Dissapointing interview on mIRC with IW

[imported_MMS_Wyatt_Earp]

Wyatt here...


Ok, callofduty.org hosted a chat with IW on mIRC. I spent most of the day watching the who's who of the community join in.
After grinding my teeth from the spammers and the ID10T's. I finally got a chance to read what IW was being asked.

First, the callofduty.org people did not introduce the IW people, (rude) then it was pointed out. IW got kicked for more than 4 people on same IP on mIRC channel, heh.. They came back and callofduty.org asked some basic questions.

IW responses to only 20 questioned asked, out of over 100. Granted, some questions were redundant, others to complicated for callofduty.org to ask due to length of questions.

Anyway, IW did answer the following.
They plan to release full editors, all animation exporters and all proprietary programs to fully edit CoD :o EA claimed they would release editors and full versions.. still waiting on that. :%(:

IW will add full modding capabilities for mod making. Linux server being tested, opengl.dll hacks being taken care of :!: . Portable MG's for Multiplyer, adding British and Russian pistols. Furthermore, HellChick (From Activision), stated "the match program for HalfLife might be introduced".
Bunny hopping, snipers, and full weapon realism being taken care of in patch.

That was a waste of time, I spent 3 hours on-line waiting my question to be answered. You skipped over a-lot of good questions, then "HellChick from Activision" decides its over and to leave, after being told, other questions will be answered. Nice spoon feeding the IW people. :x


Wyatt out...

[imported_MMS_Wyatt_Earp]

Wyatt here....

I hope I didnt sound rude. I am no way a mean hearted or hatefull guy. I was critical of the fast pace questions, and rush, rush from HellChick"Activision".

I only want to see us admins being supported on our end. thats all.



Wyatt out..

[imported_Flatliner]

You are not being rude, thanks for the info, I missed the whole thing! :(

[rudedog]

Thanks for the update,nothing rude there!

I wish I could have made the chat, but I have been in the same boat only to feel the same way for other games. IRC chat is very hard to moderate.

any word on an ETA for the "patch" and other "extra's"? Any word on punkbuster?

One more. How is, IW going to fix an OpenGL hack? This is at the driver lever, if I'm not mistaken.

again thanks for the update, Wyatt.

[imported_MMS_Wyatt_Earp]

Wyatt here..

They were asked something to the effect of "Are you working with PB to stop hacking". They replied ( If I can remeber the exact words.) "we are working on the dl hack. " They never answered the Punk Buster Portion. ???? Maybe they want to take care of their own probs, rather to have PB help. I do not know.. :?:

They said the patch will be tested in 2 weeks? Dont know if its beta or internal testing. :!:

Wyatt out...

[Sp3nn1e]

IW were in an earlier IRC chat with planetcod, here's a cut n paste from the log regarding PB:

Question:
<@[PCOD]Storm> Many users want punkbuster for the game. There is also a petition. When there are many signs, are you going to include it?
Answer:
<@IW-jRandom> We are researching the current cheats and anti-cheats

Question:
<+CoDN-Gunslinger> Your Answer to the Punkbuster question that's neither a yes nor a no really - so is IW going for its own antcheat tool, support Punkbuster or will the cheats simply be addressed by a number of patches?
Answer:
<@IW-jRandom> We want to incorporate anti-cheats

That's all that was said on the matter.

Again, this was a very poorly organised chat aswell (by the IRC chat hosts, not IW) and only a handful of questions were asked and they were all pretty lame "why is the game named Call of Duty" springs to mind. What a waste of an opportunity!

[Cobra]

I think that the IW people are damn good.
I have asked a few questions, and i have goten anwear on all of them for now.

Have to say that they are doing a good job in trying to help out the people that have things they need info about or help with.

[imported_MMS_Wyatt_Earp]

Wyatt here...

Was that cut/paste from after the questions answered from callofduty.org forum. Because, the person asking those questions about PB was not the same as the forum questions. I am a n()()b at mIRC, and I did not realize you can create a log. :?

Wyatt hungover.. :x(

[Tighten]

Keep in mind, although PB can be implimented into any game it is not a MOD and - it's not free.

With that said, I wonder if IW and Activision thought, instead of PB the kill cam and a few patches would suffice. Or, maybe they are working on their own version of "PB".

Activision has always stood by their product and my guess is that they will with COD.

Hopefully they will use "PB" because of it's versatility and auto-update features, but I guess we will have to wait and see.

[Sp3nn1e]

Wyatt here...

Was that cut/paste from after the questions answered from callofduty.org forum. Because, the person asking those questions about PB was not the same as the forum questions. I am a n()()b at mIRC, and I did not realize you can create a log. :?

Wyatt hungover.. :x(

Wyatt, my post begins..

"IW were in an earlier IRC chat with planetcod"

Not the same chat. :)

[imported_Zerstoerer]

Is there any information about a Windows dedicated server? I know I am one of the many admins who does not have physical access to his server. And I'm sorry, but I will not upload two whole CDs to my server at 35KB/sec (cable upstream speed)! I just won't!

I'm extremely pissed about the fact that there is no dedicated server install for Windows...any info about that, or am I just screwed, and have to keep hosting BF42?! :x

[Tighten]

Everyone had to upload the entire 2 CD's to their server(s) unless they happen to be in front of their server(s).

I was able to upload to one centralized server then FTP to all other servers @ 4-7000k.

Just start your upload at night and let it run. @ 60k up it will take approx 5 1/2 hours.

If you did this the first day - it would be up by now

[necrodoggy]

Was anyting addressed concerning the rcon/chat window problem?

Personally I can't believe that didn't show up as a HUGE problem in beta testing, that struck me within 5 minutes of having my servers up that it was gonna cuase real problems.

[Resolution208]

Was anyting addressed concerning the rcon/chat window problem?

Personally I can't believe that didn't show up as a HUGE problem in beta testing, that struck me within 5 minutes of having my servers up that it was gonna cuase real problems.

Err what's the problem?

Commands are prefixed with a '/' just like any Quake-3 game. Everything else is a "say all" text message.

MOHAA was the "oddball" when it came to this. =)

- R208.