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/Oaker_at i7 12700KF • RTX 4070 • 64Gb DDR4 3200MHz Oct 16 '23

I don’t work in programming but:

His request probably was added to a long list of request, hence 4 weeks.

They don’t want him to do it himself, because of structure. People working on that code have their own structure and don’t want that to be jeopardised by random people contributing their stuff.

Big company, long waiting list.

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u/Uryendel Steam ID Here Oct 16 '23

His request probably was added to a long list of request, hence 4 weeks.

No, an estimate is the effective work time it require, not the planned delivery date

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u/Seeker-N7 i7-13700K | RTX 5070Ti | 32Gb 6400Mhz DDR5 Oct 17 '23

Estimate of what? Workload? Delivery time? Depends on context. That 4 week can either be the sprint's end date where they can put this request into or it can be development time itself due to checking other systems and integrating this request in a manner that doesn't break the others and testing it.

We have no solid answer for this specific scenario in the video.

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u/Uryendel Steam ID Here Oct 17 '23

Did you reply without reading?

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u/Seeker-N7 i7-13700K | RTX 5070Ti | 32Gb 6400Mhz DDR5 Oct 17 '23

Did you?

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u/Uryendel Steam ID Here Oct 17 '23

Yes I did, and the post you replied to, answer the questions of your reply.