Shannon's Journal Discussion Thread, Vol. 5

[Shannon]

@Shannon

I recall you stating this several months ago but will OGSF be made into 5.75 (or 5.85) anyone soon?

I am in between running OF or E4 and I think OGSF would be the best of the worlds

It's going to take me about a week per stage to build the rest of LTU6.  I will be building the next stage when I get home, and then DMSI 3.3.3, which will require 1-2 months.  During that time, I'll be extracting what I can from LTU6 to build and sell to keep us financed.  Then I have to build UMS2, which will require about the same amount of time as LTU6 did - about 3-4 months total.

After that I'm not going to be discussing what I am working on.  I'm going to work on what I think is the best option, and do it without announcing it until either a short time before release, or when I release the sub.  So the answer here is... we shall see.  Soon is also relative.  OGSF is a big change from OF this next time.

Hi @Shannon 

So according to this does that mean that we will be getting UMS2 in about 8 months or closer to 3-4 months from now? 

What I mean is that will LTU6, it’s extractions, DMSI and UMS2 be built in a round robin style or in a kind of back to back style (not counting any breaks in between)?

I will be building Stage 2 of LTU, then working primarily on DMSI.  While I am working on DMSI, I will release extracts and Stage 3 as necessary, but try to focus on DMSI as much as possible.  Then I will most likely finish building LTU6 and then begin working on UMS2 when DMSI is finished.  So however that works out...

@Shannon 

Ok great in that case do you feel like UMS is closer to 3 months out or 8 months out 

I’m asking because I’m curious if I have time to do a run through of LTU6 before it comes and then jump onto that (if not then I’ll just continue running OF until UMS comes out)

I'm trying to explain to you that I don't know.  Nothing ever, ever turns out the way I try to make it turn out, or plan for it to turn  out.  I have to roll with the punches, and the punches are constantly doing things I did not expect or plan for.  So planning too far out is a waste of time, and trying to predict how long something will take has always failed.

I don't know.  The best I can do is tell you my general plans, which I have done, and roughly how long it *should* require.