Soldato
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Latest patch won't download - "Cannot locate peers", or somesuch...
Got bored and went to play Riddick instead!
Got bored and went to play Riddick instead!
Just leave it open, think it tries to reconnect.
Paul I think anyone who's managed a large project or department will see many of the early discussions in the videos and read between the lines that there was very little oversight on several key features of the game.
The fact ships were done and have since been redone as they weren't big enough for their own avatar to move in freely is just the first of those, probably the most glaring error between departments. The height of the avatar was known very early on so how come they made several mistakes with ship models? That's a management issue which they've well and truly sorted out now.
It's a learning process though, they have a lot of new staff and have recruited constantly over the past 24 months. If they didn't have it right before I do think it's on track now which is why we're seeing a lot more art work coming out than previously and it's increasingly top notch and what we then see in-engine.
If you'd have got stuff earlier, you'd complain its rubbish.
If it comes in a very solid pre-alpha state, but late because of that, they're rushed.
If its not out by tomorrow, its forever delayed.
If it doesnt have everything under the sun, and is perfect, its a waste of time.
For someone 'in the business' as you boast, you've a surprising mixture of arrogance and ignorance to your complaining.
We've seen more than enough developers release stuff full of fundamental flaws, showing contempt for the people they actively seek to mislead into paying for their work, in whatever state its released in, and frankly i'll wait till 2020 if thats how long it takes to get it right. Complaining that the pre-pre-alpha ship models, which were released so the backers could see them in their glory, require finishing, and werent finished 3yrs before the game is released. My word, what incompetence.
But had they not released partly finished ships, you'd be moaning 3yrs and they havent even let us have our ships.
For someone claiming to have a meaningful understanding of the process, on behalf of gamers everywhere, may i take the opportunity to say that if this method isnt your method of developing software, particularly games, then we're sick and tired of your half finished, done when the posters state its done, pieces of junk.
The fact that what they 'sold you on' was done when there was just 3 people involved (iirc), and youre baffled they hadnt figured out every aspect of the game they knew would takes years to build, the arrogance that nobody else could possibly suggest a better solution to the many tasks involved which would require a reworking or 2... its mind boggling, truly.
Halfmad;26560796 The fact ships were done and have since been redone as they weren't big enough for their own avatar to move in freely is just the first of those said:Well theres problems that can come even when you know sizes, I've been on projects where somebody made a 1-1 scale of a room and an avatar of their height, asumming it would work perfectly, but it was all weirdly off when you played it.