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Chris D

Chris D

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At work, I have very restricted internet access. (God bless Microsoft Proxy Server 2.0 - any tips on how to disable that would be great :cheers:). In fact we're only allowed access to websites that have something to do with work - one of them being http://news.bbc.co.uk (we keep an eye on this as if there's a terrorist attack somewhere, we need to keep updated as customers will call in to cancel their holidays e.g. the Turkey attacks a month or so ago). Obviously, between calls, there's not much to do so I look through the news and today I saw an article that had a small mention of Splinter Cell 2. It's a very interesting read nonetheless and you can see it here:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3257458.stm
 
sorry to hear u have 2 actualy have 2 work at work, no idea how to bypass it but thanks for the link

:cheers:
 
When theres not many customers the boss are ok with us just surfing, he doesnt mind =D ... it gets very boring sometimes though... Good thing l told them to get some music :) I work @ a computer store...
 
I have no computer at work. When there's nothing to do, we do things like make chair sculptures. Hey, maybe you should look into it...
 
Do you mean that picture, because I didn't see any other mention of SC. If so, it's an old picture of the first part.

But I heard that they will release an expension mission pack this year.
 
I didnt know Sam Fisher (the guy from Splinter CEll) appeared in Rainbow six 3? Well thats what it says when I hover the mouse over the pic of him :) nice consept though...
 
This was the main point of interest:

Ubisoft is working on ambient AI that watches what a player does and adapts the game and how the plot plays out to their skill levels, he says.

"We should be able to improve the game for particular kinds of people," he says. "It is about making sure you can understand the reactions of the players to give them the things that will really work for them."

"It is about AI reacting to your abilities. If you cannot do something after 20 tries it makes sure you still progress.

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"That kind of AI takes a lot of computing power to understand what the game is doing and, if a player is good, what to give him and, if not as good, to give him alternatives."


Mr Guillemot says the next version of Splinter Cell will feature this ambient AI that tunes the game to the player.
 
Yeah, there's an article in PCGamer about Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow... it looks very interesting :)
 
mrBadger said:
Yeah, there's an article in PCGamer about Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow... it looks very interesting :)
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Read it last night. Pretty interesting, goes into detail about the Multi-Player aspect and how they've made the Single-Player more open; allowing multiple routes etc. I more enjoyed the Joint Operations hands-on article though, looks great!
 
Splinter Cell was my 2003 GOTY so i guess Sc Pandora Tomorrow will be my 2004 2nd place GOTY
Come on, did you think I would forget about HL2.
 
Abom|nation said:
Read it last night. Pretty interesting, goes into detail about the Multi-Player aspect and how they've made the Single-Player more open; allowing multiple routes etc. I more enjoyed the Joint Operations hands-on article though, looks great!
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Amen to that... can't wait to frag you mate in JO :D
 
mrBadger said:
Amen to that... can't wait to frag you mate in JO :D
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Now there's something that's not gonna be happening! Me and my Blackhawk will toast yer arse :p
 
going back to on topic, my friend was telling me about how he got past the proxy at his work place, but the details are really shechy but it might help.

they set up a second proxy server, connected to that one first, then though the work place one, and it worked, if that made any sence. but thats all i got from him on it.
 
I thought Max Payne had auto-adjusting AI, or is that different?
 
that's quite interesting. but the line would have to be drawn somewhere. games like this will do away with failure, so i'm just wondering what sort of mindset that will put in people, because real life has not and will not do away with failure, so it may be that if this is a widespread thing lots of people will become afraid of failure. a very thin line to tread with this.
 
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