TAOC Alpha Pre-Release Thread

[legend_master]

My only concern about the animations, albeit from fairly old videos, has been the running, which never seemed to be natural.

The running we will use for batsman and outfielders will be as per the bowler's new runup, which is nearly perfect I think, no carrots or other objects up his a** like some other games :sarcasm

It is lightyears better than the old one you refer to, which I totally admit sucked.

does that mean we can play any shot after charging down.lets say can i charge down the wicket and just defend the ball(crazy thing to to but just a doubt).

Yes, I did that last night Charged down then did a front foot straight defensive block - looked funny hehe, but cool nonetheless.

So, expected release date of Alpha beta? Or at least the video?

The alpha is coming real soon, as I cross items off my alpha tasks list each day. I've given up setting dates though, cos I suck at it lol, but would say 'very soon'. I'm going to post updates on here each day though so stay tuned.

The video on the other hand should be very soon. I wanna push JK to do his parts asap, even so we can just get a quick one out first, then he can release a longer video and by that time the alpha should be out

 

[Covvy]

Well, your certainly good at causing suspense, I'll give you that!

 

[jkartik]

I wanna push JK to do his parts asap

:crying

 

[_Nabeel_]

my saliva oozing out of my mouth!!

please post some screenshots to make us understand more....
just 1 or 2 please :crying

 

[Allrounder18]

Physics news has really got me mad to wait for the Alpha (Trust me I am only interested in ball physics) ,Eagerly waiting for the video and demo and finally hats off to both of you guys because you roxxxxxxxxxxxx!

Allrounder18 added 1 Minutes and 27 Seconds later...

Oh one more thing I have got Ati 4870 (ofcourse without physx support) and C2D E5200 @2.5 will this be enough to play the game at max out settings ?

 

[_Nabeel_]

Physics depends on engine on which the game is being developed(I think) and not the Graphic card.....
if it depends on graphic card,then hey I dont have a graphic card or the most crappiest of all: Intel 845...

I am planning to buy a new PC if TAOC requires that

 

[thedon5]

This is amazing. And great to see such detail when this is called "The Art of Cricket". 5 years in the making - this could possibly be the best cricket game yet, finally something to make us forget about BLC 99.

Btw, I know JK played CR... I managed to get CR running very smoothly on my PC on the normal resolution but low graphics setting, and this is with a game booster, so will I probably be able to get TAOC to run smoothly at all on the lowest settings/highest settings? Intel Pentium M processor, not even Dual Core.

 

[stevo1]

Go you good things!

 

[legend_master]

Some short videos for y'all

I have prepared 3 quick videos which I have uploaded to the official site - you can get them here

They are still very much under construction so please hold back on the ultra criticism until the alpha is released

- The first one is a smash back over the bowler's head

- The second one is a missed cover drive against a fast swinging ball

- The third is a charge to an off spinning ball that ends up being a really nice straight drive

 

[jkartik]

to add to it, the batting anims are slightly old in this vid...

i havent yet given the new batting anims to paul.

 

[Allrounder18]

Awesome work mate the first vdo is just too good to be true ( I mean how come the batsman advances down the pitch yet still wait for the ball to reach him before finally whacking it out of the park ,this so realisticly gooooooooooooooooooood)

 

[thedon5]

Awesome work mate the first vdo is just too good to be true ( I mean how come the batsman advances down the pitch yet still wait for the ball to reach him before finally whacking it out of the park ,this so realisticly gooooooooooooooooooood)

Yeah gotta agree the first video is stunning, the others are good too. This looks exciting, and to think I liked the old videos !

 

[legend_master]

In case you missed above, the vids descriptions are:

- The first one is a smash back over the bowler's head

- The second one is a missed cover drive against a fast swinging ball

- The third is a charge to an off spinning ball that ends up being a really nice straight drive

 

[Kshitiz_Indian]

It'll make use of Physx? That is bloody awesome man, glad I finally get something for sticking with the Nvidia camp!

To folks who don't have Nvidia cards, I don't think you should worry too much if you have something above the Pentium Dual Cores even. But who knows what kind of number crunching Paul has made the game do!

 

[sachin_rocks]

I have a
quad core q8400 2.66ghz
2 gb ram
asus eah 4350 1gb powered by ati 4350



how much can this rig support this game i know the graphic card is the weak point this is what i have got in india

in united states i have alienware monster but for next 4 months am in india