Shannon's Journal Discussion Thread, Vol. 5

[Catman]

I believe he said 3 days to 3 weeks. Somewhere in between that time.

Hi @Shannon , how are things progressing with OF V3 since your last update? I know the release was said to be unlikely for April sadly, but what about May?

Basically we will know when I get the config settings finished, and that depends on how cooperative the models are.  That's why I gave a range of time.

I was also wondering how things in general with the sub were progressing and where development is at as well. Hope things are going good. And that you are too!

I'm doing alright.  Been generally in need of a surprising amount of rest since I stopped developing the script.  That took a bigger amount of energy than I realized, and it unexpectedly overtook and overwhelmed me.  I may have been a bit too zealous in my efforts to do that.

The sub is currently making progress on configuration of the FRM component.  I have it down to two options, and now I need to find which one is the overall best option.  That should be done today, with any luck.

Then I need to determine the value of five other configuration variables, which represents an unkown amount of time.  If the models cooperate... maybe 2-3 days.  If not... ?

Once that is done, building the resulting mostrosity of complexity will probably require a few more days.

I am not looking forward to trying to find the usage patterns for this thing... this is such a leap from what we were doing before that I basically have no idea what I'm looking for.  Is it one loop per day?  per 2 days? 3? 5? 7? Or maybe more than one per day?  I have a lot of modeling to do on that point alone.  This is the biggest step up in complexity, potential power and advancement I have ever made in a single move.  So that may take some time too.

But it will be worth the wait.  Remember, it's not taking so long just because the models are not fully stable.  It's taking this long because we are basically re-writing the "how to make this" handbook from scratch.  That's how big the difference is between 5.75.6G and 5.75.7G is.  Bear with me.  I can't afford to make mistakes with this.

I get you, thanks for the update!

I guess it's kinda like measuring the difference in a slingshot and a nuclear missile, lol. There's such a gap, and lack of references to build out, it's tough to truly accurately conceptualise.

Surprising to hear you say that it's the biggest step up in a single move you've ever done. Then I remembered AOL, the first 5.75.7G, was only at "5.5%" I think you said of 5.75.7G's power range. And you said OF needs a lot more to get the job done, curious where it'll fall in the range in the end. So then it makes sense about how big of a leap this program will be, recalling that about AOL. Fantastic to hear. Really looking forward to it, it seems like it'll be a winner.

Congrats to all pre-sales who got it for a good deal! A sale on new tech is unheard of, hope you all enjoy!