my understanding of console development is something liek this. someone let me know if i have anything wrong.

lets say ure making a PS3 game.

u get in contant with sony with a game proposal. if its approved then u fork over some money ($250,000 i think) for a development kit and a licence to be able to publish on the console.

in that kit are development tools that u install on the PC. id imagine a combintaion of standard tools like the gimp for textures and propietary compilers and IDEs for the PS3 are used. u also get a development PS3. this is different from the one u buy at a store as it can run unsigned software (ie u just plonk in a disc or send the game data over a network and itll play...no protection or anything) and it usually has an extra lump of ram for debugging and performance monitoring.

once u have all that set up....u develop the game on the PC using those tools and then u test it on the development PS3. the code u write on the PC wont run on the PC. itll be using alot of custom APIs that are in the PS3.

once uve developed the game...u send it to sony, they test it to make sure it meets certain standards and then the game goes gold once sony give it the thumbs up.

so short answer, no they cant play it on a PC because the code is not code made for the PC.

osan0

Ok, that pretty much summed it all up ;). This is what I wanted to know. I was always curious as to how that worked. How do emulators work, then, and why is it so hard for someone to make ones for the newer consoles?

Also, you said that you would have to pay Sony to get the dev kit and all. If you make a PC game, though, is it free as long as you have the software you want to make it with?

I've been wondering about this for a while now, so I've decided to ask you guys on the forums since I can't seem to find it anywhere. If I am correct, when game developers make console games, they make them on a PC. The game engine they use and the stuff they make and edit are all on the pc until the game is complete and finished. Then, it's sold on a console and impossible to play on a PC.

So if they made a console game on a PC, is it possible to play them on a PC? I'm not talking about emulators because they only go up to the Playstation-Nintendo 64 era, and everything after that is basically unplayable or not even made. And if you can't play them on a PC, why not, and how do they make it on the PC in the first place?

Get a temperature monitoring software like Speedfan and make sure the temps aren't too high. Record the CPU and GPU temps.Luminouslight

I downloaded Speedfan and I performed an in-depth online analysis of my hard disk, and everything seems to be fine except for one thing. My temperature is 39 degrees Celcius, none of my specs were below the attribute threshold (except for 1, which I will get to in a sec), my overall fitness of my drive was 94%, and my overall performance of my drive was 91%. The only thing that was bad was for the Power On Hours Count which was below the average limits. My value was 209, where as the normal range is 217-253. According to the site, this is what it said about it:

"NOTE : your hard disk Power On Hours Count attribute current value (209) is below the normal range (217 - 253) reported for your specific hard disk model. Basically your hard disk was powered on for more than the maximum time the average user did. This means that either all of the reports collected are from hard disks that were not powered on for too long (this is realistic for recent models) or that your hard disk is becoming old. Usually this is not considered as a pre-failure advisory, but you should check whether you want to replace the hardware or keep an eye on its performances over time."

Does anyone think this has anything to do with it?

Well, I don't know where you are located, but in a lot of places now, it is getting warmer, much warmer due to fact summer is on our doorsteps (again most of us, northern hemisphere anyway).

check you case temperatures, it may have a lot to do with it. make sure cables aren't blocking air flow, and there is no dust inside case and all your fans are functioning properly.

computers will shutdown without warning if they are too hot, and hopefully you have not done any permanent damage to your system.

As for the power supply issue, your wattage is usually right on the label of the power supply itself, although, if you were able to run the game to begin with, then I doubt that is the problem, unless on the off chance it is dying.

You do not list your specs, so by suggesting you are having trouble with COD 2, I presume you have an older machine. give us your specs so that we may be able to narrow down more.

One last thing, when you upgraded your graphics card in november, you didn't move the cpu cooler did you? if you broke the contact of thermal compound between the cpu and the cooler, it can overheat pretty easily.

But like I said, without more info, we cant help much more.

OneNeo1

Yeah, it's hot near me too (I live in Pennsylvania) and it's basically summer already. However, I have air conditioning and it's not hot in my computer room so I doubt that's the problem. Later today, since I am busy doing something right now, I will turn my computer off and open my case up to remove all dust and check everything just as you said. I alraedy know that my computer has a lot of dust that I never removed in the past, so that will be my number one priority right now. While I do know a good amount of things about PC hardware, I still don't know a lot. When you say to check if my fan is functioning properly, I don't know what to look for. I know that a couple months ago, weird noises were coming out of my computer every once in a while and would last for a while. It would literally sound like a chainsaw, and I think it was my video card. But I really don't know, and I don't know if that has anything to do with this.

Once again, as for my power supply, I don't even know what it looks like. I didn't look yet (I'm very lazy and the back of my computer is hard to reach to without unplugging some things), but I doubt I would find it right away.

Also, I don't know what the cpu cooler is, but I know that I didn't move anything besides my old video card, at least as far as I know. Something could have happened by accident. I have a feeling that my computer IS overheating, but I don't know why or from what.

And, finally, here are my specs. I do have a somewhat older computer, and the only thing I ever updated in it was the video card. Here you go:

Dell XPS 400

Intel Pentium D Processor

2.80 GHz (also says 2.79 GHz?)

1 GB or RAM (do I need to upgrade?)

ATI Radeon Power Color HD 2600 Video Card

I'm pretty sure those are all the specs you need. If there are any others, please tell me what they are and where I can find them. As a note, though, I don't want people telling me to upgrade things just because it would be better for newer games. Right now, I'm just interested in playing my older games. If I wanted new games, which I do, I would buy a whole new computer, which I will eventually but just don't know when. I have Windows XP, but if I were to upgrade I would get Vista. So if I need to fix or upgrade/update something, only tell me it if it's for the specific problem I presented to you in this thread about my computer randomly turning off. Thanks for the help guys :D