Bi-Weekly Update for 10/13/08

[Seaseme]

Hey Mechweb!

Thanks for asking, The combat Code is being re-done because the developer who originally took the helm in that department had to leave for his own reasons (Voltrox, come back man!!) His code was, well, his code and it was difficult for others to work with. PanchJr is redoing it in a more logical way from the ground up to insure accuracy (That is, pre-cu accuracy) and that it's easier to work with for other developers. It's quite an undertaking by Panch, it will involve a lot of research and math; rest assured Panch is VERY capable of this task, and i'm glad to have him on it.

We're still working on defining what will be in the ALPHA release of SWGEmu, I'll work to get that out to you some time this week. *Fingers Crossed* Alpha will include a basic version of all features in game. But that might be wishful thinking. Hope I helped to clear some of your questions up.

Sease

[MaelDiablo]

Originally Posted by Seaseme

We're still working on defining what will be in the ALPHA release of SWGEmu, I'll work to get that out to you some time this week. *Fingers Crossed* Alpha will include a basic version of all features in game. But that might be wishful thinking. Hope I helped to clear some of your questions up.

I think if you guys release the Alpha the way SWG was released, no vehicles and player cities yet or space, minus the bugs of course, that a lot of people will be jumping for joy. Then you guys have time to work on the other things while we are living the dream again.

[Xivion]

All your efforts in resurrecting the game in it's finest moments are well appreciated.

I can't wait to see what's next.

I'm one of those holo-grinders that joined the week it first came out, and I actually had fun at the Force Sensitive village. I lived this game.

I will again.

-Mikel

[hdawg06]

Originally Posted by MaelDiablo

I think if you guys release the Alpha the way SWG was released, no vehicles and player cities yet or space, minus the bugs of course, that a lot of people will be jumping for joy. Then you guys have time to work on the other things while we are living the dream again.

I agree with you about space. The SWG pre-cu is more important to me than the space combat. For, I can load up a number of games that have good aerial combat, but I cannot load up another SWG Pre-Cu.

I think it is great news that Alpha will be released soon. Or, at least I am hoping I read that right in Seaseme's last post.

[zabrakwith]

Originally Posted by MaelDiablo

I think if you guys release the Alpha the way SWG was released, no vehicles and player cities yet or space, minus the bugs of course, that a lot of people will be jumping for joy. Then you guys have time to work on the other things while we are living the dream again.

I disagree. I think player cities were a vital part of what made SWG so great. Communities, guilds, and shoppers all relied in player cities to hold things together. To release the emu without player cities would be a mistake.

I do agree with you about space though. Although a great feature, hundreds of thousands of players were fine and dandy with the ground game that was going on before space was introduced. That is one aspect that can wait until after release.