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The devil farts in our faces again...
🕑 Added 2021-11-19 22:32:55 +0000 UTCSo - I awoke this morning, ready to start writing the manual for the Alpha that we were due to release, today. It wasn't going to be 100% what we hoped it would be - a few systems were just not ready in time, but after all of the delays, we felt it would be good to just release everything that we DID have complete - and that list was a LONG one, even with the aforementioned omissions.
I take my seat behind my computer, boot up InDesign, and take a look at the old manual, thinking I can just go in and make edits.
"Nah," I think. "I have all day, and this gives me a chance to release a new, revised and more coherent manual for this pivotal release."
I block out the pages and start transferring text as the Unity engine finally boots up in the background. I alt-tab over, and talk with our AI guy on Discord - the three geese flocks are getting caught on the terrain again. Dangit- I wanted to have all three in there as a new feature- and now not even a single flock is working - par for the course.
I cross my fingers and wish him luck in finding a solution, as I tell Unity to make a new build, so I can review what IS there while writing the new manual.
Ten minutes later, Unity just...
Stops building. Curious - there are no errors in the compiler - it just...
Stopped.
I try again, after reverting to the latest files up on the server.
Same result- the build just stops with no indication of why.
I spend the next seven hours trying every solution and work-around I know, with absolutely NO RESULTS - Unity just refuses the build the project, no matter what I do.
The final thing I can try as a hail-mary is to ask Unity to completely build the project library- a process that lasts anywhere from 10-12 hours - and even at the end of that, there is absolutely no guarantee that will work.
If you are frustrated at yet another delay, trust me:
WE KNOW HOW YOU FEEL.
There have been times today when I have felt the warrior genes I inherited from my central asian ancestors boil within my cells, and render unto me an urge to smash furniture with a large metal object while drinking kumis from the skull of Elon Musk - but:
I knew that while it would feel great and the kumis would be absolutely refreshing, these actions would in no way get unity to process the project's data in a more agreeable way.
So here we all sit, staring at this.
I will post an update, the MOMENT we have news - although it might be as long as 24 hours.
Comments
Meaghan Glynn
I am intimately familiar with Unity issues. I feel your pain.
Thank you for taking the time and effort to improve the quality of what is released. What we've seen so far is beautiful, and personally I think it's worth waiting to see more of the amazing potential. If we want to play a less pretty game that has issues and is not thought-provoking there are plenty of those around - we can play those instead or while we are waiting. (on the other hand, it is super to get peeks of what's in the works, love to see the hints of what was to come - thank you for that too!)
