[ARCHIVE] SimAntics & World Development

[Rhys]

Woah there! Lot serialization/sync definitely won't be ready in less than a month, so even if it's working serverside the simulator will not be ready.

 

[Afr0]

Yeah... that's another step altogether. Actually... having any gameplay in a lot will take more than a month.

 

[Blayer98]

Yeah... that's another step altogether. Actually... having any gameplay in a lot will take more than a month.

Maybe we could Just have avatars spawning in them, a Vacant Lot with multiple Pay Phones and testing joining/leaving a lot.

We could also try joining/leaving a lot on Simantics and Lot Debug!

 

[Marvin732]

That works Blayer98 ?

 

[Blayer98]

That works Blayer98 ?

What do you mean? In NoNetwork, you start in a Lot, and it's possible to try to buy a Lot in Play Test, Charter Edition Doesn't do this however.

 

[Marvin732]

What do you mean? In NoNetwork, you start in a Lot, and it's possible to try to buy a Lot in Play Test, Charter Edition Doesn't do this however.

How to Get Play Test?

 

[Blayer98]

How to Get Play Test?

I got it from Fatbag.

 

[Marvin732]

I got it from Fatbag.

I asked him now if i could get the Play Test too ^^

 

[Rhys]

I'm busy this week with deadlines, so things will have to wait a little. Buy mode should be stable by the end of this weekend.

 

[Marvin732]

What are deadlines ?

 

[Rhys]

I'm doing a CS course - deadlines are the dates coursework exercises are due.

 

[Marvin732]

Too much complicated

 

[Clonest]

Hearing all this talk from you guys about the rest of the actual gameplay features being done in "a few months" is exciting to hear! I'll test anything!

 

[Marvin732]

I think, one of the most important things are almost finish, Build Mode and Buy Lot need to be implemented.

 

[Blayer98]

A deadline means that something MUST be in on that time, if it isn't it's then overdue, which can cause consequences.

Too much complicated

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[Marvin732]

A deadline means that something MUST be in on that time, if it isn't it's then overdue, which can cause consequences.

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Ah ok ^^
What i want to ask, what for a difference has Play Test and Pre-Alpha?

 

[Blayer98]

Ah ok ^^
What i want to ask, what for a difference has Play Test and Pre-Alpha?

The interfaces are different, and pretty much everything changed apart from the Lot area, where the Live Mode, Buy Mode, Build Mode, time, your budget, etc, appear.
One huge difference, since Pre-Alpha is an internal tester version, is that Edith isn't in the game, and cannot be run, cheats were also removed.

 

[aidancheddar]

Ah ok ^^
What i want to ask, what for a difference has Play Test and Pre-Alpha?

Also, Play Test is kinda sorta like the consumer version of Pre-Alpha but it's nearly completed and almost ready to hit stores.

 

[Marvin732]

So Play Test is much better than Pre Alpha ^^
Because Edith isnt included

 

[Rhys]

Play Test is more like an open beta. The Pre-Alpha we have is a development build, which is why it includes edith and has cheats enabled.