Other Railroad Program - Big Announcement - hmmmm

[enrico95]

what are for chat in or?

[kox]

Guy if you want to laugh see this http://www.gamespot.com/events/games...226&pid=563592
The part about the "multiplayer" function is hilarious.

[Komachi]

That's "Multiplayer"? Geez.

[mikephfl]

Although by no means "done", both are much improved in the development versions and you should find many more activities are playable in the upcoming release.

I hope no one takes this the wrong way and I am by no means trying to rush the OR development team nor do I want to sound impatient and I'm sure this is on a lot of others minds....

Any idea when the next version will be released? Not trying to rush or be impatient, but I can't make the horn blow for a short in this version and that is keeping me from using OR exclusively which is frustrating.
Again, no rush, take your time, just wondering.

Thanks for all your efforts.

[UP_4848_Thunder]

Last I heard was they were getting very very close then after heard they were plowing through bugs. Must be plowing out as many bugs and errors to make us happy.

Yea take your time OR team.

[boleyd]

Managing the expectations of your users has become very difficult. In the early days of software the vendor had a defined customer set. The interaction was extremely good. They even hosted conferences at nice places and gave out nice gifts. Well that obviously can't work for hundreds of thousands of users. So some vendors provided support forums for questions, support, and the exchange of ideas. In the past few years we have seen that dwindle to forums but no vendor. Vendors today have adopted a cone of silence to shield against the the masses on the Wild West Internet. You can watch some of the police shows on TV and see the counter-parts of some demented users being hauled off to the local institution. There are people who use the internet forums in a manner that suggests that they are one of the road rage characters you see or the one in handcuffs being hauled off after beating their wife. The Internet has exposed the underbelly of the human population and no vendor wants to deal with these characters. Thus you are lucky to even get a hint that something is underway in your favorite shop.

[seagoon]

Jeeeez, Dick.......was that a (pretty big) swipe at the OR team or just a bit of a broadside in the direction of the commercial players?

Bruce

[stresstool]

I take a different view of thing in the case of OR. All the developers are volunteers. They work on their own time, at their own pace and at their convenience. They are not beholding to anybody. More importantly, if they are bold enough to predict, and announce, when they might release something I believe that changes the ballgame quite a bit in that they have then committed to a schedule and, it could be argued, are no longer working at their own convenience and at their own pace.

Nope, If I were working on such a project, as a volunteer or even just for fun, I wouldn't tell anybody about anything I was doing until I was ready to ship. I think they are well within their rights to keep tight lipped about anything they are doing especially as it relates to "when we will have it".

[boleyd]

Jeeeez, Dick.......was that a (pretty big) swipe at the OR team or just a bit of a broadside in the direction of the commercial players?

Bruce

That is a wrong interpretation of the message.

It simply states that the conditions on the Internet have forced vendors to refrain from interaction on public forums. I assumed it would be easy to extrapolate that nasty behavior toward the OR crew may lead to such results.

The last sentence is especially contrary to the interpretation. In our case we are extremely lucky to get responses from the OR team.

[UP_4848_Thunder]

Speaking of responses from the OR team if no one minds me asking, but is there any news or update on this exciting project? I'm sure all of us supporters are waiting on some updated announcement info?

[seagoon]

......They are not beholding to anybody. .....

I think you mean "beholden".......unless, of course, you really do mean that the OR crew are not in the habit of seeing someone or something quite remarkable.

Bruce

[seagoon]

..... In our case we are extremely lucky to get responses from the OR team.

As far as I am concerned, all the OR team have to do is ocassionally pop up a note that says "The next release is progressing okay" (or something to the effect) and leave it at that.

People who volunteer their time, efforts and skills are under no obligation to make promises or give progress reports. As the song says, "Que sera, sera".

Bruce

[twpol]

Speaking of responses from the OR team if no one minds me asking, but is there any news or update on this exciting project? I'm sure all of us supporters are waiting on some updated announcement info?

I think we've now sorted out the issues that were blocking our next release, so the wheels should be in motion soon. (As always, plans change, etc.)

[seagoon]

..... so the wheels should be in motion soon....

Pun intended, James?

As always, thanks for the update.

Bruce

[twpol]

Pun intended, James?

As always, thanks for the update.

I didn't notice it until after I'd typed it, but though I might as well keep it. Seems a fitting pun.