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Release 5 Update & Instructions

Discussion in 'Announcements' started by DarkStarr, Apr 23, 2014.

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  1. enderandrew

    enderandrew Legend of the Hearth

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    Each release, they have a long term plan for what they'd like to have in each release. That plan always seems to change with feedback from the previous release.

    The things you were excited to see will still eventually come. And they usually over deliver on these releases.
     
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    Part of development, some stuff is easier to implement than you thought, some are harder, and some stuff doesn't work because other things aren't in yet and you didn't realize it till you went in to try to do it. Keep your expectations low and you wont be disappointed. Every release from here on out is going to be like that. It's a testament to how simple implementing housing really was.

    *Content Edited ~ FireLotus
     
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    If you are disappointed by missed deadlines, you might want to come back during beta. Pre-alpha is a time where A LOT changes, often daily. There is no "on time" in pre-alpha, there is a "current plan" which must be fluid.
     
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    As a testing step: Accessing the instructions works for me, both logged in and logged out of Google.
     
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    I just had someone try it on an Android device here (on two separate browsers) and all went well. I'd be curious to know if the device that it is not working on for you would see success on a different connection, I'm starting to think you are correct about the router being the culprit.

    Let me know if you do find out, we certainly want to make sure we have the best solution for delivering our documentation.
     
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    Thanks for clarifying. I am really looking forward to an immersive game experience with as few UI elements as possible (and hopefully the RTX 3D world map - cough, cough). Ultima 7 ftw! ;)
     
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    And that seems perfectly reasonable to me... why would they blindly forge ahead with their planned schedule if there was something in the previous release that didn't work or that players had major concerns with? They'd only get complaints along the lines of "why the heck did you bother putting in X, when clearly Y was in serious need of work!"

    Damned if you do, damned if you don't... :)
     
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    If you look in the Player Instructions, it looks like the health bars are disabled by default and can be turned on/off as you see fit by pressing N.
     
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    enderandrew Legend of the Hearth

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    For anyone who doesn't work in software development:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agile_software_development
     
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    Not everyone who has been critical has been labeled a troll. But they were openly admitting to using a fake account to toss our their criticism.

    For example, I've been critical of the new art style of the overland map. My posts of said criticism aren't deleted because I think the devs here welcome any open and honest feedback, both positive and critical.
     
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    All I want to say, the game can't go better if 100% of people approve all what devs do, we need people to say "No" and "We can make it better"
     
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    Looks like it may be the firewall; I can get to it when I connect to the Culver's wifi down the street. =) Apparently my company IT doesn't like Google docs. lol
     
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    I think that most of Dev+ status are not that typical. :p For me health bars in an alpha is not that bad.
     
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    Can't wait to watch some youtube videos of some combat tomorrow.
     
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    OMG, nerf the lake! It is OP and the lake always wins!
     
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    Have to agree that most of Dev+ status are not typical. Since the original poster said typical Dev+ status would "want" it. And there are many with Dev+ status that are hoping it is in fact not there. Having it in there as clarified however makes a lot more sense.
     
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    From the Known Issues list:

    You can only have boring, mundane conversations with them while trying to kill them?
     
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    I will tell them about open pvp again and they will die of boring. :p
     
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    Kind of like King Arthur and the Black night?... oh wait another Monty Python reference... people might not get it... someone queue the clip...
     
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    Thank you so much for posting this. While I know that it's an iterative process, I'm so glad to see you are looking into different shaders, especially where the Avatar hair and skin is concerned. Having parts of hair affected by physics (wind, character movement, etc.) would also be great.
     
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