Backbreaker Patch Details

[Charleston_Tiger]

Quote: Originally Posted by RaiderKtulu

Do you know how many small image files you can fit in 4mb? Especially with simple stuff like play art, a few button icons and a couple new screens. And text? The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy as a txt file is less than 300k. You can fit rather large amount of code in a fairly small space.

Pretty much what he said

[Wazzer99]

Quote: Originally Posted by jaosming

I care also because the outcome of this may change how I feel about NM....I honestly dont believe that all of that (graphics included) can be contained in 1 4mb patch. If there isn't content download then I'm going to assume that this is all coming from on-disc and is just being "unlocked" which would peeve me because I would ask....why didn't we have these plays & replay system from the release?

You would be wrong to jump to that assumption, so don't be "peeved".

Let's look at the play-art. Let's say each image is - I don't know - something in the region of 216x128 texels...

DXT1 compression (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S3_Text...mpression#DXT1) achieves a compression ratio of 8:1, meaning each texel requires 4 bits - or 1/2 a byte.

216x128x1/2 = 13824 = 13.5KB

110 plays * 13.5K = 1.45MB

And that's assuming that they're not being compressed any further!

[jaosming]

yea...after that post I tried different compressions and pretty much felt stupid

[43Chargers4Now]

Friendly Fire!!! That's the best part for me! I was so good at running the ball but so many times the o-line would blast me to the turf and end the play for me. I can understand if you run full speed into the back of a lineman but not when the linemen runs into YOU and YOU fall down!

I doubt it hasn't happened to anyone else. But I'm glad they fixed it. It really looks good and I can't wait to get it on my system. BB2 Is going to wreck "that other game." I wish they had added more quarter options though....

[THEone86]

Prolly a dumb question?

Is GREATHOUSE OUT YET!?!?

If so how do i DL it.

[coolbreez35]

Not yet.....^^^we all waitting.

[blackceasar]

I mean who would care even if the patch is say umm... like 1 GB or something. It would be like downloading a game demo and we have ALL done that before.

[THEone86]

DAMNIT. LET'S GO GREATHOUSE!