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Gameplay => General Discussion => Topic started by: icebr4kr on July 09, 2004, 07:29:33 am

Title: Fragnetics news: CB being deployed
Post by: icebr4kr on July 09, 2004, 07:29:33 am: Quote

From Fragnetics site:

The PlaneShift team is chugging along as usual, and we\'ve come to the point where the devs are starting to deploy Crystal Blue on our server. A combat system and AI are among the host of new features in the upcoming release, and we will be dedicating one server to the cause. Keep your fingers crossed and we hope to see you on the next version of PlaneShift soon!

Looks like its getting close :P
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Post by: Levski on July 09, 2004, 07:33:38 am: :tup:

Way to go Devs! But they have to put it on a server first to start the internal testing right?
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Post by: zabeal on July 09, 2004, 08:19:56 am: Quote
Originally posted by Levski
:tup:

Way to go Devs! But they have to put it on a server first to start the internal testing right?

Yup, all the work on CB so far has been done where the devs run their own server and client on the same computer. Now that they have all the obvious bugs out of the way, like crashing every time someone dies, they can start working on the tricky things, like having 10+ people running around at once. And of course, if the server suddenly crashes with 20 people online, it would take a while to figure out why... so they are most likely going to still be doing one person testing till it\'s released.

Yay, now we can say it\'s only... anouther month! :P
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Post by: leji on September 09, 2004, 05:27:32 pm: mm, let\'s do the math... 08/07/2004 + 1 month = 08/08/2004 then we\'re closer than ever no ? Well, I know, you haven\'t got a clue when it will be released... just keeping my hopes up to date ...
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Post by: dfryer on September 09, 2004, 08:25:33 pm: The more pessimistic everyone is, the happier we\'ll alll be.
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Post by: Draageos on September 09, 2004, 09:06:27 pm: The wait is horrible

/Me pulls up thread on releasedate Calculator (http://www.planeshift3d.com/wbboard/thread.php?threadid=7632&boardid=19)
Axsyrus can still be right (http://q-news.sourceforge.net/temp/crystal_blue.php)

They say that all good things come to those who wait :D
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Post by: Murais on September 10, 2004, 01:29:15 am: The anxiety of waiting is so bad I want to scream!!! Of course, with my luck, it\'ll come out next week, along with all the other huge games, and I\'ll be stuck fiddeling my time between school... Fable.... The Sims 2... and PS... wonderful :P
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Post by: ForteX on September 10, 2004, 02:39:05 am: Quote
Originally posted by Draageos
Axsyrus can still be right (http://q-news.sourceforge.net/temp/crystal_blue.php)

You are one big mean evil man XD
Getting everyone hopes up like this >_<
Not right =P
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Post by: FESFES on September 10, 2004, 06:50:52 am: OMG cb is gonna come out when I have school now im only gonna be able to play on weekends :(

PS its coming Oct/ 28/ 04 ... you will see........
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Post by: Draageos on September 10, 2004, 07:44:58 am: Quote
Originally posted by ForteX
You are one big mean evil man XD
Getting everyone hopes up like this >_<
Not right =P

:P I especially liked Axsyrus\' estimation because it\'s the day before my BD.. It just couldn\'t get more timed than that :D
But who knows this might just be the devs way of saying that it\'s gonna be released \"soon\" :P
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Post by: Trianas on September 10, 2004, 08:15:27 am: we must all keep the faith
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Post by: leji on September 10, 2004, 08:37:28 pm: I just hope it\'ll be released on a friday night so that I\'ll find it when coming back from school. /me eyes glitter
I\'ll play during all week end without sleeping and have an exam on monday... oh yeah, it\'ll be a great moment for sure :D I just cant wait anymore !!! (and I just waited for about 1 week so I can imagine what it can be if you have been waitiing for four years ;) )
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Post by: John_Thazer on September 10, 2004, 08:52:34 pm: Hm...this time last year Christmas was the release date...hehe maybe we\'ll be luckier this time and Santa will give us this present after all...
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Post by: FESFES on September 11, 2004, 01:06:51 am: WTF???
What can possably delay a game for an extra year??? what did they do add 30197482379 new things?
And why dont they just release the game, I mean it is our job to find the bugs.......
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Post by: dfryer on September 11, 2004, 01:37:03 am: Quote
I mean it is our job to find the bugs

No, it\'s your job to find the bugs that are not blatantly obvious :)

It\'s very easy to underestimate the number of unrelated problems that implementing a feature, or adding a map, or creating NPCs will run into. It\'s also very easy to overestimate the amount of time available for development (life is funny that way).

If they released the game this very moment, you would probably see absolutely nothing, or be stuck 1000 feet in the air with no way down - 95% of the work on a feature can be done, but until it is 100% useable the impression is that no progress has been made.

Also, since the initial projected release date several things have been added but these features may or may not be in use come release time.
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Post by: Asraniel on September 11, 2004, 08:17:19 am: they just added the skill system.. i think it could go a lllooooong time until they release
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Post by: FESFES on September 11, 2004, 09:41:33 am: And as I said-->

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Originally posted by FESFES
PS its coming Oct/ 28/ 04 ... you will see........
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Post by: zabeal on September 11, 2004, 09:44:21 am: Quote
Originally posted by Asraniel
they just added the skill system.. i think it could go a lllooooong time until they release

No, they finalized it- they\'ve been working on various skills for quite some time now, but now there is proper pogresion done, meaning the whole thing could be out any day :D
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Post by: FESFES on September 11, 2004, 06:54:11 pm: O reallllyyy.............*sprints to ps site*
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Post by: tangerine on September 11, 2004, 08:11:31 pm: Quote
Originally posted by Asraniel
they just added the skill system.. i think it could go a lllooooong time until they release

No it was just modified so that it corresponds with the skill system design document.
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Post by: josephoenix on September 11, 2004, 09:34:55 pm: Talking with acraig, it sounded like the main thing is that it actually sorta works now... So don\'t get overly excited o.o

josePhoenix
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Post by: Zeraph on September 11, 2004, 09:43:57 pm: Quote
Originally posted by FESFES
And as I said-->

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Originally posted by FESFES
PS its coming Oct/ 28/ 04 ... you will see........

I think it\'s Oct. 16th 2004 because it\'s my 18th Birthday... :D
Probably apply for dev team then?
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Post by: John_Thazer on September 11, 2004, 10:25:25 pm: Quote
Originally posted by FESFES
WTF???
What can possably delay a game for an extra year??? what did they do add 30197482379 new things?
And why dont they just release the game, I mean it is our job to find the bugs.......

There are some bugs that prevent from actually playing...when you make stuff...other stuff can break...i know i do some programing...it takes me ages to release new version of my Chaos Wars game...just \'cos when I made something, something else then doesn\'t work...ahhhhhhhh :P
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Post by: FESFES on September 12, 2004, 03:52:04 am: I think who can should join the team then. I would if I could but Idn code stuff and im 15.
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Post by: ForteX on September 12, 2004, 03:59:48 am: People are applying, but seems that the devs want to release cb and then get the new developers. Sounds good since putting someone in the middle of a project without proper time to explain everything and without proper time for the person to get around the code/art.
I know I would not want to be put in the middle/end of a project unless I had all the details.
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Post by: Levski on September 12, 2004, 06:29:06 am: Feature Creep ;).

FESFES (you should really change that name, and Edooo should change his), code really isn\'t that hard to learn. The main difficulty is in the size and complexity of a project such as this. There are thousands of lines of code, and when you add a feature, it might screw up some line 567 lines down. Of course, compiler programs help you find the mistake. But it\'s still not easy, considering this isn\'t their day job.
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Post by: dfryer on September 13, 2004, 09:00:18 am: While the syntax of a language might not be too hard to learn, it takes some practice to understand why people insist you do it one way over another, until you finally gain a zen-like understanding of the universe.

Then you go outside and mow the lawn, and when you come back in you\'re like \"hm, where was I?\"
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Post by: Androgos on September 13, 2004, 02:14:05 pm: Quote
Originally posted by FESFES
I think who can should join the team then. I would if I could but Idn code stuff and im 15.

I joined a half year ago, then I was 14..
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Post by: Phinehas on September 13, 2004, 04:46:27 pm: Yeah, and look what happened to you, you\'re in the Cabal, for crying out loud. :D