save unpurchasable custom loadouts by including multiple pieces of kit equipment.
Player can now no longer create custom loadouts with more weapons than the player can carry.
Fixed issue where player was automatically assigned armor mode when switching to spectator team.
Fixed issue where tutorial message warning player of an enemy base is played too late.
Fixed issue where tutorial message starts too soon when player gets to the aviation factory.
Player no longer gains 1 free grenade when he uses up all ammo in a grenade launcher and purchases a different weapon.
Fixed a potential negative ammo hurricane issue.
Fixed an issue where if the player picks up a claymore after placing two claymores, player’s weapon will not switch to claymore upon pick up.
Player can no longer suicide when already dead.
The loadout menu no longer changes to the weapons menu when an alert event occurs in the game.
When using PDA, if any player captures a location it will no longer revert to the first page of the PDA.
Players will no longer be banned for team killing while in pre-game period.
Players will now be able to pick up a respawned MOAR attachment.
Fixed not being able to scroll player names on end of game scoreboard.
Fixed an issue where the character’s hands immediately disappears when attempting to throw a grenade with dual socoms equipped.
When grabbing an enemy while Dual SOCOMs are equipped the right hand SOCOM will no longer disappear.
Fixed an issue where the parachute is not seen by players when deployed in Powerstruggle.
Fixed issue where VOIP doesn’t work properly on non-dedicated servers.
Tweaked spectator camera so view is more horizontal.
Delayed manual switching to spectator mode right after death.
Fixed issue where spectators don’t see player names in IA.
Map filter no longer allows the user to input an infinite amount of characters.
Removed ability to highlight players on instant action scoreboard.
Fixed issue where the player score was not the default view when pressing the ‘Tab’ button in MP.
Fixed a number of issues where projectiles are not playing explosion effects and sounds on clients.
Added team colors to kill/death messages
Purchasing SMG and SCAR ammo now gives the correct amount of bullets in each clip
Increased FY71 Incendiary ammo damage slightly
Teamkilled players will no longer drop their weapon.
Fixed an issue where enemy HQ flag icon would disappear.
Added some additional clamping and protection to some console variables that could be used to cheat.
Added a number of warnings for incorrect map version and missing maps when connecting to servers.
Added a number of missing additional entities to the network scheduler
Fixed an issue where players could be killed with AV mines placed above vehicles but not in contact with the vehicle.
TAC icon for enemy players will now disappear when the player who is carrying a TAC launcher cloaks.
New Features
Added auto team balance. Players will now be moved from full teams to the opposing side when dead if the numbers are unbalanced.
Added multisample shading for shadows.
Added vehicle-specific shatter effects when vehicles have been frozen.
Logitech G15 display now fully supported in MP and SP
Added free-rotation support for spectator camera.
Added zooming support for spectator camera.
Added mod loader to the main menu. User created content can now be loaded and unloaded through this menu.
Added some additional audio hitfeedback functionality to multiplayer and singleplayer bullet impacts. Headshots will include an audible ding in multiplayer games.
Improved red near-death HUD effect and visual feedback for player being hit.
Added additional audio feedback for player hitting enemies. The feedback can be disabled with “g_useHitSoundFeedback 0″.
In single player, AI can now be knocked over while running into them in speed mode.
Added numbers to energy bar in PowerStruggle for quicker reference
Allow loading of custom objectives.xml files inside the respective level folder.
We thought we had seen enough, Razer decided we hadn’t!
Here is the razer mouse best specifications yet! Check them out.
1800dpi 3G Infrared Sensor
The Razer 3G Infrared sensor is rated as the fastest tracking optical mouse sensor in the world, enabling movement speeds of up to 2.25 times faster than other regular gaming mice.
Ultra-Light Form Factor
The Razer Salmosa features one of the lightest and most compact form factors in its class, delivering optimum freedom of movement for finger-tip grip gamers.
Hardware Toggles for DPI and Polling Rate
The Razer Salmosa comes with additional toggle switches on the bottom of the mouse that enable gamers to make 800/1800dpi and 125/500/1000Hz polling rate adjustments – without the need for any software drivers.
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They are currently also holding a competition to win a Razer Salmosa, all you have to do is play the flash game on their website and you’ll get a chance of winning the brand new Razer Salmosa mouse. The competition ends 30th of April so get in there quick if you want to stand a chance of winning.
Great opportunity for gamers over the globe!
Here is the technical specification for the Razer Samosa:
1800dpi Razer Precision™ 3G infrared sensor
1000Hz Ultrapolling / 1ms response time
Mechanical dpi/polling rate switches
On-The-Fly Sensitivity™ adjustment
Always-On™ mode
Ultra-large non-slip buttons
16-bit ultra-wide data path
60-120 inches per second
Three independently programmable Hyperesponse™ buttons
Ambidextrous design
Scroll wheel with 24 individual click positions
Zero-acoustic Ultraslick™ Teflon feet
Seven-foot, lightweight, non-tangle cord
Approximate size: 115mm (length) x 63mm (width) x 37mm (height)
I am currently using The Razer Death Adder and this has been a great mouse. I’m sure they have done a great job again.
Well done Razer.
Comments (0) Posted by Spencer on Wednesday, March 5th, 2008
If your a PC Gamer then you know of 3DMark Most probably 3DMark 05 or 3DMark 06, and thats all great but theres something you should know about and thats 3DMark Vantage!
3DMark Vantage is a Benchmarking tool for your PC created by Futuremark, especially good for users that game lots and want to keep their PC up with latest technology. 3DMark Vantage is “the” benchmarking tool for direct x10!
Direct x10 Requires new hardware of a higher spec than dx9 hardware 3D Mark Vantage is suppose to process all the new dx10 features.
3D Mark Vantage New features
So what features does the new 3DMark Vantage give users? Well as we now know Vantage will be taking advantage of all dx10 features.
Geometry Shaders - You will see this in 3DMark Vantage’s Star Simulation if you want to know more on geometry shaders click here for a good article.
Water and Cloth Simulation using the GPU - This was previously done by using the CPU.
Anamorphic flare - you get an anamorphic lens flare when direct light hits the camera (your view).
Lenticular Halo - A Lenticular halo is formed usually around a light and displays a spectrum of colour’s
Tone Mapping - tone mapping is usually to create the image more detailed by adjusting contrast and other bits, again if you want to find out more about tone mapping theres a great article on wikipedia
Motion Blur - motion blur is when objects in your view will become distorted an blurred from movement and motion blur is more commonly used when you move your camera in game, a good example of this is Crysis.
Film Grain Noise - You will usually find this happens if there is a problem with your camera and you get lots of speckles, but it can also be used as a technique of displaying graphics for certain purposes.
Depth of Field - depth of field occurs when the lens/camera and in game will blur out the rest of the screen and only keep what your looking at in focus.
Did you ever think you were put here for a reason?
Someone asked me that once.
I can’t remember who
I can’t Remember anything
Not even my name.
A game recently released a bunch of trailers and features coming from Sierra and created by Radical Entertainment called Prototype in this game you play the role of Alex Mercer a shape shifter with great powers with a mix of combat, destruction and deception powers and abilities. From a glance Prototype looks similar to Assassins Creed where as the main character (Alex Mercer in Prototype and Altair in Assassins Creed) is wearing a hooded top, and in both there are a range of free running type skills involved. A lot of users from the gaming community are comparing the game with GTA most probably because of the streets and the free roam feature.
That aside they are all completely different games.
In Prototype you will use different abilities and Biological weapons to push your way through enemies and wade your way through the deep set storyline finding out more information and unlocking more abilities as you go along.
Enemies? plenty of…
At first you wake wanting to find out about your life before you will need to exploit and annihilate enemies using different disguises of anyone you come across, being a shape shifter. The creators of prototype have explained well why they chose the enemies apparel to why the enemy are fighting. The Black-watch (click here to watch the black watch featurette) being one of those enemies that are the kind that will “STOP AT NOTHING“. The black watch are supposedly the last line of defense against the virus, they will bring many heavy weapons against you.
Wage a secret war against factions with complex agendas of their own, out to capture or kill you. They are your greatest threat and the key to the secrets of your past. Confront them, find those responsible and make them pay.
Right is that it? no…
Multiplayer
Yes! what would a game be now days without a great multiplayer feature? they would not be as replay-able as they are.
Prototype will include at least one multiplayer feature and that is Co-operative play. So your going to be able to play online or over LAN with a friend and play with your cool abilities and biological weapons out.
Prototype is set to be released by September the 15th 2008
I’ll definitely be keeping a close eye on this game. Hope you do to.
So if that wasn’t enough heres the trailer!
Trailer
Heres the official Trailer for prototype and don’t forget to checkout the prototype website
Black Watch Featurette / Trailer
Comments (0) Posted by Spencer on Thursday, February 21st, 2008
Yes at the 2008 game developers conference, Epic games have announced that Gears of War 2 will be releasing November of 2008.
Cliff Bleszinski ( lead designer at Epic games) said that it has been long coming and everyone will not be disappointed with Gears of War 2.
Gears of War 2 will continue to follow the story of Marcus Fenix and his Delta Squad as they fight to save the world and life itself from the attack of the locust horde. Gears of War 2 will consist of its trademark game play which allows for the epic story to continue from where we left it. Epic games have informed the world that this game will not disappoint and however great you have been expecting this game to be , forget it as it will go fare above any of expectations!
So hold onto you chainsaws as Gears of War 2 is coming November 2008.
Comments (0) Posted by James on Wednesday, February 20th, 2008
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