Just Cause 2

[homerdog]

Finally found some military jets. Got in a G9 Eclipse and flew to the maximum altitude. Was way above the clouds and everything looked so small from up there.
This game in constant awesomeness.

Humus, quick question. Is there a reason why you didn't implement this for the buildings in the big city?
http://www.humus.name/index.php?page=3D&ID=80 <- I would love to see it in realtime but my Geforce260 isn't fabulous enough to run it

 

[Humus]

No particular reason. I guess there were other priorities at the time.

 

[homerdog]

Oh well, priorities were in good order, the game is second only to Crysis in the graphics department and it runs fine on my veteran system.

 

[RenegadeRocks]

Yeah, it's been mostly positive. The project surely had its problems at times, and it took quite a bit longer to complete than originally planned. It's been a turbulent time for the studio as well. Shipping JC2 was a very big milestone, and the reviews and feedback has been a lot more positive than expected. The modding community that grew up quickly around the PC version of the game took us by surprise, but it was totally awesome. Did not see that coming.
As for the studio, we're back to healthy conditions again. My sense is that people are feeling a lot more positive right now than before. We've learned a lot from the JC2 project and future stuff is coming along very well. We've been hiring and it's cool to see a bunch of the old Avalanchers return home again. We're still fewer than we were at the peak though, but I think we're still looking for more people, at least there appear to still be some positions available.

Can u post some links to good mods. If there's a throbbing mod community around this title, I'll buy it ! I had loved the demo on the ps3 and steam, but , you know, there are too many games around these days, and well, truth be told, Infamous has me hooked as far as Open World games go ! But good mods are something that bring the variation in and I played Crysis for years just cos of that.

So, please guide me through some good mods !

 

[Humus]

http://www.justcause2mods.com/

They have loads of mods. I think BoloPatch is what most people use, plus whatever else they might need.

Edit: Woot, there's an FPS mod now!

 

[homerdog]

That first person mod looks awesome. Going to check it out.

 

[PowerK]

This nicely illustrates how big the world of JC2 is compared to some other games.
http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/9/2010/05/ubwcz.jpg

 

[swaaye]

Daggerfall

Surely there are some people out there still working on their first play through of that game? One of those "gotta go everywhere" gamers.

 

[Davros]

Or project igi it ws supposed to have an infinite terrain engine

 

[PowerK]

Played for about 4 hours this weekend. Nice game, good looking graphics. Negative mouse acceleration is horrible though and there seems to be no fix for it. (console signature, I guess).

A question.
Has it been patched so that these commandline options don't work anymore (Steam launch options) ?
I cannot get them to work.

/failsafe           Start in failsafe mode (settings ignored)
/fullscreen         Fullscreen mode
/windowed           Windowed mode
/borderless         Borderless windowed mode
/width=n            Width in pixels  (fullscreen/windowed)
/height=n           Height in pixels (fullscreen/windowed)
/widthFS=n          Width in pixels  (fullscreen)
/heightFS=n         Height in pixels (fullscreen)
/widthW=n           Width in pixels  (windowed)
/heightW=n          Height in pixels (windowed)
/msaa=n             MSAA sample count
/refreshrate=n      Refresh rate in Hz
/vsync=b            Enable/disable V-sync
/dxadapter=i        Use DirectX adapter at specified index
/dxbuffers=n        SwapChain buffer count (1-3, default: 3 with vsync on, 1 without)
/dxframelatency=n   Maximum frame latency (1-3, default: 3)
/aniso=n            Anisotropic filter (0-7, default: 7)
/shadows=n          Shadow quality (0-2, default: 1)
/shadowres=n        Shadow resolution (0-1, default: 0)
/shadowcull=f       Shadow object cull factor (default: 1.0)
/shadowcullnear=f   Shadow object cull factor near (default: 1.0)
/shadowcullmiddle=f Shadow object cull factor middle (default: 1.0)
/shadowcullfar=f    Shadow object cull factor far (default: 1.0)
/ssao=b             Enable/disable SSAO (default: disabled)
/hbao=b             Enable/disable HBAO method for SSAO (default: enabled)
/plspec=b           Enable/disable pointlight specular (default: disabled)
/posteffects=b      Enable/disable posteffects (default: enabled)
/lodfactor=n        Geometric detail (0-3, default: 0)
/decals=b           Enable/disable decals
/edgefade=b         Enable/disable edge fade effect
/filmgrain=b        Enable/disable film grain effect
/frameratecap=n     Lock framerate to the specified FPS
/fovfactor=f        FOV factor (default: 1.0)
/inputsmoothing=f   Input smoothing (default: 1.0)

b=boolean, (0 or 1)
n = number (integer)

 

[Npl]

This nicely illustrates how big the world of JC2 is compared to some other games.
http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/9/2010/05/ubwcz.jpg

size doesnt matter as much as unique content, Elite 2: Frontier had a whole galaxy of mostly empty space and barren planets =)

 

[Bludd]

size doesnt matter as much as unique content, Elite 2: Frontier had a whole galaxy of mostly empty space and barren planets =)

What about Freelancer? It had an interesting universe. I would like a new one, hunting for wrecks with awesome guns.