hi tom i would take a rest from it if i was you and then think about what you want to do ----- Original Message ----- From: "Charles Rivard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Gamers Discussion list" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2006 2:17 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] STFC sad news.
> This is, indeed, very sad news. Anyone who has lost major work knows the > feelings you currently have. What I really want to say, mostly comprised > of > 4-letter words, which you have probably already said many times, is > totally > against list guidelines!! I'd say to take a break, work on something else > if, and only if, you are in the mood, and not to make a hasty decision on > what to do from here. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Thomas Ward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2006 2:52 AM > Subject: [Audyssey] STFC sad news. > > >> Hello gamers,Hello gamers, >> It is my deepest regret at this moment to announce some very sad and >> unhappy news about STFC which will put development of that title back by >> countless months. Even worse I know I am to blame for that setback do to >> my foolish complacency, and lack of backing up the code as often as I >> should have. For that mistake I am paying a huge price. So here is what >> happened. >> As you know in July I split STFC in to branches. I have the original >> source for 1.0 beta which is thankfully backed up to my USB backup >> drive, and then I was working on a STFC 2.0 with all the features I have >> announced in previous posts with dynamic menus, better sensors, updated >> enemy AI, etc... >> Anyway, I had taken my USB drive off my desktop to backup some stuff >> from my laptop, and never got around to hooking it up to my desktop >> computer. Since all the work on STFC 2.0 was being done on the desktop >> there was only one single copy of the source code. Well, while working >> on STFC 2.0 I was updating the Main.cs file when I discovered somehow >> when deleting some code I had deleted most of the file, and at some >> point had saved the file not knowing most of it's contents was deleted. >> As a result all of the enemy AI, dynamic menus, etc is gone. The code is >> simply destroyed, and there is no way to recover it. I can't even guess >> as to how long it will take to rewrite all that. No less than three >> months damage. >> Needless to say I am extremely upset from this crisis and now I can >> garentee that USB drive will be connected to my desktop almost >> perminitly from now on to backup every single update daily in hopes of >> preventing a similar crisis. However, you know as I know that will not >> solve the immediate issue. I have to decide where to go from here. All I >> can think of is make some miner patches for the STFC 1.0 beta, and >> forget about all the dynamic menus and stuff for now. I can not bring >> myself to rewrite all that stuff right now. It would be to stressful on >> me emotionally to try and recreate two or three months of code again if >> not more since it will all be from scratch this time. In fact, at this >> moment I am so stressed I would rather drop STFC completely for months >> until I can feel ready to take on that project. To say I feel miserable >> is the understatement of the century. >> I'll probably work on something else such as Montezuma's Revenge since >> that at least won't be as stressful to work on. >> >> Howling like a wounded Klingon: >> Thomas Ward >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Gamers mailing list .. [email protected] >> To unsubscribe send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can >> visit >> http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org to make >> any subscription changes via the web. >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > Gamers mailing list .. [email protected] > To unsubscribe send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can > visit > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org to make > any subscription changes via the web. > _______________________________________________ Gamers mailing list .. [email protected] To unsubscribe send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can visit http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org to make any subscription changes via the web.
