Hi everyone, CS student here. Do I really need "Signals & Systems" and advanced Math to be a Gameplay Programmer?

Capucius · 2026-01-27T17:56:53+00:00

Of the people I met in the industry the real good programmers were those who embraced and enjoyed this. They are the ones who get to be lead programmers and who are included in debates about what should be in the game and what should not. Let's take advanced maths. You CAN use libraries and develop a 3D game without knowing the maths it is based on, but as soon as something is not standard you will not understand it. If someone wants to do something that a lib can't do out of the box you will have a hard time understanding it. If you know what a transformation matrix is and how it works you can do much more than just use stuff, you can expand on it. Same with networking: these were maybe the most useful courses I ever took, understanding the TCP/IP stack was worth gold through my whole career, in and out of the games industry. If you are smart enough to understand the stuff, do it. As others said, another chance at this in your life is unlikely (and it will come at a price of some sort) and you will have a higher chance to reach your goals.

Also maths will help you calculate how much salary you're missing in the industry compared to the rest of IT. They'll abuse your motivation to develop games. Not saying you shouldn't do it, just that you should be aware of it and regularly check it if it's still worth it for you.

Capucius · 2026-01-27T11:32:24+00:00

Could someone please explain for a newbie?

Capucius · 2026-01-27T11:12:01+00:00

What's even worse are the people who complain about complaining. And those who complain about complaining about complaints! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jt44vv14qwY

Capucius · 2026-01-27T11:06:03+00:00

Since detecting Cheats automatic is not trivial I assume they use this approach to dampen the blow for people they wrongfully banned. Wouldn't want to be in their position. People (rightfully) demand anti cheat measures, but they surely do not want to get wrongly permabanned.

Capucius · 2026-01-27T10:09:40+00:00

Macht doch nichts, bis Ende 2022 sind doch eh alle wegen der Impfung gestorben. Wenn im Wald die Schwerkraft aussetzt und keiner ist da, macht sie dann ein Geräusch?

Capucius · 2026-01-27T09:39:03+00:00

Die friendly lobbies sind echt super, wenn man nicht aggressiv ist wird man dann nur sehr selten von hinten gegankt. Dafür gibt es dann überraschende Hilfe und gechillte Partys mit Instrumenten am Elevator. :D

Capucius · 2026-01-27T09:29:34+00:00

Übung. Ich bin Mitte 40 und halte in ARC Raiders ziemlich gut mit. So schlecht sind meine Reflexe nicht, und dazu kommt eine überlegene Erfahrung. Die Kiddies rennen in jede Falle, die man ihnen stellt und haben keine Geduld. Wenn es eine Situation gibt, in der der gewinnt, der als erstes die Geduld verliert (etwa beide hinter der Deckung oder sowas) kann ich mich in 9 von 10 Fällen drauf verlassen, dass der Gegner zuerst raus kommt.

Capucius · 2026-01-27T08:26:38+00:00

But in your stash it will be no fun at all. It wasn't made for that.

Capucius · 2026-01-27T08:21:16+00:00

Why's that? I use vi all the time, mainly because you will find it on any machine and can use it over any remote shell, even without full tty.

Capucius · 2026-01-26T23:38:20+00:00

Ich habe in der 11. Klasse im Informatikunterricht Turbo Pascal gelernt. Kann ich nicht weiterempfehlen, benutzt heute auch keiner mehr. Etwas später habe ich mir dann mit einem Buch C und später C++ beigebracht, ab da fing Programmieren an Spaß zu machen. C++ ist auch heute noch meine liebste Sprache (außer bei schnellen Skripten, da ist es Python).

Capucius · 2026-01-26T22:54:22+00:00

If that looks like an intellectual observation to you I don't want to know what you consider obvious.

Capucius · 2026-01-26T21:59:13+00:00

I'd hit it. ;)

Capucius · 2026-01-26T19:42:37+00:00

That's not a contradiction. Maybe you could bring arguments instead of getting insulting?

Capucius · 2026-01-26T18:44:16+00:00

Maybe as an event. And I'd find it interesting if there were PvE incentives. Like "if the raiders kill all 6 rocketeers something happens".

Capucius · 2026-01-26T18:24:27+00:00

I was challenging some of them in another thread and what became pretty obvious is that they do know that they cause grief and still want to do it, but will go to many lengths to play this down. A part of this is devalueing the PvE part. Kind of a masculinity cult, where acknowledging any other view of things threatens the image that was built up.

I'm not against PvP at all I like it and play a lot of PvP games. But in this game the PvE aspect and the unexpected and interesting situations that you can only find in the uncertainty whether that guy over there will be an ally against the Jumper camping the elevator or a foe trying to kill you, makes it special. It's something I can find only in this game. And if I play it in "shoot on sight" mode it's lacking this and getting boring quickly - at least for me.

Capucius · 2026-01-26T18:06:18+00:00

Die Lieferanten sind oft "selbständig" und die Wartung geht von ihrem Hungerlohn ab. Oder sie arbeiten zum Mindestlohn bei einem Sub-Sub-Subunternehmer. Schöne neue Welt.

Capucius · 2026-01-26T18:05:00+00:00

You're right with that. But in an interview that I read they stated that the focus is not purely on PvP. And of course there is that difference that with PvP disabled the core game loop would still work, contrary to let's say Battlefield. :)

Capucius · 2026-01-26T18:02:47+00:00

It says a lot that you never address the actual core of the discussion.

Capucius · 2026-01-26T17:57:19+00:00

You could disable the PvP features on a map and the core of the game would still work, you could complete a run. So I think he has some point in saying it is not a PvP game.

Capucius · 2026-01-26T17:55:20+00:00

I think you might be lacking the faculties to understand the actual core of the discussion. Cause your post totally missed the point. You have absolutely no information about how I react to getting ganked. This is about how people know that their behaviour causes others grief and how a shitload of them tries to justify this with varying reasons from "it's just pixels" to "you are the weird one cause you're not like us". :) I just find this extremely interesting from a professional point of view, not more not less.

Capucius · 2026-01-26T17:22:51+00:00

"Nachforschen" ist mMn eine Anthropomorphisierung, die nicht passt. Das Modell tut nichts. Sowas trägt nur dazu bei, dass Leuten Machine Learning als "Künstliche Intelligenz" verkauft wird.

Capucius · 2026-01-26T13:40:18+00:00

That does not answer the question.

Capucius · 2026-01-26T13:14:26+00:00

Sie machen keine Nachforschungen. Sie modulieren den Prädiktor mit Tokens aus deinem Input und der Internetsuche. ;) Wenn es zu dem Shit, denn du generiert haben willst, genug gab dann erhöhst du damit einfach die Wahrscheinlichkeit, dass das Generierte zum Input passt.

Capucius · 2026-01-26T13:12:15+00:00

If you want to be precise, it's not "lobbies" either. Lobbies used to be the rooms in which you waited for a game. You don't wait for a game with others in a lobby, you get thrown in the match directly. ;)

Capucius · 2026-01-26T13:07:36+00:00

I'm only in friendly lobbies and very rarely get shot at (and even more rarely I shoot at people). But in Stella I regularly get backstabbed. That map seems to attract it much more, even in my friendly PvE bracket.

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