[Work Coordination] Todos for Release 4.0 aka "New Hope"

[Mr. ZorG]

I will look at the maps that @ignasito adapted and make adjustments. I'll take care of it on January 9th.

 

[raystuttgart]

2) Automated Units get stuck on River Ford (GIT Issue #449) [FIXED]

This bug was now successfully fixed by @devolution
(He improved area calculations related to "Large Rivers".)

The "long term tests" by our alpha testers confirmed that it works.
Also thanks a lot @Mr. ZorG and the alpha testers for investing the testing efforts.

 

[raystuttgart]

Small Update:

In alpha testing we also found and fixed many other bugs or issues which we simply never really had time to fix.
Some of them were old (e.g. related to "Large Rivers") and some of them were recently introduced by new content.

Especially @Nightinggale has analyzed and fixed several complicated CTDs reported by community.
But also e.g. @jooe has helped us a lot finding and fixing issues in the current dev branch.

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All in all it was a very good idea to not directly start public beta phase, but to first invest 2 months into controled alpha phase.
(And since we are still fixing bugs already found we will continue controlled alpha phase until those are also fixed.)

We will simply have to see how soon we are able to fix those - the remaining bugs are few but also complicated.
So please stay patient, our team simply also has a private life and can only work on the mod in spare time.

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Many thanks again to all dedicated team members and supporters.

 

[raystuttgart]

6) Combat Forecast sometimes not shown (GIT Issue #557)

@devolution
Please let us know if you might find time to check this issue in the next weeks.
(It is one of the last issues we planned to fix before we may start the beta.)

 

[raystuttgart]

Just to give some positive outlook.
These are the last 3 todos before we could start the public beta.

Open Todos for Public Beta:

6) Combat Forecast sometimes not shown (GIT Issue #557)

2) Trade Quests for new Yields [In Work]

1) Adjusting Maps [DONE]

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We have come quite a long way already.
(This is like the last 5% of the way ...)

 

[XSamatan]

Those are indeed good news

 

[raystuttgart]

We have another bug that needs to be analyzed and fixed before starting the beta ...
It seems to only occur when you attack a plot with a bunch of Civilians with a Stack.

sometimes attacking a stack of units causes most of the attacked units to disappear · Issue #582 · We-the-People-civ4col-mod/Mod

Plains from 5.03.22 my cavalry charges a stack of civilian units. the screenshot shows that there are 25 units. however, after attacking, I capture one (!) unit. this problem does not always occur....

github.com

 

[raystuttgart]

I think, it is best we postpone Release 4.0 beta release to (maybe) end of February ...
We still have unfixed bugs and we also still have other unfinished open todos (already in work).

Also some team members are currently hardly availabe due to either private life or sickness.
So trying to publish a release by all means would just cause unnecessary stress and frustration.

Many thanks in advance to community for patience and understanding.

 

[raystuttgart]

Update of the open Todos for the Beta Release:

6) Combat Forecast sometimes not shown (GIT Issue #557)
8) Stacks attacking a Plot of Civilians Bug (GIT Issue #582)

2) Trade Quests for new Yields [In Work]

The Maps are done now.

 

[Martin Peralta]

I think, it is best we postpone Release 4.0 beta release to (maybe) end of February ...
We still have unfixed bugs and we also still have other unfinished open todos (already in work).

Also some team members are currently hardly availabe due to either private life or sickness.
So trying to publish a release by all means would just cause unnecessary stress and frustration.

Many thanks in advance to community for patience and understanding

I will take 2 weeks of vacations from work for this occasion)

 

[ArchdukeLiet]

The good news with the earlier announced delay to end of February is that I had additional time to produce an extra map: Uncharted Lands.
Uncharted Lands is a huge map (58x100 tiles) that was generated and I subsequently adjusted to include all of WTP 4.0's features and improving the playability of the map.

Having a fictional huge map as well hopefully will let people enjoy a map when they feel gigantic is too big or might want to get familiar with the many new aspects of WTP.

 

[DARCK-PHOENIX]

any NEW Hope For release ?

 

[raystuttgart]

any NEW Hope For release ?

Honestly I have no idea myself about a potential release date.
(I am currently taking a break from the mod and lost overview.)

But my last information was that a release was discussed at discord.
(I do not know however if it was postponed again.)

The mod still has open todos like e.g. the MapScripts.
(But those are not game breaking since Maps are fully playable.)

Also many players already grabbed the branch and compiled themselves.
So we already have 100+ players and their feedback is very posititive.

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Generally this here is the current status:
Open Todos for (beta release)

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@Nightinggale
What is the current plan?

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I am actually also looking forward to have another release again.
Because only then I would have a base to continue developing new content.

The last 4 months I was basically blocked from continuing to work on features ...
Which is heavily impacting my fun in modding and one reason I lost motivation.

In other words:
I would love to see "New Hope" being released as WTP 4.0 - even if it is still just a beta.
Once that happened I might start the work on "Upkeep and Logistics" (next feature branch) ...