Status of TOAW

[BigDuke66]

Well if he would pay some fee from his book earnings we might get Matrix to finally get moving.

[PRUSSIAN TOM]

Thanks for the heads up. Excellent work . I think TAOW has a life of it's own, and will be kept going by the community until Matrix gets back on it. It can be frustrating , but this game has been chugging along for years, and it still rocks. I am willing to wait, and help with the community. Matrix is a business first, and their job is to make money. They are a LOT more supportive of their older titles than most other companies. With all the community involvement, I think we will eventually get there. In the past, I have found that it is worth the wait. Meanwile, we have some impressive additions by dedicated grognards.

[Lobster]

ORIGINAL: BigDuke66

Well if he would pay some fee from his book earnings we might get Matrix to finally get moving.

Do you REALLY think money is the problem? If it were this community would gladly pony up and help out with the bill. Why pick on a chap who is simply writing a book that may help the sales?

I really don't understand what you are trying to say.

[BigDuke66]

I don't know what the problem is, not even the ones that have contact to higher echelons at Matrix seem to know.

No one is picking, point is the engine helped him write the book, so what would be so bad to give some back. Of course if the book really help the sales that would already be enought, but honestly I usually stumble over a game and if I'm interested enough I start collecting material on the topic it covers.

Anyhow only the gods may know what this game needs to get moving again...

[Telumar]

ORIGINAL: Erik Rutins

Hi guys,

In response to the many requests late last year, I just wanted to let you know that we are very interested in continuing to develop and improve TOAW, including the possibility of a TOAW IV in the future. We've been in contact with Ralph, who we would really like to be the developer going forward as he has been in the past. Ralph is going through some tough times and I think it will be some time before he is ready to start a new project or invest significant development time. Our preference is to give Ralph some time and hope that he will be available in the medium-term, but I know a lot of you are impatient for faster progress. Unfortunately I don't have better news right now than to say that whatever may come, it is not our intention to "retire" TOAW, it's our goal to continue and improve it.

We appreciate very much the work of all members of the TOAD team and the community in helping us improve TOAW to date and we're also interested in your feedback on where we should go with TOAW in the future.

Regards,

- Erik

Cough.. cough.. any news Erik? Any?

[Lobster]

ORIGINAL: Telumar

ORIGINAL: Erik Rutins

hope that he will be available in the medium-term

Regards,

- Erik

Cough.. cough.. any news Erik? Any?

Perhaps he was speaking in geologic terms.

[Jo van der Pluym]

ORIGINAL: Telumar

ORIGINAL: Erik Rutins

Hi guys,

In response to the many requests late last year, I just wanted to let you know that we are very interested in continuing to develop and improve TOAW, including the possibility of a TOAW IV in the future. We've been in contact with Ralph, who we would really like to be the developer going forward as he has been in the past. Ralph is going through some tough times and I think it will be some time before he is ready to start a new project or invest significant development time. Our preference is to give Ralph some time and hope that he will be available in the medium-term, but I know a lot of you are impatient for faster progress. Unfortunately I don't have better news right now than to say that whatever may come, it is not our intention to "retire" TOAW, it's our goal to continue and improve it.

We appreciate very much the work of all members of the TOAD team and the community in helping us improve TOAW to date and we're also interested in your feedback on where we should go with TOAW in the future.

Regards,

- Erik

Cough.. cough.. any news Erik? Any?

I think dat for a quicker response it's better to send him a PM?

[Oberst_Klink]

Well, what are the chances of success? I tried his Twitter account a few times. Let's focus on adapting some pre-3.2 masterpieces for 3.4 and the 'patches', which is what I am doing at the moment.

Klink, Oberst

[Curtis Lemay]

Just for the record, Ralph just posted an update. His first post since 9/2/2012!

[Lobster]

Thanks for the intel.

[shunwick]

I really hope he is doing ok.

[Numdydar]

ORIGINAL: Curtis Lemay

Just for the record, Ralph just posted an update. His first post since 9/2/2012!

Any news about TOAW?

[Curtis Lemay]

ORIGINAL: Numdydar

ORIGINAL: Curtis Lemay

Just for the record, Ralph just posted an update. His first post since 9/2/2012!

Any news about TOAW?

He posted an update: A new 3.5 version for testing.

[BillLottJr]

Just in time for the weekend.

[BigDuke66]

Please take a photo, the Beta should hold the newspaper of today up. [X(]

[Numdydar]

ORIGINAL: Curtis Lemay

ORIGINAL: Numdydar

ORIGINAL: Curtis Lemay

Just for the record, Ralph just posted an update. His first post since 9/2/2012!

Any news about TOAW?

He posted an update: A new 3.5 version for testing.

Is there a link to this amazing new beta version as i can't seem to find it anywhere [:(]

[Curtis Lemay]

ORIGINAL: Numdydar

ORIGINAL: Curtis Lemay

ORIGINAL: Numdydar




Any news about TOAW?

He posted an update: A new 3.5 version for testing.

Is there a link to this amazing new beta version as i can't seem to find it anywhere [:(]

It's not a beta version. It's an update for the development team to test.

[BigDuke66]

When did you get the last one?

[Curtis Lemay]

ORIGINAL: BigDuke66

When did you get the last one?

The last one prior to this latest was on 9/2/2012.

[fogger]

Was Ralph's contact on the non public BB?