Epic only did that because crap all people cared about the Unreal engine before their 1million dollar prize pool. If you were going to develop a mod, you were going to aim for a platform that had a large playerbase - they release so many "unreal" games that a single one isn't a very good target for a mod, right?
They could have released more, but who better to write the documentation then those using the code? Sure, it's a bit uphill at the start, that's what the sdk docs are for, but for more advanced stuff the programmers over at valve have far bigger fish to fry =)
It's pretty obvious that Epic waste a lot of time, even if they do it to look 'cool' to simpletons. They made all their legal documents readable, that would've taken ages to get right legally, and is a waste of time because it'll only be read once if that. Their anti-cheat support is about as bad as VALVe's atm.
But yeah, what would you rather, a patched working game, or video sdk tutorials? :\
- Bruce "Bahamut" Andrews
ChessMess wrote:
Ahh let me clarify. I wasn't meaning the actual code and whatnot, I'm talking about SDK/Mod Support. Such things as Epic releasing all the video tutorials and whatnot. What they do to empower the MOD community vs what Valve is doing.
I personally, and maybe this is because I'm new, expected a bit more in terms of tutorials and documentation from Valve with the release of HL2 and the large amount of lead time they had. Thus I posed this question to see if that viewpoint was right, wrong, half-right, half-wrong, etc.
On Thu, 2 Dec 2004 18:34:52 +1000, Draco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
yeah, but we can do the same thing mutators with plugins, right? one could make a low g plugin, a plugin that replaces all weapons with a certain weapon, etc. or am I wrong?
----- Original Message ----- From: "Bruce "Bahamut" Andrews" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2004 11:14 AM Subject: Re: [hlcoders] SDK - Valve vs. Epic
...blasphemy.
I can't stand Epic. I have to admin some UT2004 servers and it's a nightmare to do even the simplest things you can do in HL1. The -ONLY- good thing they have over valve is the mutators, that's it.
- Bruce "Bahamut" Andrews
ChessMess wrote:
Out of curiosity, how do you feel Valve's efforts compare with Epics?
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