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Title: What can we expect in 0.4?
Post by: guesst on September 22, 2003, 11:20:18 pm
I just read a post saying that the mineral system would change. ??! What's that about? What else can we expect by 0.4? (Just to keep our apetites whet)


Title: Re: What can we expect in 0.4?
Post by: Michael Martin on September 23, 2003, 12:06:42 am
Not that kind of resource system.

We just released 0.3, so the feature list for 0.4 is going to be pretty fluid right now.  However, I believe it's going to look something like this...

  • New resource system.  Not mineral resources, but file resources.  This will allow the content to be a lot more configurable than it currently is.
  • The remix project should be finished by then, and will be part of the "real" release.
  • The setup menu should actually do something.  The goal for 1.0 is that it should never be necessary to actually directly modify any config files outside of the game; whether we'll be there for 0.4 is anyone's guess.
  • Bugfixes and internal streamlining, most of which should be invisible to the end user.


Title: Re: What can we expect in 0.4?
Post by: Paxtez on September 23, 2003, 06:04:55 pm
Most likely that will be in 0.4, it along with many other things are waiting for the new resource system.


Title: Re: What can we expect in 0.4?
Post by: Michael Martin on September 23, 2003, 10:49:37 pm
I should clarify -- we don't actually have checklists of "when this is done, we release 0.x".  We actually didn't get everything we'd planned for 0.3 in, but we released because (a) it had been a long time, and (b) the vast majority of our bug reports were things we'd fixed months ago.

The list I gave was not intended to be complete (or even as guarantees  :P) -- it's just stuff that I think is likely to be ready by the time we make a release.


Title: Re: What can we expect in 0.4?
Post by: Anonymous on September 24, 2003, 12:20:43 am
Will the licensing issue with the game content be resolved by 1.0?


Title: Re: What can we expect in 0.4?
Post by: player1 on September 24, 2003, 04:14:40 am
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Most likely that will be in 0.4, it along with many other things are waiting for the new resource system.


Just one request if you plan to add PC intro:

Make remix of Intro music.
The original MOD music is just a little bit not so good (probably because of bad samples).
Same for End-Game music.


Title: Re: What can we expect in 0.4?
Post by: Mark Vera on September 24, 2003, 11:20:13 am
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Just one request if you plan to add PC intro:

Make remix of Intro music.
The original MOD music is just a little bit not so good (probably because of bad samples).
Same for End-Game music.


All music is being remixed. Intro and ending included.


Title: Re: What can we expect in 0.4?
Post by: player1 on September 24, 2003, 06:29:38 pm
By the way, in what stage is remixing project.

Is it 30%, 60% or maybe even 90% complete?


Title: Re: What can we expect in 0.4?
Post by: Deep-Jiffa on September 24, 2003, 06:47:35 pm
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By the way, in what stage is remixing project.

Is it 30%, 60% or maybe even 90% complete?


Read this:
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Where can I get the whole(part of) the remix pack?

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Nowhere yet. It's not long wait anymore for the release of the package. But I won't say any dates as there is none set. "When it's ready" is the date.


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"How soon is now?"


So the answer is... ask mark!


Title: Re: What can we expect in 0.4?
Post by: Mark Vera on September 24, 2003, 07:54:50 pm
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I don't even think Mark can give you a conclusive answer, but Riku can!  :P


Hehe. That's right :) Even though I have pretty good view on the project status, it is Riku who tells when it's ready :)  I'm sure you won't be disappointed after over a year of waiting.


Title: Re: What can we expect in 0.4?
Post by: Deep-Jiffa on September 24, 2003, 08:30:34 pm
A year? Damn you work slow!!! I hope that the time equals the quality! :P


Title: Re: What can we expect in 0.4?
Post by: player1 on September 24, 2003, 10:36:06 pm
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Hehe. That's right :) Even though I have pretty good view on the project status, it is Riku who tells when it's ready :)  I'm sure you won't be disappointed after over a year of waiting.


So what does "the view" say:
around 30%, 60% or even 90%
(I'm not saking for dates)


Title: Re: What can we expect in 0.4?
Post by: Mark Vera on September 27, 2003, 11:53:43 pm
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So what does "the view" say:
around 30%, 60% or even 90%
(I'm not saking for dates)


You haven't been sharp reading my posts.