ponder himself has said 3S is a real bitch for ggpo to handle.
and because of that i really doubt they could successfully disable sound/bgm to any effect. If they could do that they could just as easily single out the command inputs and separate those out. but that was the whole problem ponder described in the first place. 3S is like one giant bundle that includes every bit of info at each step. the cps2 games don’t have that same structure so they work much better.
and yeah i assume you can’t disable sound in fba and then connect to someone because the client most likely checks to make sure a certain set of parameters match before OK’ing things and moving to the next step. either that or the data is really so intertwined that if you disable sound it can’t properly interpret and send it over the network. the game was never meant to go online so i guess it could have all sorts of weird ways of handling things that really don’t make sense for an online game.
It’s hard to know what IG really has access to or what their process was. It seems like they were mostly just getting the Dreamcast port to work on modern consoles, then creating the new GUI and features, and integrating the netcode. Doesn’t seem like they went too much further than that.
Not necessarily their fault either. They had a budget from Capcom that says do X amount of things, and that’s determined in part by what Capcom expects the interest and sales to be like.
I suspect it’s possible to make an arcade perfect port and improve the netcode, just not something Capcom wants to invest in or thinks they’ll get a return on.
Thats really sad this is such a cool game. I hope one day there will be a company that maybe buys the rights and will release an arcade perfect version with a great netcode. FBA doesnt work on my computer so GGPO isnt an option for me But at least I live in one of the few hot beds for 3rd Strike competition.
are there any updates, tweets, posts from dave lang or capcom about who has the update ready or is working on it? seems like a back and forth tennis match for the last year…
is there someone on the forums that can be asked about the status? winter is coming…
Yep from some other information people collected that’s probably what it was. I don’t know why they just didn’t tell us the facts and actual truth. Were they scared of some lashback about the PS2 version being talked about again? Granted saying the Dreamcast version might’ve been even worse.
That’s one long lasting computer!
And the 2nd panel reminds me of splatterhouse for some reason. Damn lastboss, that you target combo practice on, then do a lot of movement getting around LOV barrage kinda “bullethell” deal. Better add trying to play Splatterhouse with a Seimitsu joystick to that Tetris Grandmaster Challenge just the same.
Scumbags vs Capcom?
That might go over just as well as Cookye vs Roshihikari!!!
If you could, next time just copy/paste the text from the article. Eventscrubs seems to think that having a furry berate me for using adblock will force people to stop using it.
But basically Combofiend said that Q&A resources are being used in other projects and it’ll happen eventually.
this is such a cool game. I hope one day there will be a company that maybe buys the rights and will release an arcade perfect version with a great netcode. FBA doesnt work on my computer so GGPO isnt an option for me 
But at least I live in one of the few hot beds for 3rd Strike competition.
Assholes.