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mfost
4y ago
Except that the other MMO economies are horrible to play in. FFXIV is a lot more fun than say GW2 economy driven game. Subjective you'd say? Maybe but it does show that maybe they know better about what a game needs than you think.
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mfost
5y ago
But they don't do gambling. Why is that lie still going on years after it was first invented?
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mfost
5y ago
But there is no gambling in Fortnite and shortly after Epic acquired Rocket League they removed their loot boxes too. The only gambling there was in Fortnite was in the paid version of the game that nobody really played anyway. The game tha
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mfost
5y ago
This doesn't work for alpha blending since even if you output the color in the right space, the GPU might do blending in sRGB space and mess things up. Best is to properly declare the target framebuffer as sRGB (if it is) and output li
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mfost
5y ago
I'd say, putting multiple of those types into a struct that then perfectly describes the memory layout of each byte of data in memory/network packet in a reliable and user friendly way to manipulate for the coder.
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mfost
5y ago
This completely ignores the advantages they have in code readability and reliability. I can well deal with a little extra effort to order the initializations for those benefits. Now, if you complained about the burden on refactoring member
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mfost
5y ago
No they sue Google for a different reason althougher. On how they blocked OEMs from making a deal with Epic to include their store/launcher on phones (thus allowing it the same capabilities for autoupdates and the like than the Play St
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mfost
5y ago
Imagine if you could buy apps on iPhone, switch to an Android and not lose access to your whole app library?
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mfost
6y ago
That's basically option C really.
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mfost
6y ago
Is it impossible to reach and provide your service to Spotify merchants without going through the Spotify app store? If yes it's hypocritical, if not then the situation is totally different than what is going on with Apple.
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6y ago
Don't let the drama fool you though. Epic only had those RNG loot boxes in the "Save the World" Fortnite game which is entirely different from the actual popular phenomena that is the battleroyal one. That and on Rocket Leagu
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mfost
6y ago
The ability to purchase a game on iPhone then use it on an Android next because I decided to change phones is invaluable for customers. This is something I'm pretty sure Epic would provide with their own app store.
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6y ago
If you want to go even deeper than that: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8--5LwHRhjk