Hey PC game developers, please follow Stellar Blade as an example for PC optimization in the future, because it absolutely rocks
https://www.techradar.com/gaming/pc-gaming/stellar-blade-is-a-prime-example-of-how-pc-ports-should-be-done-ultrawide-compatibility-and-stable-performance-are-a-mustOpen linkView original on piefed.ca
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Stop blaming developers. It’s management that doesn’t want to give the developers the time and money to optimize their game. Devs know how to optimize their game, they aren’t stupid. They can’t do shit if they don’t get the time to work on it.
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Yeah that’s not how it works, you can’t look at other games and see how to optimize your game. Every game engine and game works differently under the hood.
That's probably mostly true but optimisation is becoming a lost art form that some devs just don't know.
It's a negative feedback loop.
The less time you can spend optimizing games the less you know how to optimize games. The less you know how to optimize games the more time it takes to optimize games. Optimizing games becomes too costly for management. Goto 10.
Daily reminder that Chris Sawyer coded Rollercoaster Tycoon by himself in x86 assembly. In a cave, with a box of scraps.
People often say "developers" when referring to development studios, which includes management. They don't necessarily mean individual programmers.
Tell that to Gamers™ who harass the low ranking devs when a game comes out they don’t like.
I haven't seen anyone here do that, and I am not willing to stereotype gamers based on a minority of jerks.
I’m not talking about gamers but capital-G Gamers™, those are two different groups. Non of those capital-G Gamers are here, they are all on xitter
In the age of early access viral hits, optimization is just something no publisher wants to put resources into before they know the game's a success or not.
True story, a game I worked on at my last job shipped on Xbox One and PS4, the PS4 version was not even built until a month before shipping.
But denuvo
Stellar Blade performs well despite using Denuvo. Imagine how much better it will run when Denuvo is removed.
I know i want to buy/play this so bad... But denuvo.
No, don't follow denuvo
It's UE4 game not a UE5. That helps.
Hardly. I've played enough dumpsterfire UE4 ports to know it's no better if the devs don't put the effort in.
Stellar Blade ships with malware. Nobody should be paying for it or following its example. It’s really distressing that this even needs to be pointed out.
RDR came out in 2010…?
And ran on the xbox 360.... which had 512 MB.
You're below minimum requirements on VRAM and you say it's not optimized. Well done.
If you want realistic jiggle physics you just pay the silicon price.
My desktop takes like nearly 2gb vram for both my 4k monitors on idle(wallpaper engine)