Off-Road Velociraptor Safari

[Matthew]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-wAokCC_FA

We have a little time left for new features. What would you guys like to see?

(And, yeah, I know the front page has been a little dead. Sorry about that).

[danahribo]

Do a Barrel Roll!

:D looks insanely funny.

[Loplop]

That looks lol.

[pengirules]

I like dinosaurs, so this will be quite awesome.

[C22H28N2O]

This looks very funny.

But what are the goals of the game? Take down as many of those... yeah, things, as you can? :D

[Maltor124]

lol, GENIUS!

It seems like you just, ran out of dinosaurs towards the end, though. Do they respawn?

Also, maybe you can shoot a cannonball out of the front? Do some dinosaur bowling?

[oxology]

jeep texture maybe? funny, i just finished watching jurassic park :)

[Dj Demetrius]

Wow! Awesome! All you need now is the T-Rex xD

[juju02]

Wow! Awesome! All you need now is the T-Rex xD

and do a test release! kidding.

but i see the raptors always stick to the mace-ball, no matter how light the touch. intentional? or to be fixed?

[Xerxes]

The Jeep should be a Transformer! Or a Jeep that turns into a plane! Or a Jeep that turns into a boat! Or a Jeep that turns into a giant statue of a puppy! Or a Jeep that turns into... you get the idea...

[juju02]

The Jeep should be a Transformer! Or a Jeep that turns into a plane! Or a Jeep that turns into a boat! Or a Jeep that turns into a giant statue of a puppy! Or a Jeep that turns into... you get the idea...

a jeep that turns into a velociraptor!

[AquaGeneral]

Wow, looks like fun, how big will the environment be? Also are there different types of dinos?

[Matthew]

The world is about one square mile (a mile on each side).

We're launching the first version of the game on Friday, so it's going to be pretty basic. It will have two modes:

- Free mode, where you drive around and just messa round.

- Score mode, where you have a limited amount of time and have to maximize your score. All kinds of things have point rewards--going up on two wheels, long jumps, throwing a raptor into another raptor, throwing your spike ball long distances, etc. You get points by dragging raptors into meat-packing receptacles.

It's going to be missing a lot of features, but that's kind of our current goal at the company. We're going to churn through a lot of game ideas and launch them as web games just as soon as they're playable (even if they're missing all kinds of fun stuff we'd like to add). The nice thing about a web game is it doesn't have to be super deep, just entertaining enough that you want to paste it to a friend.

After we have a bunch of games up we're going to focus on the one that had the most stuff we would've liked to do, but didn't. When we come back to a concept it'll be for download, either on PC or a console (or both).

Some footage of the throwing mechanic in action: http://www.fun-motion.com/misc/raptor_capture.html

[juju02]

HURRY! can it be earlier than friday?

also, looks AWESOME!

[frodo091]

There needs to be ramps.


Also, is there a button to trigger the slo-mo? And will it still use that web-player?

[OkumTheLostNinja]

Looks awesome. Maybe you should add more dinosaurs?

[Loplop]

Yay friday, early xmas present for all!

[pengirules]

Bummer. Not here on Friday (and over Christmas). Oh well, it'll be a late present for me.

[muffinmonkey]

Hot Diggetty that looks nice

I think a cannon would be a good thing

[digitalmanifestation]

Looks cool xD

What engine you using or your own engine? How you getting it into a web browser?, is it an application? or java? I am a noob when it comes to web browser stuff + 3D, am interested to know tho ^^ Could come in handy. Or have i got the totally wrong idea here?

Looks fun tho, make haste!

[Matthew]

Looks cool xD

What engine you using or your own engine? How you getting it into a web browser?, is it an application? or java? I am a noob when it comes to web browser stuff + 3D, am interested to know tho ^^ Could come in handy. Or have i got the totally wrong idea here?

Looks fun tho, make haste!

http://unity3d.com

[Loplop]

Wow

Unity looks uber!

[muffinmonkey]

I'm really impatient

Friday's almost over for me (well, it's half six but...)

[Loplop]

Im gonna say your from England cus it was the same here :D

[muffinmonkey]

Im gonna say your from England cus it was the same here :D

of course I am
who else knows about Shoreditch?

[psygo]

Half nine! I want them games now? plews?

[muffinmonkey]

let's get this thread back on track
I'm sorry for getting it off in the first place

what features do people want?

[Matthew]

We're releasing a build of the game tonight, probably around 11PM PST.

There have been scant feature requests. What are you guys looking for?

Also http://img177.imageshack.us/img177/2294/raptorlovepa3.jpg

[digitalmanifestation]

http://unity3d.com

Hey thanks a lot that looks amazing ^^

[muffinmonkey]

I think there should be a cannon
but without playing it's hard to tell

also where is PST?

[Fox-Fool]

You should have different kinds of a ball on chain.
For example:

A bomb ;D
A sword (Chopping up raptors? I'm in)


Also, what is the thing on the raptors tail?
Are they feathers?
http://www.emerson.k12.nj.us/staff/rmkelly/custom/DinosaurWQ/Images/Velociraptor/velociraptor1.gif
This could be used as good concept art.

[Matthew]

Yeah, they're feathers:

http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/3799/raptorcloserp3.jpg

[muffinmonkey]

Yeah, they're feathers:

IMAGE

I love it
it's too big (should be about the size of a large turkey) but I don't care

[Shook]

Damn, this looks awesome! :D
Can't wait for the first release, even though i'm forced to...

Anyways, no one ever thought of a frontal crossbow?
Maybe a harpoon as well...
Or maybe just a large "HONK!" horn to scare the poop out
of the already scared poopless raptors...
Just imagine it: The jeep races towards a pack of raptors.
They start running... And then the cars horn goes "HONK!"
and then all the raptors jump a few meters in the air :]
Or the possiblility of making a long chain of balls?

[muffinmonkey]

Or maybe just a large "HONK!" horn to scare the poop out
of the already scared poopless raptors...
Just imagine it: The jeep races towards a pack of raptors.
They start running... And then the cars horn goes "HONK!"
and then all the raptors jump a few meters in the air :]

I thought of that too
I can't remember why I didn't say it

[Matthew]

Yeah, they're way gigantic. Utah Raptors were apparently quite large, but we're fudging this a little for the game...

[CHEDDAR]

that game looks UHAS!

[muffinmonkey]

NOooooo

PST is GMT-8 ?!?
that means it may not be here by the time I get up in the morning

DAMN YOU MATTHEW
love ya really

[SGorilla]

It would be awsome if you could knock down tree's, but I don't think that'd be easily possible.

Good work so far! =D

[Dan]

PST Is GMT - 8! So that SHOULD Mean I get it at about 10... Not considering Daylight savings time. Because arizona isn't affected by daylight savings time so sometimes we're on the same time... :/
Anyways, great looking game!

[Nintendo-Guy]

What are you suposed to do? Catch dinosaurs?
It does look very fun. Just playing around with that big ball. (lol).
What will it be released for? Pc? PLZZ SAY PC!!
EDIT: ITS A WEB GAME?! The youtube movie description says so!! You need to download it or what??

[AquaGeneral]

I have a few suggestions:
1) When you chase dinosaurs it begins to get scared and try to run faster and possibly have they trip over.
2) How about some deployable traps, like a cage that shuts in the dinosaurs when it touches something and maybe deployable mines.
3) For a HUD suggestion there could be some type of economic system, for example when you return a dinosaur back to the beam thingy you receive money and you can change some parts of your off-roader such as the attachment on the chain, engine upgrades, nitro(?), etc, etc. Don’t really know if that would impact on the game that well.

[Dan]

Only about an hour and a half to go. Who's excited? xD

[neoka28]

lets just hope theres no delay...well...for now ill go play some Counter Strike for an hour and wait...Cmon Matthew dont let us down!!!!!!!!

[Dan]

/fakecough

15 Minutes?

...

Hopefully.

[Matthew]

We hit a few issues that ate time today, but definitely posting a playable build before we leave the office. Soon!

[Dan]

Gah... Of course. xD No biggy, things like this always happen when you try and set a date for the consumers conveniance.

[Aloshi]

Aw. I stayed up late for this, looks excellent...

Hopefully within half an hour?

Small note: I've been lurking around the forum for a few months (ok, more than a few) and finally signed up, if you wondered who I was. :p

[neoka28]

now what did I just say:rolleyes: lol

[Kirby]

Doooodooodoodoooooo.... *taps refresh on main fun-motion page*

[neoka28]

Doooodooodoodoooooo.... *taps refresh on main fun-motion page*

Me to man...Cmon Its 11pm here in Arizona...I wanta check this game out!

[Dan]

Arizona FTW! Sorry... But yea, a whole HOUR after we were so thoroughly PROMISED an awesome PHYSIKZ GAEM! Just horrible. I think I'll quit life now.
Jk! xD

[Kirby]

Pacific time, which is about -8, and im in eastern so -5, so everyone has to wait another 2 hours >.<

[Dan]

Wha?
Time in the world stays the same you know... So 11 PST which is -8 would be 10 Mountain time Which is GMT - 7... GMT - 5 Would get it around 8 PM ...

[neoka28]

We just want the GAME

[Kirby]

You have it backwards. I have to wait till 2:00 AM

EDIT: WEWT!

[neoka28]

You know what this Call for...RIOT!!!!!!

lol

[Matthew]

Yeah, we're almost done--should be uploading soon. This one's a little rough, but it'll be good to get feedback before we wrap the game up next week.

[neoka28]

Yeah, we're almost done--should be uploading soon. This one's a little rough, but it'll be good to get feedback before we wrap the game up next week.

HooRaa!!!!!

[Dan]

YEEEAAAAAHHH BOI!!!
Sorry. Game looks awesome!

[neoka28]

Well...Im gonna grab A Root-Beer and get ready :rolleyes:

lol

[Kirby]

Woooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And.... I never knew Velociraptors looked like birds! And no, im not using sarcasm. I searched it on wiki! They look awesome with wingz0rz!

[neoka28]

Thanks whoever Clicked the link to my City

[Dan]

xD You're welcome! :P

[neoka28]

Ya! My town got a little Bigger...oh and Dan...Looks like your the town farmer...lol

[Dan]

OMG AWESOME!!! What's the other guy do?

[neoka28]

IDK...lol...hes the...hmmmm....hes my neighbor...lol

[Kirby]

I r click too after he did! So ima your neighbor?

[neoka28]

probly...Im the Mayor...When more people come to the city it will get bigger and I can build Buildings

[Dan]

Come on, come on! Soon please! It's almost midnight and I will most likely have to go to bed soon!

[neoka28]

im getting tired to...cmon...

[Kirby]

XD its 1:54 for meh, so don't complain about being tired.

[Dan]

run: /dontcomplain.exe

FATAL ERR0R: NEVAH!

I don't know why I just typed this... xD But we really do want that game now.

[neoka28]

Hopefully we dont get any erros when the games comes out

[Kirby]

Hah I are got more posts then you Dan. *starts whistling again and tapping refresh*

[Dan]

That is teh not win. BUT! You have been on longer than me... xD

[Kirby]

Ummmm...... older is wiser? I want to play some velociraptor bowling!!!!!!!!!!! COME ON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Dan]

Seriously Ohmagad!

Edit: Six more minutes before I have to go... COME ON!

[Kirby]

Seriously Ohmagad!

Edit: Six more minutes before I have to go... COME ON! Well maybe it won't be a bad thing... I MIGHT BEH THE FIRST PERSON TO PLAY ITZOR!

[Dan]

Wow dude, mathew has been looking at this thread for the past... 6 minutes! POST SOMETHING ALREADY! If it's not going to be avalable within the next mionute, I'm gonna have to go. xD

[Kirby]

Wow dude, mathew has been looking at this thread for the past... 6 minutes! POST SOMETHING ALREADY! If it's not going to be avalable within the next mionute, I'm gonna have to go. xD Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo =(

[neoka28]

Give us a Quick Fill in

[Dan]

30 seconds come on!

Edit: No!!!! Goodbye all! Hope to be playing with all of you later!

[Matthew]

If you play please give feedback. Enjoy!

http://www.flashbangstudios.com/tests/raptorpreview/

[Dan]

Omg Hawt!!

[neoka28]

Its pretty Cool but...It lags A bit...

[Kirby]

You can say that again.

[neoka28]

Well...its runs fine till I release the ball...Oh well...Night everyone...

[Kirby]

=O time out and when I refreshed, it won't work anymore =(

Edit: It works now, and alot faster. But still laggy.

[Matthew]

It has very high-end system requirements. If you think it's slower than it should be (ie you can play recent games), PM or email me your system specs and what kind of performance you're getting.

[Kirby]

I can play Garrys Mod on high everything with shaders and it doesn't lag. But this lags.

[What?]

my computer is brand new but it still lags horribly. Really fun but the lag kind of ruins it. I suggest that you put it into a zip file and upload it to filefront (or something similar) so people can test it offline.:)

[psygo]

Is it high-res textures? If so, please make a version with low-res :(

[Matthew]

Lag as in takes forever to load? Or bad framerate when it does?

We may post a standalone version for testing purposes, although our target platform is the web so we kind of want to test that.

[Kirby]

It lags in gameplay. It lags while driving, but once you get out the spikey ball when you turn its like teleporting 90 degrees in a different direction.

[Matthew]

It lags in gameplay. It lags while driving, but once you get out the spikey ball when you turn its like teleporting 90 degrees in a different direction.

What are your system specs?

[Kirby]

I have no idea, but pretty good.

[Matthew]

I'll post a standalone build tomorrow--I'm curious if the performance is related to the web player or not.

[muffinmonkey]

I wait all this time and I get, no joke 2 FPS

My system specs go thus:

not great
no graphics card
old old old old computer
clogged up hard drive

but still

2

[masu]

It runs great here! I don't even have a high end computer.

[AquaGeneral]

It runs at a solid 40fps. The game was heaps of fun. It would be nice if by capturing dinosaurs you extend your time.

[Farbror Fazer]

who else knows about Shoreditch?


Sounds like the perfect spot for the Mafia to dump their bodies :cool:

[pengirules]

Lags so bad it was unplayable. Might be something to do with Vista, though. I have an average spec (Control Panel doesn't work, so exact figures are out of the question), but I am using a laptop.

[tommyverceti]

is there anyway you can do anything else than driving round killing dinosaurs,even though that is very fun. great job

[kotsoft]

well, the game starts out nice and smooth, i'd estimate around 60. but after a while, it slows down just a tad, and the screen rate becomes more like 30. i noticed this after running the game a second time, and it was fast.

[spacemarine9]

I wait all this time and I get, no joke 2 FPS

My system specs go thus:

not great
no graphics card
old old old old computer
clogged up hard drive

but still

2

2.
thats worse than my old hammerfall save
i have a brilliant laptop and an average comp
Meh
im downloading unity now
so Yeah
well done anyway, i like pwnzoring dinosaurs ^_^
EDIT: loaded in 2 seconds flat
but it is slow

[Aloshi]

That was pretty fun...but it was lagging (bad framerate) too much to be played for more than 5 minutes without getting a bit dizzy. Overall though, I liked it very much. You should add an achievement system.

Specs:
2.79GHz processor (Dual Core, I believe)
1gb RAM
ATI FireMV 2200 Video card
Real fast internet connection, usually around a megabyte/second.

I can play GMod, source games, etc. at around medium settings with no lag.

[SGorilla]

Was lagging alot, but still fun.

2.1-3 (Can't remember) Dual core
8800gts
1.5GB ram

It should run fine but it doesn't. :(

[Nintendo-Guy]

This comp which im getting got like
2.21 GHz processor
1 gig ram
but we dont have the greatest inernet connection tho.

[Dan]

2.01 GHz
nVidia GeForce 6300
1gb of ram
Medium computer, but still lags a little to much for my taste... Yea... a lot to much for my taste... xD But I don't know if he can upload it for offline use... :'( Can you?

Edit: I think I have a glitch too... The points kept building up on the side and wouldn't go away...

[Z3R052]

How large is this games file size, I want to know before I dedicate an hour of my dial-up to this.

Don't worry everyone ill be getting radio broadband (huh?) soon.

[Zapper]

I ran it very good and its fun

My specs is

intel core2 quad q6600 2.40
2 gb ram
nvidia 8800 gt

It would be nice with some kind of multiplayer
and speed increase when driving down a mountain
and atlast a sandbox

oh yeah forgot to say that those raptors looks like parrots

[Treacle109]

Definately make standalone version, unity webplayer never seems to like my computer...

[Loplop]

[OFFT] Wtf is shoreditch? no, srysly.

Feedback: Excellent game best web browser game i have played all year!!! The physics are spot on and its hilarious when u get slo mo dino ragdolls on your bonnet 5 star!

[muffinmonkey]

[OFFT] Wtf is shoreditch? no, srysly.

Shoreditch is a place in the London Borough of Hackney. It is a built-up area of the inner city immediately to the north of the City of London, located 2.3 miles north east of Charing Cross. It is situated at the point where five postal districts converge.
Slightly nicer than the rest of the eastend but not much
(I do not actually live in Shoreditch by the way)
on topic: are there any plans for an offline version?

[Kirby]

I ran it very good and its fun

My specs is

intel core2 quad q6600 2.40
2 gb ram
nvidia 8800 gt

It would be nice with some kind of multiplayer
and speed increase when driving down a mountain
and atlast a sandbox

oh yeah forgot to say that those raptors looks like parrots

They did in real life. Im sorry if jurassic park (The movie, not the novel, since in the novel they are a different type of raptor.) gives you false ideas. And not alot of people have the money to afford a compy like that >.<

[Matthew]

Here is a standalone build: http://www.flashbangstudios.com/tests/raptorpreview/ORVS_windows.zip

If this runs well, and the web player runs like total ass, please PM or email me with your system specs. We to track these problems down before we do a wide launch in a week.

[Kirby]

Yey a standalone! Lemme see if this lags, ill post again when its downloaded and I play it.

[OkumTheLostNinja]

It still lags, although I do have a crappy computer.

[Kirby]

It runs fine intill I get near the velociraptors. I guess its just because my computer stinks. I dun even have a duo. But I can play other games with heavier physics, and it doesn't lag... O.o

[Matthew]

Well, there are quite a bit of optimizations we need to do still--should be a lot faster in a few days.

[OkumTheLostNinja]

1nsane, even when I put the graphics on extremely high, doesn't lag. This does and I had the graphics on Fastest. :confused:

[CX1329]

It runs fine on my computer. Specs:

Core 2 Duo E6600 processor @ 2.4 GHz
NVidia Geforce 6200 TurboCache (512 MB) video card.
1 GB RAM
DirectX 9.0c
Windows XP Professional
Realtek HD sound card
ADSL Internet connection

[spacemarine9]

>_< it loads INSANELY fast on my home computer which i am typing this from, but then it lags like hell when it starts.
^_^ on the other hand, my laptop, it loads slowly, but there isnt too much lag
I am not a good driver though :/ e

[muffinmonkey]

Still lags insanely

system specs:
Dell DIMENSION DIM2400
Intel Celeron CPU 2.60GHz
2.59GHz, 512 MB of RAM

(I hope that's the stuff you want)

I did manage to play it though and it would have been fun
I did a triple kill (one of them I hit a raptor into another raptor)

Vehicle deformation would be super, or a hypodermic dart gun in the front
but top of the list would be optimisation

[spacemarine9]

guns or grenades, maybe weps like hammerfall
sword
axe
sheild
whatever else
gun
^_^

[Aloshi]

Stand-alone runs better, but thats because I set my quality to the lowest. It still slows down when you hit a big group though.

Some ideas:
Achievements
Upgrades
Online high-score table

Also, I found that once you get time-over, you can still release the ball as much as you want (nothing happens though; no new game starts, etc.). Also, I took back a whole group, and no new group appeared. Excellent game though.

[SGorilla]

Runs perfect on standalone. Even when in a crowd of raptors.

[OkumTheLostNinja]

The Raptors made me lag, even on my fast comp. Over all its much faster.

[pyromir]

You should add an option to allow you to choose to have shadows or not and an option to turn the trees and shrubbery off they both make the game run really slow for me

[OkumTheLostNinja]

How do I get out of fullscreen mode? My uncle Disabled task-manager.

[Dj Demetrius]

I love it. Great fun just driving around, trying to get big air or just drive on 2 wheels :D

Highscore 2wheels -1.9 s. so far, working on it ;D

http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/7866/19sqw8.jpg

Feedback - The controls rock, but i can't seem to use my mouse for firing, is this not implemented yet? The car physics are great, but sometimes the car's turning a bit too fast, like when you're trying to climb a mountain. I get no FPS drop at all, running standalone version at 1680x1050p and Fantastic graphics. (specs - intel E6750 dualcore 2.6 ghz, Geforce 8800GTX)
Also, what are the big lights/portals/beamers for? And how come there's no raptors? Will they be added in a future version, or is there something wrong?
And another thing, you should add an option for setting the View Distance. That would help everyone - I don't have any lag at all, so i can put it a bit higher, and i saw people with FPS issues, they can lower it a bit.

Looking forward to this game :D

[Matthew]

The standalone build is accidentally different from the web version, and has almost no raptors. Whoops. I'll fix that next time I'm in the office.

[Farbror Fazer]

On the web version I could move or do anything, on this there's no velociraptors... :(

Running on vista

[neoka28]

stand alone works alot better and no lag...its the web player that is the problem.

Oh and I got stuck on a box :D

http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/8232/pic0170tk8.jpg

Sorry if quality is bad...It was taken with my Cell phone...lol

[AquaGeneral]

Highscore 2wheels -1.9 s. so far, working on it ;D

There is a bit of a cheat, if you do a burnout you lift you wheels up and you can continue doing a two wheelie until you loose your balance. Just on my first try doing that I got 3.1sec
http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/4136/yayhighscoreik5.png

Edit: Some feedback;
Controls feel good but I little awkward when you gather up three plus velociraptor's on the chain. When you reverse and let out the chain the car flips up in the air. When you send in more than one velociraptor into the beam could there be a multiplier?
As some sort of bonus content could there be one area with just heaps of dinosaurs to mess around with?

Been playing for an hour and I still want to keep playing

[neoka28]

My record for 2 wheel...not doing aquageneral's cheat...

http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/7123/pic0172gf8.jpg

[pyromir]

would also be nice if i could turn the particles off thats what is really making the game lag for me because when i am just rolling down a hill slowly when there are no mud particles coming from the wheel i have no lag but when i hit the gas and the mud particles are showing my frame rate goes to shit

[Bushido128]

I love this game. Seriously. The idea of running down random man-eating wildlife and maiming them with large blunt weapons such as maces (And the chain on which it is mounted) is just awesome. But it needs more weapons such as blades, hammers, and guns (For gibbing, more pure blunt force, and long-range death respectively)

On a side note, how far have you guys jumped? I've gone 60 by flying off a cliff, and than landing on a very, very unlucky dinosaur which crippled and died when it was hit.

On a side side note, has anyone tried getting a dinosaur attached to the mace and swinging the dinosaur at another dinosaur? If done correctly, the normal blunt attack is turned into what I call a "Low Blow", where a dino' is smashed in the legs and is blown straight up into the air, and if done right, can be strung together with subsequent maimings on the ground.

[Teriaki123]

There are 2 cons and 1 pro I want to point out.

Cons

1)Alright, so your driving, and you see a raptor.The perfect kill, amazing shot, he will go FLYING! SO your driving 120mph or so then Bam, 5 feet in front of your is a tree! Very distracting and horrible.

2)Ok, so now their in a more open area. SO you go chargin at them, pull out the spike ball and fly at him. Then suddenly, your turn just a tad, and your on your side while the raptor runs away!

Pro

Ever been playing a game with ragdoll physics, and you see something happen with a ragdoll thats just amazing. Truly amazing and it will never be as good. Well this game makes the moments happen more oftem. I was driving and I smashed into a raptor at top speed and caught him on the spike ball. Then I turned and smashed him and the ball into at tree, sending us all flying.

Wow that was a long post

[muffinmonkey]

I really can't understand how it can be so so so so so so slow
I know I have an awful rig
but even when I run it at fastest and smallest res I get lag

[spacemarine9]

i just suck at driving :o
crashed into velociraptor once, only raptor i ever saw T_T

[Amynue]

HAHAHA

http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/6804/capture817ig5.jpg

[Drakkuz]

Hey people. I got the new jump record??? Lol. :) :confused:
EDIT: Hmmm my first post can anyone tlel me how to add images to post? I got 70m.
EDIT2: Lol just got 86.1m jump. Can someone tell me how to post the proof? Plox!

[Shook]

Runs a LOT better on standalone, and i even put it at 1280x960 on Fantastic...
But maybe that's because of the missing raptors, i dunno.

Anyways, system specs:

Nvidia GeForce 7900 GT/GTO
2 GB RAM
AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 4000+ 2.41 GHz
Ageia PhysX card :3 (Not sure if it's relevant, but whatever)

[ArtCrazy]

Webversion lags a bit - specially when turning fast. Standalone (at fantastic and 1440x900) doesn't lag at all. (from a machine that runs crysis @ at all high with some very high settings with stable 30FPS+)

Specs:
1.86Ghz CPU (Dual-Core)
Nvidia 8800GT
2GB RAM

Btw, I've noticed that if you climb a mountain the camera starts shaking... you should try to fix that

Also - you ever tried taking the small dinosaur egg near the crates to the teleporters? Gives you 50 points for "Something Else"

[Aloshi]

Looking at other people's system specs, it seems that NVidia cards run this much better than others.

[Matthew]

There's actually a mistake in the standalone version--it has 1/10th the raptors of the web version, which is what the performance difference is. I didn't realize it was different content until after I posted (something wasn't checked in to the source control).

[Kirby]

The idea of running down random man-eating wildlife and maiming them with large blunt weapons such as maces (And the chain on which it is mounted) is just awesome. Velociraptors could eat humans, but they are much smaller and would take most likely a group of em.

[mikybee93]

I got 108.6 meters as my best jump. I wana see if anyone can beat that? And also, "E" pulls up some menu.

http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t212/mikybee93/108mraptorsafari.png

[Kirby]

Just make the raptors non-laggy and the game would work fine. If I am away from the raptors, the game runs perfectly, even on fantastic, with the ball and chain out.

[Bushido128]

http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/599/ownedit2.png

HECK YEAH!

[BlackNecro]

Pretty much impossible to play here :( It's slow like hell - felt 5-7 fps on an athlon 64bit 3000+, a GeForce 7900GS and 2gb ram D:

[razer]

Press "E" for a easter egg!

[Drakkuz]

178m TOSS YEEEAAAHHH. How can i post the pic?
EDIT: Ill post pics later when i know how lol... Just wanted to say you should really take this alot further, im so addicted to it im playing it more than Gears of War.... Its scaring me a bit.

[superdigg]

how do you do a "toss", anyway? I did one by accident a while ago but I've been unable to identify or replicate it. also, Matthew, are you going to post the updated standalone anytime soon? as in, the non-mistake one, with a suitable amount of raptors? Standalone works reasonably lag-free for me, but it needs more raptors!

[Kokits]

The only suggestion I have is to make more dinos for the standalone!

And I LOVE this game. I would love to see upgrades, new vehicles, more dinos, and especially BOSS FIGHTS.

AKA, take out one leg at a time with your chain. Stuff like that.

All in all, its a good game, I hope to see it go far.

And it only lags when I get near dinos, but I'm also playing 800x600 on lowest setting.

[Fox-Fool]

http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s78/Fox-Fool/RaptorToss1.jpg

This gives me an idea.
Why don't you make a playable raptor, where you run away from the poachers?
I've gotten a higher score than this, I just forgot to take a picture.

@superdigg:
A toss is when you let go of the ball and it hits a raptor.
It's pretty hard to do.


The game doesn't lag at all, even in the web player, which I have bookmarked :D


EDIT:

http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s78/Fox-Fool/Raptor2-Wheel1.png

[OkumTheLostNinja]

Wow, your comp must be fast then, I have 5 gigs and still it goes slow near the raptor.

[Fox-Fool]

Wow, your comp must be fast then, I have 5 gigs and still it goes slow near the raptor.
Ehm, I have 45.6 GB...
At least when I go to the C: Drives properties, that's what it says.
It's total amount is 153 GB.
:D

[Matthew]

There's a new build up (optimizations and revised jeep handling). Should also be much easier to throw the end now:

Web Version: http://www.flashbangstudios.com/tests/raptorpreview/

Or standalone (but test web if you can):

Windows (http://www.flashbangstudios.com/tests/raptorpreview/ORVS_windows.zip)
Mac OS (http://www.flashbangstudios.com/tests/raptorpreview/ORVS_macos.zip)

[Kokits]

Oooooh!

Much better, less lag on both, and you fixed the problems for the lack of raptors on the downloadable.

Now ya just need to start makin' levels!

[Aloshi]

Much better, web version is playable now.

Also I got a 193 toss, forgot to take a screenshot though. :(

[Matthew]

The final version of the game (about a week after the holiday break) will have automatic screenshot capture for cool events. We already do this in Splume--it's pretty neat. There are something like 250,000 screenshots sitting on our server now...

[superdigg]

will you reveal anything else about the features in the final version?

[Wrestler#1]

Wow, even the first web version didn't lag at all and I don't even have a high-end PC! My specs:
Intel core 2 duo 6300 @ 1.9(x2)
3 GB RAM
NVidia GeForce 8800 GTX
DirectX 10
Windows Vista Ultimate 64 bit
Web-browser: Opera
PS: I really LOVE the game, especially the slowmotion! :D

[AquaGeneral]

Wow, even the first web version didn't lag at all and I don't even have a high-end PC! My specs:
Intel core 2 duo 6300 @ 1.9(x2)
3 GB RAM
NVidia GeForce 8800 GTX
DirectX 10
Windows Vista Ultimate 64 bit
Web-browser: Opera
PS: I really LOVE the game, especially the slowmotion! :D

Everyone thing about your PC could be considered high end accept for your CPU :P

I have a question, will the final game have replays? Because screenshots are good but you need to show more than one frame is most occasions.

[Shook]

Whoo, this is awesome! The steering is much better now, and the web version runs
smoother than before. The standalone still runs best though...
Great work, Matthew/Flashbang Studios! I sense that this'll be a big hit :D

[Skibiliano]

Yo! thanks matthew for new update! look my farthest toss that happened 2 minutes ago, i throwed two balls and another one hitted.

i readed you putted some better handling with car. so this might have just been it. even through it was like 5 fps.

[spacemarine9]

my steering sucks XD

[pengirules]

Much better. Runs almost perfectly now. My only trouble is that sometimes the trees appear too late for you to dodge them.

[muffinmonkey]

Hurrah, I can run the web version fine (still lags but playable)

I loves ya muchly Matthew
erm
I mean
Manly

[frodo091]

I was just playing this while I had the Katamari music running in the background. It was like sex, but better.

[tommyverceti]

the latest build was a lot better, it was generaly smoother with no lag

[muffinmonkey]

is it too late for a feature request?

I think it'd be cool if you could drop a carcass off the back of the car and all velociraptors would come running to feast on the flesh and then you could sneak up on them and kill them all. Mwuhahahah. It might not be too hard to code, just get the code that makes them run away from you and reverse it.

oh, and I almost forgot, you should get points for a "Live Specimen" where you chase it into the beam

and you need to do something about the trees
moving through a wooded area is impossible

edit: How odd, the radar picked up 3 raptors where there were none

[pengirules]

No game is better than sex.

Anyway, different cars would be nice. Lamborghini time!

[MrGreed]

That looks awesome, can't wait.

Anyway, there is going to be more than one weapon, right?

[futuramaguy42]

Ok, I can actually run the web version now without being really slow! Cool! :D

I like the game so far!

[Nintendo-Guy]

This game is SOOOO awesome! I got just one thing to say.
I think that there should be a way to longer and shorter the chain, that would make it alot easier to hit the dinosaurs with the ball and stuff.

[Nintendo-Guy]

I got like the ultimate idea! Well actually it was my friend that got the idea.
This game could be online! Playing with your friends and race and crash and stuff. THAT WOULD BE AWESOME!!
And I forgot to say that the distances should be fixed, because when you jump like 5-7 meters it says like 25 or so. And the same with the toss distances. I did like a point blank toss on a raptor and it said 4 meters! It was like 50-80 centimeters lol.
And sry for double post.

[Dj Demetrius]

I got like the ultimate idea!
This game could be online! .
Well, that idea would be kinda hard to do. Because, all the players in a game needs to see where the raptors are flying, and transferring physics calculations over the internet isn't really fast enough to play the game.

[spacemarine9]

the only way have ever caught a raptor was by smashing into it, running it over and sticking the mace onto it XD

[rocketeer]

Love the game! Though I can't manage to get a toss from afar :( I must practice! BTW, is there any use of the egg that's near the capture point with the boxes?

[Nintendo-Guy]

I got a 155 m toss. I thread the ball up a hill and after like 10 sec it hit a raptor when i was hunting another raptor. I was like o.o

[Matthew]

New personal best:

http://img72.imageshack.us/img72/8346/2wheelfy3.jpg

We're back on the game full-time with everyone after the holiday break. Release is in around two weeks...

[Xerxes]

I've only hit a raptor with a throw before twice. The first time, I was turning, chasing another one, and hit space by accident. It went flying and hit a raptor I didn't even remember was there. The second time, I threw it from a football field away completely at random and it completely owned a raptor.

This game rocks.

[muffinmonkey]

BTW, is there any use of the egg that's near the capture point with the boxes?

put it in the beam

[Vladavosky]

put it in the beam

or you can hit a rapter with it.

[Nintendo-Guy]

New personal best:

http://img72.imageshack.us/img72/8346/2wheelfy3.jpg

We're back on the game full-time with everyone after the holiday break. Release is in around two weeks...

Omfg! How'd you do that??!
And you mean the release of the full game right?

[Rhubarber]

http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/7007/velociraptorkd4.png

Yes.

EDIT:

http://img408.imageshack.us/img408/9549/raptortossii9.png

Beat my highest.

[rocketeer]

put it in the beam

Something else! :D Now, more toss practice...

[Nintendo-Guy]

http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/7007/velociraptorkd4.png

Yes.

EDIT:

http://img408.imageshack.us/img408/9549/raptortossii9.png

Beat my highest.

I've tossed 155 M!1 You dont have to belive me. I threw the ball up a mountain wall and after a while it rolled down and hit a raptor. I was like o.o

[Rhubarber]

Was there a point to posting that again?

[muffinmonkey]

Now, more toss practice...

sorry, it was more than I could take

stop posting large images and stuff

[rocketeer]

sorry, it was more than I could take

stop posting large images and stuff


1st line: Ummm... what? 2nd line: I don't post large images o_O

[Nintendo-Guy]

He didnt mean you. He ment me lol.

[muffinmonkey]

and you're obviously too mature to appreciate that post

[MrGreed]

Just tried it, wow, that was really awesome, can't wait for the full release!

[rocketeer]

He didnt mean you. He ment me lol.

Oh, that's what I thought he meant. I was like "ummm... did he press the wrong quote button or something?"

[What?]

This game is just getting better and better! But I still cant complete a toss!:mad: The only things that I think would be useful to add are: more weapons,and a scoreboard or something like that, so instead of posting tonnes of pictures to prove their scores, It would automatically be put onto a scoreboard. Just an idea though:)

[OkumTheLostNinja]

Wow, I jumped off a huge cliff and my jump was 68.93 M. In the middle of the jump I was saying to myself "Oh shit I'm gonna lose the raptor" When I landed it stayed on.

I wish I could post the screenshot but the filesize is too big. :eek:

[Matthew]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v627/zagzagel/Flashbang/OVRSScreen9.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v627/zagzagel/Flashbang/OVRSScreen13.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v627/zagzagel/Flashbang/OVRSScreen2.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v627/zagzagel/Flashbang/OVRSScreen10.jpg

[superdigg]

Hell yes, Mr. Wegner! that looks amazing! are we to believe that there are now jumps that are going to put us in positions like that of the first picture??

[3 solid]

Roflmao at driver.

[muffinmonkey]

Roflmao at driver.

he's electric

that all looks salivatingably nice

[Matthew]

New trailer: http://www.raptorsafari.com/

[What?]

Absolutely EPIC trailer Matt, I noticed that there appears to be some kind of damage system implemented in the final game. If that is the case, yay. It appears that you have got one good looking game, cant wit till its release.:)

[Nintendo-Guy]

Oh shit! That game looks mega uber super cool! I LOVE THE TRAILER! Whens it coming out?!

[Kokits]

...

...


This is going to be the new Cortex Command.

[Xerxes]

:eek: Fuck the limit.

[OkumTheLostNinja]

...Oh....my....fuck....


Edit: 700th post! :D

[Sardiini]

This game is going to be EPIC.
Too bad you cant play the preview anymore

[Dj Demetrius]

looks very amazing, good work on this, Matt!

[pyromir]

Matt Could you please add the option to turn off the particles.

[Matthew]

Which particles, and why?

[rocketeer]

Which particles, and why?

The most frequently appearing particles for less lag is my guess.

[Christcross9]

i think hes asking that so he can run the game faster

Edit: pretty much what rocketeer said

[pyromir]

Which particles, and why?

the dirt ones coming off the wheels when the jeep is moving. The only reason why is it slows down the game for me to where i cant play at all.

[Shook]

Holy...
This, is going to be damned awesome. I can tell by this trailer that
i'll be wasting many hours in this spectacular game...

Oh brilliant, now i'm waiting for two awesome things at once D: (LAZOR being one)

[rocketeer]

AH! I just remembered to ask! Matthew, can there be a "free mode"? (No time limit, spawns a raptor for every capture, etc.)

[Jachel]

Does anyone know exactly when thiis game will come out? I've been anticipating it for awhile but I never got to play the preview build, so I am really wanting to try it.

AH! I just remembered to ask! Matthew, can there be a "free mode"? (No time limit, spawns a raptor for every capture, etc.)

If I remember, he said there is a "free mode" but I don't know if it has raptors in it.

[CX1329]

How about adding a different challenge to the game? I'd suggest including animals that could inflict great damage to your vehicle or even kill you outright, such as a T-Rex.

[Jachel]

How about adding a different challenge to the game? I'd suggest including animals that could inflict great damage to your vehicle or even kill you outright, such as a T-Rex.


Actually that would be awesome, a giant T-rex boss that tries to eat you. You have to him him with the mace on a special spot to make him rag-doll.

[OkumTheLostNinja]

You have to him him with the mace on a special spot to make him rag-doll.

What? :p Damn the character limit.

[Jachel]

ha, sorry about that, you have to HIT HIM with the mace to make him ragdoll. But now that I think about that, its not very good.

What about using the area as a weapon, like if he is chasing you, jump off a ramp and watch him ragdoll through the air after trying to chase you on the ramp, then hitting his head with the mace....

[OkumTheLostNinja]

The mace would fuck up. :eek:

[Jachel]

I still demand a release ;-;

[Amynue]

Released!
..............

[Vlad]

Released!
..............

Bah, can't get it to work, for some reason. I created an account, looked at the little "how to play" screen, but when I start the actual game all I get is a black screen with the HUD on it.

[Axonn]

I…Am…So…Angry. I don't have Unity web player installed on my browser, and to install, I need the computer's administrator's (my dad) username and password, and he won't be waking up in another 15 minutes (I've been up since 4:30, and he gets up at 6:30. Do the math.). He better get up sooner, or I'm going to… Grrr…
EDIT: I just installed Unity, and the game runs incredibly slow on both Firefox and Safari. It runs better on Firefox, but it's still attacking my computer. Do you think you could release another the standalone versions, again Matthew? Or at least the one for Mac, because the web version is evil to my Mac.

[Jachel]

Its great and I love it, but I get lag alot. I'll echo Axonn, can you please release a standalone version? Plz?

[Ryu Hinote]

It's fun, but I suck horribly at it :p ! I'm bad with the mace.
The game is fun though and I love running down raptors.

[Aloshi]

Too slow, not playable for me. :(

Specs:
RAM: 1024
Proccessor: Dual 2.9GHz
Vid card: ATI FireMV 2200
OS: XP SP2
I also have a fast cable connection.

[Dj Demetrius]

I can't drive the jeep around. If i press spacebar or B, nothing happens either.

My specs -
2gig ram
nVidia8800GTX
Intel dual core 2.67ghz
Vista 32bit

[Shook]

Ooooh, nice, me likey, a lot :3
A real nice feature would be free play... No time limit, but no high score/achievements either.
Time limit is a bit annoying, 'cause it's such a great game :P

[PenguinSeph]

This is great fun until you go near a raptor, at which point it starts lagging horribly.

Specs:
1022MB RAM
Intel Pentium D CPU 2.80GHz Duel Core
NVIDIA GeForce 6200 LE

Are there minimum specs we should know about? Would a downloadable run faster?

[Aloshi]

I think a downloadable would be faster because you can change the quality.

[Axonn]

Are there minimum specs we should know about? Would a downloadable run faster?

Well, when Matthew was still releasing preview versions of the game, he released downloadable versions, for Windows and Mac, and people were a lot more satisfied. I still stand by my previous words that he should make a download for Windows and Mac.

EDIT: I just checked raptorsafari.com, and there's a version 1.0.1 now. It says that if you're having performance issues, you should turn off the sound on the title page. I did that in Safari, and it made the game run like it used to on Firefox, except once I hit a raptor, the camera started going everywhere. In Firefox, the game ran about the same, except it didn't freeze once I hit a raptor. We still need a downloadable version.

[Bushido128]

FREAKING OWNED.

http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/189/freakingownedcs2.png

[Edit; Whoops, my bad, posted imageshack.]

[The Nunchako]

Can you post a standalone version?

[muffinmonkey]

it keeps spazzing for me

I got an "epic roadkill" once and it just died and took firefox with it

then another time I hit a raptor and the camera zoomed out and out and out through the landscape and then back and out and so on.

but it is so much fun

[Nintendo-Guy]

Yay for me. It works just fine for me. Me is very happy. This game pwns really hard. I love the achievements system and the new score things.

WOO FOR MATTHEW AND THE FLASHBANG TEAM!

Edit: I noticed that when i start a new game the timer starts at 240 sec instead of 500.. pretty annoying

[Amynue]

instead of 500.. pretty annoyingHAHAAHAAHAHAHAHAHHAHA!#$@!O@$QOOORFOWQ I can't stop laughing!!@!@!!31 jmnmjn

[Nintendo-Guy]

HAHAAHAAHAHAHAHAHHAHA!#$@!O@$QOOORFOWQ I can't stop laughing!!@!@!!31 jmnmjn

Omfg I meant 300. Its 300 right? Lol. I dont know why i said 500 o.o
But any way. I got 1 minute to short time.

[Amynue]

HAHA, look at leaderboards :D :eek: :p
http://raptorsafari.com/leaderboards.php



Also, this thread should be moved to Physics Games section maybe ?

[Nintendo-Guy]

I see that youve learned how to do pro haxxing 2 wheelies.

[Aloshi]

I'm sad that it won't run at reasonable speed. :(

[Rob223]

Given that the computer I'm using runs half-life 2 quite competently, I was surprised to find that this game runs at about 3fps.

It'd be nice to see a graphics options configuration. Otherwise I can't say much about the game, as I haven't been able to play it. :mad:

[Nintendo-Guy]

Yay!! I made it to number one on most crates exported :D :D :D
Me very happy
Edit: Im on 1:th place on most orb collected now!! :D
http://raptorsafari.com/leaderboards.php

Btw. Is it just me who has 240 second instead of 300 seconds when i play??

[Nintendo-Guy]

Oh dudes!! Look at the leaderboard!! Someone hacked it and made about 1.5 billion points. o.o I hope Matthew delets that.
http://raptorsafari.com/leaderboards.php
Sry for double post