Every time we think we've got everyone in the game, someone else sends me a message on our forums that vaguely suggests they can't, so here's what we're going to do dudes.
If we're going to track down the last remaining bugs preventing people from getting into the game, what we need from you is to tell us exactly what's going on. I mean exactly what you see, none of these "it doesn't work" business.
Grey screen? Black screen? Words on the screen? Does it stay there indefinitely or does it eventually kick you back to the login scene? All that stuff. If you can, Maybe even upload an image for us to see if you can.
And also, I know I said /goto Castle 1, but stop going to Castle 1 immediately. Because everyone went to Castle 1, and now that area's too full of stuff. We very much appreciate the stuff people are doing in the game and so on, but nobody is striking out on their own, they're all trying to build within a one-mile radius of wherever we're having them spawn now and that's just re-clogging stuff up until we can push the big patch we want to bust that loose.
Oh, and please place all this stuff in the tech support part of the forums below.
Thanks!
http://www.divergence-online.com/phpbb3/viewforum.php?f=23
Wednesday, October 7, 2015
Tuesday, October 6, 2015
Divergence: Online Hits Steam Greenlight!
As promised, Divergence hits Steam Greenlight today! Thanks to all who helped us get to this milestone, and we can't wait to take this project even further than it's gone before with your help, so follow the link below and click "Yes" damnit! XD
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=530659232
Divergence Hits Steam Greenlight Later Today!
Dear friends,
After much consideration and weighing of all possible ramifications, we've come to the conclusion to go ahead and list the game on Steam Greenlight later today.
The decision comes mostly due to major changes to indieGoGo's features and policies that we were previously unaware had taken place. The details aren't that important, but what is important is that because of these policies, our campaign two years in the making is currently burried on the equivalent of page 10 on their site, and even more unbelievable... It's burried beneath dozens of old campaigns dead and burried years ago. We're still waiting on an explanation as to why a currently live campaign would take a back seat to dozens of campaigns, many of which ended two or more years ago, but in the meantime, the complete and total lack of exposure is murdering us. This cannot continue.
Therefore, we've made the decision to push our plans to Greenlight Divergence ahead of schedule to supplement IndieGoGo's vacuous exposure with Steam's in an addempt to drive traffic to our IndieGoGo "before it's too late".
Steam Greenlight does not mean we're planning on launching the game this month, or even next month. It's simply an introductory step that everyone already knew we were going to have to take to get the game on Steam eventually; We're just choosing to do it now and use that exposure to help benefit the game and finance our combat module before we even think about an official launch.
Therefore what we're asking is for everyone who's supported this project from the beginning and feels as we do that it could end up changing the face of MMORPGs, to help us greenlight the game on Steam and if they have time, say a few kind words to offset the all-but-guaranteed tsunami of trolls that any newly listed game on Steam is certain to attract.
We're never going to stop, but we can't do it alone. You've given us your money, you've given us your patience, and we hope we've at least shown that with us, you always know exactly what we're doing with the trust and resources you've given us, so we hope later today you'll help us turn a current state of struggle into a success.
Thanks for reading and keep an eye out for the steam announcement!
-Ethan Casner
After much consideration and weighing of all possible ramifications, we've come to the conclusion to go ahead and list the game on Steam Greenlight later today.
The decision comes mostly due to major changes to indieGoGo's features and policies that we were previously unaware had taken place. The details aren't that important, but what is important is that because of these policies, our campaign two years in the making is currently burried on the equivalent of page 10 on their site, and even more unbelievable... It's burried beneath dozens of old campaigns dead and burried years ago. We're still waiting on an explanation as to why a currently live campaign would take a back seat to dozens of campaigns, many of which ended two or more years ago, but in the meantime, the complete and total lack of exposure is murdering us. This cannot continue.
Therefore, we've made the decision to push our plans to Greenlight Divergence ahead of schedule to supplement IndieGoGo's vacuous exposure with Steam's in an addempt to drive traffic to our IndieGoGo "before it's too late".
Steam Greenlight does not mean we're planning on launching the game this month, or even next month. It's simply an introductory step that everyone already knew we were going to have to take to get the game on Steam eventually; We're just choosing to do it now and use that exposure to help benefit the game and finance our combat module before we even think about an official launch.
Therefore what we're asking is for everyone who's supported this project from the beginning and feels as we do that it could end up changing the face of MMORPGs, to help us greenlight the game on Steam and if they have time, say a few kind words to offset the all-but-guaranteed tsunami of trolls that any newly listed game on Steam is certain to attract.
We're never going to stop, but we can't do it alone. You've given us your money, you've given us your patience, and we hope we've at least shown that with us, you always know exactly what we're doing with the trust and resources you've given us, so we hope later today you'll help us turn a current state of struggle into a success.
Thanks for reading and keep an eye out for the steam announcement!
-Ethan Casner
New Power Grids Video Online!
New video showing the basics of power-grid establishment and management is online!
Sunday, October 4, 2015
Flashlights, Fix For Black Screen Woes, and New Videos
We're aware that as time goes on, it get's harder and harder for some people to get into the game world and we know why it's happening -
Too much stuff has been built directly outside of the starting cloner in the woods and if you see the black screen for an extended period, it simply means your internet bandwidth bottleneck is insufficient to pipe it all into you before you time out of the game.
We'd planned on optimizing the data stream even more as time went on but we didn't realize how quickly people would start building really big things right in front of where you spawn.
To rectify this, we're doing two things;
For right now, a quick solution until we can push out a new patch tomorrow or the day after, here's what you can do to get into the game:
When you're at the black screen with my super-cool phrase on it, you can still chat believe it or not, therefore you can still use chat commands, including our temporary "goto" command used to sneak across the world super fast.
Just type in "/goto Castle 1" exactly as it's written there without the quotation marks and caps-sensitive. That'll instantly teleport you to a location that we'd planned to keep secret for the time being; A community "sandbox" area with semi-flat ground that all contributors at or above the $100 level can start building with Ferrocrete once we have that video out.
Again, ignore the fact that it's ugly, it's just a GM testing area, but that should get you ingame at least.
We'll update you again with a more permanent solution in the next few days :)
In addition to this, new in the game is a highly requested "Flashlight". We're adding these as actual craftable objects in the game in the near future, but for right now, night time pisses people off so just press L on the keyboard and voila, let there be light :)
In addition, for those who don't already know, we've uploaded new videos detailing the working of several game features to help you get started. Our next video, detailing factories will be released either today or tomorrow if all goes according to plan. Help spread the word!
Too much stuff has been built directly outside of the starting cloner in the woods and if you see the black screen for an extended period, it simply means your internet bandwidth bottleneck is insufficient to pipe it all into you before you time out of the game.
We'd planned on optimizing the data stream even more as time went on but we didn't realize how quickly people would start building really big things right in front of where you spawn.
To rectify this, we're doing two things;
- Optimize all data coming to and from your client and the server.
- Move existing structures (I mean the really big stuff, like that half-finished castle right in front of the starting area) to a newer, more open area until we can optimize it even more.
For right now, a quick solution until we can push out a new patch tomorrow or the day after, here's what you can do to get into the game:
When you're at the black screen with my super-cool phrase on it, you can still chat believe it or not, therefore you can still use chat commands, including our temporary "goto" command used to sneak across the world super fast.
Just type in "/goto Castle 1" exactly as it's written there without the quotation marks and caps-sensitive. That'll instantly teleport you to a location that we'd planned to keep secret for the time being; A community "sandbox" area with semi-flat ground that all contributors at or above the $100 level can start building with Ferrocrete once we have that video out.
Again, ignore the fact that it's ugly, it's just a GM testing area, but that should get you ingame at least.
We'll update you again with a more permanent solution in the next few days :)
In addition to this, new in the game is a highly requested "Flashlight". We're adding these as actual craftable objects in the game in the near future, but for right now, night time pisses people off so just press L on the keyboard and voila, let there be light :)
In addition, for those who don't already know, we've uploaded new videos detailing the working of several game features to help you get started. Our next video, detailing factories will be released either today or tomorrow if all goes according to plan. Help spread the word!
Tuesday, September 22, 2015
Divergence Announces new PVP-Optional Server Stretch Goal!
We've had so many articles come out wherein hundreds, if not thousands, of
people make mention in some form that they "would contribute if it weren't for
the open-pvp", that we've completely re-evaluated the situation and came up with
a potential solution that could benefit everybody!
The game, as it sits right now, has no PVP. Remember, that's the point of
this IndieGoGo; To add top-shelf combat to our top-shelf crafting and other
awesome features.
We've decided to officially announce our first stretch-goal as an
additional "PVP-Optional" server. The new server will have some PVP, but it'll
be consentual unlike our primary server. Players on the new server can either
spend their days harvesting, crafting, dancing, playing as non-combatants, or
flag themselves for PVP with a "TEF" and engage in an afternoon of RvR
fun.
What's a TEF?
A "TEF" or "Temporary Enemy Flag" occurs either intentionally, by flagging
yourself via chat command, or by performing certain actions. A few of those
are:
- Healing or buffing factionally-combative players in a state of PVP.
- Killing or harming faction NPCs, such as town guards of an opposing faction.
- Being forcefully ejected from a player city or establishment where you are unwelcome.
Essentially, if you're playing just to craft, harvest, dance, or even if
you're healing or aiding other players (so long as they are not recently engaged
in PVP), you can no longer be harmed, debuffed, or otherwise negatively affected
by other players.
Won't this require your current game code to be
changed, and how soon would this be available?
Running a secondary "PVP-Optional" server will not require significant
changes to combat, since that's already the focus of our IndieGoGo, there is
none! It will simply require more resources to be directed at developing the
aforementioned "TEF" system. This is something we're more than prepared to do
for the players, so long as we don't have to detract money from the overall
development of the game to do it. Therefore, what we decided to do was add a
brand new stretch goal to invite the players to make it possible for us to
develop this "optional PVP".
What we hope this'll do, is give all those people who write us and say "I'd
contribute but... Open PVP" a way of putting their money where their mouth is.
while simultaneously funding both the game itself, and the style of gameplay
they prefer. We could bring it online even before our Steam release for
testing.
There will be a few minor differences between the two geared mainly to
gently nudge people towards our primary server, such as story events, and GMs
playing notable NPCs and faction leaders on the primary server, but as far as
game mechanics and features are concerned, they both get the same content.
Additionally, we're experimenting with the idea of allowing characters to
transfer between servers if they meet certain stipulations and even keep their
character names, so long as it can be done in a manner that neither rewards nor
penalizes the practice.
What if people contribute specifically to make the
PVP-Optional server happen, but then it doesn't meet that stretch
goal?
In that case, depending on how close it comes to the goal, we'll either
elect to do the PVP-Optional server regardless of that fact, or we'll offer
refunds to those people. Basically in either scenario, you can't lose :)
Thanks again for all your support guys, and let’s make this damn game
happen!
-Ethan Casner
Monday, September 14, 2015
Divergence Stage 3 IndieGoGo is LIVE!
After more than two years of backbreaking labor, Divergence's Stage 3 IndieGoGo is finally live!
The first video ended up being over 16 minutes long after we'd already condensed it down as much as physically possible, so we hope there's enough in there to tide people over until the next video goes live tomorrow :)
Thanks again for all your help and support guys; we couldn't have done it without you.
Check back tomorrow for the first of many instructional videos, and remember you can always download the latest build of the game at www.divergence-online.com/download
I'll also be bringing the game forums back online within a day or two and make an announcement on that, just as soon as the latest PHP is finally updated on them, as well as our public Teamspeak server info!
-Ethan
The first video ended up being over 16 minutes long after we'd already condensed it down as much as physically possible, so we hope there's enough in there to tide people over until the next video goes live tomorrow :)
Thanks again for all your help and support guys; we couldn't have done it without you.
Check back tomorrow for the first of many instructional videos, and remember you can always download the latest build of the game at www.divergence-online.com/download
I'll also be bringing the game forums back online within a day or two and make an announcement on that, just as soon as the latest PHP is finally updated on them, as well as our public Teamspeak server info!
-Ethan
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