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[ChopperGunnerNL]

Hello people,

When i played HAWKEN, i saw that it was made in Unreal Engine 3.
And once i used the development kit and i noticed that it was possible to transfer the game you made in the development kit to iOS Devices.
I was wondering if HAWKEN is available for iOS - [IPad - IPhone]

Please reply

Edited by ChopperGunnerNL, November 13 2012 - 11:44 AM.

[Elix]

Hawken relies completely on DirectX 9, a proprietary Microsoft graphics framework. It is currently for Windows only.

[ChopperGunnerNL]

Yes yes i know that UE3 work with Dx9 but will HAWKEN be compatible for iOS Devices_

[ChopperGunnerNL]

Elix, on November 13 2012 - 11:52 AM, said:

Hawken relies completely on DirectX 9, a proprietary Microsoft graphics framework. It is currently for Windows only.

Yes yes i know that UE3 work with Dx9 but will HAWKEN be compatible for iOS Devices_

[Elix]

I really doubt it. There are far too many controls to manage at once on a touchscreen device. Do you think you could manage to fire two guns while dodging sideways and tracking an enemy target with just touch_

By the way, you can edit your comments by clicking on the word "edit" at the bottom of the post.

Edited by Elix, November 13 2012 - 12:25 PM.

[ChopperGunnerNL]

Ok but.. if you have ever played on any iOS device..Then you know that you can swipe up and down.. swipe to side... steering with your IPad or IPhone.. uhhm.. using camera buttons like you have on the Xbox/PS3.. With those controls you can do pretty much.. and BTW IPad games dont have the full game features compared to console or PC.

[Elix]

It's also exceedingly unlikely that iOS devices will have the horsepower necessary to run Hawken. And an iOS version of Hawken would be an entirely different game. Hawken itself still isn't even done yet. It's a bit early to be looking at spinoff games for mobile devices.

[ChopperGunnerNL]

Elix, on November 13 2012 - 12:25 PM, said:

I really doubt it. There are far too many controls to manage at once on a touchscreen device. Do you think you could manage to fire two guns while dodging sideways and tracking an enemy target with just touch_

By the way, you can edit your comments by clicking on the word "edit" at the bottom of the post.

Ok but.. if you have ever played on any iOS device..Then you know that you can swipe up and down.. swipe to side... steering with your IPad or IPhone.. uhhm.. using camera buttons like you have on the Xbox/PS3.. With those controls you can do pretty much.. and BTW IPad games dont have the full game features compared to console or PC. - Sorry for the bad grammar

[ChopperGunnerNL]

Elix, on November 13 2012 - 12:40 PM, said:

It's also exceedingly unlikely that iOS devices will have the horsepower necessary to run Hawken. And an iOS version of Hawken would be an entirely different game. Hawken itself still isn't even done yet. It's a bit early to be looking at spinoff games for mobile devices.

True, but IPad 2 and 3 will have the power to run HAWKEN.. It might have poor graphics but thats just typical..

[breezytrees]

Call of duty black ops 2 isn't even on iOS. COD has 100 times the market as Hawken, and Activision has 1000 times the funds.

Activision has probably already looked into it, and decided it wasn't worth the cost. If it's not profitable for Activision, do you think it would be profitable for Meteor entertainment_

[Pursang]

ChopperGunnerNL, on November 13 2012 - 12:57 PM, said:

True, but IPad 2 and 3 will have the power to run HAWKEN.. It might have poor graphics but thats just typical..

Not likely.

[Elix]

Current iOS devices would have the power to run a simplified, less graphically-intensive remake of Hawken designed for mobile devices. Attempting to run Hawken for PC on an iOS device, assuming that it was converted to work on iOS, would be a slideshow that kills your battery while keeping your hands nice and warm from the CPU and GPU having to run as fast as they could.

Tablets don't have the power to run Hawken, not right now. Mobile chipsets aren't there yet.

[Snoof]

Next person to mention COD here should have their eyes pulled out of their sockets for such blasphemy

[Wh1sp3rFr0m0th3rS1d3]

Although only can be used for radar, a surface mode.

[Wh1sp3rFr0m0th3rS1d3]

Although only can be used for radar, a surface mode

[ArnieF4440]

Firstly ... COD ... liver oil

Elix, on November 13 2012 - 11:23 PM, said:

Current iOS devices would have the power to run a simplified, less graphically-intensive remake of Hawken designed for mobile devices. Attempting to run Hawken for PC on an iOS device, assuming that it was converted to work on iOS, would be a slideshow that kills your battery while keeping your hands nice and warm from the CPU and GPU having to run as fast as they could.

Tablets don't have the power to run Hawken, not right now. Mobile chipsets aren't there yet.

This. I know CoD WaW Zombies was ported to iOS, but after enough levels, it gets really choppy. It is a really cut down (graphically) version of the game. Mobile devices just aren't there yet ...

Edited by ArnieF4440, December 01 2012 - 04:45 AM.

[marshalade]

ChopperGunnerNL, on November 13 2012 - 12:57 PM, said:

True, but IPad 2 and 3 will have the power to run HAWKEN.. It might have poor graphics but thats just typical..

You hold far too much faith in weak devices. As Elix stated, Hawken relies on Directx. It's very unlikely Hawken will ever make it to MacOS, let alone iOS.