Zoric Beta Testing

zaroba · Post by **zaroba** » Tue Oct 23, 2012 10:28 pm

I doubt it will be this weekend. Maybe next weekend.
Or later if mit doesn't fix the buildingvars

If anybody would like to get an early peak at the new zoric economy and beta test it, please post below. The world will be set to run faster to work out any bugs in the scripts, so it will be a bit easier then normal. People who test will get access to a special vehicle when the world starts as a show of thanks. Plus you'll have the nice advantage of already knowing how the world runs.

Only 5 can be let in at a time, so the first 5 to respond will be allowed in when the time comes. Since things need to be tested, playing is a requirement. If more then 5 respond and somebody doesn't seem to be very active they will be removed and the next person will be let in.

You must be a Member to take advantage of this, so get a subscription if you want to test it.
It's only $2 a month

MasterNiCron · Post by **MasterNiCron** » Tue Oct 23, 2012 10:31 pm

blaze reporting for duty

McHale · Post by **McHale** » Wed Oct 24, 2012 6:24 am

Sign me up!

Cocohead · Post by **Cocohead** » Fri Oct 26, 2012 5:54 pm

definatley count me in zar! and bijou666. im signing both of us up.

Crapski · Post by **Crapski** » Fri Oct 26, 2012 6:06 pm

Paypall thingy is on it's way, i'll become member,
banktransfer needs a day or 2,

count me in

bijou666 · Post by **bijou666** » Sat Oct 27, 2012 1:40 pm

Yes il help test

Thanks Coco

zaroba · Post by **zaroba** » Wed Nov 28, 2012 11:25 pm

I really should have thought of saying this before.

Since I didn't have the beta ready by now, it wont be ready before the end of the year. With it being December and xmas getting close, it means the busy time at work and mandatory overtime until xmas passes, then the slowest time comes and lots of voluntary time off for a month.

ultramarine · Post by **ultramarine** » Sat Feb 16, 2013 4:54 pm

what is the more recent word on this, and i too would like to help beta test

ultramarine · Post by **ultramarine** » Sat Feb 16, 2013 4:56 pm

of course if blaze or mchale return by this unknown date i would understand that i am indeed that sixth to reply.

zaroba · Post by **zaroba** » Sat Feb 16, 2013 6:33 pm

No clue. Depends on how often and how much real life stuff gets in the way.

Real life stuff being work (and being too tired from work)
How much of a bother Carpel Tunnel decides to be at the time
What other stuff is going on (if I feel like watching a movie, or playing farcry 3, or whatever)

Oh, and also depends on whatever other idea pops into my head that requires me to script something new for zoric. lol. Lately it has been scripting a weather system to effect farms combined with models of weather types to be placed and removed depending on what the weather should be at the time. But the feasibility of this is still unknown as 3d models to represent clouds, snow, and rain may be quite gpu intensive, depending on how realistic and nice they look.

Also debating on stopping adding/changing stuff in favor of finishing stuff and saving any changes/modifications for a later zoric VS continuing to add/change resulting in the world taking a very long time to complete, because, why leave out stuff to be added to a later zoric when it can be put in to make this one better?

ultramarine · Post by **ultramarine** » Sat Feb 16, 2013 7:11 pm

thanks for the elaborate update,

hope the cts doesn't bother you too bad..

oh and thank for your efforts to bring us a new and grander zoric, i be sure to bring a parka.

zaroba · Post by **zaroba** » Sat Feb 16, 2013 7:48 pm

Hmm...I wonder if it would be hard to incorporate illness into the script.

Weather system is including temperature, so if the weather is cold, you may be more susceptible to catching a cold if your out walking around. Already had a Doctor office building in the bdat for a possible nutrition system that I decided against scripting.

ultramarine · Post by **ultramarine** » Sat Feb 16, 2013 8:04 pm

Playing on xebec, i've gotten the common cold, diphtheria, cholera, dysentery, lice, a bad cut, a bad tooth ache, and probably some others i don't know about yet.

zaroba · Post by **zaroba** » Sat Feb 16, 2013 8:23 pm

lol.

Xebec having illness is one of the thoughts I have against adding it to zoric.

ultramarine · Post by **ultramarine** » Sat Feb 16, 2013 8:25 pm

why?

i thought it should be more of a reason, consistency is a desirable thing

zaroba · Post by **zaroba** » Sat Feb 16, 2013 8:49 pm

It would make me feel like I'm copying Xebec or taking Stim's ideas.

ultramarine · Post by **ultramarine** » Sat Feb 16, 2013 9:27 pm

well... what if i come from xebec with a cold and spread it around on zoric, what then?

zaroba · Post by **zaroba** » Sat Feb 16, 2013 10:08 pm

Would be impossible unless I scripted colds into zoric.

So you would get miraculously healed upon entering Zorics atmosphere due to the lack of colds being able to exist on Zoric. Of course, once you left and went back to Xebec you would once again catch that cold since your body did not build up any antibodies to defend itself against it and because the gold germs are able to exist in Xebec's atmosphere.

ultramarine · Post by **ultramarine** » Sat Feb 16, 2013 10:18 pm

would it even be possible to scrip viral transfer between planets?

zaroba · Post by **zaroba** » Sat Feb 16, 2013 10:21 pm

It might be.

Mit had been working on a way for playervars to be transferred between planets.