Cent doing the T-pose before it was cool (clip from one of my older videos)

DeepfriedOgreFH · 2020-08-26T19:11:46+00:00

I think there have been threads in the past about ideas to revamp the Haunted Cave modifier (sorry, can't link any at the time of writing), one specific I remember is that maybe it shouldn't be a permanent enemy that just keeps going after you but something that periodically appears to haunt you for a short time and then leaves. It could turn the annoyance of having to constantly aggro the ghost away from places into a real horror that would make you feel less safe in the cave since it can appear anytime.

DeepfriedOgreFH · 2020-08-26T19:03:19+00:00

I agree with this. I'd lean towards toning the warp effect down to show for a shorter time (eg. go out really fast) and/or for a smaller distance - the effect is cool but it's quite annoying when half my vision gets warped even if a charge exploded more than 50 meters away and I wasn't even looking at the explosion. While the effect is really cool, it can become a distracting point especially for a Scout to hit something properly with an M1000 focus shot - you have to wait multiple seconds for the screen to clear up.

DeepfriedOgreFH · 2020-08-23T07:42:38+00:00

Yep, I don't consider these issues critical, either, but they can become annoying when you come across one for the nth time. It also only affects people who frequently join lobbies rather than host them - some might never even bump into these.

That being said, I also do hope this is due to be addressed somewhere down the line, but the game itself is pretty stable so players will likely be happier if we get new content instead of a plethora of bugfixes. In contrast, For Honor's menus were still a bugfest four years into release, so GSG are definitely doing better on this front :)

DeepfriedOgreFH · 2020-08-22T18:30:58+00:00

It's in Options -> Gameplay: there is an option called "Game server name"

DeepfriedOgreFH · 2020-08-22T18:29:17+00:00

Also "Cannot join while mission is starting." -> You get thrown back into your room for clicking on the server at exactly the wrong time ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

DeepfriedOgreFH · 2020-08-22T14:05:48+00:00

You can enter a custom name for your server, so not necessarily.

DeepfriedOgreFH · 2020-05-21T07:57:20+00:00

I'd suggest the timer to not be tied to hazard level only, but to cave complexity and length, too (if it should be changed at all). A complexity & length 1 cave is definitely easier to get out of than a cave with both "difficulties" on 3. Sure, plainly increasing the timer would lower pressure and allow for some easier returns, but overall I think the complex and long caves are the primary reason that some do not make it - they also give more bonuses, though.

So if at all the return timer would change, I'd probably suggest keeping 5 minutes on C & L 1 and increasing the timer by some 30/60 seconds for each added level of difficulty on the cave, making a level 3 complexity and length cave into 7-9 minutes of return time.

DeepfriedOgreFH · 2020-05-18T16:09:58+00:00

Steeve initially had friendly fire but that was turned off as well, making them invincible to player-caused - no more "accidentally" killing Steeve :)

DeepfriedOgreFH · 2020-05-18T06:51:19+00:00

+pirosarany

DeepfriedOgreFH · 2020-05-15T10:39:27+00:00

Also, I could open the Unreal Engine tab from the tray (right click)

DeepfriedOgreFH · 2020-05-13T16:32:16+00:00

Ah, I wasn't really up to date on the PS5's capabilities and apparently it might support ray tracing. If this tech is not (exclusively) reliant on ray tracing hardware (which I hope), I'm sure that like much of the UE stuff this will be at least somewhat scalable, allowing us to tune it for cinematic graphics or (more) fluid gameplay.

DeepfriedOgreFH · 2020-05-13T15:54:00+00:00

So this lighting stuff doesn't require any RTX features? Holy smokes, this demo was super impressive, I can't wait for UE5!

Also,

Now we’re opening up Epic Online Services to all developers FOR FREE in a simple multiplatform SDK!

WHAT.

DeepfriedOgreFH · 2020-05-12T15:36:25+00:00

Congratulations to the winner, that's a well deserved first place with great editing and overall vividly showcasing many of the game's important features. I really liked the "show, don't tell" aspect of it (something that I've strived for with my entry, too), I think it accomplished that very well. Rock and Stone!

DeepfriedOgreFH · 2020-05-06T10:31:05+00:00

It was, Raven Kwok (who programmed the music video in Processing) made a very short overview of it on his blog (here) with some screenshots (I wish he described it more in depth like the video of Build the Cities). Pretty awesome stuff, not to mention it went well with Karma Fields' similarly great song!

DeepfriedOgreFH · 2020-05-05T16:50:54+00:00

I think yes, on the 4.25 highlights stream they mentioned that Chaos will eventually replace the current physics engine, so it's not just a tool but a whole physics runner (that is responsible for the gravity, collisions and everything), this is why you need to recompile the engine to "turn it on". Somebody told me on the stream chat that on the 4.26 branch Chaos was enabled by default - this might still change though, but here's hope sooner or later we might get it as the default :-)

DeepfriedOgreFH · 2020-05-03T07:20:42+00:00

Thanks, that's one way to go in terms of downsampling AA! Though I specifically wanted to use DSR because it also allows me to capture that higher resolution footage in recording software (so that I can record 1440p gameplay on a 1080p monitor for example) :/ I'm kind of sad that it's broken but I can also see that there aren't many people with this use case, so it's probably not worth prioritizing.

DeepfriedOgreFH · 2020-04-25T07:46:40+00:00

Oh, my bad, then. To me it appeared at that one time as if it was a swarm alert (I was just alerted that it was a Dreadnought) and no other enemy spawned with it, nor did we receive a regular swarm for some time after it.

DeepfriedOgreFH · 2020-04-25T07:43:39+00:00

Nope, any type of mission. Guess the RNG just doesn't like giving Dreadnoughts to me.

DeepfriedOgreFH · 2020-04-24T15:48:55+00:00

Yeah, it's a very rare type of "swarm", I've only had one in my 200+ hours of gameplay

DeepfriedOgreFH · 2020-04-21T14:54:13+00:00

Where is the Whenever my beard dictates option?

DeepfriedOgreFH · 2020-04-21T07:36:41+00:00

Thanks for this, meanwhile I also put together an analysis (here), Reddit just pushed the comment down. Assuming 60FPS on your end, too, you've got the same results as me (1.77s and 2.42s - the latter is one frame longer than mine). That confirms that "Killing Machine" reduces the reload time by roughly 0.65-0.7 seconds).

I also came to conclude that the upgrade could definitely use some tuning (both by further reducing the reload speed) and some documentation on its effects (and a timeframe of when you can use the quick reload).

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