Hello everyone,
as some of you may know, I always wait some time (about 2 months from the last infos I got) untill I think I should ask TGC for some infos about the DP-Update/-Upgrade so I don't lose the hope that it will come one day!
I wrote an e-mail to "Mike Johnson" of TGC who is responsible for DP and other things. I thought it is fair to let you all know what he answered to me. (@ Mike: I hope this is OK for you!?
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This is what he answered on Wed, 05. Sep 2007 11:25:33:
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Hi Andreas,
It has been difficult for me to spend any time on Dark Physics recently. This has been due to working on another project which has suffered many delays which has ultimately affected Dark Physics. I have sent out a release candidate DVD of the project this morning and if all goes well I will finally finish on it within a short space of time. Once this is done I can return to DB Pro, GDK and of course Dark Physics.
When I am freed up from this current project my first priority is to release the DP update. The code is now based on 2.7.2. I have been speaking to people from Ageia and asked for assistance with some areas - specifically vehicles as I feel there is a lot more we can do with them. The update will include improved cloth, some new commands and some bug fixes. When it has been released I can then plan things out in the long term. I'll be looking to people like yourself and many others on the forum for help with this. Sorry for being vague right now but it's hard to say things for definite at this point.
I can only apologise for the situation. DP has been neglected for a long time and it wasn't meant to be like this but unfortunately this other project I'm working on has sucked up virtually all my time. It has been very difficult but the end is in sight and this finally means DP can get some much needed attention.
Regards,
Mike
-----Original Message-----
From: Andreas Hoyer
Sent: 02 September 2007 00:03
To: mike @ thegamecreators . com
Subject: Any news on the Dark-Physics-Update?
Importance: High
Hello Mike,
as you may know, I allways ask you once in a while when I hear nothing new about DP for a longer time!
The latest news came from "DBking" in the DP-Upgrade-Thread and that was from the 15th July! Also the last newletter didn't metioned DP!
So I ask you once again:
1. How far is the progress of the DP-Update?
2. What AGEIA-SDK-Version will it utilize? (Last words said 2.7, actual Version is 2.7.2)
3. Is there somekind of changelog that is already sure? (What things are going to be improved and are done, what will be new and is already done? What is left open as an option for further Updates, etc.?)
4. Is there a specified timeframe for a release? (When can we expect it to be available?)
As you know me and others, we are waiting patiently for it, but with no news and status-reports it's a bit frustrating! Some already lost interest in the PlugIn or worse: changed completely to other programming languages! If you want to keep your buyers happy (so that they also buy future products from you), you should improve your information-policy!
Also many of us can't release their games in their desired way, cause the actual bugs in DP do prevent a "problem-less" use of some DP-features which are more or less key-features in the games or do improve it in a massive way!
I really hope you can give me some infos on the actual status and that you post every now and then (once a month) some details of the progress you make in the DP-Upgrade-Thread or in the news-letter! (This way you can keep off people like me, asking for any news!
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Thanks for reading and replying, keep up the good work!
Andreas Hoyer (Forum-Name: Hoozer)
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I hope that some of you got the desired infos from his answer! For me it brings back hope that we can use DP in a more professional and less buggy way in the near future!
Hoozer
