Generals New Explosive AI

[Sonic 296]

Found this posted at the CNC Den. Can Generals' AI actually learn new tricks?

It was a normal friday afternoon. I loaded in generals, started the game, and began owning the brutal opponent. As the tunnel burst open at the back of the base and my freedom fighters stormed out shooting lots of Americans, I wondered on whether I should start playing two. Suddenly: BOOM. Then a slight puff of smoke. I looked around for a source, but couldn't find one. I carried on. Suddenly the game crashed and said 'disc not in drive.' Hmm, I thought. I opened the disk drive, and: horror of horrors! A fitting end for generals: Blown to pieces.

 

After shaking the hard drive up and down to get the last of the pieces, I made a rather irate call to Dixons. But they did promise to replace the drive free of charge, and insisted it was a problem with the disk. Lying bastards.

 

So, is this what happens? The game, cornered and about to be defeated, launches a final suicide attack attempting to destroy your computer, but succeeding to call off the game? That AI gets sneakier.

 

Original thread here: http://sleipnirstuff.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=7386

[chickendippers 1]

lol - that's all, just lol.

[fox34343 1]

[Thierry 0]

RISE OF THE PC's!!!! :shock:

I've heard about CD's exploding before. Something to do with heat or to high speeds. Or maybe the AI went suicidal, to prevent you from winning. In any case the result is obvious. I geuss the game gets to real at times... right off your CD.

 

Roftlol!

[Sonic 296]

Some of the replies in the original thread says it EA using cheap plastic when they manufacture their CDs.

[chickendippers 1]

Well, it wouldn't suprise me.

[Thierry 0]

Nah, me neither. Maybe the CD simply couldn't handle it. On my search for a new PC I found multiple CD-ROM's that could have speeds up to 56x. CD's often can't handle more then 52x. Funny though...

[Guest jturk3]

its not the drive that determines the speed, its the cd.

 

his drive malfunctioned.

[Thierry 0]

True, but I've heard a lot that the problem is too high speeds. It pushes it to a limit, and then its a bomb waiting to go off by a small shock are something. That guy is lucky that the ''explosion'' didn't destroy everything...

[Sonic 296]

Most CD/DVD drive manufactures say its the speeds that the actuall drives generate. I recently installed a new 52x CD-Rom drive in my father's computer. I skimmed through the little instruction booklet to see if there is anything worth readind when I noticed a page about its speed settings. While it is a 52x drive Sony locked to 40x to prevent CDs breaking at high speeds, this is based on their testing and consumer feedback. If you want the 52x setting you simply hold down the eject button on the drive for 5 seconds to increase the speed to 52x, once you eject CD is returns to 40x.

[Thierry 0]

Talk about irony huh? In the ongoing 'qeust' to allow CD to go faster we've come to a point in which we destroy them. Maybe they should make CD's a bit stronger since its already pretty difficult to really destroy a CD...

[Sonic 296]

The speed of a modern CD-Rom drive has become usless. Most games these days don't need the high speed anyway.

[Thierry 0]

No, the high speeds are more used in rewriten cd's and DVD's. Maybe they should invent something completely new...

[chickendippers 1]

They have invented a new format. It's still disk based, but it can store 27Gb of data, it's called blue something - expect it in the next gen consoles.

[Thierry 0]

Blue? I've haerd stuff about Blue Tooth but thats probaly unrelated. Maybe they should make new USB-Memory sticks in that has a GB of space or something. If those explode, at least it won't take the rest of your PC with it.

BTW, do you guys know how lucky that guy is that his PC is still functional after that cd bang? That is was even able to give the message of 'no cd' is a miracle.

[chickendippers 1]

No, Blue Tooth is a networking thing. I've looked it up and it's called "Blu-ray" basicaly because it uses a blue lazer instead of a red (I think) one.

[Sonic 296]

BTW, do you guys know how lucky that guy is that his PC is still functional after that cd bang? That is was even able to give the message of 'no cd' is a miracle.

The CD shattering wouldn't effect the computer, at most it would just trash the CD-Rom drive.

[Thierry 0]

Oh, well I geuss I've just heard an exceptional case.

Is that new format out yet? It'll probably cost a lot...

[chickendippers 1]

It will be out in Japan soon - http://www.blu-ray.com for more info.

[Gazdude 0]

ITS HAPPENED TO ME! MY TS DISK EXPLODED IN MY DRIVE!

 

I called EA and they said that it was because of overuse.... :cry:

 

Now i thought wtf?? Overuse?

 

I was talking to another person about it and they said its a common problem with the EA cd's because they buy tem cheap in bulk and they have air bubbles trapped in them, so when they get hot the bubbles expand and stress the disk until one day it happens..... :shock:

 

All EA did was offer to replace it for £10, no point with TS as you can get it for a fiver now lol!

[Thierry 0]

EA is a double crossing ****.

Naah, ( I think)

Nowadays you can get that C & C box which has TS, TS Firestorm, RA2 and YR in one box...

[Gazdude 0]

Really? i aint seen that box set?

[Thierry 0]

Well, I have.

Its about the price of 1 or 2 games.

I think its called the C & C box.

Its something like the Generals Deluxe box but then for the other games.

[Sonic 296]

I think Thierry is talking about the Command & Conquer Collection.

 

 

It includes Red Alert 2, Yuri's Revenge, Tiberian Sun, Firestorm and Renegade.

[Thierry 0]

Riiiight, that's it.

I've seen it. But I've got most of those games already so...

Maybe the explosive CD-bug is in those too... :lol: