EB v.80 - Information about the Release Date [Archive]

Kull

11-30-2006, 06:28

We know that many of you are eagerly awaiting the release of the next version of Europa Barbarorum, and the EB Team wanted to update you on our progress. Over the past month, a titanic amount of labor has been expended, and the build is right on the cusp of completion. Although we were hopeful about a November release, the team needed a little more time to integrate a major new feature, plug in additional Unit UI cards, and to playtest the final build a little more thoroughly. We are literally down to a handful of changes and the build will be released VERY soon. Your long wait is almost over!

The Europa Barbarorum Team

CountArach

11-30-2006, 06:40

Omg Omg Omg Omg Omg Omg Omg!

Justiciar

11-30-2006, 06:42

~:shock:

Good to know.

-Praetor-

11-30-2006, 06:46

http://stigatle.net/cats/images/3ffcbadd5c2e15ca378fb7bf03f0ded1.jpg

I`m sure we`re all as eager to try the .8 "beta" as a virgin for a marriage...

Thank you for your efforts, lads.

fallen851

11-30-2006, 07:03

Will all the unit cards be done in 0.80?

Kull

11-30-2006, 07:12

Will all the unit cards be done in 0.80?

You'll find out soon enough.

Trithemius

11-30-2006, 07:29

You'll find out soon enough.

Good answer! :)

I should note that not everyone is as obsessed about unit cards as some people (I'm obsessed about Roman auxiliaries).

-Praetor-

11-30-2006, 07:43

I should note that not everyone is as obsessed about unit cards as some people (I'm obsessed about Roman auxiliaries).

For my part, I`m compulsively curious (obsessed maybe :surprised: ) with the new baktrian units... how will they look like?

And also with the new nomadic government system...

May I ask a question: Have you got means to count how many times the new version will be downloaded? I`m just curious :grin: , and would loooove to compare that number with the number of sold copies of M2TW... :rolleyes:

Cheers!

:barrel:

MSB

11-30-2006, 08:18

Horray!!!!!

Teleklos Archelaou

11-30-2006, 08:32

And also with the new nomadic government system...

That's all you need to know:
https://img106.imageshack.us/img106/7429/nomadvp6.th.jpg (https://img106.imageshack.us/my.php?image=nomadvp6.jpg)

-Praetor-

11-30-2006, 09:21

Thanks, I`ve already seen that...

"Playing" it will be an entirely different feeling than "knowing" :grin:

Kierkegaard

11-30-2006, 10:07

thx for the update!! wish it will be released within this weekend!!! :) then i can start my egypt campaign!!!

Yun Dog

11-30-2006, 10:08

DAMN

I saw this thread posted and thought... THIS IS IIIITTTTTT!!!

but alas

*sobs*

Dram

11-30-2006, 10:40

whats the first thing you guys do when you start a new version/mod?

personally i start some custom battles with as many new units as possible, start the battle then read their unit descriptions while the games paused :yes:

Dram

11-30-2006, 10:45

That's all you need to know:
https://img106.imageshack.us/img106/7429/nomadvp6.th.jpg (https://img106.imageshack.us/my.php?image=nomadvp6.jpg)

in the 'allied client state' option, when it reads 'recruitment is limited to what the faction can recruit through local MIC's', does that mean the nomadic conquerors have to use the pre-existing MIC's that belong to the conquered peoples?

just wondering because sometimes in the early game rebels dont have MIC's yet.

Subedei

11-30-2006, 10:56

YEAHHHH!!!! VERY soon.....WORD!!!!!

:elephant: ~:grouphug: :elephant:

:cheerleader: :cheerleader:

Dram

11-30-2006, 12:05

:elephant: ~:grouphug: :elephant:

:cheerleader: :cheerleader:

:elephant: ~:grouphug: :elephant:

:cheerleader: :cheerleader:

Forgus

11-30-2006, 13:10

BTW the build is frozen, and only two parts are to be finalized... One big, something you always dreamed of, but almost given up hopes for, and the UIs have to be put right to an extent. So don't plan on going for long holydays... postpone parties, cancel your date, divorce your wives.
Stay well tuned.

Birka Viking

11-30-2006, 13:24

OMG!!! I Cant wait!!!:2thumbsup:

Steistas

11-30-2006, 14:42

Good news. And BTW it looks like we (all the EB fans ~:grouphug: ) will have a very very nice Christmas present. :santa:

Krusader

11-30-2006, 15:13

Good news. And BTW it looks like we (all the EB fans ~:grouphug: ) will have a very very nice Christmas present. :santa:

And if on track, Santa Zeus (yeah, bad pun) will bring your Christmas presents very early this year...

Teleklos Archelaou

11-30-2006, 15:13

in the 'allied client state' option, when it reads 'recruitment is limited to what the faction can recruit through local MIC's', does that mean the nomadic conquerors have to use the pre-existing MIC's that belong to the conquered peoples?

just wondering because sometimes in the early game rebels dont have MIC's yet.
Will talk about this when it's released. It involves some things we don't want to say too much about just yet. Just hang on a bit more.

Corinthian Hoplite

11-30-2006, 15:33

Oh yeah!, oh yeah!, oh yeah!
I'll exhaust the build when I get it! Thanks EB team for being so nice to us!

hellenes

11-30-2006, 15:47

Will talk about this when it's released. It involves some things we don't want to say too much about just yet. Just hang on a bit more.

Will we have a tech tree this detailed for all the other factions?

Teleklos Archelaou

11-30-2006, 16:00

No, sorry. This is necessary because it's a new system. The other tech trees are all very complex, but known fairly well for all the factions. Plus, they'd be so big and so dependent upon whatever government you chose and what hidden resources are in a province, that I don't think it's possible to draw it all out in something understandable.

Dâriûsh

11-30-2006, 17:26

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! :jumping:

NeoSpartan

11-30-2006, 17:27

Alright just keep doing ur thing fellas.

Tellos Athenaios

11-30-2006, 17:41

:balloon3: :balloon2: :balloon3:

And if on track, Santa Zeus (yeah, bad pun) will bring your Christmas presents very early this year...

If on track it's just a (well, maybe a bit late) Sinterklaas present! :yes:

MSB

11-30-2006, 18:52

Has anybody noticed how this forum has hotted up since this thread turned up?

NeoSpartan

11-30-2006, 21:02

Has anybody noticed how this forum has hotted up since this thread turned up?

Well...... of course it is going to get hot.... I mean..... this thread's title is "EB v.80 - Information about the Release Date".... its bound to attract people..........:coffeenews:

Tyfus

11-30-2006, 21:25

I know you said you want to wait to explain things, but I just wanted to try and understand it a little better. Using that new system, is it beneficial to start with one type and once the town is developed enough to then switch to the other type? for example If I used the pastoral option and then built walls and good things like that, could I then switch the gov. to nomadic and still have the walls and all? If you want to talk about this with the release that's fine i would just like to hear some explanation on this kind of thing at some point. Thanks, Awesome job guys and I can't wait!!!

Kugutsu

11-30-2006, 21:40

It all looks awesome. I cant wait. Its probably a good thing it wasnt released today, as I have work to prepare for tomorrow, and if .8 had been released I doubt I would do it.

Hopefully 'VERY soon' means hours rather than days, as then I can at least get some guilt-free hours of play in over the weekend...

Once again, Im totally in awe of your hard work and effort. Whenever it comes out, Im sure it will be worth the wait!:balloon2:

Teleklos Archelaou

11-30-2006, 21:57

While you could destroy pretty much everything, and then restart with a migration and then choose a different path (nomadism or pastoralism), this won't happen as much I think. The determinent for what buildings are available are due partially to this building level (nomadism or pastoralism) but also to some other buildings like the first warlord's camps you build. So you'd have to clean things out sorta. Anyway, in pure nomadic provinces, you won't be turning pastoral anyway because of restrictions in Hidden Resources.

Corinthian Hoplite

12-01-2006, 01:14

I'm gonna start an Arveni campaign, but not before squeashing the game with custom battles...

Kierkegaard

12-01-2006, 03:25

i will start one Ptolemaioi campaign. but the Very-soon expression is some vague for me. expect it will be released within this week, if not, that is a bit ~;) ~:rolleyes: :eyebrows:

Zalmoxis

12-01-2006, 03:42

Wow, freaking awesome, but I'm really anxious for this..

khelvan

12-01-2006, 03:45

If anyone really wants to talk about that stuff, you can find it in the Backroom, with an appropriately named title.

Keep stuff posted here appropriate to the forum. Thanks.

scourgeofrome

12-01-2006, 03:57

:focus:
And if on track, Santa Zeus (yeah, bad pun) will bring your Christmas presents very early this year...

That almost makes me want to write a song-"Santa Zeus is Coming to Town" *goes to write song*

hellenes

12-01-2006, 03:57

If anyone really wants to talk about that stuff, you can find it in the Backroom, with an appropriately named title.

Keep stuff posted here appropriate to the forum. Thanks.

Just on finding you here....will there be any sounds included with 0.8 and if yes what?

khelvan

12-01-2006, 03:59

What do you mean by sounds?

hellenes

12-01-2006, 09:39

What do you mean by sounds?

I mean voices and music etc...

Corinthian Hoplite

12-01-2006, 11:18

I mean voices and music etc...
EB 0.8 will include the latin and gaul voice mods, as well as completelly new music done by 2 talented artists, I'm not sure it'll be completed in 0.8 though.

edyzmedieval

12-01-2006, 12:37

Trust me guys, EB 0.8 is a huuuge improvement over 0.74. Tons of new stuff have been added.

Just wait a little more, we need some mashing with these nasty pests to do. :smash:

khelvan

12-01-2006, 14:12

Ok, a whole new custom musical score, a number of new voice mods...I don't know that there are any other new sounds.

Corinthian Hoplite

12-01-2006, 18:17

I've been told EB 1.0 will be released before 11th May 2348, is that true? ;)

NeoSpartan

12-01-2006, 20:52

LOL:laugh4:

CountArach

12-01-2006, 21:26

I've been told EB 1.0 will be released before 11th May 2348, is that true? ;)

LOL! :laugh4:

Tellos Athenaios

12-01-2006, 21:59

:laugh4: :laugh4: :laugh4:

Tyfus

12-01-2006, 22:00

I would like to formally request an add-on for the .81 patch when it's released. In .74 for some reason the barbarian warcry doesn't make any sound really. So as we are on the topic of sound will switching to .8 solve this since it runs off the 1.5 patch? And if not could someone please, please try to mod that aspect, because I really miss hearing the barbarians screaming?

Corinthian Hoplite

12-01-2006, 22:10

Aymar de Bois Mauri

12-01-2006, 23:09

Request denied.

Watchman

12-01-2006, 23:15

~:shock:
...that's cold, man.
:cry:

Corinthian Hoplite

12-02-2006, 00:00

Request denied.
May I ask why?

Aymar de Bois Mauri

12-02-2006, 00:02

LOLOLOL... :laugh4:

Where is your sense of humor, guys? :wink:

Corinthian Hoplite

12-02-2006, 00:05

LOLOLOL... :laugh4:

Where is your sense of humor, guys? :wink:
Woof, that's a relief :dancinglock:

tk-421

12-02-2006, 05:13

I've been told EB 1.0 will be released before 11th May 2348, is that true? ;)

It might be more like May 13th or 14th...

cdbavg400

12-02-2006, 05:53

I hate to ask the forbidden question, but what's the status of 0.8? Can we expect a release this weekend?

pezhetairoi

12-02-2006, 05:57

My gut feeling says it will only come out towards Christmas, but squee! It's coming out, at least, and that's all I'm going to ask for! Though it may be a little hard to pull myself away from Maple Story now that my girlfriend's wanting me to play all the time... >_>

But yes, I will start a Makedonian campaign first of all! After they gave me such trouble as the Romani, it's time to give them back some of their own. But I seriously hope there'll be some regional recruitables in Italia, or I will have serious troubles garrisoning a vacuum like I did when my Arverni invaded Italia surfing on seas of blood.

khelvan

12-02-2006, 06:40

I hate to ask the forbidden question, but what's the status of 0.8?It won't be out today.

Can we expect a release this weekend?I would say you should not expect that, but it isn't out of the question.

Our target release date was Nov. 30th, and even if we had not made a choice to add a rather impressive new feature that was completed a day after the desired date, unforseen bugs would have caused a similar delay. However, we have locked the build down and it is just a matter of getting all our ducks in a row.

Given the current state of the posts in the forum I would bet my own mother in law it will be out tonight (I would want to lose that bet), or my own mother it will be some time this week.

Chester

12-02-2006, 09:41

I wonder how many fans died while waiting for the release. I'm sure a few have passed away, sad.

hafensaengerx

12-02-2006, 12:36

:embarassed: :embarassed: :embarassed:

I've hoped I could download .8 today (ok, think this is everyones hope!)...

but now I'm still waiting! Hoping release is tomorrow!

Lusted

12-02-2006, 13:26

will be some time this week.

Good to know guys, looking forward to release, as it will be my first time playing EB.

Corinthian Hoplite

12-02-2006, 13:28

Hi there, Lusted. I'm sure you won't be disappointed by EB, I find it a bit odd you nerver played it, though.

Lusted

12-02-2006, 13:31

I'm sure you won't be disappointed by EB, I find it a bit odd you nerver played it, though.

well when .72 was released i was working on my TE mod, and i couldn't go back to RTw 1.2 to be honest.

-Praetor-

12-02-2006, 13:38

Good to know guys, looking forward to release, as it will be my first time playing EB.

http://www.soaringpanda.com/gelblog/archives/orly.jpeg

Hope you like it, cuz it`s quite different from your TE... it`s pretty slow paced. It`s... different. Well, you probably know that already, lol!

C ya!

Corinthian Hoplite

12-02-2006, 13:39

I hoped it would be out today or tomorrow morning, you're mean, if you have everything finished, why don't you release?

Lusted

12-02-2006, 13:42

Hope you like it, cuz it`s quite different from your TE... it`s pretty slow paced. It`s... different. Well, you probably know that already, lol!

Oh i know its different. My TE mod is vanilla but enhanced, Eb is a complete redoing of it with a much different feel. It'll be interesting to see exactly how different it is.

Kierkegaard

12-02-2006, 14:40

I hoped it would be out today or tomorrow morning
i hope too, but i think it is almost impossible, even though i do hope it will be out tomorrow!! .:wall: :wall: :wall:

khelvan

12-02-2006, 15:40

I hoped it would be out today or tomorrow morning, you're mean, if you have everything finished, why don't you release?Because we're not handing out the mod like we would a box of Lego toys. We have to carefully put it all together, test it to make sure it all works together, fix the most glaring errors that would make the game unplayable, put the files together in a meaningful, easy-to-use way for the average person to download and install, and there are many more steps involved.

If you like, I can post all of the individual files and you can spend your time downloading them and trying to get them to work together correctly and integrate the work when two people have worked on the same file and so on.

But you wouldn't want to do that nor should you have to, so we have to spend the time to do it so that it is nice and clean, and easy to install.

hafensaengerx

12-02-2006, 15:57

think that everyone hope it comes out just right now, today or tomorrow.

but you are right and it is not clever to release single files!

don't listen to your stupid fans!!! :laugh4:

CountArach

12-02-2006, 21:27

Awww.... My weekend ends today and I have two exams on Friday... :(

No EB for me...

Karo

12-02-2006, 21:32

I hope they will release it tomorrow because I can't play EB for two weeks till the 18 or so I have examens from friday:furious3: :skull: :thumbsdown:

johnmk

12-02-2006, 21:43

Thank you for your hard work and dedication. :sweatdrop:

scourgeofrome

12-02-2006, 22:04

I just hope its released before the week of December 18th (my high school lets us have the chance of being exempt from the finals so my break starts two days early).

-Praetor-

12-02-2006, 22:52

I don`t care when (well, honestly I would like it sooner, but let`s just leave the team work unmolested), cuz I`ll always find a couple of hours a day to play the mod, whenever the time it`s released.

:rolleyes:

It`s just a matter of planification and schedule.

:book2:

Bovarius

12-02-2006, 23:37

Lets al stay nice to the EB-crew, or we won't get our early Christmas-gift form them! Maybe they dont want to give it yet because somebody has been very naughty this year!:no:

Cheexsta

12-03-2006, 07:18

Because we're not handing out the mod like we would a box of Lego toys. We have to carefully put it all together, test it to make sure it all works together, fix the most glaring errors that would make the game unplayable, put the files together in a meaningful, easy-to-use way for the average person to download and install, and there are many more steps involved.

If you like, I can post all of the individual files and you can spend your time downloading them and trying to get them to work together correctly and integrate the work when two people have worked on the same file and so on.

But you wouldn't want to do that nor should you have to, so we have to spend the time to do it so that it is nice and clean, and easy to install.
But...I like Lego...................

All jokes aside, take your time with it. I've been on holidays for a couple of weeks now and will be for a couple of months. Plenty of time for me now ~D

For anyone else who is waiting impatiently for EB, if you have Europa Universalis II you can try out the newest version of Roma Universalis (http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?t=167683), a game concentrating more on the strategic side of things than the tactical side. It has far better AI and diplomacy than RTW, but is a little...simple as far as graphics go.

(Note to mods: I am in no way affiliated with Roma Universalis, I just like the mod and thought others might enjoy it while waiting for EB ~;) If it's inappropriate, feel free to remove the last paragraph.)

Teleklos Archelaou

12-03-2006, 07:39

Or they could work on prepping some historical battles in the Strategy section. :laugh4:

Constantine the Great

12-03-2006, 18:35

Well I've been watching EB since the beginning of August, waiting for .8, and I hope it comes soon. :sweatdrop:

Djurre

12-04-2006, 14:47

I just uninstalled MTW2, because i have decided that i am not going to play it until it gets patched. So this would be a welcome alternative. btw, how about you port it to mtw2 right away and release it next week? that would make everybody happy.

Lusted

12-04-2006, 14:48

btw, how about you port it to mtw2 right away and release it next week? that would make everybody happy.

I really, REALLY, hope you are joking when you say that.

Aymar de Bois Mauri

12-04-2006, 15:08

He better be, or I'll have to show him the 18000+ files that compose EB 0.8 to make him feel the pain that it is to make a project of this scale. Maybe he thinks that such amount of content and coding is trivial and easily ported to a totally new platform like M2TW? :inquisitive:

-Praetor-

12-04-2006, 15:18

Perhaps the waiting of EB .8 threw him into a deep state of paranoid schizophrenia or something...

At least that`s what the green dwarf told me yesterday.

Arciel

12-04-2006, 15:20

I do hope that you v0.8 would be released soon. Like Lusted, it's also going to be the first time I'm going to play EB. Keep up the good work guys!!

Whew! I'm certainly on a mod spree!!

Aymar de Bois Mauri

12-04-2006, 18:10

I do hope that you v0.8 would be released soon. Like Lusted, it's also going to be the first time I'm going to play EB. Keep up the good work guys!!

Whew! I'm certainly on a mod spree!!To be honest, if it wasn't for this latest CTD and a few minor issues that we're sorting out you would be playing already instead of posting.

Kull

12-04-2006, 20:49

I just uninstalled MTW2, because i have decided that i am not going to play it until it gets patched. So this would be a welcome alternative.

I wish Vegas would let you bet on things like "The odds that M2TW will be gathering dust "x" days after the release"

btw, how about you port it to mtw2 right away and release it next week? that would make everybody happy.

Actually we finished the M2TW port last week, but the EB1 team won't let the EB2 team release it until EB 1.0 is finally completed. That sucks for you guys, but at least it gives the EB2 folks plenty of time to play "M2TW the way it should have been" while they wait for the EB1 slowpokes to get their act together. Sorry man. :thumbsdown:

blacksnail

12-04-2006, 23:16

Also, and I hate to drag dirty laundry into the open, but EB1 and EB2 teams are currently in a big spat over whether or not rebel pirate fleets should have an authentic sound upon attacking a player's fleet. This has pretty much ground everything to a halt behind the scenes and delayed us three full weeks.

Apparently there was a Q-Celtic exclamatory "YARBO!" which conflicts with the ancient Greek "(KH)ARRH!" We can only have one sound and everybody is equally divided. I have no idea why the two camps can't form a simple compromise and just split the difference with a simple "YARRRR!" The whole thing has caused a lot of bitterness and ill will.

Also, the EB2 team insists on putting the wardogs back in.

Dr Jacob

12-05-2006, 02:03

Actually we finished the M2TW port last week, but the EB1 team won't let the EB2 team release it until EB 1.0 is finally completed. That sucks for you guys

LOL,

EB2 >EB1

CountArach

12-05-2006, 08:25

Actually we finished the M2TW port last week, but the EB1 team won't let the EB2 team release it until EB 1.0 is finally completed. That sucks for you guys, but at least it gives the EB2 folks plenty of time to play "M2TW the way it should have been" while they wait for the EB1 slowpokes to get their act together. Sorry man.

LOL, that would make me so angry, if I actually didn't know the physical impossiblities of it...

oudysseos

12-05-2006, 10:07

Blacksnail, that was very very funny.

Swabian

12-05-2006, 14:04

Perhaps the waiting of EB .8 threw him into a deep state of paranoid schizophrenia or something...

At least that`s what the green dwarf told me yesterday.

you mean, you know him too? for some absurd reason he's appearing more frequently since November 31. actually, i can feel him staring at my neck right now, while i write this. I think i need a gun.

:elephant: