Space Empires IV 2.0?

[Atrocities]

I am not sure what the latest patch Version number is up to, but given all the time that Aaron puts into patching the game it is possible that one day the patch number will reach v2.0.

At that point, would the game still be SEIV or SEIV 2.0? Perhaps it will be called SEV?

What would a 2.0 SEIV be like? Will it have incorperated some of the fan ideas for improvements?

I don't know, but it should be interesting to find out. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

[Fyron]

He might just start adding more decimal places to keep it under 2.0. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

[Atrocities]

SEIV 1.99965123

[Fyron]

Exactly. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif Just like those big companies like M$ and Adobe. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

[Atrocities]

WHAT! Your comaparing Aaron and Malfador to MS and Adobe! Ohhhhhhh that is mean man, just plain mean!

[Fyron]

ROFL!

No of course not! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

[geoschmo]

What's wrong with just calling it SEIV 2.0? It won't be SEV. That's a different game altogether.

[Arkcon]

Originally posted by geoschmo:
What's wrong with just calling it SEIV 2.0? It won't be SEV. That's a different game altogether.<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Yeah but, when talking about the next Version -- maybe we should call it SE5.

If you say SEV out loud too many times it sounds to me like a mod based on a living, protein craving insectoid ship, piloted by a loser in a red cap, a walking dead guy, a bodyless robot, and a soft-spoken, introspective, shy girl who happens to be half cluster-lizard.

Not that there's anything wrong with that if thats the sort of thing you like. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

[ November 05, 2002, 03:32: Message edited by: Arkcon ]

[Will]

Heh, I remember an Online game that was in an open beta test... just before the game was officially launched, the programmers got up to Versions 0.999999a through 0.999999k...

But generally, a change in the number before the decimal indicates a major status change. I would have thought of SEIV Classic -> SEIV Gold would be a change from v.1.xx to v.2.xx, just like Beta -> Classic was v.0.xx to v.1.xx. Oh well.

[capnq]

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[ November 06, 2002, 00:12: Message edited by: capnq ]

[geoschmo]

Originally posted by Arkcon:
Yeah but, when talking about the next Version -- maybe we should call it SE5.

If you say SEV out loud too many times it sounds to me like a mod based on a living, protein craving insectoid ship, piloted by a loser in a red cap, a walking dead guy, a bodyless robot, and a soft-spoken, introspective, shy girl who happens to be half cluster-lizard.

Not that there's anything wrong with that if thats the sort of thing you like. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif [/QB]<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Took me a while to figure out what you were talking about here. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

Actually though, when I type "SEV", i read it as SE-5. Just like when I see SEIV, I read it as SE-4. Never heard anybody refer to it as SE-Ivy. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

Originally posted by Will:
But generally, a change in the number before the decimal indicates a major status change. I would have thought of SEIV Classic -> SEIV Gold would be a change from v.1.xx to v.2.xx, just like Beta -> Classic was v.0.xx to v.1.xx. Oh well.<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Actually now that would have been a good idea in retrospect. Too bad he didn't do that.

Geoschmo

[Taera]

if the game Version actually moves to 2.xx it would be a major change because from what i know 1.00 was originally SEII, then SEIII capped at 1.17, then SEIV at 1.49 and now gold is 1.89 (i think, thats the beta). if it becomes 2.xx it would be a major change indeed.

[Kamog]

Maybe instead of calling it SEV it can be called "SEIV Pro"

[Fyron]

Originally posted by Taera:
if the game Version actually moves to 2.xx it would be a major change because from what i know 1.00 was originally SEII, then SEIII capped at 1.17, then SEIV at 1.49 and now gold is 1.89 (i think, thats the beta). if it becomes 2.xx it would be a major change indeed.<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">SE3 started at Version 1.00. SE4 also started at 1.00 (after the demo Version, of course). Gold only started at 1.50 (in beta Versions) because it is still SE4, just newer patches.

[Quikngruvn]

He could just start using letters. After v1.99 would be 1.A0, up to 1.A9, than 1.B0, etc. I doubt he'll do 280 more patches to go past 1.Z9.... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/tongue.gif

Quikngruvn

[Taera]

Quikngruvn, you cant say for sure. with the amount of ideas and requests and wishes, it can go far beyond 280. dont you think? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

[Kamog]

Another possibility is to add another decimal point to the Version number, i.e.
SEIV 1.99.01, SEIV 1.99.02, etc
And when those are used up, go to
SEIV 1.99.99.01, 1.99.99.02, etc
and so on.

[capnq]

SEIV 1.99.01 <font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Most programmers who use that convention don't read the dots as decimal points; it's "major release-dot-major revision-dot-minor revision".

There's no reason that v1.99 can't be followed by v1.100, except to avoid confusion.