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• • Horizon's now called Istaria

  • Originally posted by Bruwin
    

     

    Originally posted by Hadesprime
    

     

    Originally posted by katriell
    

     

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    Originally posted by MystaIV
    

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    Originally posted by green13
    

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    Originally posted by Katashi-kun

     

    Darn was gonna give it a try again but they don't support Windows Vista atm!
    

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    Neither should you! :P
    

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    lol, when will these posts stop, vista is fine.

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    Only by the standards of people who don't know any better. The few benefits of Vista only apply to people who don't have the computer skill and (un)common sense to replicate similar results on other operating systems.

     

     

    I hate to break it to you... but MS is going to be forcing people away from XP very soon. So its not a matter of going oooh Im a computer geek I'm still running XP WEEEE!!! If it takes any computer skill its knowing how to make Vista work on par with XP which can be figured out easily. That or you can look it up on google.

    Berating Vista even if its deserved does not deflect from the fact that vitrium hasen't a clue on how to make horizons truely compatible with Vista. When in all reality all they really have to do is redo some of that sloppy dot net programming they have going on in the game, then it will work with vista like a dream.

    btw what other operating systems are you talking about ? Istaria is completely dependent on the dot net frame work. So its windows for this game or nothing.

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    Actually, the time when people are "forced" to upgrade to Vista has been pushed back by Microsoft

     

    http://www.news.com/Microsoft-extends-Windows-XPs-stay/2100-1016_3-6210524.html

     

    There's even rumors to the effect that support for XP will continue past the new date given by MS. It will depend on if their new version of windows, currently named Windows 7, ships on time.

    
    No

    The current date for XP to stop shipping in its entirety is June. I believe we might see that pushed to Christmas. When I said forced I meant that you are going to stop seeing DX9 games being developed, everything will be developed with DX10 and above. The hardware will be developed to work around the latest Operating systems.

    you can still use XP all you like, I have set it as a dual boot and on VM option on another computer. But the fact is you are going to have to figure your way around vista. Windows 7 will be a build upon of vista.

    XP had a good run. But its showing its age now especially as hardware continues its stead fast forward march. XP is a definite step backwards for that hardware.

    To be blunt and I have had to tweak Vista but I have a vista computer right now that is faster than any XP box I have with the same hardware specs. Problem is that Microsoft went to far when trying to address the holes that programmers were exploiting with dot net. This is one of the reasons why Horizons does not work in Vista, crappy programming by Tulga.

    if you want functional 64 bit computing as well you have no choice but to go to Vista. Linux 64 Bit options aren't that great to be blunt.

    Wine  does not work well with HZ and its not a viable uncommon sense approach... it barely works well for windows games. if it did along with lets say Cross over for Linux than heck even I wouldn't have a windows OS. But the fact is they don't run windows games even with the wine project and others. In that two computers same specs... one will barely run a game like WoW and the other won't. Windows is still your best bet for games and i doubt the open source community will ever get its crap together enough to make an OS that is a viable alternative to windows in the real world.

    So if you can use google and you are willing to try... mess around with Vista. It can be made to run just as well as XP. Lets hope windows 7 turns out to be what vista should have been. Cause right now there is NO alternative period for a PC based gamer.

    This of course does not mean I wish I couldn't just be running Linux, cause I have those running options available to me. But for what I do in the business world with a PC and the fact that I also game makes windows my only option. Linux is a cool I did that OS , its a nice thing to have installed. It has a long ways to go before it can ever be a primary OS for a user such as myself, much much longer for the average user.

  • Posted: 5/05/08 12:35 PM
    Istaria: Chronicles of the Gifted
• • PVP?

  • I have recently played as a new player on both order and chaos.

    Both servers have people that are friendly and helpful. Both have players that are more interested in keeping their sandbox as big as possible for themselves and would rather that new people go away. They treat you as such too.

    But in that regard I have found this games community to be no better than what I saw in Vanguard or a few other small games.

    To date the best community I have ever seen in an MMO has been in EQ2. That playerbase seems to understand that the key to making sure EQ2 is around for a while is to treat new players well or at least answer their questions when they are asked.

     

    and no you wouldn't want PVP in this game. Multiclassing makes it impossible to incorporate.

  • Posted: 5/04/08 5:24 PM
    Istaria: Chronicles of the Gifted
• • Horizon's now called Istaria

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    Originally posted by katriell
    

     

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    Originally posted by MystaIV
    

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    Originally posted by green13
    

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    Originally posted by Katashi-kun

     

    Darn was gonna give it a try again but they don't support Windows Vista atm!
    

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    Neither should you! :P
    

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    lol, when will these posts stop, vista is fine.

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    Only by the standards of people who don't know any better. The few benefits of Vista only apply to people who don't have the computer skill and (un)common sense to replicate similar results on other operating systems.

     

     

    I hate to break it to you... but MS is going to be forcing people away from XP very soon. So its not a matter of going oooh Im a computer geek I'm still running XP WEEEE!!! If it takes any computer skill its knowing how to make Vista work on par with XP which can be figured out easily. That or you can look it up on google.

    Berating Vista even if its deserved does not deflect from the fact that vitrium hasen't a clue on how to make horizons truely compatible with Vista. When in all reality all they really have to do is redo some of that sloppy dot net programming they have going on in the game, then it will work with vista like a dream.

    btw what other operating systems are you talking about ? Istaria is completely dependent on the dot net frame work. So its windows for this game or nothing.

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  • Posted: 5/04/08 5:08 PM
    Istaria: Chronicles of the Gifted
• • This game failed in only 5 monthes from launching?

  • TR's downfall was launching in a very unpolished state and not having more depth to what could have been fantastic concept. The bane should have been a dynamic enemy that reacts to player actions in the world. Its also a faction that should have been playable in an instance say something like creep play in LOTRO.

    The basics of the game itself is fantastic. But after that it starts to fail. As well this game will die a quick death for any hardcore player type.

     

    Thing is this game is better than a game like Vanguard... which probably has 30K population playing it. Its better than that piece of garbage horizons that keeps sticking around. No TR will subsist as a money make for NCsoft just as it is now. They will adjust their business model for it based on how well its doing at the time.

     

    But out of games like vanguard and Horizons - two major failures in the MMO world... TR has the best come back potential. It will never be a large game but I can bet good $$$ that it will always be a money maker for NC soft.

     

    Its not that bad considering some of the utter junk thats out there right now.

  • Posted: 4/25/08 8:57 PM
    Tabula Rasa
• • Checkin back on all my old school games, worth another shot?

  • umm no

    I have read back through a couple of patches

    95 percent is labeled as

    "Fix

    and the rest is work that was done by Tulga but never rolled out to live servers.

    Vitrium themselves have added very little CONTENT to the game. But one can attribute that to working on the port over of the unity players. Not that they haven't done work. But I haven't seen anything that is eqivalent to the content I see added in patchs from game like LOTRO WOW and EQ2. Those games have patches that feature bug fixes and content additions.

    but... looks like thats going to change now.

    btw the other guy

    Tango - he is now working on the new stargate game. A much better career move for him.

  • Posted: 4/24/08 1:43 PM
    Istaria: Chronicles of the Gifted