The actual process of true code optimization (in the practical ... significant chunk of the processing time a game spends each frame. As the development team at QLOC put it: "For us, optimization ...

1 The result of this complexity is that programmers increasingly rely on tools that automate the process of creating and optimizing code. While the first stage of development is usually ... 3 is ...

Durante talks to game ... on how developers actually determine graphics presets and system requirements. Thanks to Croteam and QLOC for providing invaluable insight into the process of optimization.