How can a videogame be in development for 5+ years, but have up to date graphics when it releases?
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Dunno, but after a dozen years or so, Pantheon is dead to me, will never release…
Still love LOTRO, and SWTOR for the scenery and even gameplay.
Visuals are far easier to replace then game logic most of the times. A visual update a year before lunch is doable, but not rewritting major game systems.
Dunno, but after a dozen years or so, Pantheon is dead to me, will never release…
Still love LOTRO, and SWTOR for the scenery and even gameplay.
There isn’t really much in terms of graphics that don’t work at all on less powerful graphics cards, so a studio can start working on a game that runs slow on max graphics settings with the expectation that newer graphics cards (or a new console generation) will be able to handle it.
And at the end of development if performance is still too slow they can adjust things like reducing the texture sizes, amount of special effects, how far away models get swapped with low detail versions etc. until it runs ok.
There isn’t really much in terms of graphics that don’t work at all on less powerful graphics cards, so a studio can start working on a game that runs slow on max graphics settings with the expectation that newer graphics cards (or a new console generation) will be able to handle it.
And at the end of development if performance is still too slow they can adjust things like reducing the texture sizes, amount of special effects, how far away models get swapped with low detail versions etc. until it runs ok.
There isn’t really much in terms of graphics that don’t work at all on less powerful graphics cards, so a studio can start working on a game that runs slow on max graphics settings with the expectation that newer graphics cards (or a new console generation) will be able to handle it.
And at the end of development if performance is still too slow they can adjust things like reducing the texture sizes, amount of special effects, how far away models get swapped with low detail versions etc. until it runs ok.
They can test the game on computer with GPUs similar to what they expect their target group to use in 5 years.
When you build a house from scratch, the last thing you do is paint and decorate it.
So in this analogy, let’s say you take 5+ to build a house. When you’ve built the house, you still need to buy stuff to put in to it, soyou get the latest available stuff. Newest tv, computer, furniture, newest trends in decoration, interior design etc. The house itself doesn’t change, just the contents are more in keeping with current trends and not what was popular when you started to build the house 5 years ago.
They can test the game on computer with GPUs similar to what they expect their target group to use in 5 years.
They can test the game on computer with GPUs similar to what they expect their target group to use in 5 years.
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