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Gameplay => Newbie Help (Start Here) => Topic started by: Edward on August 25, 2004, 06:12:32 am

Title: Im new and extremely interested
Post by: Edward on August 25, 2004, 06:12:32 am: This game looks as if it will be a Masterpeice,
I request some simple information
I understand the games in development but i have a few questions

1. Is there any Combat yet?

2. Are there Any monsters to fight.
If not when are they sceduled to be put in the game?

3. on average how many people play on this game at a time?

4. what is the expected date of completion on this game (if any)

I may have more questions in the future
Thank you for your time ^_^
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Post by: acraig on August 25, 2004, 07:25:56 am: Quote
Originally posted by Edward

1. Is there any Combat yet?

None in curent release, limited in next release.

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2. Are there Any monsters to fight.
If not when are they sceduled to be put in the game?

Same as above

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3. on average how many people play on this game at a time?

Guesses: Average of around 15-25. For next version we hope to average ~100

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4. what is the expected date of completion on this game (if any)

No idea really, we don\'t even know when the next release will be :).
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Post by: Edward on August 25, 2004, 07:40:57 am: ok, your answers lead to my next Question

When is the next release sceduled, and Define \"Limited\"
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Post by: Edward on August 25, 2004, 07:42:21 am: Anathor thing, without Combat, what is there to do in this game?
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Post by: fireofsoul on August 25, 2004, 07:55:33 am: Role play.. and go looking for crystals (the currency that spawns all around the world)
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Post by: Yarulion on August 25, 2004, 08:45:30 am: Next release: Christmas 2003 (Well, last I heard :D )

As for your questions to the scope of the game, they hope it will never be truly finished. Pretty much, though, this release is 100MB. 90% of the code has been changed, which means there should be about 10MB of this release left after the next one. The next release was projected to be about 380MB or more. This means 370MB of more stuff for us to do! 8o ;)
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Post by: Edward on August 25, 2004, 09:57:52 am: and these releases, where can i locate the new releases when one comes out
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Post by: Moogie on August 25, 2004, 10:22:22 am: You\'ll know when the rest of us do, Edward. I expect they\'ll put the release up for download on the website, and announce it both in these forums and on the mailing list. It certainly won\'t be hard to find.
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Post by: Edward on August 25, 2004, 02:04:39 pm: i hope it will be in segments because i wont be able to handle a all at once 300 MB download
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Post by: Icefalcon on August 25, 2004, 10:52:43 pm: I assume it will, but if not, you can get programs that let you resume downloading...
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Post by: Jadd on August 26, 2004, 04:48:55 pm: How about bittorrent? You can resume the download whenever you want, and it\'s free.
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Post by: Androgos on August 26, 2004, 06:07:57 pm: We have troughts of using some P2P programs yes
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Post by: dfryer on August 26, 2004, 07:01:44 pm: If there are enough mirrors, then perhaps only the minimum files necessary to run the updater can be distributed, and then the updater run to grab the rest of the game? It does things on a file-by-file basis, so it might be possible to design it for interruption.
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Post by: Seytra on August 27, 2004, 09:43:10 pm: And, as nobody has pointed out yet, all these questions have been asked repeatedly on these forums and the answers can be found by using the search button. Not that I don\'t appreciate your interest, but posting a thread is seldomly a good way to get basic info like this. After all, how big is the chance that you\'re the first one who might ever have had these questions? Slim, if not zero.
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Post by: josephoenix on August 27, 2004, 11:24:58 pm: Seytra: Everyone was so shocked that he was actually polite that no one bashed him.

Also, perhaps since acraig posted people thought that he approved of such practices... >_>

josePhoenix
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Post by: Radgast on August 28, 2004, 05:47:11 am: I can\'t find any servers, can someone give me a server, the local doesn\'t work
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Post by: Waylander on August 28, 2004, 05:54:24 am: Planeshift.fragnetics.com is the server guy, enjoy
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Post by: Radgast on August 29, 2004, 05:16:46 am: and I just use my name, right?
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Post by: fireofsoul on August 29, 2004, 05:37:59 am: You use the username you created and password
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Post by: Radgast on August 29, 2004, 05:42:09 am: How do you create? *is confused*
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Post by: fireofsoul on August 29, 2004, 05:44:22 am: you click the create button after you open the client... its blue and in an oval shape
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Post by: Vinevil on September 01, 2004, 10:38:33 pm: hi all am new and i read this post is it true that dev does not have mobs to kill in game if so then whats the point of playing a game just to look for crysals..if it an\'t true and u can go out and xp and kill stuff then this game looks great. but am gonna download it to see for my self
thanks in advance
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Post by: Xordan on September 01, 2004, 10:52:14 pm: ATM, it\'s just a good looking 3D chat room which lags for most people. So don\'t bother downloading, wait for the next release.