19.0 Beta or Final Release?

[Saffron]

Hello folks,

I just want to find out whether I'm missing something here. Since I don't really get involved with beta testing, I've been holding off downloading any of the beta versions of NWS-FC. However, it's been a very long time since I've heard even a peep about the future of 19.0. No updates, no posts about corrections, no tentative release dates, no bug fixes ... it's almost leading me to believe that the last beta was actually the final version and I missed it somehow. Is this the case?

Thanks,
Saffron

[BlimpCommander]

I think a lot of people are just busy and are trapped in a pattern that somehow makes them even busier over time (like me for example :( ). I think what we need is some fresh people for the dev team.

[Mike D]

Sorry folks, I've been out of the country on and off for several months now so I've been out of touch.

I'm wrapping up the final touches on 19.0 and we'll be having an installer made soon. It big changes is in the sonars. The FC game engine doesn't model sonar real well but we've got it ironed out to a good average. In some cases soars are too weak and in some cases too strong but on the average they work closer to real life. It's now poss able for a ship or a sub pulling a towed array to get a contact dozens of miles away, it will be faint, location may be off and it may drop in and out but that's real world. But it's not perfect.

More coming.

[Saffron]

Hey Mike,

Thanks for the update and I hope you're enjoying your travels. :)

[Citadelvette]

Hey Mike,

Do you think we'll see the SM-3 in any upcoming NWP release? Hope your travels were nice.