Word on Patch 0.7 and 1.0

Some news from Cellwind on the official boards.


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DK_Lond: Sorry for the lack of communication. We would have released 0.7 patch this last week, but we thought there was a problem with the server code which turned out to be nothing. At first we turned off the new allocators, but that didn't fix it. After what looked like a 5x increase in memory usage per user, it turned out that our stress test code wasn't simulating any users logging out. It should be out Monday or Tuesday.





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Vaevictus: Thanks for being patient. I'm pretty sure we had planned on having the 1.0 patch out by now.

0.7 and 1.0 patch are right on top of eachother at this point. We have 4 different branches going at the same time and they are all competing for test time and TestCenter usage. We've got the single player patch, 0.7 patch, 1.0 patch and the latest branch.

As far as I know, we should have 0.7 out early next week and have 1.0 on TestCenter about the same time. When 1.0 gets released depends on what issues we find and how long it takes to fix them. If there are no problems for a few days then I imagine it would get released the following week.





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mjollnerus: I think it's a case of fear of the unknown. FMOD releases a new build like every 2 weeks, so the fear is that taking a new build to fix known issues could introduce greater unknown issues. The majority of our test effort has been directed at patch 1.0, so it was thought best to put the new FMOD drop there where it would get the most testing. As Summer says, we're skipping the version numbers from 0.7 to 1.0 patch, so there won't be a 0.8 and 0.9 patch. There should only be a week between the 0.7 and 1.0 patch.





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Summer: Thank you for using the TestCenter server. Everybody playing on that server has given us great feedback. If there's anything you don't like about it and think it can be better, we want to hear your suggestions.





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CaidenFokz: I think there is a plan to push the latest characters soon. Not sure when but maybe this coming week for the Patch 1 testing (tuesday/wednesday).





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Sheftu, AmaBax: I didn't realize EU couldn't connect to TestCenter. We really need the help testing, so it seems a no-brainer to get a TestCenter server for EU as well. I don't know exactly how the operations works in EU or if we have direct control like we do here in the US, but I'll check into it tomorrow.




Link to the posts.|||Sounds like a bunch of very skilled chickens running around with their heads chopped off

AKA the communication between the devs seems poor.|||Wondered why I couldn't connect to the Test Center Server, when I was a beta tester, but have registered with the EU server. Been looking all around on my Account page and couldn't see anything to tell me how to register for it - as I'd done it already I thought.

The sooner 0.7 comes out the better. I've finished all the quests and killed Sydonai with the cricket bat, now just need to talk to Emera or whatever her name is. It was bad enough getting Cheapside to spawn correctly by logging off for about 20 times.

And as for being a subscriber, I haven't seen anything new for over a month. Waste of money that's looking.

And as for finding someone to go PvP against.....|||Lets hope 0.7 comes out tonight or tomorrow, and 1.0 next week. Would be nice to have it around the Christmas holiday.|||Awesome info. I was just digging around the official forums for info, but didn't find anything. FSS's forums are much better than blizzards D2 forums, but it looks like this one will STILL be more useful. At least devs actually visit the official forums, though. |||Yesterday Scapes decided to inform everyone that the patch is coming today, but since it's not out yet, it honestly looks like it won't come until tomorrow. Here's the link from yesterday.

If you go to page 2 of that thread he confirms it.