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[Game Onduit] The Conduit - Get on to it!

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  • psyck0psyck0 Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    Yeah, Mr. Ford is rather slow. Have you tried my suggested numbers?

    Anyone up for some online play? Post or send me a PM.

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  • DelzhandDelzhand Hard to miss. Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    Is mission 3
    the white house? I just finished the end, no problem. I just used the screamer on the big guy until he died. I died the first time because of the timer when I couldn't find the last pod

    Does anyone else have a problem with the wiimote's ergonomics? My hand starts to hurt after about an hour, because my pinky and ring finger get sore from the wiimote's wider base. I don't have a problem with the nunchuk because it tapers.

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  • ArdeArde Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    I'm having a really hard time adjusting to this game. I've messed with the control scheme a ton already but I can't get it to play like Metroid Prime 3 (which was really easy for me). I have no idea what it is.

    I think I need a faster turning speed but that can make me dizzy really quickly.

    I'm pretty sure one of the main things is that I can't move fast enough even with run speed all the way up. So I'm trying to do a strafe turn and my vision is zipping all over the place but my slow body isn't around the corner yet.

    Jump and turn around - that's the fastest way to turn around without using the 180 turn.
    Turning around while moving is the slowest way to turn around.

    This also helps a bit to avoid some damage if someone is shooting at you from behind especially with lock-ons.

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  • dispatch.odispatch.o Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    Arde wrote: »
    I'm having a really hard time adjusting to this game. I've messed with the control scheme a ton already but I can't get it to play like Metroid Prime 3 (which was really easy for me). I have no idea what it is.

    I think I need a faster turning speed but that can make me dizzy really quickly.

    I'm pretty sure one of the main things is that I can't move fast enough even with run speed all the way up. So I'm trying to do a strafe turn and my vision is zipping all over the place but my slow body isn't around the corner yet.

    Jump and turn around - that's the fastest way to turn around without using the 180 turn.
    Turning around while moving is the slowest way to turn around.

    This also helps a bit to avoid some damage if someone is shooting at you from behind especially with lock-ons.

    I had a lot of problems until I shrunk the dead-zone to as small as it would go and increased the turning speed a little. It lets you turn quickly while still having your pointer set at a reasonable sensitivity for aiming.

    My biggest problem is when I scratch my nose or stretch and throw a grenade at my feet on accident.


    conduit friend code: 3352-1962-2593

    Edit: I added everyone on the front list, so you may all be getting requests shortly.

    Added:

    I liked the single player quite a bit once I got my control scheme in order, which took the first 4/5ths of the game. Multiplayer movement speeds are either too slow, or the non-human weapons are just wacky awful. I can't decide which. The jumping and running animations look so ridiculous its almost fun. The combat is pretty good given the right map and ruleset. The CTF stuff tends to be the most actiony, and as long as it's not all explosives most of the weapon sets are okay, though really I wish your secondary weapon at start was ALWAYS the USP45 because I like it and even if the weapon rules suck I'd be happy using it.

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  • DelzhandDelzhand Hard to miss. Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    I feel like I could jump into multi now. Got my controls the way I like them, though it took me halfway through the second stage to get it set up.

    conduit code: 3137 4479 7147

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  • psyck0psyck0 Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    dispatch.o wrote: »
    Arde wrote: »
    I'm having a really hard time adjusting to this game. I've messed with the control scheme a ton already but I can't get it to play like Metroid Prime 3 (which was really easy for me). I have no idea what it is.

    I think I need a faster turning speed but that can make me dizzy really quickly.

    I'm pretty sure one of the main things is that I can't move fast enough even with run speed all the way up. So I'm trying to do a strafe turn and my vision is zipping all over the place but my slow body isn't around the corner yet.

    Jump and turn around - that's the fastest way to turn around without using the 180 turn.
    Turning around while moving is the slowest way to turn around.

    This also helps a bit to avoid some damage if someone is shooting at you from behind especially with lock-ons.


    conduit friend code: 3352-1962-2539

    Your FC is not valid.

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  • DelzhandDelzhand Hard to miss. Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    Okay, I can't connect or something. Worldwide public FFA cycles all the way through ideal/close/any with no matches ever found, and I just sat through 5 minutes of all the slots authenticating (waiting for network, it says). I had this same problem with Smash Bros but never got it figured out. I can connect to Nintendo WFC, I can connect to the internet channel and store, but for some reason I can never get online multi to work. Any ideas?

    Edit: I disabled my router's firewall and got some matches, but the auth screen still times out...

    Edit 2: Port forwarding is already set up, as well.

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  • ImperiousImperious Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    So I finally got around to actually adding everyone from the OP. If you don't already have me on your list (Aeon) add me!

    Also, anyone want to play right now or later?

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  • dispatch.odispatch.o Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    psyck0 wrote: »
    dispatch.o wrote: »
    Arde wrote: »
    I'm having a really hard time adjusting to this game. I've messed with the control scheme a ton already but I can't get it to play like Metroid Prime 3 (which was really easy for me). I have no idea what it is.

    I think I need a faster turning speed but that can make me dizzy really quickly.

    I'm pretty sure one of the main things is that I can't move fast enough even with run speed all the way up. So I'm trying to do a strafe turn and my vision is zipping all over the place but my slow body isn't around the corner yet.

    Jump and turn around - that's the fastest way to turn around without using the 180 turn.
    Turning around while moving is the slowest way to turn around.

    This also helps a bit to avoid some damage if someone is shooting at you from behind especially with lock-ons.


    conduit friend code: 3352-1962-2593

    Your FC is not valid.

    Noted and updated, last two digits were backwards.

    Edit: I've also added every single person in this thread and still have 0 friends. What the fuck people.

    3352-1962-2593 is corrected in the first post and reposted right here.

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  • DelzhandDelzhand Hard to miss. Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    Are you James? I added everyone in the OP, and that's the only one that's confirmed so far.

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  • dispatch.odispatch.o Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    Delzhand wrote: »
    Are you James? I added everyone in the OP, and that's the only one that's confirmed so far.

    exerex

    edit: I added you like 15 minutes ago then turned it off because I was sick of the menu music cycling, will eat and check back in half an hour.

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  • DelzhandDelzhand Hard to miss. Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    I'm online if anyone's up for a match. As of 9:15, I've got all the codes in the OP.

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  • DelzhandDelzhand Hard to miss. Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    Argh. Any time I try to join a friend in a public game it boots me from WFC. I'm going to set up a private game and chill in the menu.

    Delzhand on
  • agoajagoaj Top Tier One FearRegistered User regular
    edited July 2009
    Delzhand wrote: »
    Argh. Any time I try to join a friend in a public game it boots me from WFC. I'm going to set up a private game and chill in the menu.

    Tried to join your game and it kicked me off wifi. You've got some funny stuff in your tubes.

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  • DelzhandDelzhand Hard to miss. Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    Yeah, and I can't join other friends' private games either. What the hell.

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  • psyck0psyck0 Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    I'm coming on!

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  • Lord YodLord Yod Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    Hopping on.

    edit: or not. Getting crazy errors up the wazoo trying to connect. I'll try later.

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  • psyck0psyck0 Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    Fucking hell. Why do I always get stuck with the team on Pentagon that rushes stupidly forward to attack? It's a defender's level!

    Bedtime, night!

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  • MarsMars Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    So you guys know, I haven't played the multi in several days. This weekend, I'll probably put in some good time with it though, so at that time I'll get all your codes put in.

    Mars on
  • CyrixdCyrixd Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    Mars wrote: »
    So you guys know, I haven't played the multi in several days. This weekend, I'll probably put in some good time with it though, so at that time I'll get all your codes put in.

    Same; I haven't been able to get on, but I'm looking forward to some PA games this weekend. My friend code is in the OP, but I show up as Tyler in-game.

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  • DelzhandDelzhand Hard to miss. Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    Either a bug or the cheating has begun - I just got into a match with less than a minute remaining, and there was nothing but black. None of my buttons responded, no one on radar. The home button just flashed the "nope" sign. Eventually the match ended.

    Then it happened again, this time all I could see was the skybox, and when the match ended, one guy had 99 points. After the score went away my system froze. Power, reset, eject, nothing worked. Had to pul the plug.

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  • psyck0psyck0 Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    Not cheating, a bug. I've had that plenty of times. Something to do with lag. Best guess is that guy killed everyone else while they were just standing there lagging.

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  • dispatch.odispatch.o Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    Im pretty sure I've run across at least one person who figured out some way to make the lock-on mode not require any aiming whatsoever. I wouldn't call it a cheat, just an oversight. Dude just runs around like a retard locking on to things and not having to adjust anything at all.

    I'm talking several games at 51kills, 2deaths. When I might top the enemy team at 23-9 or something. It's really not fun because I understand there's auto-tracking with the lock on, and try to use various weapons and lead targets and stuff. He will only do well with the non-projectile hitscan stuff, unfortunately in almost every mode you start with a normal pistol.


    edit: To be clear I think he's come up with some way of using a mixture of inherent latency, the 180 degree turn button press and camera control modes/dead zone settings to make his track-target function require him do nothing but shoot. He runs around spinning in circles (I can only imagine it's the 180 turn) and killing by the dozen.

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  • psyck0psyck0 Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    What's his name? There ARE hacks.

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  • dispatch.odispatch.o Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    psyck0 wrote: »
    What's his name? There ARE hacks.

    YOUUNKNOWN or something of the sort. Like I said it doesn't appear to be some ridiculous hack in that it looks like everything capable of setting up in the control menu, but it sure looks/feels wrong.

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  • MarsMars Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    Hahaha, I accidentally left the game at a friend's house. It'll maybe be longer before I play with you guys.

    As far as that presumable cheater, there wouldn't even be a need for 180-spins. The lock-on automatically turns you if the only targets are behind you. I occasionally hit lock-on when no one's around so I can be sure I'm not being snuck up on.

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  • dispatch.odispatch.o Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    Mars wrote: »
    Hahaha, I accidentally left the game at a friend's house. It'll maybe be longer before I play with you guys.

    As far as that presumable cheater, there wouldn't even be a need for 180-spins. The lock-on automatically turns you if the only targets are behind you. I occasionally hit lock-on when no one's around so I can be sure I'm not being snuck up on.

    Exactly, I don't think it's a cheat in so much as something that was overlooked with the lock-on system and camera settings. I don't care, I will still play it the same way I always have.

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  • MarsMars Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    Let's see, max turn speed, set "Target to automatically center when offscreen" to on, start more or less running in circles, because I believe there is a small area of around 20 degrees behind you where lock-on won't turn you, and you'd have a fairly effective way of cheesing the game. However, I don't think the lock-on affects your Y-axis, so there's be no way to hit someone above or below you. Can't check, obviously :P, but I'm pretty sure there's no way to work around that.

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  • psyck0psyck0 Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    Holy Cow, head shots with pistol do a LOT of damage. Two headshots is a kill.

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  • SaddlerSaddler Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    I'm kind of tempted to pick this up. Is there any enjoyment to be had here for a near-complete FPS novice, with little experience or talent? I do have the Wii microphone that came with Animal Crossing, but I doubt I'd want to use it.

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  • DelzhandDelzhand Hard to miss. Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    I consider myself an FPS novice - my only experience is really with the Metroid Prime series, which is way different. I enjoyed it, even managed to place first in one of the online FFA matches.

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  • mrcheesypantsmrcheesypants Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    Anyone up for some matches today?

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  • psyck0psyck0 Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    I will be on tonight. We should all try to get on around the same time and do a big private match.

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  • DelzhandDelzhand Hard to miss. Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    I've been trying to get into any match at all for the past hour, no luck. I don't know what kind of voodoo my system has, but it really fucking sucks.

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  • delphinusdelphinus Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    im leavin the wii on.
    so far i havent gotten any friend requests, soo.....i dunno what to do.
    but ill be up for a game.
    man this game is so bland its good

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  • DelzhandDelzhand Hard to miss. Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    That's weird. I added everyone in the OP, you should have a friend request from me...

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  • psyck0psyck0 Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    You don't get friend requests. You have to add everyone yourself. That's only for Wii Codes.

    Hosting a private game. Agoaj, Aeon, join!

    Oh my god the shrieker is SO GOOD! 13 straight kills with it. You can fire it semi-auto!

    Good games, guys, I'm off to bed. Those were pretty even matches until I discovered the Shrieker.

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  • agoajagoaj Top Tier One FearRegistered User regular
    edited July 2009
    Delzhand wrote: »
    That's weird. I added everyone in the OP, you should have a friend request from me...

    Friend requests do not work this way. Using the codes in the OP will not send anyone any friend requests.

    Edit: Having some network issues, going to have to pass tonight. I'll be good to go tomorrow though.

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  • delphinusdelphinus Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    you shreiker using mother f@#$%@#er!

    man. i did NOT choose that map for a 3 person match.

    gg though.

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  • psyck0psyck0 Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    Page 5?! I am ashamed! We should play tonight.

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