alt Hacker NewsOne of the main issues with Kerbal Space Program is instability caused by floating point numbers. I know Starcraft 2 was built upon integers.
One of the main issues with Kerbal Space Program is instability caused by floating point numbers. I know Starcraft 2 was built upon integers.
Floating point issues are less a problem of performance here but one of precision. Particularly being a space game, the coordinates can be massive resulting in the precision deteriorating enough to cause issues.