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Where did you find this picture of me??

That's not how building a community works, you're not gonna give a middle finger to your longest playing players and say fuck off lol. APB needs every play it can get to get back to where it used to be.

You seem to not exactly understand what an SPCT Member does, you wanted SPCT members to chip in on this topic, in particular, Kemp and have them voice their opinion on the matter, I voiced mine which is that you're mixing together stereotypes and are trying to say that there is an advantage to using 4:3 when there is none and by the way is my honest opinion on the topic. If you aren't happy with what an SPCT had to say to your proposed idea then that's on you, not me. APB can get pretty competitive on the high end and that's a good thing, it's a playground that keeps the game interesting, if you were to kill off that player base than the game would lose a fair amount of players which is not something you want to do in a game that is already struggling to maintain a population big enough to fill 2-3 districts during peak times. You're essentially arguing and trying to force the point you're making without even wanting to go into criticism of other forum users or those coming from the source that you requested in your OP. Not everyone is going to like aspects of the game and I completely agree that the current situation with streaming the game at potato graphics isn't desirable but if that's what players have to do to turn the game into less of a stuttery and horribly performing mess then they will do that to fully utilize their high refresh rate monitor. The hope is that 3.5 performs better than Live so there's no need to crank down the graphics to an absolute low just to get stable performance and that's why in my opinion the Advanced Launcher is not something you want to ban but simply make pointless with the release of 3.5.

So you're saying that 4:3's reduced FoV is not a downside since you can /move your mouse/? I can do that on 16:9 aswell but still have a higher FoV compared to 4:3. You make no point here, it feels like you're trying to say that the only reason players in "Camo Pants" beat you is their "broken" 4:3 resolution which has absolutely no positive effect on gameplay other than some added placebo about hitboxes being stretched and therefore seem bigger. So you essentially want to kill off a part of the community in a 1k pop game, k.

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. Meanwhile stretching the resolution adds the placebo effect of seemingly "larger" hitboxes as they are stretched to either side. I am personally running 4:3 resolutions with BLACK BARS simply because it feels a whole lot better to me, that being said, I played everything from 1440x900 Windowed to Fullscreen resolutions at 1920x1080, 1024x762 Stretched and Black Bars and I personally found 1024x762 to be my favorite. All in all, whether you want to use 4:3 or 16:9 in shooters comes down to personal preference and it should stay that way.

That's actually interesting, no idea why it would be a literal monthly thing instead of just flat out 30 days, no matter how many days the current month has. Subscription-based services such as WoW do it that way and it honestly sounds silly to base it off how many days a month has.

In my opinion, the Oscar is one of the most balanced guns in the game as the gun rewards good aim with versatility, it is extremely strong in the right hands but has its fair counters such as the OCA in close range or just about any weapon that works past 55 meters. Give a below average player an Oscar and he will struggle to go positive in the majority of the mission he plays while a very good player would dominate in the same way he could with just about any other Meta gun in the game. There is a reason why the Oscar is rarely seen in top level play and that is simply because the gun can perform great but at the top end still struggles against a lot of the current Meta weapons, not to mention that it has a slower ttk than the average Meta guns that are being played in the ranges in which the Oscar is effective. I personally think that people believe the Oscar is OP because the only players that really use the gun are the ones that tend to be extremely good at aiming or the game in general, those that really utilize the Oscar and the versatility it rewards for being a good player.

Well somewhat, from what I can gather the files used to remove fog are not traditional shader files that require you to use Bloom to see an effect so it is more comparable to something like the removal of muzzle flash. (Files used are "Common" "Definitions" "HeightFogPixelShader") As for the process it really just is a replacement of files in the shaders folder including a small text file that basically allows you to enable/disable the fog without having to replace files over and over. Real shaders that require you to enable Bloom in-game work through different files, namely "APBUberPostProcessBlendPixelShader" and "OutlinePixelShader". These can be tweaked in a ton of ways while the no fog "shader" can basically only do one and that is removing the fog which gives no advantage whatsoever other than the 10~15 you gain from removing said fog.

I believe shader dots are still against the ToS as they require you to edit shader files which is against the ToS. The only shader that is currently not bannable is the No fog shader.

I honestly really like the new looks of the game as it looks far more vibrant then what we currently have on Live as fewer buildings are using the same light grey color template, there is also more foliage in certain areas which just adds to the looks of the game while not getting into the way of firefights. All in all, the visuals are great and the game looks far cleaner and less washed out which is a huge plus in my book.

That is something Matt has to decide, he can give us the approval to talk about things that would usually be locked behind the NDA.

Not quite but yes, we will be allowed to post pictures at some point in the future.

what if I want to tho

Thank you very much for this thread, it definitely addresses some of the concerns the community has in a formal and well-written way and in all honesty there is not a single point I disagree with. Their approach and long term solution to fixing the cheating situation is definitely valid and could work out extremely well in a game like APB if cheat developers had to constantly figure out a new way to make their cheat work, APB doesn't have a huge player base so the demand for a cheat isn't exactly high meaning that they will eventually either sell for a more expensive price or are discontinued as its not worth the effort to keep it updated and undetected. However, my question with this solution is will it really work out the way it is meant to and if it is really that efficient in the long run as 3.5 is on the horizon and might also require cheat developers to recode parts of their cheat if not everything. I know that I'm not exactly the best person to go into this kind of topic as I've shown my frustration with the cheating situation far too frequently and come over like a broken record, I definitely called innocent people out for cheating in the past and make it sounds like BE really doesn't do anything and I am sorry for that, but it is in their best interest to fix the cheating situation, regardless of how severe it really ends up being.

lets pretend like I understand what google translator is trying to tell me. yes

Certain things in the game are supposed to be hard to obtain and that's a good thing. People will complain about this and that being too hard to obtain or being "exclusive" to certain players and scream for Special Snowflake treatment instead of actually trying to improve and be able to obtain said item.

Not many, but Fight club rewards aren't really for that group of players anyways.

You don't have to play every day be within the gold rewards of Fightclubs. The 4x4 used to be an extremely prestigious car before they added it to Armas. It was intended to be a reward for dedicated players that not everyone will be able to get and that is a good thing. If everything was extremely easy to achieve then why have progression in the first place?

Half a year for the four slotted version my man. Before they revamped FC Jokerticket rewards to compensate for Daily Activities you could get a 4 slot 4x4 in 3~ months. Now its just a bit longer if you actually play the game.

You can earn that in less than half a year if you play actively, just saying.

Your signature makes me want to cry

Happy new year.

Melee weapons were planned back in the day but I believe they had issues balancing them. Getting corner popped by a guy with a baseball bat and being beaten to death doesn't sound like all that much fun either

Huh, the more you know I guess. I rarely ever had cars despawn in front of me so I figured it's a bug more than anything else.

Well, somewhat. As far as I know, they only despawn if they're actually able to drive around so they can get to the nearest despawn location. The problem with that is how easily you can stop the cars from driving around, roadblocks or even entering the car and removing the "Driver" will completely stop them from moving around and will result in crowded areas such as seen in the OP. There's no real solution to this situation and it is why a lot of configs aimed to improve your FPS will choose to lower all sorts of civilian models, this includes cars and their character model aswell while also likely making them use their lowest possible texture quality at all ranges. All you can do is hope for the engine upgrade to improve the overall performance of the game by a lot so the fps dips in crowded areas like this aren't as noticeable.