God I hope not! Would Geoff allow that?
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M
"Allow" doesn't even enter the equation unless his contract with Hasbro
defines the platforms on which the end result of his development work can be
displayed.
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>God I hope not! Would Geoff allow that?
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>Cheers!
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> "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
Imagine GP2 ported to a Playstation:
- Controls based on digital joypads
- Low-res graphics
- Max. 8 computer opponents
- Maybe six to ten tracks at best
- No advanced physics modelling (lesser setup options)
If GP2 is almost impossible to port to PSX, how hard will GP3 be if it
is nearly as much an improvement as promised? I mean as a ***
realistic sim.
>Imagine GP2 ported to a Playstation:
>- Controls based on digital joypads
>- Low-res graphics
>- Max. 8 computer opponents
>- Maybe six to ten tracks at best
>- No advanced physics modelling (lesser setup options)
Wasn't it because it was written mostly in assembler? I hope that GP3
is in C or C++ with the graphics engine isolated (GC *cannot* write
better graphics code than the might of 3dfx, Riva and Matrox combined)
then a PSX, Dreamcast, etc, port becomes much easier.
I think GPL has proved that *** sims don't sell, sadly :-( One of
GP1/2's mass-market strengths is that you can hop into the car with
the keyboard and drive round real modern tracks reasonably
competently.
Ken
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>> >If GP2 is almost impossible to port to PSX,
>> Wasn't it because it was written mostly in assembler? I hope that GP3
>> is in C or C++ with the graphics engine isolated (GC *cannot* write
>> better graphics code than the might of 3dfx, Riva and Matrox combined)
>> then a PSX, Dreamcast, etc, port becomes much easier.
>Ive read a quote from Geoff about his assembler core, went something like
>"ive spend 8 years of my life building on that base im not about to throw
it
>out and start again". I cant say im disapointed though.
Ive read a quote from Geoff about his assembler core, went something like
"ive spend 8 years of my life building on that base im not about to throw it
out and start again". I cant say im disapointed though.
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> If [GP2] was written in assembler, then why the hell is it so damn
> slow??? Maybe not anymore with hi-end computers, but anyway..
> And don't blame the AI, the framerate is not much higher in practice
> either..
You've just been spoilt by 3D graphics cards! ;-)
GP2 ran in low-res, and modern consoles have pretty good res (N64,
PSX, PSX2).
Why should that be? Most racers I've seen on consoles have more.
Again, why? F1'97 had all of them.
Probably most of the people who bought GP2 didn't even half of the
setup options anyway.
It might not push my buttons but I don't see why we should look down
our noses at it. How dare they try to make money eh? The scoundrels!
Cheers!
John
I don't know what happened exactly with SCGT, but I do know that most
ports are done by different teams or even totally different companies
(I work with a couple of people who are ex-games company).
But, do they just replace the graphics engine but only touch the core
code lightly? Most games development now is in C or C++, so such
action is very feasible.
Ken
try GPL with software renderer :)
McKafre De La Rosa
Would I have been able to enjoy Bushido Blade (1&2) on the PC, or Mario
Kart 64 on the PC, or perhaps GoldenEye on the PC? No... these are all
console only titles (lets not talk emulators here as they weren't created
for emulators). Likewise, sims on the consoles are shallow so I stick to my
PC.
Why is there a constant need in the games "community" to insult other
platforms?
Hasbro are in business to make money, not to entertain us and as such I'd
rather they made GP3 on every console, the Mac and the PC in order to keep
the Grand Prix X line alive than make a really good game for one platform
that never sells enough to warrant the expenditure again.
M
