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Report Big Band Coming To PS3 April 22nd (NA/SA)

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Master Chibi said:
Wait a fucking second, is the character in the background of Big Band stage an homage to Chris Farley?
It sure is. He is standing next to a van down by the river.
 
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I would like to point out that the screenshots on Encore's Playstation Store page have been replaced with screenies of Big Band, with some that also include the new stages.
 
Around what time would the PS Store update, anyway? I need to know so I can start getting him the minute he drops (the beat).
 
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I'm going to get no time to practice bb ;A;
I have a 200 question exam on thursday where my scene ;A;

actually does anyone have the newest patch notes, I kinda want to see the differences between encore and beta
 
THE UPDATE IS RIGHT NOW BUT YOU CAN'T GET BIG BAND YET BUT THE NEW STAGES AND STUFF

 
oh cool so you can check the new stages and balance changes and stuff?

also anyone know what time the store usually updates?
 
Evilweevle said:
oh cool so you can check the new stages and balance changes and stuff?

also anyone know what time the store usually updates?
Anywhere between 12 and 9PM EST
 
awesome. just like the tv/appliance repair people.

WaterMystic277 said:
Will they update steam with the PSN release or?

i would expect PC version will be updated tommorrow.
 
My last few weeks have been lovely; last year, these same weeks before I knew Skullgirls existed were shit: I lost $10, ripped a gaping hole in my shoe, had the worst argument with my gym teacher, became antisocial and very upset, etc. This year: I get to see some Eliza beta, WE GET BIG BAND FINALLY, I have an awesome field trip tomorrow, and everyday I hang out at Skullheart to end an either lovely or shitty day....Ah, the feels.
 
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I'll be at school... darn... oh well. Thanks for all your hard work, Lab Zero!
 
Ninja said:
Don't you mean the Marie 300% where her pallet was changed to show that she's powered up?

I was playing arcade mode and marie had a red pallet and her skin was red and the skulls eyes were red and had a black aura
 
Marie has a red palette for when you fight her on the toughest setting. Same for Marie 300%.
 
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Professor Icepick said:
it's possible she could be too big for PS3/360 to handle. Remember, they can't even handle two simultaneous win poses.
Hey, why don't you let someone who knows what he's talking about up in here?
:: pats "Professor" Icepick on the head and scoots him outta da way ::

There is a VERY SMALL, PRECISELY LIMITED amount of memory allocated for loading all the frames that characters keep around when they aren't on point - hitstuns, standing, falling, jumping, their assist action etc. Win poses do not fit into this amount of memory because you'd need to load all poses for all 6 characters.
There is a much larger amount of memory allocated for holding all the rest of the art for two characters at a time - each team's point. In this goes everything else, including win poses. All win poses for two characters can be part of that because you don't have to load 'em for the other four.
This is the same reason we don't have 3x same character on all teams: the memory allocated for assists is the memory for the six largest assists in the game with a maximum of two per character - say Merry Go Rilla, Titan Knuckle, Hornet Bomber, Cilia Slide, etc. Let's say those are 100, 90, 80, 70, 60 units of space. If Cerebella's third largest assist is bigger than Hornet Bomber, say 85 units, then allowing 2x Cerebella on a team could run the game out of memory if they choose MGR/Titan Knuckle/3rd largest/Hornet Bomber on down, by requiring 100+90+85+80+70 which is more than 100+90+80+70+60. Now I never have to explain any of that again!

As long as Eliza is smaller than Big Band and Cerebella (and she will be, those two are GIGANTIC), she'll fit on console and win poses have nothing to do with it.
 
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Mike_Z said:
Hey, why don't you let someone who knows what he's talking about up in here?
:: pats "Professor" Icepick on the head and scoots him outta da way ::

There is a VERY SMALL, PRECISELY LIMITED amount of memory allocated for loading all the frames that characters keep around when they aren't on point - hitstuns, standing, falling, jumping, their assist action etc. Win poses do not fit into this amount of memory because you'd need to load all poses for all 6 characters.
There is a much larger amount of memory allocated for holding all the rest of the art for two characters at a time - each team's point. In this goes everything else, including win poses. All win poses for two characters can be part of that because you don't have to load 'em for the other four.
This is the same reason we don't have 3x same character on all teams: the memory allocated for assists is the memory for the six largest assists in the game with a maximum of two per character - say Merry Go Rilla, Titan Knuckle, Hornet Bomber, Cilia Slide, etc. Let's say those are 100, 90, 80, 70, 60 units of space. If Cerebella's third largest assist is bigger than Hornet Bomber, say 85 units, then allowing 2x Cerebella on a team could run the game out of memory if they choose MGR/Titan Knuckle/3rd largest/Hornet Bomber on down, by requiring 100+90+85+80+70+60. Now I never have to explain any of that again!

As long as Eliza is smaller than Big Band and Cerebella (and she will be, those two are GIGANTIC), she'll fit on console and win poses have nothing to do with it.
Aka. Mike knows how to work with low - level optimization.

In all seriousness though, that's great for the consol players
 
Would it be safe to guess that there will be a banner at the top of the screen to inform people when PS3!Band arrives?
 
WindWolf said:
In all seriousness though, that's great for the consol players
Yes, Lab Zero fully supports all elected diplomats living in foreign countries.

In all seriousness, it's great for console players because otherwise there would be no game at all. We fit six characters where BB fits two and Persona fits two and a half. (^.^)
 
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*jotting down notes*
 
Would you be able to unload all the frames on the third character, and load the winpose frames for the current active assist during the death slowdown? And I dunno what for Duos, unless that memory allocated for the second assist just sits empty.
 
Not with any kind of guaranteed speed, no.

Also that'd be work that could have gone to like, replay saving...
 
Mike_Z said:
This is the same reason we don't have 3x same character on all teams: the memory allocated for assists is the memory for the six largest assists in the game with a maximum of two per character - say Merry Go Rilla, Titan Knuckle, Hornet Bomber, Cilia Slide, etc. Let's say those are 100, 90, 80, 70, 60 units of space. If Cerebella's third largest assist is bigger than Hornet Bomber, say 85 units, then allowing 2x Cerebella on a team could run the game out of memory if they choose MGR/Titan Knuckle/3rd largest/Hornet Bomber on down, by requiring 100+90+85+80+70 which is more than 100+90+80+70+60.

Oooh. That is really interesting. Much obliged.

TechPowah said:
Would it be safe to guess that there will be a banner at the top of the screen to inform people when PS3!Band arrives?
There'll be a news article or banner of some description, yes.
 
Mike_Z said:
Yes, Lab Zero fully supports all elected diplomats living in foreign countries.

In all seriousness, it's great for console players because otherwise there would be no game at all. We fit six characters where BB fits two and Persona fits two and a half. (^.^)
I had to reread this, I thought you were talking about Jon and Big Band the first few times.
 
Mike_Z said:
Not with any kind of guaranteed speed, no.

Also that'd be work that could have gone to like, replay saving...
Well that's a bummer, but now it's made me curious as to how it's done with the point's assets when tagging/DHCing.
 
if big band should be out 10 am pst, does that mean he will be already downloadable or he will be downloadable some time after 10 am pst?
 
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