Did I just see that?

[FixedBike 7]

Did I see a new version of the NAM on the stex the other day around lunch time?  I could have sworn I did.  Maybe it was just a dream?

[lhrob 213]

Still waiting for version 31 to come out today....although admittedly I haven't checked yet to see if it's available now.

[Cyclone Boom 17,031]

You may well have just seen the current NAM* as the STEX featured upload.
 
* Version 30 still current as of 21:37 GMT.

[FixedBike 7]

Wait so is it to be released today (3/1/13), because that's Awesome!!!

[lhrob 213]

Wait so is it to be released today (3/1/13), because that's Awesome!!!

 

I'm starting to wonder about that.

[TahR 31]

Has it been released yet?

Can't find it and it's yet 3/2 in Holland..

[Indiana Joe 1,751]

It'll be all over the front page of Simtropolis once it's done.  The deadline is supposed to be midnight (in the farthest west time zone, so the very last minute of March 1st on the planet is fair game).  The team has implied they're busy working to the last minute, it's not quite done yet.

[lhrob 213]

Obviously I'm mature enough to understand they want to get it done right.  But what I don't understand is why they posted a release date of March 1 in the first place.  That would imply it was finished and ready for release, but just being held back until a specific date...kinda like when a movie studio announces a movie will be released on such and such a day.  The movie is finished.  They're just holding it back until a given date.  So admittedly I'm a bit surprised to find myself still waiting for it at 9:30pm EST.  Nevertheless, don't get me wrong...I'm not complaining.  Just posting a stray thought.

[Indiana Joe 1,751]

Well, I always tell myself that I'll get my homework done by 9, and actually get enough sleep...but....

 

When they posted the release date, they had no idea what 'finished' would be.  They went on adding content, continuously working until their feature freeze cutoff date (a few weeks ago).  The last few weeks they've been bug testing and writing the documentation.  This was all discussed in the NAM's threads.

 

Personally, I think they were so caught up in adding new stuff that they made a release date to force themselves to update the public version. 

[ROFLyoshi 1,760]

It has a definite release time, which will be in 3 hours now.

[Tarkus 6,933]

It's looking like my countdown to 11:59pm my time is going to be pretty accurate.  Fixing up a few last things as best I can.

 

-Tarkus

[lhrob 213]

Hmmm, let's see....do I want to wait up until 3:00 in the morning, my time?  Tomorrow is Saturday, so it's not like I have to go anywhere.  But then I also know I'm a light sleeper, and will probably be awake at 9:00, so do I want to be tired all day?

 

Decisions, decisions. 

[A Nonny Moose 8,262]

I have to get out of the sack at 0700.  It doesn't matter as long as it is there when I want it, which won't be for a week or so.  Happy overloaded bandwidth everyone.

[Lukav Minaev 2]

  then ill wait till 1 week, so all RHW, HSRP, SAM things are compatible ...
then i'll download.

[TahR 31]

Well it has been released yet at SC4Devotion's LEX!

[lhrob 213]

Well, I downloaded it about 45 minutes ago....206MB.   Didn't install it.  Then I deleted it after reading about all the bugs in it.  So I'll wait until sometime later.  For now, I'm fine with the version of NAM I'm using.

[A Nonny Moose 8,262]

Bugs?  After all that wait?  I guess they've never heard of a development cut off followed by a Q.A. period.  Cramming stuff in at the last minute is usually fatal.

[Haljackey 17,385]

Well, I downloaded it about 45 minutes ago....206MB.   Didn't install it.  Then I deleted it after reading about all the bugs in it.  So I'll wait until sometime later.  For now, I'm fine with the version of NAM I'm using.

 

It should be noted the first few days post-NAM release are like this. Opening the mod to everyone means more eyes to point out bugs and any other issues we missed, and will be fixed in a update about a week or so after the initial release.

 

Remember, it's been 18 months since the last one came out so some people may not remember how these things work

[Tarkus 6,933]

We've always had people who, 5 minutes after even our most thoroughly tested releases, slap us with a bug report and ruin the honeymoon.  That's simply something to which we've become accustomed.  We're treating this like an open test.

 

-Tarkus

[lhrob 213]

Well, I downloaded it about 45 minutes ago....206MB.   Didn't install it.  Then I deleted it after reading about all the bugs in it.  So I'll wait until sometime later.  For now, I'm fine with the version of NAM I'm using.

 

It should be noted the first few days post-NAM release are like this. Opening the mod to everyone means more eyes to point out bugs and any other issues we missed, and will be fixed in a update about a week or so after the initial release.

 

Remember, it's been 18 months since the last one came out so some people may not remember how these things work

 

 

We've always had people who, 5 minutes after even our most thoroughly tested releases, slap us with a bug report and ruin the honeymoon.  That's simply something to which we've become accustomed.  We're treating this like an open test.

 

-Tarkus

 

I have every confidence that what you are both saying is exceedingly true.

[Gringamuyloca 47]

We've always had people who, 5 minutes after even our most thoroughly tested releases, slap us with a bug report and ruin the honeymoon.  That's simply something to which we've become accustomed.  We're treating this like an open test.

 

-Tarkus

Sorry you feel like the honeymoon is over - for me it is just beginning!   

Congrats to all! (For me it was a heck of a welcome back..lol)

[Cyclone Boom 17,031]

Given the enormous complexity of the NAM, there will always be bugs that can't be identified from pre-release testing. Although a release date doesn't help, it's unfair to expect mods like this to be "bug free". As with software, the initial post-release period is used to gain user feedback. Then, the reported issues can hopefully be looked into.

[lhrob 213]

I wasn't around here for all the previous launches of new versions of the NAM.  By no means was I trying to say it should be completely bug free.  I was just commenting that I will wait until the bugs are ironed out before downloading it again.  It's a huge download, relatively speaking, for a game mod.