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  • jonsillsjonsills Posts: 6,334 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    It's a launcher that launches a launcher...

    LAUNCHCEPTION!

    (I still don't see what's so terrible about double-clicking the icon on my desktop anyway. It's worked so far!)
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  • nephtnepht Posts: 6,898 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    jonsills wrote: »
    It's a launcher that launches a launcher...

    LAUNCHCEPTION!

    (I still don't see what's so terrible about double-clicking the icon on my desktop anyway. It's worked so far!)

    Its a launcher that can do even more BUY THIS NOW ads. Thats why they be doing that ._.
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  • chaelkchaelk Posts: 7,746 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    so its a launcher launcher launcher, unfortunately it is currently launcher challenged due to failing to launch the launcher of the launcher....
    stuff this, I'm going to play the game
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  • kenpojujitsu3kenpojujitsu3 Posts: 1,325 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    fudgemonsta wrote: »
    Man Kenpo, nobody's getting your jokes today. :tongue:

    I know right, they keep thinking it's some kind of shot at them which in a way is funnier than the original intention since it had nothing to do with them at all.
    kojirohellfire wrote: »
    Wasn't this thread originally about a lame-**** launcher that launches launchers that launch games?

    On topic? We no stay on topic around here! It's like Arc. We launch topics that launch other topics!
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  • chaelkchaelk Posts: 7,746 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    the STO DEV thread about ARc has now got 23 pages. My invasion answer is added, since we don't rate a dev thread.
    Let' see if it gets wiped or answered
    http://sto-forum.perfectworld.com/showthread.php?p=13168981#post13168981
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  • spinnytopspinnytop Posts: 16,467 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    jonsills wrote: »
    It's a launcher that launches a launcher...

    LAUNCHCEPTION!

    (I still don't see what's so terrible about double-clicking the icon on my desktop anyway. It's worked so far!)

    Yeah, just like that movie with Leonardo DeCaprio in it... what was it called? Dreamception?

    U_U
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  • spinnytopspinnytop Posts: 16,467 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    gradii wrote: »
    I can't even play the game using the steam client. my framerate becomes an utter slideshow. forcing arc will just basically make it so I can no longer play, if it's anything like steam.

    From what I saw in the article, this seems to mainly be something they're doing on their end, with their launchers. It didn't really give me the impression that they're touching CO's own launcher specifically.
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  • meedacthunistmeedacthunist Posts: 2,967 Arc User1
    edited October 2013
    Our design goals are to make it so that Arc is empowered to download and patch all Perfect World games without the use of additional launchers, and to make it so that Steam users can download and patch our games without the need to download and install the full Arc platform. The specifics regarding how exactly this can be achieved are still in the brainstorming phase.

    http://sto-forum.perfectworld.com/showpost.php?p=13162011&postcount=183


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  • kenpojujitsu3kenpojujitsu3 Posts: 1,325 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    spinnytop wrote: »
    From what I saw in the article, this seems to mainly be something they're doing on their end, with their launchers. It didn't really give me the impression that they're touching CO's own launcher specifically.

    From the dev posts over on the STO boards the Arc launcher is intended to, when it matures more, completely replace the launchers for all games PWE operates including Champions. So it'd be launch Arc, launch CO without a CO launcher in the middle of this process. However, there is a post over there stating that shoehorning Arc into Steam is not being looked at so CO/STO players using Steam will be able to launch the game as usual unless something changes.
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  • chaelkchaelk Posts: 7,746 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    going on the comments in the STO thread, it will open the game, then stay OPEN in the background.

    It can gather data on your computer for performance checks. assuming you opt in.
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  • zedbrightlander1zedbrightlander1 Posts: 3,811 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    kenpojujitsu3 wrote: »
    ...


    On topic? We no stay on topic around here! It's like Arc. We launch topics that launch other topics!
    New Topic...

    Dinosaurs VS. Riverboat Gamblers - Would you play that game?
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  • jonsillsjonsills Posts: 6,334 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    zedbrightlander1 wrote: »
    New Topic...

    Dinosaurs VS. Riverboat Gamblers - Would you play that game?
    Heck, put on a dino costume before doing the Queen City arc and you can play that game! :smile:
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  • spinnytopspinnytop Posts: 16,467 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    zedbrightlander1 wrote: »
    New Topic...

    Dinosaurs VS. Riverboat Gamblers - Would you play that game?

    What is that a game based on your childhood? u_u
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  • slumpywpgslumpywpg Posts: 129 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    cadillacs and dinosaurs was a thing, so why not?
  • chaelkchaelk Posts: 7,746 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    ok that last post of mine, page 26 I think, should start a few good arguments
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  • kenpojujitsu3kenpojujitsu3 Posts: 1,325 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    jonsills wrote: »
    Heck, put on a dino costume before doing the Queen City arc and you can play that game! :smile:

    Jon wins the thread.
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  • akselmoiakselmoi Posts: 17 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    I don't mind the Arc if it's not gonna affect the way I launch my game from Steam.

    I'm sure the Arc isn't a bad thing at all, it's probably convenient for people who launch their games without Steam and so on.

    I just have this one silly dream where CO gets more content...
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  • chaelkchaelk Posts: 7,746 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    I had it, I got rid of it a day later.
    how is having to open something else and log into that, easier than just dbl clicking on a desktop icon.

    I only play the one game, tried NW, left out of boredom, STO has my record for fastest time till uninstall, as for generic fantasy mmos...
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  • zedbrightlander1zedbrightlander1 Posts: 3,811 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    spinnytop wrote: »
    What is that a game based on your childhood? u_u

    Nope. It's from - Community: Season 3, Episode 16 - Virtual Systems Analysis.
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  • chaelkchaelk Posts: 7,746 Arc User
    edited November 2013
    http://techsupport.perfectworld.com/forumdisplay.php?f=350

    hey everyone go see all the complaint threads about ARC not working
    complaints from Neverwinter people about it
    http://techsupport.perfectworld.com/showthread.php?t=34231

    isn't it nice to feel wanted NOT
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  • draogndraogn Posts: 1,269 Arc User
    edited November 2013
    http://co.perfectworld.com/news/?p=1033601

    Not that it is much of a surprise, but looks like PW is stuck on their terrible Arc program. It won't be long until they force it on everyone like they forced the rest of their inefficient and clunky systems on us.
  • flyingfinnflyingfinn Posts: 8,408 Arc User
    edited November 2013
    And the transition of the Forum and the Game to the Arc will be flawless.
    We get some high-level art stuff to our forum. Yay!
    Interface is Black. Yay!
    It's even more easier than before to check the news and the forums! Yay!
    It's just the word 'should' is used there, makes me think back when we erhmagemergeded Cryptic and PWI servers.
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  • crypticbuxomcrypticbuxom Posts: 4,630 Arc User
    edited November 2013
    As long as its not in the background after I load my game and doesn't take longer than 5 seconds to start and log into Champions.

    That's probably not going to happen.
  • bellatorrexbellatorrex Posts: 171 Arc User
    edited November 2013
    I've had the launcher for Champions way before ARC showed up, so it can go suck a egg for all I care! It might of got me because of STO, but won't get me because of Champs...
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  • draogndraogn Posts: 1,269 Arc User
    edited November 2013
    Arc is an inefficient/clunky version of Steam that will run in the background with its banner ads while still running in the background/system tray. Warning, if you haven't done so and have screenshots that are important save them before installing through Arc. It deletes/overwrites everything (anything not stored on their server) in the folder rather then simply updating the files to match the new exe.

    I imagine that the CO launcher will eventually automatically update itself to Arc whether we want it to or not.
  • flyingfinnflyingfinn Posts: 8,408 Arc User
    edited November 2013
    Or more likely just stops working.
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  • sistersiliconsistersilicon Posts: 1,687 Arc User
    edited November 2013
    I hear that Arc also kills kittens, filibusters judicial nominees for no good reason, and assassinated the Archduke Franz Ferdinand just for $#!^s and giggles.
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