Of death and loading screens
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Of death and loading screens
Here is an interesting idea from another user that popped up in the XR modding forum recently. It's about something that nagged me quite a lot, and I thought I would transfer it here as a suggestion for the next game:
Whenever we die, we get the “game over” screen for a few seconds. Then the game will directly load the main menu, where you can reload your last save. (or start a new game or rage-quit, whatever is your favorite method of coping with virtual death…)
The problem is, since the main menu usually have a “generic game” running as background, your computer will spend time to load this, then will spend time to re-load your game. This is not much of an issue on newer computers, or on unmodded games. But for older and/or less performant builds, the loading times can get quite long.
So instead of having to load the game twice, could we simply get the main menu’s options on the “game over” screen?
Whenever we die, we get the “game over” screen for a few seconds. Then the game will directly load the main menu, where you can reload your last save. (or start a new game or rage-quit, whatever is your favorite method of coping with virtual death…)
The problem is, since the main menu usually have a “generic game” running as background, your computer will spend time to load this, then will spend time to re-load your game. This is not much of an issue on newer computers, or on unmodded games. But for older and/or less performant builds, the loading times can get quite long.
So instead of having to load the game twice, could we simply get the main menu’s options on the “game over” screen?
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Or... If some players like the idea of dead is dead gameplay the Devs could make it a option that if you play as DiD then when the game over screen shows then all ur saves get deleted automatically as well er ur dead so there's no going back mwhahaaa.
If you want a extreme version maybe game can uninstall itself too lol since u died you can't play anymore, bet people will play really...... Carefully then lol.
If you want a extreme version maybe game can uninstall itself too lol since u died you can't play anymore, bet people will play really...... Carefully then lol.
Perhaps the 'enforced timout' is a deliberate psychological method to enforce you to get up & walk around a bit, make a coffee.. something to avoid/alleviate ragequit & make you calm down & maybe think about how you could have done things differently?
Or simply add a suitable text line: "All your saves are belong to us.. Deleting.."Skeeter wrote:Or... If some players like the idea of dead is dead gameplay the Devs could make it a option that if you play as DiD then when the game over screen shows then all ur saves get deleted automatically as well er ur dead so there's no going back mwhahaaa.
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Wiki X3:TC vanilla: Guide to generic missions, Guide to finding & capping Aran
Never played AP; all X3 advice is based on vanilla+bonus pack TC or before: AP has not changed much WRT general advice.
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Wiki X3:TC vanilla: Guide to generic missions, Guide to finding & capping Aran
Never played AP; all X3 advice is based on vanilla+bonus pack TC or before: AP has not changed much WRT general advice.
I know how to spell teladiuminumiumium, I just don't know when to stop!
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"Difficulty level - One Chance Only: Should you die, you save file will be deleted, the game will uninstall, your cd key will become unusable and your whole computer will be set aflame."Skeeter wrote:Or... If some players like the idea of dead is dead gameplay the Devs could make it a option that if you play as DiD then when the game over screen shows then all ur saves get deleted automatically as well er ur dead so there's no going back mwhahaaa.
If you want a extreme version maybe game can uninstall itself too lol since u died you can't play anymore, bet people will play really...... Carefully then lol.
All joking aside, considering the fact that anyone can play "dead is dead" as a home-made rule, I don't see why they would add it to the game.
Humans are deuterostomes, which means that when they develop in the womb the first opening they develop is the anus.
This means that at one point you were nothing but an asshole.
Some people never develop beyond this stage.
This means that at one point you were nothing but an asshole.
Some people never develop beyond this stage.
This is a contentious issue and is covered in another thread. Let's not let it boil over into this unrelated topic. Thanks.Ezarkal wrote:....
All joking aside, considering the fact that anyone can play "dead is dead" as a home-made rule, I don't see why they would add it to the game.
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