How many 1.9 betas will be released?

mindless rambler · April 19th, 2006, 07:58 PM

I was wondering how many 1.9 betas will be released and why. Are they released so people can play it and see if there any bugs then another beta is made to see if those are fixed? Or are they just released to make people stop asking about (and thus prolonging as it is said) the release date of 1.9?

Yagisan · April 20th, 2006, 12:27 AM

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Originally Posted by mindless rambler

I was wondering how many 1.9 betas will be released and why.

We plan on a beta4, and possibly a beta5.

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Originally Posted by mindless rambler

Are they released so people can play it and see if there any bugs then another beta is made to see if those are fixed?

Yes. We want you to try them, test the new fatures, tell us what works, what doesn't. I think beta3 is much better the 1.8.6, so that is default for Ubuntu/Debian users.

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Originally Posted by mindless rambler

Or are they just released to make people stop asking about (and thus prolonging as it is said) the release date of 1.9?

NO.

Markworth · April 20th, 2006, 04:52 AM

lol @ last Q and A.

Since we're on a question kick...

Say Beta 4 comes out and I decide to quit being a hater and download it...
Can I just rip the executables (and other important stuff) out and replace my 1.8.6 files with them? Kinda don't want to redo my custom Kickstart work.

Yagisan · April 20th, 2006, 06:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Markworth

Say Beta 4 comes out and I decide to quit being a hater and download it...
Can I just rip the executables (and other important stuff) out and replace my 1.8.6 files with them? Kinda don't want to redo my custom Kickstart work.

With the caveat that I don't actually use Windows, I'd say yes, it should work, but the goal is to switch to the snowberry launcher, and the snowberry addon format.

DaniJ · April 20th, 2006, 07:54 AM

Personally I would never recommend simply replacing the contents of the /bin directory as a method to upgrade.

There are several major changes planned for the 1.9.0 release (the entire Doomsday directory structure is likely to be completely redesigned) and other reorganisation work has already been completed (for example - Doomsday's own data files are now collected into Doomsday.PK3 which resides currently in the /data directory).

Many other files have also been updated in 1.9.0 not just the binaries. For example, jDoom.WAD and several of the DED files have also seen important changes.

As to the question about number of betas before 1.9.0 is released:
I imagine there will be at least beta4, beta5 and probably beta6 too. There is so much being changed to form the basis of the 1.9.0 that we need this extended beta period.

I too would fully recommend all users to upgrade to 1.9.0-beta3. It has proven itself to be very stable and reliable (more so than the offical 1.8.6 release), it also allows users the chance to see some of what we plan for 1.9.0 full (including a glimpse at the new BIAS lighting model).

Markworth · April 20th, 2006, 01:33 PM

D'argh. I guess I'll be loading everything from pk3s for a while then, huh? Oh well. Thems the breaks.

boss429 · April 23rd, 2006, 11:27 PM

I was wondering in which upcoming Doomsday version will split-screens multiplayer be supported? I remember seeing I screen shot Dani posted that had split screens but I can't seem to find the screenshot agian.

DaniJ · April 24th, 2006, 10:42 AM

The screenshot was in the jDRP thread...

I hope to get splitscreen done at some point in the 1.9.x series. Maybe 1.9.1

mindless rambler · April 24th, 2006, 07:21 PM

awesome, split-screen doomsday w/3d models, everything my friends and i have been waiting for!

April 19th, 2006, 07:58 PM	#1
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April 20th, 2006, 04:52 AM	#3
Markworth Commander Keen Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: MO, USA Posts: 285	lol @ last Q and A. Since we're on a question kick... Say Beta 4 comes out and I decide to quit being a hater and download it... Can I just rip the executables (and other important stuff) out and replace my 1.8.6 files with them? Kinda don't want to redo my custom Kickstart work.

April 20th, 2006, 07:54 AM	#5
DaniJ Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: UK Posts: 4,916	Personally I would never recommend simply replacing the contents of the /bin directory as a method to upgrade. There are several major changes planned for the 1.9.0 release (the entire Doomsday directory structure is likely to be completely redesigned) and other reorganisation work has already been completed (for example - Doomsday's own data files are now collected into Doomsday.PK3 which resides currently in the /data directory). Many other files have also been updated in 1.9.0 not just the binaries. For example, jDoom.WAD and several of the DED files have also seen important changes. As to the question about number of betas before 1.9.0 is released: I imagine there will be at least beta4, beta5 and probably beta6 too. There is so much being changed to form the basis of the 1.9.0 that we need this extended beta period. I too would fully recommend all users to upgrade to 1.9.0-beta3. It has proven itself to be very stable and reliable (more so than the offical 1.8.6 release), it also allows users the chance to see some of what we plan for 1.9.0 full (including a glimpse at the new BIAS lighting model).

April 20th, 2006, 01:33 PM	#6
Markworth Commander Keen Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: MO, USA Posts: 285	D'argh. I guess I'll be loading everything from pk3s for a while then, huh? Oh well. Thems the breaks.

April 23rd, 2006, 11:27 PM	#7
boss429 Commander Keen Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 15	I was wondering in which upcoming Doomsday version will split-screens multiplayer be supported? I remember seeing I screen shot Dani posted that had split screens but I can't seem to find the screenshot agian.

April 24th, 2006, 10:42 AM	#8
DaniJ Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: UK Posts: 4,916	The screenshot was in the jDRP thread... I hope to get splitscreen done at some point in the 1.9.x series. Maybe 1.9.1

April 24th, 2006, 07:21 PM	#9
mindless rambler Commander Keen Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 249	awesome, split-screen doomsday w/3d models, everything my friends and i have been waiting for!

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