Responses to Q's

[Markus Maki]

Ok, so I didn't know people can't respond to the threads I start :?

Anyway, K.I.L.E.R. asked in a worried fashion:

You will keep programming though? Programming anything, even AI? You are not going to leave the gaming industry? Or you are?

Err. Not all game developers are programmers. Although I have a B.Eng in computer engineering, my programming skills limit to some Perl and very bad C++ skills. So I'm a project lead, shoot me We have a bunch of people at Remedy who are much more talented at programming than I ever could have been, and I really enjoy what I do.

Then, PVR_Extremist asked a few questions about Max Payne 2.

I don't think Reverend wanted to establish this forum so we could brag about our games here, but to answer your questions, it's going to be released this year (2003), and I'm sure it's going to be groundbreaking. Hey, what do you expect

 

[Reverend]

Then, PVR_Extremist asked a few questions about Max Payne 2.

I don't think Reverend wanted to establish this forum so we could brag about our games here, but to answer your questions, it's going to be released this year (2003), and I'm sure it's going to be groundbreaking. Hey, what do you expect

Actually, Markus (and other devs), you can brag about your upcoming games all you want here at your own page.

Just make sure you give us the juicy bits instead of your cute comment above.

 

[Markus Maki]

No juicy bits for you today Reverend

K.I.L.E.R. - why a developer doesn't answer what's needed to run a PC game constantly over 30fps is because it's difficult. Here's a few points:

PC developer mentality is a bit different than console developer mentalit. Console developers have a stable ONE platform where it's easy to achieve a constant frame rate, and there is a great payoff for every gamer - they all get the smooth frame rate.

Whereas PC developers need to scale across a wide range of hardware; ~40 different graphics cards, CPUs with 2-3x power range, different memory amounts, different operating systems etc.

Also, achieving a FULLY smooth frame rate on a PC is hard because you have the operating system in the background, with other apps running, system swapping, checking mail etc. So it's easy to get some "jerks" to the frame rate.

But you get lots of benefits as well with PCs. I'm most definitely a PC gamer - I had a PS2 at home but borrowed it to a friend since I never used it...

And no, I'm not yet going to comment on Max2 recommended HW requirements...