Epic Middle States Status

Hi All,

Epic Middle States is nearly done. We started Beta back in June and uncovered some really evil problems. The beta team did a great job of tracking down the issues and helping us isolate the problems.

We were able to eliminate everything but one major problem. The standard PS code has a feature that will "short cut" capsule jump a player over multiple systems. Meaning that if there are 10 systems on your jump path, under certain conditions, the autopilot will jump you straight to the end system, skipping the 9 in between. While this is a great time saver, it makes a total hash out of the trade and economy code. Not to mention reduces the danger from pirates considerably. (and makes it hard on your poor wing men left 9 systems behind).

So this summer has been busy trying to find ways around this trouble. Rather than keep fighting the issue, the decision has been made to release and work the problem in the next version. The game will be fully playable, you just won't be able to use the autopilot to navigate between systems.

There is still some tuning and documentation to put into order. But it will not be much longer.

Thanks for the patience. We are looking forward to the release!

The anticipation is really mounting. I can't wait to try this mod out. The Epic team seem to have done a really good job and a lot of hard work to get to this point. While the jump short cut does sound like a major annoyance, the mod still sounds great. Thank you for all of your hard work and determination.

It's not over yet. Next stop ... TRAFFIC

Two words: Woo Hoo!

Thanks for all the hard work.

I caan't wait to try out this mod-it looks very cool. How is the progress coming?

Working on it tonight as we "speak". There are lots of little details to tidy up, and RL has been busy. Looking to get close to done on this long weekend. Then more testing.