<![CDATA[Recast Gaming - All Forums]]> http://recastgaming.co.uk/forums/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:56:23 +0000 MyBB <![CDATA[Updates]]> http://recastgaming.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?tid=950 Wed, 26 Oct 2011 22:23:27 +0000 http://recastgaming.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?tid=950
More things to come is the continued work on videos, live streams, and future game releases could mean starting up some guilds in games such as Guild Wars 2 which is coming in 2012 I believe (BETA in 2011?) . Do not forget to follow us on twitter, subscribe to our youtube channel and join our steam group!]]>
More things to come is the continued work on videos, live streams, and future game releases could mean starting up some guilds in games such as Guild Wars 2 which is coming in 2012 I believe (BETA in 2011?) . Do not forget to follow us on twitter, subscribe to our youtube channel and join our steam group!]]> <![CDATA[Grand Theft Auto III coming to iOS and Android, but only the newest devices]]> http://recastgaming.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?tid=949 Sat, 15 Oct 2011 23:56:01 +0000 http://recastgaming.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?tid=949
No real details about the game itself are known at this point, but if we had to speculate, we’d expect the release to contain the original game with cleaned up visuals and straight-forward touch screen controls, and maybe some of the tweaks found in later games, like the ability to swim. Who knows? Maybe they’ll even throw in the content from the PSP release Liberty City Stories as a bonus.

Love it or hate it, Grand Theft Auto III redefined action gameplay and in-game storytelling. Even now, ten years later, it’s not going to be suitable for everyone – but for those it appeals to, this might just become the biggest mobile release of the year.

As of this writing, the release window is simply “this fall.” But considering this is the 10th anniversary release and the original was released on October 22, 2001, don’t be surprised if you get your hands on this one in the next 10 days. And if we’re wrong? Well... you can always pass the time with their earlier mobile release, Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars. Or just spend it in line at the Apple Store, begging for that 4S you’d previously written off as unnecessary.

Source: Gamezebo]]>
No real details about the game itself are known at this point, but if we had to speculate, we’d expect the release to contain the original game with cleaned up visuals and straight-forward touch screen controls, and maybe some of the tweaks found in later games, like the ability to swim. Who knows? Maybe they’ll even throw in the content from the PSP release Liberty City Stories as a bonus.

Love it or hate it, Grand Theft Auto III redefined action gameplay and in-game storytelling. Even now, ten years later, it’s not going to be suitable for everyone – but for those it appeals to, this might just become the biggest mobile release of the year.

As of this writing, the release window is simply “this fall.” But considering this is the 10th anniversary release and the original was released on October 22, 2001, don’t be surprised if you get your hands on this one in the next 10 days. And if we’re wrong? Well... you can always pass the time with their earlier mobile release, Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars. Or just spend it in line at the Apple Store, begging for that 4S you’d previously written off as unnecessary.

Source: Gamezebo]]> <![CDATA[EA and Valve in late-stage talks to get Battlefield 3 to Steam #Rumor]]> http://recastgaming.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?tid=948 Wed, 05 Oct 2011 17:38:56 +0000 http://recastgaming.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?tid=948
According to the report, EA and Valve are very close to reaching an agreement regarding sales of DLC content, which is the main reason Battlefield 3 is not on Steam: Valve requires that all DLC is sold through Steam, while EA would prefer to sell via its own channels. This was the cause of another EA title, Crysis 2, for being pulled from Steam earlier this year.

Many PC gamers have lobbied both EA and Valve to put Battlefield 3 on Steam for a while now. It looks like it’ll finally happen soon.

We’ve reached out to EA and Valve for a comment on this story.


Source: BF3Blog
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My view.. true or not.. If EA even think I am going to give them my money for this game if it releases on steam, is the map expansion from the pre-order to be given to me.. for free.., no origin required at all, even if it is a retail purchase so I can activate on steam, remove the web server browser, and shoot the cunt who thought of the web server browser. If they cant do this, then they can gtfo.]]>
According to the report, EA and Valve are very close to reaching an agreement regarding sales of DLC content, which is the main reason Battlefield 3 is not on Steam: Valve requires that all DLC is sold through Steam, while EA would prefer to sell via its own channels. This was the cause of another EA title, Crysis 2, for being pulled from Steam earlier this year.

Many PC gamers have lobbied both EA and Valve to put Battlefield 3 on Steam for a while now. It looks like it’ll finally happen soon.

We’ve reached out to EA and Valve for a comment on this story.


Source: BF3Blog
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My view.. true or not.. If EA even think I am going to give them my money for this game if it releases on steam, is the map expansion from the pre-order to be given to me.. for free.., no origin required at all, even if it is a retail purchase so I can activate on steam, remove the web server browser, and shoot the cunt who thought of the web server browser. If they cant do this, then they can gtfo.]]> <![CDATA[APB Reloaded Devs Fighting Cheaters With Fire]]> http://recastgaming.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?tid=947 Sun, 02 Oct 2011 17:24:37 +0000 http://recastgaming.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?tid=947
They recently launched a patch, Patch 130, which apparently killed almost every single cheater that had cheats installed from one of the three main groups that apparently work to hack the game. That is awesome news in itself. But the Devs took it even further.

They watched like predators and finally pounced on their prey, eliminating large swarths of cheaters, permanently banning people left and right. What is more amusing though, are the cheaters’ responses. The developers seem to have heard every excuse from the books, and they don’t really care if your friend gave you his cheating account, you’re done on their game if you cheated.

The Devs are not totally without mercy however, and are apparently offering amnesty. However, with their generocity comes a price to be paid in order to return to the world of APB. If you’ve cheated, you must prove you’re remorseful, first by uninstalling the cheats (which in some cases were root-kits) and then proceed to play cleanly, then they may (and the Devs stressed MAY) let you back into the game.

I wondered why anyone would cheat in a free to play game, and further, what could the consequences be? Well the developers have stated that almost 50% of the players banned were paid players, and that some had even spent large amounts of cash or played some around 1500 hours of the game. This alone raises large amounts of “WHY!? WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT!?” questions, but, who knows with the mind of a cheater.

Kudos to the developers of APB: Reloaded for taking a hardline stance on cheating and apparently sticking to this. It seems like it is one of those things you always hear about, but never really see anything done about. There are some pretty amusing tears shed by the hackers on their forums that the developers have posted on their blog, but I wont repost them here. Some of them contain some pretty strong language and even stronger tears.

Source: Dualshockers]]>
They recently launched a patch, Patch 130, which apparently killed almost every single cheater that had cheats installed from one of the three main groups that apparently work to hack the game. That is awesome news in itself. But the Devs took it even further.

They watched like predators and finally pounced on their prey, eliminating large swarths of cheaters, permanently banning people left and right. What is more amusing though, are the cheaters’ responses. The developers seem to have heard every excuse from the books, and they don’t really care if your friend gave you his cheating account, you’re done on their game if you cheated.

The Devs are not totally without mercy however, and are apparently offering amnesty. However, with their generocity comes a price to be paid in order to return to the world of APB. If you’ve cheated, you must prove you’re remorseful, first by uninstalling the cheats (which in some cases were root-kits) and then proceed to play cleanly, then they may (and the Devs stressed MAY) let you back into the game.

I wondered why anyone would cheat in a free to play game, and further, what could the consequences be? Well the developers have stated that almost 50% of the players banned were paid players, and that some had even spent large amounts of cash or played some around 1500 hours of the game. This alone raises large amounts of “WHY!? WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT!?” questions, but, who knows with the mind of a cheater.

Kudos to the developers of APB: Reloaded for taking a hardline stance on cheating and apparently sticking to this. It seems like it is one of those things you always hear about, but never really see anything done about. There are some pretty amusing tears shed by the hackers on their forums that the developers have posted on their blog, but I wont repost them here. Some of them contain some pretty strong language and even stronger tears.

Source: Dualshockers]]> <![CDATA[CSGO on PC to be “different beast” than console versions]]> http://recastgaming.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?tid=946 Thu, 29 Sep 2011 07:52:09 +0000 http://recastgaming.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?tid=946
Fortunately, Valve assures that it’s not going to let console players rain grenades on your parade. The PC version, explained Valve’s Chet Faliszek, isn’t trying to be something it’s not.

“Yeah, so in some ways the PC will be a different beast anyway,” he told Strategy Informer. “There will be servers that we control, but then on the PC there will also be support custom servers, and at that point they’ll be able to mod the game. The way it’s set up now on CSS… you could enter a game and have no idea if the guys are going to be surfing whilst they’re shooting, or doing other crazy stuff. So we want to there to be a basic core experience, and equally if you want to go mod, you can.”

“We’ve been talking to the community, and we’re actually going to be incorporating ‘Gun Game’ into CSGO itself, as that’s the most popular mod out there at the moment, we wanted to give people a chance to approach the game from that angle.”

Interestingly, PC’s also the only platform getting any sort of CSGO beta, because console betas, well, aren’t real.

“That’s why we’re showing it on PS3, and why we showed at PAX on the 360, it’s the only way those guys are going to get to play it,” Faliszek said. “The PC Beta will be extended longer, because it’s not really a good model for doing betas, real betas, on the console. Other console betas have been more promotional demos. What we’re saying is that we want to do a beta that’s constantly changing and updating based on player feedback.”

Ah yes, yet another perk of being a member of gaming’s savviest, most mature community. So in your pockmarked prepubescent faces, console gamers! Er, I mean, fine wine, classic jazz music, and other mature… things. Right.

Source: PC Gamer]]>
Fortunately, Valve assures that it’s not going to let console players rain grenades on your parade. The PC version, explained Valve’s Chet Faliszek, isn’t trying to be something it’s not.

“Yeah, so in some ways the PC will be a different beast anyway,” he told Strategy Informer. “There will be servers that we control, but then on the PC there will also be support custom servers, and at that point they’ll be able to mod the game. The way it’s set up now on CSS… you could enter a game and have no idea if the guys are going to be surfing whilst they’re shooting, or doing other crazy stuff. So we want to there to be a basic core experience, and equally if you want to go mod, you can.”

“We’ve been talking to the community, and we’re actually going to be incorporating ‘Gun Game’ into CSGO itself, as that’s the most popular mod out there at the moment, we wanted to give people a chance to approach the game from that angle.”

Interestingly, PC’s also the only platform getting any sort of CSGO beta, because console betas, well, aren’t real.

“That’s why we’re showing it on PS3, and why we showed at PAX on the 360, it’s the only way those guys are going to get to play it,” Faliszek said. “The PC Beta will be extended longer, because it’s not really a good model for doing betas, real betas, on the console. Other console betas have been more promotional demos. What we’re saying is that we want to do a beta that’s constantly changing and updating based on player feedback.”

Ah yes, yet another perk of being a member of gaming’s savviest, most mature community. So in your pockmarked prepubescent faces, console gamers! Er, I mean, fine wine, classic jazz music, and other mature… things. Right.

Source: PC Gamer]]> <![CDATA[City of Heroes goes free to play with new update]]> http://recastgaming.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?tid=945 Tue, 27 Sep 2011 21:09:58 +0000 http://recastgaming.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?tid=945 Source: PCGamer



Superhero-themed MMO City of Heroes goes free to play today with the launch of City of Heroes Freedom, which lets players play up to level 50 free of charge, buying content a la carte rather than paying a monthly subscription fee. A new content expansion, Issue 21: Convergence, unveils an entirely new zone and a bevy of new content. NCSoft and Paragon studios also promise monthly “Signature Story Arcs” that let players take part in world events and the ongoing superhero strife that shapes them.

“We aren’t just flipping a switch and going ‘free-to-play,’” explains executive producer Brian Clayton. “We’re embarking on the biggest content and feature update to City of Heroes in its seven-year history.”

Existing subscribers will automatically become VIP players and may continue with their subscription plan. In return, they automatically get access to the “Signature Story Arcs” and 400 Paragon points (the in-game currency) for use at the Paragon Market, along with a number of other perks like VIP-only servers.

According to a press release, other parts of this update include:

New Zone: First Ward, the training and testing grounds for some of Praetoria’s most elite forces and sinister weapons, is where players will encounter all new threats, including the massive zone-wide event, the Seed of Hamidon.

New Epic Challenges: The Underground Incarnate Trial takes place deep below the streets of Praetoria, in the secret lair of the Devouring Earth. Those strong enough to break through their stronghold may reach the devastating Avatar of Hamidon for a final showdown of epic proportions. Up to 28 players can team up to fight new menaces and unlock great rewards.

New Power Sets and Costumes: Time Manipulation (free for VIP Players), Beam Rifle, and Street Justice represent just the beginning of new powers coming to players with City of Heroes Freedom, while the Barbarian and the Circle of Thorns Costume Sets, as well as the IDF and Defense Costume Sets(free for VIP Players) add even more options to the millions of customization options at a players’ fingertips.

New Starting Experience: Puts new players right in the middle of the action, giving them access to all archetypes with no alignment restriction. During the new starting experience, players will have the opportunity determine whether they ally with the forces of good, or harness the powers of evil.

New Missions: The debut of monthly Signature Story Arcs (free for VIP Players), enables players to play a key role in the main storyline as they fight alongside iconic heroes and villains and discover which of Paragon City’s premier heroes will die!

New Rewards: The Paragon Rewards program is our way to thank players for investing City of Heroes and provides new and unique in-game rewards designed around each player’s unique tastes and play style.

Source: PCGamer]]> Source: PCGamer



Superhero-themed MMO City of Heroes goes free to play today with the launch of City of Heroes Freedom, which lets players play up to level 50 free of charge, buying content a la carte rather than paying a monthly subscription fee. A new content expansion, Issue 21: Convergence, unveils an entirely new zone and a bevy of new content. NCSoft and Paragon studios also promise monthly “Signature Story Arcs” that let players take part in world events and the ongoing superhero strife that shapes them.

“We aren’t just flipping a switch and going ‘free-to-play,’” explains executive producer Brian Clayton. “We’re embarking on the biggest content and feature update to City of Heroes in its seven-year history.”

Existing subscribers will automatically become VIP players and may continue with their subscription plan. In return, they automatically get access to the “Signature Story Arcs” and 400 Paragon points (the in-game currency) for use at the Paragon Market, along with a number of other perks like VIP-only servers.

According to a press release, other parts of this update include:

New Zone: First Ward, the training and testing grounds for some of Praetoria’s most elite forces and sinister weapons, is where players will encounter all new threats, including the massive zone-wide event, the Seed of Hamidon.

New Epic Challenges: The Underground Incarnate Trial takes place deep below the streets of Praetoria, in the secret lair of the Devouring Earth. Those strong enough to break through their stronghold may reach the devastating Avatar of Hamidon for a final showdown of epic proportions. Up to 28 players can team up to fight new menaces and unlock great rewards.

New Power Sets and Costumes: Time Manipulation (free for VIP Players), Beam Rifle, and Street Justice represent just the beginning of new powers coming to players with City of Heroes Freedom, while the Barbarian and the Circle of Thorns Costume Sets, as well as the IDF and Defense Costume Sets(free for VIP Players) add even more options to the millions of customization options at a players’ fingertips.

New Starting Experience: Puts new players right in the middle of the action, giving them access to all archetypes with no alignment restriction. During the new starting experience, players will have the opportunity determine whether they ally with the forces of good, or harness the powers of evil.

New Missions: The debut of monthly Signature Story Arcs (free for VIP Players), enables players to play a key role in the main storyline as they fight alongside iconic heroes and villains and discover which of Paragon City’s premier heroes will die!

New Rewards: The Paragon Rewards program is our way to thank players for investing City of Heroes and provides new and unique in-game rewards designed around each player’s unique tastes and play style.

Source: PCGamer]]> <![CDATA[ITV Confuses Arma With Real Life]]> http://recastgaming.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?tid=944 Tue, 27 Sep 2011 14:51:22 +0000 http://recastgaming.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?tid=944

News source: Rockpapershotgun]]>

News source: Rockpapershotgun]]> <![CDATA[Are you mad at me for some raisin, DICE?]]> http://recastgaming.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?tid=943 Thu, 22 Sep 2011 22:21:30 +0000 http://recastgaming.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?tid=943 Source: Thesilentchief

Things hit the fans recently on the BattleField 3 EA UK forums.

It seems that certain members of the community forum weren’t too happy when it was announced that Operation Metro was going to be the provided map during the beta testing period of the game. This announcement came AFTER DICE had previously claimed otherwise, that the Operation Metro wasn’t going to be used for beta. Apparently some fans had their hearts set on a different map to play during the beta ( one that would allow up to 64 players ) and became somewhat upset by the news.

When the complaints became loud a forum moderator shared his opinion on the matter:

[Image: dice.jpg]

Almost immediately after the mod hit the submit button on his post the entire thread was deleted, but not before someone made the above screen shot of it.

Was the mod’s response to the disgruntled fans in this case appropriate or over-the-top?]]> Source: Thesilentchief

Things hit the fans recently on the BattleField 3 EA UK forums.

It seems that certain members of the community forum weren’t too happy when it was announced that Operation Metro was going to be the provided map during the beta testing period of the game. This announcement came AFTER DICE had previously claimed otherwise, that the Operation Metro wasn’t going to be used for beta. Apparently some fans had their hearts set on a different map to play during the beta ( one that would allow up to 64 players ) and became somewhat upset by the news.

When the complaints became loud a forum moderator shared his opinion on the matter:

[Image: dice.jpg]

Almost immediately after the mod hit the submit button on his post the entire thread was deleted, but not before someone made the above screen shot of it.

Was the mod’s response to the disgruntled fans in this case appropriate or over-the-top?]]> <![CDATA[Minecraft server updates - The return!]]> http://recastgaming.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?tid=942 Thu, 22 Sep 2011 15:56:52 +0000 http://recastgaming.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?tid=942
At the moment the server is online running 1.8.1 + bukkit recommended release, however it is white listed and will remain that way until further notice.]]>
At the moment the server is online running 1.8.1 + bukkit recommended release, however it is white listed and will remain that way until further notice.]]> <![CDATA[Borderlands 2 'Richer, Larger' Than Original]]> http://recastgaming.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?tid=941 Wed, 21 Sep 2011 19:36:30 +0000 http://recastgaming.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?tid=941
Speaking to Gamasutra, Cooke said that he wanted the game's environments to feel more varied.

"I wanted it to have a richer, larger world. I felt like we were stuck in the desert a lot, and it got monotonous," Cooke said of the first game. "It felt like you were seeing the same enemies too often. I mean, that's my personal experience. And we really wanted to just widen that and give you this sense of a huge space, which is why you can see the other maps from the maps you're in."

According to Cooke, those environmental changes will be accompanied by changes in the sequel's color palette.

"It's a subtle thing, but you feel it," he said. "You start off in that really cool icy area, and then you kind of go down through the tunnel and out into the hot springs area we have, and you'll see [it go] from really cool, cold purples and kind of red purples, and then across into the hot springs it really gets warm and kind of becomes green and tan and beige, with a little bit of red thrown in there. A lot of that is the same assets, but what you're seeing is the post-process adjusting the color values and color tone."

As for the game's graphics, Cooke says that everything will look drastically better thanks to the sequel's use of Unreal Engine 3.

"With Unreal 3, we have such a better command now of all the pixel shader stuff that we're able to bring in," Cooke said. "When you look at the ice shader, it's not just a static 2D toon texture, it's constantly adjusting based on the angle of light and how you face the rocks and so on. So we're putting a lot more high end realism stuff on top of the style to give it a lot more depth. So it's not just like cartooned, it feels more like a sort of digital matte to some extent. It's got a lot of some of those elements."

Cooke also confirmed that the game features a redesigned User Interface, allowing for splitscreen on PC. Update: Gearbox contacted IGN to clarify that the PC version will not actually support split-screen play.

"We're building an entire custom UI for PC, and the whole UI supports splitscreen," he said. "So we redesigned all the screens to be vertical and narrow so you don't have to do that weird pan-around thing from the first game. Nobody like that, including us, and we knew we wanted to do better. We knew we could. We kind of ran out of time last time, but this time we're going to hit it hard."

Borderlands 2 is set to release on PC, Xbox 360 and PS3 in 2012.

Source: IGN.com]]>
Speaking to Gamasutra, Cooke said that he wanted the game's environments to feel more varied.

"I wanted it to have a richer, larger world. I felt like we were stuck in the desert a lot, and it got monotonous," Cooke said of the first game. "It felt like you were seeing the same enemies too often. I mean, that's my personal experience. And we really wanted to just widen that and give you this sense of a huge space, which is why you can see the other maps from the maps you're in."

According to Cooke, those environmental changes will be accompanied by changes in the sequel's color palette.

"It's a subtle thing, but you feel it," he said. "You start off in that really cool icy area, and then you kind of go down through the tunnel and out into the hot springs area we have, and you'll see [it go] from really cool, cold purples and kind of red purples, and then across into the hot springs it really gets warm and kind of becomes green and tan and beige, with a little bit of red thrown in there. A lot of that is the same assets, but what you're seeing is the post-process adjusting the color values and color tone."

As for the game's graphics, Cooke says that everything will look drastically better thanks to the sequel's use of Unreal Engine 3.

"With Unreal 3, we have such a better command now of all the pixel shader stuff that we're able to bring in," Cooke said. "When you look at the ice shader, it's not just a static 2D toon texture, it's constantly adjusting based on the angle of light and how you face the rocks and so on. So we're putting a lot more high end realism stuff on top of the style to give it a lot more depth. So it's not just like cartooned, it feels more like a sort of digital matte to some extent. It's got a lot of some of those elements."

Cooke also confirmed that the game features a redesigned User Interface, allowing for splitscreen on PC. Update: Gearbox contacted IGN to clarify that the PC version will not actually support split-screen play.

"We're building an entire custom UI for PC, and the whole UI supports splitscreen," he said. "So we redesigned all the screens to be vertical and narrow so you don't have to do that weird pan-around thing from the first game. Nobody like that, including us, and we knew we wanted to do better. We knew we could. We kind of ran out of time last time, but this time we're going to hit it hard."

Borderlands 2 is set to release on PC, Xbox 360 and PS3 in 2012.

Source: IGN.com]]> <![CDATA[Global Agenda - The Recursive Colony: Patch 1.5 is coming tomorrow!]]> http://recastgaming.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?tid=940 Wed, 21 Sep 2011 07:33:23 +0000 http://recastgaming.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?tid=940 The biggest content expansion in Global Agenda history is on its way!

New Open Zone: North Sonora
Daily Assignments
New PvE Instances
New PvP Maps
New flair, dyes, trails, pets & blueprints
And much more...

Server downtime: The Global Agenda Servers are expected to be down on WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2011 from ~11:00 AM- 5:00 PM US Eastern (16:00 to 22:00 GMT) while the patch is deployed. Watch GAServerStatus on Twitter for the latest server availability information.

More patch notes

Screenshot
Screenshot
Screenshot
Screenshot]]> The biggest content expansion in Global Agenda history is on its way!

New Open Zone: North Sonora
Daily Assignments
New PvE Instances
New PvP Maps
New flair, dyes, trails, pets & blueprints
And much more...

Server downtime: The Global Agenda Servers are expected to be down on WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2011 from ~11:00 AM- 5:00 PM US Eastern (16:00 to 22:00 GMT) while the patch is deployed. Watch GAServerStatus on Twitter for the latest server availability information.

More patch notes

Screenshot
Screenshot
Screenshot
Screenshot]]> <![CDATA[Blacklight Retribution: Gameplay Trailer]]> http://recastgaming.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?tid=939 Sat, 17 Sep 2011 10:11:21 +0000 http://recastgaming.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?tid=939 ]]> ]]> <![CDATA[Huge Counter Strike: Source update released]]> http://recastgaming.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?tid=938 Thu, 15 Sep 2011 21:24:23 +0000 http://recastgaming.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?tid=938 Cumulative weapon updates

All weapons now have a new accuracy model which fixes many bugs and provides more intuitive weapon behavior
Weapons now have separate accuracy penalties for jumping, landing, and standing on ladders
All weapons are now more accurate while crouching
Accuracy penalties for movement no longer have a discrete threshold, but scale between crouch move and run speed
All rifles are less accurate while running
Fixed bug that caused the glock to fire burst rounds on three consecutive tick frames. It now fires burst rounds with a 0.05 cycle time
Fixed a bug that cause the famas to fire burst rounds on uneven intervals (0.1 and 0.05). It now fires burst rounds with a fixed interval of 0.075.
Fixed bug for the bolt action sniper rifles that caused their zoom state to incorrectly toggle when holding down fire.
Fixed bug that would cause the suppressor state on the USP and M4A1 to not be accounted for correctly when the weapons were dropped with the suppressor attached and then picked up.
Fixed fast suppressor switch exploit
Decreased range of shotguns, while slightly increasing damage
Slightly increased damage of m249
Sniper rifles now zoom faster
AWP fire animation changed to match 1.5 second cycle time
Fixed burst fire prediction of FAMAS
Fixed animation issue with elite dry fire
Fixed timing of sounds on Glock burst fire
Weapon spread patterns are no longer square
Dynamic crosshair now uses actual weapon accuracy, rather than a separate simulation
Increased run speed for Galil and FAMAS
Increased FAMAS accuracy and reduced spread for burst mode
Increased accuracy of silenced USP
Increased accuracy of zoomed sg552
Cycle time for dual elites increased to .12 second
Fixed firing of "stale" burst mode bullets on glock and famas
Fixed reload animation issue with shotguns under high latency
Fixed bug which allowed a CT to defuse the bomb in the same frame that it exploded
Pistols no longer continuously spam weapon_fire event when the +attack key is pressed. This has the side effect of no longer allowing the glock to continuously auto-fire in burst mode).
Weapons no longer continuous cycle the weapon_reload event when the reload key is pressed
Weapons no longer continuously cycle the empty fire event (and click) when out of ammo and the attack button is held


Other bug fixes

Re-enabled the ability for max grenades to be set from server convars
Allow observing other players when mp_fadetoblack is enabled and mp_forcecamera is something other than OBS_ALLOW_NONE
Scoreboard is now more robust with user modified layout changes
Added defuser icons to CTs on the scoreboard; these are analagous to the bomb icons for Ts, in that they only are visible for team members and spectators.
Defuser, bomb, and VIP icons are now colored by team color convar.
Bomb/defuser icons are no longer shown for members of the opposing team when you are not allowed to spectate them.
Updated player max speed cap so that it no longer limits players to 240 movement speed
Allow player max speed to be changed by mods
Killing friendly players no longer increments the player stat for kills with enemy weapons
Round no longer ends when timer runs out and mp_ignore_round_win_conditions is set
Players no longer get weapon donation credit for buying, dropping, and picking up the same weapon
Fixed crash related to planting C4
Fixed positioning of hud_targetid; it now is correctly visible in wide screen aspect ratios and when spectating.
Updated the multiplayer options UI so that it offers more options for configuring the crosshair.
When dynamic crosshair is disabled, the crosshair is now completely static.
Fixed a couple of issues with the view offset when dead was fighting with the observer code.
Fixed a bug where the client would have a ragdoll entity in CS, but wouldn't have actually created a ragdoll which would give a one frame glitch in the death camera position setup.
Fixed an exploit where users could disable flashbang audio effects using alias commands.
Marked the "mat_diffuse" convar as a cheat to protect against exploits.
Fixed issue with buying multiple grenades when ammo_*_max were set to other than the defaults.]]> Cumulative weapon updates

All weapons now have a new accuracy model which fixes many bugs and provides more intuitive weapon behavior
Weapons now have separate accuracy penalties for jumping, landing, and standing on ladders
All weapons are now more accurate while crouching
Accuracy penalties for movement no longer have a discrete threshold, but scale between crouch move and run speed
All rifles are less accurate while running
Fixed bug that caused the glock to fire burst rounds on three consecutive tick frames. It now fires burst rounds with a 0.05 cycle time
Fixed a bug that cause the famas to fire burst rounds on uneven intervals (0.1 and 0.05). It now fires burst rounds with a fixed interval of 0.075.
Fixed bug for the bolt action sniper rifles that caused their zoom state to incorrectly toggle when holding down fire.
Fixed bug that would cause the suppressor state on the USP and M4A1 to not be accounted for correctly when the weapons were dropped with the suppressor attached and then picked up.
Fixed fast suppressor switch exploit
Decreased range of shotguns, while slightly increasing damage
Slightly increased damage of m249
Sniper rifles now zoom faster
AWP fire animation changed to match 1.5 second cycle time
Fixed burst fire prediction of FAMAS
Fixed animation issue with elite dry fire
Fixed timing of sounds on Glock burst fire
Weapon spread patterns are no longer square
Dynamic crosshair now uses actual weapon accuracy, rather than a separate simulation
Increased run speed for Galil and FAMAS
Increased FAMAS accuracy and reduced spread for burst mode
Increased accuracy of silenced USP
Increased accuracy of zoomed sg552
Cycle time for dual elites increased to .12 second
Fixed firing of "stale" burst mode bullets on glock and famas
Fixed reload animation issue with shotguns under high latency
Fixed bug which allowed a CT to defuse the bomb in the same frame that it exploded
Pistols no longer continuously spam weapon_fire event when the +attack key is pressed. This has the side effect of no longer allowing the glock to continuously auto-fire in burst mode).
Weapons no longer continuous cycle the weapon_reload event when the reload key is pressed
Weapons no longer continuously cycle the empty fire event (and click) when out of ammo and the attack button is held


Other bug fixes

Re-enabled the ability for max grenades to be set from server convars
Allow observing other players when mp_fadetoblack is enabled and mp_forcecamera is something other than OBS_ALLOW_NONE
Scoreboard is now more robust with user modified layout changes
Added defuser icons to CTs on the scoreboard; these are analagous to the bomb icons for Ts, in that they only are visible for team members and spectators.
Defuser, bomb, and VIP icons are now colored by team color convar.
Bomb/defuser icons are no longer shown for members of the opposing team when you are not allowed to spectate them.
Updated player max speed cap so that it no longer limits players to 240 movement speed
Allow player max speed to be changed by mods
Killing friendly players no longer increments the player stat for kills with enemy weapons
Round no longer ends when timer runs out and mp_ignore_round_win_conditions is set
Players no longer get weapon donation credit for buying, dropping, and picking up the same weapon
Fixed crash related to planting C4
Fixed positioning of hud_targetid; it now is correctly visible in wide screen aspect ratios and when spectating.
Updated the multiplayer options UI so that it offers more options for configuring the crosshair.
When dynamic crosshair is disabled, the crosshair is now completely static.
Fixed a couple of issues with the view offset when dead was fighting with the observer code.
Fixed a bug where the client would have a ragdoll entity in CS, but wouldn't have actually created a ragdoll which would give a one frame glitch in the death camera position setup.
Fixed an exploit where users could disable flashbang audio effects using alias commands.
Marked the "mat_diffuse" convar as a cheat to protect against exploits.
Fixed issue with buying multiple grenades when ammo_*_max were set to other than the defaults.]]> <![CDATA[Minecraft 1.8 Release]]> http://recastgaming.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?tid=937 Wed, 14 Sep 2011 12:41:58 +0000 http://recastgaming.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?tid=937
"We just uploaded Minecraft 1.8, but minecraft.net isn't up right now because of web ops stuff."

You can now load up minecraft and it will auto update. Many people did not have an idea it would be ready as soon as this, so for people like Craftbukkit, they are now rushing to get their 1.8 update out as soon as possible with a load of people rushing them to get it finished.

Lets hope they ignore them and get some nice coding done with little or no problems upon release and don't rush it.]]>
"We just uploaded Minecraft 1.8, but minecraft.net isn't up right now because of web ops stuff."

You can now load up minecraft and it will auto update. Many people did not have an idea it would be ready as soon as this, so for people like Craftbukkit, they are now rushing to get their 1.8 update out as soon as possible with a load of people rushing them to get it finished.

Lets hope they ignore them and get some nice coding done with little or no problems upon release and don't rush it.]]> <![CDATA[Minecraft 1.8 Update Delayed #Minecraft #1.8]]> http://recastgaming.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?tid=936 Mon, 12 Sep 2011 18:01:53 +0000 http://recastgaming.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?tid=936 @Jeb_ on twitter has just said that "There wont be an update today, but tomorrow I will *at least* update the prerelease"

Lots of work has been done to fix reported bugs and problems and we are being kept up to date. After all who wants an official release that's packed full of bugs?

* SSP chunk memory leak
* Mineshaft density (half now)
* Increased stronghold count to 3 per map instead of one
* Furnace tile entity crash
* Crafting bench ghost items
* Vines (and leaves) crash in nether
* Use item animation in SMP (blocking and eating)
* Blocking in SMP
* Sprinting with right-click or sneaking
* Added some blocks to creative mode
* Fixed dropping items
* Nothing can be eaten in creative mode
* Enderman client-side problems
* Chicken and cow drop burned food
* Squids drop exp
* 1.7 worlds should get structures
* Farmlands rejecting melon and pumpkin seeds
* Bonemeal on melons and pumpkins
* Bonemeal on mushroom only works on dirt or grass
* Added item drops for cracked and mossy smooth stone brick
* Adjusted fog strength at low positions]]> @Jeb_ on twitter has just said that "There wont be an update today, but tomorrow I will *at least* update the prerelease"

Lots of work has been done to fix reported bugs and problems and we are being kept up to date. After all who wants an official release that's packed full of bugs?

* SSP chunk memory leak
* Mineshaft density (half now)
* Increased stronghold count to 3 per map instead of one
* Furnace tile entity crash
* Crafting bench ghost items
* Vines (and leaves) crash in nether
* Use item animation in SMP (blocking and eating)
* Blocking in SMP
* Sprinting with right-click or sneaking
* Added some blocks to creative mode
* Fixed dropping items
* Nothing can be eaten in creative mode
* Enderman client-side problems
* Chicken and cow drop burned food
* Squids drop exp
* 1.7 worlds should get structures
* Farmlands rejecting melon and pumpkin seeds
* Bonemeal on melons and pumpkins
* Bonemeal on mushroom only works on dirt or grass
* Added item drops for cracked and mossy smooth stone brick
* Adjusted fog strength at low positions]]> <![CDATA[Minecraft 1.8 Pre-Release Oceans #notch #somuchwater]]> http://recastgaming.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?tid=934 Sat, 10 Sep 2011 20:37:42 +0000 http://recastgaming.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?tid=934

[Image: 6132858765_5367aabdfe.jpg]

Larger version: http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6066/6132...bdfe_b.jpg]]>

[Image: 6132858765_5367aabdfe.jpg]

Larger version: http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6066/6132...bdfe_b.jpg]]> <![CDATA[Minecraft 1.8 Pre-Release Leaked]]> http://recastgaming.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?tid=933 Sat, 10 Sep 2011 09:51:36 +0000 http://recastgaming.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?tid=933
Quote:Twitter:

Notch: Ooh, looks like 1.8 has leaked, not that I'd ever admit that. Wink Be careful when installing software you don't trust though.

Notch: If you do use it, remember to report bugs, and to feel slightly bad. Wink

Notch: (I am fine with you using it. Make sure you get it from the leaked url we are hosting, though)

As you can see he was not that bothered by it, however he did stress that if you ARE going to play 1.8 then use the official leaked download from the Minecraft website and not from suspicious sources. They’ve decided to keep the link up so that people don’t get tricked into downloading fakes or malware.

Get it here - http://assets.minecraft.net/1_8-pre/minecraft.jar

The best way to get this working is browse to C:\Users\YOURNAME\AppData\Roaming\ and make a copy of your .minecraft folder. Then browse to C:\Users\YOURNAME\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\bin and replace the minecraft.jar with the one you have just downloaded. Just make sure your old minecraft.jar is backed up incase you want to go back.

Here is our preview video of this pre-release.



Here is a screenshot when I found 4 of the new Endermen mob together!

[Image: 6131596790_f49033ae35.jpg]]]>
Quote:Twitter:

Notch: Ooh, looks like 1.8 has leaked, not that I'd ever admit that. Wink Be careful when installing software you don't trust though.

Notch: If you do use it, remember to report bugs, and to feel slightly bad. Wink

Notch: (I am fine with you using it. Make sure you get it from the leaked url we are hosting, though)

As you can see he was not that bothered by it, however he did stress that if you ARE going to play 1.8 then use the official leaked download from the Minecraft website and not from suspicious sources. They’ve decided to keep the link up so that people don’t get tricked into downloading fakes or malware.

Get it here - http://assets.minecraft.net/1_8-pre/minecraft.jar

The best way to get this working is browse to C:\Users\YOURNAME\AppData\Roaming\ and make a copy of your .minecraft folder. Then browse to C:\Users\YOURNAME\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\bin and replace the minecraft.jar with the one you have just downloaded. Just make sure your old minecraft.jar is backed up incase you want to go back.

Here is our preview video of this pre-release.



Here is a screenshot when I found 4 of the new Endermen mob together!

[Image: 6131596790_f49033ae35.jpg]]]> <![CDATA[Minecraft 1.8 Official Trailer]]> http://recastgaming.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?tid=932 Tue, 06 Sep 2011 15:00:30 +0000 http://recastgaming.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?tid=932

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