New Game Mode

[Free_Work]

Sounds very interesting, and puts a new spin on the game. Finally EA and DICE are thinking in the right direction

Quoted from the PDF

"Battlefield 2142 also introduces an all-new game type for the first time in franchise history: “Titan” mode, which challenges gamers to control the battlefield and destroy their opponent’s Titan - a massive flying warship - while defending their own. Battlefield 2142 is developed by Digital Illusions/DICE Sweden and is slated to ship for PC in Fall 2006."

Heres the PDF ENJOY :)
http://www.info.ea.com/news/pr/pr780.pdf


Free_Work

[[MyIS]Spetsnaz]

Awesome!

No motherships huh Wargimp? In yo face! Mwahahaha.

:D :D :D

[Sharp]

That's weird, the UK press release from yesterday was nearly identical, but said BF2142 ships Winter 2006.

[menace-uk-]

I really dont like the sound of this game mode:eek:

It is good to see them add new game modes tho:D

[WarGimp]

another link: http://digitalbattle.com/2006/05/05/battlefield-2142-new-game-mode/

I gotta say it... this makes me hard :D
Blow the crap outta the huge enemy mobile base while defending yours? OMG! How much cooler can it get? I can't wait to see that these Titans look like.

[$kelet0r]

Floating Titans? :(
I thought this was supposed to make plausible scientific sense - unless it's orbiting 100miles above the earth and involves awesome space battles between uber-jets and boarding parties of space marines with a further battle for control of the land based weapons platforms above and below the ground in the metropolis below etc. (which it 99% likely won't) I am going to be very disappointed

[|D|-Max]

I can;t wait foe this game to come out this is sweet :D :D

[ReaperOfsouls]

OMG THIS SOUNDS AWSOME! Can't Wait! But that PDF dont say nothing about the new gametype in it! I just read whole thing.

[NiSsE]

Sounds really cool where getting bored on conquest, hope they will make atleast 2 more modes for the game before the release

[CannonFodder]

Sounds cool

[Slugger]

Wow.. This sounds really cool.. I can't wait to try it out

[JackReacher]

This reminds me those old films, where dozens of b17 bombers flying to germany for a mission, with lots of allies fighters defending from the attacking axis fighters
Will be fun :D

[PsYcHo.KiLLa]

Cool. I hope this is like what I was talking about.

[Shimmer]

It's gonna be awesome, something like a giant and futuristic version of coral sea :D

[Splinter]

RIPP!!!! from Star wars battlefront 2
but I have to say they were some of the best battles online I've ever had, you could either grab a fighter or a bomber and attack the ship from the outside by hitting weak points or just load up a Transport full of Marines, land in the enemy's hangar while under fire and attack from the inside.
I'am really looking forward to this.

[NiSsE]

who cares if it's a rip off :p it's still cool. i hope you can destrio the enemy ship by planting a bomb in there power source or enginne room :)

[someone]

Sweet! I can't wait!

[BadLizzard]

Coral Sea in Space, not that far fetched from the orginial/exp 1942 map.

[PsYcHo.KiLLa]

Wait, can the Titan itself attack?

[ReaperOfsouls]

Ya its going to be awsome, and since you can interchange weapon mods its gonna be TIGHT!

[WarGimp]

Wait, can the Titan itself attack?
Apparently, yes. It's gonna be armed with "a variaty of weapons".

This seems to be our first look at a Titian:
http://img.gamespot.com/gamespot/images/2006/124/reviews/932358_20060505_screen002.jpg

[ReaperOfsouls]

Ya they said the team commader operates the titan. They also said you have to use the transports pods to get into the titan.

What I found really neat was that you can cloak a transport if someone on board it has that capability. I think titan is going to replace conquest as the predomiant gametype on BF2142 servers.

Its so dymanic and its diffrent everytime depending on the other team why would anyone want to play conquest?

[WarGimp]

I actually hope they'll build in the ability to mix gametypes.

Back in the Tribes days, my favorite servers where ones that mixed CTF, Defend and Destroy, and capture and hold. Kept things interesting from round to round.

[ReaperOfsouls]

I actually hope they'll build in the ability to mix gametypes.

Back in the Tribes days, my favorite servers where ones that mixed CTF, Defend and Destroy, and capture and hold. Kept things interesting from round to round.

I think titan mode has to much going on in it to do that. They said in article they are probally make the max amount of people in a titan server 32. Im guessing because so many things are going on(Triggers, EG blow up this gate then you can acces teh power core) that you need a monster pc to handle it.(thank god for summer jobs for college students cause I will have one monster pc!)

[IHateYou]

This all looks very exciting!!! I have been really waiting for some dynamic gameplay, I just hope they can deliver a polished final product. :)

[WarGimp]

I think titan mode has to much going on in it to do that. They said in article they are probally make the max amount of people in a titan server 32. Im guessing because so many things are going on(Triggers, EG blow up this gate then you can acces teh power core) that you need a monster pc to handle it.(thank god for summer jobs for college students cause I will have one monster pc!)
Good point.

Once can still dream tho. ;)

Actually, I'm not sure if Titian will involve too much more computer power than regular play. Atleast, not if the maps are designed well. Not sure what's involved in the big mobile models tho.

[ReaperOfsouls]

Good point.

Once can still dream tho. ;)

Actually, I'm not sure if Titian will involve too much more computer power than regular play. Atleast, not if the maps are designed well. Not sure what's involved in the big mobile models tho.

I just rember in other games I've palyed that have used triggers(like Only Team B can go through this door, but when team a blows up the secuirty center Team a and b can go through it) it makes them lag bad if its not done well and neat. If its sloppy than they make lag.

I think that why they said for now dice is saying 32 but they are testing to see if it can sustain more.

I think they need to tidy up the code and make it more neat or something just make it run better in general. As best as it can at least.

[Miniman]

sounds sweet! you can get inside the titan and have to get to the core! i hope that there will be a spawn inside the core for defenders and one outside the titan for attackers.

hopefully this is the first in a linup of game modes!

[madness]

sounds gr8, only problem i have is when u have some idoit APC driver, driving you no where near the titan and you cant do nothing about it but bail out and walk it, i also wanna know how u blast off in the pods, isit E ifso how do u exit the APC without getting blasted to space???

[ReaperOfsouls]

sounds sweet! you can get inside the titan and have to get to the core! i hope that there will be a spawn inside the core for defenders and one outside the titan for attackers.

hopefully this is the first in a linup of game modes!

Both teams have a titan. Why does everyone keep thinks this is going to be like Iron Gator?

[zuiquan1]

that article said that the titans can be controlled by the CO and they move, I guess that DICE fixed the collision problem then? My theory is that once into playtesting they relize that once it moves the physics become all screwed up, so they take out the feature, that would suck :(

Also I hope once there detroyed the titans come crashing down to earth in a big fireball, and you have to quickly escape before you die.

[Shimmer]

sounds sweet! you can get inside the titan and have to get to the core! i hope that there will be a spawn inside the core for defenders and one outside the titan for attackers.

hopefully this is the first in a linup of game modes!
there is a titan for each team... and i think there will be a spawn point in the entrance to each titan but i think that the team will need to cap it first and regroup there to attack the core

[ReaperOfsouls]

that article said that the titans can be controlled by the CO and they move, I guess that DICE fixed the collision problem then? My theory is that once into playtesting they relize that once it moves the physics become all screwed up, so they take out the feature, that would suck :(

Also I hope once there detroyed the titans come crashing down to earth in a big fireball, and you have to quickly escape before you die.

They said they are working on game physics so I guess they fixed em lol.

[PsYcHo.KiLLa]

I hope they use the PhysX card.

[ReaperOfsouls]

I hope they use the PhysX card.

I've never herd of it is it uber leet? lol

[PsYcHo.KiLLa]

I've never herd of it is it uber leet? lol
Lol, yea it is. I'll hook you up with a link or two, hold on...

Here:
PhysX Card (http://www.ageia.com/)
PhysX In Action (http://www.ageia.com/physx_in_action/index.html)
PhysX Movies (http://www.ageia.com/physx_in_action/tech_demos.html)

Oh damn, those movies are sexy, especially the liquid one.

[IHateYou]

Lol, yea it is. I'll hook you up with a link or two, hold on...

Here:
PhysX Card (http://www.ageia.com/)
PhysX In Action (http://www.ageia.com/physx_in_action/index.html)
PhysX Movies (http://www.ageia.com/physx_in_action/tech_demos.html)

Oh damn, those movies are sexy, especially the liquid one.

Well, when you find a product I can buy with PhysX, (besides an Alienware system) let me know.

[ReaperOfsouls]

Well, when you find a product I can buy with PhysX, (besides an Alienware system) let me know.

Ya I think Imma just stick with NVidia They have always been my favorite.

[IHateYou]

Ya I think Imma just stick with NVidia They have always been my favorite.

Well, from the little that I read on their site about it, it seems like they are going to try to incorporate their chip into future Video Cards. Giving it a GPU and PPU (Graphics and Physics processing units). From what I read, the earliest they will be available is late this year.... hmmmm, looks like I'm waiting till the last minute to upgrade my video card...

[FM_Echo_One]

I just watched the new trailer. This is great! It's like Battlefield meets the other BF...Battlefront! Assaulting/Destroying the Titan is like Star Wars IV...rebel blockade runner Tantive IV. :D

[ConscriptVirus]

sounds like something from galatic battleground where one of the modes was destryoing the other player's "fortress"

[PsYcHo.KiLLa]

PhysX is not a video card. It's a whole separate thing. Also, you can get PhysX in any system that you build (from TigerDirect, NewEgg, etc.) or you can get it put into an Alienware (Dellienware), Falcon-nw, and a few others.

[IHateYou]

PhysX is not a video card. It's a whole separate thing. Also, you can get PhysX in any system that you build (from TigerDirect, NewEgg, etc.) or you can get it put into an Alienware (Dellienware), Falcon-nw, and a few others.

How exactly do you just "get" a PPU "put into" your system?

And here's what Newegg had to say about PhysX...

We have found 0 items that match your search criteria "PhysX".

[WarGimp]

More info on PhysX: http://www.ageia.com/physx/
Not many places are carying these things yet, but I suspect we're likely to see growth in that market. Basicly what it does is allow for physics calculations to be offloaded from the CPU to a dedicated PPU (Physics Processing Unit). This would have the biggest impact on mid range systems, allowing them to depend less on their CPU.

In theory, it also means that games could have much more physics involved... but there's a catch. Complex physics in multiplayer games present the problem of large BW consumption to keep things sycronized. Say you make a building collapse. You'd be able to render it very well with a dedicated PPU, but in multiplayer terms you'd have to pass information on every chunk of that falling building to every client. That's a lot of info to be chucking around. The only way to avoid that issue would be to process the physics clientside, but then you run into de-sync problems. You might see a piece of building land on someone, but since their PPU calculated the collapse slightly differently that client was never hit by rubble. Thus, no splat.

This will not be a silverbullet for bringing super realistic multiplayer games into the mainstream... not for awhile, anyway.

[p0is0n]

This new game mode sounds great, EA finally listened to all of the things we wanted for BF2 and finally gave them to us...............in BF2142 YEY!

[ReaperOfsouls]

This will not be a silverbullet for bringing super realistic multiplayer games into the mainstream... not for awhile, anyway.

I'm not 100 yet so I got time to wait for this to come into games and when it does I will become a hermit lol.

[madness]

i love this new game mode ALOT, but if they introudce CTF this game will sell like made, look how many polls have gone up begging EA for a CTF, if they put it in 2142 with titian, a whole new group of people who wanted it for bF2 with be buying it , just for that tgame mod, i for one would love CTF

[Smeg]

I wonder if you cold ram with a titian...

[PsYcHo.KiLLa]

More info on PhysX: http://www.ageia.com/physx/
Not many places are carying these things yet, but I suspect we're likely to see growth in that market. Basicly what it does is allow for physics calculations to be offloaded from the CPU to a dedicated PPU (Physics Processing Unit). This would have the biggest impact on mid range systems, allowing them to depend less on their CPU.

In theory, it also means that games could have much more physics involved... but there's a catch. Complex physics in multiplayer games present the problem of large BW consumption to keep things sycronized. Say you make a building collapse. You'd be able to render it very well with a dedicated PPU, but in multiplayer terms you'd have to pass information on every chunk of that falling building to every client. That's a lot of info to be chucking around. The only way to avoid that issue would be to process the physics clientside, but then you run into de-sync problems. You might see a piece of building land on someone, but since their PPU calculated the collapse slightly differently that client was never hit by rubble. Thus, no splat.

This will not be a silverbullet for bringing super realistic multiplayer games into the mainstream... not for awhile, anyway.

Thank you for expanding for me. :)

[AT39]

I personally want more infor on the ejection of the boarding pods. I for one am very psyched for this game, especially after seeing this new video. It is good that EA is finally listening about the need of new game modes.

[zuiquan1]

read this from gamespot-
In order to bring down the shields you'll need a total team effort. You can try and whittle the shields down using regular weapons and vehicles, but that will take a long time. The easiest way is to seize missile silos, which are sort of like the flag capture points in other Battlefield games. Seize a silo, and a counter counts down to the time it will launch a Bloc-2 ATM missile at the enemy Titan, inflicting damage on its shields. You now have a tactical decision. Do you defend the silo after you capture it, to make sure the missile launches, or do you try and capture an enemy silo to prevent it from launching its missile at your Titan. Fire enough missiles at a Titan, and its shields will collapse, allowing you to board it by using assault pods to "shoot" infantry up to the Titan.

Once on board the Titan, it's a close-quarters battle to destroy four security consoles scattered throughout the vessel. Do so, and you gain access to the nuclear reactor. You'll again need a team effort to destroy the reactor quickly, but if you do so, you need to race to get off the Titan in time, running and leaping off the Titan and parachuting to Earth. That's important, because even though your team will win if you destroy an enemy Titan, you only get a special pin and other bonuses if you successfully escape the explosion.

sounds completely awsome, those silos will be great fun to use!

rest of the article here (http://www.gamespot.com/pc/action/battlefield2142/story.html?sid=6150162)

[77th|Christensen]

Awesome. So far, this new game mode is really shaping up.

[ReaperOfsouls]

Sounds GREAT!!! But he said you parachute down from titan so there are parachutes!!!

[Robske007a]

be optimistic, the graphics will be ... superb

[zuiquan1]

be optimistic, the graphics will be ... superb

for people with computer that can handle it, and mine cant :(

[ReaperOfsouls]

which is why im building a new one :)