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Dustforce |OT| Ninja Janitors
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You've got something else going on then. I have virtually the same setup and it's smooth as butter for me.
TheExplodingHead
Banned
I'm gonna be all over this soon! MLG controller+Dustforce next paycheck.
Syph Medwes
Member
Windows only FUUUUU
I must have played that level 500 times and I completely ignored all that.
The developer just posted about upcoming patches: http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2490225
The most interesting part is when he mentions that the Dustforce engine is more demanding than it may seem:
The most interesting part is when he mentions that the Dustforce engine is more demanding than it may seem:
SOUNDS GOOD TO ME.
sixteen-bit
Member
Yeah, I'm a real fan of the art too. I'd probably pick it up if I had steam, but apparently my PC is so shit, it doesn't even work properly D:
TyrantGuardian
Member
Night Temple, oh Night Temple... My thumbs huuuuuuuurt :'(
vvv-Weird, my iMac running windows with a 4850m is running it flawlessly. Perhaps the game is very cpu heavy? I have a core 2 duo 3,06ghz.
vvv-Weird, my iMac running windows with a 4850m is running it flawlessly. Perhaps the game is very cpu heavy? I have a core 2 duo 3,06ghz.
Yeah, last night it bled over to some of the other levels. Not sure what the deal is.
Might try rolling back my beta drivers for starters.
Despite a some of the stuttering, I managed to place 24th on one of the leaderboards. Can't recall which one though. May be the highest I ever place, but I'm having a blast just trying to SS everything for now.
ROBOKITTYZILLA
Member
I posted this in the Steam thread but thought it might be useful to have here.
Recommended Xbox 360 controller button layout:
A: Jump/Confirm
B: Heavy Attack/Cancel
X: Dash
Y: Light Attack
Start: Quick Restart
Movement: Analog or D-Pad
This way you can use "A" to accept/confirm and "B" to cancel while navigating menus. Setting "Start" to quick restart will allow you to bring up the menu with the start button while in-game.
Mapping attack to "B" and "Y" allows you to easily press both buttons to initiate your AOE attack. Heavy attack on "B" keeps it close to jump so you can one-shot mid-air enemies for faster times.
"X" as Dash keeps it simple by mapping everything to the face buttons and it tends to work better since you will be tapping dash a lot to get good times.
Recommended Xbox 360 controller button layout:
A: Jump/Confirm
B: Heavy Attack/Cancel
X: Dash
Y: Light Attack
Start: Quick Restart
Movement: Analog or D-Pad
This way you can use "A" to accept/confirm and "B" to cancel while navigating menus. Setting "Start" to quick restart will allow you to bring up the menu with the start button while in-game.
Mapping attack to "B" and "Y" allows you to easily press both buttons to initiate your AOE attack. Heavy attack on "B" keeps it close to jump so you can one-shot mid-air enemies for faster times.
"X" as Dash keeps it simple by mapping everything to the face buttons and it tends to work better since you will be tapping dash a lot to get good times.
Lactose_Intolerant
Member
Going to wait for updates, I can't even make it through the tutorial without crashing.
Same here.
Turning on all those settings doesn't seem to make much of a difference for me. But it sounds like they're still working at it.
LethaL ImpuLse
Member
I haven't played the game but I just watched the trailer on Steam.. and the music. OHMYGODSOGOOD. Seriously those are some fucking glorious beats. Any word on a soundtrack release?
After having played an hour of this and 4 hours of Sonic Generations...this...easily.
This game is damn addictive. D:
Geting SS on stages feels so damned good.
That being said, Sonic is on sale, and this isn't, so if you plan on getting both, then you might be better off getting Sonic.
SapientWolf
Trucker Sexologist
Sale or not, Dustforce is the better platformer. But Sonic Generations sure is pretty.
Many of the top replays do this but dash spamming isn't as useful as it seems.
The developer clarified the dash mechanic: A dash instantly gets you moving at your maximium run speed. If you're running forward on a long, level straightaway, spamming dash isn't going to do anything, regardless of what you see in those replays. It's a good idea to dash when you start running from a standstill though!
The other time you want to dash is if your guy is ever moving FASTER than his normal maximum run speed. You know how you go incredibly fast when sliding down a slope but your speed quickly returns to normal? Dashing will keep you running at that top speed for another split second. This is the only time you'll want to spam dash and even doing that will only net you one or two useful dashes.
CornBurrito
Member
Er... for some reason the game decided to lock itself at 30fps. Has it always been that way and I just never noticed? Standing still forced the game at 30fps. If I spam the attack button it returns to 60. Odd.
Ahh, that makes more sense.
Up to 6 or 7 regular SS, and 3 silver SS so far. Still loving the game.
Got all but one silver key, all but four golden keys, and three red keys. The golden key doors are *hard*.
The purple girl has a triple jump but shorter attack range and jump height/distance. Very very useful in a few levels.
The old man in green seems to move faster and jump higher, but (a) therefore has problems hitting a few platforms blue/red would hit easily and (b) has a smaller attack range/angle.
Blue and red feel slightly different, but I can't really put a finger on it. Blue's my default choice most of the time.
The purple girl has a triple jump but shorter attack range and jump height/distance. Very very useful in a few levels.
The old man in green seems to move faster and jump higher, but (a) therefore has problems hitting a few platforms blue/red would hit easily and (b) has a smaller attack range/angle.
I have all gold and silver and have 6 uh brown?
When someone gets all the keys you get for SSing Gold rooms make a video, I'm not sure I'll ever SS every single level. There's a secret area with multiple locked doors. For the keys to these doors you have to SS the gold rooms.
Blue jumps slightly higher than red.
Green jumps really high and has a huge attack range but attacks very slow.
Purple attacks ridiculously fast, (you probably need a "turbo" controller or macro to exploit how fast she can actually attack.) and can triple jump or air dash twice. Also has a small attack range and her jumps are very small.
When someone gets all the keys you get for SSing Gold rooms make a video, I'm not sure I'll ever SS every single level. There's a secret area with multiple locked doors. For the keys to these doors you have to SS the gold rooms.
Blue jumps slightly higher than red.
Green jumps really high and has a huge attack range but attacks very slow.
Purple attacks ridiculously fast, (you probably need a "turbo" controller or macro to exploit how fast she can actually attack.) and can triple jump or air dash twice. Also has a small attack range and her jumps are very small.
Can't get the game to run at all. Black screen, sound starts for a second then stops, then nothing. It'll sit there merrily doing nothing at all until I force it closed. If I randomly hit Esc and click around I can sometimes get the music to play and sounds reminiscent of a menu screen come forth, but nothing at all visually.
I've tried the suggestions in the Steam Forum, nothin.
I've tried the suggestions in the Steam Forum, nothin.
I'm not sure whether I want to keep using my controller or not. Though it is the most intuitive method for me, diagonals are harder to hit than on the keyboard or a fight stick, and I find myself missing a few wall runs because of that. Maybe I'll try my TE stick tomorrow.
I'd love to use the keyboard as it would be the most convenient, but it's definitely not as intuitive and would take me quite a while to adjust to.
I'd love to use the keyboard as it would be the most convenient, but it's definitely not as intuitive and would take me quite a while to adjust to.
I originally read "flight stick" and tried to think about playing the game with one of those.
Anyway, game is fantastic. Really glad I picked it up. I never gave Super Meat Boy much of a chance because I found it too frustrating, but something about this game's aesthetic style makes it less so. That said, even though I've managed to SS thirteen out of the maybe 18 levels I've played so far (including the tutorial) I don't think I'll ever have it in me to SS the stuff I'm seeing in later videos. Still the game has a sort of addictive quality that has me quite impressed.
Even if it were terrible, I'd have paid $9 for the music and that intro movie. I feel like clicking "disable intro" in the options should just uninstall the game for the user.
Intro:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ss4xmCbB-0Q
For real. I can't believe that something so well-produced came out of a first-time developer like this.
You got the achievement? Crazy SOB, already?
Yup, it was tough but worth it. I have uploaded the run of the last level on youtube, I don't know if linking it should be considered spam or not.
Well, now it's time to get back to study for the exams.
Imp the Dimp
Member
Can't wait to have my Steam account unbanned. Will pick this up immediately.
CornBurrito
Member
Was looking at this but turned off by the idea of having to beat a level "perfectly" in order to advance.
I love Super Meat Boy, but a lot of the time I just barely scrape by and my beating a level in that game could rarely be considered "perfect" (I'm definitely not one of those people who is able to A+ every level and its dark world companion in SMB) .
So, just how perfect do you have to be to progress in Dustforce?
I love Super Meat Boy, but a lot of the time I just barely scrape by and my beating a level in that game could rarely be considered "perfect" (I'm definitely not one of those people who is able to A+ every level and its dark world companion in SMB) .
So, just how perfect do you have to be to progress in Dustforce?
CornBurrito
Member
To get S rank for completion you need to collect all the leaves in the level.
To get S rank for finesse you can't take damage, or let the combo meter reset. I'm not sure if there is ever a time limit you have to beat.
There are no time limits, just keep your combo. The game is a lot about repetition. SSing a level is the point of the game, not just getting through it. But you feel yourself getting better over time, and soon SSing becomes something just natural that you want and need to get.
Game is amazinnggg.
Game is amazinnggg.