- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
Posted by: rocksolidrudeboy
Posted by: jjcorreia
Posted by: xFTx
Posted by: RS JediMaster
Yes, I'm sure that if Halo 1 live came out with live, it would sell a lot more than Halo2(sarcasm)
It wouldn't need to sell more or even as much as Halo 2, all it would be for Bungie is extra cash in their pocket. Since it wouldn't take much to get it online or repackage. They would basically be selling a slightly polished version of the exact same thing that came out years ago. And people WOULD buy it. Maybe not as many that bought Halo 2, but that doesn't really matter.
And yes, XBC can be fun, but it gets pretty laggy.
Here you are wrong again. Its not just "extra cash in their pocket". Doing the work isnt free. You say it wouldnt take much to do, but in reality you have absolutely no idea how much work it would take. First they would have to learn how the coding was done in that engine, spend the time to add the features, then spend a whole lot more time bug testing the new features and making corrections for the online issues that were caused.
You act as if they could put one guy on it for a couple days and package it, when it is actually a decent undertaking.
I doubt they would have to learn how the coding was done again, recently bungie was looking for c/c++ coders, so first assumption is that they work in C. using a simple // after the code line will allow you to type in documented text on what is going on, i'd go out on a limb and say that they even compiled it with these arguments. Naturally Microsoft have the source guarded in the microsoft fortress, skeletor probaly uses it as a pillow at night dreaming of she-ra.
As for testing i'm sure there are plenty of guys at bungie.org willing to do free of charge.
and i've been a paid developer since 88 covering Commodore 64, Atari St, Amiga, Lynx, SNES, pc and now gp32 using 6502 68000 pascal C, just incase you feel like yelling :)
Yes I'm aware of commenting code. I heavily comment my code, more so than most other coders I know.
However, even when code IS commented it still has to be learned, especially if you werent the coder. You have to learn all the methods and acceptable parameters, where everything is..and that is time consuming.
I have to get familiar with other peoples engines all the time like I have said, and it is not fun.
Regardless of whether it is commented or not, or whether there are lots of testers available it is not an easy, quick task like these pepole seem to think. That is the point I was making and if you are really a developer you should know what it is like.