Different settings for docked / portable Switch modes spotted in Unreal Engine 4

[SvennoJ]

spemanig said:

SvennoJ said:

It seems logical you pause it yourself before docking/undocking, you still need to put the controllers on or take them off. Although some games don't allow you to pause like Dark souls and online games in general. Dunno how realistic that concept video is in practice. It seems a lot of hassle to program for seamless transitions while most people won't change operating modes in the middle of a game. Big promise from NIntendo.

I honestly doubt it's really that complicated. It's just really poor OS design. When you undock the Switch, Nintendo OS should pop up a UI by default letting you know the Switch was disconnected and prompting you to resume. Nothing else makes sense. There's literally no practical reason anyone would want the game to continue running when you won't be playing the game while you're undocking.

In the concept video the player is standing in the middle of a field in Zelda, grass keeps waving while he takes the switch out of the dock, seamless. But perhaps that was just for dramatic effect... It seems best to pause it, yet that leads to easy abuse in online games. Those might not have different assets anyway, equal playing field between docked and undocked. I guess we'll see a whole range of different takes on the actual switch behaviour.