Remember how they failed to make real system requirements for James Bond game? Now they kinda managed to provide something coherent.

One week to fix a JPEG a little bit.

Comic Con tried to allow AI (non-commercial only with clear warnings), so artists reached out to the company, suggested they can go fk themselves a bit, so a day later Comic Con bans AI.

For good!

#AI@GameDEV
#Events@GameDEV

Monster Hunter Wilds severe FPS drops were traced to a faulty DLC ownership check that constantly runs and heavily burdens the CPU. Testing showed the game runs terribly (20–25 FPS) on accounts with no DLC but smoothly (80+ FPS) on accounts with many DLC items. Bypassing the check dramatically improves performance, indicating an unintentional optimization bug.

https://www.reddit.com/r/MonsterHunter/comments/1qcy3hn/mh_wilds_bad_performance_mystery_solved/ — Digital Foundry reached out to the user and are now investigating the issue as well. Capcom literally failed the worst possible way.

#Optimization@GameDEV
#WTF@GameDEV

You have been Rockstared!
- Leave the game to rot for ages
- Still prevent modding

#Rockstar@GameDEV

Sounds horrible...

#Hardware@GameDEV
#NVIDIA@GameDEV

Oh, crap, the gameplay video has worse framerate than Lumiere Brothers movies:

https://www.youtube.com/live/pwRpK8eoLLE?si=4KQU&t=1395 (Timer is set to the worst part)
#Optimization@GameDEV

Mirror's Edge art style was an accident: the company was originally making a typical UE3 game with yellow filter, but players got horrible motion sickness.

After a few tries they discovered that simplified colors and geometry can significantly improve the preserved stability and eliminate motion sickness.

(VIA, sadly - paid access)
#ArtDirection@GameDEV
#GameDesign@GameDEV

Sorry, I can't carry this alone, you all have to know it exists:

https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/86260
#Fallout@GameDEV
#Modding@GameDEV
#WTF@GameDEV

The best CMS just turned 25!

I'm using it since 2009 which is probably longer than some of you lived. And it's still doing oddly good.

Absolutely modular in terms of features and templates, it gives flexibility to build exactly what you want, not just another slow and bloated WP blog.

#FOSS@GameDEV
#Internet@GameDEV

Is this only me or Steam Refunds became slower? They used to be 2-8 hours, but both times I've tried it recently it took over 24 hours.

And I'm not even a frequent refunder, since I have refunded only about 10-15 games out of a ~1000. PS. I refunded exactly 18 games, actually. And at least two of them to later re-purchase a Deluxe/Ultimate edition.

#Steam@GameDEV

I don't get this movie franchise!

#Movies@GameDEV
#meme@GameDEV

Captains, the demo is out!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/4192700/Warfleet_Captains/
#IndieGames@GameDEV

What the hell: is this the biggest issue of Tarkov? Collaborations are the priority now? What a circus...

Browser extension that replaces Microsoft with Microslop!

Firefox: https://addons.mozilla.org/en/firefox/addon/microsoft-to-microslop/

Chrome: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/microsoft-to-microslop/hlkljlkdinjnbfmclionhbefbnefcgll

PS. You better not be using random browser add-ons, I'm sharing it for memes only.

#Microsoft@GameDEV
#AI@GameDEV
#meme@GameDEV

Retro Textures: the new free pack by Kenney!

#GameAssets@GameDEV
#Textures@GameDEV
#Free@GameDEV

Finally, it's Friday!

#Cats@GameDEV

That's curious: one of the key people behind The Division wasn't waiting for layoffs and moved to EA DICE in advance.

#Battlefield@GameDEV
#Ubisoft@GameDEV

YouTube is fighting Ad Blockers again, cutting off the signal if your browser is cutting off the ad. Can be fixed by F5, but still a bit annoying.

Funny enough, YouTube employees were not initially informed last summer about this trick, so YouTube-Julia created a support forum topic where she said they are investigating the issue and will fix it. Now the page only exists in an archive. Because it's intentional. Dumbasses!

#YouTube@GameDEV
#Google@GameDEV
#SocialNetworks@GameDEV