Drizzy Posted August 24, 2005 Share Posted August 24, 2005 You guys got a blog system now, but as I read it, i dont think it helps too much. There's something I would like to see is progress bars coming back, cuz now I have no idea at what stage MTA:SA is... a thing i'd like 2 know is the percentage... Link to comment
Oli Posted August 24, 2005 Share Posted August 24, 2005 u think a bar which is totally inaccurate is more effective than a site which contains daily posts by the developers saying what they have done and what they plan to do in the near future? I dont get that soz Link to comment
StinkyJoe Posted August 24, 2005 Share Posted August 24, 2005 if you pay attention to what you right you can see that it shouldnt be long for the first release (atleast a beta). Link to comment
Jigga Posted August 24, 2005 Share Posted August 24, 2005 i understand that he is to stupid to understand what u wrote in the blog, but he can understand a nice progress bar, where he can look at those funny squares and say 'omg, only 1 sqaure left, they gonna release it soon!!!1111'. no flammin, peace. Link to comment
zerb Posted August 24, 2005 Share Posted August 24, 2005 All it takes is simple reading to understand what is going on. Link to comment
orappa Posted August 24, 2005 Share Posted August 24, 2005 They said that it's going to go into beta shortly. That tells you more than a progress bar would. Link to comment
Drizzy Posted August 24, 2005 Author Share Posted August 24, 2005 if you pay attention to what you right if you pay attention to what you Write (it's actually called like that), then maybe you will Write your WRITE like WRITE and not like RIGHT, huh They said that it's going to go into beta shortly. That tells you more than a progress bar would. they said many things... and like I'm still waiting them to release 0.5.1 they should've released a year ago... but hey.. The Blog is good, but the Blog + the Bar is better. IMO Link to comment
MTA Team jhxp Posted August 24, 2005 MTA Team Share Posted August 24, 2005 Progress bar isn't so great idea imo. For example: the progress bar is on 80%. What if they wanted to rewrite all of the code, even if it would took months, because of some nasty bugs? The progress bar should drop on 0% ? If that happened, many ppl would start whining on forums, complaining etc. And another example: the progress bar is on 20%. They've did a lot of work, and it raised to 75%, but suddenly, they found a bug somewhere, so it dropped to 55%. They've managed to fix it, so bar went up by 5%, and its on 60%, even if its the same as it was in 75%, but with fixed bugs. And ppl would whine and complain as well, like 'OMG WHY THE PROGRESS BAR HAS BEEN LOWERED?!?!?! !!!11one1eleven'. And again, its hard to say how much % is completed. So posting on the blog would give the people possibility to see, what have been done, and what's being currently worked on. You see that now? Link to comment
Drizzy Posted August 24, 2005 Author Share Posted August 24, 2005 chea u right, but what I say is they update the bar only when they have completed a point with no bugs left in there. And in the blog, you can check what they did, and new things they release, but you don't know when they will release Blue, cuz you cant know on what stage of development they are now, it can be 20% , 50%.. etc. so a bar is suming up what they did, and showing how much they still have to. Link to comment
Oli Posted August 24, 2005 Share Posted August 24, 2005 Yeah but we dont even know what will be in the final release yet... what if something needs to be removed cos it breaks something else? A progress bar is highly inaccurate. Try developing something and then ull see what i mean Link to comment
Vicer/Spitfire Posted August 24, 2005 Share Posted August 24, 2005 Well at least split your progress into stages. Like a list of objectives. Get a list of maybe 5 or 10 done, and thats probably 10% complete Link to comment
orappa Posted August 24, 2005 Share Posted August 24, 2005 For example: the progress bar is on 80%. What if they wanted to rewrite all of the code, even if it would took months, because of some nasty bugs?The progress bar should drop on 0% ? If that happened, many ppl would start whining on forums, complaining etc. That's actually what happened, only they didn't lower the bar. They've got to-do lists but it's difficult to predict a percentage from them because not all of the features will make it to release. Some of them might take too long to implement, with the release waiting for one minor feature to be completed. Others might cause side-effects that affect previously-working aspects. Link to comment
Gareth Posted August 25, 2005 Share Posted August 25, 2005 I have read the blog a lot and I think its a lot better than having a progress bar which is often innacurate Link to comment
zerb Posted August 25, 2005 Share Posted August 25, 2005 I have read the blog a lot and I think its a lot better than having a progress bar which is often innacurate Agreed, With the blog being updated it gives the community something to smile about. Link to comment
Oyst3r Posted August 26, 2005 Share Posted August 26, 2005 Im calculating a 99.9% chance MTA wont be released this year. Theres some info. Link to comment
Gamefreek Posted August 26, 2005 Share Posted August 26, 2005 MTA was already released this year. Now MTA:SA is another thing.. Link to comment
Wheezle Posted August 30, 2005 Share Posted August 30, 2005 no flammin, peace. you're the one calling him stupid Link to comment
Jigga Posted August 30, 2005 Share Posted August 30, 2005 no flammin, peace. you're the one calling him stupid i just like calling things with they names Link to comment
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