Hedgehog Posted April 12, 2013 Share Posted April 12, 2013 When I bought my condo apartment Why can't people call it a house or a flat? :confused: 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wardog Posted April 12, 2013 Share Posted April 12, 2013 Swings and roundabouts and all that, heard the upgrade is not too much, so 25- 35 sounds reasonable me thinks. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grenny Posted April 12, 2013 Share Posted April 12, 2013 Why can't people call it a house or a flat? :confused:'cos it isn't ? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homer Posted April 12, 2013 Share Posted April 12, 2013 Why can't people call it a house or a flat? :confused:For the same reason why we don't call anything with tracks and armor, a tank.Anyhow...I suspect the price will be closer to $45-50. The fact that eSim is labeling this as v3 reveals the significance of this upgrade because no version of SB has ever progressed beyond the base number of its initial release (SB1 never got past v1 and SBPE has always been v2). I think the price will be set accordingly. If you bought at $100, you end up paying $150 which is the original purchase price plus a normal upgrade. Not unreasonable.If you buy at $75, you end up paying 125$ which is essentially a 50% discount for the upgrade.If included, the license and effort of implementing a new graphics engine alone would justify this price. Even though I don't expect it to bring the visuals up to par with the latest and greatest, I do expect it to open up some doors to new tactical environments. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lt DeFault Posted April 12, 2013 Share Posted April 12, 2013 I paid $125 for ProPE v2.5xx plus whatever each upgrade since cost plus upgrades for one extra license. And I'd do it again.Simply put: there is no other commercially available sim near this price range that does what SB does. IMHO, to say it is a good deal is no lie.I've been playing SB since shortly after the release of the very first commercially available version. If you've ever played SB1 (wickedly awesome as it was) you'd know that it really has come a long way. Plus you get the value of this community and direct interaction with the eSim team, for free. If you like AFVs and you're thinking of buying this game...do it! I have yet to hear someone say they regretted it.[/fanboy] :debile2: 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Invader ZIM Posted April 12, 2013 Share Posted April 12, 2013 What Lt. Default said.I have my $125 saved up and ready just in case the upgrade price for 3.0 would be what I had paid for and enjoyed for over 6 years now. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tacbat Posted April 12, 2013 Share Posted April 12, 2013 I suspect the price will be closer to $45-50.That's my guess too. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grenny Posted April 12, 2013 Share Posted April 12, 2013 That's my guess too.Will you stop that!! It gives Nils only the idea that he can charge more :-OPlease keep whining that 25$ is allready a lot of money ;-) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marko Posted April 12, 2013 Share Posted April 12, 2013 That's my guess too.+ 1 it seems a fair price.Personally its not the price of the update that concerns me.My concern is will my rig run it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ssnake Posted April 12, 2013 Author Members Share Posted April 12, 2013 We will do our collective best to keep the system requirements modest. I can't promise that they will remain identical - you will definitely need more than 64 MByte video RAM, but I think that it's at least six or seven years ago that you actually COULD buy a gaming graphics card with as little memory as 64 MByte. If you have a PC that is currently struggling to run SB Pro PE, a hardware upgrade is probably necessary. I you have a gaming PC that can run contemporary games already, chances are that you might get similar frame rates as now plus shiny effects, simply because the current engine does not utilize the full potential even of the graphics cards that were sold four years ago. To give an example, I have a Radeon 4870 in my PC which came out about five years ago. Sure, it was a top of the line card back then, but today its capability must be rated as "mediocre" in comparison to monsters like the Radeon 7990. While it is too early for a final verdict, it seems like this five year old card will still be capable of running the new engine. Maybe I can no longer run SB Pro at insanely high resolutions like 2500x1400 or something; maybe I'll be forced to go as low as (gasp) 1280x720. Like I wrote, it's too early for a final statement. But I wouldn't be overly concerned if I were in your shoes. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marko Posted April 12, 2013 Share Posted April 12, 2013 We will do our collective best to keep the system requirements modest. I can't promise that they will remain identical - you will definitely need more than 64 MByte video RAM, but I think that it's at least six or seven years ago that you actually COULD buy a gaming graphics card with as little memory as 64 MByte. If you have a PC that is currently struggling to run SB Pro PE, a hardware upgrade is probably necessary. I you have a gaming PC that can run contemporary games already, chances are that you might get similar frame rates as now plus shiny effects, simply because the current engine does not utilize the full potential even of the graphics cards that were sold four years ago. To give an example, I have a Radeon 4870 in my PC which came out about five years ago. Sure, it was a top of the line card back then, but today its capability must be rated as "mediocre" in comparison to monsters like the Radeon 7990. While it is too early for a final verdict, it seems like this five year old card will still be capable of running the new engine. Maybe I can no longer run SB Pro at insanely high resolutions like 2500x1400 or something; maybe I'll be forced to go as low as (gasp) 1280x720. Like I wrote, it's too early for a final statement. But I wouldn't be overly concerned if I were in your shoes. Thanks Ssnake Going by what you have just stated. Happy days as they say. I should be able to run the update. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain_Colossus Posted April 13, 2013 Share Posted April 13, 2013 I run SB at 1024 x 768- with AA and AF turned on, I prefer this resolution as anything higher doesn't seem to bring any advantages, but the vehicles tend to look stretched too tall but laterally crunched or something. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lt DeFault Posted April 13, 2013 Share Posted April 13, 2013 I run it at 1680x1050x32 with "SLI32xQ CSAA" (whatever all that means) and 8x AF and it looks great. I did have the stretching issue when I tried running it on my laptop, but I suspect that has more to do with the odd resolution of the screen than with SB.Mind you, I do have the luxury of using a superb gaming rig. Even so, if I set the detail sliders high and am near a large forest or city, the frame rate will still drop pretty low. But moving just the "ground cover" slider down a bit usually remedies that. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pika Posted April 13, 2013 Share Posted April 13, 2013 So I have a friend here who's just asked a very sensible question! He's seen me play lots of Steel Beasts and even tried it on my machine a few times. I mentioned the sale to him and he was about to leap on it when he remembered eSim charge for the substantial upgrades. He asks "Is this upgrade going to cost more than $25? Because if so am I not just going to end up paying more overall?" A good question I thought. All I know is that it won't be released at $25, but I don't know if he can expect to pay MORE over all or less. If it costs more than $25, will the cost of version 3.0 move in accordance with this price change or is he just better off waiting for 3.0 and dropping $100 rather than $100+? Either way he's not making the purchase until he knows and honestly I don't think I can blame him! If anyone knows the price the upgrade will be, please let me know. I'm eager to get more targe- I mean, uh~ 'friends' into the game Thanks! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razor Posted April 13, 2013 Share Posted April 13, 2013 Just wait until the price has been announced. There is really no reason to make a decision before that. He can still join you right now, just have him download the sim, and he can borrow an activation (or whatever it's called) from you. Then he can make the purchase decision after the price for the upgrade has been announced. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pika Posted April 13, 2013 Share Posted April 13, 2013 Just wait until the price has been announced. There is really no reason to make a decision before that. He can still join you right now, just have him download the sim, and he can borrow an activation (or whatever it's called) from you. Then he can make the purchase decision after the price for the upgrade has been announced. You can borrow activations? How does that work exactly? If i'd know about that i'd have dragged him on sooner! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razor Posted April 13, 2013 Share Posted April 13, 2013 Ok, thinking about it, I might have remembered that wrong. Perhaps you need to purchase an extra license first. Or does everyone have that on their dongle? Can't remember now, it's been a while since I last read about this feature. Anyway, I'm sure some other person which is more up to date can help you further. Or you can just search the forum for "licence" and maybe some useful threads comes up. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibsonm Posted April 13, 2013 Share Posted April 13, 2013 Well the person lending the license needs at least one license (at least two if you want to play AND lend - one for each).In terms of how to borrow a license from someone who has more than one, have a read here:http://www.steelbeasts.com/sbforums/showthread.php?t=18921 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tacbat Posted April 14, 2013 Share Posted April 14, 2013 Should this special offer be added to the mainpage? It still lists the previous price of SB ($100). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ssnake Posted April 15, 2013 Author Members Share Posted April 15, 2013 Wouldn't hurt, I guess. Sean is pretty busy at the moment with another project, so cut him some slack. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caccioro Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 hi I want to know if you know the price update sb pro 3.0 thanks 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razor Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 Already answered in the other thread you asked in... :roll: 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knux81 Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 OK! Sorry for being totally dumb and a bit lazy but I did try searching for an answer and couldnt find it.If I buy this at the reduced price of $75, do I only get the current version?Do I have to buy the "Upgrade" packs that are listed to get up to version 3 when it's released? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogueSnake79 Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 If you buy it now, you will get version 2.654. The current release. And will have to purchase the 3.0 upgrade once its released. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knux81 Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 If you buy it now, you will get version 2.654. The current release. And will have to purchase the 3.0 upgrade once its released. So that is why it works out at about the same price as it was before the price drop. Okie dokey. Still, will be buying this hopefully on the 26th Pay day! *dances* 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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