Preparing for release OR v1.4 It's getting closer
#1
Posted 04 August 2021 - 08:12 AM
Here is a draft of the video which will accompany the release. It will be published to YouTube when Version 1.4 is actually released.
Please take a look and let me know if there anything seriously wrong or missing?
#2
Posted 04 August 2021 - 09:19 AM
cjakeman, on 04 August 2021 - 08:12 AM, said:
Here is a draft of the video which will accompany the release. It will be published to YouTube when Version 1.4 is actually released.
Please take a look and let me know if there anything seriously wrong or missing?
Hi guys,
that's greater than great ! :sign_thanks: :bravo:
Kindly
Pascal
#3
Posted 04 August 2021 - 10:29 AM
Weter, on 04 August 2021 - 08:19 AM, said:
Yes. The switch to Monogame has always been the major item and that's available now in the Testing version.
It's a long time since the last Stable Version was released, and much has changed so there's been lots of extra work in making a release.
So far, the team has:
- updated languages
- prepared updated pages for the website
- revised the Installer to suit the move from .NET 3.5 to .NET 4.7.2 and from XNA to Monogame
- revised the Git workflow to support Release Candidates
- created a video to highlight changes
There's still a bit more to do on the Git workflow to post files to the correct places.
We will also go through a brief stage where we fix bugs but not add any new features.
(The Release Candidates mechanism means that bug fixes will both apply to the release and to the development branch, but new features only get added to the development branch. We not managed that before.)
The aim from now on is to release twice a year.
#4
Posted 04 August 2021 - 11:01 AM
Looks good to be the part of said interview.
If so, we can talk about details through PM.
#5
Posted 04 August 2021 - 12:22 PM
Even if the updates are fairly minor/incremental in nature, it will carry the impression of active development into the public view more effectively which is good for the public image of the project.
#6
Posted 04 August 2021 - 01:16 PM
EricF, on 04 August 2021 - 12:22 PM, said:
Exactly so.
We expect that the changes to the release process that we need this time around will not be needed next time, so a new release should not be such a big task.
EricF, on 04 August 2021 - 12:22 PM, said:
Yes, updates do often invalidate Save files.
But it's way better than the previous approach which _always_ invalidated Save files so I'm quite pleased with that improvement. :-)
We discussed a scheme that never invalidated Save files but it would be difficult to maintain and a source of bugs.
#7
Posted 04 August 2021 - 02:18 PM
#8
Posted 06 August 2021 - 07:47 AM
#9
Posted 16 August 2021 - 11:47 AM
Are graphics performances improved and memory consumption aligned with MonoGame one's ?
Congrats to contributors ;)
Rgds
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#10
Posted 16 August 2021 - 01:36 PM