[2023] Whats going on with this game?

A21 will be a big visual enhancement because of all the new art and custom decorative items they've added. Also, redoing and balancing the major systems of the game are exactly what they want to be doing right now.

Originally posted by Remnar: Calling out "voxels" for bad performance or bad anything, is a bad excuse.

But what if it is the true excuse and calling it out is simply telling it how it is? If we can't tell the truth about the cause because someone like you thinks it just sounds like a bad excuse then how can we communicate?

Originally posted by Remnar: I think one does not need them to do the things this game does. Just some fancy math and triangulated dynamic mesh updates[, and/or boolean operations. [/quote]

Yeah, why haven't they pushed THAT button yet? Should be simple.

Originally posted by ShatteredPumpkin:
aka visual enhancement and huge optimization crashes XD how about focusing on optimizing the game a little more instead of working on the graphics...

They have been focusing on optimizing the game but the purpose for optimizing right now is to be able to add their next feature. Once they are finished adding features the optimizations will go towards making the finished game run better and better. Also, they hired in-house artists as well as outsourced some art to another studio in order to increase the visual appeal of the game so it isn't like those who are working on graphics are the same people that would be working on optimization otherwise. There is no either/or scenario here for graphics updates vs optimization. It's all happening at the same time by different teams.

Originally posted by Roland:

Originally posted by Remnar: Calling out "voxels" for bad performance or bad anything, is a bad excuse.

But what if it is the true excuse and calling it out is simply telling it how it is? If we can't tell the truth about the cause because someone like you thinks it just sounds like a bad excuse then how can we communicate?

Originally posted by Remnar: I think one does not need them to do the things this game does. Just some fancy math and triangulated dynamic mesh updates, and/or boolean operations.

Yeah, why haven't they pushed THAT button yet? Should be simple.

Originally posted by ShatteredPumpkin:
aka visual enhancement and huge optimization crashes XD how about focusing on optimizing the game a little more instead of working on the graphics...

They have been focusing on optimizing the game but the purpose for optimizing right now is to be able to add their next feature. Once they are finished adding features the optimizations will go towards making the finished game run better and better. Also, they hired in-house artists as well as outsourced some art to another studio in order to increase the visual appeal of the game so it isn't like those who are working on graphics are the same people that would be working on optimization otherwise. There is no either/or scenario here for graphics updates vs optimization. It's all happening at the same time by different teams.