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Game News posted by Zorg
Saturday, December 10th 2011
Patience is a virtue, some people would do well to remember that. I'm pretty settled in at HCS now but it's been a crazy few months. People seemed to expect sudden change after the merge, but that was never going to be the case. Hoofmaster is happy to let me work on Legacy when I wish, but I am aware it was not the reason I was initially hired.

So I try to split my time equally between the projects that require my attention. All in all though, I'm working more on Legacy than I used to, you just can't see all of it. I have completed 3 massive projects on Legacy and a 4th is near completion.

The first was the one you saw, the merge in to Hunted Cow and staff changes required a lot of time to sort out with many scripts changed and there is still more work to do on that front the integration of their new payment systems in particular was a nightmare.

The second you have yet to see because it has not yet been activated, the new tutorial system has facebook style objectives that drop down the side of the page to guide new players through how to play our game and give tips when new features become available.

The third you'll never see, but it was a complete rework of all the code in Legacy. Before the scripts just assumed they lived on the server because that is where they had always been, now they determine their enviroment... be it Windows, Linux or a cluster of servers and change accordingly. Allowing me to host the project locally or anywhere and provide updates in a much more efficient manner.

These changes had to be done, I'm sorry they were not interesting or exciting but needs must. The 4th project is now starting staff testing on the development server and once a nicer UI is completed, will undergo testing by avatars. The new combat system should be more fun for new players and a breath of fresh air for old players, it is already over 3000 lines of code and growing.
bboysilent
"1st"
defosage
"It's over...3000?!? "
LordPain
"overly complicated dosn't mean its good....it becomes bug prone"
graveman
"I love you zorg...."
Cee4293
"Oh hush, we expected you to release stuff during the years you werent doing anything. Just because you joined HCS doesnt mean we forgot the good old not working zorg."
Gohan
"I knew it :3 I was telling everyone! thanks for the update "
noctem
"lol how long have i been here and logged in every day i want my gerbil back or hamster "
captcore
"glad you are working on the game! hope everything goes well for you there"
Risque
"Communication is key. You shouldn't be surprised with negative comments/attitudes when you don't communicate. More frequent updates like this, even if they're "boring" would be appreciated."
HappyDays
"You never sent a christmas card back "
FatTony
"Risque makes a good point. You may not like answering questions, commenting, updating or giving reasons why; but people NEED to be informed, not just asked to sit back and wait. "
quinn82
"excited "
grzesiek17
"You always rework a code that we don't see..."
Moonpig
"That's alot of code. Thanks for the update."
Blaze
"Over 3000? Nah man, try 9000."
tghowcroft
"Sweet!"
Glacieus
"Good work! Am excited to see all the new goodies you have planned. Patience is my 2nd virtue. "
Fabilous
"If you have any care for this game at all, give it to someone else to run. Thanks. "
GeoBeast
"I love to hear updates and I have to say Risque and FatTony make a very good point. But keep up the good work! "
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