1,271 posts · 2005-12-14 20:45:28 to 2006-08-11 23:49:36
#1040014523006/10/2006 23:11:14Re: Ask the devs an MXO question
Fenshire wrote:
Man, people will just complain about anything these days. For all you know, the mission areas WILL be different. We'll have to wait and see. Ever since Beta, people have been asking for the white hallways to be opened up, and now that they've found a way to do that, people are bitching about the way it'll be implemented. Beautiful.
For your information I dont really **bleep** about stuff at all. Turns out, that there are unique mission areas. This wasnt communicated until about 2 posts ago. Settle down before you try to act like I'm being an **bleep** because in all reality I'm reacting from what he said. He sort of downplayed the white room thing, probably inadvertently. I dont know about you, but I dont have 100 million info and never will, so I probably wont be able to even take part in this unless one of my friends has one. I'm pleased to see that there will be org specific areas and that they'll be large, though. From what Rarebit said, it looks like my intial thought was wrong.
Sorry for bringing up concerns, **bleep**.
#1040014523106/10/2006 23:15:05Re: Ask the devs an MXO question
QforQ wrote:
Fenshire wrote:
Man, people will just complain about anything these days. For all you know, the mission areas WILL be different. We'll have to wait and see. Ever since Beta, people have been asking for the white hallways to be opened up, and now that they've found a way to do that, people are bitching about the way it'll be implemented. Beautiful.
For your information I dont really **bleep** about stuff at all. Turns out, that there are unique mission areas. This wasnt communicated until about 2 posts ago. Settle down before you try to act like I'm being an **bleep** because in all reality I'm reacting from what he said. He sort of downplayed the white room thing, probably inadvertently. I dont know about you, but I dont have 100 million info and never will, so I probably wont be able to even take part in this unless one of my friends has one. I'm pleased to see that there will be org specific areas and that they'll be large, though. From what Rarebit said, it looks like my intial thought was wrong.
Sorry for bringing up concerns, **bleep**.
Yeah what Q said, 100 million is kinda pushing it for some people. Mind making it around 50 mil?
#1040014523206/10/2006 23:17:21Re: Ask the devs an MXO question
I'm probaly among the poor vets, with about 10 mil to my name. I still support it being 100 mil. I should be HARD to get to the White Halls. It should be a reward for going above and beyond the call of duty for your Org.
Yeah,
there are people who will be able to buy it as soon as it comes out,
but for us normal Joes, it'll be a challenge. (And if the mission
archive comes out with it, I'll be grinding anyway.)
#1040014523306/10/2006 23:18:44Re: Ask the devs an MXO question
Did you work on this white hall project much..how involved were you?
#1040014532406/10/2006 23:03:27Re: Ask the devs an MXO question
TPaine wrote: Question for later:
Does this mean the Hallways will be got too through the Archivist teleportation thing? Cause that would be kind of lame...:smileysad:
#1040014532506/10/2006 23:07:42Re: Ask the devs an MXO question
TPaine wrote:
TPaine wrote: Question for later:
Does this mean the Hallways will be got too through the Archivist teleportation thing? Cause that would be kind of lame...:smileysad:
No. The key will lead to a door. Going through the door will transport you to the white hallways. Entering a certain one of the doors inside the hallways will transport you to the mission area.
Once in the mission area, if you turn around and go back out the door into the hallway, you'll find yourself back in the white hallways, and from there you can take the exit door back to the city, if you want.
#1040014532606/10/2006 23:08:48Re: Ask the devs an MXO question
Rarebit wrote:
No. The key will lead to a door. Going through the door will transport you to the white hallways. Entering a certain one of the doors inside the hallways will transport you to the mission area.
Once in the mission area, if you turn around and go back out the door into the hallway, you'll find yourself back in the white hallways, and from there you can take the exit door back to the city, if you want.
That's awesome!
Would the Ascension Monument be one of those doors, or will we just have to wait and see?
#1040014532706/10/2006 23:16:04Re: Ask the devs an MXO question
Symmetric wrote:
Rarebit wrote:
No. The key will lead to a door. Going through the door will transport you to the white hallways. Entering a certain one of the doors inside the hallways will transport you to the mission area.
Once in the mission area, if you turn around and go back out the door into the hallway, you'll find yourself back in the white hallways, and from there you can take the exit door back to the city, if you want.
That's awesome!
Would the Ascension Monument be one of those doors, or will we just have to wait and see?
I thought about it, but decided against it for a number of reasons:
1) I wasn't sure it would work with an exterior door like that, and it would have taken a lot of extra time to find out--actually I'm not even sure that door is a separate door object, or just a solid part of the monument's facade, in which case I definitely couldn't replace it anyway.
2) Paul has mentioned possible other uses for that monument in the past, and I didn't want to do something that could conflict with anything he wants to come up with for it.
3) Doors in Richland/Westview can only lead to Zion hallway areas, and I didn't want to imply an association between Zion and the monument.
#1040014533406/10/2006 23:12:27Re: Ask the devs an MXO question
Rarebit wrote:
No. The key will lead to a
door. Going through the door will transport you to the white hallways.
Entering a certain one of the doors inside the hallways will transport
you to the mission area.
Once in the mission area, if you turn
around and go back out the door into the hallway, you'll find yourself
back in the white hallways, and from there you can take the exit door
back to the city, if you want.
YAY! :smileyvery-happy::smileyvery-happy::smileyvery-happy: Oh and, I second using the Ascension Monument/
#1040014533506/10/2006 23:03:46Re: Ask the devs an MXO question
TPaine wrote:
Does this mean the Hallways will be got too through the Archivist teleportation thing? Cause that would be kind of lame...:smileysad:
#1040014544106/10/2006 23:00:24Re: Ask the devs an MXO question
Seymour| wrote: What will be the org only area for merovingians? Will get any preview screenshots before it's released?
The Merovingian areas (there are about five or six different floorplans per org) are called "Merovingian Palace" in the mission design tool. They're pretty much large sprawling mission areas (fairly standard room and hall shapes) done up in a posh chateau-esque style. I'll be surprised if Walrus is able to resist leaking out a screenshot or two at some point.
#1040014544206/10/2006 23:09:19Re: Ask the devs an MXO question
As far as the white hallways coming out what kind of ETA are we looking at, a month, 2 months, 3 months?
#1040014544306/10/2006 23:18:05Re: Ask the devs an MXO question
Seymour| wrote: As far as the white hallways coming out what kind of ETA are we looking at, a month, 2 months, 3 months?
#1040014544406/11/2006 00:27Re: Ask the devs an MXO question
i now have 4 lvl 50 rsi's can i excpect any reward in the future for having so many....im not talking assassin mask kind of thing's but yet why not....so i guess im asking this " will there or are you guys planing on any kind of reward system for max lvl player accounts
#1040014577606/14/2006 19:04Re: Ask the devs an MXO question
i thought i heard a while back that there was going to be an arc 5 put on the pandoras box, first of is there anyway this is true and second where about is it in the development of things like just a dev's day dream or is it actually being written down and discussed
#1040014629306/24/2006 01:50Re: Ask the devs an MXO question
Hey rarebit, when do we get a players vs masive amounts of agents smith fight? =P
yes im bored... very very bored... itz almost 3am and itz finnaly summer which means finnaly time for me to be back lolz
#1040014629906/24/2006 02:02Re: Ask the devs an MXO question
I think I've ask this before, but here it goes again
What kinda Rare ability can I code with you Rarebit?
#1040014630006/24/2006 02:12Re: Ask the devs an MXO question
lolz if only we stand a chance one on one with agents someday that'd be cool.
lah lah lah summers here XD well if that one has been answered before theres always this question
So are you guys ever planning to expand?
like say in Asia [Hong Kong] specifically cause I'm from Hong Kong myself and honestly that place is like Online Game gold mine. Everytime I go back theres this online / Cyber cafe I go to [which HK is FILLED with them], and they kindly let me install MxO on their since the workers are my friends. They've always been wondering when it's going to be marketed there or if it's ever being planned for.
#1040014631706/25/2006 02:09Re: Ask the devs an MXO question
So are you guys ever planning to expand?
like say in Asia [Hong Kong] specifically cause I'm from Hong Kong myself and honestly that place is like Online Game gold mine. Everytime I go back theres this online / Cyber cafe I go to [which HK is FILLED with them], and they kindly let me install MxO on their since the workers are my friends. They've always been wondering when it's going to be marketed there or if it's ever being planned for.
#1040014980607/10/2006 07:15Re: Ask the devs an MXO question
When do we get the "Lady In Red" construct? :smileytongue:
#1040014985607/10/2006 10:14Re: Ask the devs an MXO question
Is there a concise list of what a given reputation level means? I know that you need a certain rep to start a crew, a certain rep to run the criticals etc etc. Can someone post a table of some sort?
#1040015025707/11/2006 12:49Re: Ask the devs an MXO question
What are the chances of another Ability Buy Back happening for those of us unlucky enough to be Away From MxO when the Buy Back was announced?
Tks.
Also, what about what Faction Rep REALLY means?
#1040015030707/11/2006 16:02:58Re: Ask the devs an MXO question
Judging from the previous mission system debacle, you need...
not to take advantage of object oriented programming
never use comments
obfuscation
and the time old method of sit and code (no design and analysis whatsoever, sit down and start coding)
Which could have it's benefits, for a small company that didn't want to pay for a new system it would guarantee you job security because you're the only one that can understand what was coded. That kinda didn't work out in this case. :smileysad:
It also would tell me that not everyone has a degree in a programming related field.
*points to self* Graduating in spring with a CS degree. I will work for peanuts and sleep under the desk. I comment my code. :smileyvery-happy:
EDIT> Liberal arts!?!? To be a developer? I'm wasting my **bleep** time. I better get hired when I graduate. :smileyvery-happy:
EDIT 2> If they do drug tests....ignore the sig.
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#1040015031007/11/2006 16:09:02Re: Ask the devs an MXO question
This has probably been asked within the last few pages, but anyway.
Should we expect a delay in update 45? Or is it still on schedule for the 13th?
#1040015031207/11/2006 16:15:52Re: Ask the devs an MXO question
Traxada wrote: This has probably been asked within the last few pages, but anyway.
Should we expect a delay in update 45? Or is it still on schedule for the 13th?
Errr... Walrus told us in the OSOTLG: We’re
putting final touches on Update 45 and are still aiming to release it on
Thursday, July 20.
#1040015031307/11/2006 16:22:45Re: Ask the devs an MXO question
GlueVane wrote:
Traxada wrote: This has probably been asked within the last few pages, but anyway.
Should we expect a delay in update 45? Or is it still on schedule for the 13th?
Errr... Walrus told us in the OSOTLG: We’re putting final touches on Update 45 and are still aiming to release it on Thursday, July 20.
#1040015031407/11/2006 16:33:07Re: Ask the devs an MXO question
vivi44 wrote: Rarebit how much General experiance does it take to become a developer in a game like this? Like years of school and such I'm refering too, then you know the whole application process. What exactly do you need to know and have?
I've answered that before, I think (search for posts by me with "college" in them, maybe). It varies by position... For a design job you usually either have to know someone, or to have worked on another project as a designer, or to have worked in some other aspect of the industry, probably with the same people you're trying to get in with as a designer. I was a QA Lead at Monolith for years before getting into design, for instance. I have a BA in Art & Design, but that wasn't really a big part of me getting these jobs, as far as I know, except that I learned to write pretty decently in college.
EDIT: By the way, cloudwol can start rubbing it in, because clearly there are way too many objects to throw into the poor Item vendors, so I'll have to make and place a new vendor type. Always complications...
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#1040015031507/11/2006 16:34:42Re: Ask the devs an MXO question
Sykin wrote:
Rarebit wrote:
QforQ wrote: Whats on the top of the ole' priority list since your done with the criticals?
Quests. At the moment I'm adding a bunch of "ordinary" items to I think Item vendors--stuff like "Data Disk," "Dead Blow Flies," etc. They don't do anything, but you can use them for RP, gag gifts, who knows.
Sounds intriguing... I'm wondering if it'd be possible to give us an option to rename the items so if it's needed for a Player Event someone can't just go and buy a 'Data Disk' at a vendor or something.
/shrug
But that is very cool, Rarebit, thank you.
What he said.
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#1040015031607/11/2006 16:37:49Re: Ask the devs an MXO question
Rarebit wrote: EDIT: By the way, cloudwol can start rubbing it in, because clearly there are way too many objects to throw into the poor Item vendors, so I'll have to make and place a new vendor type. Always complications...
Message Edited by Rarebit on 07.11.200605:34 PM
Too many? Is there anything new but data disks and dead flies?
#1040015031807/11/2006 16:38:00Re: Ask the devs an MXO question
Psst... secret Code Bit Vendor!
#1040015032007/11/2006 16:46:56Re: Ask the devs an MXO question
Could we get a list of the items you've put in so far? If not, have you put in a severed head?
#1040015032107/11/2006 17:01:11Re: Ask the devs an MXO question
olink wrote:
Rarebit wrote: EDIT: By the way, cloudwol can start rubbing it in, because clearly there are way too many objects to throw into the poor Item vendors, so I'll have to make and place a new vendor type. Always complications...
Message Edited by Rarebit on 07.11.200605:34 PM
Too many? Is there anything new but data disks and dead flies?
The list I'm shooting for looks like this (these are the engineering names, but they're mostly pretty similar to the actual names):
#1040015032307/11/2006 17:04:07Re: Ask the devs an MXO question
Diseases. Nice.
#1040015032407/11/2006 17:04:47Re: Ask the devs an MXO question
When is a new patch expected to come out?
#1040015032507/11/2006 17:11:31Re: Ask the devs an MXO question
Talauntiar wrote: When is a new patch expected to come out?
Planned for this Thursday
Incase you don't answer the ones above. Any reason why the max info limit can't be increased to 100,000,000,000?
DA
#1040015032607/11/2006 17:14:37Re: Ask the devs an MXO question
DevilsArms(MxO) wrote:
Incase you don't answer the ones above. Any reason why the max info limit can't be increased to 100,000,000,000?
DA
Because if you have 99,999,999,999 info...does 1 more info really matter?:smileytongue:
#1040015032707/11/2006 17:15:31Re: Ask the devs an MXO question
After reading about the mission system, it sounds that really to be able to do anything new with it you would have to start from scratch.... that said, has the team ever considered doing that? Basicly throwing the current mission system into the trash bin and introducing a new mission system, aka MS 2.0 (Mission System 2).
#1040015257607/17/2006 09:01Re: Ask the devs an MXO question
Are there any plans to start speeding the story up, like back to the speed it was originally intended to go?
#1040015273707/17/2006 19:47Re: Ask the devs an MXO question
So what DO rep levels mean?
#3630000573907/24/2006 15:01Re:Ask the devs an MXO question
Will Neo stay dead in the Matrix universe? By not Posting "no", that gives us clarification on his return.
Also, What is Seraphs' purpose? What does he fight for?
#3630000857907/27/2006 09:02Re:Ask the devs an MXO question
hiya Rarebit
well 1015 pages and a broken search function leads me here
i'll keep it simple with a simple explanation of why.
question: wot is the exact radius of the /who function
why: well i've been on a hostile world since preorder *enum>vector and we luved to be able to hunt ppl down and finish 'contracts' for ppl ...then you took away /addwaypoint *charname* and whilst that sucked we learned to deal. Now since you took away the yellow glow from hyperspeed its had to tell when ppl are around *just on the border of your vision the HS animation would light like a globe lettting us know someone is around.
so anywho all we have left to hunt ppl are our wits,info on the target and /who or /who *charname i've nevere been able to triangulate and get he exact radius so i was hoping you could shed some light thanks, DrSmith
#3630000987507/28/2006 19:29Re:Ask the devs an MXO question
Will we ever get to see some new disguises? Like the robots at zero one?
#3630001182207/31/2006 09:46Re:Ask the devs an MXO question
thats why things like lesig should have been an off site forums like proboards or invisionfree or something.. its very easy to hide all the forums and content on those.
#3630001196607/31/2006 12:26Re:Ask the devs an MXO question
yea on that, is there even a machinist liason on syntax?
#3630001210807/31/2006 15:17Re:Ask the devs an MXO question
*Sets fire to applications before Rarebit can*
TICTACS is the mech liason on Syntax, but I've seen him once in the last two months or so. The curse of the Syntax Machine Liason
#3630001263708/01/2006 00:13Re:Ask the devs an MXO question
did you have to employ a new moderator group to look after the syntax boards
and will proxy's/nukers ever get a little blip added to them on the minimap god knows they need it
#3630002063008/09/2006 17:31:06Re:Ask the devs an MXO question
Any chance a complete list of non-buffed clothing items could be put up? I've decided that I want to collect all the male ones, but it's quite difficult if I don't know what I am missing.
#3630002075108/09/2006 21:03:02Re:Ask the devs an MXO question
jeffers wrote:
What do you think about video ad's appearing in game? (not that I can see them :p)
Might be a little distracting, also doesn't really fit our current signs... Should really have big fancy animating electric billboards or something if we're going to be doing that. /shrug
#3630002076508/09/2006 21:15:35Re:Ask the devs an MXO question
Do you plan on fixing hyper-links that linked to other threads? since now all links since moving to the new forums doesnt work
#3630002084308/10/2006 00:27:50Re:Ask the devs an MXO question
If someone could ask this, it would be nice but...Now its summer has there continued to be an increase in subscritons and subsciptions which are going to stay for a fair amount of time?
