Comment on Satisfactory 1.0
verdigris@lemmy.ml 1 week agoRoR is likely turning off some of the functionality but the EOS SDK is still used in the binary. I’m assuming here, I don’t know the specific implementation, but if there’s a check box and you don’t need to restart the whole game after checking it, there’s no way it’s somehow removing EOS from the program. It likely just disables various functionality, but I bet it’s still making a couple calls to verify the existence of the EOS network, just like Satisfactory does.
Games (and programs in general) have to be built with support for any environments they want to run on. If you want to release your game on multiple storefronts and take advantage of their built in social functions, you need to build in support for those functions, even if they won’t be used in some cases.
Cris16228@lemmy.today 1 week ago
Not if you delete the dll file, unless it’s both inthe dll and the exe…?
I think it requires a restart but it’s off by default, it asks when you first run it (first install? Each install?) And you can disable it but after deleting the .dll file, the game runs perfectly fine
I guess? But some people aren’t really happy with these changes, especially old games where it gets added or the fact is required in a single-player only game
verdigris@lemmy.ml 1 week ago
DLLs are libraries that get called by the binary. So deleting the DLL stops any calls from executing, but the code still contains calls to the SDK.
I just don’t really see the threat and I think your fears are rooted in sinophobia. Steam and whatever company runs the actual game are getting plenty of data from you, but Tencent getting your IP is the red line?
Cris16228@lemmy.today 6 days ago
But if it’s deleting it stops any call then it’s like not having it in the first place
Nah, don’t care. Devs are learning where is better to release games (aka not exclusively) soo🤷♂️ it’s a matter of time and we’ll either see it die or adapt and make something worth using and not trying to be a monopoly
verdigris@lemmy.ml 6 days ago
But… you’re basically arguing for more exclusivity by effectively boycotting the majority of products that choose to release on the Epic store, as most of them will include EOS functionality. Why is steamworks fine?
I’m a valve fanboy but they’re only company that’s even got a prayer of monopolizing the PC games market. Epic is if anything an anti-monopolistic force here – the Unreal Engine is the Epic product that’s threatening market dominance.