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I have two kids under three years old and work 60+ hours a week. I didn't have a life to begin with.

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Did someone actually say there were no major changes or bugs to be fixed? We don't have access the the bug database, so we don't know what the remaining bugs may be. I am also not assuming that there is anything magical about the version numbers. It's just a version and subversion number, not a fraction. What comes after 2.99? maybe not 3.00, but 2.100 and then 2.101, etc, or maybe 2.991? You don't release the product when the number is right, you change the number when the product is right.

Sill

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Given that there was no progress report for 7 days now, it is a valid assumption that there is nothing major left to do. Also, when you analyze progress reports you can see that the changes listed in them are mainly cosmetic. Its either that Kristoffer is in a final crunch mod and doesnt have time to post reports. Or that he is busy doing something else entirely. Take your pick according to your preferences. If he had released the Gold already we would have heard about it.

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This is the problem with trying to read the tea leaves from posted docs. The actual fact is that the programmer is out of town.

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It might as well mean that they are having some trouble with development, such as not being able to motivate themselves enough to work on the game, or having other things to do.
I know that when I'm programming games (for my entertainment) I often find myself unmotivated or too busy to work.
Obviously its not the same when you program for a job, but I suppose that could be it.

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They have said that they do it mostly for fun. And they do both have other jobs, family, etc I believe.

But on the good side the latest changes all seem to be tweaks and fill-ins of descriptions. Nothing game-killing. And from the news releases Im seeing it looks like Scott is doing his usual excellent work at getting the PR out there. So Im guessing that there is no "wait. hold up on stuff" order going on in the wings.

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OMG. It's an update.

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Yay!

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It's not vapourware. W00t.

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Well hopefully DOM_3 sales will crank enough money for Illwinter to consider growing the company before proceeding with DOM_4.

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Within realistic parameters (let's face it, Dom plays to a limited audience), I don't think that Dom 3 can possibly bring in wheelbarrows of cash that'll cause J and K to quit their day jobs and work Dom full-time or hire other employees. It's largely a labor of love for them (or so I've gathered) and I'm not sure that they'd want to grow the company even if they theoretically had the means.

It'd be great to see (again, assuming that'd be something they'd even want), but my plan's just to remain satisfied with supporting them in their current incarnation. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

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Yeah, and I dont know if I can really wish for them to grow it beyond "doing it for fun".

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Can you picture a Polypal Mother doing a death wail? Me neither.

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Wohoo indeed!

Have another beer, on me. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image.../beerglass.gif

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They already fixed that on July 11th

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I think I'm going to move to california to start a band called the "LA Sauromancers". Ooh, and I learned a new word today: Apotropaic. Nifty!

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Heehee. You know that Shrapnel is about to release a game just like that? Check out "Rising Star"

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http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

And ahhh, progress.

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*checks progress*
Ziz, ha? So maybe there is hope for an ancient hebrew faction http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...ies/tongue.gif
What is that, some sort of construct? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...ies/tongue.gif

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Do you think that removing all cheat detection means they are close to gold? Also, what is the significance of putting the operating system after the version number? Is that a good sign?

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Probably. It looks like balance and stuff coming from play-testing (like cheat detects). That means the testers are playing full games. Good sign.

I think the version thing with OS just means that he didnt do all the versions at the same time.

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False Horror now level 3 air is a pretty major change. Should all but eliminate false horror spam.

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I'm really surprised this wasn't implemented yet. I thought more powerful AIs already got more supplies. We know their large armies starved most of the time, but was the supply bonus just too weak, or was there a bug of some kind?

It's a good change, but I wonder why it hasn't been done earlier. Well, at least we got another update of the OMIWCOOL rank yesterday. Namely:

...OT SERAD OHW http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/evil.gif

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Does that mean that SG was scrapped? Is there a substitue*?
*-that is, another nation which similar gameplay to that of SG (if its scrapped http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...ies/tongue.gif)

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Bloodslave collection dependent on site frequency

Great equalizer.

Aslo, Agrajag, Soul Gate are still around. From posts it seems to be a special dominion of Ashen Empire (LE Ermor).

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Does "manual input" mean they've actually started writing the manual or are they only coming up with ideas to put in the manual?

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What do you mean by manual?
They had documentation in Dom2 but the best manuals were written by the players. And if you mean strategy guide then these forums are it. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif It would take a strategy encyclopedia set to cover dom2 and it was small compared to dom3.

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I'm talking about the paper manual that comes with the game. It's supposed to be bigger and better this time. I'm really looking forward to it.

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I guess that answers my question.
That does raise the question of how AE and SG coexist, their tales are of alternate endings for Ermor, they don't fit together. The only way that makes sense is SG being a theme of AE (or AE a theme of SG), but I thought themes were ditched in favor of eras.

Oh, and 2.94! W00H00!

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I'm not going to lie - a manual that I can really cut my teeth on would make my day.

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My guess is that anyone who has played dom2 will be able to pick up dom3 fairly easily, manual or no. Hopefully with the nicer manual there will be more (new) people that will join the mp community.

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How does this sound...a manual written by Bruce Geryk, author of the essential Dominions II Walkthrough? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...es/biggrin.gif

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Sounds good to me... How about that release date?

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We'll announce an expected ship date as soon as we can - when we receive the final code from Illwinter. Won't be too much longer, we promise. I think the last day of summer is Sept. 21?

P.S. Has anyone picked up the September issue of Computer Games Magazine ?

Edit - I originally posted "August" issue when in fact the preview appears in the "September" issue.

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http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/shock.gif

I wonder if I could find one from Joensuu. It's one of the bigger cities here in Eastern Finland.

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I don't know about that, Endoperez. But here is what Troy S. Goodfellow, author of the preview, has to say of the manual (which is not yet complete and was not provided to him as part of the preview code): I should also make note of the correction to my earlier post. This preview appears in the September issue, not August.

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Over here the last day of summer is Jan 1. And the first day of summer is Jan 2.
Or atleast so it seems... *sigh*

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Thanks for the teasers, Annette...

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I'm not going to lie, that was going to be my only saving grace in multi-player.

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I'll have to czech out if I can find a copy of the CGM...

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Agrajag, as far as I am aware from my conversation with Kristoffer, there are no themes in the same sense as there were in Dom2 where you get a completely altered nation by choosing a theme (e.g. Ulm and BF Ulm), so Soul Gate would have to be a different nation than AE Ermor (perhaps different era). Or IW may have made an exception in that case.

Edi

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Kristoffer, just to weak your nose that you haven't updated the progress sheet like you promised. I hope that means good things, like a version 3.0 http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

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After it reaches the final version some heavy testing should be done to capture as many bugs as possible and then fixing the bugs before sending out the game. I estimate another month... which will hopefully be enough time so RAM drops in price for my new powerful computer. [img]/threads/images/Graemlins/Lightning.gif[/img] [img]/threads/images/Graemlins/icon13.gif[/img] [img]/threads/images/Graemlins/Lightning.gif[/img]

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NTJedi, is that not what they are doing right now?

Once they reach 3.0 they have concluded that enough bugs are fixed for a release.

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Prices drop all the time, so even when the game is out you could just wait a few more days for a bit of a discount http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...ies/tongue.gif


Once they reach 3.0 I hope they have concluded that all the bugs have been fixed :X

Nuke has landed!
 

HOLY SMOKE!!!
I just did an ordinary development check and there it was!! BOOM!! The dream come true!

VERSION 3.00!!! Dance til your dead!!



P.S.Sorry for my crazy spam.

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VERSION 3.00!! Dance until someone casts Burden of Time!

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It would be interesting to read how the Mound Fiend got hosed 4 times in a row.

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VERSION THREE DOT ZERO ZERO!
OMPG YAY
VERSION THREE DOT ZERO ZERO!
OMPG YAY
VERSION THREE DOT ZERO ZERO!
OMPG YAY

*DANCES*