Battle(non)sense | Chris

In depth analysis and tests of networking (netcode) in online multiplay games, input lag and more like Design Concepts for games and applications.

[Battle(non)sense | Chris @BattleNonSense]

12 years after #BF4's release, it’s hard to overstate my disappointment with what EA and BF Studios delivered with #BF6’s return to the modern era.
Failing to learn from past missteps and deliver a cohesive experience, it may be the final straw that kills my love for @Battlefield

[Battle(non)sense | Chris @BattleNonSense]

@EndersFPS The speed in itself is not an issue, I primarily play @Overwatch since it came out and that is much faster paced and (mechanically) more demanding than the childsplay muppetshow @Battefield has turned into.
@Battlefield copied so many trends its not an unique experience anymore

[Battle(non)sense | Chris @BattleNonSense]

God I love how the casuals hide behind that "force teamplay" argument while what they want to say is:
"I dont want to play with others, I want to be a 1 man army."

Same for "attrition":
Just say that you don't want to manage resources and ideally you'd have ammo-regen.

[Enders @EndersFPS]

Attrition fuckin sucked which is why they removed ammo attrition entirely and everyone played medic to avoid health attrition. Failed mechanic that sapped fun and attempted to force teamplay, which you can’t do.

Movement was good in BFV tho

[Battle(non)sense | Chris @BattleNonSense]

@SgtDangerCow Guess who told them during playtests.😇

[Battle(non)sense | Chris @BattleNonSense]

The target audience and the intended pacing of the game are the reasons why @Battlefield has such extreme spotting mechanics.
Nothing else.

DICE has gotten worse at the visual design/clarity *BECAUSE* they knew they had these extreme spotting mechanics (and HUD elements) anyway.

[FlintIronstag @FlintIronstag1]

@BattleNonSense @EndersFPS @Battlefield It’s in there because they’ve gone after “environmental immersion” since BC2 and BF3. Which is great, but you can’t freaking see anything half the time.

[Battle(non)sense | Chris @BattleNonSense]

@EndersFPS The only reason @Battlefield is holding on to 3d spotting is to maintain the frantic pacing and their casual audience.
Not even campers would be an issue without 3D spotting, there are counters like the Commander was.

EA wants it this way because its what they think players want

[We are Mass Effect - #SaveMassEffect @WeAreMassEffect]

Today is a very special day for Mass Effect fans.

We've worked incredibly hard to bring together most of the original Mass Effect trilogy's voice cast to share a very important message with you.

We need to #SaveMassEffect.

[Battle(non)sense | Chris @BattleNonSense]

@oxyg3n1us Providing admins of community servers with a feature to activate a ping limit does not alienate anyone.
EA did howerver alienate a huge part of the Battlefield fanbase multiple times by their profit driven decisions.

[Battle(non)sense | Chris @BattleNonSense]

BF community servers with a ping limit was one of the best community developed features.
DICE couldnt be bothered to implement it so the community stepped up with a ProCon plugin, ensuring the best possible experience for players.
The netcode is still too lenient without it.

[SgtDangerCow @SgtDangerCow]

I sincerely hope that the advent of server browser will include a ping limit of 100.

I'm sorry that some people can't play with their friends or local, but that doesn't mean those of us playing in our region should suffer server degradation.

[Battle(non)sense | Chris @BattleNonSense]

@swaguley @puknguy2 It just revealed a new big market and since its about making the most money and not making a great game with an unique identity for EA/Activision, they happily changed their biggest IPs to make them more money.
The problem is that these games sold well, the problem is the gamers.

[Jan Orszulik @JanOrszulik]

Don't panic, I just want to see how this format does over here. #gamedev #indiegame

[WARDOGS Updates @WARDOGSUpdates]

Clarifying this tweet.

Using nvidia inspector or 3rd party software to remove smokes, grass or changing textures (we've all seen the clips) is considered bannable.

In season 3, if you have one of these settings set, you will be blocked from playing with a warning popup on launch politely asking you to close the game and change the settings. If you force a work around this warning to continue playing with unfair advantages, we consider that bannable.

Seperately, In WARDOGS we don't allow users to set 'potato shadows' via ingame settings unless we've detected their hardware is min spec. In Season 3, we will be forcing a reset of this setting on launch to prevent users who dont need this setting using it. If you force a work around to this (to be clear, specifically potato shadows NOT potato mode) on higher end hardware than the users it's intended for, we will consider this bannable from Season 3.

This will be re-iterated in the final Season 3 patch notes next week. Thanks.

[WARFRAME @PlayWarframe]

The latest #Warframe weekend is about to begin.

🌑 Collect Moonflesh for a grand journey in Epoch Operation: Taubound
🪎 Trade with the sinister Baro Ki'Teer in the Kronia Relay near Saturn
✅ Get ready for Tau by finishing The Hex, The Old Peace and Prologue to Tau

[Battle(non)sense | Chris @BattleNonSense]

@SoloQJokerr @Brammflakes @WARDOGS Not my point, I am talking about player behaviour, not buying a hack or modifying the game.

[Battle(non)sense | Chris @BattleNonSense]

There must be an ingame warning/notification about this though, a 'Code of Conduct' or 'Rules Of Engagement' players must accept as most players will not read your social media, blogs or watch the videos. :)
@WARDOGS

[Joe Brammer @Brammflakes]

Word of warning, we have not been able to detect if you’re abusing potato mode or Nvidia inspector (or any graphics changes)…

Until now. Season 3 we will be detecting these changes and banning for them, I recommend a fresh install if you’d like a second chance.

Fair warning.

[Battle(non)sense | Chris @BattleNonSense]

@Nervyjester27 @WARDOGS @Brammflakes

[Battle(non)sense | Chris @BattleNonSense]

@TheTopMostDog @BeartrapLV @Brammflakes @WARDOGS With shitty console ports its frequently required when ingame you cannot enable exclusive fullscreen mode, or the game does not understand your UltraWidesxreen resolutions, or the keybinds cant be changed ingame, .... there are reasons to modify a conf file that are not cheating.

[IGN @IGN]

A Canadian politician has started an official government petition to save Mass Effect developer BioWare. https://t.co/orHgUSOAp0

[Battle(non)sense | Chris @BattleNonSense]

@MagdeIia @WARDOGS That buying a hack is getting you banned is self explaining and not what I am talking about.

There is player bahaviour that can get you nulled or banned, these rules must be written down and be available to the players inside the game.
That is like rules in sports.

[Battle(non)sense | Chris @BattleNonSense]

@BeartrapLV @Brammflakes @WARDOGS You can, however the devs must lockdown the UE functions they dont want users to change via the config, either at all or only inside a specific range, that is their job to ensure.

[Battle(non)sense | Chris @BattleNonSense]

@XeroMindedSY @EddieMcNade 3D spotting is the game rendering an element above the enemy player in 3D space which follows him around and so allows you to fire below that icon and hit him without having to visually identify the enemy.

2d spotting are the icons on the minimap.

[Battle(non)sense | Chris @BattleNonSense]

@RockSteadyYeti @claudeai It keeps going against my standing rule to not make decisions on its own while working on a task and never go for/only propose the fastest/cheapest solution.
When pressed, it will appologise and say it will remember now but still doesnt. 🤣

[Battle(non)sense | Chris @BattleNonSense]

@claudeai repeatedly ignoring your project groundrules is something to really look out for when working with it (or any other AI tools).
Challenging it on decisions it makes/solutions it proposes, frequently reveals that it went against your rules it agreed to follow.

[Battle(non)sense | Chris @BattleNonSense]

@RockSteadyYeti @claudeai What is also funny is that in some ways Claude behaves like a human.
Ask it to review code/a repo it wrote and it will return all is pretty good.
Create a separate reviewer instance, give it the same prompt, point it at your repo and it will give you a massive report.