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[Raimar Falke <rf13@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

http://www.gamasutra.com/ (free subscription required) contains
articles on AI.

It also contains a series called postmortem where a person writes
about a past game. From the article about Fallout Tactics:

     Our original art estimates were based on Interlay providing the
     model data for most of the in-game graphics, such as all the
     characters and creatures that had been created in the original
     Fallout 1 and 2. Once the project was started, Interplay informed
     us that it was not possible to retrieve the art from the tape
     backups they had. This meant that our original art schedule was
     blown away and we needed many more artists. We negotiated for
     more time and cash, but only received more money and no
     additional time. Fortunately, through our relationship with the
     Academy, we were able to hire six more artists quickly who were
     able to come right up to speed. Thanks to our illustrator Tariq,
     we were able to re-create from scratch all the creatures from the
     original series and the overall Fallout look.

I don't want to be the person who was responsible for this at
Interplay.

The games need 1.5 to 5 years to finish.

Also the professional programmers underestimate the work in almost all
cases.

        Raimar

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