EVE General Discussion

I think that CCP's thought process was a little bit like

"Hmm, the better this looks, the more they'll probably pay for the NEX items. Let's hire some design consultants who can make clothes which will live up to these graphics. Oh yeah, beautiful graphics, designer clothes they will be blown away by this stunning glitz, they'll pay top dollar. Gah, I am so excited."

dont get me wrong, im not saying that ccp should use unreal, just saying it would be posible with the excetion being number of players in any given system.
its not like eve in its current form doesnt have that issue anyway its just that the numbers will be diferent.

the now-cancelled Stargate Worlds was planned to be a persistent MMO that would use some variety of UE3, so at least in theory it should be relatively possible.

…except for it being a smaller team; the engine them instant-access middleware for a completely different platform; the engine being used for what it does best (and at a scale that it's known to handle well); and except that they're building that game from scratch rather than trying to squeeze an existing game into it.

So licensing for that purpose and that team is cheaper than trying to roll it alone, unlike EVE/WoD.

You expect people to conduct basic maintenance on their computers?!

I have a Core 2 duo trying to run with a 550ti GTX and still only get 15fps but I am also running my art software eating up 2gb at a given time. A second Client and a few dozen other things here and there.

I am surprised my computer hasnt turned in its burn notice yet.

Because the Unreal Engine cannot do what the CARBON engine can.

This engine is gorgeous and is quite frankly the best looking one I've seen. After being in Captain's Quarters, then going to play other games like Skyrim to compare, It's easy to see where CCP's development money has gone.

It is well invested, it just needs a LOT of work before it's up to scratch. When WiS is at a point where we're in establishments, I believe people asking questions like this will eat their words.

CCP needs to start licensing this engine out to others. Start with the law enforcement community.

The unreal engine would not be able to handle what eve does on a daily basis.

Carbon was meant to work seamless with eve

and i believe CCP came pretty close to accomplishing that feat. as cap'n quarters prove.

where carbon failed was not the technology but what was developed for it . and it may have been the content creation for carbon that was its undoing . since it renders such beautiful graphics it demands much more than some silly models you can crunch out in a week. creating that kind of content has proved to be challenging . i would not doubt there is other hurdles also such as interactivity and hooking things up to eve its self.

besides as CCP has said before the reason eve is special is because there is nothing else like it on the planet.

eve and carbon is the only engine capable of doing this . (take one of the most recent gaming engines for example... swtor while it may be a highly polished ground based mmo its space content is nothing more than a shooter on rails. )

its easy not to appreciate the complexity of what eve is, only thing coming close would have been earth and beyond and at its best it still was only a 3rd maybe even a 5th of what eve is .

even if eve's code base is 10+ years old what it manages to accomplish is still pretty cutting edge. and i dare say there is no engine out there that could outperform it .

im not writing this as a fanboi, i have played many a mmo and none have come close to what eve accomplishes.

Well I spose in 18 months time when CCP gets back to Incarna computing power will have increased to the point where it can handle it.

I wonder if CCP was a little too forward thinking in regards to incarna. Technology creep is what they call it isn't it?

NIH

also probably some stuff about dynamic lighting and floating clothes.