Relic’s John Johnson has done a post mortem interview with Jcal over at Firing Squad. There’s some great tidbits in the article discussing various issues. I found the following quote enlightening about the vehicle pathing issues.
FiringSquad: Some reviews of the game have commented that the AI of the vehicle movement could be better. What is your response to this?
John Johnson: We spent a large part of our development on our path-finding code, specifically for the squad AI and squad behavior as it was one of the most important key features of the product. We spent a lot of time on the vehicles as well but because vehicles are larger, they always present more problems with path finding than smaller units. Overall we were happy with where we were at with vehicle pathing, but that said we are always monitoring what the fans are concerned with and always looking for ways to improve things in future patches.
You’ll also note how JJ refuses REFUSES to comment about the Homeworld game we all want them to be working on.
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Posted by JJ at November 28th, 2006 at 3:39 pm
We are not sitting idle, but I just can’t say what we’re working on at this time :)
Posted by Moe at November 28th, 2006 at 3:55 pm
I know it starts with an “F”.
Anyhow, what really surprises me is that these things are called “post-mortem”. CoH doesn’t sound very dead to me. Shouldn’t it be “post-natal”?
Posted by Daniel Rucci at November 28th, 2006 at 9:30 pm
“Number 1 RTS slot.” It seems to have achieved this in ratings, maybe its on its way with sales…
If they
-tighten up the Online portion (Working ladder/Rankings, Arrange Team Search [like bnet])
-clean up the bugs 1.3 introduced (Most glaring Tank Traps & Wire)
-be on stand by for the stuble balance changes that are impossible to get right the first couple passes
then it will certainly have viability for long term following/enjoyment.
Great work so far!