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  2. Posted

    On 3/20/2019 at 7:20 AM, VickyFox said:

    When overlayed they are a match but nothing really comes about of them, the first "grid" is quite difficult to work with considering part of the website is still there.

    How did you overlay them? Might have to try different blending modes or, given the colour coding of the different pieces, define them as a particular colour channel.

  4. Posted

    On 3/19/2019 at 9:52 AM, Mitne said:

    Hopefully squad of randoms.

    Otherwise clans gonna be all over this gamemode.

    You make that sound like it's bad. Clans have been neglected too much in APBs history, at least they might get something to do now.

  5. Posted

    9 hours ago, Lokislav said:

    APB is a more complex game than people can imagine

     

    That statement held true ten to fifteen years ago when the game was originally made. Nowadays the code is more complex than necessary (because it's crassly outdated), while the systems this code produces are hardly worth emphasising. Even the customisation system, albeit rarely done as complex as in APB, could be streamlined a lot.

     

    As @Snubnose says, it's time for a (technologically modernised) APB 2. And it would've been time for this four years ago, too, when the engine upgrade turned out to be a nonstarter.

    With modern technology APB could play better, run better and, quite frankly, look a lot better.

    Of course Little Orbit isn't to blame for continuing the work that started under Gamersfirst, but I honestly don't think it will carry APB much further. The real treasure they acquired is the lore.

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  6. Posted

    11 hours ago, Kewlin said:

    We have a hardass mayor who legalized enforcers killing whoever the fuck they want isn't going to manage to stop Redhill if they overstep their bounds?

    FWIW that's basically how this gamemode could be explained? One corporation deciding they can do the job better than all the current players involved. Since some Criminals and Enforcers are only in it for the money anyway they might get paid by RIOT now instead of the other four.

  7. Posted

    On 3/10/2019 at 9:14 PM, Frosi said:

    There are downsides to both 4:3 and 16:9. A downside to 4:3 would be a reduction in your field of view which can be quite a massive downside.

    Afaik APB did crop to widescreen, i.e. remove the top and bottom (I guess vertical FOV in other words). If this is still the case it creates a tangible technical advantage for using 4:3 over 16:9. Albeit it is "only" more vertical visibility, not the more important horizontal FOV.

  9. Posted

    On 2/25/2019 at 9:18 AM, Nymphi--DoubleDee said:

    Ooooooooooooooooooooor.... Just make a new account, and let it idle in Social... And not do anything while you sleep with a belly full of tendies that you used GBP for, and wake up and cheat all day while REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE-ing at legit players.

    Originally playtime was only recorded in action districts, not in Social. And idling in action districts gets you kicked. If the former is still the case and rudimentary systems to prevent simple walking/movement scripts to count as actions exist (which I believe they do), going by playtime might actually work.

  10. Posted

    On 2/17/2019 at 9:23 PM, MattScott said:

    But the more I dig into the code, the more I want to overhaul the whole store thing to be easier to maintain.

    APB condensed into a single sentence.

     

    On 2/17/2019 at 9:27 PM, Lord Cashpoint said:

    Now I want to know how the hell G1 managed to make such a complicated interface for what is essentially a store front.

    Bought from a third party, I'd assume. At least that's the kind of software I'm working with which gives me the biggest headaches.

  11. Posted

    9 hours ago, Saxtus said:

    But that variant has the Armored combat gear instead of the Impact combat gear I am after.

    The Impact Combat Gear was only briefly awarded to Enforcers at release of the pack. This issue was resolved within hours and you only got those items if you retrieved your mail before the emergency patch was rolled out (for example I bought the pack before, but couldn't retrieve the items in time and thus missed out on those sweet clothes).

     

    It's probably still in cross-faction because technically the gear can be owned and equipped by both Criminals and Enforcers.

  12. Posted

    On 2/1/2019 at 10:28 PM, Jazeker said:

    Distributing players into the correct districts was and is to this day the major flaw in the system,

     

    (ppssst That's matchmaking)

    Matchmaking = placing players from a pool against each other, ideally based on their skill

    Distribution = putting players into a matchmaking pool, ideally based on their skill

     

    The former currently exists and technically works. The latter currently only exists in a rudimentary and flawed form (district threat labels). They're independent systems which ideally work in tandem.

  14. Posted

    On 2/1/2019 at 11:24 PM, CookiePuss said:

    I walked around social for an hour listening to footsteps and found some stairs and a landing with no footstep sounds. 

     

    ... testing is fun!

    Is the overpass in Waterfront still using grass/dirt particles and sounds, though?

     

    On 2/3/2019 at 9:53 AM, Nymphi--DoubleDee said:

    It seems so many forget that even the original developers didn't even know how half the stuff worked. 

    As the story goes the original developers came up with a lot of mechanics for APB which weren't state of the art at the time, e.g. seamless world-streaming and day-night-cycles. I doubt they didn't understand how half the stuff worked, they probably understood very well how fickle the whole construction was.

     

    On 2/4/2019 at 10:21 AM, Nitronik said:

    potentially even reworking the geometry for each clothing asset (given how they're kind of "stitched on" to the human mesh)

    The clothing simply extrudes the body to assume the desired shape, as far as I'm aware. They'd probably have to recreate (i.e. import a higher poly version of) every single clothing "item" from the original zBrush file, assuming they still have access to those.

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    On 1/29/2019 at 4:40 PM, BXNNXD said:
    On 1/29/2019 at 4:14 PM, Nite said:

    Personally kinda feel that the gold levels make up more total rating points than the silver and bronze levels do....

    that’s just a consequence of having static threat levels instead of dynamic, since a majority of players will improve over time it’s only natural that threat distribution will be skewed towards higher threats - especially in a game like apb where the population is stagnant at best

    In a closed group the threat levels shouldn't gradually increase, since every time one players gains threat, another loses an equal amount.

     

    As many players who try out APB will only spent some time getting their behinds kicked, increasing someone else's threat in the process and then leave the game, the overall average threat most likely does gradually increase. And only those who can consistently beat weaker players remain active.

     

     

    On 1/29/2019 at 5:06 PM, NotZombieBiscuit said:

    The great thing is this skewing of threat only affects the graphical indicator. The MMR/ELO behind the scenes is unaffected and thus so is matchmaking. So the excuse of matchmaking is one that is flawed.

    Assuming the matchmaking system is based on Glicko. I wouldn't be surprised if it's based on the actual threat levels, however.

    Either way, matchmaking really was never the issue. Distributing players into the correct districts was and is to this day the major flaw in the system,

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  17. Posted

    On 1/30/2019 at 6:19 PM, Knite said:

    once 3.5 lands, we should have some blessed quiet from the cheaters for a little bit while cheatmakers rush to make something that works for APB.

    Is UE3.5 some bastion that cheaters haven't conquered yet? I'd expect working cheats to appear within minutes of release, assuming there is no "mole" in the testing group(s). Otherwise they'll probably exist long before release. Bottom line it should be trivial to use existing cheats for UE3.5 in APB, no?

  18. Posted · Edited by Revoluzzer

    23 hours ago, Stunny said:

    why are you lying? i used to play on joker NE and it was 100/100. then 80/80 then 50/50.

    Action districts have never accommodated more than 100 players total (50 Enforcers, 50 Criminals).

  19. Posted

    3 hours ago, TheJellyGoo said:

    Many games have done it since threat inflation is a natural occurrence. If you can't find that magical key for the perfect system just move the bar higher.

    Threat inflation only occurs in poorly designed matchmaking systems to begin with. I've laid out before in this threat that a dynamic threat distribution system could easily combat this issue, removing the necessity for resets like the one suggested altogether.

  20. Posted

    From a purely technical point of view I would expect FairFight to be the best suited anti-cheat for APB (or most games, for that matter), simply because it's server-sided and as far as I am aware the servers already check for a bunch of things (e.g. accuracy and weapon damage).

    I would also expect a server-side, statistics based anti-cheat to be much more difficult to be circumvent compared to client-side anti-cheats.

    And concerning privacy and data-security I'd much prefer a game not to pollute my system with software that rummages through my files and inspects processes at will.

     

    Anyway, I can see why FairFight did not work as expected in APB, given that several missions essentially provide players with wallhacks and certain bugs also made player names visible through some objects. However I'd consider changing these missions for the sake of improving gameplay (I don't think wallhack-deathmatch is a lot of fun), as well as giving FairFight the ability to better monitor players.

     

    And of course MrEpicGoat showed that APB is mechanically very exploitable, which hopefully gets fixed with the engine upgrade. Even that out of the way, client-side anti-cheats are probably still bypassed with a bit of effort.

  21. Posted

    On 12/23/2018 at 1:06 AM, TheJellyGoo said:

    Maybe its time for another threat reevaluation by dropping everyone down a certain elo coupled with less elo gain in the future.

    Let's see how threat re-calibrates itself. Might be a good opportunity to bridge the time until EU.

    If this would actually fix anything, it would've done so in the past. The underlying system needs improvement, threat won't "re-calibrate" itself because it currently doesn't have the means to do so. What you suggest is only a short-lived reset.

  23. Posted

    On 12/6/2018 at 10:12 PM, CookiePuss said:

    Its fun to use and free?

    Using the best weapon the game has to offer is certainly more fun than using an inferior alternative.

     

     

    The STAR is also free and you get a permanent version, but you hardly ever see anyone use it. If the N-Tec and STAR were on the same level both would be a common sight in high-rank play, right?

     

    15 hours ago, Onadan said:

    TL;DR

    0) Yes, the N-TEC 5 is the better choice overall.

    1) No, it's not OP

    2) Having a "stapple" weapon isn't a bad thing per se

    3) There's no simple way to "fix" it without breaking the game

    You made a very solid argument explaining why the N-Tec is better than all other assault rifles. You could've gone even further and laid out how it beats several SMGs and rifles in their niche.

    Nonetheless you came to the conclusion that the N-Tec is not op?

     

    And how would balancing the N-Tec break the game at all!?

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  24. Posted

    16 hours ago, Excalibur! said:

    Do snr and rsa share the same caliber?

    They did originally deal the same damage, which implies they do.

    Obviously one is an unwieldy, but accurate long-range sidearm, while the other is a quickly drawn, inaccurate CQC shooter and that's what sets them apart.

     

    Buffing the SNR to 350 damage would make it a more viable choice again. Combined with the attempt to make shotguns more reliable, while dealing less damage, the original reason for lowering its damage (iirc, shotgun -> SNR quickswitch) would be less of an issue, too.

     

    15 hours ago, Archon said:

    Not only is the accuracy laughably bad but also this: APB_2018-11-25_19-34-03.png

    Is that wall at a 10m distance? Because that's what the crosshairs represent: The weapon's accuracy at 10m.

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  25. Posted

    On 11/25/2018 at 11:54 PM, MrsHappyPenguin said:

    30M should be the minimum damage range for all lethal weapons.

     

    On 11/26/2018 at 9:08 AM, MrsHappyPenguin said:

    APB's max range is so low nothing can be called a sniper. This and the overly open districts makes it tough to properly balance and separate weapons. In other games you don't even need a scope at 100M.

    Since you are well aware of the drastic range limitation in APB, why do you suggest a minimum damage range of 30m for lethal weapons? It compresses the range way too much and leaves no room to create distinct CQC weapons.

    In APB 30m is essentially the limit for 'short range'. As shotguns are generally supposed to be CQC weapons that carry an advantage over SMGs the closer you are to an opponent, their minimum damage range should be fairly low, just like their maximum (either with a hard limit or spread).

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