ODDBOXX: December 20th release -

|RXÐ| · #**121** 12-20-2010, 11:54 AM

Hey guys, I just bought the Boxx, downloading strangers wrath right nao!

Manco · #**122** 12-20-2010, 12:20 PM

Twitter update from @AbeMudokon:

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Hey Chumps, I will give our 3000 follower a Download code for The Oddboxx via Steam. Only 595 more followers #oddworld #oddboxx

leocrow · #**123** 12-20-2010, 12:22 PM

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I know this is a little off topic but I think i'm a devoted Oddworld fan that still has a social life *Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 110* Sounds fair right?

Check out leocrow! "Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 60" Now that is one devoted sex machine!

Sorry for the offtopic responce to an off-topic post but well, i only post when i feel i have something important to say. And yes, i do have a lot of juggling in my social life, which is also why i am very slow with my pet project, the Age of Aurora Stories.

On-topic, i have bought the oddbox and i am currently downloading Munch, I'm at 25% so far

Never Sleeper · #**124** 12-20-2010, 12:27 PM

Well I don't know exactly if my hardware has enough power (it runs the newest games on the lowest settings like GTA IV) so if I change at Strangers Wrath into the first person perspecitve, my foreground freezes and looked like this:

So well I can't play it!! =(

Oddey · #**125** 12-20-2010, 12:32 PM

I have just finished dowloading Abe's Oddysee and Exoddus. For the first time ever, Exoddus has worked on computer that isn't an ME or a 98. I can rest easy now, knowing that the future of that gem is not all-gone for me.

The Oddboxx already proves itself to be a valuable purchase.

Daxter King · #**126** 12-20-2010, 12:36 PM

People are saying Stranger runs pretty badly. Run it in 800x600 to get better results.

Paul · #**127** 12-20-2010, 12:39 PM

Screenie of stranger, can't run it in high or ultra res, fails to set the video mode

But looks ok on medium.

Edit:

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People are saying Stranger runs pretty badly. Run it in 800x600 to get better results.

Well then they have antique computers, runs blazingly fast on mine (way over 100fps)

Edit again:

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Well I don't know exactly if my hardware has enough power (it runs the newest games on the lowest settings like GTA IV) so if I change at Strangers Wrath into the first person perspecitve, my foreground freezes and looked like this:

So well I can't play it!! =(

Update your video card drivers? What card have you got?

Viper45 · #**128** 12-20-2010, 12:46 PM

I hate to be a downer, but I just ran Stranger's Wrath and... this has got to be one of the worst ports I have ever played. And that's saying a lot.

First, there's only one graphics setting. You can change the resolution to Low, Medium, High, or Ultra. What does that even mean? Do they not realize that monitors have native resolutions and resolution limits? We have to know exactly what resolution we're choosing. And who knows if they're widescreen or not.

Second, there's no mouse control in the menus. This one isn't so bad because a lot of ports don't have mouse control in menus. It just means you have to scroll through all the options with your keyboard, but it's still annoying and, after all this time, I thought they'd have something more suitable for PC.

Third, the sound is messed up. The ambient/background music in the introduction cutscene is clearly audible while all the sound effects are buried underneath. It's impossible to hear what the characters say. It's also like this during gameplay, though it doesn't seem as bad.

Finally, the game runs as if it's being played through an emulator. Crysis performs so much better, and Stranger is a 6 year old Xbox game. Come on...

I can only hope Munch's Oddysee is better. I don't think I can play Stranger in its current state.

Chubfish · #**129** 12-20-2010, 12:48 PM

Stranger's Wrath runs fine for me, as does Munch. They will probably patch it or hotfix it - it's only just been released and there will be lots of support.

Paul · #**130** 12-20-2010, 12:48 PM

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I hate to be a downer, but I just ran Stranger's Wrath and... this has got to be one of the worst ports I have ever played. And that's saying a lot.

First, there's only one graphics setting. You can change the resolution to Low, Medium, High, or Ultra. What does that even mean? Do they not realize that monitors have native resolutions and resolution limits? We have to know exactly what resolution we're choosing. And who knows if they're widescreen or not.

Second, there's no mouse control in the menus. This one isn't so bad because a lot of ports don't have mouse control in menus. It just means you have to scroll through all the options with your keyboard. It's still annoying and, after all this time, I thought they'd have something more suitable for PC.

Third, the sound is messed up. The ambient/background music in the introduction cutscene is clearly audible while all the sound effects are buried underneath. It's impossible to hear what the characters say. It's also like this during gameplay, though it doesn't seem as bad.

Finally, the game runs as if it's being played through an emulator. Crysis performs so much better, and Stranger is a 6 year old Xbox game. Come on...

I can only hope Munch's Oddysee is a bit better. I don't think I can play Stranger in its current state.

Pro tip add this to config.txt:

width=1680
height=1050
fullscreen
resolution=custom

with your resoultion

See updated screenie

brechtos · #**131** 12-20-2010, 12:51 PM

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Pro tip add this to config.txt:

width=1680
height=1050
fullscreen
resolution=custom

with your resoultion

See updated screenie

Was just going to post the same thing

Dynamithix · #**132** 12-20-2010, 12:52 PM

My Stranger's Wrath is a minute away from being ready to play, I hope it works properly.

Manco · #**133** 12-20-2010, 12:53 PM

Yeah, I wouldn't get too worried if Stranger is running badly - first, it was approved by OWI, and I doubt they'd accept a shitty port; and second, if lots of people are having difficulties they'll probably release a patch.

One thing you should do though is let the developers know if you are having problems. This will help them if they need to fix a problem for you.

Paul · #**134** 12-20-2010, 12:55 PM

What problems are people having exactly? Seems to be there are these issues:

1. Strange resolution options which is fixed via config.txt
2. Graphic glitches caused by dated drivers or antique hardware?
3. People moaning that it runs slow.. likely antique hardware again?

Edit: Oh there was something about the sound too but I didn't notice anything bad or strange going on there. And I agree not having proper mouse or keyboard support in the menus is annoying but not that bad since you only use the menu for like 2mins!

Fluid · #**135** 12-20-2010, 12:56 PM

http://www.asus.com/product.aspx?P_ID=ZWrNVPXEbNNTjJZg

can someone tell me if i can play mo and sw on this laptop...

Chubfish · #**136** 12-20-2010, 12:57 PM

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What problems are people having exactly? Seems to be there are these issues:

1. Strange resolution options which is fixed via config.txt
2. Graphic glitches caused by dated drivers or antique hardware?
3. People moaning that it runs slow.. likely antique hardware again?

+ "and second, if lots of people are having difficulties they'll probably release a patch."

People shouldn't worry, this sort of stuff is either fixed very quickly or is very easily fixed.

Paul · #**137** 12-20-2010, 01:04 PM

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http://www.asus.com/product.aspx?P_ID=ZWrNVPXEbNNTjJZg

can someone tell me if i can play mo and sw on this laptop...

Can't see how much RAM it has, but looks like it has sucky on board Intel GFX so I doubt it..

Edit:

"the ATI 3100 has 256 MB of dedicated memory and a 300 Mhz clock max and the GMA x4500M uses all shared mem but has a 380 Mhz"

Maybe I'm wrong then :P

Fluid · #**138** 12-20-2010, 01:09 PM

i have 4 gb of ram.....

Paul · #**139** 12-20-2010, 01:10 PM

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i have 4 gb of ram.....

It should be fine, just that your graphics is the bare minimum needed to run it is all..

Dynamithix · #**140** 12-20-2010, 01:14 PM

Gosh darn it, I haven't tried MO yet (It's still loading), but Stranger is really laggy for me.

If my computer can run every Valve game with the highest graphics, I'd think it would allow me to play on the lowest graphics on a 2005 game...

Manco · #**141** 12-20-2010, 01:20 PM

So. Is this real?

Viper45 · #**142** 12-20-2010, 01:27 PM

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So. Is this real?
(snip)

Yes, it is. It literally looks like they drew it in MS Paint.

You also can't change the control bindings.

Manco · #**143** 12-20-2010, 01:28 PM

Well that's kind of sad.

Just to let you guys know, I messaged JAW through Twitter:

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@jawltd @AbeMudokon People seem to be having some issues with the Stranger's Wrath PC port.

Here's the response I got:

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@AmazingManco @abemudokon yeah just reading about them now. We need people spec and to make sure they have latest drivers

Paul · #**144** 12-20-2010, 01:32 PM

Stranger is fine for me, certainly seems to be a bad bug in MO though, go to the first spooce and hammer the enter key to keep getting tons of them, sooner or later the game will crash with a null pointer bug

(I know its a null pointer cause its trying to access memory very close to zero)

Manco · #**145** 12-20-2010, 01:38 PM

Browsing around, I found this:

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Email your specs and Stranger issues to info@jawltd.com.

Apparently they didn't work on the Munch port though so they can't help with that.

Please guys, let them know if you're having any problems.
info@jawltd.com
http://twitter.com/jawltd
http://twitter.com/AbeMudokon

If you can't/don't want to contact them, feel free to PM me and I'll forward it to them.

EDIT: Also

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@AmazingManco ouch. We will look into ANY and ALL issues, and we WILL release patches for it. The problem with PCs is there are so many.

Paul · #**146** 12-20-2010, 01:47 PM

I've made a video of my MO crash, its 800mb and only 2mins long... going to take a while to upload

Manco · #**147** 12-20-2010, 01:49 PM

Because I am now apparently the thread's Twitter feed:

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@jawltd Fair point. I am kind of shocked at the Control Scheme menu graphics, though - who worked on that?

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@AmazingManco the problem with it is, it's Flash based, so we had limited restrictions to work within

Viper45 · #**148** 12-20-2010, 01:49 PM

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Browsing around, I found this:

Please guys, let them know if you're having any problems.
info@jawltd.com
http://twitter.com/jawltd
http://twitter.com/AbeMudokon

If you can't/don't want to contact them, feel free to PM me and I'll forward it to them.

EDIT: Also

It's great to hear they're so committed to patching the game, and so quickly after release. They're being much more responsive than most other devs, I'll give them that much.

I'll be sending them my issues and specs later today.

Manco · #**149** 12-20-2010, 01:55 PM

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It's great to hear they're so committed to patching the game, and so quickly after release. They're being much more responsive than most other devs, I'll give them that much.

I'll be sending them my issues and specs later today.

I was pretty surprised when they replied to my tweets - it's nice to know they're already on the case, trying to figure out any problems. Looks like they're tweeting at lots of other people, too, so I'm not a special case.

I'll just say that I felt a little disappointed when the reports started coming in, but seeing their quick response has given me a lot of faith in them. Keep in mind as well that these ARE quite old games, plus they were literally JUST released - teething problems are to be expected.

nuf (Lord Loki) · #**150** 12-20-2010, 01:56 PM

I will cry. I can not use steam

. I wish some collector edition with abe and scrab figure, big artwork catalog and some green juice(brew). But its only digital

. It could be so nice birthday(28).
Can someone buy it for me please? I know it is a lot of money but if I will ever meet that guy a would give him 30 dollars!