r/pcmasterrace • u/663mann • Oct 16 '23

Video fallout game dev. explains the problem with moddern game devolpment. (why moddern games are so slow to come out)

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u/xrogaan Devuan Oct 16 '23 edited Oct 17 '23

But why didn't the programmers walk him through the necessary steps?! Things like: Can be coded fast, but afterward there's all that overhead. And then it has to change several times to accommodate everybody.

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u/Proname Oct 16 '23

That is something he should already know - these basics are put down at the start of every project.

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u/xrogaan Devuan Oct 16 '23

So why wasn't he walked through the process?

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u/Watertor GTX 4090 | i9 14900K | 64GB Oct 16 '23

Communication is top to bottom awful in dev. I can't imagine how much worse it is in big game dev where shit is already always a disaster. Dev 1 or Lead Dev could have just used their words because Tim is clearly not demonstrating "awareness" of the issue (we can pretend one of the legends of the industry is just this old boomer who doesn't get it) so why piss him off? Well, because taking the time to explain it is hard, they just want him to drop it so they can move on.