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WedgeTornado
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4 years ago
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Why was the UI such a big issue for the devs? UI over budget?

How did the UI get over budget? Why so many issues with a simple thing as that? was it the plus menu? Or the game menu?  there wasn’t even a scoreboard until later on. 
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  • MortalitasWolf's avatar
    MortalitasWolf
    4 years ago
    @WedgeTornado It's not the UI specifically. It's more the way the engine handles the UI. I fear Frostbite isn't going to be around much longer, it seems that it's becoming too difficult to develop on and they'll probably switch to something like UE5.
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kregora
Seasoned Ace
4 years ago
@MortalitasWolf Are there any real life multiplayer examples for UE5?
My last Unreal Engine experience in multiplayer environments was in Vanguard: Saga of Heroes, which used a variant of UE2. And that one had considerable issues with increasing number of mobs, including AI. Sure today we have considerable more powerful CPUs and GPUs, but we also expect a much higher quality of graphics.
While UE5 demos look amazing, so did the Anthem trailers and Starwas Battlefront 2 and BFV trailers. But Trailers, Demos and Movies are a different genre than multiplayer games.
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MortalitasWolf
4 years ago
@kregora Not that I know of. I don't specifically think they'll end up using UE5, it's just an example. My main point is that Frostbite is causing real development issues and unless they put substantial resources into bringing the engine up to scratch then they'll end up switching to another engine.
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    kregora
    Seasoned Ace
    4 years ago
    @MortalitasWolf But Frostbite was developed with multiplayer gaming in mind. Apparently it is difficult to work with, but the teams that struggled most with it are those that developed singleplayer content and small squad coop with it.
    AI development might also be an issue.

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