by akkamaddi » Fri Feb 26, 2021 4:37 pm
The vector math for all the moving parts synchronized over the network across multiple players is extremely daunting. There is a game dev series talk by the original designer that gets a bit into the physics engine.
It also breaks the game story, as it is a tale of solitude. It is a theme that you never meet another person. It would also make the game extremely easy if you had two ranchers and just have one person occasionally bounce out to pop a gordo or open a gate. The game is not exactly difficult, and I don't thin you can actually loose.
(That is actually one of the drawbacks of the game mods. I've always recommended that people always play the game once "vanilla", at least up to the end musical credits, and then start a new game with prior knowledge and mods. I have two save games for this reason.)