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[Arulan]

Thanks. What's the AA flag for inspector?

0x00001201 or 0x000012C1 should work for MSAA and OGSSAA.

Try it first without a flag, and just "override any application setting".

BTW anyone know if there some alternate way to remove game items added there? Each time I've added a game to the list in the Nvidia settings the Remove button is greyed with seemingly no way to remove it.

The delete profile (red cross) is greyed out? I suppose you could export customized profiles and select the ones you want to keep, reinstall drivers (which deletes everything), and import profile.

 

[Coreda]

The delete profile (red cross) is greyed out? I suppose you could export customized profiles and select the ones you want to keep, reinstall drivers (which deletes everything), and import profile.

I'm using the official Nvidia Control Panel so it's just a button labeled 'Remove' that's disabled. May try the Inspector instead since that looks more flexible.

 

[Nudull]

Aaaaand wishlisted.

 

[spineduke]

Ubi could never pull off a SWAT game - the teammate AI systems (especially in 3) are truly impressive. Added with the enemy AI (which created a lot of unpredictable situations) it'll be far more than they can ever dream of pulling off.

Case in point: R6 Siege has horrifyingly bad AI.

 

[Jb]

Ubi could never pull off a SWAT game - the teammate AI systems (especially in 3) are truly impressive. Added with the enemy AI (which created a lot of unpredictable situations) it'll be far more than they can ever dream of pulling off.

Case in point: R6 Siege has horrifyingly bad AI.

I don't think they even tried with Siege. The focus was clearly the competitive mode and terrorist hunt was added because it was a fan favorite from the Vegas days.
The AI is on par with what you'd get with the bots in Black Ops MP: the bare minimum.

 

[Plumpbiscuit]

Ubi could never pull off a SWAT game - the teammate AI systems (especially in 3) are truly impressive. Added with the enemy AI (which created a lot of unpredictable situations) it'll be far more than they can ever dream of pulling off.

Case in point: R6 Siege has horrifyingly bad AI.

Humans are slowly replacing AI in modern games, unfortunately, I just don't see how we can't have games these days with the same AI capability as SWAT 3. Dynamic AI, not some pre-allocated buffered animation that always plays at the same place.

 

[Roshin]

Finally. I guess I can retire my original discs now.

 

[Purkake4]

Nice.

 

[Pit]

Never played a swat game. Fired it up with some friends who had played it and had a blast.

 

[TacticalHotdog]

Thanks. After reading this post on the forums a user there brought up the same issue. From what they posted it can also be avoided by launching with the -nointro argument.

-nointro will fix the crashing on startup, but you still might crash on any other cutscene since the cutscenes' video encoding is no longer supported by modern versions of Windows. That's why its best to replace them with the Xvid versions provided on that website and then download the xvid codec or CCCP

SWAT 3 actually has much better AI than SWAT 4. I hope they make another game one day.

This. SWAT 4's AI tends to charge straight through doorways and right towards any enemies which occasionally results in them getting a chest full of lead. SWAT 3's AI actually makes the effort to lean/"pie" around corners/doorways and can restrain suspects/gather loose weapons on their own

 

[Raptomex]

-nointro will fix the crashing on startup, but you still might crash on any other cutscene since the cutscenes' video encoding is no longer supported by modern versions of Windows. That's why its best to replace them with the Xvid versions provided on that website and then download the xvid codec or CCCP


This. SWAT 4's AI tends to charge straight through doorways and right towards any enemies which occasionally results in them getting a chest full of lead. SWAT 3's AI actually makes the effort to lean/"pie" around corners/doorways and can restrain suspects/gather loose weapons on their own

This. SWAT 3s AI is truly impressive. Unmatched, even in games today.

 

[eot]

Still have my DVD so I'm good

 

[atr0cious]

Finally able to get around to installing this. Just looked up server browser fixes, and gog has the best one.

Hello, folks!

Gamespy ceased its server masterlist service in 2012.

You can find a replacement to Gamespy middleware here:

github.com/sergeii/swat-patches/tree/master/swat4stats-masterserver
so you will be able to browser servers in-game again, an

So that means all you have to do is replace a file and then you can use the server browser in game. It works great and there are a lot of servers across all the different versions.

 

[Plumpbiscuit]

[please delete post]

 

[Plumpbiscuit]

Elite Force v4 is officially out!!

Major Changes in v4

• Introducing, Extra Missions! These are a second, Irrational-quality campaign of missions for you to explore. You will need to create a second campaign (in the menu) and select Extra Missions from the dropdown box (SWAT4 + TSS are selected by default). The Meat Barn Restaurant is the first mission to be unlocked.

• CO-OP finally working. We've fixed a great deal of the co-op bugs and can confirm the game works over the network. The Join Game menu option now appears. When ready in CO-OP, you can hit a new NOT READY button to unready yourself. The response interface has been cleaned up. The optiwand is slightly better in laggy situations. Lastly, if you are the only one on a server, all votes will succeed.

• Weight and Bulk System. Two new bars have been added to the equipment screen: Weight and Bulk. Weight indicates how heavy your equipment is, and slows you down. Bulk indicates how large your equipment is, and makes your interactions slower. Your weight is shown ingame on the HUD.

• More Loadout Options. You may now pick how many magazines you want to bring, which affects your weight and bulk. Pistols can now be equipped in primary weapon slots.

• New Ballistics System. Bullets are subject to drag (momentum/damage falloff over distance) and ricochet (bouncing off of hard surfaces). The Less Lethal Shotgun can now kill people at point blank range. Body Armor is much more effective; heavy armor has ceramic plates that may break with usage but otherwise is capable of stopping nearly any projectile in its tracks.

• LEADER THROW commands. You will now see a new set of commands, such as "OPEN, LEADER AND CLEAR." These commands allow you to throw the grenade instead of the AI doing it. (Double entries only require one grenade)

• Other minor features. You can now lock doors with the toolkit. The officer AI is much smarter, and won't form "death funnels" at doors as easily. Gangster AI types will sometimes hold their guns sideways. The console has been improved. An FOV slider and Mouse Smoothing checkbox have been added to the options menus, and a Take Screenshot keybind was added. Much more in the full changelog.

 

[Cday]

They should add Delta Force.

 

[atr0cious]

Elite Force v4 is officially out!!

Do you know if alot of the community has moved onto this? Also does this go through swat 4 or the expansion pack? Couldn't figure out what that remake mod connected through, kept saying for swat 4 but was in the expansion section.

 

[Plumpbiscuit]

Do you know if alot of the community has moved onto this? Also does this go through swat 4 or the expansion pack? Couldn't figure out what that remake mod connected through, kept saying for swat 4 but was in the expansion section.

There's a Discord that people play the mod on, some people on YouTube are playing it as well. It goes through the expansion, so it has all the features from the expansion as its base.

 

[Breakage]

Anyone played this on a Windows laptop with an integrated graphics card?

 

[potatohead]

Steam just lost at videogames.

 

[GravyButt]

This game is sooo good. Loved it years ago.

 

[spineduke]

I don't think I can hold out much longer - huge backlog but I think I'm going to bite on this.

 

[gamechanger87]

The Elite Force mod is such a godsend.

http://www.moddb.com/mods/swat-elite-force

Completely changes the feel of the game for the better. They just rolled out v4.

Anyone played this on a Windows laptop with an integrated graphics card?

That's how I'm playing it Intel HD 5500 still has me on high settings.

 

[Plumpbiscuit]

The Elite Force mod is such a godsend.

http://www.moddb.com/mods/swat-elite-force

Completely changes the feel of the game for the better. They just rolled out v4.

Scroll up, I posted the link to the mod a few days ago.

 

[gamechanger87]

Scroll up, I posted the link to the mod a few days ago.

A bump can't hurt!

v4.1 makes it so you can secondary carry a LTL shotgun which is great.

v5 looks promising as well.

 

[spineduke]

Any mod that lets you aim down sights? Feels so bizarre to just fire from the hip.I know about Z but it's not quite the same thing.

 

[wwm0nkey]

So whats the best way to play online with the elite force mod?

 

[Breakage]

That's how I'm playing it Intel HD 5500 still has me on high settings.

Really? That's interesting since it says the game isn't compatible with integrated cards. I wonder if my 2011 laptop will run it.

 

[Allnamestakenlol]

Soooooooo many fond memories of this game. Hell, I still have the discs laying around here somewhere.

 

[owlbeak]

Yesssssss! Thanks, OP!

 

[shintoki]

About the only PC game I still need to own on disc is NOLF and AVP2. Finish those off and I'm entirely DD.

 

[Syphon Filter]

What is everyone's gog galaxy name so we can play online together.

 

[Arulan]

I started playing co-op missions with a friend last night. So good.

 

[Arulan]

If anyone is interested in running some co-op missions every once in a while, post or send me a PM. It'll usually be around ~9PM EST, but it can vary.

 

[DrBo42]

Put 'em on safe and let 'em hang.

 

[ashecitism]

PC Gamer did an lttp: http://www.pcgamer.com/swat-4-holds-up-as-a-smart-tactical-shooter-with-great-storytelling/

 

[Plumpbiscuit]

PC Gamer did an lttp: http://www.pcgamer.com/swat-4-holds-up-as-a-smart-tactical-shooter-with-great-storytelling/

PC Gamer thinks SWAT 4 has great storytelling? There's barely even a story there, even the devs said so. But I think I understand where they're coming from, being a police officer and heavily discouraged to use lethal bullets and equipment, certainly adds to the realism, immersion and supports the mission objectives in order to tell a linear story.

 

[spineduke]

PC Gamer thinks SWAT 4 has great storytelling? There's barely even a story there, even the devs said so. But I think I understand where they're coming from, being a police officer and heavily discouraged to use lethal bullets and equipment, certainly adds to the realism, immersion and supports the mission objectives in order to tell a linear story.

I think they meant that the game does a good job of world building and communicating that to the player - the environment often reflected the nature of the event and the people involved.