Thank you!
Wednesday, 10 March 2010 19:10

Over the course of the past few weeks, several new people have joined the forum and helped to point out bugs and other problems in the map's beta releases. I'd like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who has contributed information and dedicated time to help me improve the map - thank you!

The first update after beta 6.00 followed pretty quick, as there was a critical error we had to fix - it was a reasonably small patch. Beta 6.01 is playable (despite some still-existing bugs) just fine. This resulted in a flood of feedback, smaller bugs being reported and suggestions made. Despite real-life holding us back more than we'd like, MaskedPoptart and I are working diligently to get a new version up and running, killing even more bugs.

The amount of feedback we received is so tremendously big, it takes some time to fix everything up. Combine that with ongoing assignments for our educations and other personal events - the next version takes some time to make. I considered releasing a version with only a few fixes (desyncs/disconnects etc.), but it's just more fun and convenient to patch everything.

The next version will contain many, many changes to balance, bugs will be fixed and some new features will be added. All in all, I'm pretty sure this will be the last beta. If it works well enough (e.g. no major bugs like desyncs), I will start spreading the maps on community sites as well. That should really give the community a boost, as we'll be reaching many more people.

Alas, I can't yet tell you when the next version will be released. Do know we're both working at the same time, and a lot has been done already. Stay tuned!