Demo?

[Nerfix]

When are you relasing the demo?
Any info?

[st.patrik]

I don't want to be a pain, but I would also very much like to know if we're going to see the Demo any time soon.

[MythicalMino]

I would imagine that a demo will be released once the game goes gold....when it goes into printing....

but that is just an assumption

[QuarianRex]

Ohh... so excited... (wipes sweaty palms on jeans so he doesn't short out mouse). http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

Does anyone know why the game was pushed back three weeks? Problems? Added features?

[Psitticine]

I can't say much without approval (it's an NDA thing) but I don't think anybody would mind me letting y'all know that the delay isn't anything critical. It's just about some Last-minute details getting cleaned-up to insure the product is 100% ready.

[ September 18, 2003, 03:01: Message edited by: Psitticine ]

[Pocus]

yes we dont want to be a pain, but as we are already, lets continue the forum camping. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

err... so when we do get the demo.

Just joking, I can wait ... one hour?

[Psitticine]

I'm just guessing on the demo but I think they'll want to wait and build it off the same final gold code, so it'll probably come out around the time of the new gold date. That's certainly nothing official - just one editing parrot's best guess. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

[Nerfix]

Oh no...
I'm torn between my love for Dominions and my urge to test all games before i buy them...

[Mortifer]

Hrm they should release a trailer at least, about the major parts of the game...at least 2 weeks before the official release.
[Overland map, battle, god creation etc.]

[Kristoffer O]

Trailer? Do you mean screenshots? There are som additional screenshots at www.illwinter.com/dom2/dom2preview.html (http://www.illwinter.com/dom2/dom2preview.html)

[Mortifer]

Ah nop, a trailer is like a rolling demo. You know...the devs are playing with the game, and they are making a little preview movie about it, to heat up the fans! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

[ September 21, 2003, 23:35: Message edited by: Mortifer ]

[st.patrik]

So…the game is going gold on Oct. 10 or so, and orders are expected to be shipped Oct. 30…? Does that mean that the demo will be available sometime around Oct. 10 - 3 weeks before we're likely to have the full game in our hands? Can anyone tell me if this is roughly right?

I do understand if you can't say, but it would be nice to know - a lot of people waiting expectantly here http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

[LordArioch]

Personally, I'd like to have a demo before I pre-order the game. I like to know what I'm getting http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif
Not that I'm going to refuse to buy the game if you dont make a demo or something. Also the demo help convice people dominions is good, because it's much harder to convince people to buy games without demos, and showing people the dominions 1 demo and then saying "...but dominions 2 should fix that..." probably doesnt convince them as much.
Plus it would be funny to see the forum go silent for a while and then have a lot of excited Posts afterwards http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

[ September 22, 2003, 05:12: Message edited by: LordArioch ]

[Zerger]

This game looks cool! I can't wait for the demo!

[Pocus]

I would like a trailer with swedish girls in bikini playing the game.

[Nerfix]

Why swedish girls? I have seen them, nothing special...
Oh wait, i live in scandinavia too!
Hmmm...
http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/tongue.gif

[Mortifer]

Hrm, I think that nordic women arent that nice. You should come here and check out the women here. You would be amazed. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/tongue.gif

[Nerfix]

Where is "here"?

[licker]

Originally posted by Nerfix:
Where is "here"?<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">www.hotnakedchicks.com ?

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[ September 22, 2003, 21:50: Message edited by: licker ]

[Mortifer]

Originally posted by Nerfix:
Where is "here"?<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Hungary. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/tongue.gif

[Nerfix]

Originally posted by Mortifer:
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by Nerfix:
Where is "here"?<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Hungary. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/tongue.gif </font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Mmmm... Intresting... Finnish and Hungarian Languages are related... Atleast my friend and my teacher says so...

[Mortifer]

Yes, that is true...we have some common roots, waaaay back in time..

Finno-Ugric Languages/people
Baltic Finns:
inkeroinen (300)
karjala (70 000)
liivi (a few)
lyydi (5 000)
suomi = finnish (5 000 000)
vatja (a few)
vepsä (6 000)
viro = estonian (1 000 000)
Volgan Finns:
ersämordva (500 000)
mokshamordva (250 000)
mari = tsheremissi (550 000)
Ugrian:
hanti = ostjakki (13 000)
mansi = voguli (3 000)
unkari = hungarian (14 000 000)

Lot of infos about this on the net btw..
Its kinda bad that we barely learned anything about this in the school.. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon9.gif

[ September 23, 2003, 14:04: Message edited by: Mortifer ]

[MStavros]

I wonder...Illwinter will release a demo before the official release date?

[Nerfix]

I would say no. I can wait for the 13 days.

Lets just hope that this game is still what i wished it would be...

[DominionsFan]

Plz release a demo. NOW! NOW! NOW! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

[johan osterman]

Originally posted by MStavros:
I wonder...Illwinter will release a demo before the official release date?<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Its up to shrapnel when they will release the demo.

[Nerfix]

I think they will relase the demo with the game.
They are relasing a demo, are they?

[Richard]

We won't release a demo until we at least have code to Gold status. Once the game has been certified as Gold then we will release the demo shortly after that. Otherwise we would have to patch the demo prior to release http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif .

[Nerfix]

So technicaly it's relased at the same time as the game?

[Richard]

It just depends on the schedule we have set around then. But typically it's released right before or right after a game starts to ship. I can't give you a specific date right now.

[Nerfix]

Ah good...
I already count days... Soon i'll count minutes, then seconds....
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