Alpha 8, and a new lead programmer

[ollobrain]

so we need to get the gravity and ships blowing up on hihg gravity things worked out and the autopilot to always work when docking

[Vlastan]

So, how approximately far we are from an alpha 9 release ?

[tomm]

Dunno. Some time I would guess. I think John is departing somewhat from my 'version 1.0' plan, where we aim for mostly FE2 feature parity plus a few juicy extras. This means there are some deeper changes in the pipeline, like dynamic, evolving universe. Probably the right thing to do.I might have a chin-wag with the other developers and see if a worthwhile alpha 9 could be done in the next month or so.

[ollobrain]

absolutley no rush on alpha 9 have had a look at the progress and am satisfied an evolving universe will allow some of the exploration-colonization varied missions along the way

[doomdark64]

ollobrain wrote:
absolutley no rush on alpha 9 have had a look at the progress and am satisfied an evolving universe will allow some of the exploration-colonization varied missions along the way
Colinization? is that going to be in the game to?

[ollobrain]

some form of colony setup has been mooted associated missions and supply lines as well grwoth and shrinking of player colonys all of which u influence with youre ship and such - events that affect other science type stuff

[doomdark64]

ollobrain wrote:
some form of colony setup has been mooted associated missions and supply lines as well grwoth and shrinking of player colonys all of which u influence with youre ship and such - events that affect other science type stuff
Outstanding

[ollobrain]

im guessing more developers if they can be found and coordianated would always be welcome as would ideas etc as development goes forward