The way Toady implied the post he mentions back a few pages ago and in his dev blog does not imply to me that the release is going to be happening "in a week".
That's would be off the wall.
It seem to imply more that it'll be soon. Though he seemed to meant that he was thinking about somethings down the road. I mean let's look at the picture...
He's got 4 components to still complete.
1 which has been hinted to probably not be included in the first release in the new version since it's still under production.
I know it has been mentioned that he's been working on all the areas at once apperently. But there hasn't been enough hints of the devlog to indicate much other than interface and bug testing. No sign of fixing compacting issues and so forth.
It leaves me to belive that while the release will be soon, I wouldn't say this month, sometime in the middle next month possibly. But it still ride on how things ride out with Toady and the testers.
And on the whole 40d## not being included, well.... it maybe possible. But... at the very least...
I would like to see a possibility of some working components be placed in it. For the sake of my project... I need png support....minumum.
Which I guess I could go ahead and ask this in the form of a green question....
Toady, if by chance the 40d## testings take longer than expected, will there be a chance you'll at least place in some components from 40d## (such as PNG support) into the new release assuming that's possible?
Still though, this hinting of the release still gives me the "Dwarf Fortress Forever" vibe.
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