How many updates until 1.0?

[RavenousArchive]

I'm not asking for an amount of time. They've made it very clear that they don't want to give an amount of time, and I dont expect them to either. What I want to know is, updates are numbered, and the way theyre presented seems like each one is a step that they have in mind. Is it meant to be like, Update 7 is 0.7, 1.0 release will be when update 10 happens? How much relative progress towards the final goal does each update represent, and how much of that goal has and hasn't been achieved yet?

[Fenix]

See there could an update 10 (v0.10) 11, 12 etc... we don't know.
I doubt the Devs could say for sure.
But I'd say we are 90% to 95% to the final product (just talking about what is in update 8)
This is just my guess, and I could be completely wrong.

[nfgman]

They said updates would probably be smaller than the big updates in the past.

[cboath11]

I am thinking, hoping?, that they are finishing up the game to exit EA but will still be some months before then. Like summer or such next year.

[info]

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[RavenousArchive]

Originally posted by info:

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that sounds about right

[Haerken]

Updates < Googolplex

[Ranayna]

My guess:
We will get an Update 9 on experimental, which will turn into 1.0 on release.

But until we get to that Update 9 on experimental and see what is included there, we will just have no way to know.
It very much depends on what the devs still want to implement into the game. If it *is* a full Phase 5 more complex than Phase 5 that might still take a long time.

But i somehow doubt that there will be that. Current Phase 4, especially Thermal Propulsion Rockets, is already very complex. Unless more ressources besides SAM Ore are implemented, i cannot see many much more complex chains.

One guess might be that we need to build something to send any artifacts we find to space.
I see two possible scenarios there:
Ficsit wants the artifacts, and to savely send them we need to build some kind of containment unit that supresses their influence.
Or the Pioneer succumbs to their influence, and the artifacts want to be spread into the universe. For that me might be required to build individual launch pods.

[*****GameFolder]

Originally posted by info:

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Remember your towel.

[Mihle]

No one knows, but from what they have stated, I believe 1.0 will be update 10 or 11.
I believe what they have stated they want to to is too much for just one or one and a half update, but its not enough for 4 more.

[Evilsod]

Originally posted by Fenix:

See there could an update 10 (v0.10) 11, 12 etc... we don't know.
I doubt the Devs could say for sure.
But I'd say we are 90% to 95% to the final product (just talking about what is in update 8)
This is just my guess, and I could be completely wrong.

Close means nothing when ultimately we have no idea if they might suddenly decide to make some more big changes.

I last played this game over 2 years ago, planning to wait for the final release before giving it another playthrough so I didn't burn out on it. The fact the devs STILL aren't confident enough to give an estimate is getting ridiculous at this point.

[RavenousArchive]

Originally posted by Evilsod:

Originally posted by Fenix:

See there could an update 10 (v0.10) 11, 12 etc... we don't know.
I doubt the Devs could say for sure.
But I'd say we are 90% to 95% to the final product (just talking about what is in update 8)
This is just my guess, and I could be completely wrong.

Close means nothing when ultimately we have no idea if they might suddenly decide to make some more big changes.

I last played this game over 2 years ago, planning to wait for the final release before giving it another playthrough so I didn't burn out on it. The fact the devs STILL aren't confident enough to give an estimate is getting ridiculous at this point.

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The fact that they won't even give a rough percentage of what has been added vs what still needs to be added is what annoys me, and is sort of what I was asking about in terms of how many more updates there will be. If they really do have a solid vision for 1.0, as they claim to have, I don't buy that they can't give us any idea of how much work still needs to be done to achieve that vision.

[Mihle]

Originally posted by ♥LibrarianPrincess♥:

Originally posted by Evilsod:

Close means nothing when ultimately we have no idea if they might suddenly decide to make some more big changes.

I last played this game over 2 years ago, planning to wait for the final release before giving it another playthrough so I didn't burn out on it. The fact the devs STILL aren't confident enough to give an estimate is getting ridiculous at this point.

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The fact that they won't even give a rough percentage of what has been added vs what still needs to be added is what annoys me, and is sort of what I was asking about in terms of how many more updates there will be. If they really do have a solid vision for 1.0, as they claim to have, I don't buy that they can't give us any idea of how much work still needs to be done to achieve that vision.

Some things end up taking plenty longer time than expected, the engine upgrade done in update 8 is one example of that.

[info]

Originally posted by *****GameFolder:

Originally posted by info:

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Remember your towel.

Never, ever go anywhere without it.

[Flash✪Gordon]

another discussion to get closed

[Evilsod]

Originally posted by Mihle:

Originally posted by ♥LibrarianPrincess♥:

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The fact that they won't even give a rough percentage of what has been added vs what still needs to be added is what annoys me, and is sort of what I was asking about in terms of how many more updates there will be. If they really do have a solid vision for 1.0, as they claim to have, I don't buy that they can't give us any idea of how much work still needs to be done to achieve that vision.

Some things end up taking plenty longer time than expected, the engine upgrade done in update 8 is one example of that.

An engine upgrade is a bit of a special case and not something they likely expected to undertake.

The game *should* be closing in on a final state. There should be no more massive, sweeping changes to come. I'm not expecting them to put a date down, or even a week/month. A quarter perhaps. Or "first half of '24". Anything!
Is it really so much to expect the dev to have something they're working towards and be willing to commit to it when they're supposedly not far off completion?