Author: John Merlino
Date: 11:22:24 10/10/00
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On October 09, 2000 at 23:47:13, Chessfun wrote: >On October 09, 2000 at 17:50:04, John Merlino wrote: > >>Chessmaster 8000 is still on schedule to be finished early next week, and be in >>the stores by early November. >> >>Unfortunately, I have some news which some of you will probably find upsetting. >>So, just so you can't say that you weren't warned.... >> >>CM8000 IS DEFINITELY going to require a CD at all times, thanks to a mandate >>from "on high". Those in charge of these decisions seem to feel that copy >>protection is rampant (apparently, even more rampant than ever before), and that >>Chessmaster (and all other products) will lose HUGE amounts of sales due to >>piracy. Whether this is true or not will never be known, of course. But, there >>it is.... There will be copy-protection on both CDs, and the program will not >>run unless you have a CD drive in on startup (or can produce one when asked at >>startup). >> >>As for the quality of the current build, there are still many bugs to be fixed, >>but the development team is confident that all "significant" bugs will be fixed >>before the game is released. Unfortunately, as with any game published by a >>major retailer today, the game will go out with a fairly decent number of "less >>significant" bugs, many of which will, of course, be found by YOU, the users. >>Sadly, deadlines are deadlines, thanks to the marketing and sales folks, and >>they are firm believers in patches. So, if you are the kind of person that can >>be HIGHLY turned off by even the slightest bug, AND you can wait, I would urge >>you to consider holding off purchasing the product until the first patch comes >>out (which is usually two months or so after the product is initially released). >> >>The old adage holds true: a program gets more testing in its first 72 hours in >>the public's hands than it does during the entire development cycle. Therefore, >>there will ALWAYS be bugs that only the public can find, and THAT is, primarily, >>what patches are for. Obviously, though, the team wants to make the best product >>possible, and, from what the development team tells me, there are currently a >>TOTAL of less than 40 known bugs (of various "significance" -- from crashes to >>"suggestions") that have yet to be fixed, and the testers are finding only about >>3-4 per day at this time. >> >>I tell you this in the interest of diplomacy and goodwill, and the hopes that >>none of you will send me "hate posts". ;-) >> >>jm > > >Thanks John you have done CM and the members of this forum a great service >with your updates on the progress of CM8K. > >I look forward to finally having a copy when it's released. > >Sarah. Thanks for the vote of confidence! ;-) jm
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