- Umdlali uthenge ikhithi yokuthuthukisa i-Xbox 360 ngo-£5 emakethe ye-flea eScotland eyayine-beta ye-GTA IV yangoNovemba 2007.
- Ukwakhiwa, okungaba ngu-118-120 GB, konakele kancane, kodwa kufaka phakathi okuqukethwe okuningi okususiwe: ama-feri adlalwayo, iziteshi zomsakazo ezahlukene, amamodeli e-beta, kanye nemodi ye-zombie yokuhlola.
- I-devkit yayingeyeRockstar North futhi ibonisa igama langaphakathi elithi “Les_Home”, abaningi abalihlanganisa nomkhiqizi uLeslie Benzies.
- Umphakathi wabalandeli baseYurophu uhlaziya izingobo zomlando njengezinto zokulondolozwa komlando, kuyilapho umnikazi ecabanga ukuthengisa isethi ngama-euro angaphezu kuka-800-1000.
Ukuvakashela nje emakethe esetshenzisiwe eScotland kugcine kuveze okuthile enye yezinto ezihlaba umxhwele kakhulu eziphathelene neGrand Theft Auto IVLokho okwakubukeka njenge-Xbox 360 endala eshiywe etafuleni elishibhile empeleni kwafihla ikhithi yokuthuthukisa i-Rockstar North enenguqulo ye-beta yomdlalo kaNiko Bellic.
Umlingiswa oyinhloko wale ndaba nguJan, owaziwa ezinkundleni zokuxhumana ngokuthi “janmatant”owakhokha amakhilogremu amahlanu kuphela nge-console ngaphandle kokucabanga ukuthi uzothathani aye ekhaya ingxenye yomlando we-GTANgaphakathi kwe-hard drive kwakukhona isakhiwo se-GTA IV sangoNovemba 2007, izinyanga ezimbalwa ngaphambi kokukhishwa kwayo ngokusemthethweni, sihambisana namashumi ama-gigabytes ezinto zangaphakathi ezingakaze zibonwe ngaphambili.
Kusukela ekuthengisweni okuphansi emakethe yaseScotland kuya entweni yomqoqi
UJan uchaze ukuthi uvame ukuvakashela izimakethe zezinkukhu ukuze andise iqoqo lakhe kanye ukuzingela izimpahla ezishibhile abese ezithengisa kabushaKolunye lwalezo zikhathi, emakethe yezimoto endaweni yase-Edinburgh, wahlangana ne-Xbox 360 "yakudala" ene-module eseceleni engavamile ephumayo, i-Sidecar eyaziwayo evela kuma-development kits.
Okwamdonsela ukunaka ngempela kwaba isitikha esiluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka esinombhalo othi “Rockstar North Ltd” onamathiselwe esikhaleniLokho kwase kusikisela ukuthi kwakungeyona i-console yakho evamile. Engazi kahle ukuthi yini ayenayo phambi kwakhe, wabuza intengo: amakhilogremu amahlanu. Wakhokha khona manjalo wayithatha wayiyisa ekhaya ngaphandle kokucabanga kabili.
Lapho eyivula, wathola ukuthi akukho midlalo ejwayelekile efakiwe, kodwa kunamathuluzi namafayela akhethekile ku- i-Xbox 360 devkit esetshenziswa ngaphakathi yiRockstar NorthNgaphakathi kwi-hard drive, wathola ikhophi esebenzayo ye-GTA IV, kanye nesakhiwo sefolda esigcwele izinsiza, amamodeli, amavidiyo, kanye nedatha yokulungisa amaphutha engaba ngu-118-120 GB.
Kwenye yamamenyu angaphakathi omshini, igama lomsebenzisi lesistimu livela njengo “Ikhaya_Lasekhaya”, imininingwane ingxenye yomphakathi eyixhumanise ngokushesha noLeslie Benzies, umkhiqizi womlando wale ndaba kanye nomuntu obalulekile eRockstar North ngesikhathi sesizukulwane se-Xbox 360 kanye ne-PS3.
I-beta ye-GTA IV ecishe iphelele, kodwa kunzima ukuyidlala
Ukwakhiwa okutholiwe kuphelelwe yisikhathi Novemba 2007Lokhu kubeka le nguqulo esigabeni sokugcina sokuthuthukiswa, ezinyangeni ezimbalwa nje ngaphambi kokukhishwa kwayo ezitolo. Noma kunjalo, akuyona ikhophi ephucuziwe: umsebenzi osaqhubeka, onezinhlelo zokuhlola, izinsiza zesikhashana, kanye nezingxenye ezingakaqedwa.
Ukuhlaziywa kokuqala komphakathi kulinganisa ukuthi Cishe u-95% wedatha yokuqala isalokhu injalo.Kodwa-ke, amafayela amaningana emidlalo abalulekile awekho. Lawa afaka ifayela le-xbox360.rpf kanye namanye amavidiyo namaphakheji ezinsizakusebenza ezabiwe, okubangela ukuphahlazeka okuvamile futhi okwenza i-beta, empeleni, ingazinzile kakhulu.
Ngenxa yalesi sizathu, abalandeli abaye bakwazi ukuyisebenzisa ku-hardware nasezindaweni ezilingisiwe bachaza lokho Okuhlangenwe nakho kokudlala kulinganiselwe kakhuluInani lale nguqulo alikho kangako ekuhloleni iLiberty City kusukela ekuqaleni kuze kube sekugcineni, kodwa lisekuhloleni izingobo zomlando: amamodeli, izikripthi, izithombe ezinyakazayo, nezinye izinto ezikuvumela ukuthi wakhe kabusha indlela umdlalo othuthuke ngayo ngaphambi kokufika emashalofini.
Ochwepheshe abaningana bobunjiniyela obuphambene kanye nabathandi bokulondolozwa sebeqalile ukukhipha okuqukethwe ukuze bakuhlanganise nokufakwa kwe-GTA IV okukhona, okuvumela hlola izimpahla ezithile kunguqulo yezentengiso ngaphandle kokuthembela ekutheni ukwakhiwa kwe-beta kusebenza kahle.
Okuqukethwe kususiwe: izikebhe, iziteshi zomsakazo ezahlukene, nama-zombie eLiberty City
Ingxenye ejabulisa kakhulu umphakathi akuyona i-beta uqobo, kodwa inani elikhulu lokuqukethwe okulahliwe okuye kwabhalwa phansi ngenxa yakhe. Eziningi zalezi zinto zabonakala kuphela ngezithombe-skrini zangaphakathi ezindala, amahemuhemu, noma izingcezu ezincane ezibonwe kuma-trailer okuqala.
Enye yezinto ezitholakele ezikhiqiza izihloko zezindaba eziningi imodeli esebenza ngokugcwele ye Isikebhe saseLiberty FerryIsikebhe, umkhumbi owavela kafushane ku-trailer yokuqala yomdlalo, asikaze sisetshenziswe njengendlela yokudlala yokuhamba enguqulweni yezentengiselwano. Kodwa-ke, umphakathi manje usukwazile ukusilayisha ebalazweni, okuqinisekisa ukuthi kwakukhona inhloso yokusinika ukusetshenziswa kwangempela.
Ababe ngabathuthukisi beRockstar, njengalowo owayengumhleli wezinhlelo Obe VermeijBaqinisekisile ezinkundleni zokuxhumana ukuthi lezi zikebhe zisusiwe ngoba Babenezinkinga ngokushayisana kanye nefiziksingokuxuba abahamba ngezinyawo nezimoto endaweni ehambayo. Lokhu kuphazamiseka kobuchwepheshe kubikwa ukuthi yikona okubangele isinqumo seqembu sokusika lesi sici ngaphambi kwenguqulo yokugcina.
I-beta ihlanganisa iziteshi zomsakazo ezilungiselelwe ngendlela ehlukile okwagcina sikuzwile ngo-2008. Kutholakale uhlu lwadlalwayo oluhlukile, ama-voiceover angakakhishwa kanye nezingoma ezingafakwanga emdlalweni wezohwebo, kanye nezingoma ezifana ne-“Life On Mars” kaDexter Wansel noma i-“Progress” kaTony Allen phakathi kwamagama ashiwo abalandeli.
Ngale komsakazo, lo mfanekiso wembula Amamodeli e-Beta abalingiswa, izikhali, kanye nezimotoKunezinhlobo zokuqala zeNiko Bellic ezinkundleni ezimfushane, izinhlobo ezingapholishiwe zama-NPC, izimoto ezingakakhishwa ezingazange zingene enguqulweni yokugcina, kanye nezinye ezavela kamuva ku-Grand Theft Auto V, njengePrairie, ezibonisa ukuvuselelwa kanye nokuvela kwemibono ngaphakathi kwe-saga uqobo.
Imodi ye-zombie eyimfihlakalo kanye nephrojekthi ethi “Z: Resurrection”
Uma kukhona isici esisodwa esivuse umcabango womphakathi, ukubukeka izinsalela zemodi ye-zombie engaba khona ye-GTA IVPhakathi kwamafayela atholakele kwakukhona amamodeli ezidalwa ezingafile, i-stretcher enegazi, izinto eziqoqwayo ezihlobene nale ngqikithi, kanye nezinkomba zangaphakathi zephrojekthi okuthiwa ibizwa ngokuthi Z: Uvuko.
Lezi zinkomba zisikisela ukuthi, ngesikhathi esithile ngesikhathi sokuthuthukiswa, ithimba le-Rockstar North lazama umdlalo omncane noma imodi eyengeziwe egxile ekuhlaselweni yi-zombie ngaphakathi kweLiberty City. Akucaci ukuthi lokhu kwakuhloselwe umdlalo oyisisekelo, i-DLC ezimele, noma nje ukuhlolwa kwangaphakathi kwabanye abaculi nabaklami.
Amazwi asebenze esitudiyo phakathi naleyo minyaka aphawule ukuthi Abakhumbuli iphrojekthi esemthethweni yalolo hlobo.Lokhu kusikisela ukuthi kungenzeka ukuthi kwakuyisivivinyo esisodwa esingazange sidlule ezigabeni zokuqala. Noma kunjalo, ukufana nemibono yakamuva efana ne-Undead Nightmare ku-Red Dead Redemption kuholele abaningi ekuzibuzeni ukuthi lolu cwaningo luyithonye kangakanani imibono yesikhathi esizayo kaRockstar.
Ngaphezu kwezinto ze-zombie, i-beta ihlanganisa eminye imisebenzi yokuhlola engakaze ibone ukukhanya kwelanga: ukuhlukahluka ku-interface, izithonjana ezihlukile, ama-logo alahliwe kanye nokulungiswa okuncane ekubekweni kwamakhamera ngesikhathi sezigcawu ze-cinema, ezinye zazo ziqoshwe ngama-engeli angaveli kunguqulo yezentengiso.
Uma kuhlanganiswa, iphakheji inikeza i-X-ray engacacile yenqubo yokudala, ekhombisa Indlela ithoni ye-GTA IV eyakhiwa futhi yabhalwa kabusha ngayo, eyaziwa ngendlela yayo emnyama nengokoqobo uma kuqhathaniswa nezingxenye zangaphambilini.
Umsebenzi womphakathi kanye nokulondolozwa komlando womdlalo
Ngemva kokuqinisekisa ukuthi okuqukethwe kuyiqiniso, uJan wanquma ukungazigcini kuye futhi Wabelane ngokuba khona kwe-beta ku-GTAForums, enye yezindawo ezimatasa kakhulu emphakathini. Ukusuka lapho, abalandeli abahlukahlukene abavela eYurophu nakwezinye izindawo baye ukulanda, ukuhlaziya nokuhlukanisa amafayela ukubhala phansi ngangokunokwenzeka.
Izinto ezivuzayo ziseduze 118 GB wedathaLesi sibalo sihlanganisa izimpahla zazo zonke izinhlobo: amamodeli e-3D, ukuthungwa, izithombe ezinyakazayo, amathrekhi omsindo, amamephu esikhashana, izikripthi, amathuluzi okulungisa amaphutha, ngisho nezinguqulo zokuqala zemisebenzi ethile. Okunye kwalokhu okuqukethwe sekukhishwe futhi kwafakwa kumakhophi amanje omdlalo ukuze kube lula ukutadisha kwawo.
Umphakathi uhlanganisa uhlu olunemininingwane olunemininingwane into ngayinye entsha noma eguquliwe maqondana nohlelo lokugcina: yiziphi izimoto ezishintsha amagama, yiziphi izinhlamvu ezaklanywa kabusha, yiziphi izindawo zemephu ezibonisa isakhiwo esihlukile, noma yiziphi izingxoxo ezihlukile ezikhona kwezinye izigcawu.
Lezi zinhlobo zokutholakele zibhekwa njengezibaluleke kakhulu eYurophu, lapho kunesithakazelo esikhulayo khona ku- ukulondolozwa kwefa lemidlalo yevidiyoAma-prototype afana nale beta ye-GTA IV asenza siqonde ukuthi ama-studio asebenza kanjani, ukuthi yimiphi imibono elahlwayo, nokuthi izinqumo zokuklama nokukhiqiza zenziwa kanjani ngaphansi kwengcindezi evela ezinsukwini zokugcina kanye nehadiwe.
Kuze kube manje, iRockstar Games ayikasho lutho olusemthethweni ngalolu daba. Abanye abalandeli besaba ukuthi inkampani ingase cela ukususwa kwezinye zezinto ezishicilelweKodwa-ke, okwamanje le mpikiswano igxile kakhulu ekubalukeni kwayo komlando kunasempikiswaneni yezomthetho.
Intengo ephansi yamakhilogremu amahlanu yaphenduka into efiselekayo
Kanye nesithakazelo sedokhumentari, i-devkit isishintshe yaba ucezu olufunwa kakhulu ngabaqoqiNgemva kokuba indaba isakazeke kakhulu kwezokuxhumana ezikhethekile kanye nasezinkundleni zokuxhumana, uJan waqala ukuthola izipesheli zezimali ezidlula kakhulu lokho ayekukhokha emakethe yezimpahla ezithengiswayo.
Imithombo eyahlukene ikhombisa ukuthi Iziphakamiso sezivele zidlula kakhulu ama-euro angu-800nezinye izipesheli ezicishe zibe yi-£1,000. Umnikazi wazama ukufaka ikhonsoli ohlwini kumapulatifomu afana ne-eBay, kodwa isikhangiso sasuswa ngoba idivayisi iqukethe isofthiwe yokuthuthukisa kanye nezinto ezinelungelo lobunikazi, ngakho manje wamukela izipesheli zangasese kuphela.
Okumangalisayo ukuthi uJan ngokwakhe uyavuma lokho Wayengeyena umlandeli ozinikele kakhulu weGrand Theft AutoWayedlale i-GTA V kuphela endlini yomngane wakhe futhi wayengekho okunye, naphezu kokuhlala amakhilomitha ambalwa ukusuka emahhovisi kaRockstar e-Edinburgh. Nokho, lokhu okutholiwe kumkhuthaze ukuthi aqhubeke nochungechunge ngaphambi kokukhishwa kwe-GTA VI.
Okwamanje, ikhonsoli iyaqhubeka nokubonwa ngabaningi njenge "umklomelo welotho" wangempela wanoma yimuphi umlandeli: umshini osemthethweni wokuthuthukisa, ophethe ilebula le-Rockstar North, ogcwele inguqulo ye-beta yesinye sezihloko ezinethonya kakhulu zesizukulwane sawo.
Emphakathini waseSpain naseYurophu, akukaze kuqashelwe ukuthi Konke lokhu kwaqala emakethe yezindawo ezithengisa izinto ezithengiswayoLesi simo sansuku zonke sihluke kakhulu ngobukhulu bokutholakala kwale ndaba. Abadlali abaningi, ngemva kokufunda le ndaba, bazobheka amatafula e-console anothuli ezimakethe ze-flea kanye nemibukiso yesekeni ngombono ohlukile.
Lokho okuvezwa yile beta mayelana nokuthuthukiswa kwe-GTA IV
Ngale kwe-anecdote, le nguqulo ye-beta yembula Izinkomba ezithakazelisayo kakhulu mayelana nendlela i-GTA IV eyakhiwe ngayo ngaphakathi. Ukuba khona kwemishini kanye nokuqukethwe okungazange kufike emgwaqweni kubonisa izinga iphrojekthi elungiswe ngalo ngokushesha ezingeni lobuchwepheshe, lokulandisa kanye nokuklama.
Izinguquko ohlelweni lomsakazo ezithi Ukukhethwa komculo kanye nethoni yeziteshi kwaqhubeka nokukhula kwaze kwaba sekugcineni.Ukufakwa kwezindikimba ezagcina zilahliwe kusikisela izingxoxo zamalayisense, ukuhlolwa ngezitayela ezahlukene zomsindo, kanye nokufuna ibhalansi phakathi kokugcona okuvamile kwale ndaba kanye nendlela emnyama yokubhekana neLiberty City.
Amamodeli abalingiswa abahlukile kanye nezimoto, kanye nama-cinematics angahleliwe, ayaboniswa uNiko Bellic usasebenza enqubweni yokuchaza okubonakalayokanye nezinhlamvu zesibili ezenziwe lula noma zalungiswa ukuze zivumelane nokusebenza kwe-Xbox 360 kanye ne-PS3. Imininingwane eminingi yezingubo, isimo sobuso, kanye nezithombe ezinyakazayo ibonakala sengathi ilungisiwe ukuze kucace futhi kuzinze enguqulweni yokugcina.
Imodi ye-zombie ehlulekile kanye nesikebhe esidlalekayo nakho kwembula lokho Ithimba licabangele iziphakamiso ezingavamile kakhulu ngalokho okwagcina kubonwe ngo-2008. Okunye kwalokho kuhlola kuzogcina sekucacile eminyakeni eminingi kamuva kwamanye amaphrojekthi, kuyilapho eminye imibono yahlala iqinile ezakhiweni ezinjengalesi, ezingavamile ukubona ukukhanya kwelanga.
Uma sibheka konke, okutholakale kule devkit kwenza i-beta ye-GTA IV... Idokhumenti yokusebenza eyingqayizivele yokuqonda ukuthuthukiswa kwesihloko esikhulu sezwe elivulekile ngesikhathi lapho isizukulwane se-Xbox 360 ne-PS3 sasisebenza ngokugcwele futhi imikhawulo eminingi yobuchwepheshe yayihlolwa okokuqala.
Uma ngibheka emuva, indaba yomdlali owathenga ikhithi yokuthuthukisa ngemali encane kakhulu emakethe yezindiza yaseScotland wagcina embule. Inguqulo ye-beta ye-GTA IV egcwele okuqukethwe okususiwe Kufingqa inani lalezi zinto ezitholwe ngengozi ezingaba nalo: ngaphezu kokuba nesithakazelo, sezibe yifasitela elikhethekile lenqubo yokudala yeRockstar North kanye nesahluko esisha sokulondolozwa kwemidlalo yevidiyo eYurophu.
