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The atmopshere is very strange in the Beta forum, everybody sounds suddenly at once tense, serious and happy. It feels like we are in a maternity hospital... (actually I've just posted I would wish to be able to share some nice cigares with the Beta team once the game released).

An exhausted Pocus has just provided the Beta team with the release candidate.

This means that, from now on, according to the tests we are going to make, any further version is likely to be the version that will be sent to the online shop.

Just one single day left, if everything is fine...

OUjhhh


Haaaa


Rahh

Arggg...

Can't wait... The day the game is released I plan on being suddenly stricken with several terrible deseases that will prevent me from going to work and force me into staying at home....

I've already scheduled 2 days off for this; I'm serious!

Wilhammer wrote:I've already scheduled 2 days off for this; I'm serious!

You may have trouble convincing the rest of the world, but, I believe you!

I really hate to say this....well, not really, I've worked a lot of years to be able to say this ........................ but....I'm not coming down with an illness or taking any sick or vacation days from work to be able to play this game nonstop when it comes out because.......I'M RETIRED!!!! And, for any of your smart alecks out there, no! I wasn't alive during the civil war. apy:

*writes lecture on Albigensian Crusade for Friday's class immediately*

Ok... I'm done. Ready to patiently* await release for Thursday with the properly free evening.

SoM (Now my call-sign makes more sense)

*and by patiently, I mean reads the manual and freaks out (hoping the wife doesn't force me to clean Thursday)

Wondering what the price will be dollars (American)?

Korrigan wrote:The atmopshere is very strange in the Beta forum, everybody sounds suddenly at once tense, serious and happy.

sounds like Larry, Moe and Curly.

It feels like we are in a maternity hospital...

Been there. I hope this is better than what I got.

An exhausted Pocus has just provided the Beta team with the release candidate.

Wah! WAAAAAH!. MY GOD, IT'S ALIVE!!!!!

Just one single day left, if everything is fine...

Please be right, mon ami, just please be right...

Vorticon wrote:I really hate to say this....well, not really, I've worked a lot of years to be able to say this ........................ but....I'm not coming down with an illness or taking any sick or vacation days from work to be able to play this game nonstop when it comes out because.......I'M RETIRED!!!!

Ah ... a brother human who understands ...

Korrigan wrote:
Just one single day left, if everything is fine...

One day ? It's enough for testing ?

jmlo wrote:One day ? It's enough for testing ?

Nop, it's not.

A "release candidate" is the result of several monthes of coding and testing.
But, it does not mean we are not going to test it one last time.


Pocus told me he would have prefered to release the game one week later in order to perfect the AI.

I answered him " Right, just leave me some time to hide my family first"

We are not over optimistic. We can reasonable assume that some bugs or scritping errors have not been found by the Beta team. This is bound to happen. But we know we'll be able to patch them ASAP like we have always done.

And if the game is really released 100% bug free, we'll still release some patchs in order to implement new campaigns, to improve the AI or finely tune the game balance.

Right now, Pocus thinks the game is as stable as BoA 1.0. In the last two weeks, most of problems were script errors. These are very tricky to track down, but some betas are real hunters.

Oh, how I wish the same mentality was displayed by some of the so-called "major" developers.

But I digress...

Anyway, I hope you guys have some serious bandwidth available...

Btw, I was wondering, what sort of sales figures would make ageod happy? I'm not expecting an answer, just wondering...Obviously BOA did pretty well to allow you to make ACW.

If ACW does the same as BOA, it will be nice for us. I hope it will do better, due to the seeming popularity of the subject with the American public

Well, apparently there are some folks in France who deemed it interesting enough to make a game out of it...

I've noticed that there are quite a few Europeans here, so I'm hoping that you'll choose a Euro-friendly hour to release the game (shameless and equally pathetic effort to fish for a release tip there, sorry)

Hopefully it will do wonders, so that you can get rich and...wait... not too much though, if you get too rich and happy, you'll just quit and retire in the Bahamas, so I guess I hope it does well enough to buy you a fancy new car and allow you to hire even more great designers/programmes to developpethis engine for the magnificent Napoleonic game that will be released for Christmas...

Right ?

Korrigan wrote:...
Right now, Pocus thinks the game is as stable as BoA 1.0...

Good new BoA 1.0 was completely playable

BoA 1.0 was excellent.

Wow- Very Impressive, it sounds like a horde of 5 year olds on Christmas eve in here. leure:

I don't want to sound ungreatfull or greedy but does anyone know the status of the dedicated online server that has been discussed for "email" games? Obviously, there is no need for it immediately as everyone will be learning how to play, but I would like to see something out in a few weeks to a month or so. No matter how impressive the AI it just can't compare....

Please don't forget about it.

PhilThib wrote:If ACW does the same as BOA, it will be nice for us. I hope it will do better, due to the seeming popularity of the subject with the American public

Please don't forget us Americans who want a Napoleonic version of ACW also!!!

Yes, we want a game called "Napoleonic civil wars"

Ok dehors :

You will so like it guys!

Plenty of interest for Napoleonics (and ACW) in the UK too.

jhdeerslayer wrote:You will so like it guys!

I think we know.

the final version has been sent to our e-vendor, so that he prepares the selling platform. Rejoyce all!

Hooray!

Wooticus! Credit card is ready...come on, come on...

Can I get it tonight !!!

How long does he need to get the E-buying thing ready ? Did you tell him it was an emergency ???

Pocus wrote:the final version has been sent to our e-vendor, so that he prepares the selling platform. Rejoyce all!

Congratulations!!!

Come on....Come on....

I went to the cinema the morning to pass the time, hoping that it would have an early release.. but NOOO!!!

Its killing me this is!!!! Im like a little kid waiting for Chrimbo.

Drew

Come on - this is MUCH worse than waiting for Christmas...