anyone from Shrapnel...?

Nerfix · #1 October 20th, 2003, 08:12 PM

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Originally posted by Pocus:

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Originally posted by cpbeller:
i could swear that i read somewhere that the demo was expected on the 17th, but sadly, the 17th has come and gone....

17th month of the year?

There's only 12...

Mortifer · #2 October 21st, 2003, 10:03 AM

lol @ DominionsFAN.
You are always whining about the demo.

Just wait and you will have it!

((PS. Where is that bLasted demo!

))

MythicalMino · #3 October 22nd, 2003, 01:31 AM

well, could today be the day?????

Probably not....

-Storm- · #4 October 22nd, 2003, 01:36 AM

Doh, I thought that the demo will be out around oct. 15 at least, and now it is oct. 21 today!

MythicalMino · #5 October 21st, 2003, 07:45 PM

my question is still this:

Are things actually on schedule?

The manual is not been sent to printing yet (at least that is what it sounds like, if the manual is still being edited)...

They are still testing the demo (or, are they also testing the release Version too...)

In the newsGroups, the Version is reported as being 2.02 (i believe), and that it is assumed that this will be the same Version as released and demo Version....so, that would lead me to believe that the game itself hasn't gone gold yet (??)

Don't get me wrong, if there is more time needed for the game to get more perfected...fine....just please don't wait until the 30th to tell us....

ok, enough complaining now....i just hate waiting for a pre-order, then find out 2 days after the shipping date that the game has been delayed another month

EDIT: Just wanted to make sure that you guys at shrapnel are appreciated by me, as far as publishers go....WAY too often a game is pushed out the door before it is ready, and then the publishers get their initial payload of money from it, then drop it like a bad habit (MOO3 anyone?)....so, if the game still needs some refining, by all means, refine....all I am asking is let us know what is going on....many have waited years for this one...

[ October 21, 2003, 18:48: Message edited by: cpbeller ]

Psitticine · #6 October 21st, 2003, 08:53 PM

The game's code went gold on the 10th and the testing of the release candidate was completed at that point. The demo was then compiled based on that gold-code and is what is being tested now; so far, there haven't been any bugs or other problems reported. We've come up with a few things for future patches (such as the change in how Fire and Flee affects exiting troops) but that's been it since the Last Version, the one that went gold.

The manual's final readthrough will be finished this afternoon and it will be submitted to Shrapnel later today (or possibly tomorrow morning because of the time difference between the US and Sweden), and the spells and item listings have been finished for awhile. There may be some pre-print formatting left to do on the files, but I'm not sure on that score.

With all that in place, I don't think there will be any delays unless they happen at the printer or there is something I don't know about. I'm not privy to any scheduling stuff, but there hasn't been any talk of delay anywhere my Editing Parrot beak has led me.

(Edited for grammar an' stuff)

[ October 21, 2003, 20:04: Message edited by: Psitticine ]

MythicalMino · #7 October 21st, 2003, 09:02 PM

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Originally posted by Psitticine:
The game's code went gold on the 10th and the demo was then compiled based on that gold-code. The manual edit is finished as of today, unless there's some need for pre-print formatting I don't know about.

Thank you....that is the info i was looking for....all of it has come together, and that makes sense with what you said....thanks....i won't bother you anymore about release dates then....

Thanks again