My.. idea.

Negative_Creep · Post by **Negative_Creep** » Fri Feb 29, 2008 5:53 pm

Today, not long ago, I set up my PC to my HDTV through VGA and a standard audio plug, then set up my wireless gaming reciever and played Dino Crisis on ePSXe, on my TV, so it felt like console gaming. For the fun of it I tried the same thing with Condition Zero and Halo (PC)... then I thought of something. Wouldn't it be cool if someone made a program that had an Xbox Live-ish style interface to it that could be easily enabled and viewed during PC game playing, with a name for the game your playing and a friends list that shown you what games they were playing as well? This is more console-gaming orientated, but I try to make my PC gaming console orientated.

Does anybody like that idea?

ghosstt · Post by **ghosstt** » Fri Feb 29, 2008 6:03 pm

xFire

vskid · Post by **vskid** » Fri Feb 29, 2008 6:18 pm

ghosstt wrote:xFire

I'd say Steam sounds even more like what he wants, its kind of a resource eater though, so plenty of RAM is needed.

ShockSlayer · Post by **ShockSlayer** » Fri Feb 29, 2008 7:42 pm

I like that idea.

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Negative_Creep · Post by **Negative_Creep** » Sat Mar 01, 2008 4:22 am

I have both XFire and Steam... i'm talking more of an Xbox Live style interface. Steam is hardly anything more than a game launcher tbh

Harshboy · Post by **Harshboy** » Sat Mar 01, 2008 1:22 pm

Sounds like it's time to bust out the 'ol Visual C# 2008 Step by Step Book.

Negative_Creep · Post by **Negative_Creep** » Sun Mar 02, 2008 10:37 am

Harshboy is pr0

I love Xbox Live Friends List so I can just see whos playing and join their games immediately. Who wouldn't want this feature on PC... and Steam doesn't do it the way i'm saying.

dragon · Post by **dragon** » Sun Mar 02, 2008 1:09 pm

Sounds like a very good idea i hope it works out.

Negative_Creep · Post by **Negative_Creep** » Sun Mar 02, 2008 1:17 pm

I think Steam only lets you see what games they are playing if they are Steam games.

Kurt_ · Post by **Kurt_** » Sun Mar 02, 2008 1:52 pm

Reading through all the posts, I still think that what you want is Steam, for non-steam games (And steam has an option to add non-steam games now, never used it though). Under the friends tab it shows you who's online, away, or in a game, and what game they're in (and the title of the server too, I think). In-game, you press shift-tab to get to Steam again.

I don't see how it's not what you want...