Future

[Nemesis]

The reason it takes so long is b/c I have not had time to program the races. This is largely due to work and now me losing all of the code.

I will say that the longest part of race development is actually the effects. There is very little documentation on making complex and cool effects in SM. Also trying to make old race effects appear the same on the new code is very difficult. In addition I must also test to ensure these effects to not create crashing or too much lag on client systems. What really sucks is the loss of the dragonfly code. Some of the effects for the flying effect took over a month to develop.

I will admit that what could really speed up development is if people developed working and optimal code for all the various effects of all the unfinished races however that is no longer the issue as those races do not have effect methods much different from those previously developed. I would have been able to finish almost all the races by the summer except now I lost all the code for the old ones. I think that what I may try to do is a stacked development where we can start to roll out new releases of the old races and new races at the same time on the test server so that while one race is being tested I can be programing another one. This should speed up development once I have time to actually program.

I understand where you're coming from, and it is shitty how everything got jewed. I just feel like the server would prosper more if, in the mean time, we threw a bunch of races on. This would give us a trial by fire to find bugs and balance issues but it would also solve a lot of problems as well. Also it would give you the time needed to work on the races that are taking you forever to finish, not that it's your fault, just that they're a bitch to work on.

There are enough tried and tested races out there that it shouldn't be too hard to do, and your more complex races will fit in better once you finish them

[blackmail242]

So when is this server up for termination and reincarnation?

[maynard]

not any time soon.

[Chef C Green]

not any time soon.

[maynard]

the current servers need work before we venture off into more servers.

[Steamer]

the current servers need work before we venture off into more servers.

My thoughts exactly.

[Chef C Green]

the current servers need work before we venture off into more servers.

I agree with you, but then why do we still have Assassin Mod up? Don't get me wrong, I enjoy once in a blue moon get togethers where theres like 2 hours of just joking around play with other clan/admins, but unless ZERO has some kind of buy 3 get the 4th free on servers, we're wasting resources keeping it online? Granted maybe not that much, but as traffic is down (recent award given: Most time on server = 2hr 57min), why not take it down for a bit?

Depending on how much is being lost (cost for serverspace/datatransfer/coding or monitoring fees/etc), It'd be nice to see those resources being used into promoting better play in ANY of the other servers rather than keeping it up (this is not to say things aren't being changed, most noticeably the work on WCS and the races which we appreciate ). Use it or lose it IMO