Re: [GD-General] Prices of well-known 3D engines

[Neil S. <ne...@r0...>]

> > We actually found that buying an engine made our *first* game more
> > expensive, because it wasn't as good or complete as it
> > claimed to be (don't
> > think I should name it)
>
> I totally disagree. I think you are doing a disservice to anyone that
> happens to be reading this forum who buys that same engine. My $0.02

Well, some of us don't like to shoot our mouths off before thinking about
it. It would not be prudent of me to name said engine here because:

a) We were not talking about the shortcomings of particular engines.
b) Our experience with this engine is just that: our experience. It may have
proven more than suitable for other people's projects.
c) Our experience of this engine took place over two years ago, and it may
have dramatically improved in those areas in which we found it to be lacking
(for our purposes). Naming it at this stage would be very unfair to the
engine vendor.

Also, we made a point of telling the engine provider, in great detail, why
we were not happy with the engine, something they were very keen to hear so
that they could improve it for the future. With any luck, there will be
people on this list using this engine with some of these improvements.

So please don't tell me who I am and am not doing a disservice to.

- Neil.