Just a few things I thought I'd mention to keep you guys up to date.



Clear Sight News
Alrighty, obviously, the Clear Sight board (and category) have disappeared. Why? Well, because of PBv5 mainly. I don't feel that producing a huge, HUGE code that'll be in use, probably, a maximum of 6 months is worth the effort. I'd rather spend this effort on SZv3, the SZ website, and helping to improve the Studio overall. Hopefully you guys agree. However, once v5 hits beta, CS will be back in production. v5 offers me much, MUCH more flexibility... what would take 3-4 days to code the trade system would end up taking 3-4 HOURS, max. Probably 1-2, if that. It'll be that much easier. Think of it logically... you can push a 700 lb block two miles right now, or wait to push a 50 lb one 45 feet in about 4 months time and that it would actually replace the 700 lb one... not much of a decision if you ask me. Plus, it was on hold for v3 anyway... so yeah, doesn't hurt much really, does it?



Version 3 Development
Alright, v3 is progressing fairly well. I decided to recode part of a backend system, but that's mostly done now. (Few files to update still... 3 I think.) I hope to get you guys a dev blog sometime Thursday night with, if you're lucky and active the next few days, a preview. That's all for now really. Keep your eyes peeled for that.



PBv5 and SZ
As I'm sure most of you have been following, PBv5 is in production... and almost to a beta according to an interview with Patrick. Well, once PBv5 hits an open beta... SZ will be producing codes, templates, etc. for v5. That's the plan as of now, and it's not changing easily. We're currently the leading code provider of PB, and there's no plan to let that change. What can be recoded for v5 will be. Obviously with some of the new features, this may not be possible. But even fancier codes may be made... we shall see.

Also, once v5 goes live (out of beta), SZ will stop providing requests for v4.5. There is a 3 month "weening" period, however, we will not fill requests for v4.5. We will focus specifically on v5. Our code database won't be closed to new codes, but it's expected that most people will try to work towards using v5 more.



Anyways, I figured you guys deserved a few updates on this stuff.


Last Edit: May 28, 2008 2:35:45 GMT by Chris