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Gameplay => General Discussion => Topic started by: snow_RAveN on December 11, 2003, 04:57:40 pm

Title: NOOOO !!!!! Cb is Delayed !!!!!
Post by: snow_RAveN on December 11, 2003, 04:57:40 pm: The release of Crystal Blue has been delayed; it will not be out for end of year. The new target date will be presented as soon as possible.

In CB we will have skeletal animation, that will enable us to have better and more numerous animations for characters and monsters. We want to thank the cal3d team for their support.

A first version of combat is in place and the devs already killed a lot of monsters in the demo server :)

We are a bit behind schedule with the char creation and with the new character models. Don\'t worry we are making good progresses. Thank to the community of fans and all the people that are following us so closely.

Recruitment was a bit delayed lately, but we will process our applications during next weeks. See you on-line!

dammit more bloody waiting
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Post by: elscouta on December 11, 2003, 06:58:52 pm: That was previsible...

Bah... we can hope there\'ll be less bug in that case or maybe no one (hmm... maybe utopic)! :D
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Post by: Xelon on December 11, 2003, 09:00:50 pm: nah there will always be bugs
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Post by: AendarCallenlasse on December 11, 2003, 09:19:58 pm: Yeah why can\'t they just release a half-assed version full of bugs?

Quit whining. Every release is delayed, you get used to it.
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Post by: Kiern on December 11, 2003, 09:58:29 pm: Hopefully this will be the last time someone posts this stuff...
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Post by: Grakrim on December 11, 2003, 10:13:10 pm: Quote
Originally posted by AendarCallenlasse
Yeah why can\'t they just release a half-assed version full of bugs?

Hey, you must work at Micro$oft, right?

Anyway, everyone (at least everyone that matters, the regulars) realized that a delay would be inevitable, this is a gratis project, after all. There\'s no point in complaining, the devs are doing their best, I\'m sure. Anyway, trust me, there have been people waiting longer than you have; patience is key.
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Post by: Kixie on December 11, 2003, 10:18:26 pm: hmm well this kinda figures... looks like im not gonna be playin planeshift for about 4 more months. well back to digisonline... :(
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Post by: Draklar on December 11, 2003, 10:21:45 pm: Quote
Originally posted by Grakrim
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Originally posted by AendarCallenlasse
Yeah why can\'t they just release a half-assed version full of bugs?

Hey, you must work at Micro$oft, right?

Didn\'t you get a thought that it might be sarcasm?
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Post by: zinder on December 11, 2003, 10:29:08 pm: IIRC werent the first estimates by the PS team here on the forums january or february?
When did the rumor of a december relaese came up?
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Post by: Kiern on December 11, 2003, 10:32:11 pm: When they said they were expecting a release by the end of the year....which is what was said about AB :P
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Post by: Crj on December 11, 2003, 10:54:50 pm: Everyone knew it!
Almoust all release dates get delayed. Atleast its not so bad as with Blizzard, they are the kings of delaying. And you can do nothing to stop that.
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Post by: Moogie on December 12, 2003, 12:16:31 am: Yup... and everyone knew this like two days ago, when the news was posted on the website and sent through email... :rolleyes:
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Post by: Keldorn on December 12, 2003, 01:49:35 am: Indeed, I was surprised to see people even responding to this thread. Cause really, it was allready discussed in another one.

oh well...
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Post by: TheGeneral on December 12, 2003, 10:04:57 am: Yet they screw you all again...like a bunch of fools.
\"It\'s coming out, it\'s really coming out\" some ignorant fool says, as he pees his pants. And then, BAM, right in the mean bean machine, they pound you untill you cannot have kids anymore, and you think to yourself, what have I wasted the last 2 years of my life on? And then, when you think it\'s the last drop, OH NO, there is more. They sell you Microsoft shares, and you are stuck there, WITH MICROSOFT SHARES!!!
But not to worry now, it\'s all OK, or is it? This reporter says it\'s not.
This has been, yet another \"Alucard digs DEEP into the cavity of truth\" presentation.
Sleep well loyal viewers. :O
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Post by: Kiva on December 12, 2003, 10:23:36 am: Alu - I\'m afraid I didn\'t quite understand the point of that story... ?(

Anywho... Just get it into your heads that no matter when the deadline is set to, there wont be a release until the program is actually uploaded and linked to. And don\'t trust any computer game developer when they give you a date. They\'re always off schedule. :P
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Post by: Azlon on December 12, 2003, 11:53:39 am: Im just sad theres a delay. :(
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Post by: Kiva on December 12, 2003, 01:41:12 pm: Azlon - If you stay long enough to wait all the time from CB to the version after CB, and that version gets delayed by a few months as well, you can start being sad. But now? Nah. Think of all us poor people who\'ve waited for twice or three times as long as you. :P
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Post by: Altharion on December 12, 2003, 03:06:46 pm: um this is great news can you make it a frebruary release??

i will get ALOT of money then and then i will be able to upgrade my pc many times better.
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Post by: AendarCallenlasse on December 12, 2003, 04:20:03 pm: They\'re not gonna aim for any specific date. It will be released when they are finished with it.
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Post by: Jessyn on December 12, 2003, 06:25:43 pm: to quote someone( i can\'t remeber who) :

\"It\'ll be ready when it\'s ready\"

Jessyn
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Post by: Xalthar on December 12, 2003, 07:01:20 pm: Quote
Originally posted by Gronomist
Alu - I\'m afraid I didn\'t quite understand the point of that story... ?(

he still hasn\'t thrown away that mescaline I sent him some months back :rolleyes: and besides, that was useful info :D
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Post by: Vengeance on December 12, 2003, 07:09:05 pm: If you go back and look at predictions, whenever we said \"end of year\" we said things like \"We are SHOOTING for end of year\" or \"Our GOAL is end of year.\"

Not \"We are hereby entering into a verbal contract and swearing on our mothers\' eyes that it will be done by end of year.\"

Whether regarding PS or not, a lot of people hear what they want to hear, and those people are doomed to a lifetime of disappointment.

That being said, I want people to know that we are making good progress and in the engine team we are definitely going to have more functionality in CB than we planned last March. TomT, for example, is making great progress on crafting/trades and I think that will make it into CB now with this delay, even though we never planned on that.

So just stick with us a little longer! :-)

- Venge
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Post by: elscouta on December 12, 2003, 07:15:26 pm: Quote
Originally posted by Vengeance
So just stick with us a little longer! :-)

- Venge

sure :) even maybe more than a little longer :P

A good late release is always better than a bad release
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Post by: Xordan on December 12, 2003, 07:32:39 pm: Quote
Originally posted by Vengeance
That being said, I want people to know that we are making good progress and in the engine team we are definitely going to have more functionality in CB than we planned last March. TomT, for example, is making great progress on crafting/trades and I think that will make it into CB now with this delay, even though we never planned on that.

See everyone, every bad thing leads to a good thing. Oh and I checked the CVS not long ago, the devs are doing gr8. :D
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Post by: Crj on December 12, 2003, 09:17:45 pm: Wow crafting.... great! I guess its realy worth waiting.
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Post by: Axsyrus on December 12, 2003, 09:21:51 pm: I\'ll wait just as long as i have to, knowing it will get better and better by time anyway :]
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Post by: MaSsiE on December 12, 2003, 10:49:56 pm: I recently became a member of the development team, so we should have CB finished in a few days now (This is a joke).
But seriously .. They\'re aiming for quality, which in my oppinion is a really good goal. I\'m glad I can help them out, and I can\'t wait to fight some of \"my own\" monsters :)

/MaSsiE
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Post by: Bogo on December 12, 2003, 11:43:45 pm: Quote
Originally posted by Jessyn
to quote someone( i can\'t remeber who) :

\"It\'ll be ready when it\'s ready\"

Jessyn

I believe this is what the Duke Nukem Forever people have been saying for the past 2 centuries or so... that might be a little over exaggerated.
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Post by: kyp14 on December 13, 2003, 05:24:20 am: Those people making Duke Nuken Forever are a bunch of idiot\'s when it comes to marketing I have adds for that game that are like 2 years old now.

These people If they are actually making a game will have to make the most stupendous shooter, the king of all shoooters, the ultamatim of shooters if they want to live up to there hype.

And its easy to tell from the screenshots they were aiming for a year or 2 ago, they would have had to play the catch up game a million times over by now in the tech department.

Duke Nukem Forever when its released (or if its released) I feel will be a huge dissapointment no matter how good it is.
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Post by: Kixie on December 13, 2003, 05:36:02 am: hehe thats what im scared is gonna happen. im really on edge because i feel somehow this game is gonna become another duke nukem forever. nothing is brought to the viewers for 2 years and they wait patiently. its almost like faking a throwing motion to a dog and making him run 2 miles before he figures out you have nothing in your hands. its horrible, its almost an atrocity of gaming. I feel sick thinking about it... ;(
Title: dwarf render
Post by: hook on December 15, 2003, 04:07:30 pm: just wondering ...did/will all the characters get in CB such nice looks - not that i find the bugger in any way appelaing, he\'s just detailed a lot - like the recently presented stonebreaker render?
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Post by: Xalthar on December 15, 2003, 04:10:33 pm: (http://www.planeshift.it/pix/pics/render/new_stoneb.jpg)

mmmmh... nice work i must say! :D looks brilliant!
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Post by: Caldazar on December 15, 2003, 04:29:54 pm: ...nice
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Post by: Kixie on December 15, 2003, 07:48:11 pm: my god.... im speechless..... good work devs *wistles*... you\'ve really outdone yourselves... and on a budget i must say! :P
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Post by: Crj on December 15, 2003, 08:02:37 pm: Woooooo! Great! Cool pants!
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Post by: Draklar on December 15, 2003, 08:11:30 pm: yea, little fella looks great :P
and outfit looks cool too...
he needs a hat tho ;)
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Post by: elscouta on December 15, 2003, 08:16:58 pm: *** hopes other models will be so good ***

Yes, this dwarf is really nice. :)
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Post by: Boldstorm on December 15, 2003, 08:27:22 pm: Starts thinking of making a dwarf because they look sooo nice. Nevermind changed my mind don\'t like being that short.
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Post by: Caldazar on December 16, 2003, 03:44:00 pm: Remember people, this isn\'t an ingame screenshot ;)
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Post by: Xordan on December 16, 2003, 04:08:39 pm: lol, wish it was.... But still, ingame it\'s gonna be cool as well. :D
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Post by: Bigfoot on December 17, 2003, 06:28:06 am: Wow that is a very impressive model :P

The 3d team seems to have finaly gotten some real talent within its ranks. The Polycount would worry me though for the game type and engine, the texture is most excellent however, My I inquire as to the painter and modeler?.

Cheers
Title: Bah Fools...
Post by: Tok'ra on December 18, 2003, 02:14:47 am: I don\'t get it with these people who are in a hurry to get this new version and pushing the team to hurry and crap. For tho\'s who\'ve been around since the begining, I\'m sure you remember how it was the same way, and when they released the half ass version it had so many bugs that you could hardly even connect, and if you did it lasted 2 minutes and the server crashed or you\'d get eaten up by a bug :rolleyes: . Unless you want this to happen again, let the devs do what they do.

To the Dev\'s: You guys are droing a great job in the situation you guys are in. You guys can take all the time you want, and release this version when you deem it werthy to play. I\'m sure we can all wait. Some of these people just need to find something to do there life... :P
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Post by: Vengeance on December 18, 2003, 01:31:13 pm: He looks exactly the same in the game.

Afaik, TorQ made the model and Djagg did the texturing.
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Post by: Djaggernaut on December 18, 2003, 02:22:19 pm: eh, don\'t forget Boonet too. He did the initial model.
It\'s really a 3 guys work ;)
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Post by: Tedulas on December 18, 2003, 05:50:10 pm: Yeah, its gotta b ready sometime, i hate people who whine!

As if they will create something, and never make use for it.

Everything has a use for it :)
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Post by: hook on December 19, 2003, 02:57:50 pm: Quote
Originally posted by Vengeance
He looks exactly the same in the game.

you\'re joking right?!? ...i didn\'t see such a detailed PC in any MMORPG (or RPG, while we\'re at it!) that i played!!!

you guys truelly are gods!!! ...well, you will be if you manage to make such graphics run on a GeForce 2 MX :(
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Post by: Moogie on December 19, 2003, 06:31:18 pm: Quote
Originally posted by hook
you guys truelly are gods!!! ...well, you will be if you manage to make such graphics run on a GeForce 2 MX :(

Heh, that\'s another thing entirely... ;)

Boonet, Djaggy and TorQ deserve a biiiiig Christmas hug for their wonderful work! You guys rock. All of you! :)