At 11/2/06 10:32 AM, Kirk-Cocaine wrote: Should I have vegetible curry or chicken curry for dinner tonight? Or maybe some sort of 3rd altogether?

I need answers people!

What's wrong with the regular beer on toast? Thats the usual student dish, is it not?

At 11/2/06 11:06 AM, fuzz wrote: With the DS, does anyone acctually use the touch screen?
I know i dont. I end up using the normal controlls because they normally work doing the same actions.

that's like asking if anyone uses the mouse on the computer.

Sure, you can do everything with the keyboard, but the mouse just offers more flexibility.

I use the touch screen all the time.

At 11/2/06 02:32 PM, Glaiel-Gamer wrote: I use the touch screen all the time.

I'd love a touch screen :). Is it worth the cash?

Sorry about this, i feel like a newbie :(. This code should work right?

for (i=1; i<50; i++) {
if (["shell"+i].hitTest(["Enemy"+i]._x, ["Enemy"+i]._y, true)) {
trace("wakka");
}
}

I can't get it to work I've checked all the instance names, to no avail :(.

At 11/2/06 02:51 PM, Depredation wrote: for (i=1; i<50; i++) {
if (["shell"+i].hitTest(["Enemy"+i]._x, ["Enemy"+i]._y, true)) {
trace("wakka");
}
}

tried using _root["shell"+i] ?

And for future reference, to save you from typing a load more... :

Just in case you dont know.

var shell:MovieClip=_root["shell"+i];
var enemy:MovieClip=_root["enemy"+i];

So then you can target ...

if(shell.hitTest(enemy._x,enemy._y,true))
{
blah
}

At 11/2/06 02:51 PM, Depredation-Alt wrote: for (i=1; i<50; i++) {
if (_root["shell"+i].hitTest(_root["Enemy"+i] ._x, _root["Enemy"+i]._y, true)) {
trace("wakka");
}
}

try that (i edited your code a tad bit)

At 11/2/06 02:53 PM, Blaze wrote: var shell:MovieClip=_root["shell"+i];
var enemy:MovieClip=_root["enemy"+i];

Doesn't that boost the size slightly? Since your adding a variable, anyway, its a clean method, i've used it, but not very often :).

At 11/2/06 02:56 PM, Glaiel-Gamer wrote: try that (i edited your code a tad bit)

Yeah, i tried that, no difference :(. Thanks though.

At 11/2/06 03:01 PM, Depredation wrote:

At 11/2/06 02:53 PM, Blaze wrote: var shell:MovieClip=_root["shell"+i];
var enemy:MovieClip=_root["enemy"+i];

Doesn't that boost the size slightly? Since your adding a variable, anyway, its a clean method, i've used it, but not very often :).

I suppose it does boost size, but only slightly. Furthermore, It saves you from adding a _root["instance"+var] thing everytime you want to target said MC.

Unless you use a for... in loop.

Have you tried inverting the hitTest objects, in case nor what glaiel or i said doesnt work?

With consoles it is fanboyism 90% and 10% specs.

Because honestly I'm a Zelda fan and need my fix with Twilight Princess and also Super Smash Brawl, so I'm getting a Wii. However I do like the PS3 aswell, so I will get the wii first than when the PS3 drops in price a little and maybe a year or most likely 3 years of the wii I will also get the PS3. Because I like the Nintendo franchise better myself just for my beloved Mario and Zelda, but I also like other games aswell. A true gamer is well rounded.

And as for PSP and DS, I have a DS and love it, I've played PSP and liked it. They both have draw backs, they both have great qualities. Again which games do you like? Mario, zelda, whatever than get the system with the games you know you want not just the specs.

And where is xbox in all this. Well they don't count, the 360 seems like kind of a mishap on Microsofts part, the release of the 360 looks like it will end like the dreamcast did.

At 11/2/06 03:06 PM, Shmelo wrote: With consoles it is fanboyism 90% and 10% specs.

That is if you make your own money.

Much of the game market is kids who get their parents to buy stuff for them. So price plays a large roll in there.

I don't really trust sony's stuff, they've had a bad record of failed media formats and a reputation for having stuff break after the warrenty runs out.

At 11/2/06 02:32 PM, Glaiel-Gamer wrote:

At 11/2/06 11:06 AM, fuzz wrote: With the DS, does anyone acctually use the touch screen?
I know i dont. I end up using the normal controlls because they normally work doing the same actions.

that's like asking if anyone uses the mouse on the computer.

Not realy, they're selling the DS on its DualScreens with touch screen. Well i dont use the touch screen whereas you do use a mouse all the time.

Until the new consoles come out I shall stick to my beloved pong and tetris.

Maybe, but your parents aren't gonna buy you something you don't want necasarilly.

And with using the touch screen, some games its fun to use, but others its nice to use classic controls.

And thats gonna be a good thing about the wii, whilst experiencing a new way to play games, you can always switch with classic controls!

At 11/2/06 03:06 PM, Shmelo wrote: And where is xbox in all this. Well they don't count, the 360 seems like kind of a mishap on Microsofts part, the release of the 360 looks like it will end like the dreamcast did.

Not at all.

The xbox360 won an award at E3 for quality of games and gameplay. Practically every game that comes out for xbox360 exceeds expectations for the media and gaming organizations. Games such as Oblivion break the barriers of graphics, and makes an incredible picture and quality. The multiplayer that xbox360 delivers is revolutionary, and works incredibly well. There is nothing indicating that xbox360 is going to fail. If anything, the lack of wii or ps3 this Christmas is going to be the rise of xb360.

Not only that, there is huge titles and features for this system. Gears of War is coming out next Tuesday, and it is bound to be one of the hugest game releases ever. Splinter Cell and Rainbow Six is also releasing within the next few weeks. Guitar hero is journeying over to xbox360. Live Arcade is booming and developers are now jumping in and producing many games for it. The XNA support structure for new developers allows ANYONE to produce content for xbox360, and soon can be featured on the system. Seriously, xbox is the greatest video game system that I have ever owned, beyond my NES. It does everything you want it to do right.

Xbox, if anything, has the greatest future right now, because it has already proven to be a success. The only thing counting against it is price, and the bugs in the initial release of the system have been eliminated.

But thats just it, its only has improved graphics. And so do the PS3 and the Wii as soon as they come out they'll take the spot light! Of course the 360 won for graphics, it was against PS2 and GC and the first xbox.

the other thing id say against the 360, which i own. is that they come out with good games on too few occasions... before dead rising, i was like wandering around waiting for a bone. Prey was great but i beat it that same day.

Thats the one thing i do like about sony is that they always have something to pick up.

/END.

At 11/2/06 03:03 PM, Blaze wrote: Have you tried inverting the hitTest objects, in case nor what glaiel or i said doesnt work?

Tried, didn't work, anyone else able to help me :(.

At 11/2/06 03:35 PM, JoystickX wrote: I agree with most of what you said, but I have to stop you with Oblivion. Oblivion was intended to be played on the PC, the 360 port was an as afterthought. And I'm still VERY disappointed with Oblivion. Sure, it has impressive graphics, but it's really far from a great RPG. It felt TERRIBLY linear to me, and there were certain overwhelming glitches that were hard for me to get over. For example, during the assassin quests, you can stab someone sleeping in the neck/head, and they'll bleed. But you can stab them well over 300 times to no avail of death. Just I found little things like that to break the spirit and enthralling feelings from a good rpg. Don't get me wrong, Oblivion is defiantly a great game on most respects, I just feel it was incredibly hyped up.

What? Oblivion was "intended" to be played on the PC in that they created a version of it for the PC, but everyone knows that if you want the real Obvlivion experience, you play it on the 360. The 360 port was NOT an afterthought. The 360 allows you to play the game on breathtaking HD graphics with Dolby Digital Surround Sound (you can do sound on the PC, but it's much more rare to find someone with that setup on their PC). I don't know what's wrong with your game, but I never had any trouble killing anyone in their sleep. I also did not find the game to be linear at all. They told me to do stuff for the main quest, and at certain points I just left the main quest to go have fun doing side quests and guild quests. Then I could just return right back to the main quest at any time I wanted to.

Oblivion was an absolutely amazing game.

Also, jtmb02, just so you know, Splinter Cell is already out, it came out a few days ago, not a couple weeks from now.

Another great one that came out just today is Need For Speed: Carbon. If you've played the demo, you know what I'm talking about. This game is absolutely amazing. Between its beautiful shiny graphics; its awesome new canyon-style gameplay that puts you in the ending race of The Fast And The Furious: Tokyo Drift; the cool separation of the cities using the three types of cars: Tuners, Exotics, and Muscles; and the absolutely phenomenal new customization tool: Autosculpt that lets you truly customize your car in any way you could possibly want, Carbon is the most amazing racing game I've ever played.

At 11/2/06 03:50 PM, TwinsenDude wrote: (you can do sound on the PC, but it's much more rare to find someone with that setup on their PC).

I used to know someone with two Dolby 5.1 systems in thier room. One for the Gamecube and one for the PC. He rocked.

Side note, Oblivion < Morrowind < Daggerfall in most peoples eyes. Certainly in mine from the view of a gamer who's seen the first played, had a fair smack at the second and heard great things about the latter.

Oblivion gives you a district to explore. Morrowind gave you a country.
Daggerfall gave you the entire damn world of the Elder Scrolls. And actually filled it with things...

The shininess of the graphics cut down on the actual list of things you can DO in Oblivion. I'd much rather prefer an RPG that either gave me a billion things to do and flesh out my character, or generated the world spontaniously in reaction to my play style, than for it to be graphically intensive just to appeal to people's wallets.

Also, jtmb02, just so you know, Splinter Cell is already out, it came out a few days ago, not a couple weeks from now.

Another great one that came out just today is Need For Speed: Carbon.

Played Underground. Was impressed. And I'm impressed by the things I've seen for Carbon. But I'm still more a Burnout player

At 11/2/06 03:32 PM, JoystickX wrote::

What I'm really dying to play though is Zelda Twighlight Princess for the Wii.
All the other Nintendo franchises can go fornicate themselves, but I've yet to play a bad Zelda :P

absolutely, i cant wait to try those new controllers, and of course, redesigned areas of the always loved hyrule... the redesigned twilight real is fantastic, i mean, now it looks like an actual TWILIGHT realm, rather than that weird monotone place from a year ago...

zelda rockzors

Im going to buy the best console.

At 11/1/06 07:03 PM, jmtb02 wrote: So bringing up the point of how ridiculous this Christmas is going to be for video game consoles, I have found it staggering that PS3's are now selling on Ebay for nearly $1700 dollars.

I've got two, prepaid already. I'm putting them up for $3500.00 EACH, buy it now on ebay the second week in December. I'm not even keeping one, because truth be told... I don't like the console.

As developers yourselves, what message does this send to you? If you had the opportunity to develop for PS3 games to make money, would you? Or do you think it wouldn't be worth it given the numbers that will be out next year?

I wouldn't develop "Exclusively" for the PS3. The cost would be too high. As a business owner, I would like to make money on my product. If the margin is low, I'll go where the margin is going to be higher... like the WII. It will have much more consoles on the market and also is giving their dev kits to developers instead of having to pay $25,000 for a PS3 one.

So, if I have to put out more money AND sell less units... its a waste. If I'm developing for multiple consoles? Sure, I'll make a PS3 version... but I won't bank on it.

Everyone check the portal, Red Baron is out. I've just been playing it for the last hour or so (and one computer crash later) still couldn't get far.

Waiting for Frosted Muffins to get online so I can give him a hug :)

At 11/2/06 04:46 PM, Johnny wrote:
So, if I have to put out more money AND sell less units... its a waste. If I'm developing for multiple consoles? Sure, I'll make a PS3 version... but I won't bank on it.

Sony's made a lot of bad news lately, but I wouldn't count it out yet. This collosus has yet to fall.

At 11/2/06 03:19 PM, jmtb02 wrote: The only thing counting against it is price,

Wrong. The other, bigger thing against it is Playstation fanboys. I absolutely LOVE my PS2. Much, much more than my xbox... so I'm one of those rare people who loves his PS2, but has an xBox360 and IS NOT getting a PS3.

But, Playstation has a huge following, whereas xbox gave itself a bad name with its first release. The PS2 simply dominated that generation and people like what they're comfortable with. I have friends that aren't getting the Wii or 360, but are waiting outside of malls for the PS3, even though it doesn't have a strong release. I ask them why and their answers are "I don't like xbox and nintendo hasn't done anything good in years"

Remember, we're in the "know" whereas most of the population isn't.

Oh and everyone cheer for Joy... Because the absolute most powerful exclusive release for the PS3... Assassin's creed... Is now cross platform on the 360. Haha playstation. If you haven't seen the trailors... go find them right away.

At 11/2/06 04:54 PM, JoystickX wrote: That whole initial exclusive to PS3 thing was a rumor anyways, Ubisoft confirmed it was just assumed because it premiered at the PS3 expo, it was a PS3 exclusive.

In that case, I take back 15% of what I said. The other 85% still applies. =)

Disclaimer: The percentages were mere estimates and in no way imply the at owner of these words knows what he's talking about 100% of the time.

At 11/2/06 04:51 PM, Johnny wrote: Oh and everyone cheer for Joy... Because the absolute most powerful exclusive release for the PS3... Assassin's creed... Is now cross platform on the 360. Haha playstation. If you haven't seen the trailors... go find them right away.

I'm going to make a random comment right here: I am getting that game 100 effing percent. The lighting effects in that game look like eye secks, and the gameplay looks ownage. I mean, who doesn't want to walk around in a white robe killing people with a bow and arrow, being able to hige within priests despite the quiver on your back, and having a sword that comes out inverted-wolverine style? :D

At 11/2/06 05:21 PM, LordTrunks wrote: I'm going to make a random comment right here: I am getting that game 100 effing percent.

I'm going to jump out there and say this...

I compare that game to a dark ages, religious "God of War"

Which is secks.

The thing I noticed about the xbox 360 is their use of bump mapping. Anyone else notice this?

Bump mapping can look really cool if used right, however many of the games I saw on the 360 didnt use it right. Virtually every polygon was bump mapped, and unless used right all it does is make thngs look shiny. A person isn't supposed to look shiny!

It annoys me how people think it's such a large step up in graphics when all they really did is make things shiny.

At 11/2/06 11:03 AM, British-Moose wrote: the guy who plays him

Sacha Baron Cohen.

At 11/2/06 11:08 AM, Mogly wrote: Yeah I agree. I hope it isn't like the Ali G movie. That wasn't that good.

The movie was awesome. I wont say much about it, I don't want to spoil it, but trust me, it's good! Go see it!

At 11/2/06 01:19 PM, Cybex wrote: What's wrong with the regular beer on toast? Thats the usual student dish, is it not?

Toast? Are you mad? I'd need to buy bread for that. And also maybe a toaster.

At 11/2/06 06:58 PM, Glaiel-Gamer wrote: It annoys me how people think it's such a large step up in graphics when all they really did is make things shiny.

Whatever game could you mean? Perfect Dark Zero. Oops, I just asked a question I knew the answer to.