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Test Postponed until 9-20-11

http://beta.glitch.com/forum/general/7319/#reply-76775

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Posted 15 months ago by That Kid Tyler Subscriber! | Permalink

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  • ...and now returned to regularly scheduled life. Time to kick everyone out of my pillow fort and get things done.
    Posted 15 months ago by malo Subscriber! | Permalink
  • oh, I was looking forward to play today, oh well I guess I have to wait for next day ! *smh*
    Posted 15 months ago by Aiko Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Can't wait till we don't have to do this any more (waiting for the game to open...)
    Posted 15 months ago by Shepherdmoon Subscriber! | Permalink
  • ya it does kinda suck huh?
    Posted 15 months ago by Sir Mixalatte Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Just look at it as one last day of normality before the awesomeness starts :D

    In a couple of weeks time we'll all be sat here glued to the game, unwashed, with filthy real life houses, and thinking "Remember the good old days where the site would close once in a while and reality had a chance to kick in?" 
    Posted 15 months ago by Ebil Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Time to disassemble the 41-foot-tall shrine to Glitch I just hired 19 piggies and chickens to craft out of pickles. Back to work guys.
    Posted 15 months ago by That Kid Tyler Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Damn I was really hoping to have something to distract Me from the  soon to be released Battlefield 3 beta, Oh well guess I'll have to start tearing My hair out from impatience 
    Posted 15 months ago by Yui Hirasawa Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Thanks for pulling the note out of the looooong thread, TKT.
    Posted 15 months ago by Gloopy Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I was hoping that this was a mean joke. Oh well. Thank you Tiny Speck for the heads up and the amazing free game you have invited us to play while you work. Tomorrow afternoon is gonna be Glitchy.

    And thank you to That Kid Tyler for putting this where I could see it!
    Posted 15 months ago by Aleph Zero Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Sure, Gloopy! I was getting tired of pressing End on that page.

    And thanks Tiny Speck for the nonstop work that goes into this great world. And we're always here if you guys need help with anything!
    Posted 15 months ago by That Kid Tyler Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Tomorrow is my birthday, so happy birthday to me! Although an early present would have been swell. =D
    Posted 15 months ago by Gertie Mack Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Mine too Gertie Mack!!
    Posted 15 months ago by Princess Pinky Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Happy early birthday GM! Everyone remember to give her something tomorrow.

    Edit: and Pinky too!
    Posted 15 months ago by That Kid Tyler Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Happy Early Birthday Gertie & Princess Pinky!
    Posted 15 months ago by g33kgurrl Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Happy early birthday Gertie Mack and Princess Pinky! :D
    Posted 15 months ago by Ebil Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Excellent birthday present :)
    Posted 15 months ago by Gloopy Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Happy birthday you 2! See you all tomorrow. I will repost this on G+ for all unless it's already there.
    Posted 15 months ago by Holly Waterfall Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Happy Birthday Gertie Mack and Princess Pinky! What a great present!
    Posted 15 months ago by Mooquick Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Here's what happened: We've been working on a big, complicated, low-level change to the way data is sent to the game client in order to render the locations in the world. This is something that will need thorough testing and we need to wrap it up before opening for this so-close-to-the-end test.

    Despite a number of people working all weekend (and a few of them getting my awful cold!), we didn't have it all wrapped up this morning. And it looked like we wouldn't by the afternoon either. And since it was a nasty, potentially messy change, we didn't want to rush it and risk screwing things up. So: tomorrow instead!

    (For the curious, the change is switching the client to be able to render locations from multiple "location swfs" at the same time. A location swf is a pack of assets (like trees, flowers, bits of ground, platforms, background mountains, etc.) which we use to render locations in the game.  Till now, the client could only load from one location swf at a time, which meant that all the necessary assets had to be one swf, which made them very large and monolithic. Now we'll be able to break those into much smaller groupings which means data can load on demand, rather than requiring it all to load all up-front. And, when we make changes and additions, less data will need to be re-loaded by players who had already cached the relevant location swfs.)
    Posted 15 months ago by stoot barfield Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Stoot hope you and the staff you made sick are feeling better soon! Thanks for the update, it just that we are all so darn excited!!!!
    Posted 15 months ago by Midnight1226 Subscriber! | Permalink
  • @Stoot, thanks for detailed explanation and good luck with testing.:) 

    (and get well soon, all of you with cold)
    Posted 15 months ago by nekomaki Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Stoot - tomorrow instead is okay! We love how hard you guys work to give us something fun. Especially when the work has to do with optimization and (potentially) faster gameplay!
    Posted 15 months ago by That Kid Tyler Subscriber! | Permalink
  • stoot, thanks for the explanation!  (sends chicken soup to the staff. Sure hope you all feel better soon!)
    Posted 15 months ago by Innie✿, Obviously Subscriber! | Permalink
  • so in other words, your trying to reduce load times?
    Posted 15 months ago by Marcm Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Thanks for the information stoot.  I beg you to wait until 2pm PDT tomorrow to open, and I would love you forever if you did!
    Posted 15 months ago by Laurali Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Ah. Ok. I'm surprised the game loads as fast as it does under the circumstances.
    Posted 15 months ago by Fokian Fool Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Thanks for the info, stoot. The wait is understandable - but still awful :) Good luck with your testing!
    Posted 15 months ago by The Pheebs Subscriber! | Permalink
  • thx stoot for some words on the causes. makes it more easy to accept and feels good to hear a real word from staff.
    And best wishes for recovery to you all !!!
    Posted 15 months ago by StevenSoul Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Ouch!  That totally doesn't work for me.  You'll just have to open it today.

    How about this.  You bring it up, I do whatever is necessary to get my house, and then you can take it down and fix your load-y thinggy and I can go back to work too.  Deal?  Cool.  Call me.
    Posted 15 months ago by ArtOfHands RoboGirl Subscriber! | Permalink
  • @Stoot you smarties!
    Posted 15 months ago by Gloopy Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Ahh...That's how it works - very cool and ty for explaining how that works, stoot!!

    And tomorrow the game opening will  be just as cool as it would have been today - so the toothpicks holding my eyes open ty, too :D

    Hope y'all feel better sooner than soon (((HUGS)))
    Posted 15 months ago by sgjo Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I just want to say "thank you" for keeping us in the loop. Of course, I was looking forward to the game starting up today but I'm okay with waiting as long as we aren't kept in the dark. Too many other online games are completely inconsiderate with their players and this is a breath of fresh air.

    Stay healthy, Stoot!
    Posted 15 months ago by Wombat of DOOM Subscriber! | Permalink
  • @Stoot- Thank you for the hard work you are all doing. You oughtta stop passing that cold around though. Can't wait for tomorrow!
     @Princess Pinky- Happy early birthday!

    Thanks for all the birthday wishes! =)
    Posted 15 months ago by Gertie Mack Subscriber! | Permalink
  • 8O ... totally missed seeing Gertie Mack and Princess Pinky's birthday info...ss

    HAPPY early BIRTHDAY to you, both, Gertie Mack and Princess Pinky!!
    Posted 15 months ago by sgjo Subscriber! | Permalink
  • You too Gertie Mack!!! And for everyone else Thanks for the birthday wishes!!!! :D
    Posted 15 months ago by Princess Pinky Subscriber! | Permalink
  • @Stoot fix problems good without rushing. We can wait a while. I know how it feels something to break in last minute. Thumbs up! :)
    Posted 15 months ago by Lilla My Subscriber! | Permalink
  • how very swffy
    Posted 15 months ago by shhexy corin Subscriber! | Permalink
  • @Gertie Mack @Princess Pinky happy early birthday you two. What a great present you will get tomorrow.
     
    @shexycorin :D

    @Staff thank you, somehow you knew I couldn't watch the beloved Sabres/hated Canes tilt tonight and be here as well. You took the appropriate action. Thank you.

    Tiny Speck: Always rolling, even when sick.
    Posted 15 months ago by malo Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Thanks for the info Stoot & sorry about your cold, my Mum warned me about the internet.....she said it was full of viruses :-)
    Posted 15 months ago by Rubyrox Subscriber! | Permalink
  • That sounds like a very good reason for the delay and I am happy to wait on it.  We are all pretty busy in various Forums so this gives us something else to discuss while we wait.  As for me personally, I blame the Pickle.
    Posted 15 months ago by Brib Annie Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Get well soon Stoot and everyone with the cold! Good luck with the rendering changes, sounds like a good thing to do. Personally, I beg you to ignore Laurali and open the game earlier tomorrow so we in the UK can get some play in tomorrow evening ;)
    Posted 15 months ago by Violet Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Hey, I'm no computer whiz but does this mean my splines will reticulate faster?
    Posted 15 months ago by Gertie Mack Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Thanks for the update Stoot - and get better soon all of you. (((Hugs)))
    Posted 15 months ago by Mooquick Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Stoot,
    Feel better (also to any devs who have gotten a cold) and thanks for the update.  Completely above and beyond to give so much detail to us, but I know I appreciate it.  I'm still in awe of a community where there is so much back and forth.  I can't imagine being kept in the loop when I think about other games / software developers.
    I guess I will have to wait until tomorrow to win the game.
    Posted 15 months ago by Wiggles The Fluent Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Can we do a "Chicken Soup for Tiny Speck" campaign here?
    Posted 15 months ago by Fokian Fool Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Marycontrary yoga-frogged a big pot out already. Here's hoping it works!
    Posted 15 months ago by Gertie Mack Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I echo the thanks for letting us know. I can tell you really wanted it to be up today but appreciate your need to get everything working first. I would rather test something you think is ready for prime-time than something with significant known defects.

    Although when I am playing I may lose track of being a beta tester, I need to bear in mind that the reason I signed up was to help TS get this game ready to go live. Any fun I have is actually part of the testing (i.e., it's a defect if the game isn't fun). So, take as long as you need to get it right. I will be ready to test when you open the game.
    Posted 15 months ago by BarryW Subscriber! | Permalink
  • @Stoot

    Glad to see you all are working around some of the flash issues!

    Aside from faster rendering for clients between map transitions and better bandwidth usage due to read-ahead caching, does this mean client-side rendering of location swf's will handle cache more efficiently as well (i.e. reduce plugin-container overhead for expiring content and reduced pre-load requirements)?

    Also, hope you feel better... West Coast colds are a pain to get rid of... I blame it on the morning fog.
    Posted 15 months ago by c0mad0r Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Does Stoot mean that when we go from one location to another there won't be that long delay for the new street to get loaded?  
    Posted 15 months ago by xoxJulie Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Sounds like it'll sometimes be slower and sometimes faster but on average (they're hoping) it'll be faster?
    Posted 15 months ago by EgIantine Subscriber! | Permalink
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