Outram Posted July 27, 2006 Posted July 27, 2006 This post is kinda a question for the Devs (Sorry, I know ur busy)... Has Rockstar approached you guys at all about working on GTA4 to make it Multi straight out of the box? Just Wondering...
0 MrJax Posted July 27, 2006 Posted July 27, 2006 I doubt rockstar would trust MTA or any outsider(s) with the source of any of their games, they have payed programmers which im guessing have to sign a nice big contract making them liable for any leak.
0 Gamefreek Posted July 27, 2006 Posted July 27, 2006 R* has the money to hire programmers that can fully devote their time to make GTA4 multiplayer right out of the box. Before anyone tries to flame me im not saying the MTA team arent good programmers..they just have real like jobs and probably wouldnt drop everything to go work on mp for GTA4.
0 orappa Posted July 27, 2006 Posted July 27, 2006 Before anyone tries to flame me im not saying the MTA team arent good programmers..they just have real like jobs and probably wouldnt drop everything to go work on mp for GTA4. Well, if Rockstar employed them, they wouldn't need other jobs. And who wouldn't drop everything to work on GTA 4?
0 Si|ent Posted July 27, 2006 Posted July 27, 2006 Stranger things have happened. The guy who bedroom-coded the old half life and counterstrike bot PodBot ended up being employed by valve to work on the A.I. in cs:cz and beyond, for example.
0 Kamahl Posted July 27, 2006 Posted July 27, 2006 i remember Rockstar was hiring network programmers, dunno if they are still hiring though.
0 Si|ent Posted July 27, 2006 Posted July 27, 2006 It won't. At least not 'proper' online multiplayer. You may see some two-player co-op action as seen in GTA:LCS though.
0 erorr404 Posted July 27, 2006 Posted July 27, 2006 It won't. At least not 'proper' online multiplayer. You may see some two-player co-op action as seen in GTA:LCS though. I thought LCS had 6-player. You must be thinking of SA.
0 Si|ent Posted July 27, 2006 Posted July 27, 2006 I thought it was two player, I've not played it, its local tho right? Which is the point. No netcode involved, which is what I meant.
0 orappa Posted July 27, 2006 Posted July 27, 2006 Even if they did hire network programmers, there's no indication on whether multiplayer would be available for the PC version.
0 Brophy Posted July 27, 2006 Posted July 27, 2006 Just imagine the influx of n00bs and clans if it announced an official MP for PC I prefer the community as it, apart from the 'odd crowd', least you know everyone and the proper clans
0 Si|ent Posted July 27, 2006 Posted July 27, 2006 There wont be mta-like multiplayer in GTA4. But for a future version when there IS: Just think how much easier that will make the teams work, no more having to create all the multiplayer aspects, they will just be able to concentrate on taking what is there and making it better/more usable/more customisable
0 l2ebel Posted July 27, 2006 Posted July 27, 2006 I thought it was two player, I've not played it, its local tho right? Which is the point. No netcode involved, which is what I meant. even if the other guy is standing right next to you, it still requires a netcode
0 orappa Posted July 27, 2006 Posted July 27, 2006 System link = a network, therefore it would require netcode.
0 Si|ent Posted July 28, 2006 Posted July 28, 2006 even if the other guy is standing right next to you, it still requires a netcode Not when its on the same machine, it just requires two controllers (yes, I think perhaps I AM thinking of S.A, havn't played the console version of any gta. PC ftw!)
0 Outram Posted July 29, 2006 Author Posted July 29, 2006 Cool Convo... It may not have multi, but you can bet GTA IV will have friggin' awesome GFX!
0 Zarkolix Posted July 31, 2006 Posted July 31, 2006 (edited) http://www.rockstargames.com/grandtheftauto4 (The XBOX LIVE logo). IF they leave ONLINE multiplayer out for the PC version (if there will be any PC version), I still believe the MTA team will make a great MP support for it. But I guess it'll take months of research, mem hacking, etc since GTA IV is a whole new game built on the new RAGE engine. Edited July 31, 2006 by Guest
0 erorr404 Posted July 31, 2006 Posted July 31, 2006 even if the other guy is standing right next to you, it still requires a netcode Not when its on the same machine, it just requires two controllers (yes, I think perhaps I AM thinking of S.A, havn't played the console version of any gta. PC ftw!) LCS multiplayer requires one PSP per player, it uses a wireless network. http://www.rockstargames.com/grandtheftauto4(The XBOX LIVE logo). XBOX Live doesn't mean multiplayer. Though there's a large possibility it will have it.
0 Mnightmare Posted July 31, 2006 Posted July 31, 2006 honestly, if they leave out MP for GTA 4, they are just plain STUPID.. I'm talking business-wise.. cuz the GTA franchize has hit a point where it needs something NEW that actually works well.. the car modification mode that was introduced in SA was straight up HALF ASSED.. they should've made it more like NFS.. but that's R* for you.. they've never really swept me off my feet like Illusion for example (Mafia).. R* are allways one step behind.. but on to the MP part.. they where FULLY capable of making SA with a MP mode.. I mean, cmooon.. look at World of Warcraft.. the world in WoW is a gazzillion times larger than the SA map, and it still runs really good.. GFX are better.. gameplay is real nice.. R* had the means to make SA work like that.. but they didn't.. for some F***d reason.. my best guess is that they're holding back with the MP feature to GTA 4, so people have something to look forward to.. so if they leave it out of GTA 4, then..well.. I dunno.. I'll send a bomb on them.. lol.. it's so annoying.. why don't they make their games MP compatible??.. make me go crazy.. BUT.. maybe rockstar are afraid that their MP feature will suck real bad, so they're trying to avoid humiliation.. and WHAT IF the MTA team are actually hired by R*.. that way if the MTA realeases suck, nobodey can complain.. which they could if it was R* who had released the MP feautre.. just a theory.. lol.. but on the real.. SA DM looks freaking awsome.. big ups for the developers!!.. but yea.. does anyone know exactly WHY R* hasn't made their games MP compatible??.. cuz honestly, they have the means to do it.. - nøøb out EDIT: What's this RAGE engine talk?.. any refferences??
0 MAD_BOY Posted July 31, 2006 Posted July 31, 2006 about the xbox live logo, rockstar clearly said it'd give xbox users EXCLUSIVE CONTENT rough xbox live
0 orappa Posted July 31, 2006 Posted July 31, 2006 EDIT: What's this RAGE engine talk?.. any refferences?? Check out Rockstar's Table Tennis game. It uses the RAGE engine as well. It looks very nice
0 Zarkolix Posted July 31, 2006 Posted July 31, 2006 XBOX Live doesn't mean multiplayer. Though there's a large possibility it will have it. Did I say it did? Anyway, after the Hot Coffee incident, I highly doubt there will be any PC version.
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Outram
This post is kinda a question for the Devs (Sorry, I know ur busy)...
Has Rockstar approached you guys at all about working on GTA4 to make it Multi straight out of the box?
Just Wondering...
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