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Originally Posted by Fagashlil

I wouldn't be disheartened that there is no mention yet of new features. Their priority is rewriting the current code into something more stable and manageable. Once that is done then they will focus their attention on in-game features.

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EXACTLY!

To whomever all said they just can't bear to live without some sort of gameplay changes, geez, is THAT the priority or is making the code stable (and fixing longterm bugs) priority? give it an age to settle in before doing anything drastic. i think we can all live with that for a more improved, faster game.

Thank you, Sean and Brian, for finally giving us some communication about what is happening here.

I'm VERY glad to know that it will be tested in the genesis environment first before going live on WoL. That was one of my main concerns.

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Originally Posted by Spliff

2) Is it possible for you to allow us to have a "move code" system in Utopia Kingdoms that is like the one we have in Utopia?

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umm, Spliff.... did you read the name of this topic? it's about CLASSIC, not KINGDOMS???? *rolls eyes*

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Originally Posted by Starscream

Catwalk, wait will you you always want to know to much to soon. Let them do the coding first then when they are finished and tested THEN let them think about changes.

What you want them to make promises that changes will be made and then they run out of time and it does not happen you will have a cry?

One step at a time, i bet you are the sort of person who wants to open their x-mas presents early?

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I'm unwilling to believe that tossing a few numbers around will present any kind of technical difficulty when rewriting this. The only effort involved (assuming we're talking about small tweaks, which may be all that's realistic to do once again) is in finding out what to change. As such, it makes sense to start looking at that now rather than 3 days before eoa as has happened two rounds in a row now. I'd rather not see that happening again. And no, I don't see OMAC as Santa Claus handing out presents. They've invited our feedback on the game's development and I'm offering some. Doing no changes at all next round would be a mistake, and I don't think that's what they're planning. I would just like confirmation.

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Originally Posted by Osiris

I assume the analogy was UK is New Coke and UC is Coca-Cola Classic.

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Thats more or less what I meant. Why add Classic to it? Why not leave it Utopia and Utopia Kingdoms?

(shrugs)

@Brian and Sean,

I do have a very big question. Whats going to happen with Angel and Pimp and the front end of Utopia?

Currently Pimp and Angel both rely on formatted Text and if you change the codebase, does that also mean you will change the formatting of the frontward text?

As players, we use these tools extensively and I would like to be able to still use them as a part of them game.

As the Developer of the NEW Utopia Pimp [1], I would like to be invited on the inside along with Brother Green (Creator of Angel) and the creator of Megatron. So that we can test our items against the new working Utopia.

I would rather we not shut everyone out why we update regular expressions to match your front text formats.

[1] Pimp is getting/has a new code base. The Old Pimp man (Mike) has moved on to bigger and better and has left me to control his app along with creating a new codebase.


Please contact me at spoiledtechie ... Gmail

It's not their job to ensure third-party applications or software are compatible. Formatting has changed many times before in the past and I doubt it's that hard to modify either Angel or Pimp so accept minor changes in the formatting of particular pages. Perhaps you can get a sample of each page so you can see how it will look and work from that.

They did start up that EUT program, but sounds like they've forgotten about it again. And what happened to Roisin, is she still involved? She's listed as Lead developer on the blog.

So when you say "no changes to the game mechanics"... that doesn't really mean "NO" changes, does it? While you're mucking around in there, can you replace the random number generator with something that isn't so streaky?

Think Different

I honestly doubt very much that the random number generator used is anything but random.

A direct reply from those that have taken the helm. This makes me happy. Feedback helps a lot. However, as stated by CW early on in the thread, round tweaks and changes are the lifeblood of Utopia. Another round identical to the last is not a wise decision in my own opinion. i'll just leave it at that. Like I said earlier, I'm glad to see feedback that should lead to progress.

Sean and Brian ftw.

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Originally Posted by Mourhelm

I guess you don't know much about coding...

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Nothing at all, but I don't need to know anything about coding to realize that they need to add utopiapimp and metatron features into utopia. Because I am really tired of posting those province codes, explaining how to join, why should they use it and so on... Anyone who is not using 3rd party tools is making his life hard in Utopia.

Wouldn't Utopia benefit from in-game chat too?

That's what I mean by "rude changes".

"As the Developer of the NEW Utopia Pimp [1], I would like to be invited on the inside along with Brother Green (Creator of Angel) and the creator of Megatron. So that we can test our items against the new working Utopia."

LOL @ Megatron

ALL HAIL MEGATRON!!!

Lol... how did I not notice that?

Megatron FTW.

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Originally Posted by Bijo

p.s. make sure to use a valid html and css code
i mean if you are going to rebuide the all code do it right ;)

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Ya, it is not too hard to make it wc3 standard!

Agree, new features could wait, but round changes is important. Round changes make players, especially monarchs, think new strategies instead copying a working one from past round.

I don t know what your ressources are and although the recoding is a good point, some changes can t be forgetten for next round. Like stated by a lot of players already, these changes are necessary to keep the game interesting. So maybe you need to redefine "no changes to the game mechanics" to avoid confusion on this matter.

As for third party tools. they might not fall under OMAC's scope, a lot of players and kingdoms (if not nearly everyone) rely on it.

And one additional question. Is playing from home and from a mobile device and/or from work something that could make delete our province? I hope you guys are aware that our addiction forces us to have multiple login points.