It is sad to see how the vague communication on the part of FDev calls on the self-proclaimed experts who want to explain to us why the world is so bad. Please end this FDev and deliver us from ignorance.
Why Odyssey has so many issues? The problem is the game engine
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Fairly simple situation if you believe all that stuff - do it better yourself...
I'm suspicious of the artists that claim to be having trouble with "the engine" as it is generally programmers who would have exposure to anything referred to as such. Artists may use plug-ins and toolsets that might be provided by the engine team. You won't find any examples of game development teams that don't have challenges, even if they use Unreal engine or Unity there are developers that hate/love them for various reasons.
A quick tertiary glance at Frontier's own job adverts for 3D artists suggests they use industry standard tools such as Maya and zBrush.
I had some experience of an in-house game engine for a multi title studio and it was really neat to be able to call upon the individuals that wrote the code immediatly, as apposed to awaiting on a support ticket response, they had an internal message board where they communicated about upcoming hardware support and new technologies and provided in-house presentations and training.
A quick tertiary glance at Frontier's own job adverts for 3D artists suggests they use industry standard tools such as Maya and zBrush.
I had some experience of an in-house game engine for a multi title studio and it was really neat to be able to call upon the individuals that wrote the code immediatly, as apposed to awaiting on a support ticket response, they had an internal message board where they communicated about upcoming hardware support and new technologies and provided in-house presentations and training.
That's why I copy pasted wikipedia to explain things for me
Agreed on the last thing. I think they should indeed just update the engine.
The StellarForge creates the galaxy. The Cobra engine interacts with it. The StellarForge is the important part there for the planets, though - any engine would do to show it.
Dice spent a ton of time developing the ability to quickly add assets in the Frostbite engine. Maybe that could be a Dev stream, make that post...
And we saw what happened when holy EA decreed that every studio they own has to use the Frostbite engine for absolutely everything. ME Andromeda happened.. and Anthem.Dice spent a ton of time developing the ability to quickly add assets in the Frostbite engine. Maybe that could be a Dev stream, make that post...
If nothing the last 2 years have shown this is impossible.
ED Forums: Zombie mode. In the end, they will always get you!If nothing the last 2 years have shown this is impossible.
So, interesting take back i have from those glassdoor reviews is actually the one that says the Engine is hard to work with... unless you are a programmer.
And here we have a taster that FDev are actually doing programming, not simply scripting everything, there is a difference between actual programming and scripts... one takes a lot more effort than the other, they have advantages and disadvantages too but typically actual programming is a hell of a lot faster and solid than scripting.
What that review says to me is the following "I suck at actual programming because i probably only learnt python, maybe some perl or something and I had to get my hands on some actual C++ (or the like) and found it difficult... because i found it hard, FDev's engine sucks"
See lots of different ways to look at it.
If we want to be a bunch of pedantic ..... its also a true statement that if you know what you are doing, the fastest way to do it is to get as closed to the metal as possible and just go full assembly programming The higher the level of programming, the worse performance you often get.
And here we have a taster that FDev are actually doing programming, not simply scripting everything, there is a difference between actual programming and scripts... one takes a lot more effort than the other, they have advantages and disadvantages too but typically actual programming is a hell of a lot faster and solid than scripting.
What that review says to me is the following "I suck at actual programming because i probably only learnt python, maybe some perl or something and I had to get my hands on some actual C++ (or the like) and found it difficult... because i found it hard, FDev's engine sucks"
See lots of different ways to look at it.
If we want to be a bunch of pedantic ..... its also a true statement that if you know what you are doing, the fastest way to do it is to get as closed to the metal as possible and just go full assembly programming
The higher the level of programming, the worse performance you often get.True but one should upgrade their game engine.
When they work on another game, yep, that's true. Mid development ? Maybe ? Carefully ?
But do they have enough mats and will they have to grind for it?
All they have to do is relog and reset the mats!
No and yes. They already packed their stuff and went to Dav's hope
That's the way I read it too, as that is sadly my experience of a lot of new "developers" coming into the industry. I'm hoping my experience isn't widespread, but the evidence seems to be against me.