Friday Development Update - November 18, 2011

[albx]

Originally Posted by BigC208

"Yea there are some other things that will be nice when they are done but in the mean time getting these CTD's ironed out and getting smoother gameplay for the guys with rigs that are modest is a noble area to work on..."

This last paragraph worries me. Scalability so far has been horrible. On my one month old rig the game looks fantastic and it runs like a dream. On my 5 year old, duocrore at 3.4ghz, historic machine it does not run at all over land and barely over sea. If I turn the graphics down to the point where it works it looks like something from the early nineties. No kidding.

I'm now worried that after spending a grand and being happy with the game they're now going to tune the graphics engine down to the point where the wow factor is gone. We're then left with a slightly upgraded 1946 that'll run on most machines.

One thing is certain. I'll make a copy of the current version before I update to the next.

Thanks for the update.

do you know what mean the word optimization?

[BigC208]

Originally Posted by albx

do you know what mean the word optimization?

I don't have the foggiest idea what you're asking me. I'm Dutch and a bit slow and have not had my coffe yet. Not a good combination. What the hell I give it a try. I know what optimization means. I may just not be happy with what they think it means. If optimizing means the game runs better and looks better I'm all for it. If it means the game gets dumbed down so a kid can play it on his PS3 or XBOX in 2 years (sarcasm) I'm not a happy camper.

[albx]

Originally Posted by BigC208

I don't have the foggiest idea what you're asking me. I'm Dutch and a bit slow and have not had my coffe yet. Not a good combination. What the hell I give it a try. I know what optimization means. I may just not be happy with what they think it means. If optimizing means the game runs better and looks better I'm all for it. If it means the game gets dumbed down so a kid can play it on his PS3 or XBOX in 2 years (sarcasm) I'm not a happy camper.

I don't think they are dumbing down something (well, I hope), what i mean and what the dev team are doing in my opinion, clearing the code, removing the part of it with bugs and bad performances, so everybody will be happy, from who have an old pc till you with your new rig.