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Sarevok wrote:Assuming that network conditions are the only thing that dictates the maximum number of players is a fallacy. I do not know much about the Frostbite engine but from this source it does seem like bloated. It could be a problem with the game engine itself.

Sarevok wrote:Their coding practices sound terrible. It's like their programmers are led by some technically illiterate person who sees programming buzzwords and orders them implemented. The thread I linked was about why BF3 does not have modtools. The official explanation was its such an obtuse piece of software even the developers themselves struggle to work on it.

Sarevok wrote:The thread I linked was about why BF3 does not have modtools.

xthetenth wrote:

Sarevok wrote:The thread I linked was about why BF3 does not have modtools.

Hmm, think it misdirected then, cause all I see is a generic release about what they're doing with absolutely no mention of modding.

The worldwide interest in Battlefield 3 is very high so I made a summary of the most important information of the GameStar cover story (Issue 04/2011). First of all let me start with a comparison to the article Matt Bertz wrote for GameInformer. German editor Fabian Siegismund also played the demo level but describes it in another way and gives more detail to the destruction. Here is an example: when the huge building collapses during the earthquake it buries and destroys a Blackhawk helicopter. Patrick Bach says that debris can hurt characters. Important here: we are talking about the singleplayer. Not tested or confirmed for the multiplayer (Bach: "We'll see")!

Talking about the multiplayer the text contains a short summary about the multiplayer aspects editor Siegismund was able to see. I’ll give you that aspects in form of a list.

* Most important fact but most likely a typo or mistake: 32 players for the console.
* At a screen there were four classes with five slots for equipment. No further word about the details of the equipment is given
* Siegismund says that he has seen a F-16 and a Su-27 Jet. Important here: there is a render / picture at the article that shows a F-18 Super Hornet and not a F-16. Don’t know if this means the existence of both jets or a typo.
* Siegesmund talks about a “Replay-Function which was also included in Battlefield 2”. In our opinion he is talking about the Battlerecorder (as a function to replay whole games). His statement concerning this function: “DICE is playing around with a feasible version for BF3”. The function is not confirmed.
* Sound: DICE is working with a revised system for the sound that enables players to detect from where a vehicle or enemy soldier is coming. Every object (aka tank, helicopter) has up to 80 soundchannels with different sounds from different angles.
* Singleplayer: there will be Quicktime-Events where you have to push the mouse buttons to win a fight. The example here: an enemy tries to stab you with a knife and you have to defend you (knock him down / kill him).

That’s it for now. I may add some aspects (SP) later but I wanted to get the news out quickly.

Update

* One of the player models has a tattoo at the right forearm (SP possibly). Looks really cool.
* The M16 at Page 22 has no notch and is adjusted to semi fire (1st Picture of this news) (Thx MaxFragg)

ray245 wrote:I recall some company trying to link up Xbox players with Computer players before. It turns out that console players have an extremely hard time playing against PC users.

Lonestar wrote:

ray245 wrote:I recall some company trying to link up Xbox players with Computer players before. It turns out that console players have an extremely hard time playing against PC users.

Yup, it was Microsoft that tried it, and in house tests had PC Players stomping the shit out of Xbox players, so they stopped the project.

adam_grif wrote:Shadowrun had operational cross-platform play, iirc.

Brother-Captain Gaius wrote:It's a little more complicated than that.

Even connecting a 360 player to a PC player requires a fair amount of work in early planning and development as well as actual implementation. And this is between two platforms wherein creating a working version on either is often literally as simple as changing a few configuration settings and setting a couple drop-down boxes from "x86" to "Xbox 360", mind. This is further compounded by the unfortunate yet enduring fact that Games for Windows Live (a necessary service for interfacing with Xbox Live) is a catastrophically terrible pile of shit. Microsoft, for reasons I don't entirely understand, has helped make the dream of cross-platform play so utterly unappealing that no one in their right mind is even attempting it anymore.

Cross-platform play between completely unrelated platforms, such as PS3 and 360, is a total pipedream at this point.

Zaune wrote:Forgive my ignorance, but shouldn't the data string that's exchanged between participating machines and the server -coordinates on the map on the map, inventory etc- look much the same regardless of platform?

Fire Fly wrote:Leaked BF3 gameplay video