@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 11 months agoBaldur's Gate 3 Will Feature 17,000 Ending Variationswccftech.comexternal-linkmessage-square61fedilinkarrow-up1150arrow-down117
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minus-squareI Cast FistlinkEnglish15•11 months agoSo, 17k loose “if” statements defining if some single sentences will pop up during the ending scene. if player has killed love interest -> And the love interest remained dead if player has killed love interest AND ressurrected -> And the love interest died, but got better if player has NOT killed love interest -> And the love interest never died, just as their love etc etc
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•11 months agoYou don’t even need that many ‘if’ statements. If you’re stringing together a sequence of cause and effect binary decisions (as so many RPGs are wont to do), then you only need 14 of them to get over 16,000 possible combinations!
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•11 months agoNobody said that. It is a nonsense number.
So, 17k loose “if” statements defining if some single sentences will pop up during the ending scene.
if player has killed love interest-> And the love interest remained deadif player has killed love interest AND ressurrected-> And the love interest died, but got betterif player has NOT killed love interest-> And the love interest never died, just as their loveetc etc
17000? Try 14. 2^14 is 16384.
You don’t even need that many ‘if’ statements. If you’re stringing together a sequence of cause and effect binary decisions (as so many RPGs are wont to do), then you only need 14 of them to get over 16,000 possible combinations!
Nobody said that. It is a nonsense number.