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Darkwing88

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There is no general rules for versioning. Every company does it their own way, even if there are trends.
Modjo

You missed word "usually". Also there are sets of generic name conventions http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_versioning
I dont know how about you but to me there arent that many types of versioning systems and you usually can figure out how company structured it by following few patches.
Reinventing the wheel completely would defeat purpose of having standards.

Besides I was more explaining this to people that have nothing in common with programming.
 

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Having lived in Russia for a couple of years, I can tell you that August is a month where one takes well deserved vacations (especially taking into account the work done to finish any type of software), so my best guess that the developer teams is relaxing on a greek beach at the moment, therefore the silence.
It's not simply Russia. It's Krasnodar. :) That means a) HOT and dusty weather (I heard, it was about 40+ C this year in Krasnodar area), and b) Black Sea in close vicinity (about 3-4 hours of car driving). So yes, chances is that they will awake at September. :)

Also, at least two previous versions had words "final" in the name of the build. First one and patched. I was amused of this perception of "final" version, so I remember it. But I cannot remember, if word "final" was in .42 patch though.
 

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Who is not a programmer here? It seems you are a programmer. Modjo, Korog, Shiftz are programmers. I am a programmer too. lol
But I don't care about standards.
I'm a programmer. And it's funny to hear people who have just a little bit of general knowledge that they picked up along the way or in school and think they know how software industry works, or how major development projects go.

I may of only been in the software industry a few years now since graduating but I can tell you there is no real standard on versioning. Even back in college several of my professors who have also worked at several major software development studios said as much, that doesn't mean there hasn't been attempts to standardize but it's hard to get people to agree on them.

We did cover the version model mentioned earlier in the thread as a good template to follow. But it was covered as more of model that many developers were trying to get standardized but has not happen yet. Mostly due to various reasons, such as older systems with established versioning rules. Though in the end each company does whatever the heck wants to with versioning numbers, and some even use them simply as a marketing tool to make customers think there has been a big improvement so they will buy the new version.
 

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Well i think it's fair to assume, from that thread about Terra-forming that went massively off the rails, the Dev's are definitely working on a patch or DLC at the moment..... :happy:
 

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Well we can't really be sure what the Devs are working on because they didn't even reveal the Elves were coming out. Just suddenly showed up on sites for Purchase a few days before release and then the news hit the forums. The only communication I recall before was mention of the MP patch coming in the addition of Heroes.


As for sales we can't be sure, but Warlock did seem to be popular for a while after release. On the Steam stats page it shows the top 100 games people are playing and Warlock was on that list for quite a while. Though I haven't seen in on there in a while as I think a lot of people have gotten burned out.
http://store.steampowered.com/stats/
 

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lol internet cafes were the good ol' days before DSL came out.

I kinda miss those days... :(
Yea, in the US. There are some countries where high speed internet is available but too expensive due to phone company monopolies and/or other reasons. Thus internet cafes are still very popular there.

As for the stats it's probably also kids on their school internet playing during school hours.
 

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Yeah, I'm hoping they're going to drop some naval DLC and a big fat bugfix patch on us out of nowhere like they did with the elven units.

I'd be surprised if they're done with the game already. Warlock should be doing better than their last game, and that got a few expansions at least.
 

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Yeah im just going to patiently wait 3 months then im going to give up on game completely.
Had 60 hours of playtime and I cant find myself spending more on it without any sort of AI update or multiplayer with simultaneous turns because i obliterate impossible AI.
 

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I hope they do continue to bug fix and provide DLC.

And although I haven't played much recently it is a game I will continue to play for many years, just like I do with MoM. It has that "je ne sais quoi" appeal other games don't acquire. It must be the combination of city development, fun battles, magic and heroes to develop and equip that scratches a gaming itch I've always had.

JJ
 

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I also think this game has a simple, beautiful design and gameplay.
I really hope this will continue for quite a bit.

Some kind heart change the title to Communication.:)
 

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I also think this game has a simple, beautiful design and gameplay.
I really hope this will continue for quite a bit.

kind heart change the title to Communication.:)

Yes and Yes! xD
More seriously this is the best game I have played in a long time... It is refreshingly simple and good.
Easy to learn, hard to master. And there is so much potential to make it even better.
So spread the word and keep bringing in new players!