DotS Progress Report

[Horatius Flaccus]

The progress since the last update. So total progress is 33%, compared to the 20% it used to be.

[avatarius]

so 1/3 is done.....nice, keep it up guys.

[Hengest]

I'd say more than that actually, I'd venture that we are practically half done but as Resurrection says there are patches of work not implemented yet so there is no point in us pretending we have more done than we do. But 33% is perhaps Czech modesty...
Our two big problem areas are traits and the units coding, until we make more headway there we can't release. It's a lot of work but it is pretty straightforward but we do have all the research done for the units, just trying to sort the traits out now-mainly titles, dynasties and ethnic traits. Personality traits are all prepped afaik.

[The Emperor of Down Under]

You have my Support

[napoleonic]

I have a very important question here : what hosting site will be used to host this mod? can the team please avoid rapidshare/megaupload kind of site? filefront and mediafire are quite acceptable as long as the download would be in a reasonable size of parts.

a fully free & resume-able hosting site is very much appreciated.

[Hengest]

I have a very important question here : what hosting site will be used to host this mod? can the team please avoid rapidshare/megaupload kind of site? filefront and mediafire are quite acceptable as long as the download would be in a reasonable size of parts.

a fully free & resume-able hosting site is very much appreciated.

Good point, we haven't really discussed it. The mod is going to be very big anyway. We are already up to 1.6 GB and we haven't even done the heavy parts yet. It might be best just sending some DVDs in the post.

[juvenus]

glad to hear this awesome mod is progressing.

[Walkman810i]

I reckon a torrent download will be a must.

[Chees3]

yep a torrent download would be great

[fightermedic]

torrent 4tw!

[Subuatai de Bodemloze]

I think we will be offering it a couple of ways.. probably as a torrent and via sourceforge. Either way it will be a large download.

[Basil 11]

I think we will be offering it a couple of ways.. probably as a torrent and via sourceforge. Either way it will be a large download.

Why not rapidshare?
Just interested and also I have an account which means faster downloading that's all!

[Hansa]

I think we will be offering it a couple of ways.. probably as a torrent and via sourceforge. Either way it will be a large download.

Pardon my ignorance, but are you talking about a playable Alpha DOTS campaign, and will it be a public alpha?

And if there is a public alpha on the way, how is that looking in terms of release?

[Hengest]

Whoah! Hold your horses, no one is talking about any kind of release.
If we were going to release an early form of the game then we are still openminded about the different forms that could take.
Before any public release we will use private testers first and we will announce that and 'recruit'.
We are just starting to test the tech tree, we still have loads of work to do on traits, plus the entire overhaul of the EDU (units coding). Videos, music and 2D art is coming a long nicely, and we already have a lot of campaign scripting in place or happily under development. The PSFs are getting added to the map as well as resources, many of which are completley new. That is a very exciting process. We are also trying to make use of our 'Authentic Economy Project' by setting historically correct values on trade, agriculture, units and buildings. So we are by no means finished but we are very much in production in some areas, other areas we are still lacking and we admit that and apologise. But there is not much more we can do to speed things up without more staff.

[Hansa]

Thank you for the reply. I can't see why you should apologize for anything though. Its you who are using your spare time to create a wonderful mod for free.

[Atheas]

Thank you guys for the great summary! i cant wait to try out your... "miracle" im with you guys from the begining. i want to help, but i think i cant, coz im just an amateur hobby modder. keep up the good work... and update us when you can.

[Baerke Hinn Gauzki]

I think this will be my favorite mod so far too Medieval 2 so far when it's released... God I'm excited!!

[true born Lithuanian]

Hey guys. There is mentioned in mapping progress that "huge Regions Review Project has been concluded". Sooo... Does that mean we could expect some kind of map preview? If yes, then tell at least estimated date of this. I would gladly see the map with all those PSFs and new resources located.

[Space_Ed]

Hey guys. There is mentioned in mapping progress that "huge Regions Review Project has been concluded". Sooo... Does that mean we could expect some kind of map preview? If yes, then tell at least estimated date of this. I would gladly see the map with all those PSFs and new resources located.

Hi, I'm planning on doing a big map preview. I could probably do a really big good one now but I want to wait until more areas of the map are finished. Generally, Europe is relatively finished but other areas such as Russia and Arabia need much more work before I would be happy to do the grand map preview.

Sorry I can't give you a date. It depends on when the less finished areas of the map are in a more completed state.

[Resurrection]

For more detailed map status:

Fine-tuned (= regions, borders, settlements, geography and roads) is done: British Isles, Scandinavia and Iceland, France, Iberia, Italia, Central Europe, Balkans
to be done: Africa, Middle East, Anatolia, Baltics, Finland, Russia, Steppe (many of these areas however are far easier than very delicate Europe)

Post-processed (= psfs, resources etc.) is done: British Isles, Scandinavia and Iceland, France
to be done: Iberia, Italia, Central Europe, Balkans, Baltics, Finland, Russia, Steppe, Anatolia, Middle East, Africa


If you wanted to contribute by research of either historical geography and or PSFs/resources we will be opening the local research centre for fans to help with the development directly from here!