A litte update!

[Markus Heinsohn]

Originally Posted by The Wolf

We complain because resources that could have been spent on making the actual game itself better will instead be used to create 3D eye candy. Which will not improve the actual game even an iota.

Well, let's just agree to disagree, okay?

[Déjà Bru]

Originally Posted by Markus Heinsohn

Well, let's just agree to disagree, okay?

Go run the company the best way you know how. So far, the ride has been fine.

[Andreas Raht]

Originally Posted by The Wolf

We complain because resources that could have been spent on making the actual game itself better will instead be used to create 3D eye candy. Which will not improve the actual game even an iota.

We want to improve the game, and we want to sell more copies.
Markus will improve it, and a new programmer will create the 3D stuff so that it sells more copies. The new programmer would not be there if we could not sell more. But the sales would not increase enough just because of AI improvements.
In the end - hopefully - the game will sell enough so that we can even have one or two programmers helping Markus with the AI.
"Ressources" don't fall from the sky, they need to get paid

[The Wolf]

Wow, we lost a lot of good comments out of this thread.

[Andreas Raht]

Originally Posted by The Wolf

Wow, we lost a lot of good comments out of this thread.

Yes, sorry about that - the backup was a few hours old and these hours are now missing

[sabrtoothtiger]

will the runtime error be fixed? This has stopped me from being able to play this years game.

[endgame]

Originally Posted by Andreas Raht

Yes, sorry about that - the backup was a few hours old and these hours are now missing

Not sure I understand. Not complaining, mind you, but what happened to derail the plan laid out on the facebook page? Or did that mean the few hours were irrecoverable from the get-go?

Originally Posted by Facebook

I'll keep the forums offline because it doesn't make sense to activate the backup copy (which surely has a few hours missing) and then move it back later (today? tomorrow?) when the original server is back online

[endgame]

Originally Posted by The Wolf

Wow, we lost a lot of good comments out of this thread.

And a few not so good, too.

[The Wolf]

Originally Posted by Andreas Raht

Yes, sorry about that - the backup was a few hours old and these hours are now missing

Stuff happens. Hard drives fail. I'm just glad you got it fixed.

[The Wolf]

Given how much good stuff was lost I am not going to continue the discussion that was going on about the locusts that are coming.

Anyone want to change the subject?

[Fyrestorm3]

Originally Posted by The Wolf

Given how much good stuff was lost I am not going to continue the discussion that was going on about the locusts that are coming.

Anyone want to change the subject?

This is a good idea. Let's all take the crash as a sign and just leave it be.

[pjh5165]

Maybe taking away the forums will be our long term punishment if we keep complaining about 3D...

Well played, Markus.

[BIG17EASY]

Originally Posted by pjh5165

Maybe taking away the forums will be our long term punishment if we keep complaining about 3D...

Well played, Markus.

Good point. I have a sneaky suspicion it was those previously mentioned locusts that took out the servers.

[BradC]

Andreas can chime in too if I'm wrong, but my understanding was that the few hours were lost from the get-go. The data was backed up through a certain day and time, and then the forum posts that happened after that back-up but before the crash were lost.

Originally Posted by endgame

Not sure I understand. Not complaining, mind you, but what happened to derail the plan laid out on the facebook page? Or did that mean the few hours were irrecoverable from the get-go?

[Le Grande Orange]

Originally Posted by The Wolf

Given how much good stuff was lost I am not going to continue the discussion that was going on about the locusts that are coming.

Great, so I don't get to redo my Gears of War reference?

[BIG17EASY]

Originally Posted by Le Grande Orange

Great, so I don't get to redo my Gears of War reference?

What happens in the server crash vortex stays in the server crash vortex.

[Rich Tiger Fan]

Originally Posted by dmytron

Facegen faces:

• add nothing to gameplay or simulation and is just an eye candy:
• Facegen license costs big junk of money that could be spend to fix AI;
• there are people who turn off Facegen because they don't need it;
• takes time for programming, tuning, adding beard addons and so on -- time that could be spend on AI;
• as some complained looking at OOTP15 preview screenshots, Facegen became worser that before, more cartoonish.

Is Facegen unimprotant? Yes, it doesn't make AI stronger. Does Markus need to delete this part of the game?

This is a good point and for me Facegen and everything that has come with it has been my single favorite edition over the years.

[The Wolf]

Originally Posted by pjh5165

Maybe taking away the forums will be our long term punishment if we keep complaining about 3D...

Well played, Markus.

Or for them implementing it.

Several days in peace with all forum members. Oh, it was great! Let's not start arguing all over again, OK?

[Déjà Bru]

Originally Posted by dmytron

Several days in peace with all forum members. Oh, it was great! Let's not start arguing all over again, OK?

Just what do you mean by that, huh?!? Huh? Yeah, I'm talking to you, there ain't nobody else here. Where's that button for reporting posts?