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[Chiefwaffles]

That's. Not how engines work.

[forsaken1111]

That's. Not how engines work.

Nah mate you just press the upgrade button on the engine. It's next to the 'implement multiplayer' button and the 'make multithreaded' button. Underneath the 'fix all bugs' lever.

[MorleyDev]

Think RimWorld is a Unity game and it would be a chance to migrate to using DOTs if they stuck with Unity, which has more optimization and multithreading oppurtunities than classic GameObjects did.

But if there's no fundemental architectural improvements you can make that increase performance, a fresh start only really lets you throw away bad decisions you made that you still have to keep working for backwards compatibility (and instead make a new set of bad decisions!).

[EuchreJack]

I imagine that RimWorld 2 is probably in development, as Rimworld is probably at risk of losing profit in the Unity pricing scheme.
It's probably why we got Cthulu goes to Rimworld over more useful DLCs like "Vehicles" or "Support for multiple colonies"

[Great Order]

Which? The one they walked back of "You have to pay for every download"?

I mean, damage done on that front, nobody's going to use it any more. That's what you get for going with an EA CEO I guess.

[pisskop]

Its where the market wants to move.  Charge people per use, per month, per sub.  Scrap a little (or a lottle) off of every transaction.  Apple does it with their appstore, google does it with views, honestly I dont know how EA works, but I know their general model well.

Even the 'distribute it for free then suddenly 'rug pull'' is a general strategy in the market.  The whole gig market during covid was 'become so big people rely on you'.  Reddit wanted to or did start charging for its own formerly free software.

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NEways, when can we expect them to start charging microtransactions for positive events?  "Y'arr, we're the dread pirates of Muffalo!  Give us 400 smecklebucks (0.55usd) or we'll drop into your kitchens!"

[hector13]

Pretty sure EA has a subscription model of some description now. I think it offers discounts on games? I have zero interest in giving money to them so I haven’t looked into it.

Might be the same with Ubisoft now too.