I am bringing this up because of this question:
What constraint (if any) limits crowd animation variety?
What's being asked in this case is: why did these companies make this decision?
I feel like this is a rehash of the situation dealt with in Is “How was entire game X made?” off-topic?
The...
Funny how someone showed up, understood my question and gave a good, in-depth answer. Which goes back to what I've told others: If you dont know the answer of a question, leave it for someone else who may be more knowledgeable to answer it before you get vote-down-happy because you cant answer it.
@ToddersLegrande True, but users are using down votes for questions they dont have experience in more often. Would it be fair if I downvoted a question about memory if I have little to no thorough knowledge about the subject being asked?
Put simply, if you ask a question like "Why does x + y = z," anyone that has no experience with the this type of problem may downvote it based on the simple fact that they don't know how to handle the problem or never experienced it nor a solution.
I think that most people that do those kinds of answers are simply trying to help to the best extent of their abilities, maybe some can't even comment yet and one thing is for sure, an answer does get much more exposure than a comment
The questions that were asked in the comments of your question are trying to figure out what your actual problem was and if it was a good fit for the site. They were trying to help you improve the quality of the question so that it actually fit the site and people would have reason to remove their down votes and maybe even upvote them instead
But it also fell under "which technology is better", "which technology should I use" and "what technology did game X use" which are not fitting types of questions
And if you change the question to "whats the difference between X and Y" it could potentially fall into the "could write a whole book on the subject" category
The question has already been answered by someone that 1. understood the problem 2. Had some experience with this situation. Nowhere was technology mentioned. Only technique.
I know how Gears of Wars world was likely built. I'm curious as to how red dead redemption was though. I'd like some insight into Rock Star's toolchain.
You are also missing something. It's in the way your question was framed, while you probably do have a valid reason for asking the question you framed it as What do they do
I agree with Noctrine. I think there is one or two good questions in there (I'm leaning towards splitting it into two) but the question as it stands isn't fitting
Which is why Byte said earlier that his method of doing it would be different from your method of doing it. The reasons why terrain is created different ways isn't always by preference or whats best sometimes its pretty arbitrary
A lot of the time (like in the case of just about anything made with UE3 and legacy) based on legacy stuff.
But bringing it back around, this is why "How did X do Y" is discouraged. Only the developers of the title (barring a dev diary or something - or things like the toolset existing for modding purposes) they are hard to answer.
now even that you can't render Red Dead Redemption all in one shot, wouldn't it be safe to say that they used a series of heightmaps to rough out the terrain?
I find question quality on par with giving a letter grade to an english essay. Depending on which teacher/professor is grading it, you could get an A or an F
Downvoting past a point is kinda like that yeah. I'd say it's the close votes. I'd do the last one myself (even though I understand the question because I said, framing)
Blender tutorials are kinda fun like that. I recommend checking out CGCookie. A lot of the older ones are now really hard to follow with the UI Overhaul.
I really want to get good with Zbrush. I spent a few moments with it and determined that it required way more time than I had to get to where I would want to be
@Dave yea I know, I just never tried to do it... but since I only do simple stuff anyway, photoshop work made by me wouldnt be much different from flash...
guys I've been thinking about buying a pen and tablet, to help make drawings and such... and I was wondering if you could give me tips on good and bad ones
on a store here where I live, I saw some there and am thinking of buying one when I return (but I probably will just buy from the internet because the pricing was crazy!)
Do I watch this: http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/electrical-engineering-and-computer-science/6-00-introduction-to-computer-science-and-programming-fall-2008/ or this first?: http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/electrical-engineering-and-computer-science/6-001-structure-and-interpretation-of-computer-programs-spring-2005/
Why is human behavior so often repeated even when the process of learning and interaction is applied in an even manner across a gaming platform?
A great example is the prevalence of so many posts discussing not the question that has been asked but the reasoning behind the question, the way the q...
I wish there was less regurgitation of manuals, tutorials and "gamedev 101" stuff on the website, as well as less "help me solve artificial design problem" questions :P
it's basically all I see these days :P
there is the occasional "real API issue" but there's very few questions like that
also it's somewhat disappointing to see questions without a "what I've tried" section
means the guy probably doesn't give a damn and want someone else to solve his problems
it was one of the first things I was taught in forums
@snake5 I would assume most of the people around the site are fairly new game developers, as such they expect game making to be easy and just click here and there, type this and that.
And when something doesnt go as they plan, they just kind of "give up" trying and simply ask for solutions
I am bringing this up because of this question:
What constraint (if any) limits crowd animation variety?
What's being asked in this case is: why did these companies make this decision?
I feel like this is a rehash of the situation dealt with in Is “How was entire game X made?” off-topic?
The...
