All Grand Theft Auto maps in one game? GTA5 maybe ?

thor - 474 days 23 hours ago

Not necessarily. They could make you swap disks when you change areas. I mean, MGS4 had no problem making me install the game EVERY TIME I WANTED TO PLAY because my brother was on a different act. It also had NO option to install 2 acts (or even 5) at the same time.

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THC CELL - 474 days 23 hours ago

x box better come up with a Xbox CD changer cause if u think i am swopping 5 CDs they have another thing coming

Hell with it this should prove Blue ray is needed

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shine1396 - 474 days 22 hours ago

erm...I would say this is only a mod but didn't counter strike start off as a mod?

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HighDefinition - 474 days 22 hours ago

Not possible.....

Say your in a car chase, if you change disks when you change citys all the data that was streaming from the first disk would be lost(like the police chasing you for example). It just can`t happen, it`s a FACT w/o what I mentioned happening.

BTW, MGS4 isn`t a "sandbox" game. it`s a very open linear expierence, therefore it would have no problems being on multiple disks.

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thor - 474 days 21 hours ago

Yes but my comment was that game developers aren't going to think of how convenient it is swapping disks/loading/installing in between a car chase. The cars in the chase could be stored in main memory and then the world is streamed from the next disk when you put it in (some data would have to be on both disks, such as the area in the transition). It could be done, and MGS4 is proof that developers don't always consider the convenience of it.

I remember not playing MGS4 because I couldn't be bothered to sit through an install, and then my brother when he played would have to sit through an install again. It was a pain and an error on the developers' part to not include an "install all" option.

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Shroomy - 474 days 21 hours ago

PC games while smaller in GB are usually larger in content, ironically.

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LastDance - 474 days 21 hours ago

Thor...that would be annoying man! I wanted to show my girlfriend a cutscene in act 2 and 4....god i had to install act two then re install act 4 again. I wish ther was an option to just intall the lot.

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AAACE5 - 474 days 21 hours ago

Something as great an idea as this. And all you can do is find a way to defend your beloved Ps3... F***in pathetic! What about the fact that something like this could be the GTA: World rumor that we were hearing and could provide endless hours of exciting gameplay?

Well whatever, the blu-ray disc would be a prime candidate for something like this! I know that sounds hypocritical, but I had to point out how sad fanboys are nowadays!

@Shine... Heavy Rain started out as a tech demo, and is now becoming a game... so it is possible!

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sidar - 474 days 20 hours ago

"was streaming from the first disk would be lost(like the police chasing you for example). It just can`t happen, it`s a FACT w/o what I mentioned happening.
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Actually loads of stuff is downloaded into the Ram.
This is possible. It just depends on how your engine works.
Developers always have their own tricks and what not to make something work. Remember Software can do anything as long the mind behind it is a genious =P.

Anyway ramble on.

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HighDefinition - 474 days 20 hours ago

I can`t think of ONE game that has ever done that, not on PC.

For thinking your so intellegent your actually quite rude.

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sidar - 474 days 19 hours ago

In what way am i rude?

Programmers need to find solutions to make certain things work.
In what way did i offend anyone?

You admit it is possible yet I am saying something wrong wtf?
I didnt think i'm intelligent with that post. For what reason do you have the need to bash me?

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sidar - 474 days 19 hours ago

Btw a Cop chasing you is not streamed from the Disc, its not a
static Event. A cop chasing you is mostlikely written into the RAM.

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thor - 474 days 18 hours ago

Everything is in RAM. Everything.
Something on the disk has to be pulled into ram (loaded, that's what loading IS) in order for it to be used in the game. Otherwise you can't
see it
collide with it
interact with it.

Streaming is just loading whilst you are playing the game. It's loading assets from the disk into RAM as you are playing. So if you start walking in the direction of an area that's not yet loaded into RAM, the game will load that area. That's all streaming is. And there's no reason that when you started walking into an area that wasn't on the current disk, the game couldn't ask you to insert another disk, and then proceed to load that area from that disk. There could be an overlapping region to prevent you having to swap disks each time you crossed an invisible line between disks.

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sidar - 474 days 18 hours ago

Thats pretty much what i said...

They could pretty much give you a short grey screen saying : insert disc (insert number) while the ingame render in the background froze.
Once the disc is in the drive the game will continue streaming all the other content of the islands/lands.

I was just replying to HD that it isnt impossible.

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HighDefinition - 474 days 18 hours ago

Can u provide a example of this?

a game not on PC that has done this?

BTW: "Anyway ramble on" is extremly rude.

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thor - 474 days 17 hours ago

I can't think of an example off-hand, I think devs in the past have not wanted to be that annoying. If they are limited by the hardware, however, such as requiring an install for each act in MGS4, they are perfectly capable of irritating us as I already explained.

But I'll ask you to consider - what would happen if in GTA4 they deleted an entire section of the map off the disk (except for the low level of detail models)? Nothing would happen until you went to (or near) that area. At which point it would crash. Now delete the rest of the map (save for an overlapping region, would have to be quite large because of the draw distances), and the same thing would happen OUTSIDE that area. Put in a "change disk" screen between areas and lo and behold you have a map with 2 disks for 2 areas that you need to change disk for.

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HighDefinition - 474 days 17 hours ago

IS Sam Houser speaking about GTAIV for PS3 and 360. He said, DVD9 caused a problem because of the size restriction compared to BR.

So.....That`s why I`m saying what I`m saying.

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sidar - 474 days 17 hours ago

Its simple, you say removing the Disc will remove the events.
just play a normal game, any game. Take out the disc and it will freeze and say please insert Game disc. Game will continue.
According to your logic all Data should be lost, but thats not true since its being loaded into the Ram.

So basically the game could ask you to remove the Disc insert the requested disk and continue.

The reason R* had problems is because they wanted to fit everything onto one disc.
If they wanted to use multiple discs there wouldnt be a problem, just a bit more programming, unless the engine already supports Disc swapping.
Size restriction got nothing to do with the fact its "possible", thats what Multiple Discs are for...

Edit:
Ramble on wasn't meant to you only, i was refering to the DVD vs B-ray discussion. You just took it offensive.

Edit:Edit:
But i think it won't do well from a designers standpoint.
I mean getting chased, changing disk, trying to outsmart the cops riding back into the different map basically meant you have to swap everytime you crossed the line.

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HighDefinition - 474 days 16 hours ago

We basically agree. Even if it could be done you wouldn`t want to. Took a few Hrs, but hey.....

Bubble.

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sidar - 474 days 16 hours ago

yeah in some way we do =P.
Thnx for the bubble =).

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HighDefinition - 474 days 14 hours ago

All I gotta say to that is.

LOL, you are a angry person.

I like talking to Sidar more, you get no more of my time.

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silvacrest - 474 days 12 hours ago

that i reported dan-boy as being offensive to high definition

the comments made were so offensive for some one you've never meet and i think i can speak for every one when i say im glade you've stayed away from this site, lets hope that continues

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LastDance - 474 days 10 hours ago

Dan boy, youve been reported. I hope they ban you

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Some_One_Plays - 474 days 19 hours ago

Microsoft doesn't go into every store updating their XBOX 360s that's just pointless. If you're talking about music CDs it isn't the same as DVDs? The only way for XBOX 360 players to experience this would be by download through the Marketplace. Otherwise say goodbye to this game because the XBOX 360 wasn't made to stream as good as the PlayStation 3. The PlayStation 3 has to fight through 50GB of data so their architecture is very different from the XBOx 360's.

Infamous is an exclusive game because of the Blu-ray disc if what you said was true it would on the XBOX 360. Now PlayStation 3 owners will have Prototype and Infamous to choose from while XBOX 360 owners are stuck with Prototype. Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots is impossible to be played on the XBOX 360 according to the Developers.

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MRMagoo123 - 474 days 10 hours ago

Whats the point in the new arcade having the option to install complete games when they have no space to put them on i dont see how that would work .ms are gonna be stuck doing things how they have been till they know that at least 90 or so percent of 360 owners have got a hard drive big enough which they dont

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UltimateIdiot911 - 474 days 19 hours ago

Bubble for you, the Baywatch reference made me laugh.

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josh3rdegree - 474 days 16 hours ago

alot of people

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josh3rdegree - 474 days 16 hours ago

but i dont think its gta5 i hope it is but who knows

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Arsenic13 - 474 days 12 hours ago

Yup i agree. People here are jumping to conclusions.

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BLuKhaos - 474 days 20 hours ago

I'm thinking he's eyeballing another company's apples at the moment.

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alakazzam - 474 days 20 hours ago

and not every xbox has a HDD

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fafoon - 474 days 21 hours ago

Did You just realize it wont be possible on the Xbox
Nevermind

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BLuKhaos - 474 days 20 hours ago

the majority of people that play GTA don't finish it anyways

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cemelc - 474 days 13 hours ago

Are you kidding me, a 500 hundred hour game, thats my dream come true

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BLuKhaos - 474 days 20 hours ago

I hope that instead of making them islands,they make countrysides and highways leading to each city.

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KBDuB - 474 days 15 hours ago

Why? Then it gives that much more of a reason to allow jets or planes into the game..

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sidar - 474 days 19 hours ago

Exactly and at some point, they are going to expect so much that after the release people are going to scream they screwed them over.

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cemelc - 474 days 13 hours ago

Was a trojan horse, i was expecting everything that the other gta had, the gang fights, buying locals for shady bussines, controling the zones and in the end nothing.

San Andrea was a much better GTA than the last one

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