Shannon's Journal Discussion Thread, Vol. 5

[Catman]

Of course you guys don't care.  But time is money.  The longer I have to work before getting paid, the less I am getting paid per unit of time.  And between that and inflation and our artificially low prices and the lack of income basically standing in my way of fixing the basic issues causing these problems... well I may not have a choice in when or if it gets pre-order.

LMAO!

I laughed at that too. They misinterpreted your "but I'm sure you guys don't care about that" section of your post.

My idea before for you and UMS was to work to the point of having two stages done, then release the first one. That way, you're giving yourself a solid buffer of time, so it isn't nearly as rushed as LTU was. That was awful.

I tried to hook you up with another revenue stream with OF V3. Going forward, maybe we can come up with something else. It seems you need a bridge between where you are, and UMS V2. As that's going to be quite a project. We'll think of something.

Sorry about your steak. I've noticed a lot of stuff has slipped in quality during this fiasco of ours. People try their best, but most things aren't the same for a variety of reasons. Maybe give them another shot.

The issue is that instead of 4-5 days, OFv3 took a month.  And that was partly the figuring of the script, and partly the figuring of the new build and partly building the new monstrosity.  

Upgrading UMS v2 to FRM 5.0 isn't really a big deal; I just copy and paste the new script.  The issue is that now I have to go back and re-calculate the configuration for it, and that's nothing to sneeze at.  Neither is calculating the config for the key script, or anything else that requires configuration in this new gen.  Add to that the difficulty I have been having with the models lately, and the fact that taking pre-orders for the whole set will mean I have to build at least 2 subs per month, a la LTUv6, and we are now looking at either I only build it as a single stage or I spend the next 4 months building it.

I don't see a good way out of this.

I hear you. Hopefully a lot of the awkwardness in creation was simply dealing with new technology, learning as you go. Now with more experience, the production time should be less.

One option is to use the programs inside the script, to sell as stand-alones as you go. That's a possibility, more PITA factor, and with respect, always results in added problems and delays and doesn't really seem to add up to more programs to sell in the meantime.

Really though, my approach would probably boil down to taking the time, doing it right, selling it stage by stage after having two stages ready to give yourself good lead time, and just upping the price to balance out the extra work. If they don't want that, then forget adding 5.75.7G tech and greatly streamline it. They can't have it both ways. Me knowing you as the perfectionist you are though, the option I just gave above is probably the best one and most likely to come to be.