Colwyn
08-21-2007, 07:38 AM
Horizons: Empire of Istaria Interview on GamersInfo.net (http://gamersinfo.net/index.php?art/id:1837) - with Rick Simmons
Early next week, a new terrain client will be pushed out for testing. This means an updated client. A very small group of people have been working with the game for only a few weeks yet they've prepared client improvements - now to get the players to help test them! Gaining the trust and help of the players is a hurdle that Rick admits they're going to have to overcome.
The week before the game was sold a patch was placed on the Blight test server to correct an error in the previous update. It never made it to live. Because of this, the players have been living with over-aggressive monster agro, buggy crafting issues, database errors on items and a whole host of minor issues. It was the second in a series of three very large patches. That patch will now go out with the next delta (Horizons speak for update).
Early next week, a new terrain client will be pushed out for testing. This means an updated client. A very small group of people have been working with the game for only a few weeks yet they've prepared client improvements - now to get the players to help test them! Gaining the trust and help of the players is a hurdle that Rick admits they're going to have to overcome.
The week before the game was sold a patch was placed on the Blight test server to correct an error in the previous update. It never made it to live. Because of this, the players have been living with over-aggressive monster agro, buggy crafting issues, database errors on items and a whole host of minor issues. It was the second in a series of three very large patches. That patch will now go out with the next delta (Horizons speak for update).