Xbox One General Discussion - Part 2 (Please Read 1st Post)

rottie 11

MiskyBoyy wrote: »

Playing a little bit of it right now.

I wasn't expecting much but actual in game graphics are a lot better than I anticipated!

The (cheaply made) movie like cut scenes even tho a little cheesy are quirky in a good way.


I like the way the cars so far are standard like your 2000 Civic Type R, Ford Mustang Foxbody 1990 looks a bit like an old escort, and a 2014 Subaru Impreza and the way it appears like a video of the real versions of them cars but with your HUD displayed over them for which one you want to choose.

What do you think of it?

I haven't played it yet. Waiting for it to download but watching videos of it the drift camera is really turning me off

Is there any other old jap cars in it ? Twin cam etc ?

trixiebust

maximoose wrote: »

How did you get a code?

Missed this myself, think signup ended September 25th.

I'll start it...anyone got any spare codes?

km79

LIGHTNING wrote: »

Just finished Alien Isolation, boy what a pain in the ass that game turned out to be.

as in not enjoyable ?
still debating buying it at some stage

Gizmo55

LIGHTNING wrote: »

Yeah its seriously not fun, I tried to love it and I think its unreal in terms of atmosphere but its a struggle. Basically you die at random, you have little choice at times when you die. Gets very tiresome after a while.

Played it a bit but have it sitting there for ages now. Really got put off by reading about random deaths. There's nowt worse.

MiskyBoyy

Today, we are proud to announce that Microsoft has acquired Havok, the leading provider of 3D physics, from Intel.



http://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2015/10/02/havok-to-join-microsoft/

FAILSAFE 00

MiskyBoyy wrote: »

Today, we are proud to announce that Microsoft has acquired Havok, the leading provider of 3D physics, from Intel.

http://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2015/10/02/havok-to-join-microsoft/

Ah sure they had to do something with the petty cash

TrustedApple

Any now they wont let sony use Havok in there games anyone :pac:

CatInABox

TrustedApple wrote: »

Any now they wont let sony use Havok in there games anyone :pac:

Nah, Microsofts new thing is making money from absolutely everyone, including their competitors. Most likely they bought this to integrate it into DirectX, rather than have separate licensing deals, which makes developing on Microsoft systems cheaper.

Always thought that it was weird that Intel bought Havok in the first place, but it was around the time that they thought they were going to crack the GPU market.

CatInABox

Man, boards is in some state today. Makes it very unenjoyable.

MiskyBoyy

CatInABox wrote: »

Man, boards is in some state today. Makes it very unenjoyable.

YES! I'm glad someone else noticed.

It keeps saying I have 13 notifications when I don't. Then when I do genuinely have a new notification and go to check it out. It won't show any of the recent posts at all.

Un-enjoyable is right! I'm even contemplating going for a drive & walk and getting actual fresh air! :eek:

CatInABox

MiskyBoyy wrote: »

YES! I'm glad someone else noticed.

It keeps saying I have 13 notifications when I don't. Then when I do genuinely have a new notification and go to check it out. It won't show any of the recent posts at all.

Un-enjoyable is right! I'm even contemplating going for a drive & walk and getting actual fresh air! :eek:

Fresh air? Never!

In fairness, it's not so bad outside, I've been walking little CatInAbox to sleep a fair bit recently!

tripperman

CatInABox wrote: »

Man, boards is in some state today. Makes it very unenjoyable.

So this error codes coming up is affecting more then a handfull of people so??

CatInABox

tripperman wrote: »

So this error codes coming up is affecting more then a handfull of people so??

The entire site. Apparently a DDOS, but that's just the scuttlebutt by the water cooler. Looks like one of the databases isn't getting updated, and sometimes you get sent there, and sometimes you get sent to one that's actually working, but then you change page/do fecking anything and you'll go through the 50/50 gamble all over again.

Hyper annoying.

tripperman

CatInABox wrote: »

The entire site. Apparently a DDOS, but that's just the scuttlebutt by the water cooler. Looks like one of the databases isn't getting updated, and sometimes you get sent there, and sometimes you get sent to one that's actually working, but then you change page/do fecking anything and you'll go through the 50/50 gamble all over again.

Hyper annoying.

Ah ok so its a total site fluff up then, I was finding it strange some threads like this no new posts in hours, this post above is last one for me and still says theres more notifications on it, hyper annoning a bit under stating it

MiskyBoyy

Button mapping coming to ALL controllers not just the ELITE controller!

CatInABox

MiskyBoyy wrote: »

Button mapping coming to ALL controllers not just the ELITE controller!

<SNIP!>

That's fantastic news, always wondered why this wasn't a feature from the start. Stuff like this is such an easy way to help disabled gamers, hopefully this is a concerted push to help out with accessibility.

Thought that this was a great article about it.

EDIT: This is the link I meant actually, but they're both relevant.

Kxiii

I wonder will it allow you to set your Y axis preference once and not have to do it for each game.

jimbob_jones

Kxiii wrote: »

I wonder will it allow you to set your Y axis preference once and not have to do it for each game.

One feature that I really miss from the 360, I hope it makes it in

FAILSAFE 00

jimbob_jones wrote: »

One feature that I really miss from the 360, I hope it makes it in

Damn, I never knew that

CatInABox

An update on what's been happening with the site the last few days is up in the feedback forum, seems like one of those perfect storm moments.

See here.

For those that don't want to tempt fate by clicking a link, it's a whole load of stuff went wrong, they're sorry and they're working on it.

MiskyBoyy

I keep receiving spam messages trying to get me to go to some sort of phishing website labelled smartwatches whatever. 1 a week at least.

Anyone else?



I could set my privacy so only friends can PM me but I like receiving random non spam messages :P

Mickeroo

MiskyBoyy wrote: »

I keep receiving spam messages trying to get me to go to some sort of phishing website labelled smartwatches whatever. 1 a week at least.

Anyone else?



I could set my privacy so only friends can PM me but I like receiving random non spam messages :P

Yup gotten two of those in the last month or so I think.

MiskyBoyy

Glad it's not only me so. I report the message and block the person each time but always a new account and new message a week later.

I'm guessing some people are stupid enough to fall for it to make it worth their time.

tripperman

MiskyBoyy wrote: »

I keep receiving spam messages trying to get me to go to some sort of phishing website labelled smartwatches whatever. 1 a week at least.

Anyone else?



I could set my privacy so only friends can PM me but I like receiving random non spam messages :P

Yeah I got two or three of them, i just hit the block button

MiskyBoyy

Thought it might be fun to see other peoples game clips and see what they're getting up to on Xbox these days so I made a thread for it here: http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=97274052

Doesn't have to be anything epic, share anything and everything you might have played, come across in game, or thought was cool. :cool:

MiskyBoyy

They've released a video showing more of the Elite controller and more importantly how the button mapping works which we all get to use

MiskyBoyy

lots of battlefront beta codes for early access, first to get them, its public so might be gone quick.


Edit: All Gone

GottaGetGatt

Is there a way to enter codes through smartglass?

MiskyBoyy

GottaGetGatt wrote: »

Is there a way to enter codes through smartglass?

Nope which is ridiculous. Maybe with updates soon. I redeemed on xbox.com through mobile browser earlier.

Tried 4, all gone.

Probably no point trying anymore tbh.