How much longer??

[TheJoat]

For some reason I have not associated Panther Games with MatrixGames...and just found y'all here...

I have been playing Panther Games since Fire Brigade on my Amiga 500. I own Red Devils and Highway. (And, I served with the 2/505 in the 70's.[:)])

I'm REALLY looking forward to COTA - especially with the supply rules. Awesome system.

A lot of discussion here about the various directions for development. Keep doing what you're doing. Your operational level system is awesome. I'll keep buying them - just keep producing them. (Guadalcanal?????)

Now, if I could only get the cooperative MP move up in priority....[:D]

Thanks Panther Games!

[RedMike]

Yeah, I had the Mac SE version of Fire Brigade. Man, that was along time ago!

RedMike OUT

[Grognard]

ORIGINAL: TheJoat

A lot of discussion here about the various directions for development. Keep doing what you're doing. Your operational level system is awesome. I'll keep buying them - just keep producing them. (Guadalcanal?????)

Talk about not seeing the forest for the trees......
This is the first mention I can recall of shipping this engine to the Pacific Theatre.
The possibilities are staggering!
Nice shot.

[Arjuna]

We have one volunteer for the new Pacific DDT. Need more. Interested? Email Bil Hardenberger ( bil[at]panthergames[dot]com ) and cc me ( dave[at]panthergames[dot]com ).

[Arjuna]

Just to keep you all informed, we are putting out another beta build this afternoon after fixing a number of bugs this week. We have encountered a nasty compatibility bug which seems to affect XP Home Ed OS. This is taking some time to narrow down and resolve. But we are making progress.[:)]

[Sarge]

Thanks for the update [;)]

[SeaMonkey]

Not wanting to get ahead of myself, but when I send in the payment for CotA should I include the additional charges for BftB....as I want it to.

If it will be a few months down the road........well..... that really doesn't matter...let's just call it operating capital for the Panther People.[8D]

[Arjuna]

SeaMonkey,

No hold onto your money. As much as we could use it, it wouldn't be right. Our aim is to get BFTB out within 6 months of the release of COTA. We're already well advanced on it but there is still plenty to do on it and I'm definitely going to be taking a holiday once COTA gets out - it's been so long and I definitely need a break.

Just FYI the DDTs have come along nicely and we have good crews advancing the cause on all fronts.[:)]

[sterckxe]

ORIGINAL: Arjuna
... and I'm definitely going to be taking a holiday once COTA gets out - it's been so long and I definitely need a break.

Allready booked a ticket to you-know-where ?

Greetz,

Eddy Sterckx

[JeF]

ORIGINAL: Arjuna
Just FYI the DDTs have come along nicely [...]

Damn acronym reminds me of the Distributed Defects Tracking System we use at work for bug tracking. Guess who needs a break as well ? [;)]

Maybe an australian company will release a certain game for me to nicely spend my time during this break, mmmmh ?

JeF (waiting for CotA to take holidays)
[;)]
PS: none of the above is serious though...

[Arjuna]

re. Distributed Defects Tracking System [:D] I like it.

[JeF]

ORIGINAL: Arjuna
re. Distributed Defects Tracking System [:D] I like it.

Don't laugh ! [:-] This is a real (but now obsolete) product to track bugs in a distributed environment : say your dev team split between the US and Europe, with your test team in China...

It can give you can have real headaches ! [;)]

JeF.
PS: whenI say "none of this is serious", I meant "some of this is serious". I know I'm not consistent.

[TheJoat]

So...how IS it going? Is it possible to start thinking about a release date?

[Arjuna]

We're aiming to sign off next month ( ie October ).

[Arjuna]

SITREP

We finally licked the Network bugs this week. Probably two of the most difficult bugs I have ever had to solve. The first was a connections bug - ie why we could not host from behind a firewall - and the second was an out of sync bug - why the two machines would get out of sync and kill the game. The first we finally tracked down to a bug in Norton's firewall with their Program Control settings. The work around being to simply kill the existing setting for COTA and create a new one. The out of sync bug was due to new reports we introduced. All solved now.[:)]

So we're definitely on the downhill run to the finish line. I think we're on track for signing off at the end of this month.

[lagen]

ORIGINAL: Arjuna

So we're definitely on the downhill run to the finnish line.

Hmmm, maybe I'm seeking too much hidden messages here and getting my hopes up .

(Yes I'd very much like to have finnish front done with this engine, but make one game at a time)

[Arjuna]

lagen,

Very droll. <G> there's no quarter given here, even for a tired designer making a typo. Just for you I've edited the original post.[:)]

[PJJ]

ORIGINAL: Arjuna
there's no quarter given here, even for a tired designer making a typo.

I'm afraid we're all out of quarter. So you'd better fin(n)ish CotA soon, or else... [;)]

[Arjuna]

[:D]

[Arjuna]

Adam and I have knocked over and stomped on all of the known bugs bar a couple I will deal with next week. A new build goes out tomorrow morning for beta testing. With a bit of luck we'll be able to kick off our first final candidate build next week. FYI a final candidate build is one that if no adverse reports come back becomes a Gold Master build - ie the final release build or version 1.0. So we are very close now.