Why not release new planes when ready?

[Pyro]

Haha, you're going to have to produce a quote for that claim.  There's no way anybody here ever made a statement like that.  In beta we tried to put out a release every couple weeks or so but we're not in beta anymore.



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Doug "Pyro" Balmos
HiTech Creations

Most plans are just inaccurate predictions.

[funked]

Pyro said:
 

Once we're content that we won't have to do any more updates to a version, the codebase gets torn apart and nothing new can come out until it's done.

What part of this don't you all understand?

[Saintaw]

Errrr....you guys are just incredible... Yes, I am waiting feverishly for 1.3 & 1.4 , and IMO try to find another company that releases patches as frequently as this one...

You're just spoiled kids...

Keep it up HTC, I'd rather wait another week or two & have something polished, than a buggy game in a day...

[Skuzzy]

Hmmmm, HaHa, if I may....  I am a software developer and have managed software development for many years.

What HTC is doing is not only resonable, but very responsible.

After any type of major release, you expect to have to update it, with fixes tweaks and so on.  They have done so, with great haste.
But after going through this type of exercise, you have to stop and take some time before going through that exercise again.

From a process point of view.  They should be applauded.  I think it is incredibly responsible of them to step back and view what they have done, and then take the time to put it all together again.  This is programming at its very finest and the exact way programming should be done, IMHO.


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Roy "Skuzzy" Neese
President, AppLink Corp.
http://www.applink.net
skuzzy@applink.net

[Wanker]

 

Once we're content that we won't have to do any more updates to a version, the codebase gets torn                              apart and nothing new can come out until it's done.

Ahhh, Ok. I think I understand now. So, what Pyro is saying is that once they decide on what new aircraft, vehicles, bug fixes, enhancements, etc are going to go in the next version, the "gold" code gets broken up into different sections, and doesn't get compiled again until everyone's piece is complete, right?

So, theoretically, it's impossible to release a plane seperately before the next "big" release is compiled.

Please correct me if I'm wrong.

[popeye]

Dago finally admitted:

"Since I havent mastered every plane and every tactic,"

 

I wouldn't mind seeing new planes introduced between updates, but if it's not easy to do, I'd rather not have HTC waste time to do it.

popeye