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Re:Accidentally making a language, for an engine, for a game by maccard on Tuesday April 05, 2022 @09:14AM (#30918542)
> Let me finish by saying that it's true, unless you count your game having stable frame rate on weaker platforms as part of the user experience. ;)

While this is true, it's also not a "given" from a custom engine and needs to be planned for. It's a big ask for a team to reimplement their renderer as a forward renderer, but it's a checkbox in UE4 (plus reimplementing all the materials etc).

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Re:Accidentally making a language, for an engine, for a game by Agentlien on Tuesday April 05, 2022 @09:23AM (#30918640)
I certainly agree. I'm really not arguing for writing your own engine as anything other than an excellent learning exercise. I've written my own engines and renderers (both forward and deferred) and I'm more than happy to rely on whatever engine we happen to be using at work to solve most hairy issues for me.
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