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[neblime]

Is it likely to be preceded by a long silence on the dev log?
Can any release veterans give us an idea?
The tension is killing me

[Puzzlemaker]

Is it likely to be preceded by a long silence on the dev log?
Can any release veterans give us an idea?
The tension is killing me

It will happen when it happens, which will happen at some point.

Best advice I can give you,

[smjjames]

I don't remember if there was a period of no devlogs before DF2010 and I wasn't here for the transition to 3D (v 0.2. something to 40D) and DF2012.

Like puzzlemaker said, it'll come out when it comes out.

[Knight Otu]

There may well be a period of pre-release silence, but this isn't it (well, 99% it isn't). Toady either is about to start, or has recently started the pre-release bugfixes in order to hammer the game into a releasable shape. It'll be some time before it is.

[Putnam]

I don't remember if there was a period of no devlogs before DF2010 and I wasn't here for the transition to 3D (v 0.2. something to 40D) and DF2012.

40d was actually the 21st 3D version. The first 3D version was 0.27.169.32a.

You could also always check earlier devlogs and release versions. 0.31.01 had a 3-day devlog hiatus before release. 0.34.01 had a 1-day hiatus. 0.27.169.32a had no fanfare whatsoever; the previous day had a devlog that was literally just "Tweaked cave populations" and the devlog of the day of release was "Fixed spelling of negotiator".

[Talvieno]

04/24/2014 Toady One I finished the options I needed to handle on the information screens today. That leaves me with my "issues" text file to work through. That's the next and final step for this release -- getting it up to a state where it isn't an utter and fundamental degradation of the currently released version. There are crashes, optimizations that need doing, dwarves that seem to potter off without thinking in between certain jobs, and all manner of other trouble.

I'd say soon. A month, give or take.

[Moddan]

4th of June, to make it 2 years.

[thvaz]

2-3 months.

[superbob]

2-3 months.

QFT

[Tiruin]

Can any release veterans give us an idea?

Watch the devlogs.
Those are the best indicators of when something is going to be released.
Also, the best idea starts with a 'P'.
Patience.

Analogy? It takes a while to craft Artifacts.

[Melting Sky]

My original guess was the new release would be on Cinco de Mayo. It's still possible, but increasingly unlikely.

[Xazo-Tak]

Can any release veterans give us an idea?

Watch the devlogs.
Those are the best indicators of when something is going to be released.
Also, the best idea starts with a 'P'.
Patience.

Analogy? It takes a while to craft Artifacts.

And only seconds to make a Masterwork.

[Mesa]

Can any release veterans give us an idea?

Watch the devlogs.
Those are the best indicators of when something is going to be released.
Also, the best idea starts with a 'P'.
Patience.

Analogy? It takes a while to craft Artifacts.

And only seconds to make a Masterwork.

Also artifacts cannot be traded.

[Swonnrr]

The only thing that remains is debugging, wich can't be too long...right? Right?

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

In programming, there is a saying that "1% of the bugs will take 99% of dev time." :p

[Xazo-Tak]

Can any release veterans give us an idea?

Watch the devlogs.
Those are the best indicators of when something is going to be released.
Also, the best idea starts with a 'P'.
Patience.

Analogy? It takes a while to craft Artifacts.

And only seconds to make a Masterwork.

Also artifacts cannot be traded.

Not even if the artifact has an estimated value at 6 figures, and the caravan acknowledges this.