Adjusting Battlefield 3's Brightness Could Get You Banned
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Or you could just... you know, adjust the color set-up on your monitor. Probably easier then modding the game too, depending on the manufacturer. Wait, I'm supposed to be mad about them not leting PC gamers mod there game... um... I'm very angry and upset over this issue and care very much about it... I am in no way just saying this because and feel many deep... ugh... emotions over this issue! Yeah... lots of feeling and stuff.
Okay. To play Devil's advocate, I can understand how they'd want to "lock down" the multiplayer variables so that nobody can give themselves an unfair advantage. (Though this practically screams for DICE to include an option for color schemes/shader selection in the game.) But this?
Come on, DICE. This "online multiplayer" thing isn't exactly new.
This is practically the height of idiocy. It was bad enough that hacked servers could screw with clients in MW2, but allowing ANYthing important to be clientside without a server authentication is just begging for issues.FitzOmega said:
Come on, DICE. This "online multiplayer" thing isn't exactly new.
Well, there are people that don't like RPGs, MMOs, or Loot-Em-Up games. There are also people who probably haven't heard of Dishonored, and Resident Evil 6 I can't really make an excuse for, but it's just one game.Mangles69 said:
OT: ... I haven't played this game, but couldn't they just have special servers that allow mods and then like... have a system put in place that just shuts down your game if you're using mods on 'official' servers?
Ever since the day EA said that they wouldn#t be releasing Battlefield 3 Mod Tools because the engine would be "Too complex" for the modders to understand I have said "Feck this" and never bought Battlefield 3.
I still play Battlefield 2 and the Mod Forgotten Hope 2 EVERY DAY.
Now I see that i 100% was right in my call. If EA/Dice won't accept that by now the only thing that keeps online shooters played over the years is mods well then.....nanana nana to them.
I still play Battlefield 2 and the Mod Forgotten Hope 2 EVERY DAY.
Now I see that i 100% was right in my call. If EA/Dice won't accept that by now the only thing that keeps online shooters played over the years is mods well then.....nanana nana to them.
Is anyone else pissed at how lazy DICE was with their idea of camouflage? Washing out the colors so that EVERYTHING looks like each other is not good game design. Players who aren't even trying to hide should not be blending into the walls and ground around them, plain and simple.
other than RE6 and Dishonoured I have no idea what those games are. And RE 6 isn't something to be looked forward to, so much as eyed with suspicion.Mangles69 said:
anyway OT:
I perfectly understand WHY DICE/EA are banning players who use this mod, it is against the TOS and probably does make it much easier to see concealed players. What would be super is if they gave us an option to play on servers where the colour filters were removed, because god damn that looked beautiful. I miss the Alpha so much, as buggy as it was. Rockets through the bridge in Metro, M16A3s with a 3 stage fire select, players having out of body experiences, falling through the map...
Okay it was pretty damn terrible but it looked nice and the core gameplay was pretty good when it worked.
It makes the game a lot harder to play too, and not in a good way. Players just meld in the background a lot easier facilitating camping and general confusion when things get hectic.Rocklobster99 said:
I seriously wonder who came up with the idea to put that blue filter on everything.
A damn shame, Bad Company 2 looked absolutely amazing and was a blast to play. Battlefield 3 didn't give me nearly as much enjoyment and that game has friggin' jets.
The infuriating part is that a week after this became "hot" on the BF3 fora it was banned by it's developers.
Meanwhile wall-hacks, aimbots and a long, long list of glitches remain unfixed for months.
It's their attitude on the forums..if you ask about a map tool you get your topic locked. Same sometimes happens to questions about the missing PC VoIP.
Instead of opening it up like Skyrim, or any of Valve's stuff, they hammer it down completely.
Meanwhile wall-hacks, aimbots and a long, long list of glitches remain unfixed for months.
It's their attitude on the forums..if you ask about a map tool you get your topic locked. Same sometimes happens to questions about the missing PC VoIP.
Instead of opening it up like Skyrim, or any of Valve's stuff, they hammer it down completely.
But...but...but if everything is vibrantly colored like it would be in real life rather than painted dull, grey, and brown...how are the players supposed to know that they're in a war? Because everyone knows the second a war breaks out reality shifts into a different, bland color spectrum!Korten12 said:
I'm on Dice's side here. Mods can tip the balance of a multiplayer experience and in games like BF3 it's important to try to maintain the balance. Maybe this mod in particular doesn't do anything very bad but it's easy to see how future mods could.
So yeah, it sucks that they are condemning a mod that makes the game look better, but I'm behind them all the way if it means they preserve multiplayer balance.
So yeah, it sucks that they are condemning a mod that makes the game look better, but I'm behind them all the way if it means they preserve multiplayer balance.
Umm, that screenshot isn't very good for comparison since the difference in color isn't shown in the same zone.Rocklobster99 said:
I seriously wonder who came up with the idea to put that blue filter on everything.
The same map yes, but not the same area. Just saying.
Want to mod a EA game: Ban.
Want to mod near any other game: "Oh sure, here are the tools we used to make the freakin' game. Have fun."
It may have something to do with the programming used to detect stuff, I dunno. But really, this shouldn't be a problem EA. )=
It makes me sad.
Want to mod near any other game: "Oh sure, here are the tools we used to make the freakin' game. Have fun."
It may have something to do with the programming used to detect stuff, I dunno. But really, this shouldn't be a problem EA. )=
It makes me sad.