Holy shit, you are completely clueless.

“No, a lot of engines do not have their timing locked at 30fps, that’s a conscious decision made by the developer during development and it’s not an excuse. ”

No shit it’s a conscious decision, retard. Most engines don’t have any lock whatsoever. Most engines, like UE, make it so that you have to lock yourself, there is no intrinsic lock. Some engines do have locks intrinsically built in them. Unity can cap to 60 or 30 (you could probably cap at custom rates, but that would likely require buying the source code rights package), so both caps can fit nicely with their physics update.

The fact that you even have to say this shows that you don’t even understand the most simplistic aspects. Nowhere did I say that engines have their refresh rate locked to 30. I said that devs lock their engine’s refresh to 30 so that it can be used to handle physics without the need for additional timestepping, which can increase overhead.

I know customers don’t care about excuses. Believe me, I know. I worked a long fucking time in the restaurant industry busting my ass for retards that don’t care about excuses. People that wanted the salsa to be made just for them because it was too spicy and then not spicy enough, and then it’s too spicy and oh just forget what are you incompetent? People that wanted a rare steak that was charred on the outside. (which happens far more than you would think) Shit like that. Here’s the thing: just because your dumb ass wants it, doesn’t mean that it is a reasonable request and, as your parents should have told you long ago, you don’t always get what you want.

“So nobody has ever made a film is allowed to criticise films.”

Nice deflection, dingus. No, this has nothing to with making, but with UNDERSTANDING. I’m surprised your notorious 155 IQ couldn’t parse that. Roger Ebert made one film. It was terrible. But he knew how films were made. And, yes, you fucking ignorant doofus, leading film critics DO KNOW HOW FILMS ARE MADE. Leading music critics, they know basic music theory, they know music production, they know the various tricks of how most of this stuff is done. That’s why they are critics. Because they have a large volume of formal understanding related to the medium in which they are critiquing. That’s why it’s not just, “some dude’s opinions on movies.” If you want that, just stand outside the theater and you’ll get tons of fan opinions. But the vast majority of those fans aren’t going to be able to explain the cinematography, the lensing being used, the various methodologies used to achieve the shots, etc. THAT is the difference, and it blows my mind that you can’t understand that simple facet.

Put this through your thick skull: You do not know how games are made. You do not know shit about game engines. But you act like you do. I don’t know if you’re aware of the Dunning-Kruger effect, but you are a shining example of it.

Your entire campaign, although you’ve whitewashed it since, is built around shaming people, and the fact that your mealy-mouthed ass can’t come clean on that is disgusting.

“We catalogue games that are locked at 30fps so you can see them at a glance and mention if it is possible to unlock the framerate by other means. [b]Because you deserve better. :x[/b]”

The fucking name, “The Framerate Police” implies that those being targeted are doing something wrong and/or nefarious. And you’re ginning up your legion of stupid fans, that are gullible enough to simply swallow everything you say, to shit all over games because the way the devs decided to build their game involves.

Your entire campaign is a shaming attempt from someone who just wants what they want and has zero formal nor indepth understanding of the subject on which they’re speaking. Why should your opinion matter? It’s just a mewling cry of bullshit from a self-important doofus trying to act like the big, bad blowhard they are reputed to be.

Three words for you TB: GET OVER YOURSELF.

Jesus.. I’ve seen some crazy stuff in my time on the internet, but you sir, are a bona-fide crazy person.

How do you not realize how you’re coming off? I’m seriously asking. You look like a raging, slobbering, desperate, bitter psychopath spewing out profanities while ‘John Bain’ calmly deflects everything you say with reasoning. This whole thread is a gold standard of reasonable person versus internet troll.

I don’t even know who either of you ARE, but I can tell you one thing man, you need help. You’ve gone waaay off the deep end here, and if you think your crazy rant is coming off as anything but an insane asshole who just totally lost it, you are wrong. Very wrong.

Nobody is promoting anything. PLease point out where in the 30 fps police reviews says “don’t buy this game”. It’s an objective information tool that SHOULD HAVE BEEN THERE. You don’t care about 30 fps, and that’s fine. Most people who play PC games do, and they care, and this information will be useful. End of discussion.

The people against this are the same people who have decided that graphics trump game play, and realizing that we might feel differently then blow sunshine up our butts saying that 30fps is more cinematic and other hog wash

Have modders fixed the issue with Dark Souls 2? Have they fixed the numerous other games that have physics intrinsically tied into the game? Is it really fair to compare a team that has huge a laundry list of things to do, and on a limited timeline, with someone who can devote weeks to fixing just one single thing in their spare time?

‘Entitled’ is the term that people who love controversy (SJWs and others) use as a replacement for the original word ‘normal’

I’ve known quite a few programmers over the years and time and again you hear that the real reason framerates there are locked is because if a game hits 60 and drops to 30 on console it looks bad.

If it’s 60 down to 30 people want to know why it’s not 60 throughout. If it’s locked at 30 it gives console gamers less to complain about.