Anthony Posted April 29, 2020 Share Posted April 29, 2020 Hello, Is it possible to bring City of heroes homecoming to consoles? Xbox and playsation? (long time player here, before it got shut down) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greycat Posted April 29, 2020 Share Posted April 29, 2020 Possible? Sure. (There are some joystick controls in the game.) Likely? Probably not with a small, volunteer team, and with the current grey status of the game... Done with the Kheld "community" here. Since they obviously don't care about anything lore wise and crap on people who do. Kheld backstory guide might be uploaded in a non-Homecoming location when I finish the revision. No, it may not be put on the HC wiki, and what was there of my first one has been removed. Please do not reupload. I'm not giving the people here the benefit of the work just to be crapped on and told "lol, lore for a lore based AT, doesn't matter, f you." (Note, this refers to the playerbase, not the devs.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apparition Posted April 29, 2020 Share Posted April 29, 2020 Homecoming doesn't legally own City of Heroes, so no. Even then, MMOGs developed for PC don't translate well to console and vice versa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwitchFade Posted April 29, 2020 Share Posted April 29, 2020 Egads! No thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AerialAssault Posted April 29, 2020 Share Posted April 29, 2020 In short: No. The long of it is that releasing a game on a console can only be done with the express consent of the console owner (so, Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft). Since Homecoming does not own the rights to the City of Heroes brand, they won't entertain the idea. Whether it would be physically possible is another thing. City of Heroes might be an old game, but it is optimised for PC use only. Preparing it for console would be a herculean task. Also, how would it even work on console? I'm trying to imagine the controller configuration in my head and I can't think of anything that would be intuitive to use AND work for any AT/Powerset Oh? You like City of Heroes? Name every player character. I'll be waiting in my PMs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tugzug Posted May 4, 2020 Share Posted May 4, 2020 Your best bet is to hook up your TV to your PC, and use a controller that is USB or otherwise PC compatible. You'd still be on PC, but basically all the motions of playing on console. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Zot Posted May 5, 2020 Share Posted May 5, 2020 HahahahahahaNO. Take a look at the powers list for any toon above level 30 or so and tell me how you'd map all that to an interface besides mouse and keyboard. Plus inspirations, plus menus, plus plus plus .... As usual with the porting question, if it wasn't made with console UI in mind, chances are it's impossible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTeague Posted May 5, 2020 Share Posted May 5, 2020 Would likely need a full keyboard anyway, just to monitor LFG chat, send someone a tell to either ask them to join you, or ask to join them. Roster: MTeague's characters: The Good, The Bad, and The Gold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
srmalloy Posted May 5, 2020 Share Posted May 5, 2020 1 hour ago, Black Zot said: HahahahahahaNO. Take a look at the powers list for any toon above level 30 or so and tell me how you'd map all that to an interface besides mouse and keyboard. Plus inspirations, plus menus, plus plus plus .... I'd be willing to bet that you could program either a Thrustmaster Cougar HOTAS or Saitek X-65F HOTAS (joystick/throttle combinations) to do it, but it would be a pain in the ass learning the switch configurations, since you wouldn't have the association between the keys and the trays. Besides, joystick and throttle for movement doesn't work well for an MMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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