You, good sir, live in the land of plenty. Can I come?
I think my corp is at about 1 syadmin per 800 people, one netadmin per 1500 people, and about 1 tech support per 700 people. I think the users would be happier with 1 tech support per 250-300users.
Lack of AD doesn't prevent automated OS updates. You can implement WSUS without AD, which will take care of many critical OS updates, it just requires that you alter some registry settings and ensure the users have the latest Windows Update client.
The mpg on the creators site is a bit higher quality, but not much.
http://hinome.net/EFh9F10/galaxyrise.jpg
That specifies the computer-end of the cable, whereas this vote indicates an Electrical Wall Socket.
Most desktop power cables connect to the wall in the NEMA 5-15 connector. The only time I've seen IEC C13/14 connectors at the "wall" socket was on a PDU in a datacenter.
Up until (as a previous poster mentioned) LosTech (Old Star League technology) was rediscovered, what I said was true. All MechWarrior games after the first were set post-clan invasion, which is after the Inner Sphere began to recover methods and technology on the creation of BattleMechs. The Clans never lost that tech, so building mechs wasn't as large an issue for them.
Regarding adaptation, I think you're partially correct, within the confines of the fictional universe. Yes, weapons can be adapted to fit mechs that weren't designed for them, but I'd guess it's extremely unlikely that you could do it effectively in the field. It'd be like taking an afternoon to put a 600hp rotary engine in a Corolla. Also, the weapons may not have been so compartmentalized back in 3015. Sure, you could probably weld on a weapon to a part of the Chassis, but did you plan for the added weight in that area? Did you make sure that enough power was routed there? Do you have localized heatsinks ready to dissipate the heat involved with firing that weapon?
This game seems to be based upon the defense of a fairly backwater planet from a Kurita invasion. Based on that subject, I think it's unlikely that there would be too much customization of weapons possible, if it sticks true(er) to the fictional universe.
This point is addressed directly in the interview that IGN did.
http://pc.ign.com/articles/100/1002164p1.html
IGN: That actually brings me to my next question. As far as PC gamers were concerned, part of the appeal of controlling your mech in the MechWarrior franchise was feeling like you were in control of your mech, having access to multiple cockpit commands at one time with your keyboard and your mouse. How are you planning to keep this classic control scheme feel, and will you be adding any new elements for your mechs, especially now that you want to create this full cockpit experience?
Russ Bullock: First and foremost, in this day and age and this time, we've all played the PC games in the past and absolutely loved them. But certainly going forward, just out of necessity and because we think we can, we're definitely very focused also on the Xbox 360. So we're very focused on the console standpoint moving forward. Now, we still need to work out a lot with our chosen publishing partner, so some of these questions will become answered, but I think that Jordan and I are in agreement that we want to make a MechWarrior game.
The MechAssault games were interesting in the role they played inside the universe for the consoles at the time, but we feel the technology is there that we can make a true MechWarrior game, a MechWarrior experience on both the Xbox 360 and the PC and not lose anything from that true MechWarrior feeling. We feel confident obviously in the PC and its control scheme that can be realized because it's been done before. But for the Xbox 360, we've spent a lot of thought and a lot of time in playing around with the controller and finding ways to give the same level of control in the way that you throttle, in the way that you turn and move, use your jump jets, and everything that gives you that MechWarrior experience that doesn't turn it into a power-up pickup sort of arcade style game. So that is something that we're spending a lot of time on â" all the answers aren't there yet, but we want to make a MechWarrior experience and we feel like we can do it both on the 360 and the PC.
MechWarrior (286/386 era) didn't have any customisations for mechs, if I remember correctly. You could purchase whatever mech you wanted, but it had a fairly standard loadout (though some weapons came destroyed and had to be repaired, IIRC).
Rather, the developers are staying within the existing confines of the BattleTech universe. In 3015, it simply isn't possible to have a variable weapons loadout, especially not out in the field. Mechs were rare commodities, very very very few NEW mechs were being produced, and the ones that were generally were based on older designs.
There were no Omnimechs. There was no system to effectively retrofit a battlemech in the field. There WERE Battlemech Variants. So you may be able to choose from a Battlemaster C and a Battlemaster A, but you couldn't (easily) convert from A to C.
I dunno, they made a pretty penny on the recent wireless spectrum sale, maybe they can use some of the R&D to develop new unheard of spectrum to auction off!
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