Abstraction. It’s what makes a big game feasible. Things aren’t always “real”. They get processed in various degrees of fidelity depending on relevance. In many games the world outside the local space just pauses when the player isn’t around. But for Feylight Bay, we want the characters and world to seem more alive. We want you to be able to witness their walking commutes to work, their morning jog, their walk to the local coffee shop, etc.
To that end we have integrated Mass to run ECS simulation of our NPCs, their schedules, travel, and underlying state updates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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So it simplifies continuity but adds a layer of logical complexity to the data processing. In the end it will be worth it.
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