Re: [warzone2100-dev] 2.2.4 (or 2.3.0) is planned to be released next weekend

2009-10-10 Thread Zarel
On Sat, Oct 10, 2009 at 6:22 PM, bugs buggy wrote: > Eh? How does the lobby play a role in this?  It would still use the > same lobby, and in fact, it does.  That code has *not* changed. > The only change is a new message packet, and old clients wouldn't know > what to do with it, so it would igno

Re: [warzone2100-dev] 2.2.4 (or 2.3.0) is planned to be released next weekend

2009-10-10 Thread bugs buggy
On 10/10/09, Zarel wrote: > I guess that it's not _that_ big of a deal to make minor versions > netcode incompatible (biggest consideration is probably that people > using the version from Ubuntu repositories won't be able to play with > people on other platforms, since Ubuntu never updates sta

Re: [warzone2100-dev] 2.2.4 (or 2.3.0) is planned to be released next weekend

2009-10-10 Thread Zarel
On Sat, Oct 10, 2009 at 4:08 AM, Per Inge Mathisen wrote: > I think the "network incompatible" story is a red herring. People > should NEVER play with different versions of the game, period. This is > asking for trouble, unless all the changes between the two versions > are purely cosmetic or cras

Re: [warzone2100-dev] 2.2.4 (or 2.3.0) is planned to be released next weekend

2009-10-10 Thread bugs buggy
On 10/10/09, Zarel wrote: > On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 11:23 PM, bugs buggy wrote: > It's not so much about saving people 3 characters, as about not having > to guess when to use .wz and when not to. > > Meh, why are we even arguing this? I'm applying part of my patch, it > doesn't hurt anything,

Re: [warzone2100-dev] 2.2.4 (or 2.3.0) is planned to be released next weekend

2009-10-10 Thread bugs buggy
On 10/10/09, Per Inge Mathisen wrote: > I think the "network incompatible" story is a red herring. People > should NEVER play with different versions of the game, period. This is > asking for trouble, unless all the changes between the two versions > are purely cosmetic or crash fixes. Since th

Re: [warzone2100-dev] 2.2.4 (or 2.3.0) is planned to be released next weekend

2009-10-10 Thread Per Inge Mathisen
I think the "network incompatible" story is a red herring. People should NEVER play with different versions of the game, period. This is asking for trouble, unless all the changes between the two versions are purely cosmetic or crash fixes. Since the game is based on peer to peer algorithms, playin

Re: [warzone2100-dev] 2.2.4 (or 2.3.0) is planned to be released next weekend

2009-10-09 Thread Zarel
On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 11:23 PM, bugs buggy wrote: > What will that solve?  It will save people 3 characters... not exactly > worth it IMO. It's not so much about saving people 3 characters, as about not having to guess when to use .wz and when not to. Meh, why are we even arguing this? I'm appl

Re: [warzone2100-dev] 2.2.4 (or 2.3.0) is planned to be released next weekend

2009-10-09 Thread bugs buggy
On 10/5/09, Zarel wrote: > On Sun, Oct 4, 2009 at 9:57 PM, bugs buggy wrote: see below about 2.2.4 / 2.3.0 > > In case everyone is confused on how this works, if host starts a game > > with ntw mod, they would do --mod_mp ntw (if from source) or --mod_mp > > ntw.wz then that loads the nt

Re: [warzone2100-dev] 2.2.4 (or 2.3.0) is planned to be released next weekend

2009-10-05 Thread Zarel
On Sun, Oct 4, 2009 at 9:57 PM, bugs buggy wrote: > Why?   Look at the code, it isn't that complex in what it does, and > now that it is in both trunk & branch/2.2, we can have plenty of > testing  before the release of the next version next week...  Hear > that testers?  We need your help :) It'

Re: [warzone2100-dev] 2.2.4 (or 2.3.0) is planned to be released next weekend

2009-10-04 Thread bugs buggy
On 10/4/09, bugs buggy wrote: ... > now that it is in both trunk & branch/2.2, we can have plenty of > testing before the release of the next version next week... Hear > that testers? We need your help :) > I uploaded both 2.2 & trunk versions (.exe ONLY) as of this e-mail to the forums her

Re: [warzone2100-dev] 2.2.4 (or 2.3.0) is planned to be released next weekend

2009-10-04 Thread bugs buggy
On 10/4/09, Zarel wrote: > On Sun, Oct 4, 2009 at 5:44 PM, bugs buggy wrote: > > Hey all, the current plan is to release 2.2.4 (or 2.3.0--which ever > > version # wins) next weekend, most likely Saturday night/ Sunday > > morning. > > > > If you have fixes/changes, then please get them in no

Re: [warzone2100-dev] 2.2.4 (or 2.3.0) is planned to be released next weekend

2009-10-04 Thread Zarel
On Sun, Oct 4, 2009 at 5:44 PM, bugs buggy wrote: > Hey all, the current plan is to release 2.2.4 (or 2.3.0--which ever > version # wins) next weekend, most likely Saturday night/ Sunday > morning. > > If you have fixes/changes, then please get them in now, or wait for > the next release. D: D: D