F.E.A.R. Perseus Mandate versus Project Origin - by Digital Nightfall
june gloom on 15/3/2009 at 18:20
Fuck the Outer Shell. That shit is interminable. There's only so much Half-Life 1 I can take before I start to snooze.
EvaUnit02 on 17/4/2009 at 01:46
There was a new patch released today and guess what, STILL NO NATIVE 5-BUTTON MOUSE SUPPORT. Monolith keep fucking up when it comes to the fundamental basics of releasing optimised PC games. This is especially slack since FEAR 1 had Mouse 4+5 support.
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Patch notes
- Added 'Toy Soldier' multiplayer maps
- Fixed some AI path finding errors
- Fixed the way the Leaderboard counted wins/losses for Blitz games
- Team is notified when an EPA comes online
Oh yay, new maps for a multiplayer component that no one plays.
june gloom on 17/4/2009 at 03:04
How is 5-button mouse support a "fundamental basic"?
EvaUnit02 on 17/4/2009 at 06:45
Quote Posted by dethtoll
How is 5-button mouse support a "fundamental basic"?
They've been around for practically the entire decade and are very common. I can't think of many games released since 2004 that didn't support them... except for sloppy console ports like this one.
Aja on 17/4/2009 at 06:56
Dead Space doesn't have it either. I wanted to play with 360 controller in one hand, mouse in the other (that way I can sit back from the laptop), but NO since I can't map squashing to one of the the thumb buttons.
june gloom on 17/4/2009 at 07:26
Quote Posted by EvaUnit02
They've been around for practically the entire decade and are very common. I can't think of many games released since 2004 that didn't support them... except for sloppy console ports like this one.
That doesn't answer my question.
Bjossi on 17/4/2009 at 12:42
Quote Posted by dethtoll
How is 5-button mouse support a "fundamental basic"?
I can't really answer your question since I got a 3-button mouse, but a programming rookie can write up the code for those extra mouse buttons in a matter of minutes and is a very convenient feature for those who got mice with 4+ buttons. So why exactly are Monolith so fucking stubborn to implement this? It certainly wasn't a problem in FEAR.
EvaUnit02 on 17/4/2009 at 13:00
Quote Posted by Aja
Dead Space doesn't have it either. I wanted to play with 360 controller in one hand, mouse in the other (that way I can sit back from the laptop), but NO since I can't map squashing to one of the the thumb buttons.
There are 3rd party work-arounds, such as (
http://www.projectorigincommunity.com/forum/showthread.php?t=8349) X-Mouse. Keyboard->mouse mapping functionality is also built into the drivers for newer model Razer and Logitech mice.
Quote Posted by dethtoll
That doesn't answer my question.
Why do you persist in being an apologist for this lazy developer?
No dedicated server files, no anti-cheat solution, no SDK, only supporting a 16:9 aspect ratio... they're console developers now and whilst the PC port is well optimised, the implementation was lazy with minimal effort applied.
gunsmoke on 17/4/2009 at 15:26
My shitty $15 GE 5-button mouse came w/proprietary software for button mapping. I can map any key I wish to the extra buttons. Yeah, it takes a minute or two, but I don't find it a big deal. There are a ton of games on my shelf that don't natively support it.
june gloom on 17/4/2009 at 18:20
Quote Posted by EvaUnit02
Why do you persist in being an apologist for this lazy developer?
No dedicated server files, no anti-cheat solution, no SDK, only supporting a 16:9 aspect ratio... they're console developers now and whilst the PC port is well optimised, the implementation was lazy with minimal effort applied.
You're being a whiney douchebag and you're
still not answering my fucking question. Which is: how is 5-button mouse support a "fundamental basic?"
