Carmack on DOOM @ E3

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  you could use a gf1.... you'd just have to play at 320x240. It's entirely what kind of resolution and t... : artillery
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    heh I don't think they will have 320x240 in doom3... : whippy
    • Why not? Don't assume everyone on the planet can afford $1000+ a year for computer gear. :) I played... : artillery
    • off course they will, why shouldnt they. They will have all the resolution the driver provides, it's not... : B00ne
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      320 by 240? That's... pretty low resolution. I'd think a more reasonable assumption for lowest resolut... : Maddog_Delphi97
      • My guess is 1600x1200 but again, its probably up to what vid card/monitor you own. : SatansFist
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        for desktops, sure... but resolution doesn't directly affect gameplay THAT much. Well for railguns or CS... : artillery
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          yeh of course you could do it carmack himself mentions this res, but also that obviously you'd be comple... : Aph3x
          • Amen, brutha! : h0rus
      • if they dont have at least 640 x 480 they're retards. : Brandino
      • Well, Q3A supported 20xx by 15xx right out of the box, which you need those 22+ professional monitors to... : LordVeXeN

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  the eye can see much more than 24 fps. 24 fps works in movies most of the time due to motion blur, but ... : bbq gibs
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    Yeah, I remember reading an explanation. It's because with movies they're doing kind of an optical illus... : SatansFist
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      I believe that the human eye can see 30fps, don't quote me on that : Joekiller
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        I wont. The human eye can see at about 84Hz. : jaga
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          Lies. : zeke
          • except for zeke who had optical augmentations that allow him to see at 85Hz. : jaga
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          True, and in the corner/peripherial view of your eyes, you can even notice slightly higher frequencies. ... : Selfist
          • Your eyes (if they ran @ 30hz) might not "sync up" with the monitor (vsync) ;) - you'd have to either tu... : abrasion
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        the human eye can see much more than 30 fps : TheTick
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          The human eye maxes out at about 72fps. 30fps is quite smooth to the eye but not 'real' looking. : Judecca
          • Its not quite as simple as that. Cones in the human eye which receive color information and require more... : caliber
      • you damn nutbag : AndrewM
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      well movies have like inherant motion blur in em and stuff, like if u pause a dvd during a lot of action... : sexninja!!!!
      • haha i just repeated what the other guy said, guess i should read the entire thread before i reply next ... : sexninja!!!!
      • more importantly: fast pans are mostly avoided when creating movie footage. cause you'd notice the low f... : BadRespawn
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  I can't believe that these "the eye can only see 24fps" people STILL exist :O : SlamDunk
  • hehe, yeah, after ive been playing high fps games and i go watch tv, i can see the framerate and it will... : Turd Ferguson
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  it's not that our eyes are running at 24hz, it's just that anything that occurs below that--ie screen re... : Omaha
  • Yep. If you have ever seen an old IBM PC with a CGA display you've seen that. The CGA adapter could on... : RatBastard
  • hz != fps : Morgin
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  back when I played Quake2, we got 10 frames per second AND WE LOVED IT. You spoiled kids with your "must... : xvdl
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    and here I was thinking you had the $ to have a decent box (prolly dual V2's) back then : abrasion
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      when q2 came out the best video card you could buy was a 6mb voodoo1... v2's didnt come along until a fa : Aph3x
      • The 6mb one ;) Actually as I posted it I thought to myself "now if I recall a Voodoo 1 is damn near t... : abrasion
  • truth. 10fps love it was. : BadRespawn
• if you notice increased smootheness at higher fps, then your eye -can- see it. how else could you notice... : BadRespawn
• 30 fps should be enough to enjoy a *single player* game. : Sander Pilon

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  That was because id actually gave them a game (Q3) to play on their dirty macs. : smegula
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    It'a annoying so many music/sound guys use Macs. When I talk PC to them they just give me a blank stare ... : Fred Garvin
    • Dated, but applicable. http://www.penny-arcade.com/view.php3?date=1999-04-28&res=l : weaselmeister
    • Why is it annoying that they use the tool best suited for thier needs? PC biggotry makes you loo... : J33ves
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      You're on a mission huh? Show me a PC runnign Pro Tools stable enough not to crash after 10 minutes : [Zoesch^2]
      • my dads pc. he is a musician and he uses protools on his pc, hee runs it for hours at a time. : Turd Ferguson

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• NICE! Thanks dude! : b00tsauce

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  Man, I can't believe you waited so long to upgrade so far... I upgraded my Athlon 700 towards the end of... : SatansFist
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    i have a p3 500, 256 ram and a TNT2 ultra ill upgrade in august, new cpu mobo and ram, then get the R30... : ArmagideoN
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      Jeez, again I can't see it. Our secondary computer at home is still faster than that (Athlon 700, Voodoo... : SatansFist
      • its pretty common dude, the majority of people arent at the middle ground let alone the bleeding edge...... : Aph3x
      • pentiumII 400, gf2MX, 192 ram. i'm probably going to upgrade in a month or two. unless something fall... : jet-poop
      • I had a PII-300 until a month ago when I was given a faster machine. : sharkII
    • I'm in the same boat. Celeron 400 128 MB RAM and only now did I get a GeForce2 MX 400. I'll hopefully ... : Kiriakos
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    Just upgraded from an athlon 850, 384 megs of ram and an Radeon AIW to a p4 2.0, 512 megs ddr, geforce 4... : baron calamity
    • good call, that's essentially what I'm doing. I'll be getting top of the line AMD Tbred system as soon ... : Rodan
• To add insult to injury my girlfriend/roomate recently bought a new system in Akihabara (she even built ... : blankoboy

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• I would answer your question for you but your name is so ridicuously spelt out I won't. Do YoU Un... : SERIOUSly the SAMe
• I think this guy named Bobby Prince did music for Doom. Reznor started with Quake but not any of its se... : arizona bay

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  IMO, once you buy a Ferarri that costs more than a house, you're too cool to be a geek anymore. : Rotten Deadite
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    Dude owning a car doesn't jack up your geek status to cool. He's just a rich Geek :) : MarksmanX
    • Which is quite better than being a *poor* geek. : freqq28
• Carmack is also a rocket scientist during his spare time. Lets just say the world could use more people... : Selfist
• Like I said before, he's Gavin from KITH. : Fred Garvin

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  I saw a video, the thing went about 10 feet up and turned sidways and came crashing down. : Bali
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    but it was about 2 feet higher than Sweeney's rocket!! ;) : johnny rotten
    • hahahhahahahahaahahah that made me lol big time. -The SAMe : SERIOUSly the SAMe

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  voice communication is such a huge immersion killer though. I really dont like it at all. : johnny rotten
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    I think voice communication would be incredibley immersive if things where setup in such a way that you ... : quix
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      I am sure its not far off, but I think what an immerssion killer would be is when 13 year olds start yel... : ovrlrd
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        perhaps some vocal dialation.. so even the squeakiest of your teammates can sound like sly stallone... : jaga
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          then to annoy other players people would make themselves sound like they were on helium : Turd Ferguson
          • yes, but some naturally do, so the change would hardly be noticed. : jaga
    • Heh. I just dont think I could get by seeing some hulking, battle scarred space marine fighting beside ... : johnny rotten
• XBox Live! Yes, the biggest hurdle now is getting people to communicate and act as a team. Vioce over : RatBastard

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• spend less time under a rock : BadRespawn
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  The problem is that very few people in competitive DM want change. Mostly they want more of the same. CS... : Fred Garvin
  • you sir, are correct. : johnny rotten
  • Seconded. Change can be good. : tostador
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  if id software doesn't do something new, doom3 will be mediocre. It'll be just what the trolls would sug... : idesco
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    what features does Unreal Tournament 2003 offer that won't make it same old, same old? (just a question,... : vestax
    • Well, when it's released it'll probably be the most polished DM game out there. I'm looking forward to t... : SatansFist
    • Some defensive items like the shield and the gameplay mode that has the guy with the flag or the bomb no... : Fred Garvin
    • Like stratedge said, its a fresh dm game to play, but beyond that, the game is going to add some cool fe... : fishbowlman

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• i dont think that was what he was saying i think he was digging at games where there is so much story, ... : grimivpiro
• He didn't say that! He just said that there are games where the gameplay consists of an "experience". Yo... : Sebastian Sylvan

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• the guy fucked up : Maarten Goldstein
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  http://www.shacknews.com/funk.y?id=3760714 I ALREADY MENTIONED THIS >:| : Nighteyes
  • YES BUT NO : sexninja!!!!

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• Remember, this isn't going to be a hair-trigger multiplayer fps like quake. This is designed to be more ... : gregorybrown
• sorry, mozilla messed up. Ignore my other post. : gregorybrown

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  amazing argument! i'm convinced! : ermac
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    I think he is too! As far as I know, that's what he does... no? : xvdl
    • \/ <---oh shit is that a nuke-ban? : BeerHunter
• uh... he does. : DinK

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  yeh that bit where he talked about the "final fantasy syndrome" in games, so agree with that.. its great... : Aph3x
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    Also the bit about there being 10 doors, all of them locked but one, and the game is just waiting for yo... : nudel
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      Yeah, SOF2 has this problem as well. Don't like it one bit, because every time you hit a door that won't... : SatansFist
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        There is the problem of wasted time and data on making empty rooms though. For me, I would rather have a... : Fred Garvin
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          Oh I agree with you that they should still be totally blocked off rather than have empty rooms, but a tr... : SatansFist
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            Hmmm, that's an interesting design problem If you have a game like Max Payne that doesn't really have a ... : Fred Garvin
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              Yeah I know, I was also thinking that too. I guess you do exactly what they did and lock them all. Still... : SatansFist
              • Have a naked chick by the door you're supposed to open who runs inside the room as soon as you see her. ... : nudel

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• Bumbles? Just because his accent is different. He is very well spoken. He'd probably school anyone h... : h0rus
• I think Carmack can't do speeches. He is a pretty much a quiet guy and does his own thing. Trent sings ... : MarksmanX
• Just from listening to his interview, I can tell that you are either deaf or stupid, or both. Probab... : h0rus

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• Ahaha, id's medium quality STILL > * :) : Zero|DPX

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  "Like I used to review music in Ohio." Yay for you, gg buddy that REALLY qualifies you to talk about ... : Fred Garvin
  • that was funny trent's just like "yah.. uh huh.. thats great" lol yeh and some of the interviewer's p... : Aph3x

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• yeah the people who saw the shakycam stuff.. makes no difference to them. But for the folks who saw it i... : Steve Gibson
• Yeah, that's because the game will be played in grainy video format. Besides, there'd be a differenc... : h0rus

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• STOP YOUR WHINING! : Melonman0

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  Real or WMP, your choice. : Fred Garvin
  • never mind it finally loaded : Hamfucker