(Part 3) Top products from r/Planetside

If you don't want to pay for anything(Most bolded text should be clickable, otherwise google it):

Recording software: MSI Afterburners Recording feature to record. I suggest looking up youtube guides for it.

Livestreaming: OpenBroadcaster is a fantastic streaming program. Completely free with a lot of features.

Video Editing: Windows movie maker for simple stuff to put stuff and clips together.


-Now for what I use-

My Recording software: Dxtory. I use it because I have a ton more options than Fraps. Not to mention Fraps takes a lot more CPU than Dxtory does. Which for Planetside 2 is a god send. I also use a lagarith Lossless Codec with it. I suggest [THIS] video tutorial to get you a similar setup I have.

Video Editing: I use Sony Vegas Pro 11 because I won a legit copy from TGN ages ago. The latest is Sony vegas 12 (Which I'm sure a lot of people pirated. Which I don't blame em' it's tons of cash). I don't feel like buying the new version since it's practically a "big" patch with each new version.

Microphone: Any "decent" turtle beach microphone will do excellent when starting off. But, I use a C01U USB condenser microphone on a studio arm with a hand made pop filter. Sounds great for my type of voice.

Making videos, depending on what the video is. Takes a looooooong time, or just a few minutes. If you just wanna throw some clips together to show friends your MLG pro skills. My free option will do you nicely.

I got a used one of these for $2 on ebay. Works great for flight games, although I haven't gotten to play PS2 yet. It's built extremely solid, so consider this an thumbs-up for the cheap Saitek joysticks.

Although, more often I find myself using a Nyko PS3 controller. For $15, I don't think you can find a better gamepad. The joysticks are pretty good, and the triggers oddly feel more like Xbox ones than Playstation ones. Pressure-sensitive face buttons and d-pad are sweet, too. And, of course, it's USB.

What takes you 10 steps in 3DS can take 3 in Maya sometimes. It really is that good. That said the skills you learn in any 3d program are nvr wasted as no matter how different the program the basic concepts are usually quite similar. Get Maya.

As for tutorials. Just like everything else there are massive pools of knowledge for any program out there on the net. The issues with youtube vids is the production quality differes so much. I'm sure you can find countless examples and tutorials to help get you started. But as you progress I would suggest looking for pdf versions of hard copy references material and published tutorials. stuff like...
http://www.amazon.com/Learning-Autodesk-Official-Training-Guide/dp/1897177380/ref=pd_bbs_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1205702548&sr=1-2

I mean you can probably get a pdf version online for free but if you want the hardcopy (sometimes it just nice to have the 700 page book)with DVD so you feel all legit it will cost you about 4 bucks used and ~30 brand new.

Happy Modeling!

"...rapidly become..." I stated.

If you really knew anything about how software like games function - other than in very general terms - you'd know that memory manipulation is will ultimately always beat detection directed at memory.

Which is why anti-cheat features gravitate towards scans of source files too. But these too are ultimately always beatable by memory manipulation.

Which is why anti-cheat features gravitate towards heuristics scanning too, ie. appraisal of user behaviour. At this level, the lines between fit-for-purpose features and spying on you begin to get blurry. They can get very blurred and easily crossed completely if the engineers - or the profiteers under which they work - undergo a lapse in moral fortitude; a spike in greed.

Just take a quick look at the license agreements for things. The provision there for 'whoops' should scare the shit out of you.

Or not. And the crux of this issue is always ultimately psychological. What does a person consider unfair/invasive/immoral/unnecessary/malicious/nefarious?

I'm not speaking as some casual enthusiast, I've been a CS infsec for 15 years now, working for international banks. About half of the software packages I inspect log the shit out of ~everything. As people get used to it - without complaining (through ascent or ignorance) - so the vendors feel more free to expand on the activity.

The thing is, if we were living in The Culture, I'd not have a problem living with mass monitoring of everything as I'd trust those with power over me not to fuck me in a sociopathic/psychopathic/irrational/greedy way. But we live in a world where those with power over us are crazy apes.

Robert Buettner: Orphanage series.

Good for those who like hard sci-fi, right up until the last book.

The Kite Runner, and its companion: A Thousand Splendid Suns.

Rips your heart out.

Buy these. Also this and this, and don't forget these.

Rent this.

Drive around Vegas saying things like "Oh god... did you eat all this acid?" and "You people just don't understand! This car is property of the World Bank, that money goes to Italy!"

This one is pretty cheap and works well.

Don't use a laser mouse for fps games, it's not a good idea, the sensors have acceleration issues.

If you use high sensitivity and want a cheap mouse, something like this might interest you.

I thoroughly enjoyed this story.

you don't even need to spend $40, I've been using this thing for five years and both the sound quality and the microphone quality are infinitely better than anything else I've ever tried.

I'm personally a big fan of the Hydrofarm HG5G, but any food grade bucket in the 3-5 gallon range does the trick.

www.amazon.com/Planetside-PC/dp/B00007M9SL/

Only 3 left!

Please show me on the Doll where vonic touched you.

What if I told you for only 10 dollars you too can have your very own

Here, I found a handy guide to dealing with the game's development trajectory.

here ya go

nope

Everybody Poops vs Nobody Poops But You

I added the links because people often confuse reality with tv.

> But the thing is, PS2's high sky ceiling is the only reason anyone spends any significant amount of time in ESFs.

Its also the reason why the overwhelming majority of people don't spend any time in ESFs at all.

> If there wasn't an allure to playing a high-skill playstyle, then anyone who would have piloted would have already moved on to another game.

You might find this book interesting http://www.amazon.com/Playing-Win-Becoming-David-Sirlin/dp/1411666798/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1451536713

> Getting nailed by undodgeable, uncounterable lockons is certainly punishment.

Thats really poetic, but you aren't actually being punished.

> Tribes Ascend failed because Hi-Rez abandoned it. ... I can go on and find people playing.

lol OK http://steamcharts.com/app/17080 If a game is struggling to keep as many players as a 20 year old text base MMO, I wouldn't exactly call that a success. http://www.aardwolf.com/ has more players than Tribes: Ascend.

for comparison http://steamcharts.com/app/218230

Bringing it back to the OP. I know a2am isn't fair, and isn't fun, but leaving them in the game while making them useless like the OP proposes only makes the air game's problems worse.