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Allow Eve Probe to lock your computer.
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Malcoreh Vakarhn
Dreddit
Test Alliance Please Ignore
#1 - 2014-07-01 15:58:49 UTC  |  Edited by: Malcoreh Vakarhn
I'm sure many of us religiously lock our systems when we walk away from them. With the coming of Eve Probe, wouldn't it be useful if, instead of hitting Win + L, we can open up Probe and let it do its thing, yet still leave the PC fairly "secure" against roommates and such?

EDIT: For those who have no idea what I'm talking about: Eve Probe is an upcoming program, separate from the Eve client, that will allow us to brute force test the graphics engine of Eve. It will run pre-recorded "movies" on our systems that will run in the graphics engine instead of just being a pre-rendered video file. It will then send metrics back to CCP, so that they can have a ton of performance information about their code for wider variety of systems and setups than they could possibly test on their own.
Gisander
PIE Inc.
Khimi Harar
#2 - 2014-07-01 16:18:41 UTC
+1

Would increase my usage of the system.
Caleb Seremshur
Bloodhorn
Patchwork Freelancers
#3 - 2014-07-01 16:41:44 UTC
What?
Antillie Sa'Kan
Imperial Shipment
Amarr Empire
#4 - 2014-07-01 17:18:31 UTC
EVE Probe? Frigate? Scan probe? What?
De'Veldrin
Republic University
Minmatar Republic
#5 - 2014-07-01 17:19:39 UTC  |  Edited by: De'Veldrin
Eve to Begin Probing Capsuleers

Malcoreh Vakarhn wrote:
I'm sure many of us religiously lock our systems when we walk away from them. With the coming of Eve Probe, wouldn't it be useful if, instead of hitting Win + L, we can open up Probe and let it do its thing, yet still leave the PC fairly "secure" against roommates and such?


As long as it's optinal for those of us who don't care, sure.

De'Veldrin's Corollary (to Malcanis' Law): Any idea that seeks to limit the ability of a large nullsec bloc to do something in the name of allowing more small groups into sov null will inevitably make it that much harder for small groups to enter sov null.
Daichi Yamato
Jabbersnarks and Wonderglass
#6 - 2014-07-01 17:29:00 UTC
even after reading that...

What?

EVE FAQ "7.2 CAN I AVOID PVP COMPLETELY? No; there are no systems or locations in New Eden where PvP may be completely avoided"

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De'Veldrin
Republic University
Minmatar Republic
#7 - 2014-07-01 17:35:52 UTC  |  Edited by: De'Veldrin
tl;dr:

Eve Probe is a new CCP toy that would basically enable you to run prescripted Eve "movies" on your PC (prescripted as in CCP designed the content and you can't make new ones) to test out new graphics features on a wider variety of equipment configurations than they can ever hope to have in house. This would let them get massive client performance feedback on new features BEFORE they snarl a large portion of the playerbase. It collects metrics from your PC and reports them back to CCP for analysis on the performance.

The OP's idea is to allow Eve Probe to basically lock your PC when it runs, letting you wander off and do things while it's running if you don't want to watch the graphics show again.

De'Veldrin's Corollary (to Malcanis' Law): Any idea that seeks to limit the ability of a large nullsec bloc to do something in the name of allowing more small groups into sov null will inevitably make it that much harder for small groups to enter sov null.
Daichi Yamato
Jabbersnarks and Wonderglass
#8 - 2014-07-01 17:38:03 UTC
oohhh...

EVE FAQ "7.2 CAN I AVOID PVP COMPLETELY? No; there are no systems or locations in New Eden where PvP may be completely avoided"

Daichi Yamato's version of structure based decs
Fer'isam K'ahn
SAS Veterinarians
#9 - 2014-07-01 18:02:00 UTC  |  Edited by: Fer'isam K'ahn
Though I never lock my PC for whatever reason I support the option for those who do.

Eve Probe was introduced on fanfest 2014

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apyD43WQjQ4

Malcoreh, maybe you can clarify that Eve Probe is a test/research engine and link it in your top post, just to prevent more WHUT ? and get more +1. Just a thought. Cool
Alvatore DiMarco
Capricious Endeavours Ltd
#10 - 2014-07-01 19:47:22 UTC
This is a spectacular idea. +1 for you.
Malcoreh Vakarhn
Dreddit
Test Alliance Please Ignore
#11 - 2014-07-02 00:40:36 UTC
Fer'isam K'ahn wrote:
Though I never lock my PC for whatever reason I support the option for those who do.

Eve Probe was introduced on fanfest 2014

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apyD43WQjQ4

Malcoreh, maybe you can clarify that Eve Probe is a test/research engine and link it in your top post, just to prevent more WHUT ? and get more +1. Just a thought. Cool



Yah, sorry. I just made the edit. Admittedly, I made this post, then completely forgot about it.
Arya Regnar
Darwins Right Hand
#12 - 2014-07-02 00:46:20 UTC
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Petrified
Old and Petrified Syndication
#13 - 2014-07-02 03:42:59 UTC
So instead of the classic CTRL-ALT-DEL to unlock your computer showing you would now have Probe acting like a screensaver with the same function.

Yeah... I could go for that :)

Cloaking is the closest thing to a "Pause Game" button one can get while in space.

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Sobaan Tali
Caldari Quick Reaction Force
#14 - 2014-07-02 03:50:10 UTC
This whole Eve Probe thing sounds rather interesting (honestly first I've heard of it, but I have been taking a bit of a break). So it stress-tests the engine on the host's machine and sends the resulting data off to CCP so they know better how Eve runs on our machines? Sort of a "See what we see" tool, or a benchmark program specific for Eve's engine, it seems. I like.

On the original question, I do live alone and don't have that sort of "lock when you leave" need, but spent over 4 years in the military following that very same rule religiously, so I can see where you're coming from.

I will +1 this as well.

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