<div dir="ltr">It might be good for machinima but in terms of a viable 3D collaberative world i suspect not, it would require that every person involved A) have a machine capable of running the latest GTA4, this is not a cheap investment and B) own a copy of Grand Theft Auto which probably comes in around 59-69$ a pop, not to mention if its anything like GTA4 connecting to the online was quite possibly one of the worst experiences I have ever encountered in online gaming, I do not have any faith in Rockstar games to deliver a good online experience. They make it look fun and fancy in their promotional videos but from my experience the actual product they deliver usually falls well short of what they are selling. Then you have the issue of not having any control over the servers and there could very well be issues with overloaded servers, Grand Theft Auto is one of the more popular games out there and servers could very well be overwhelmed all though this was not the case with the PC Version of GTA4, the servers were pretty dead and the online never really caught on with the PC version because of how difficult it was to connect, you also need to remember about 75% of the people who play GTA are on either XBOX or Playstation 4, your talking about two totally different markets at the end of the day, and honestly I do not see how OpenSim and GTA could ever really compete.<br>
</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Aug 15, 2013 at 1:15 PM, Dr Ramesh Ramloll <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:r.ramloll@gmail.com" target="_blank">r.ramloll@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">I think there is a very thin line that separates customization from content creation. I see a lot of deep modding activities going on (at least in the visual domain) ... dunno how easy it is program object behaviors (but am sure this must be on their radar).<div>
In any case, am seeing a lot of role playing clips using GTA ... that I study e.g. the lcpd first response role play. I do see that customization is limited but can be easily improved ... what can happen is that as they inject content building tools, this might impact fps/gameplay and lead them to rediscover the problems SL/Opensim are dealing with currently and for the past years. In any case, the development has got my ears all propped up ... am smelling competition.</div>
</div><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Aug 15, 2013 at 12:54 PM, Nebadon Izumi <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:nebadon2025@gmail.com" target="_blank">nebadon2025@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">From what I have seen I don't think they are going to allow people to upload content, they can just customize content that is already available in world. I don't really see this filling the same needs that OpenSimulator can offer, not to mention its Windows / DirectX only, I also can not see Education and Business wanting to use this as any kind of platform in those areas, I just think this is way to much comparing Apples to Oranges. Not to mention its also not going to be free.<br>
</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div>On Thu, Aug 15, 2013 at 12:42 PM, Dr Ramesh Ramloll <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:r.ramloll@gmail.com" target="_blank">r.ramloll@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
</div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div><div dir="ltr">Hello,<div>I thought it's a good place to discuss how this might impact virtual worlds that was designed from a content creation base that leads to application on top, while Rockstar folks are working in the reverse direction (they got the physics and looks right) and now are injecting modding and editing tools in. I think this is a very critical development as Grand Theft Auto might end up being a VR platform for all the kinds of applications that Opensim/SL developers are dreaming of. Please share your views ... </div>
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