GEM3 Engine by BestWay

[ditte79]

Hi devs, I hope it's not inappropriate to ask this here. At the core of Assault Squad is the GEM3 engine, which you licensed from Ukrainian developer BestWay[eng.bestway.com.ua]. Does the current, instable situation in that country somehow negatively affect the further development?

[DJSatane]

I believe I read somewhere that unrest in ukraine did affect bestway project called nuclear union which is now canceled but thats only what I read on some forums not sure what the real facts are.

[ditte79]

DJSatane původně napsal:

unrest in ukraine did affect bestway project called nuclear union

that does not sound good

[DNS]

DJSatane původně napsal:

unrest in ukraine did affect bestway project called nuclear union which is now canceled

Events in Ukraine have nothing to do with.

http://red-buzz.com/2014/03/what-happened-to-nuclear-union-from-best-way/#disqus_thread

Nuclear Union from Best Way was closed half a year ago right after Gamescom 2013. 1C-Softclub decided to focus on distribution instead of publishing and scraped it.

Dmitry Morozov also told us about Men of War Online, a PVP game based on Men of War multiplayer mode. This project is still early in development, but core gameplay will probably remain the same.

[GamingOutkast]

too bad they don't have any licensing information, or any that is really informative, I was actually curious about that.

[DJSatane]

yes DNS I read that too but I wouldnt take that comment from Morozov with much truth.

[Instinct]

Best Way started working on GEM 3 engine during the development of Men of War. Faces of War is using GEM 2, you could say that Men of War is using GEM 2.5.
GEM 3 is very different to GEM 2.5 and they are not compatible with each other.

AS2 and further DMS games run on a new engine that is based on GEM 2.5.

The crisis does affect us, as we have an outsourcing team in Eastern Ukraine. At this point we do not expect any heavy impact on our games. Should things get worse, then we will provide support to our team wherever possible.

[DNS]

Lé Raptor 1990 původně napsal:

Can you describe it better please ? From trailers of "Nuclear Union" the graphics of GEM3 looks like dumbed down STALKER game from 2007...

Graphics means nothing. The game works completely different way.

Lé Raptor 1990 původně napsal:

Where is the sense to make Men of War Assault squad 3,4 or 5 on GEM3 engine then ?

GEM3 is BestWay engine. Men of War Online will be based on GEM3.
Men of War Assault squad 1/2 are DMS games. AS2 engine is based on GEM 2.5.
All future DMS products will use "their" engine. BestWay will keep using GEM3.

[DNS]

Developers use the engine that suits them best. DMS already spend much money and effort into improving their engine, so they not going to change it for another one. Same goes for BestWay.

[Costarring]

Not sure about GEM, but usualy a "game engine license" covers only a single version of such engine.

[Instinct]

If you want to know more about GEM3 or plans involving Best Way, you have to directly talk to them.

GEM 3 or other engines do not fit our purposes.