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Skullgirls 2nd Encore |OT| Launch Party (2012-still going)
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Dimitri LH
Member
Can't wait to take this on the go ~
I don't know how I missed the news but congrats to LZ! I can't wait to get this on my Vita.
Ravi do you know how many GBs the Vita version is? I assume it's smaller than the PS3 version since some of the art got scaled down, but I only have an 8GB card so I need to know how much room I gotta clear out.
Ravi do you know how many GBs the Vita version is? I assume it's smaller than the PS3 version since some of the art got scaled down, but I only have an 8GB card so I need to know how much room I gotta clear out.
Even though the Vita version's character art and textures are smaller, the PS3 supports real time PS archive (zip-alike) decompression and the Vita doesn't. So the PS3 package is compressed, and the Vita's is not.
Additionally, to reduce loading time, the Vita's textures need to be stored swizzled, which actually takes up more space than the equivalent texture without modification.
And, of course, the Vita also includes voices for story mode.
Huh interesting thanks for the explanation. I guess that also explains why you (and other developers) have RAM issues with the Vita, I always just assumed the problem was the Vita reserved more ram for background applications than the PS3.
3 GB is a lot on a 8 GB card though, maybe I should finally upgrade
or buy the Japanese version I was already eyeballing anyway.
Without RAM for BG programs, I think the Vita has about 12 megs more than the PS3. And I think you get another 30-40 megs more RAM from the Expanded RAM option they enabled when they killed near.
Also, we can't use the VRAM on the Vita like we were able to on the PS3, which means we effectively lost another 256 megs of memory to use. This is because copying stuff from RAM to VRAM on the Vita is incredibly slow, and becomes a major drag on the framerate.
The memory management stuff MikeZ had to write to get 6 characters in memory on the PS3 is extremely complicated, and more than a little genius. So finding out that performance would suffer using that VRAM and thus losing all of that was a big part of why the development and optimization took so long.
Huh, I thought Vita RAM was unified and not split, don't know why since a quick google search shows I was very wrong. That explains a lot.
As someone without access to a TV or consoles right now, I appreciate the effort. I could barely even notice the lag in the preview video and I expected much worse, despite already knowing that MikeZ is a genius.
As someone without access to a TV or consoles right now, I appreciate the effort. I could barely even notice the lag in the preview video and I expected much worse, despite already knowing that MikeZ is a genius.
So I got another backer New Challengers poster at work today from Sanshee! I wasn't expecting anything, and it was quite lucky it got here as we'd moved recently and the mail redirection service managed to pick it up.
The poster's very cool, but as I've framed my first one that I got about 9 months ago, I don't have a need for another one. Any idea how comes I got sent it? I guess I could send it back, I've only opened and unrolled it once to check what it was out of confusion, or I could send it on to someone who missed out at postage cost. (I'm in the UK...)
The poster's very cool, but as I've framed my first one that I got about 9 months ago, I don't have a need for another one. Any idea how comes I got sent it? I guess I could send it back, I've only opened and unrolled it once to check what it was out of confusion, or I could send it on to someone who missed out at postage cost. (I'm in the UK...)
Definitely don't worry about returning it, but I'm wondering why it was sent at all. Especially given how expensive international shipping is.
So whatever happened, now you've got a spare for yourself or a devote SG fan friend!
NipplesAndToes23
Member
I miss this game. Any decent tournament footage?
Cool! Welp, first person who PMs me willing to pay shipping (in a medium size tube) from the UK gets it. I can find out how much it'll be to wherever, but the nearer the better.
Edit: Gone!
Serenade_King
Banned
For some reason I just received a second Skullgirls IndieGoGo poster, the first one I received it a long time ago last year.
Are you in the US or abroad?
Serenade_King
Banned
I'm from Puerto Rico.
Thanks.
For our purposes that's not international, but definitely need to figure out why extras are going out like this.
Dimitri LH
Member
Im in Puerto Rico too....can I get extras?
Im kidding, you helped me enough when I had issues with my packaging and made it sweeter. Still odd about the extra items though.
Dimitri LH
Member
Hey Ravi.....is it true that we are getting Skull girls on Vita on April 5th?
Please don't play with our hearts on this day. xD
Please don't play with our hearts on this day. xD
Yes, it's true!
I actually updated the PS.Blog post with some stuff to make sure there was no confusion there, haha.
Dimitri LH
Member
Thats awesome! Finally this chapter with Skullgirls will be complete! =D
Cross posting from a Skull Girls Vita announcement thread:
Thanks for keeping us in the loop Ravidrath.
Thanks for keeping us in the loop Ravidrath.
Ultimate_Trainer
Member
Does anyone here know who is drsubzero?
There's apparently a file (apparently jumbled up) in Skullgirls Vita version labeled that and it looks like this (reassembled)
There's apparently a file (apparently jumbled up) in Skullgirls Vita version labeled that and it looks like this (reassembled)
IIRC he did some FGC related talk shows. Mike Z was on it one time and I think his laugh is in the game too (when you kill 2 characters at once).
SolarPowered
Member
I'm so glad this is finally happening. I held off on buying a PS4 for the longest time and these PS4K rumors are making it much easier to hold my wallet in check. Now I can finally enjoy voiced story mode, trials and all the other console exclusive features!
Coming to Steam on 4/13!
Nice.
No way to do that in Steam's system - we're more or less considering the 33% off at the start the "loyalty bonus" since that would cover the cost of the DLC for most people. And the vast majority of players received all the DLC for free, anyway.
We thought about breaking it apart so it wouldn't overlap with the other DLC, but the new content was all designed and coded with the full roster in mind, and it would've been a lot of testing and fixing to make it work if you do this trial and don't have this character, etc.
Cosmo Clock 21
Banned
Are you going to sunset all the other DLC because this effectively encompasses everything else?
We're lowering the price of the base game and DLC, because we still think there's some advantage in letting people choose.
Base game will be $10, and each DLC character will be $2. So if you don't care about the new stuff, etc. you can still save a little money buying it piecemeal.
Awaiting final confirmation from Marvelous, but this should be going into effect when the 2nd Encore DLC launches.
Cosmo Clock 21
Banned
I'm going to take credit for suggesting the PSTV local multiplayer feature way back when
Nah, that was Shane.
Cosmo Clock 21
Banned
Ahh I can't hear you lalala
(Having Skullgirls in your pocket that's compatible with sticks is super cool)
(Having Skullgirls in your pocket that's compatible with sticks is super cool)
So surreal seeing this on Japanese store shelves.
https://twitter.com/Skullgirls/status/720800800839077891
https://twitter.com/Skullgirls/status/720800800839077891
Troubled Bat
Member
The best.
Dimitri LH
Member
Yes it is, even if your a vet at fighters, you can learn a thing or two with this one.
I learned to use grapplers and charge characters thanks to this game.
Also, grats on japanese release!!!!!!!
Got my Japanese physical copies for PS4 and Vita. Didn't try the PS4 version yet -might just keep it sealed- but I opened the Vita version and tried it on my J-account Vita. The game text is in full English (voices are Japanese), so if you are interested in a physical copy to help free up some space on your memory card, import away!
Yeah, you can set the voice language independently from the text language.
The PS4 theme went for sale today in the US, BTW!
https://store.playstation.com/#!/en...heme/cid=UP2032-CUSA01606_00-SG2EPS4THEME0000
https://store.playstation.com/#!/en...heme/cid=UP2032-CUSA01606_00-SG2EPS4THEME0000
So this is happening:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nga3jYloM-s
I'll be answering questions in this thread:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1241923
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nga3jYloM-s
I'll be answering questions in this thread:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1241923
Here's a recording our our Anime Expo 2016 panel.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPzRWpxOmfs
We really stress how important it is to us that this be an actually good game, not some pay-to-win nightmare.
So if you'd like to hear it from our own mouths, here you go.
Bah, should've introduced yourself!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPzRWpxOmfs
We really stress how important it is to us that this be an actually good game, not some pay-to-win nightmare.
So if you'd like to hear it from our own mouths, here you go.
Bah, should've introduced yourself!