PACwoMAN 37 Posted October 19, 2020 Well... I didn’t played APB like for two years. Just downloaded it again to see what was changed and realised that nothing was. Sad, bad and ugly. The game that I’ve played since OBT started wasn’t changed. I see absolutely the same problems: No new content (contacts, missions etc.) No new maps Same lags Like - you’re opening a locker to change your weapon and whoops! - here you got 15fps while you scrolling a weps (gtx 1060 6g here) Of course I saw those topics about the engine upgrade, but... The devs are really didn’t realise that they are just doing a wrong job? This outdated engine will not change anything. Ok, let’s talk simple. What all ppl want? - gameplay. This new engine will change gameplay? No. What should be? - new content. Can’t they just draw a few maps and add some missions and contacts? What’s the point of playing same game for a seven years without any changes? I see no reason and that’s why all my friends are left her too. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mtz 496 Posted October 19, 2020 9 minutes ago, PACwoMAN said: Of course I saw those topics about the engine upgrade, but... The devs are really didn’t realise that they are just doing a wrong job? This outdated engine will not change anything. Upgrading the engine that APB runs on will allow LO to add more content to the game in the future. 8 minutes ago, PACwoMAN said: This new engine will change gameplay? No. What should be? - new content. The engine upgrade serves partially to allow for adding more content to the game instead of slapping more meatballs on the spaghetti code that is APB. 9 minutes ago, PACwoMAN said: Can’t they just draw a few maps and add some missions and contacts? No, because the codebase is a mess and the engine upgrade is meant to fix that, among other things. Quote Martin, you basically just said the same thing about how the engine upgrade will allow for content creation three times in the same post. Four, if you count this made up quote. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PACwoMAN 37 Posted October 19, 2020 (edited) 13 minutes ago, MartinPL said: Upgrading the engine that APB runs on will allow LO to add more content to the game in the future. The engine upgrade serves partially to allow for adding more content to the game instead of slapping more meatballs on the spaghetti code that is APB. No, because the codebase is a mess and the engine upgrade is meant to fix that, among other things. Four, if you count this made up quote. Ok I will w8 next five years when they will add the new content with this new engine possibilities. Edited October 19, 2020 by PACwoMAN Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vsb 6169 Posted October 19, 2020 37 minutes ago, PACwoMAN said: Can’t they just draw a few maps and add some missions and contacts? unbelievable let's talk simple. pretend apb is a house and every new piece of content is an extra story added. it may have started out as a single story building but at this point, our apb house is 6 or 7 stories and there's a problem - the foundation was only made to support up to 3 stories and its starting to crack. those cracks? that's the 15fps stutters, or the rtx memory crashes, or the half a dozen decade old bugs that can't be fixed the engine upgrade is an attempt to rebuild the whole house before everything breaks, so that in the future the devs can add as many stories as they want your suggestion is to just paint over the cracks and pretend they aren't there, and then keep adding more stories until the whole thing collapses hopefully you can see why your suggestion is a poor idea 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ellix 412 Posted October 19, 2020 (edited) Just wait for the engine guys. It seems to be close. Maybe slowly some people will come by again and stay.. Btw drawing maps is hard.. 5 Years into making the project from my signature... Edited October 19, 2020 by Ellix Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CookiePuss 5369 Posted October 19, 2020 (edited) 3 hours ago, PACwoMAN said: Ok I will w8 next five years or don't Edited October 19, 2020 by CookiePuss Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bambola 379 Posted October 19, 2020 Either way, I am sure Pacman will be thrilled to see you're back. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NotZombieBiscuit 3146 Posted October 20, 2020 Don't worry game will be dead after engine update anyway. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cuve 244 Posted October 20, 2020 40 minutes ago, NotZombieBiscuit said: Don't worry game will be dead after engine update anyway. You sure it wouldn't be before it releases? :^) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NotZombieBiscuit 3146 Posted October 20, 2020 3 minutes ago, Cuve said: You sure it wouldn't be before it releases? :^) Or that. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KyoukiDotExe 231 Posted October 21, 2020 I felt my previous post I made here is very relevant to what you've posted here. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
xB00Mx 3 Posted October 21, 2020 thats a fair point indeed, totally agree Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cr0 328 Posted October 21, 2020 (edited) There are so many reason to why an engine upgrade was and is a must for APB to become what it has capacity to and that was a task so large that most probably would never have bothered. But 100 years later now and it's actually almost ready for release, from what we hear. With a new (updated) engine you can get all the things you're asking for. On the old engine (current), every larger new content update would take an incredible amount of time and effort to create and then it'd break here and there, basically guaranteed. It'd be fixed with glue here and there and then some other things would break in an almost never ending circle. Just a mess. And then if you want really large updates like new maps etc... you could basically just forget about it. Correct me where I'm wrong, but that's basically what I've gathered. Edited October 21, 2020 by Cr0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites