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[RentAKnight]

Went to the Nvidia showcase expecting to hear about their latest gpu ect.. and instead got a pretty big surprise.



Watch for the berserker falling out of the air breaking through the ground to the level below at 0:40

Incorporating this into a level like Prosk would drastically change gameplay.  Goodbye cover.

The map in the video looks more like a demo map,  it's only as big as what is seen in the video.  Very small.

edit:

Went down to the Nvidia booth today and played the demo:

www.youtube.com/watch_v=u4uwF4-YEP0

[HWK]HUGHES, on March 24 2013 - 06:56 PM, said:

This is a demo map only and isn't representative of a final map. The next few maps we are releasing does not include one called (or known by as) Highways.

So ignore any of my commentary.  I was making a lot of assumptions. Who knows if we'll ever see any of this.

Edited by RentAKnight, March 24 2013 - 07:55 PM.

[YellerBill]

I think I speak for everyone when I say

http://youtu.be/P3ALwKeSEYs

[Optimus_Lime]

I bet that guy was pretty mad when that happened,

also:


Reminds me of the good ol' days of phantom dust.

[DieselCat]

I'm showing the link you posted is 404 not found.

*+

[Commy1]

That would be awesome.... Assault rifle chipping away at concrete as mechs hide for dear life..

[Poetess]

Are you sure that wasn't just a visual effect and the berserker didn't just tip over the edge_ Hmmm...sometimes I see it bursting through other times I just see it being flung down to the floor.

If destructible environments are a possibility these are the pros and cons I see.

PROS

• The maps and environments would be much less sterile.
  
• Players would be encouraged not to camp because their cover may disappear.
  
• Taking damage from the environment adds another fun x factor to watch out for. (Why wouldn't someone trapped in a tin can not fear a big boulder zooming toward their cockpit window_)

CONS

• Explosive weapons could become even more OP and pilots may start just spam clicking the ground.
  
• Bigger mechs would be denied a key strategy of survival and forced out into the open with little cover.
  
• Players with lower end machines could take an FPS hit and if they turn off the effect they may encounter something similar to the phantom vehicle problem. (Curse those darn trucks that leap toward my TOWs )

Edited by Poetess, March 23 2013 - 09:11 PM.

[RentAKnight]

Poetess, on March 23 2013 - 07:05 PM, said:

Are you sure that wasn't just a visual effect and the berserker didn't just tip over the edge_ Hmmm...sometimes I see it bursting through other times I just see it just flinging down to the floor.

Meteor guy definitely made a point about how mechs falling through air will build momentum which will result in breaking through destructible surfaces.

[Pirits]

Who needs wall hax when you can get rid of the wall_ But dose that wall destruction only work with explosives_ Also dose this work on major structures, such as a building a sniper is on top of, don't like that topple it.

​I haven't played a game with destructible environment, I'd like to though, as long as it doesn't become to open to quickly.

EOC's may become a major problem.

I'm chasing this guy, little do I know he put some mines in the walkway in front of him that I didn't notice till I fell through the floor.

[ModeX]

https://www.youtube.com/watch_v=v7cdAgd-I8E

ITS REAL

[kubikiri]

you can hear the audience gasp when the beserker busts through the elevated platform,
very much into destructible environs... holy man very cool direction hawken!
and heres the video if you are having trouble making OP's original link work...

[ShadowWarg]

YAY, WE JUST GOT A SNEAK PEAK AT A NEW STAGE IN HAWKEN...... o and the destructible environment is nice too i guess.

[BiO]

why noone talks about the new map!!!

Edited by BiO, March 23 2013 - 07:43 PM.

[tman7919]

... I have an AMD card that doesn't do advanced physics...

[Ryuronin]

BiO, on March 23 2013 - 07:43 PM, said:

why noone talks about the new map!!!

IKR

[YellerBill]

tman7919, on March 23 2013 - 07:46 PM, said:

... I have an AMD card that doesn't do advanced physics...

Yeeeaaaah it's prolly time2start saving $$$ for a new graphics card *cough* *NVIDIA* *cough* *IF I CAN AFFORD IT * *cough*

[tman7919]

That new map is called highways. It seems to be Nividia ADV PHYSX only map.

[Pirits]

My computer doesn't meet minimum requirements to run hawken, doesn't stop me, but it gives my computer a seizure. Is a $580-$230 dollars a good deal on getting it to do so_

tman7919, on March 23 2013 - 07:58 PM, said:

That new map is called highways. It seems to be Nividia ADV PHYSX only map.

If that's true I'll shell out the 230-580 to make my computer not go into shock every time I click the hawken shortcut.

Edited by Pirits, March 23 2013 - 08:05 PM.

[tman7919]

Pirits, on March 23 2013 - 08:03 PM, said:

My computer doesn't meet minimum requirements to run hawken, doesn't stop me, but it gives my computer a seizure. Is a $580-$230 dollars a good deal on getting it to do so_

Depends. What do you want to upgrade_ What are your upgrades_

[Pirits]

Just the graphics card, not hard to open up the unit and replace it, just line the stuff up.

[YellerBill]

tman7919, on March 23 2013 - 07:58 PM, said:

That new map is called highways. It seems to be Nividia ADV PHYSX only map.

Maaaaaan I don't wanna have to get a new graphics card when my current one works so well. Does Nvidia Physx work on other graphics cards_ (I literally know nothing about Physx other than it's a physics engine thing that Nvidia made or something like that...)