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ELiZ would have to comment on 2.8.5 and it's possibility in the future.

AA3 maps are mostly done, they just need a lot of fine-tuning which is where me and the other mappers come in. If Assist does move to 2.8.5 down the road, the AA3 map work can be moved to 2.8.5 relatively easily. When ELiZ was working on 2.8.5, he started converting some of the mAAp maps and once he figured out how, it didn't take him too long to do a few of them.

One of the issues with 2.8.5 is that while there's an editor, the method to import new content stuff isn't exactly easy. Again, ELiZ can comment on that if he wants.

Assist has been around for years and years. It's been talked about on many forums and in many threads. I honestly wouldn't know how to get the word out further.

Thanks for contributing to the conversation and the project Pit.

ELiZ has been hard at work flexing his skills to see if he can convert AA3 maps to 2.5. I must say, he's doing a damn good job and isn't too far from being done. Because of this, I thought I'd start some discussion on the remaining issues and perhaps to get some feedback on how to release this work.


The first thing you should do is vote in this thread's poll. I'm betting most people would like to see the AA3 maps but the downside is that currently, it would be at least a 250MB download. That does not include sounds which have yet to be worked on. If you vote no, please be sure to tell us why.


Assuming you would like to see these maps, I would like to see if people would like the maps converted as-is or if there's bugs that you would vote to be fixed. Perhaps there's a balancing issue or an area that shouldn't be accessed? Also, in AA3, many things were changed at the engine level and some stuff will have to be created by hand. 2 things I can think of will be the skybox and weather. We will need people to post screenshots on fog color/range as well as any other weather effects. What lighting should the level have? What kind of feel? Where should the spawnpoints be and what weapons should they have? What are the reportin locations? All of this stuff is up for discussion and can be changed as long as most players agree with it and it's tested.

So, have at it!


*EDIT*
Here's a video of the current gameplay:

Getting stranger and stranger:

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BTID IP Address Country Region City ISP
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838996 96.244.185.68 United States Maryland Baltimore Verizon Online Llc
833553 76.27.56.8 United States Utah Ogden Comcast Cable Communications Inc.
833553 137.190.219.73 United States Utah Ogden Weber State University
833287 67.236.3.50 United States Tennessee Limestone Embarq Corporation
829800 173.44.69.216 United States South Carolina Bennettsville Metrocast Cablevision Of New Hampshire Llc. 5 different IP's linked to the UUID, all from the US, but all over the place...
Most are different ISP's as well.

Spanky, what do you think?

I've seen this before. I don't know if it was with the same BTID's or not but theres a couple other threads on here. Jonny mentioned that it might be due to OEM companies clone-installing or mass-installing Windows and possibly this ends up giving Assist a UUID that's been used before. As long as the IP is wildy different and from more than 2-3 locations, I say allow it.

I have the X-Fi Fatality championship but the card doesn't fit in my PCI slots for some reason.

+1 for external USB sound devices. PCI is outdated and while there's some nice high end cards for it, buying anything now is a waste of money. It's harder and harder to find motherboards with PCI slots. Seeing that USB 3's bandwidth is FAR from being taken advantage of, USB sound devices will be around a LONG time.

I didnt return the card because I couldnt hear enemies across the map. The reason I returned it was that after every bullet being shot there was a high pitched clicking sound that wouldnt go away, which made it unplayable. And the soundcard has no effect on how far you hear. There are fixed breakpoints inside the game how far you can hear. So no matter what soundcard you have you hear the enemies on the same distance. You only hear clearer with some cards, but the distance is unchanged.

Ah, then it's defective. You should have given it another shot though

Spanky, im confused your Schiit Modi is external via USB? I'd almost want to find a creative way to mount it inside my case lol

Im guessing you have the Modi.Would that work well with my AD700's?

Yes, external. USB in, RCA out. No amplifier, it's just a DAC which is the core of a "sound card". You'd need an amplifier with it. I think Schiit calls theirs the Magna. Just one of many, many, many options. I like it for it's simplicity, driverless, powerless, and pretty low price.