Me ha llamado la atención un hilo en el Spectrum...
https://robertsspaceindustries.com/spectrum/community/SC/forum/3/thread/so-not-only-do-we-have-s42-slowing-down-developmen
en el que se habla de una tercera IP de CIG (las otras dos serían "Star Citizen" y "Squadron 42"), y mirando a qué se refieren como tercera IP, veo que dicen esto:
"Para quienes no lo sepáis, [CIG] han registrado Theaters of War como una IP de juego con Nvidia Gameworks, por lo que ToW será un título independiente."
Ojo, que en uno de los mensajes del hilo dicen esto...
... lo que daría otra interpretación a la aparición de Theaters of War como una IP de Nvidia GameWorks que no consistiría en que fuera un juego independiente.
https://robertsspaceindustries.com/spectrum/community/SC/forum/3/thread/so-not-only-do-we-have-s42-slowing-down-developmen
en el que se habla de una tercera IP de CIG (las otras dos serían "Star Citizen" y "Squadron 42"), y mirando a qué se refieren como tercera IP, veo que dicen esto:
For those of you that do no know they registered Theaters of War as an IP game with Nvidia Gameworks, so ToW will be a Standalone Title."
"Para quienes no lo sepáis, [CIG] han registrado Theaters of War como una IP de juego con Nvidia Gameworks, por lo que ToW será un título independiente."
Ojo, que en uno de los mensajes del hilo dicen esto...
""Nvidia GameWorks is a middleware software suite developed by Nvidia. The Visual FX, PhysX and Optix SDKs provide a wide range of enhancements pre-optimized for Nvidia GPUs."
Looks like CIG is just adding some software to make ToW run better on Nvidia GPUs. I'm sure they have done the same thing for AMD GPUs. Since the physics and FX and other aspects of a game are better handled by the GPU, it makes sense to use the GPU manufacturer's drivers. This does not make ToW a Standalone game.
Nvidia Gameworks - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nvidia_GameWorks
Now, if ToW, is being developed on the Unreal Engine, that could make ToW a standalone. To develop ToW, on the UE does make sense. UE is designed for a ToW style game. Doing so, may present certain legal problems. For example, initial development was funded by SC/SQ42 funds. Now that would not be much of a problem if we, the SC/SQ42 backers, were to receive access to at least the first iteration of ToW.
However, at this point in time I still believe ToW will and is a part of SC, a mini-game with-in SC, as we were first told several years ago by Sean Tracy."
... lo que daría otra interpretación a la aparición de Theaters of War como una IP de Nvidia GameWorks que no consistiría en que fuera un juego independiente.