Close Combat

[Civrock]

just got a reply to an email i wrote to MacSoft support a few days ago... here it is:

Hello *****,

First to Fight uses Gamespy so it does not and will not have support in Gameranger.  It is however cross-platform compatible between Macs and PC's.

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Dustin Schwartz
MacSoft Technical Support

cross-platform... nice... but NO GameRanger support and it's not even planned! fuckin' bullshit! [/color]

[(SiX)Sheixhundt]

So...anyone know who gets to decide that crap?
Scott? macsoft? FTF Devs? Gamespy?

Im fucking sick of being shit on for preferring to run a superior OS...FUCKING FURIOUS about it!!!!!

FUCK EM ALL if they want to keep cutting the pie into pieces,they can reap what they sow..sorry to say, you and I get to pay for it...at the cash register and in the vacuum or offereings....
They have their conferences and whine about market share, and mac gaming taking a back seat to consoles....well OMFG REALLY? with treatment like this its no wonder that a bunch of twelve year olds get to push the market.

Well guess what you fucking morons..its most certainly and assuredly NOT THIS consumers fault.

It makes me ILL to keep reading gamepy and gamer mag articles from these guys complainging about the situation that THEy put themselves in. THANKS CIVIC for following up btw..apreciate the info...

..and what the FUCK with Gamespy..did they NOT decide to Drop mac suport, so NOW they get to decide that GR cant support it? what in the holy fucking fuckfuck....geaaaaaghhhhhh  <-----read as Deans campaign scream-

OK..im better now..but damn...seriously...{{{sigh}}}
ok i need a nap now...and a flintstones sippy cup full of cold apple juice, please.

Any feedback to the whos, hows and whys would be greatly appreciated.

ps. as per the other article on FTF..beware 10.3.9;  posts are accumulating that the prob may be with the installer/sys combo..so if you are having the game delivered...dont upgrade just yet..and OMGWTFBBQ with all the probs with 10.3.9....Safari...DVD burners...more....(ok another topic)..
Tiger can wait.no more $$ from me for now.
im done..for now.
 

[BFG]

gamespy ... i hoped never to hear about them ever agiain No support, support, partial support, maybe support.. wtf

Ps. Sheix your damn sexy when your angry  

[|MP|Nomad]

Sorry guys, I'm a little slow, I recall reading from Macgamer that gamespy is no longer supporting Mac gaming, so why the f*** or how the f*** can they have a word in this game since the developers is MacSoft?  Throw me a bone here....

[l ! l Ross]

Sorry guys, I'm a little slow, I recall reading from Macgamer that gamespy is no longer supporting Mac gaming, so why the f*** or how the f*** can they have a word in this game since the developers is MacSoft?  Throw me a bone here....

They do support the Mac but they put the price up.

[.vooDoo.]

Honestly, what the hell is the big deal if crapranger supports FTF or not. Its to funny how upset you guys are getting about that. Will you guys only play games that are supported by gameranger? If so you wont be playing to many game in the future. And please dont tell me its for the in-game chat, because that is some crappy shizzal.

[(SiX)Sheixhundt]

One reason...

Ease of organizing games with guys you know and get along with...Having a somewhat regular crowd, although my team is nowhere to be found these days..{{{{SIGHHH}}}}
No Scheduling probs, no hunting common servers in a  list of 92388234 half of which are empty, and, and easy to chat...person to person...not nec ingame, but out as well..
As far as I know other systems dont offer the chat environment.
and easy to connect to guys that are already ingame if you dont know which server..and...and....the cookies and cake...and having Civic and inaru call me asshole for abso-fuckin-lutely NO reason at all (Having the captive audience to insult me randomly during the day is nice.)..and having kids who..>STILL LIVE AT HOME WITH THEIR PARENTS call me a noob, becuase my 'number' is over 100,000 (I can't help it that im enjoying a second childhood while most are still wandering lost and ignorant though their first)...the shit you cant put a price on..

Ok..i like it for more than one reason...


Simple, or as complicated as that.
OMG....duck time



 

[.vooDoo.]

lmao, nice.

[KGB]

Take a look at Battlefield (the full version), when it came out you could find enough ppl who would host and put their ip up in GR. After a couple of months it gradualy died. If you look at the demo version, which is supported by GR, there are lots of BF demo rooms being hosted.
If this game is really worth playing we need GR support or at least have some kind of league supporting it.


Maybe we should start up a petition to get Gameranger support ?

[KGB]

> Dear madam/sir,
>
> I have just been informed that "First to Fight, Close Combat" will not be supported by Gameranger.
> We will only be able to play multiplayer through Gamespy.
> May I inquire why this decision was made ?
> Many macgamers were appalled when gamespy decided to drop AA for mac.
> What is to say that this cannot happen again.
>
>
>
> yours ***********************

>
I think I should clear that up as I was misinformed when I had last mentioned that.  Gameranger is run by Scott Kevill, I'm guessing he will add First to Fight to gameranger at some point, but I do not have any further info at the moment.


--
Dustin Schwartz
MacSoft Technical Support

Good news I guess.
So It's up to Evil then.

[Civrock]

hahaha, this is what i got when i wrote a second email:

Oops, that was misinformation on my part.  Scott Kevill runs Gameranger, and I'm sure he'll add support for First to Fight at some point.  I do not know when that will be.  Gamespy is what's supported out of the box by the game engine so that is what we have support for currently.

--
Dustin Schwartz
MacSoft Technical Support

to be honest... WHAT A MORON! but good news, yeah. [/color]

[(SiX)Sheixhundt]

Civic, KGB;

Thanks for following up..
You got much more of a civilized response than I would have, given my state of mind.
Youre damn right we were apalled...

Glad the cooler heads prevailed.
thx..

 

[theweakspot]

guys, this game rocks.

I just got it andhave been playing for about an hour.... the graphics are good even on my dual 867 G4.  the maps are small and have tons of places o find cover.  there are only a few amount of weapons, but they all seem to be about equal.

little things that stand out to me...

you can hold down shift to sprint across an area, but you can shoot as you sprint....
you can pick up dropped weapons.....
there will be no sk'ing because the spawn points rotate and there is sort of a mini kill-cam, like in CoD.

[spike]

I need some help with this game, I can't figure out how to bring up the radio menu. I don't seem to have a pistol either. Plus, the fucking tangos just dont seem to drop, or maybe I just keep missing. The game runs nicely, although with a few random lag moments. It was a bitch to install though (I saw your posts in that forum civic and bfg ) I think I can't find the menu because of my one button mouse and laptop keyboard. Someone help?

And as of right now, I don't give a shit about multiplayer, because until a smart person out there works out a solution, I can't play it;)

[Typhy]

I've just played through most of the first part ( lost trying to return to base right now, heh ).

Graphics are good, absolutely no performance issues, framerates haven't dropped even the slightest bit yet. I'm running a 1.5GHZ G4 with 1.5GBs of RAM and a 128MB ATI Radeon 9700.

Seems pretty good so far, I'll post more after I'm done.

[spike]

So I figured out how to bring up the radio menu, and it makes the game a lot more interesting. I'm still working on utlilizing it correctly though. I'm also kinda confused as to how to change r.o.f. I've been able to change it, but I can never figure out how I did it.

Being able to call in airstrikes and sniper support is pretty sick, and the A.I that the game claims your fire team has seems pretty cool also. It's nice not to have to rush into a room alone.

[(SiX)Sheixhundt]

I read in a FAQ that you toggle the #1 key to change rof...but it was a while back and may have changed.

Cannot wait to get it, even if its nominal..I need a hange of pace, and it will take at least a few weeks before the denizens get into the code and start the hack cycle..
Ive noticed one of the posters in the FTF forum who is notorius for the worst pc hacks out there so im sure hes already hard at work. He claims not to be too impressed...we'll see.
Proprietary engines are alwys iffy.

Looks like next week before i get a taste...see you in Beirut.

 

[Typhy]

Press your weapon key ( 1 for M16, 3 for AK, etc. ) to change your ROF. 3 round and single on the M16, single, 3 round and auto on the AK.

[0 Kilz:M:]

Well after the devs just released the 1.01 patch, I can finally play. I have played both MP 4v4, and the coop games. Both seem pretty fun. Im running mine on an emac and the graphics don't suffer at all givin my 32 mb vid card.

The gunshots ( noises ) are weak, sounds like popcorn, some minor bugs while going around corners, while playing 4v4, your team always looks like marines, while opfor is always terrs, so no complaining about unis is nice. Lack of weapon selection kinda blows, not enough blood for my tastes.

Connecting through Gamespy is easy, just go to mp>internet>connect and a room lobby pops up, click and join. Maps are nice and tight, lots of nooks and crannies. Over all it's a decent game, I'd rate it like this:

1. RS ( who could argue that )!
2. RvS
3. FTF
4. GhR

Anyways, hopefully peeps will play, it's a nice change of pace.

[bloodanguts]

finally got my hands on the game, and amazingly, it runs fine on my crappy 800mhz iMac!!!