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Falk vonTreskow
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Posted - 2011.01.28 07:14:00 -
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I use a netbook to log in to EVE during lunch at work; all I will do is update market order and maybe the skill queue, re-start extractors and kick off production jobs.
All of this I can currently do on said netbook.
Unfortunately, said netbook has crashed and I live in Australia, where our main method of connecting to the internet involves morse code and carrier pigeons. Hence, downloading the full client (including 1+ gig of character creator that I don't need) doesn't really fill me with joy.
Any chance of an EVE Light client, which features as close to zero graphics as possible (or even re-use the pre-Trinity graphics & engine)? I figure it'd have to be a much smaller download and probably have a frame rate above 12FPS.
Selfishness aside, from CCP's perspective, it might also be a good jumping off point for a mobile device client, which could prove a profitable market.
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DTson Gauur
Caldari Association of Commonwealth Enterprises R.A.G.E
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Posted - 2011.01.28 07:57:00 -
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Your netbook will probably be out of action completely soon anyway, since CCP is gonna make Shader Model 3 the minimum supported for gfx cards (and most netbooks don't support this).
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Falk vonTreskow
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Posted - 2011.01.28 09:31:00 -
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Originally by: DTson Gauur Your netbook will probably be out of action completely soon anyway, since CCP is gonna make Shader Model 3 the minimum supported for gfx cards (and most netbooks don't support this).
It certainly doesn't. Which is another compelling reason for a light client
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el alasar
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Posted - 2011.01.28 09:41:00 -
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/fully supported
e.g. the light client could just always show you the starmap or even a black bakground. you can fly and do anything you want just by using the overview.
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Anders Holst
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Posted - 2011.01.28 12:16:00 -
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I wholeheartedly support this idea. My labtop has a hard time running EVE (cuz it sux) and if the graphic requirements rise just a little bit more it wont be able to run it at all, so a light client would certainly be much appreciated.
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Godless Wonderer
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Posted - 2011.01.28 13:57:00 -
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/fully supported
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Altus Nubius
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Posted - 2011.01.28 15:14:00 -
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I would like an option like this.
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cheet sheet
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Posted - 2011.01.28 18:27:00 -
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Originally by: Anders Holst I wholeheartedly support this idea. My labtop has a hard time running EVE (cuz it sux) and if the graphic requirements rise just a little bit more it wont be able to run it at all, so a light client would certainly be much appreciated.
No BUY A BETTER LAPTOP. and if your poor GTFO of eve. I bet your still on dial up. Do you have a son called kenny.
Im fed up of game makers that have make sacrifices. and are not able to push graphics and game iders due to people like you !!! I mean they only just droped the pentium 3 processor from running the game. And they stopped been produced in 2003.
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Khamiz
Catholic School for Boys
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Posted - 2011.01.29 04:20:00 -
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Originally by: cheet sheet
Originally by: Anders Holst I wholeheartedly support this idea. My labtop has a hard time running EVE (cuz it sux) and if the graphic requirements rise just a little bit more it wont be able to run it at all, so a light client would certainly be much appreciated.
No BUY A BETTER LAPTOP. and if your poor GTFO of eve. I bet your still on dial up. Do you have a son called kenny.
Im fed up of game makers that have make sacrifices. and are not able to push graphics and game iders due to people like you !!! I mean they only just droped the pentium 3 processor from running the game. And they stopped been produced in 2003.
The idea of having a portable, stripped client that would make Eve look like Master of Orion or Elite(C64) but playable in the basic functions as mentioned by the OP is surely a nice idea, but probably a few years ahead of its time. When slow little HDD-less netbooks and powerful smartphones are standard and a bit better then today's models, it might be in fact a new gap in the market. But for now, I don't see a large enough userbase to justify it.
And a little note on the side - a 64k ISDN line is more than enough to play eve on several computers, with sometimes an even better ping than cable or dsl - so much for the dialup-comment ....
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Infinity Ziona
Minmatar Cloakers
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Posted - 2011.01.29 08:13:00 -
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Originally by: cheet sheet
Originally by: Anders Holst I wholeheartedly support this idea. My labtop has a hard time running EVE (cuz it sux) and if the graphic requirements rise just a little bit more it wont be able to run it at all, so a light client would certainly be much appreciated.
No BUY A BETTER LAPTOP. and if your poor GTFO of eve. I bet your still on dial up. Do you have a son called kenny.
Im fed up of game makers that have make sacrifices. and are not able to push graphics and game iders due to people like you !!! I mean they only just droped the pentium 3 processor from running the game. And they stopped been produced in 2003.
^^ ++idiot.
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Spirulina Laxissima
Minmatar TotalControl Inc.
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Posted - 2011.01.29 08:32:00 -
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I've heard there's several programs out there that will simulate the EVE client, and allow you to run 8 characters at once. (Read about it on a DEV-blog on bots, translation: don't do it! ) (*+.,_,.#¦¦`*+.,_,.#¦¦`*+.,_,.#¦)
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Falk vonTreskow
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Posted - 2011.01.29 08:43:00 -
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Originally by: Khamiz
The idea of having a portable, stripped client that would make Eve look like Master of Orion or Elite(C64)
I was thinking Frontier (A500 version) when I wrote the post, actually.
You're probably right about the userbase -- while one could be forgiven for thinking every company with even a tenuous relationship to mobile computing has announced a tablet device, each of those would be running a different OS with a different update timetable and wildly different architecture. Which (unless they can all be persuaded to run a platform-consistent virtual machine) isn't a favourable development environment.
Ah well. We can only hope.
Originally by: Khamiz And a little note on the side - a 64k ISDN line is more than enough to play eve on several computers, with sometimes an even better ping than cable or dsl - so much for the dialup-comment ....
And indeed you are correct. I mentioned connexion speed only in relation to the download of the client.
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el alasar
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Posted - 2011.02.01 15:59:00 -
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Edited by: el alasar on 01/02/2011 16:00:32 think of running eve on ipod or other smartphone. much stuff would work very well. except fleet ops and pvp probably. but thats only some part of eve...
... a part you may want to play when you get home to your quadcore-4-way-SLI-surround-sound pvp computer... and get the money for that during the day ^^ |
Amaroq Dricaldari
Amarr Ministry of War
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Posted - 2011.02.06 06:17:00 -
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Another reason for an EVE Light Client:
I have three computers, and on two of them EVE Looks and performs like crap, but on one of them, EVE looks and performs like a God, but it kills that computer after being in space for just 45 seconds. NOW will CCP make an EVE Light Client? Also, back in the older Pre-Trinity days, you didn't need a seperate client and seperate patch to access a different server. Can you return that please? -- As an Amarr Defector, I chose to become a Mercenary and Industrialist. I also have one goal in mind: Create a new age of peace and prosperity for all four empires. |
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