According to Hans-Kristian Arntzen, a prominent open-source developer working on Vkd3d, a DirectX 12 to Vulkan translation layer, Starfield is not interacting properly with graphics card drivers.

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[–] colonial@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

There's a reason Hello Games wrote their own engine for NMS. We all know that it was pretty bad gameplay-wise at launch, but under the hood NMS was (and still is) something of a technical marvel. No loading screens except for a disguised one when jumping between systems is quite impressive.

[–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 year ago

Impressive for sure. They had to choose to not have a lot of things to do it though. They knew what they wanted and did it, which is smart.

[–] Ser_Salty@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Also, IIRC, NMS doesn't have different gravities, right? Been a year or two since I properly played, but I don't remember ever really jumping higher or being forced to the ground. That's one of the sacrifices for seamless landing.

[–] Pat@kbin.run 1 points 1 year ago

I don't buy this. Plenty of games allow you to adjust gravity on the fly using console commands. All they would have to do if you enter a new planet's atmosphere, is adjust the gravity value.

Source engine has allowed this forever, changing gravity on the fly. No reason it can't be implemented in other engines.