tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10989652.post7135457890872343899..comments2024-02-13T04:29:44.662-05:00Comments on Inner Sanctum of the Ninveah: No Longer A Valid ExcuseKirith Kodachihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12322297953184168725noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10989652.post-11515478344664312922014-04-03T17:11:25.399-04:002014-04-03T17:11:25.399-04:00What really burns my ass about the POS code being ...What really burns my ass about the POS code being hard to decipher is this: maybe it is. How about just write a complete ground up rewrite of the code after making a list of what it must do. Then just swap it out. Just like they did for crimewatch.Kellerishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07427079066682615308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10989652.post-27569801908213894602014-03-30T04:14:37.752-04:002014-03-30T04:14:37.752-04:00Maybe it's easier to just bypass it and build ...Maybe it's easier to just bypass it and build a new POS system rather than try and re-code the old one. I have a hunch that POS code lies in the foundation of some of the Carbon code and they can't rewrite the POS code without needing to rewrite the Carbon code too, which they can't afford.<br /><br />By the way, reading the coments above, obviously POS owners think that the rest of the game would cope with whatever was needed to fix their toy. The answer is: NO GOD! NO GOD PLEASE NO! NO! NO! NOOOOO!Angry Onionshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02750018939886265706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10989652.post-79029363931820547312014-03-28T10:53:43.605-04:002014-03-28T10:53:43.605-04:00Or that 20m code removal in the finances and the l...Or that 20m code removal in the finances and the lack of content in the last expansions was exactly that... One or more dev groups taken to a dark sealed room with a single task: rewrite several parts of the code sphagetti... Should they announce it beforehand? No way! Just remember Incarna. Wasn't a good idea bringing up hopes in the playerbase.Thfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02060467216124510176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10989652.post-42592935603582586162014-03-27T18:25:11.257-04:002014-03-27T18:25:11.257-04:00I vote yes, for what it's worth. Fix the code,...I vote yes, for what it's worth. Fix the code, s'il vous plait.Minerva Zenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03029950228826025765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10989652.post-15478016647711951502014-03-27T12:10:41.349-04:002014-03-27T12:10:41.349-04:00This exact same subject crossed my mind when I fir...This exact same subject crossed my mind when I first heard how bad the code POS code was. I was even more baffled when I heard this same excuse used months later. I've always wondered why they didn't just take one development team, not announce that they're bringing a new feature to an expansion and to just figure this code out over an expansions time.Draiv Solregardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14177950038854140094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10989652.post-30051016426076973952014-03-26T14:12:11.364-04:002014-03-26T14:12:11.364-04:00Here is a concept. Instead of hiring null sec lack...Here is a concept. Instead of hiring null sec lackeys like raivi, they announce that the Winter 2014, or Summer 2015 release will contain ZERO new content, but will solely fix bugs in code, plus the major re-write of the POS mechanics. No ship changes, no weapon changes, nothing. Just pure fixes. <br /><br />Now, the null sec cartels would be pissed off because that slows down their destruction of high sec, and a bunch of game designers might be in a spot of trouble (but hey, they could actually work on the next big change on game content for a year or 18 months, instead of ramming it through in 6 months haphazard.).<br /><br />But the vasy vast majority of the player base would be very happy with zero new content, but actual mechanisms that works.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05509895151523038252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10989652.post-35579145840607309692014-03-26T13:49:52.590-04:002014-03-26T13:49:52.590-04:00Least favorite project meeting discussion: The new...Least favorite project meeting discussion: The new dev, having been given his assignment a week back, announces that the only real path forward is for him to rewrite the whole thing from scratch because the code is incomprehensible and the design is sub-optimal. <br /><br />This where I know we're going to hear about a voyage of discovery at some later date about why things were coded the way they were, whether or not the dev is allowed to rewrite from scratch. <br /><br />(Fortunately, most dev managers I have worked with aren't taken in by the rewrite pronouncement, having lived through it themselves at some point in the past. That is generally the least optimum path when you have code that already does most or all of the job at hand.)Wilhelm Arcturushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07033496821708933394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10989652.post-45194640998823253952014-03-26T13:47:58.651-04:002014-03-26T13:47:58.651-04:00Great article. I'd love to see CCP modernize t...Great article. I'd love to see CCP modernize their code. I fear that the majority of players would not sit idly by and accept weaker expansions while the resources are used to accomplish the goal, though. It's a tough situation, from a business stand point, if their resources are stretched too thin. That points towards another problem, for another day.Psianh Auvyanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13257866471563922191noreply@blogger.com