Carrier Force

[SvenNyqvist]

Is there any developement in sight??

[rogueusmc]

General discussion forum might get a better response...

[decaro]

C@W is out, but it's long on interface and short on scenarios.
Hopefully a series of patches will fix the latter.

[tocaff]

Nope, he said Carrier Force which is a game under development.

[decaro]

CF, aka UV deluxe, etc. I know C@W and CF are two different games, but some of us went to C@W in the mean time.

Don't hold your breath re CF's release.

[tocaff]

It's not a question of holding your breathe because rushing it would only disappoint the buyers quality wise.

[decaro]

Todd, CF isn't even listed under the "under development" part of the Matrix foums! That's unusual, considering the body of the game -- the UV engine -- is already developed.

[SvenNyqvist]

Perhaps the developer has some comments. There seems to beta testing in progress if I remember correctly.

In the early days I used Burning Steel II & III and I also have the first version of Carrier at war. I must admit that I am not using UV for the moment (WIPT & WPO are sufficient).

[Sequoia]

Does any one know if they intend to give us more detailed control over carrier operations in CF?

[SvenNyqvist]

My understanding was that it will be an UV which switch to tactical when forces attack each other. There was a hint in that direction somewhere in a forum.

[Mike Wood]

alpha testing

ORIGINAL: SvenNyqvist

Perhaps the developer has some comments. There seems to beta testing in progress if I remember correctly.

In the early days I used Burning Steel II & III and I also have the first version of Carrier at war. I must admit that I am not using UV for the moment (WIPT & WPO are sufficient).

[Mike Wood]

yes. that is the point of the game

ORIGINAL: Sequoia

Does any one know if they intend to give us more detailed control over carrier operations in CF?

[Mike Wood]

sort of

ORIGINAL: SvenNyqvist

My understanding was that it will be an UV which switch to tactical when forces attack each other. There was a hint in that direction somewhere in a forum.

[decaro]

Here's the link to the CF developer's diary posted in a previous UV thread re new tactical carrier battles on the way:

tm.asp?m=1194230

You may have to scroll down this link to find what you're looking for.

I know of at least one beta-tester for CF; I guess he and the others are on hold 'til the alphas are done. But after the unfunded/untested 2.4 series of patches for UV, let Matrix alpha and beta test its heart out on this one. Besides, the competition -- CaW -- is already available and (hopefully) working on its first patch.

Mike Wood has the tersest posts I know; perhaps it's the side effect of a lifetime of writing compact code, i.e., the smaller the amount of code, the better the programmer.

[Tankerace]

As producer of Carrier Force, maybe I can answer a few questions. Carrier Force IS under development, and is moving forward. At this stage, as Mike said, it is still in Alpha testing, but is relatively playable right now. No release date is set right now, but I can confirm it is not vaporware.

[rogueusmc]

Tanker...you still around?...you got your own board and you are being a stranger now!!![:D]

[decaro]

As CF is under development, is there a reason why it's not listed under the "Coming soon/In development" section of the Matrix forums? There's even a posting for a possible Matrix remake of the venerable AoS, but to date there's no entry for CF.

Can you explain what "relatively playable" means?

[tocaff]

Maybe in an effort to get it right it won't be out soon.  Remember that everything is relative so your definition of soon is?

[Terminus]

ORIGINAL: Joe D.

As CF is under development, is there a reason why it's not listed under the "Coming soon/In development" section of the Matrix forums? There's even a posting for a possible Matrix remake of the venerable AoS, but to date there's no entry for CF.

Can you explain what "relatively playable" means?

I would suspect that he probably means that it doesn't crash every 9 seconds...

[decaro]

Matrix has a forum literally called "[Coming Soon and in Development]": if CF is "under development," it should be listed as such w/o fear of hindering game progress, or promising anything to anyone.

This CF thread reminds me of the threads posted after the lack of official info on how to apply the UV 2.5 comprehensive fix, i.e., is it a patch-over, is this the last patch, where is UV going, etc. This went on for many posts until someone from Matrix finally showed up.

So is there a moderator for this forum?