Triton

[CosmicD]

Well, I'd beg lad to sign up but I don't like it so much tha they ask your CC info right away without really knowing what youre goign to pay for..

or did i overlook something ?

[smattbac]

It clearly says you don't have to enter your creditcard number when registering.

[VladR]

Why do we also have to wait with Triton for official release date ? I would`ve bought it right away after playing the demo, but we must wait till the official release date (2 weeks ahead).
Why ?

[smattbac]

The game isn't done yet.

Originally Posted by VladR

Why do we also have to wait with Triton for official release date ? I would`ve bought it right away after playing the demo, but we must wait till the official release date (2 weeks ahead).
Why ?

Ahm, because of contracts with their publisher 2K Games?

[VladR]

Originally Posted by fritzchen1

Ahm, because of contracts with their publisher 2K Games?

I thought so (many people would do the same thing probably - just buy it right away in download form) ! While that`s understandable, it`s also unbearable ! Oh, well ! Time to wait again !

[CosmicD]

I've signed up for triton player but it wont send me an validation e-mail, even if I go into the account and try to resend it it doesn't arrive

[birty]

same here. customer support emails bounce too

[delse]

Personally i do digital dowloands whenver i can but triton looks a bit shaky.My big question is will they start offering preloads before launch.If they dont then ill probally just get the box.

[CosmicD]

ahh, i've got my confirmation mail right away without a verify email, so I'm downloading the demo already and i'm going to test the play while download feature..

You could preload prey full but their going to charge you $49.. Not doing this yet untill my next visa statement :P

[mscoder610]

I DLed the Triton client, seems to work fine so far. The Prey demo downloaded fine through it, and works also.

I know someone people were worrying about entering a CC# on the first registration screen when browsers show it's only "Partially Encrypted", but like everyone's been saying, it's optional then. Once I got my account set up, you can enter CC/billing info there, and the page shows as fully encrypted.

[Kristian Joensen]

Originally Posted by delse

Personally i do digital dowloands whenver i can but triton looks a bit shaky.My big question is will they start offering preloads before launch.If they dont then ill probally just get the box.

Yes according to Triton's sub page on Prey:

In a little over a week you will be able to start pre-loading Prey so that there will be no wait once the clock strikes midnight.

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[delse]

sweet ill download it then.Hopefully some of my cash will go to getting duke out the door a little faster

[CoMa]

I'm italian how i can buy prey?
How i can pay with triton?
What kind of credit card i need?
Thx anyway

[CosmicD]

bumpage:

...so now that prey has gone gold, i've not seen any specific infos on when it will be available on triton ... will it ?

[Joe Siegler]

Demo is available now. I believe the full version is also available for pre-order there, too.

http://www.playtriton.com/prey

[CosmicD]

aah, lol, thx, i was watching in the triton player itself but the info on the website changed,

woohoo

[m4dmax]

is this triton stuff going to come with the game or should I download it now to be ready.

[9Nails]

Dunno about if it comes with the game. IMHO Triton is a different way to own the game. Instead of fussing with going to the store or waiting for postal delivery services, or requiring the CD's and DVD's to play, you just download the game from Triton and play. Triton's player makes sure you have the latest updates for your game. I've used Direct2Drive which offers a similar digital media delivery system. So I'm comfortable with this type of service.

But Triton won't be offering the Collector's Edition of Prey which was a deal breaker for me.

[8IronBob]

Well, I was gonna preorder by Triton, but I felt that EB Games was far more comforting to me at the time. I never knew anything about Triton until you mentioned them just now, Joe...

[CosmicD]

they're doing updates on a regular base to triton now.. so i guess thats good but persionally I think there have to be a few improvements.

instead of having your browse trough all games in the browser, why doesn't triton create a "your games" map like steam dose.. then you can play your games immediately;

Also there should be a "log me in automaticly" checlbox to remember the password and it should be staying resident like steam (and in the taskbar menu, giving you the option to quit!"

[birty]

i dont think triton has to be running for you to play so you can create a direct shortcut to a game you have downloaded without having to use triton at all (I assume this wont work if the game is not completely downloaded though)

[pietr]

Triton looks extremely hideous to me, like a 1990's era proprietary database management system where the design of the thing was never actually made but just tackled along (and by "design" I don't mean fancy graphics, I mean usability and interface ergonomics).

I was going to purchase the game through it considering it will probably take too long to be released in my country, if ever (Brazil - 2k games don't have local offices here), but the thing looks so weird I'm considering waiting a couple of months instead to see if EA Games will release it around here (EA Brasil usually distributes games from other publishers around here - for example, D3 and Q4 by Activision).

The whole idea of online purchase is great and from what I've seen from some posts by one of the Triton's programmers around the idea is to make something really good, but without being as intrusive as steam is. In concept this is great, but it still seems a far cry from a professional delivery system. Which is bad, because I want the thing to suceed.

[CosmicD]

hehe, yeah it looks & feels kinda "interactive shareware cd browser" ish .. but well, maybe 3drealms can convince that the inner workins are ok

Anyway, I wonder how it's gonnawork if you dont need triton running, what safety measures will be taken to ensure that it's not just an installed game without protection ?

[Electrii]

Yeah, this whole Triton thing looks really cheap and dodgy. It seems like a weird business choice to release a game this anticipated on an obscure, cheap-looking service like this, but hey, they probably have their reasons.

[Gryph]

Nevermind, I thought they didn't switch over the new UI.

[CoMa]

If i download the game from triton i haven't cd-key and cd, so i always need to start triton for play the game?

[Kristian Joensen]

Originally Posted by Gryph

They are working on a new UI which looks tons better.

They ARE already using a new UI.

[Gryph]

Originally Posted by Kristian Joensen

They ARE already using a new UI.

Oh...damn. Well scratch that post then. I used it a couple of weeks ago so I thought it was the same old crappy UI.

[Kristian Joensen]

No you need to get the actually Triton client not the old Game XStream player, that one doens't even work for me. Whereas the Triton client DOES work.

[CoMa]

can u answer to me pls?

[Joe Siegler]

Originally Posted by Gryph

Oh...damn. Well scratch that post then. I used it a couple of weeks ago so I thought it was the same old crappy UI.

There is another UI under develpment. What you get now is by far not the final version. The final version is better than what's available.

[Gryph]

I just opened Triton and it didn't update to the new UI that Kristian mentioned. I'm not using the GameXstream downloader, I uninstalled that a long time ago.

But as long as a new better UI is being made then that's all that matters. Thanks for the heads up, Joe.

[Kristian Joensen]

Well I was talking about new UI relative to the old Game XStream program. If there is an EVEN newer UI coming out then that is a great thing.

[Joe Siegler]

Originally Posted by Kristian Joensen

Well I was talking about new UI relative to the old Game XStream program. If there is an EVEN newer UI coming out then that is a great thing.

There's some screenshots of the newer UI posted by Royal somewhere on these forums.

[Joe Siegler]

Prey is now available for preload on the Triton download system. If you pre-order the game through Triton, you can begin pre-loading the game on your system. If you pre-load the game this way, you will be able to play immediately upon the game's release. Here's some details from Triton:

Pre-ordering is now available through the Triton Player for $49.95 by clicking the "Preload Prey" box. By pre-ordering you will be able to start playing Prey within minutes of the release at 12:01 a.m. on 7/11/2006. In a little over a week you will be able to start pre-loading Prey so that there will be no wait once the clock strikes midnight.

You can also check out the Prey demo via the Triton system as well, so check out all the digital distribution goodness for Prey at Triton's Website.

[Dawid van Straaten]

Nice, I still prefer having a nice shiny box though.

[John]

Heh, I didn't even know it was going to be officially released on the 11th. Good to know!

[hanged_man]

That's one high price for downloading from the net ...id rather wait and have a shiny box for that money

[CrimsonHead]

This Triton is'nt going to be like a Steam type thing where everyone is forced to install this and be online all the time? One of the good things about the Doom³ engine(besides the graphics ) is the freedom, no forced external unneccessary crapware that you don't want. Steam takes up memory, steals personal info, forces you to install against your will, I hope other developers don't start going down that road. I know piracy is a big problem, but geez I'd be willing to phone my cd key in, mail a copy of my receipt, but please don't force people to be online for an SP game, or have external memory resident stuff running, thats just evil.

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I just found my answer here http://forums.3drealms.com/vb/showthread.php?t=19400 nevermind sorry