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12-03-2005, 10:34 AM
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how hard is it to fix bugs in game???
just wondering how hard is it to fix bugs in game??? like bunny hopping- cant you just write a code that requires player to pause, for around 2sec before jumping again?
i'm almost done with CSE142- computer science engineering(basic java programming basically), but i have no idea how gaming program works. can anybody give me an insight?is it more than just writing program? anyone a game programmer? the main reason im writing is because i've been playing bf2 and there's seems to be a lot of bug that really seems easy to fix(bunny hopping, enemy appearing as friendly, user browser, etc). but it's been like 6 month or so, and it's still the same. |
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12-03-2005, 10:39 AM
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Wx geek
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You can't, unless the game source code has been released.
Even if you could fix the "bugs" in BF2, you wouldn't be able to see that unless everyone playing and the server you were playing on had the same version as you.
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12-03-2005, 10:45 AM
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actually, what i was trying to say was, how hard is it for game programmers to fix bugs in the "source code".
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12-03-2005, 10:45 AM
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Do you have the newest patches?
If you are a game programmer, it is not that hard to fix. Obtaining the source code is the hard part, |
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12-03-2005, 10:57 AM
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if it's not hard to fix, why don't those computer programmers from EA fix it? do they choose not to, lazy, or is there some other reason i dont know about??
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12-03-2005, 11:00 AM
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Fixing bugs in a game doesnt bring in more money. Releasing expansions does.
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12-03-2005, 11:00 AM
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Wx geek
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They have been fixing issues. Programming a full scale game like BF2 is not easy, and requires a lot of work from many programmers for some time...it's not really something that can be done overnight.
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12-03-2005, 11:11 AM
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Your best bet would be to report the bugs and ask kindly if they know when any of them will be repaired.
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12-03-2005, 01:39 PM
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it also depends on what the bug is. pretty much every piece of software released will have a bug or 2. thats pretty much expected, but so are timely patches.
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12-03-2005, 02:16 PM
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12-03-2005, 04:08 PM
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Also, sometimes changing one thing stops a whole swath of other things stop working, so they have to be changed.
It depends on how major the impact of the bug is on the game |
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