Afterworld Introduction and Upcoming News

[Lavawalker]

Hard to believe no posts in this section.

Ok lets start with one.

AW is an RCE game much like Entropia though on a much more affordable scale that does not involve "dynamic" buffering of the participants funds to achieve large HoF/ATHs etc.

It is a great alternative for those who wish to explore and calculate real profit & loss as you participate in the RCE environment.

Currently under development Afterworld is going through some massive changes with the transfer over to a new 3D platform for version update 10 known as Afterworld Survival.

Here is the some information (News) on Afterworld Survival

> http://talk.afterworld.ru/?showtopic=3940

Here is the media library

> http://www.afterworld.ru/media-lib

Here is the wiki which includes the "First Steps in Afterworld Alpha World" guide.

> http://wiki.afterworld.ru

^^ Please read this as you will save us helping newcomers in Afterworld
answering 40+ of the same question 20+ times a day

Here is the Tutorial site currently being put together

> http://www.awtutorials.com

Here is the sister forum site to this forum also run by Lykke & Peter

> http://www.afterworldforum.com

Youtube Videos for upcoming
Afterworld Survival VU10
2 small areas in Survival to demonstrate the new 3D engine.
Please watch in High Quality to do them justice.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkyyXU086_s&feature=player_embedded"]YouTube- AfterWorld Survival: Backwoods of Siberia[/ame]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70CuicP1d5g&feature=player_embedded"]YouTube- AfterWorld Survival: Lost City of Asia[/ame]

[narfi]

A ok, thanks for your help. There is a land line about 150 miles from my house... :P dont think ill be using it. Roumer is that fiber-optics will be strung here in the next 5 years, but im not holding my breath.

narfi

[Lavawalker]

Afterworld is now in the process of being updated to Alpha World 9.9

The next update will be 10.0 Survival the commercial release world hopefully late this year or early next.

I will post more details on the update once completed later today

One of the main challenges we face with 9.9 is weight limits has been introduced.

Interesting times ahead, no more carrying tonnes of goods in your back pocket.

Update: Servers are now back online

Enjoy!

[Lavawalker]

Previously posted the pre-release information for 9.9

Hello dear players!

It has been quiet these last few months, but we are still here with you.

We are entering the phase of closed testing of the Alpha 9.9 patch.

This is a major rewrite of the whole inventory and storage system, more than 70% of the whole game code/logic has been re-done, and we're running a new database on new powerful servers. This is why it took so long. But it's worth it.

Another reason of development "slowdown" (hey, it's only looking like slowdown!) is because most of our team is working on AfterWorld Survival, and only selected developers are still with Alpha 9.9.

The new inventory routine brings a lot of benefits to us (easier management of the database and game itself) and to you (more functionality with greater performance). No more slowdowns while opening storage and crafting. This new inventory is developed in a such way that it is compatible with Alpha and Survival at the same time.

The first time you open the storage you will still need to wait for some time (still goes quicker than with the previous version), but next time you access the storage (via storage or craft terminal) it will open within a few seconds.

And of course, Alpha 9.9 will include a lot of bugfixes and useful additions here and there.

Here are some screenshots of Alpha 9.9:

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As you may have noticed on the screenshots, we have implemented support for exporting data from inventories and storages.

Here are examples of exported XML files for those of you who plan to use this feature:

Private_inventory_Inventory_20100531.xml ( 12.58K ) Number of downloads: 57

Private_storage_Sar_UG_20100531.xml ( 7.29K ) Number of downloads: 37


Weight implementation is coming together with this update, but the actual limitation will be enabled further down the road so everyone will have a chance to clean up inventory.

Due to the major rework of the game we need to do heavy and detailed testing.

Over the next two weeks selected players will receive an email from support with instructions on how to join testing of Alpha 9.9.

P.S. News on the AfterWorld Survival is coming later as soon as our design team decides to share their work with everyone.