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Fixing whats wrong

Jan 17, 2006 baronfel link
I think that the new client is all find and dandy but how about fixing the problems in the game now,like no npcs' convoys and no find the strong hold missions and hive hunt missions also.would really like these things fixed,please
yours truly baronfek.
Jan 17, 2006 momerath42 link
Baronfel:

I understand your frustration, but the problems you list are part of the code that I am working on and have nothing to do with the new client which has been Ray's focus for the last 6+ months.

The 'find the stronghold' mission can only be taken once at the moment. It should be reset when the stronghold location changes, but to do so would be more complex than you can know. And it wouldn't be worthwhile either, for reasons I'll not get in to. It will be replaced along with most of what I produced soon after starting work here. This is the most challenging job I've ever had, and I feel like I'm just now getting the hang of it.

I will restart the convoys on the production server again in a moment, and I apologize for not keeping a closer eye on them. I spent at least a week trying to solve a bug which is responsible for their absence, but couldn't find it. I have been completely rewriting the code that governs the hive and convoys since then, so, unless the bug is not in my code, it should be gone. I have not seen it on the test server for quite a while. The new version is very nearly ready for release, and if you hadn't heard, it will include a much better series of Hive Hunt missions taken as a group with other players and also NPCs. Group Escort and Pirate missions are also in their last round of testing, and people who have tried them out on the test server seemed to have a lot of fun.
Jan 17, 2006 baronfel link
thank you and keep up the good work we are pleased with the game.