Dominions 3 development news - Page 21

Caduceus · #**201** July 19th, 2006, 12:29 PM

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

silhouette · #**202** July 19th, 2006, 01:09 PM

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...if there are no major changes or bugs to be fixed then why dont they release it. Is it because they are waiting for version 3.00?

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

Amos · #**203** July 19th, 2006, 02:20 PM

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.

ceremony · #**204** July 19th, 2006, 02:44 PM

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Amos said:
Given that there was no progress report for 7 days now, it is a valid assumption that there is nothing major left to do.

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.

Agrajag · #**205** July 19th, 2006, 02:50 PM

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.

Ballbarian · #**206** July 19th, 2006, 08:55 PM

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Kristoffer O said:
It's a pretty good smiley as in 'probably more versions this week, but fewer after that while JK is away'.

Gandalf Parker · #**207** July 20th, 2006, 12:10 PM

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.

Nerfix · #**208** July 24th, 2006, 03:50 PM

OMG. It's an update.

PashaDawg · #**209** July 25th, 2006, 09:53 AM

Nerfix · #**210** July 25th, 2006, 10:16 AM

It's not vapourware. W00t.