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#3544026 - 03/23/12 02:48 PM Re: Friday: A letter from Luthier, Cliffs of Dover a year later [Re: KRT_Bong]
FearlessFrog Senior Member Registered: 01/08/09 Posts: 4325 Loc: Vancouver, BC	I think that, bar some actual new code to ship, this is probably the best thing they could say at the moment. I hope things plop out sooner rather than later, as this is one of the less joyous first anniversaries I've attended. > We work in a constant state of emergency. > We are just now beginning to look for a huge number of new applicants.. I'll get my resume/cv sent off forth-with, sounds great fun - hope the pay is bad too.. Patch in two weeks, for sure - any takers?
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#3544048 - 03/23/12 03:21 PM Re: Friday: A letter from Luthier, Cliffs of Dover a year later [Re: KRT_Bong]
TROOPER117 Senior Member Registered: 06/17/05 Posts: 3785 Loc: UK	Why could we not have had this frank update several months earlier? It must have taken all of 10 mins at the most to sit down and compose what needed to be said..
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#3544061 - 03/23/12 03:34 PM Re: Friday: A letter from Luthier, Cliffs of Dover a year later [Re: TROOPER117]
FearlessFrog Senior Member Registered: 01/08/09 Posts: 4325 Loc: Vancouver, BC	Originally Posted By: TROOPER117 Why could we not have had this frank update several months earlier? It must have taken all of 10 mins at the most to sit down and compose what needed to be said.. Maybe he just believed things were better than they were, i.e. always just a couple of days away from shipping a major update only to have the rug pulled out every time? Dunno. Retrospectives on a statement like he made won't change much going forward though.
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#3544062 - 03/23/12 03:38 PM Re: Friday: A letter from Luthier, Cliffs of Dover a year later [Re: FearlessFrog]
bisher I'll be your Huckleberry Veteran Registered: 03/14/01 Posts: 10075 Loc: Manitoba, Canada	Originally Posted By: FearlessFrog Patch in two weeks, for sure - any takers? Hmmmm to me this means next friday we get the patch. Suweeeeet! _________________________ Flight Control System - Saitek X52 throttle/Logitek Extreme 3D Pro stick - What?
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#3544069 - 03/23/12 03:54 PM Re: Friday: A letter from Luthier, Cliffs of Dover a year later [Re: Chivas]
cheesehawk Member Registered: 02/23/11 Posts: 605 Loc: CA, USA	Originally Posted By: Chivas The best news to me is the twenty-five percent increase in the development crew. That is a very good sign that the development is on solid ground and we can expect the sim to be finished. Also very good to hear that the bugs aren't serious enough to be development threatening. An update like this every few weeks and a decent patch every few months would make me a very happy camper. The graphics/performance patch has been a huge setback, but once thats cleared the path forward should be much smoother. Hiring 1 extra guy to bring the total now to 5 isn't exactly stating its on solid ground!
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#3544072 - 03/23/12 04:02 PM Re: Friday: A letter from Luthier, Cliffs of Dover a year later [Re: cheesehawk]
Chivas Senior Member Registered: 12/26/02 Posts: 3199 Loc: B.C. Canada	Originally Posted By: cheesehawk Originally Posted By: Chivas The best news to me is the twenty-five percent increase in the development crew. That is a very good sign that the development is on solid ground and we can expect the sim to be finished. Also very good to hear that the bugs aren't serious enough to be development threatening. An update like this every few weeks and a decent patch every few months would make me a very happy camper. The graphics/performance patch has been a huge setback, but once thats cleared the path forward should be much smoother. Hiring 1 extra guy to bring the total now to 5 isn't exactly stating its on solid ground! Probably another eight to ten people but that said even one person shows that the people holding the purse strings, which isn't us by the way, have shown enough confidence to continue funding the sim. _________________________ Intel core I7 950 @ 3.8 Asus PT6 Motherboard 6 gigs OCZ DDR3 1600 Asus GTX580 Direct CU II 60 gig Corsair SSD [with only COD and dual boot OP system] 500 gig HHD LG 37" LCD MSFF2 Joystick Cougar Throttle Saitek Pro Rudder pedals Voice Activation Controls Track IR 5 ProClip
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#3544075 - 03/23/12 04:08 PM Re: Friday: A letter from Luthier, Cliffs of Dover a year later [Re: KRT_Bong]
commorange Member Registered: 06/06/04 Posts: 808 Loc: Troy, OH	Yes I feel more optimistic and hopeful too after reading this. I can relate somewhat to the painfull awareness and the ever present feeling in the back of his mind. I did a little programming and coding back in my younger years and I think after concentrating hard on a project sometimes you just have to get up, walk away and think about something else for a while. It was kind of remarkable how things seemed to click much better with more progress that way. Anyway, I hope they are successful. _________________________ my system: Intel Core I7 920 @ 3570ghz Asus P6T MB 6 GB OCZ DDR3 RAM , dram freq 680 mhz, NB freq 2720 mhz Radeon HD 4870 w/ 1 Gb vram OS.. Windows 7 professional 64 bit WD 2 TB hard disk drive etc.
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#3544083 - 03/23/12 04:13 PM Re: Friday: A letter from Luthier, Cliffs of Dover a year later [Re: TROOPER117]
Chivas Senior Member Registered: 12/26/02 Posts: 3199 Loc: B.C. Canada	Originally Posted By: TROOPER117 Why could we not have had this frank update several months earlier? It must have taken all of 10 mins at the most to sit down and compose what needed to be said.. You would have to understand the process like FearlessFrog suggests, to understand how easily there could be a number of unforseen setbacks. Rewrite, test, find probems, rewrite, test, find new problems, rewrite, test until it fixed. There is no possible way to know how long its going take. They just keep working until its fixed or the until the bean counters pull the plug. All the developer can say is that they are working on it and they have said that a number of times. _________________________ Intel core I7 950 @ 3.8 Asus PT6 Motherboard 6 gigs OCZ DDR3 1600 Asus GTX580 Direct CU II 60 gig Corsair SSD [with only COD and dual boot OP system] 500 gig HHD LG 37" LCD MSFF2 Joystick Cougar Throttle Saitek Pro Rudder pedals Voice Activation Controls Track IR 5 ProClip
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#3544089 - 03/23/12 04:33 PM Re: Friday: A letter from Luthier, Cliffs of Dover a year later [Re: KRT_Bong]
DaveP63 Member Registered: 01/15/07 Posts: 1355 Loc: Indiana, USA	Good news indeed.
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#3544091 - 03/23/12 04:39 PM Re: Friday: A letter from Luthier, Cliffs of Dover a year later [Re: KRT_Bong]
BKHZ_Furbs Member Registered: 04/08/05 Posts: 2395	It is good news, though i will be happier when Luthier speaks of other fixes to come, the graphics patch is needed and welcome but for CLOD to thrive there are more important issues to solve. Edited by BKHZ_Furbs (03/23/12 04:39 PM) _________________________
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