MaydaX

I made a desktop wallpaper for my PC and figured I would share it with everyone. It's available in either black or white. http://www.pbbans.com/forums/files/pbbans-wallpapers-white-file82.html http://www.pbbans.com/forums/files/pbbans-wallpapers-black-file81.html 1920x1200 http://img703.imageshack.us/img703/6892/pbbwhite1920x1200.png http://img808.imageshack.us/img808/5307/pbbblack1920x1200.png 1920x1080 http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/9618/pbbblack1920x1080.png http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/2553/pbbwhite1920x1080.png 1680x1050 http://img29.imageshack.us/img29/5759/pbbblack1680x1050.png http://img545.imageshack.us/img545/7/pbbwhite1680x1050.png 1440x900 http://img42.imageshack.us/img42/230/pbbblack1440x900.png http://img856.imageshack.us/img856/5380/pbbwhite1440x900.png 1280x1024 http://img862.imageshack.us/img862/5296/pbbblack1280x1024.png http://img694.imageshack.us/img694/5499/pbbwhite1280x1024.png Right click and save as since some browsers won't display the black ones correctly.

Part of the problem is unfinished console ports. Take Crysis 2 for example: no DX11, no 64bit, no sandbox editor, no public server files, no advanced graphics options. Some of which are coming in a future patch. And to top it off, it's $59. The phrase "more for less" should not mean less game for more money. Too many publishers release half a game first then add the rest later for free or for a price through patches and DLC's. Give everyone the option to get their money back for lets say 7 days after release. I will bet the quality of games will increase as players would no longer be stuck with a lemon on release day.

Added a breakdown of the bans on the MBi. It gives a good overview of how much 3rd party anti-cheat communities help in catching cheaters. PB itself would only cover the EB column. The PBBans column covers Generic CVAR Scans, Generic BIND Scans, Cheat File Match and any legacy bans. http://www.pbbans.com/mbi-violation-statistics.html Also there is an Overall Ban Statistics function to display details for MBi, cached Global GUID Bans and EBL totals. http://www.pbbans.com/mbi-overall-ban-statistics.html

Latest EA game that used it was Dead Space 2, which wasn't cracked until 2 days after release.

I think the most important DRM needed today is release control (prevent a game from being played before the release date). I'm sure some remember the Ubisoft DRM that required you to be online all the time while the game was running. If you lost your internet connection the game would quit back to the main menu. That was bypassed by pirates eventually so all it did was piss off the legitimate customers. They patched most of their games to remove that now and giving an offline option. So best to just use a protection that prevents casual piracy while not pissing off the people who buy the game because they get cracked eventually anyway.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lICcfdftF0

The PB service is using a lot more CPU than before wit the latest update: http://forums.electronicarts.co.uk/battlefield-bad-company-2-pc/1399209-punkbuster-v2-265-a1382-decrease-performance.html If you have more lag lately check to see the PnkBstrB.exe usage. EDIT:

http://www.crymod.com/

It's actually a little less than 60 seconds but I have to say 60 in the message to make sure people wait long enough :) Also make sure your useragent doesn't change as it checks for that too.

I used Fraps for a long time but I could never find a good app to display cpu and gpu data (usage, temp) in game. Then I found Playclaw and haven't went back to Fraps since. http://img696.imageshack.us/img696/6919/playclawoptions.png http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/5209/playclawportal2.jpg I'd highly recommend it for anyone looking for a better alternative to Fraps.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XGo5BnfU2Y

1920x1080 version of the 12 minute trailer 1.8GB http://static.cdn.ea.com/eagl_online/u/f/bf3/noise/vids/Battlefield_3_Fault_Line_Full_Trailer.zip

Well I just watched it and I wasn't overly impressed. Not that it was bad just I've played so many modern FPS games over the years it just seems to be another one of the same. I thought it looked more like a MoH game than Battlefield.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zw8SmsovJc

I'm kinda disappointed in the choice of marketing from DICE and EA. Starting to sound like politics with direct digs at the competition and self praise. The more comments I read, the more of a cocky attitude I see portrayed. I seen a lot of people like that in CAL and I had little to no respect for them. Bachs comment on modding reminds me of the "not balanced for lean" crap IW did for MW2. Just tell the truth that they don't want to put the time in to make mod tools instead of blaming it on something else.

It's all about paid DLC.Why give tools to make free content when you can make your own and slap a price tag on it. Notice there are no mod tools for CoDBO yet. I'm betting they won't be released until sometime after the last paid map pack. Also people are more willing to buy the next game if they are bored with the current one. An 11 and 7 year old game which has public server files, a map editor, mod tools and still updated remain on top. http://store.steampowered.com/app/620/

http://www.gameplanet.co.nz/pc/games/165827.Battlefield-3/news/136839.20110412.Modding-is-a-declining-trend-says-Battlefield-producer/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wX9Sc88qreg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8IuII38eCc http://www.splashdamage.com/node/779

Little delayed but they came through on server files. Nice to know there are a few devs left that believe in releasing them to the public.

High res screenshots: http://www.geforce.com/Active/en_US/shared/images/articles/battlefield-3/briefing.jpg http://www.geforce.com/Active/en_US/shared/images/articles/battlefield-3/gogogo.jpg http://www.geforce.com/Active/en_US/shared/images/articles/battlefield-3/sneakup.jpg http://www.geforce.com/Active/en_US/shared/images/articles/battlefield-3/stagingarea.jpg http://www.geforce.com/Active/en_US/shared/images/articles/battlefield-3/notbuilttolast.jpg http://www.geforce.com/Active/en_US/shared/images/articles/battlefield-3/novac.jpg http://www.geforce.com/Active/en_US/shared/images/articles/battlefield-3/shootout_02.jpg http://www.geforce.com/Active/en_US/shared/images/articles/battlefield-3/kick_the_door_2.jpg FrostEd (Not sure why they would show this since the engine won't be licensed out or have mod tools) http://www.geforce.com/Active/en_US/shared/images/articles/battlefield-3/audioengineering.jpg http://www.geforce.com/#/News/articles/dice-releases-18-new-bf3-screenshots

http://www.gametrailers.com/video/arsenal-gameplay-rage/712649

Not surprising news but on the PC side looks like no server files again like BF Heroes, BC2, MoH, BF P4F and Crysis 2 (All EA games now?). http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=71597083&postcount=24

Ahh memories http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yP_grCSEPp0

http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/33962/Riccitiello_Battlefield_3_Call_of_Duty_To_Spend_Hundreds_Of_Millions_On_Ad_Battle.php