Some info

[RexDameon]

ok i know this will look like a double post but it's a good 30 min appart i think cause i went and did a little research on my other theory of what the surprise is.

I went to www.ndl.com where i found this press release:

http://www.ndl.com/press_release_tem...lease=20050518

LOS ANGELES and CHAPEL HILL, N.C., (May 18, 2005) - NDL, the leading independent developer of 3D graphics technology for the computer and video game industry, announced today that Gamebryo® 2.0 will ship May 31.

The Gamebryo 2 engine has been designed to take full advantage of next generation game consoles as well as the latest generation of PCs and 3D graphics cards. The Gamebryo 2 tools are designed to enhance productivity in the content generation pipeline, extending and simplifying the collaboration between artists, game designers, and programmers. Content requirements for next generation console games are significant, and Gamebryo 2 will enable developers and publishers to focus their resources on content creation and gameplay. The Gamebryo 2.0 release will fully support Xbox360.

Gamebryo 2 includes support for the latest rendering effects, including full screen pixel shader effects such as blurring, light blooming, “night vision,”edge detection and native in-engine support for advanced texture formats including High Dynamic Range (HDR) textures. Animation compression has been added to the animation system, which reduces memory overhead of animation keys on a per sequence basis with adjustable compression ratios. Gamebryo 2 also contains new performance enhancements to the scene management system to provide greater flexibility for parallelization.

Gamebryo 1.2, which supports the creation of computer and video games for the PC, Xbox™, PlayStation®2, and GameCube®, will continued to be available.

For those that dont know this is the company that MA bought there Engine from. WE currently use Gamebryo 1.2(i think at least) And as MA has recently upgraded to that Engine. I would guess that this new Gamebryo 2.0 Engine is at least in our future. Mabey not this next VU but sometime...

To me new avatar creation new Engine just kinda makes sense to me...

[wanda]

good post rex,
maybe this is why MA changed skills and have been making the game more expensive etc

http://www.gamebryo.com/gamebryo-licensing.cfm

gamebryo2 = $75,000 + $30,000 for support

Originally Posted by Shadow-Ale

Not to sound gay or anything, but now that we see more and more males using skirts etc, I would love to see that ingame. Think about kilts!

Never mind the Scottish, laddie. Skirts on men lead to lipstick, which will in turn lead to men holding hands.

However, your post does hold potential. Let this be the moment that the Priests of Lootius can finally be clad in habits (other than those of the drinking kind) that ward off any and all damage, and ensure supreme uber-HOFs. Let's see people NOT show up for ceremonies then...

Brother ViagraFalls, smoking, but way too sober.

[Ona]

Originally Posted by ViagraFalls

Never mind the Scottish, laddie. Skirts on men lead to lipstick, which will in turn lead to men holding hands.

However, your post does hold potential. Let this be the moment that the Priests of Lootius can finally be clad in habits (other than those of the drinking kind) that ward off any and all damage, and ensure supreme uber-HOFs. Let's see people NOT show up for ceremonies then...

Brother ViagraFalls, smoking, but way too sober.

I actually agree...er...to some of....that...
I would have no problem with kilts or robes for men, but not 'skirts'.
Might be very cool.

[kygon]

I'd like some craftable kilts in game, so we can get them coloured correctly (and YES I'm from Scotland)

[Akoz]

Originally Posted by kygon

(and YES I'm from Scotland)

Wow man. You never told me that!

[bluetail]

Originally Posted by Marco|MindArk

...and a surprise (but one you will not be hostile toward, I dare guarantee it ,-). ...Coming sooner is the aggression alteration to the creatures. Several will have their aggression levels reduced, and will take no notice of the avatars until they get too close.

taming system??? anyone wanna sell me a whip???

i wanna ride a tame aetherex or a hirayuu

[Dash Smashing]

Originally Posted by RexDameon

I went to www.ndl.com where i found this press release:

http://www.ndl.com/press_release_tem...lease=20050518

Ahhhh.. Good on ya!

+rep given!

[Mud]

awsome I need to use my graphics card to its full potential!!! Hopefully PE ends up looking like HL2. That would be awsome. But fix the CTD bugs first.

[Shadow-Ale]

The Gamebryo 2.0 release will fully support Xbox360.

PE on console in the future? I really hope so!