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The Short History of the DV Project - 5/15/2007 7:03:13 AM   
KG Erwin


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Status: offline 		This all started as a project from the Depot crew, but, as it went on and on, one enterprising gamer, Alby, decided to take the bull by the horns and do it himself. In the meantime, over here, many of us took interest in this, and started listing the faults we found.

Then, out of the blue, I got an e-mail from one Michael Wood. He mentioned the problems with the OOBs, and stated that he was thinking of returning to SPWaW and offering a patch to the game. This is what became 8.4 and then 8.403, the current "official" standard. I was dumbstruck, seriously. I was a relative newcomer to the gaming world, and one of the heavyweights is writing me.

To me, this was a moment of serendipity. I was tinkering with the Marine OOB, which I knew needed some improvements ( yes, I was one of the 8.3 team), and mentioned the work that Alby, Flashfyre and Goblin were doing. So, contacts were made, private discussions ensued, and Mike came up with the key to the whole project: The Enhanced OOB Editor.

This tool was a gift from heaven, as we finally had a way to normalize unit prices and ammo loadouts, which had been a bugaboo for the "official" Matrix teams.

So, all this, in a fashion, was a happy accident. Michael was very forthcoming in explaining how the code actually worked, and the whole team , of which I was a very small part, worked together to present what is, to my mind, the definitive version of SPWaW.

After it was realized what was needed, the hardest part was (and is) an actual line-by-line audit of the entire database. You folks have no idea what a monumental task that is. The inevitable errors crept in. This is why a further patch will be issued.

In any case, this project was the meeting of several independent ideas occurring simultaneously, and we should all be grateful that they came together. In today's gaming world, this spirit of cooperation is all too rare.



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RE: The Short History of the DV Project - 5/15/2007 7:15:04 PM   
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Status: offline 		Hello KG,  Thanks for that history lesson, and thanks to all who built and are building this fine game.

Is the mech.exe the same for 8.403 and for DV?

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RE: The Short History of the DV Project - 5/15/2007 7:16:07 PM   
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ORIGINAL: OldGuard1970

Hello KG,  Thanks for that history lesson, and thanks to all who built and are building this fine game.

Is the mech.exe the same for 8.403 and for DV?

John


The experience/morale/leader ratings differ in DV and DVRN Mech and the standard 8.403 Mech.
Plus the artillery casulty reports have been removed, as well as the Spidey Sense thingy * <-----this thing



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RE: The Short History of the DV Project - 5/15/2007 7:18:58 PM   
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RE: The Short History of the DV Project - 5/15/2007 7:27:35 PM   
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Status: offline 		Thanks, Alby - That answer helps.  I can play 8.403 or DV (DVRN), but I should not try to mix them.

(I play online with a tough old grognard... a retired USMC LTC.  Thanks to info in the forum, he and I have figured out how to use mod-swapper to shift from one to the other. We will keep doing that.)

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RE: The Short History of the DV Project - 5/15/2007 7:38:54 PM   
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ORIGINAL: MemoryLeak

What is DV?


go here
http://enhanced.netboardz.com/viewforum.php?f=2&sid=3c9a710072a40e592fc86e93deb21bf6


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RE: The Short History of the DV Project - 5/15/2007 7:41:26 PM   
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ORIGINAL: OldGuard1970

Thanks, Alby - That answer helps.  I can play 8.403 or DV (DVRN), but I should not try to mix them.

(I play online with a tough old grognard... a retired USMC LTC.  Thanks to info in the forum, he and I have figured out how to use mod-swapper to shift from one to the other. We will keep doing that.)

John


Plus the artillery casualty reports have been removed, as well as the Spidey Sense thingy * <-----this thing thats lets you know you are spotted, is gone.



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RE: The Short History of the DV Project - 5/15/2007 7:49:48 PM   
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ORIGINAL: OldGuard1970

Thanks for that history lesson, and thanks to all who built and are building this fine game.


heres the original team for anyone interested..


Mike Wood - Consultant, Lead Programmer of SPWAW, without whom none of this would have been possible
Kevin McFerren (FlashfyreSP) - OOBs, graphics, research
Robert Albertson (Alby) OOBs, organizing. testing
Stuart Millis (Major Destruction) - OOBs, research, testing,
Mike Amos (Warhorse) - OOBs, research,
Lahtinen (aka NOX) - Graphics, OOBs
Maurizio Salvetti (Mau Fox) - Graphics, OOBs, research, translations
Glenn Higginbotham (Gunny Erwin) - OOBs, research, testing
Eric DiNicola (Goblin) - testing, research, beer...lots of beer
TheDesertRat - OOBs, graphics, and making one hell of a useful program (MechEdit)!
Jim Sodano (Tracer) - Graphics
Ken Baran (Orzel Bialy) - OOBs, testing, research, tanslations
Friedrich Klett (losqualo) - Graphics, OOBs
Jeff Edwards (Jeff the Wookie)-Music

While some have moved on to other projects, we still owe them a debt of gratitude for their conrtributions.



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RE: The Short History of the DV Project - 5/15/2007 8:40:25 PM   
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ORIGINAL: Alby
heres the original team for anyone interested..


Mike Wood - Consultant, Lead Programmer of SPWAW, without whom none of this would have been possible
Kevin McFerren (FlashfyreSP) - OOBs, graphics, research
Robert Albertson (Alby) OOBs, organizing. testing
Stuart Millis (Major Destruction) - OOBs, research, testing,
Mike Amos (Warhorse) - OOBs, research,
Lahtinen (aka NOX) - Graphics, OOBs
Maurizio Salvetti (Mau Fox) - Graphics, OOBs, research, translations
Glenn Higginbotham (Gunny Erwin) - OOBs, research, testing
Eric DiNicola (Goblin) - testing, research, beer...lots of beer
TheDesertRat - OOBs, graphics, and making one hell of a useful program (MechEdit)!
Jim Sodano (Tracer) - Graphics
Ken Baran (Orzel Bialy) - OOBs, testing, research, tanslations
Friedrich Klett (losqualo) - Graphics, OOBs
Jeff Edwards (Jeff the Wookie)-Music

While some have moved on to other projects, we still owe them a debt of gratitude for their conrtributions.


Many thanks!

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RE: The Short History of the DV Project - 5/16/2007 4:32:33 AM   
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RE: The Short History of the DV Project - 5/16/2007 6:37:14 PM   
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Status: offline 		hey no listing of the  "Guinea pig" testing team - whats up with that Alby ???   ----

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RE: The Short History of the DV Project - 5/16/2007 6:59:54 PM   
Alby


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ORIGINAL: bud

hey no listing of the  "Guinea pig" testing team - whats up with that Alby ???   ----

huh??

oh the online Guinea Pigs??


SteeliiiBart
Bud
Major Lifer
Krec

who else?
did I miss anyone?

Also Korpraali and Sato and Lipa helped recently with Translations



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