Post by Pman on May 22, 2015 14:21:01 GMT
From reddit:
This is insane, they lost database, and ams files from the original game (are they for real? no backup? really?) so they have to rebuild it, but for doing so they need lots of time because they haven't figure out how to do it atm and probably never will.
I'm speakless and pissed off at the same time.
DF from Av is doomed at this point, or maybe they will be able to do something in months if not a whole new year or more probably never.
The emu is the only hope left we have to play DF1 again, but honestly i don't have much faith here too, remake the database without any source is not an easy task and lot of time is needed.
Christ, i hate Av so much, why a good game like this is in the hand of this delusional company? Razorwax are a bunch of retards ti make a deal and partnership with the greeks. They waste 12 years od genuine development, i'm really mad and angry that a game i followed for so much time and played for 2 years straight is completely wasted and ruined in this stupid way. T_T
There are a lot more players playing uw at the moment. The active accounts are at least an order of magnitude more than that.
There are 4 major issues:
1) integration with our current ams. The old ams dfo had is lost.
2) recreating dfo's database. Dfo did not have a straightforward database as dfuw has. Some of its data are kept in plain old files, some are kept in a database.
3) the game's hardware configuration needs. I.e. how many cpus, how much hard disk, the game actually needs. And if we can run it in our internal server.
4) recreating the build and deployment environment. The build tools and the deployment tools have been created with only one game in mind. Paths are hardcoded to a large extend, and the deployment tools require a specific network structure that we no longer have.
Right now i can run the game locally, in standalone. But i cannot run it in network mode. We are slowly discovering what the game needs, together with the previous devs that do not have a 100% clear memory of how the thing worked.
So, due to all these issues, you must have patience. It is not as easy as flipping a switch. Well, it should have been, but it is not.
There are 4 major issues:
1) integration with our current ams. The old ams dfo had is lost.
2) recreating dfo's database. Dfo did not have a straightforward database as dfuw has. Some of its data are kept in plain old files, some are kept in a database.
3) the game's hardware configuration needs. I.e. how many cpus, how much hard disk, the game actually needs. And if we can run it in our internal server.
4) recreating the build and deployment environment. The build tools and the deployment tools have been created with only one game in mind. Paths are hardcoded to a large extend, and the deployment tools require a specific network structure that we no longer have.
Right now i can run the game locally, in standalone. But i cannot run it in network mode. We are slowly discovering what the game needs, together with the previous devs that do not have a 100% clear memory of how the thing worked.
So, due to all these issues, you must have patience. It is not as easy as flipping a switch. Well, it should have been, but it is not.
I don't have the clear answer you seek as yet. I don't know if it can or cannot be brought back at this point. We are studying it.
I understand your frustration, but that's how things are. I guess if the original devs were present, they would already have known this.
I understand your frustration, but that's how things are. I guess if the original devs were present, they would already have known this.
This is insane, they lost database, and ams files from the original game (are they for real? no backup? really?) so they have to rebuild it, but for doing so they need lots of time because they haven't figure out how to do it atm and probably never will.
I'm speakless and pissed off at the same time.
DF from Av is doomed at this point, or maybe they will be able to do something in months if not a whole new year or more probably never.
The emu is the only hope left we have to play DF1 again, but honestly i don't have much faith here too, remake the database without any source is not an easy task and lot of time is needed.
Christ, i hate Av so much, why a good game like this is in the hand of this delusional company? Razorwax are a bunch of retards ti make a deal and partnership with the greeks. They waste 12 years od genuine development, i'm really mad and angry that a game i followed for so much time and played for 2 years straight is completely wasted and ruined in this stupid way. T_T
