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Post by Roumsen on Jun 27, 2015 17:41:22 GMT
Hey friends. I just wanted to show you a little something. One of the last few features the devs around Crytivo are creating right now before the pre alpha release. And here it comes, *BAM*  Regards! Edit: I just wish I could make the image a little bit bigger... |
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Post by Lord Ba'al on Jun 27, 2015 19:41:48 GMT
What exactly is this image showing?
If you want to make it bigger you can upload it to a site like Imgur and just paste the BB-code link into your post instead of creating an attachment.
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Post by Spiderweb on Jun 27, 2015 19:54:00 GMT
What exactly is this image showing? If you want to make it bigger you can upload it to a site like Imgur and just paste the BB-code link into your post instead of creating an attachment. It does expand if you click on it. Looks like auto update feature (not reliant on steam? Or other retailers?). |
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Post by Roumsen on Jun 27, 2015 20:32:07 GMT
This is indeed an auto update feature they are working on. I'm not quite sure if Crytivo will make it possible to update the alpha via steam or others. But I will ask.  |
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Post by Lord Ba'al on Jun 27, 2015 21:03:10 GMT
It looks real nice. Instills confidence in the product.
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Post by Roumsen on Jun 28, 2015 7:34:10 GMT
What exactly is this image showing? If you want to make it bigger you can upload it to a site like Imgur and just paste the BB-code link into your post instead of creating an attachment. It does expand if you click on it. Looks like auto update feature (not reliant on steam? Or other retailers?). I've just changed the title into "Launcher".  And here's what Crytivo's awesome game designer is saying about it as well : Regards |
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Post by 13thGeneral on Jun 28, 2015 7:48:58 GMT
Hey friends. I just wanted to show you a little something. One of the last few features the devs around Crytivo are creating right now before the pre alpha release. And here it comes, *BAM* Regards! Edit: I just wish I could make the image a little bit bigger... This looks great. A stand-alone launcher, especially with update capabilities, is a good thing. Too many games rely on Steam launcher. |
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Post by Lucas Norr on Jun 30, 2015 6:12:29 GMT
This is indeed an auto update feature they are working on. I'm not quite sure if Crytivo will make it possible to update the alpha via steam or others. But I will ask. We were thinking of switching over to Steam when we release the full alpha this fall, but needed a patcher system for the prealpha in the meantime. Sebastian did a great job redesigning it  |
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Post by morsealworth on Jul 1, 2015 20:58:10 GMT
Well, why not have both in different versions? In Steam release, of course, it's redundadnt except some hotfixes.
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Post by 13thGeneral on Jul 2, 2015 13:11:14 GMT
This is indeed an auto update feature they are working on. I'm not quite sure if Crytivo will make it possible to update the alpha via steam or others. But I will ask We were thinking of switching over to Steam when we release the full alpha this fall, but needed a patcher system for the prealpha in the meantime. Sebastian did a great job redesigning it Well big kudos for Sebastian, it's really lovely. I'm a fan of attractive and functional UI design. You have some great artists on staff, truly. Well, why not have both in different versions? In Steam release, of course, it's redundadnt except some hotfixes. I agree, why limit yourself to one launch resource? Not that I despise Steam, or any retail software platform, but we all know not everyone wants to use 3rd party software for their games (there is actually a slight resurgence of this mindset, too) as relying on those services doesn't sit well with independent gamers. I'm glad Steam has been more supportive lately to DRM free games, providing offline support for many games, and at least allows having a game launcher up; however, I see the appeal of actually owning your games and having full control of their installation and a copy of the actual program (of course it's not appealing to game company because if pirating). Once you launch on steam, you can always have a function to allow Steam to update the game, and maybe have an option to skip the provided launcher. I can't recall if you are also planning to go to GoG, or if thus would just be available on Steam. So,TL:DR, keep the launcher, you'll be better for it. |
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Lord Ba'al
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Post by Lord Ba'al on Jul 2, 2015 14:29:46 GMT
I agree. I like owning my games and prefer not to use steam.
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