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Re: Northlight technology in Alan Wake 2

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Post by jamesfinlayson »

paavohtl wrote: post #205
jamesfinlayson wrote: post #174

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Yeah, even Valve have (maybe surprisingly) chosen not to license the Source 2 engine.

That's technically not true – they've licensed it out to Facepunch to create a sequel to Garry's Mod (which was one of the most popular Source 1 games): https://sbox.facepunch.com/about/ . It is the only one we are aware of though.

True yes - but Source 2 is now eight years old (and has been in development for probably 14 years) and has only been licensed once.

I won't be surprised if there are some other licensees eventually but it seems like Valve isn't overly interested in making the engine usable in the same way that Unreal, CryEngine, Frostbite etc are.

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Post by Tossrock »

softfalcon wrote: post #265
Tossrock wrote: post #261

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World of Warcraft used Lua, but Warcraft III used a proprietary language called JASS.

You are technically correct though, older versions only used JASS. However, LUA was added to Warcraft 3 in patch 1.31a [1]. > See World Editor Updates for more details on many additions and improvements including beta support for Lua [1]( https://liquipedia.net/warcraft/Patch_1.31.0 )

Oh right, I forgot Reforged (and the accompanying changes to the base game) was a thing

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Post by firecall »

GreymanTheGrey wrote: post #156
firecall wrote: post #140

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Of course there is already measurable lag from when your brain tells your hand and fingers to move, to when they actually move! An interesting personal anecdote I have: I damaged my back with bulging disc, which caused horrific sciatica nerve pain. When I was able to walk again, I had some nerve damage. This meant I had lag in my left leg! I’d tell the leg to move instinctively when walking and there would be a delay…

Complete tangent, but how did you treat your injury? Coming back from bulging discs and sciatica is rare, to my understanding.

I was fortunate in that I was very fit and generally physically capable with access to excellent medical care.

I had a couple of MRIs to see what was going on.

Essentially I’ve got degenerative disc disease.

My specialist was the head of the Spinal Care unit at the Royal Adelaide Hospital.

So I trusted his advice.

He said that surgery could very well make it worse, and that over time it would likely begin to heal itself.

I had a couple of steroid injections and took mild painkillers and anti inflammatories to manage the pain for a year or so.

The initial incident was well over five years ago.

Ive had reviews since, and the advice is still the same.

Surgery is a last resort. Just keep mobile and don’t do anything to make it worse.

The MRIs show that the disc that is jamming into my nerve has slowly begun to reduce.

So I force myself to remain mobile by continuing to walk everywhere, and have a standup desk for work as I literally couldn’t sit down for months!

I pretty much now never lift anything.

Your body cant process pain and motion at the same time. Which is a simplistic explanation. So walking is an excellent path to recovery.

Before the injury I’d back squat 130kilos, and strict press 95, could run a marathon and had a resting heart rate of 42bpm.

It flares up from time to time, and is never truely better.

I’m never pain free, I just learn to ignore the pain and keep moving!

I could talk for hours about my journey LOL

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