As we have already received some questions about this we would like to provide some preliminary information about the planned schedule of the next game world.
As you can read from the previous news postings we are working to develop new features to AirwaySim. You can take a look at the progress and features added from our forums.
The next full game world is scheduled to start after these updates are complete and tested. Also as it's rather hard to include the updates in the middle of a game the current schedule is to let the game worlds #1 and #2 to complete and after that the next full game is scheduled to start.
So in other words, the next games will begin at the first or second week of April, about a month from today.
In the meantime please keep an eye on our forums and you can also subscribe to our newsletter where we'll post more detailed information once we're closer to the start of the next world.
https://www.airwaysim.com/forum/
https://www.airwaysim.com/Information/Newsletter/
Now that April is (almost) here, any update on Game World #4?
and not to mention, game 1 is coming to an end
I will post some more info as soon as possible, atm a bit tied up with a few other things.
Darn... Saw sami had posted and I got all excited ;D
I'm getting withdrawal symptoms..... ;D
Hey if elleana is excited.. then shouldnt we all be excited?? LOL ;D
I can't wait to for the game to start! It feels like I've been waiting forever! :laugh:
any news yet??? Can't wait!
Considering this statement in the v1.1. thread:
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The target is to make these features live after the current three full games come to an end.
I assume the next new game will start in ~two weeks when game #3 is finished? It would certainly be the best imho.
Quote from: cedlind on April 05, 2009, 12:02:16 PM
Considering this statement in the v1.1. thread:
I assume the next new game will start in ~two weeks when game #3 is finished? It would certainly be the best imho.
Sami said in another thread that it will start when game 1 and 2 are finished but before 3 is finished
How many game worlds will start after 1 and 2 are over?
Sami,
need a game immediatley mate, bored to death, have removed all my other games. Waiitng for V1.1 desparetly.
VJC
We are the airwaysimholics...
Still waiting and waiting!
I hope the new game will start in the next weekend!!
At the end of the games it gets boring!
Quote from: Petros Charalambous on April 05, 2009, 01:01:24 PM
Sami said in another thread that it will start when game 1 and 2 are finished but before 3 is finished
If that is the case, I really hope it's with 1.1 features. As the current system is (unfortunately) quite full of small and slightly annoying bugs, I'd rather wait another two weeks (one of which is easter and thus might limit computertime anyho), instead of just another game with the current system.
Quote from: cedlind on April 05, 2009, 05:37:10 PM
quite full of small and slightly annoying bugs
Like which..? If you find something, then report them please...
Also to the topic itself. Work is still in progress and like mentioned in the first post the start of the next games will be announced a few days before they are ready to commence.
well sami
game is great and getting better everytime, BUGS are soe really stupid idiot players, who are unsporty, rude and have no sense of humor, they have to be eliminated first.
Great game Sami, well done on the succesful launch of Airwaysim V1.
Regards
VJC
Quote from: V.Castelino on April 05, 2009, 06:47:43 PM
game is great and getting better everytime, BUGS are soe really stupid idiot players, who are unsporty, rude and have no sense of humor, they have to be eliminated first.
Isn't the whole point of multiplayer games that you play against other people instead of boring AI? People tend to be unsporty, rude, and do not always have the same sense of humor, but that's life.
sending threating mails??? is that sporty?? its a game enjoy it, competition is needed and very imp but not with emails etc etc
Quote from: sami on April 05, 2009, 05:38:14 PM
Like which..? If you find something, then report them please...
Like those that are reported and said to be adressed in v1.1.
I'm more than happy to report bugs, but not so happy to double-report bugs :) (I do know how to search the forums)
Well, game #2 just ended so I'm hoping the new game(s) will be up on Friday. :)
UPDATE
Sorry guys, I've been having a fever for the last days and there hasn't been any progress .. So at the moment there's yet nothing to announce. But hopefully I will get better soon and am able to get back to work asap.
Have you thought about perhaps just keeping the version the same and starting a new game while you continue to work on the development. I enjoyed it the way it was too, although I am also looking forward to the changes. But I'd play the same version to satisfy my addiction to the game.
Quote from: chapelhillnews on April 07, 2009, 12:40:18 PM
Have you thought about perhaps just keeping the version the same and starting a new game while you continue to work on the development. I enjoyed it the way it was too, although I am also looking forward to the changes. But I'd play the same version to satisfy my addiction to the game.
he promised the updates tho ;D
Quote from: sami on April 07, 2009, 09:21:48 AM
UPDATE
Sorry guys, I've been having a fever for the last days and there hasn't been any progress .. So at the moment there's yet nothing to announce. But hopefully I will get better soon and am able to get back to work asap.
Sorry to hear that sami, hope you get well soon. Awesome game so far, keep up the good work and looking forward to the next game worlds!
Will the new game world cover the same period of time?
I mean from 90s to 2005?
The only available aircraft are boeing ones and airbuses are not found easily.
Also you cannot operate the A380 as the game ends before it is justified!
The best period would be from 2000 until .....
^ It would be a challenge though. One year later, 9/11, and rising fuel costs? It would be a lot harder than what the current timeframe was for the last 3 games.
I prefer a 19??-2009 25'/day game and option for realtime (1day/1day) monthly paid continuation for us to keep managing our airlines forever, based on real aircraft possibilities, real fuel and loan costs, real market data.
It's hard to say goodbye to our work when a game ends. There's allways so much to be done.
Maybe a single experience could tell us if this is possible, if the number of interested players could worth Sami's work to keep it running.
I remember sami saying that a 1 game time day = 1 real day couldn't be done, because of the way the system works.
Quote from: Runner on April 08, 2009, 07:12:37 PM
I remember sami saying that a 1 game time day = 1 real day couldn't be done, because of the way the system works.
And it would be boring! I mean, waiting 24 hours for one game day? So that means that you will have to wait 14 days for a new LEASED aircraft to be delivered and a couple of months for a new aircraft?
And there's that of course :P
Just as real life. And good for those who haven't enough free time to stay all time managing.
That was just an idea.
I'd really like it. Maybe because I'm 50 and things don't have to happen all together and suddenly anymore. 8)
Well, as I sais, sami said somewhere that the system just can't deal with that. And personnaly, I'd get bored to! ::)
I would be nice to have a new game started for Easter...
Idea: What about awarding credits for birthdays? haha :P
Yeah I agree, but that's no looking very likely now :'(
I am soon getting back to work on coding. But as the schedule has been a bit tight and I was forced to stay of bed for some days I have decided not to include the new aircraft order system to the next version as that would cause delay. So order system will be the same but for example pre-scheduling of orderered aircraft is being planned unless some major problems arise.
The next games will have numerous new features and smaller updates (all are not done yet) and you can read them from the '1.1 updates' thread, and I will continue to post info there once work progresses.
For the timeframe of the next game itself .. I can hopefully post some more exact information tomorrow (I will first have to round up the current status etc).
ARGH!! As i've been bankrupt in ALL of the game worlds i now have nothing to play >:( :'( SO HURRY UP!!! lol..
Sami, I don't know how others feel but I think I would rather wait a little longer to have the new order system. I think it was just a bit too chaotic in the other games.
Yep... I agreee... Would sacrificate some more days to have it.. Think it would be very more organized.
-GR
Edit: Much more organized. (This is the lack of sleep) :laugh:
Well I would be disagreeing with the above posters, but I'm going to be away from Staurday to Wednesday, so long as its started by next thursday I'll be happy.
But I do feel for those people (like myself) who are not in Game 3 and therefore are suffering the AirwaySim withdrawl symptons (sleepless nights, ocassional vomiting, obsessive forum posting, playing airline tycoon...)
Quote from: Dan380 on April 09, 2009, 07:49:42 PM
Well I would be disagreeing with the above posters, but I'm going to be away from Staurday to Wednesday, so long as its started by next thursday I'll be happy.
But I do feel for those people (like myself) who are not in Game 3 and therefore are suffering the AirwaySim withdrawl symptons (sleepless nights, ocassional vomiting, obsessive forum posting, playing airline tycoon...)
Playing Airline Tycoon???? Oh dammit, You are worse than I thought... I think we will have to open a new world just to solve this problem ;D
Any chance of opening a game world with the same configuration as the one we have been using? This would give you more time to finish developing the new one, but would give all of us who love the game something to play. I thought it was great like it is now, although I am looking forward to the changes. But I would gladly sign up for the same game / time period / version, and I bet you could have a full game of 350 people playing it in no time at all. This would also give you some more income, which you really deserve. Pleeeaaaase :)
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I would also prefer to wait for the new aircraft ordering system.
same here!
I would also prefer starting the next game when the new delivery system is ready. However, no matter how enthusiastically we vote here this is still not a democracy.
Whenever the new game is gonna start, I hope you won't forget to send us a previous warning in a newsletter (to all newsletter subscribers).
i'm in favour of the new ordering system
I wonder how long it will be - would you still want to wait if it was going to be like 2 months? If it was like a week or so, I would not mind waiting, but I am really anxious to relaunch a new airline. I think I finally figured out a halfway decent strategy near the end of the last game, so I'd like to start a new one and see if it works.
I would be happy to wait like a week but not a few months
I would also prefer to wait a few days/weeks to get everything implemented before the next game starts.
I think the ordering system is an important part of the game, and the new system will hopefully be worth waiting for. :)
well i dont mind waiting...but how long do u reckon it might be? i reckon easter would be a gd time for a start....because nearly everyone will be at home...just give us something to use our waiting time, while we wait!
we just need sami to reply
I would like to know a release date
I've already decided not to include the new order system to the next game as I can't yet know how long it takes to make it, and it would also need testing (damn flu and things). But week is not possible as I got a few days of other things too. So I'd rather "not risk it" as there's always something that is bound to go bad, especially if done in a too much of an hurry.
Ok, no new ordering system. :(
When do you think the game(s) will come out? I hope there will be two released at once.
Quote from: RisteMakedonski on April 10, 2009, 05:18:18 PM
When do you think the game(s) will come out?
I will post more info on this later tonight .. but goes to next week unfortunately as my sickness took away quite many workdays this/last week.
sami, please do me a BIG favour and post me the date of all the new game world because i am going to England next week and i need to know weather i shall start out at world 1 and make a company with one route and one plane for 7 days or to wait until game 2.
Just get well Sami! We all want you to get well, that is the most important thing right now.
Yes Sami, absolutely do get well. I for one have many things to do this next week anyway, including my daughter's first birthday this weekend, so an extra week or two isn't going to hurt me any. I can always load up one of my other games, the ones I play anyway while I'm waiting for daychange :P.
Oh-- I find that I kinda agree with one of the other posters who was asking about a longer game day. I'm by no means thinking a 1:1 ratio here, that really would be boring, but maybe like 45-50 minutes per day or something? I'm also older than the average player (42), and I do work for a living so I'm kinda handicapped compared to a lot of the players. A longer game day would give me a better chance to react to things and maybe even give these younger guys and gals a better run for their money hehe.
Above all though, jsut get well. No fun trying to keep up with things when you're sick as a dog :(
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@Iceman
I owe you a cigar! :laugh: Congratulations to your daughter, in behalf of the AWS family!
All the game really takes is about 15 minutes in your a day. Most of us, including me, feel the need to watch each day go by. ;)
Not sure where Sami is... wrote him, no reply... forums... nothing posted in weeks... the last game is over in 10 days... what is going on... no contact... did he quit the game... did something happen to him with his sickness... This worries me... and I paid to buy many credits to support his great game that I train my employees with here at the airport... and well.. anything... anyone... would be of great assistance! Only wondering now since I can not train anyone... not to mention used all the excuses I can for putting off training. HELP
Remember we have different time zones between US and Finland. Everything is okay and game will continue in next week as sami said. Calm down and don´t worry too much :)
Quote from: Abducted Alien on April 11, 2009, 03:15:42 AM
Remember we have different time zones between US and Finland. Everything is okay and game will continue in next week as sami said. Calm down and don´t worry too much :)
True True. Btw, know the time difference between Chicago and Finland?
+ 8 h, we have summer time now. Time is 08:36 in the morning now when I´m writing this post and in Chigaco 00:36.
AA
Okay folks here's the schedule. https://www.airwaysim.com/forum/index.php/topic,7656.0.html
ps. USA737 ... what's to worry? I have written to the forums almost every day. Though haven't replied to PM's if there's nothing acute that needs a reply as I haven't been that well lately. But there's no need to worry about the credits or things as if I would disappear you would still be refunded by PayPal or your credit card people ;) If someone is not happy about not being able to play pls come here and I will buy him a pint .. if he cannot hold his horses for the next 5/6 days. ;D
Quotepls come here and I will buy him a pint ..
Is this offer open to anyone? 'Cause I sure could use a pint right about now... ;)
Quotewe have summer time now.
As in Daylight Savings Time? Do you really NEED Daylight Savings Time in Finland, what with it getting toward the 24 hour sunlight and all? :P ;D
BDS62
(Resident of Oulu, Finland for 4 months during the summer of 2001)
Quote from: bigdogshark62 on April 11, 2009, 12:07:34 PM
Is this offer open to anyone? 'Cause I sure could use a pint right about now... ;)
If you can't make it here for this offer, I can have one for you too. I have slightly less miles to Sami's local pub. :P
Stone Bay Inn, I suppose... 8)
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As in Daylight Savings Time? Do you really NEED Daylight Savings Time in Finland, what with it getting toward the 24 hour sunlight and all? :P ;D
Yeah, really no. Even now there is enough sunlight from early morning to late evening.
It's Sunday