Imperial Winter - where things stand, and how you can help.
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Re: Imperial Winter - where things stand, and how you can help.
At the risk of being called a whining sod, what happened (again)? WHY NO COMMENTS!
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Perpetuation of the Star Wars myth. It helps bring new DSD players.
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The force is no longer with this project...
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Really don't know why it isn't just released as is
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*FLOZi wrote:Really don't know why it isn't just released as is
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considering it... Would really like it to be in some sort of package state given the amount of work done. On the one hand I don't want to have done all this work for noone to play with it, on the other hand it would kinda suck to release it unfinished for people to pull it to pieces and release frankenIW, as I'm as much attached to the gamedesign as to my artwork.
That being said it hasn't by any measure been abandoned, me being more or less computerless at the moment hasn't really helped it's progression.
That being said it hasn't by any measure been abandoned, me being more or less computerless at the moment hasn't really helped it's progression.
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there hasnt been a new version or testing for 18+ months, and activity on the forum is negliable... you could buy a rig capable of running spring for like $150 which is what, a few days temp work? Claims that IW development isnt dead are flying in the face of all evidenceThat being said it hasn't by any measure been abandoned, me being more or less computerless at the moment hasn't really helped it's progression.
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I can afford a new computer, part of the reason I haven't got one yet is because I'm still trying to work out how to fit life around proper full time work
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I work full time as well, I do spring on the weekends mostly. I just moved still have shit in boxes and all that and I have cert stuff to start doing as well. If you cannot find a few hours from time to time then you will never find time. Having a project in a status of perpetual procrastination and excuses is not good.
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it's not like if it was the first stillborn project on spring
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what really makes me sad is that i played this game like 2 years ago, and it was awesome at that time. I dont know if anything got broken since then, but that state was excellent imo and the visuals beat the shit out of any spring game. I would urge you to release what you have.
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Be realistic, you will not finish imperial winter. Just release it, someone else will do the job and your name will ever be in the credits.Warlord Zsinj wrote:I can afford a new computer, part of the reason I haven't got one yet is because I'm still trying to work out how to fit life around proper full time work
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As said earlier, being in a state of procrastination, perhaps - excuses, no. The only people I feel I owe anything to are the ones that have worked on the project, and they are all as busy IRL as I. I'm not making excuses, I'm just telling you things as they are.
BaNa - if I could get it back to that point I would release it. Subsequent spring updates have broken IW a lot. People were assisting me to fix it but it appears to be a bigger job than expected, and really it needs me to sit down and tinker for a good while.
Anyway, it isn't a day that goes by that I don't think of IW. I've put literally thousands of hours of work into that project so it's important to me that it gets released, but I also want to do all those hours credit by releasing something vaguely cohesive with my design still there.
BaNa - if I could get it back to that point I would release it. Subsequent spring updates have broken IW a lot. People were assisting me to fix it but it appears to be a bigger job than expected, and really it needs me to sit down and tinker for a good while.
Anyway, it isn't a day that goes by that I don't think of IW. I've put literally thousands of hours of work into that project so it's important to me that it gets released, but I also want to do all those hours credit by releasing something vaguely cohesive with my design still there.
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/Warlord Zsinj wrote: on the other hand it would kinda suck to release it unfinished for people to pull it to pieces and release frankenIW, as I'm as much attached to the gamedesign as to my artwork.
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u could always release it, together with (obligatory) to-do-list and control further development of the game. basicly, all these hours of work u put in ur project are wasted :/ im not fan of star wars universe but hell, if gameplay is cool, i would like to play it for sure. not to mention i can learn much about models.
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That'd be a little infuriating, getting hold of a broken, unplayable IW that you aren't allowed to alter?
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i don't get your point. are you worried that iw could be altered in a way you don't like?Warlord Zsinj wrote:That'd be a little infuriating, getting hold of a broken, unplayable IW that you aren't allowed to alter?
meh, this is open source man, and you always claimed that imperial winter would have been opensource.
if this happen and you find that you have more time to dedicate on that, you could just then fork it... i mean everything would be better than let iw die