Friday Update, February 24, 2012

[Blackdog_kt]

Originally Posted by Walrus1

I think, that in the 39 pages of back and forth about the ground vehicle feature of the game that is in progress, that some of the complainers have lost sight of the most important aspect of this update:

That a patch that completely remakes the graphics engine of the game is very nearly finished! And that benchmarks are demonstrating significant performance improvements.

Which underscores the conclusion that, apparently, they are both able to improve the performance of the game AND work on this new facet to gameplay. Which IMO, will make the whole game experience more interesting in that vehicles or AAA that you take out may in fact be a human opponent.

I'm genuinely puzzled as well. I mean, the things we all wanted to see getting fixed are mentioned in the update as being very close to completion, yet we have an explosion of disapproval over what is simply a small tech demo of a feature that's still months away


I'll make this red text so that it stands out, i don't want anybody missing their fair warning or anything.

Originally Posted by carguy_

This is not "blow off some steam" thread. It is dev update thread, giving information about the patch progress and new game functions.

This. Anyone who wants to blow off some steam can go to the pilot's lounge section and start their own thread, that's why we have it in the first place.

This thing repeats itself on every update thread.
Nobody talks about the actual update or asks questions about it:
-How are you implementing the new FMs? Can you describe a case where the new FM would really make a difference in handling?

-How is the tank damage model? Is armor thickness and slope taken into account? What about different ammunition types and their armor penetration capability?

-Can you give us an example of the performance of the new graphics engine? For example, on such and such hardware, we get that amount of FPS flying over this part of the map.

All these are valid questions for an update thread that almost NOBODY ever asks.

Instead, we get the same process each and every time where:

1) Someone will suppose something is done a certain way without having any actual knowledge of it. Instead of asking about it, he will take it for granted.

2) Using that assumption as a stepping stone, he will then proceed to make an argument unrelated to the update content.

3) A user with an opposing viewpoint will be along to counter the previous poster.

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12) Personal attacks, name-calling, trolling and making the thread unreadable for anyone who wishes to gain some meaningful information about the topic.

I'm starting from the last page and going backwards to clean up the thread. On strike two it's infraction time for purposefully derailing the thread even after ample warning given.
Whoever it might concern, you've been fairly and adequately warned and cut your share of slack, don't cry if the same situation repeats itself and the banhammer starts swinging.

Thread is locked until clean-up is complete.