With fallout new vegas on the horizon.... : Fallout 3

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 12:50 am

anyway. we've digressed really bad here.. so umm yeah... I'm gonna try and re-rail this train wreck and see if we can get it moving again. now what if the nif file format and model formats change, wouldn't we have to wait for a new nifscape and such to come out, hopefully 3ds max 2011 can open it though, I have a copy at least

http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1116791-techy-question-to-obsidian-devs/page__p__16403618__fromsearch__1&#entry16403618, and several devs came forth and basically said the changes are minor at best. The biggest change is a more efficient baked havok physics meshes, but the game engine should still be able to read the less advanced ones we can make. Hopefully, NIFSkope and the Max plugins won't act up.

Also... AFAIK, there is no specific NifTools plugin for 'Max 2011. I've heard that the 2010 plugin may work after some tweeking, though. There hasn't been a Max plugin developer for over a year now...

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 9:54 am

yeah I know it svcks, hopefully somebody will come along and do it somehow, if not we'll be stuck with 2010, I'm not brilliant with 2011, I'm still learning, so hopefully by the time im proficient to let the world see my work there will be a niftools plugin for it.

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 8:24 am

Considering Valve's history, I'd say that's rather unwarranted, but you did get your information from a Wikipedia article...

Well, no. I guess you missed this part of it:

My knowledge of this issue comes from having 12 years experience in IP/network security/abuse administration/similar. The things I could say about my experiences with this are way "off topic" for a video game forum.

Either way, you're taking what Steam does the entirely wrong way. You're seeing the glass half-empty when it's really three-quarters full.

The question is, do these suggested benefits outweigh the fact that it would be forcing me to add what amounts to my private information (system level access to my machine means this) to yet another database within yet another company, further expanding my overall exposure to data leaks and misuse of that data? And it isn't even a company I have services with, or desire services with, which makes me uncomfortable with their sense of accountability. Methinks that the average internet user may place more trust in claims about data security and the nature of internet anonymity than such claims deserve.

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 2:03 am

It doesn't change those not knowing wtf they should know about computers and common sense good business practice.

"computers and...good business practice". You or Bethesda.

I think I'll guess Beth knows more than you.

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 4:54 am

Doesn't matter if they "treat people like a barcode". They still know more about the legal issues, computer issues and financial concerns of selling games with or without DRM.

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 6:02 am

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» Sat Feb 19, 2011 2:50 am

Thank's summer for cleaning that up

but yeah I just pre-ordered my copy of fallout new vegas via steam and hope to mod for it a lot more then I did for fallout 3, this should be exciting.