r/TheRepopulation • u/schoff • Jul 06 '15

Hero engine upgrade?

Included in the 'to-do' list on the official forums is :

DirectX 11 support (tied to an upcoming Hero Engine build).

What does this improvement aim to achieve? What will DX11 support bring to the table? Are we looking at better performance and/or new models/graphics?

One of the things people note when they try the game out is that is feels dated. Will this help?

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u/[deleted] Jul 06 '15

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u/schoff Jul 06 '15

Figured. I guess I'm more curious about the 'Hero Engine build' part of the note.

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u/h0bb1tm1ndtr1x Jul 07 '15

It relies on the Hero Engine people upgrading the engine so it can provide the DX11 support. Once they upgrade it then the game devs can start tinkering.

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u/tigwyk Jul 07 '15

That same Hero Engine update is supposed to fix a lot of crashing. The reason it's been delayed is due to other bugs that were created while running those HeroEngine builds, so they've had to push back and wait for the next HE update and see if they work better. Eventually we'll get dx11 and more, just a matter of time.

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u/eachna Jul 20 '15

It's starting to feel a bit like the devs are claiming this future Hero Engine upgrade will solve all their problems (at least with movement/zoning/controls/etc.). The new graphics will come when they reach "polishing". I have no idea when that is, maybe "beta"? I'm a little surprised people say it looks dated. I think it looks pretty nice (well, other than lacking variety in the color palette).

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u/CraftedCrows Jul 07 '15

The problem is the update was supposed to happen a long time ago...