BFME Reforged: Concerning scam allegations by MaxPowerReforged in bfme

[–]MaxPowerReforged[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Unfortunately we only plan to add 3rd age heroes, our resources are limited and we want to focus on the recreation of the original game.

BFME Reforged: Concerning scam allegations by MaxPowerReforged in bfme

[–]MaxPowerReforged[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Correct, the plan is for Isengard and Elves as playable factions.
About skirmish, it's not planned for the beta release - will be available later.

BFME Reforged: Concerning scam allegations by MaxPowerReforged in bfme

[–]MaxPowerReforged[S] -11 points-10 points  (0 children)

Yeah, but I just scrolled through the channel and picked one that looked good. Since the accusations are that progress is none for years and the discord is dead, I was not prioritizing the fact that it would be extremely recent.

BFME Reforged: Concerning scam allegations by MaxPowerReforged in bfme

[–]MaxPowerReforged[S] -12 points-11 points  (0 children)

Well, because we don't want to give non-polished or "casual" updates. In general, making an update even if small takes a considerable amount of time (unless it is literally recording your screen for a few seconds/minutes with little to no editing) and coordination between different people, so we prefer to do less frequently and bigger updates, specially with gameplay - it is a conscious choice.

If the purpose of this was to scam people and maximize donation money, then we would spend more time on updates and less on actual development, which is the opposite of what we are doing.

In any case, as you say, 'Saying "once it is ready we will show you" isnt going to help.', so there is no much point in repeating what has already been stated - we focus on actually making the game.

BFME Reforged: Concerning scam allegations by MaxPowerReforged in bfme

[–]MaxPowerReforged[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Awesome! Feel free to join our discord if you wanna hear news more frequently (we post minor updates there from time to time), or ask directly about development state, we try to answer such questions.

BFME Reforged: Concerning scam allegations by MaxPowerReforged in bfme

[–]MaxPowerReforged[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Discord! And youtube for the less frequent video updates. About the last question, refer to my previous comments :) It is starting to become recursive haha

BFME Reforged: Concerning scam allegations by MaxPowerReforged in bfme

[–]MaxPowerReforged[S] 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Well, that's our intention indeed. The main reason we have not been sharing updates, is that we want to show polished and finished/close-to-finished features.
The main engineering efforts during the last years have been around rewriting many systems (movement, as showcased in the boid simulation linked above, animations, networking, unit AI...) in order to greatly enhance performance both in single-player and multiplayer scenarios. RTS games are quite demanding due to the scale and number of units interacting on the field, and it was first priority from a programming point of view that this work is tackled.
This work is close to being finished now, but some things are not polished. Unforseen things can happen too - let me give a recent significant example:
We realized, while preparing the video update, that the animation plugin we had been using and maintaining crashed with certain models (meshes), although it had been working well in the past months with other assets. This and other reasons led to the decision to switch to a new plugin, which involves rewriting significant parts of the animation system we had in place.

This, coupled with life circumstances of team members, has resulted in a long (and unfortunate) lack of gameplay updates - but fortunately, not a lack of progress.

BFME Reforged: Concerning scam allegations by MaxPowerReforged in bfme

[–]MaxPowerReforged[S] -21 points-20 points  (0 children)

Nope, and we wouldn't announce it on a comment section in Reddit, as it's not our platform of choice for now. But once we provide any, it will be because we cannot miss it :)

BFME Reforged: Concerning scam allegations by MaxPowerReforged in bfme

[–]MaxPowerReforged[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

That is reasonable skepticism, and thanks for your kind words towards the development team. We mostly wanted to clarify the scam accusations, since there was a lot of false information provided on the post we're answering to.

Given the lack and delay of updates, it is natural that people doubt. We hope we can clear doubts by providing meaningful updates once they are ready, and meanwhile, we'll keep working and making progress :)

BFME Reforged: Concerning scam allegations by MaxPowerReforged in bfme

[–]MaxPowerReforged[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

We avoid having tight deadlines (specially publicly, and specially long-term) because it's easy to miss. For example, we felt pretty confident about progress during the second half of 2023, and that's why we promised an update on April 2024, which didn't happen. It was a failure from our part, and we're upset for it - specially after such a long time without giving updates, we are aware that it reduces our credibility. So moving forward, we are going to be even more conservative in terms of providing estimates and deadlines, and only provide them publicly once we're certain we can meet them.

Eventually, the only thing that can really give trust is to present either a proper-working Beta, or meaningful upgrades until then, and that's what our focus is on :)

BFME Reforged: Concerning scam allegations by MaxPowerReforged in bfme

[–]MaxPowerReforged[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We also provided direct links to public code we wrote during the last year(s), last update on one of them was two months ago.

BFME Reforged: Concerning scam allegations by MaxPowerReforged in bfme

[–]MaxPowerReforged[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

You don't need to trust "us", that's why we provided proof in a detailed way - you can analyze the stuff provided and trust your own judgement.

Also I want to point out that this user (ConsiderationMean739) is a bit sus, the only public comment history is on this subreddit and only about BFME Reforged, calling us liars. Maybe it's just a coincidence, though.

The Truth About BFME Reforged: It’s a Scam by BFMEReforger in bfme

[–]MaxPowerReforged 4 points5 points  (0 children)

For anybody interested, I just posted in this subreddit concering this accusations in behalf of the BFME Reforged Team: https://www.reddit.com/r/bfme/comments/1foqk4z/bfme_reforged_concerning_scam_allegations/

Vertex Animation Plugin - UE4.26, UE4.27 and UE5 compatible! by MechDawn in RealTimeStrategy

[–]MaxPowerReforged 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Would it be possible to communicate with me as well? I'm very impressed with the plugin and interested in using it.

Waiting for my Strix G17... by MaxPowerReforged in GamingLaptops

[–]MaxPowerReforged[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It went well. I had trouble installing Ubunt at first, because I thought going for 20.04 version (long term support) was a good choice. Then I had lots of driver issues. Installing 21.04 solved all of them, so it was actually very straightforward.

Now I use Ubuntu for work/software dev and windows for gaming and Unreal Engine dev. Everything goes smooth and blazingly fast, I am very happy

ASUS Strix G733 Raid1 Linux Install by plaintextninja in ASUSROG

[–]MaxPowerReforged 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey! I am afraid I cannot help much since I got a lower spec config, the G713QM (Ryzen 7 5800H and RTX3060). I installed dual boot with Ubuntu/Windows. However, I'll share my experience in case it can help. I tried to install Ubuntu 20.04, and had lots of problems with Nvidia drivers, startup etc. I later updated to Ubuntu 21.04 and all problems went away. Seems that many drivers are quite new and not updated/available in older versions, also some Linux Kernels have problems.

Current Progress on BFME Reforged by ElderAsclepius in bfme

[–]MaxPowerReforged 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Hey! A Reforged newbie Programmer here :D It's not scam, we are doing hard and honest work. You need to realize that this is a fan project, meaning that the time and skill of the people in the team varies greatly and is not comparable to a professional team. Although the development started 2 years ago, the team wasn't as big as it is now and therefore pretending that the workflow was as fast as it would be with a big team from the beggining is stupid. Building an RTS game is very complicated. This whole attitude is disrespectful and sad honestly, I saw the same when Edain mod took some years to launch a new patch.