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Hey, looks like im first to notice- yay me!
2003-08-19 00:00:51 Money issue and 3.3.0 In Progress Update
First of all, we had a bit of an accident with SQL syntax this evening, resulting in a sudden, 100-million-credit windfall for every user who wasn't online. Because of this, we ended up resetting everyone to 500,000 credits. The whole game will be reset soon enough, so don't take it too hard.
(Update, Mon 08/18):
We're now shooting for 3.3.0 "release ready" by Friday the 22nd, with further internal testing happening over the weekend. The production release is slated for Monday the 25th. Problems have cropped up here and there, but the game is now basically functional. We need to bring the AI back up to snuff, and add in a few other higher level components.
It's important to clarify what 3.3.0 is really going to be. There are no major gameplay changes planned for 3.3.0. A great deal of code has been rewritten, and at this point we're just trying to get things to work correctly with the new server framework. New gameplay features are planned for the 3.3.x release series, but they will not appear immediately. For this Monday's 3.3.0 release, the best you can hope for is essentially a reproduction of the game as it currently exists in 3.2.12. In fact, there is every reason to expect that new bugs will emerge. But, once we're stabilized on the new codebase, we'll be able to move forward with creating the features we all want to see.
There will also be a full reset, early in the 3.3.x series (maybe 3.3.0, maybe not). Money, character inventories (ships, etc), nation points and the like. Only the characters themselves will be preserved.
Thats what most of us expected, yeah, but does that mean that the 3.3.x new features are still at a very early stage?
First of all, we had a bit of an accident with SQL syntax this evening, resulting in a sudden, 100-million-credit windfall for every user who wasn't online. Because of this, we ended up resetting everyone to 500,000 credits. The whole game will be reset soon enough, so don't take it too hard.
(Update, Mon 08/18):
We're now shooting for 3.3.0 "release ready" by Friday the 22nd, with further internal testing happening over the weekend. The production release is slated for Monday the 25th. Problems have cropped up here and there, but the game is now basically functional. We need to bring the AI back up to snuff, and add in a few other higher level components.
It's important to clarify what 3.3.0 is really going to be. There are no major gameplay changes planned for 3.3.0. A great deal of code has been rewritten, and at this point we're just trying to get things to work correctly with the new server framework. New gameplay features are planned for the 3.3.x release series, but they will not appear immediately. For this Monday's 3.3.0 release, the best you can hope for is essentially a reproduction of the game as it currently exists in 3.2.12. In fact, there is every reason to expect that new bugs will emerge. But, once we're stabilized on the new codebase, we'll be able to move forward with creating the features we all want to see.
There will also be a full reset, early in the 3.3.x series (maybe 3.3.0, maybe not). Money, character inventories (ships, etc), nation points and the like. Only the characters themselves will be preserved.
Thats what most of us expected, yeah, but does that mean that the 3.3.x new features are still at a very early stage?
well, it kinda brought back the "reset" question, because of the "maybe 3.3.0, maybe not"
But friday! Friday! FRIDAY!!!! YAY!!!
But friday! Friday! FRIDAY!!!! YAY!!!
You're the first to notice what? The news was posted a little after midnight EST. I was awake then.
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Actually, monday! Monday! MONDAY!!!! YAY!!!
ummm, i think it went in this order of people noticeing.
a1k0n
Incarnate
Mesotel Ze, Firemage, Suicidal Lemming, Lil Panda
Blaster
Anyone after that i forget because i was asleep.
a1k0n
Incarnate
Mesotel Ze, Firemage, Suicidal Lemming, Lil Panda
Blaster
Anyone after that i forget because i was asleep.
Fweeeeee!!!
I had trouble explaining it to John, Waylon, and ray at first cause I was laughing too hard.
Noooo,
me whimpers when he sees his little money amount
me shakes his fist against the devs, you obliterated my 50 mill :(.
Ooh well, back to gaining another 10 mill :D
cheers
me whimpers when he sees his little money amount
me shakes his fist against the devs, you obliterated my 50 mill :(.
Ooh well, back to gaining another 10 mill :D
cheers
/me is happy because he made money.
/me knew my addiction would have its little perks
.....as does stockpiling ;)
.....as does stockpiling ;)
yeah.. i have some thousands and thousands of widgits all over the galaxy
eheh
me still has about 200 nanites lying around everywhere as well as about 300 rare metals :D
Im not that fast out of money :D
cheers
me still has about 200 nanites lying around everywhere as well as about 300 rare metals :D
Im not that fast out of money :D
cheers
I came back from dinner and FiReMaGe and SL was telling me to log on... hehe.