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[QUOTE="_Zac_"]I think a SRPG (or RPG with turn-based and grid) would be the hardest to program, espiacally AI. (from my expirience). Even a simple "move towards the player" function would take many lines of code to make._Zac_

are you serious? have you ever heard of an RTS?

Yes, Im serious.

An RTS "move toward point" function would also be difficult to make with all those objects to go around, but I never tried making one so I can't say from expirience.

An SRPG "move towards point" function would be the same thing, but you have to keep to the rules of the grid also.

Actually, the grid makes it a lot easier. The grid is a simple graph. If an enemy wants to approach a player a simple path-finding algorithm can be used to decide where he has to move to. All very basic stuff.

In a RTS no standard graph is available. During the game a graph has to be created and updated based on the positions of all the buildings in the game. To be able to do this nodes, edges and weights have to be calculated. This graph does not only change during gameplay but is also much more complex then other graphs.

If you're talking about AI, good AI in a (somewhat realistic) driving game is probably the hardest to create. The AI not only has to drive laps (using racing lines) but also has to be able to recover when it is pushed off of its racing line, react to other cars (both player and npc's) while also taking the physics into mind (otherwise it would probably spin off each time when it leaves its normal racing line).

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You guys promote democracy....? :lol:

you think Iraqi and Afghan government were selected democratically?

what about Cuba or North korea...why not promote some democracy over their too?

_Dispair_

Yes, we do.

Afghanistan did not have a government - they had the Taliban. We helped them set up a democracy, where they take that from there is there perogative, and if you actually watch the news once in a while like most people who know what they are talking about, you'll see that most Afghans support a democracy.

Similarly, Iraq had a dictatorship. Now they have a democracy - and one the people support.

Exactly. You'd have to be nuts to think Iraq ISN'T better off with a democracy. Saddam genocides anyone?

oh yea... getting harassed,raped and killed by US soldiers is soooo much better, carpet bombing anyone?:roll:

You know, I love how you have a big ol' CoD4 sign as your sig. Why don't you just quit playing that game if you hate America and its military so much. Call of Duty is a WWII shooter series, and the makers ventured out to modern conflict because it is on par in severity with Nazi genocide and conquer.

Wow...just wow...so only patriotic amercians can play COD4...if we go by your logic, only pagans should play God of war, only Atheist should play halflife games, Gautier hero/ Rock band should only be bought by musician, halo and mass effect should only be played by Sci-fi geeks.

oh one more thing... americans should not buy a Japanese stuff because they have killed alot more amercians than any terrorist. makes perfect sense...

American soldiers didn't rape anyone. Sure civilians have died, but war is a horrible thing and casualties of that kind are impossible to avoid in a warzone like Iraq. Are you honestly saying the Iraqi people were better off with Saddam in power?

No, just no :|

As **** up as Saddam was, Iraq actually was better off at that time. It was safer and a lot more stable then it is right now.

While I don't say that nothing should be done about violent dictators, in this case the solution is worse then the problem.

I believe that music should include a message, when you rhyme every line you're kind of limited in what you can say.blackngold29

So you think that, for example, Beethoven and Mozart did not write music?

Let me tell you a conandrum: You and your mates are having a party. Do you ask them to play a bout of Halo 3, or Wii Tennis? I know dozens of people who haven't touched Wii Sports after 2006, but still play Halo 2, let alone 3.

Optusnet

Yep, definitely Wii sports.

I use nivea for men as a deodorant, mainly because it doesn't have a strong smell. When going out I normally use boss bottled.

Spirited Away and i'm not even an anime person.hongkingkong

Have you seen any other studio Ghibli movies? If not, watch kiki's delivery service, howl's moving castle, my neighbour totoro and laputa: castle in the sky (and there's more if you like them).

Trainspotting is my absolute favorite. There's something about the whole attitude of that movie that I love. The music, images, characters, story, dialogues, accents, pretty much everything is fantastic.

I dislike anime as a form of animation (yes I realize anime technically means animation) because of its cost-cutting origins. You know, funnel the production funds to frames that matter - spend money on explosions, cars, gunfire, water, etc. Save money by turning dialog scenes into static faces and sliding backgrounds and three or four canned mouth positions, inflicting anime with flapping jaw syndrome.

It's something that persists to this day. Action heavy scenes are given a lot of attention, slower character-based scenes are glossed over. Characters conveying emotion and talking are animated prior to the actor giving the voiceover (even the original language track), which is disconcerting and hinders character development. Characters are rarely given quirks and the animation itself is not seen as a good way of conveying information when a static frame would do. They focus more on overarching scenes and scenery to give a mood.

I dislike anime because of its blatant disregard for character. Characters in anime are only there to act out the narrative.

DJ_Lae

If you haven't seen any Ghibli movies yet, try one of those. Spirited away is the most famous of course (since it won an oscar) but pretty much anything made by the studio is brilliant. I'd recommend My Neighbor Totoro, Kiki's delivery service, Howl's moving castle, laputa castle in the sky and grave of the fireflies as well.

Miyazaki's work is brilliant, as is the other studio Ghibli stuff I've seen. I pretty much hate all other anime I've seen though.

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peter molynux

rickjamesxx

the second you said that....you destroyed your credit, he ruined his rep when he promised so so so much of fable and it only ended up being "ok" and hideo kojima is the king of in depth storys he himself is really really really hyping up mgs4, its gotta deliver in every way, but this thread...is just ignorant, there are way more overated then him (peter molynux)

and last i checked molynux was in the aias hall of fame

abd kojima wasnt

/self owned

Black and White isn't what made Molyneux famous. He mainly got famous with his studio Bullfrog, which has some great classics to its name, such as Populous, Theme Park, Theme Hospital, Syndicate, Magic Carpet and Dungeon Keeper.