Graphical bugs remain unfixed because they "do not currently have a graphics programmer"

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• Bodeus Member Posts: 516

  July 2009

  this isnt really news to anyone who follows/plays the game. The Dev team is tiny and made up of people who are "learning as they go". They have very upfront with people to not expect many of the long standing issues to be fixed any time soon, if ever.
• Nizur Member CommonPosts: 1,417

  July 2009

  I'm beginning to wonder if they'll ever be able to hire a graphics programmer and fix those bugs. Sad.

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• zab101 Member Posts: 7

  July 2009

  At least the VG team gave an honest answer, but it is disgusting that SOE will not allocate a graphics programmer from another team to fix the game. The VG team can not deliver timely content and now it appears they can not fix long standing bugs all the while charging a premium subscription. They expect to maintain or actually grow their subscriber base with this kind of development?

   
• Yasou Member Posts: 86

  July 2009

  I thought this was why players are paying subs for: to improve the game and get the bugs fixed (especially with a chaotic release such as this one), and then ultimately for having new content added.

  That game is now on the market for a couple of years with a tremendously great potential and they still don't have a graphic programmer, nor do they have an animator. Before adding any new content these are aspects of the game that should have been polished / corrected first. I know a lot has improved, but still I don't find it acceptable to ask for a wish list and then having to say that bugged items x, w, z etc. will not be taken into account due to lack of devs.

  I also find it strange that EQ2 which had a horrible release was very well fixed, and they made major improvements over the years. So why is it possible with EQ2 but not with Vanguard? Well, there we see where SOE's priorities are and it's a bit of a shame, really.
• Trenchgun Member Posts: 295

  July 2009

  I let my sub expire because I can't see the dynamic weather using vista, and the main reason I play is for the environment and exploring.

  I'll come back when they fix that, which will probably be never. But if they can't allocate the resources to get something basic like that working then maybe I shouldn't come back.

  It seems to me they had all these plans drawn up for the Isle of Dawn relaunch, but it must have failed to bring in as many new player as they hoped because they've started canceling a lot of the things they had planned to do. I think it was the last Sony was willing to invest in the game, and we won't see any more unless the subs spike up (which also won't happen without resources).

  It really saddens me to see such an artistically brilliant game, with so much potential, get ignored like this. It will be painful when it finally goes offline. I can't really run around the game without being saddened by the emptiness in so many areas, compared to how wonderfully packed it all was at release.

  It's like a masterpiece cathedral of game art and music is being left to rot away with the passage of time, until it's gone, and nobody cares to take it all in before it's gone.
• morpin Member Posts: 360

  July 2009

  What pisses me off is the graphic changes they talking about making in EQ2.

  This was posted by Hawkmoon on this thread:

  http://forums.station.sony.com/vg/posts/list.m?start=15&topic_id=49034

  
  
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  It's a shame that we can't borrow a graphics dev just to fix a few bugs that this game suffers from, it's not like we're asking for any revamps to the current system....talking about revamps, this is a list of what could possibly be added to EQ2 by Imago-Quem (graphics developer):

  GPU shadows now in

  Shader 3.0 next

  HDR lighting

  Point light shadow maps

  Caustic mapping

  Underwater flora

  Updated skyboxes with multi-level clouds, god rays etc

  Atmospheric haze and heat shimmers

  Volumetric fog

  Clouds that cast shadows

  Fast and expansive grass/flora

  Weather revamp

  Oceans/water revamp

  New shaders for metal/dirt/grass and mount/animal fur

  I know that VG has some of this stuff already but it would be nice to at least get the damn stairs fixed lol.

  
  
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• boojiboy Member UncommonPosts: 1,553

  July 2009

  Yeah, they share they same QA team with EQ2, just send their fricking gfx person down the hall too.  I do appreciate the honest answer though.