New Developments

[dunkleosteus 2,425]

Hey guys, this is Dunk. If you are new and haven't heard of me, I'm one of the developers of Terrafirmacraft. It seems some stuff has come up with TFC and for the time being, Bioxx is stepping aside in TFC development, and I'm sort of picking up the slack.

What this means: Fewer and less frequent updates. Bioxx is better at introducing new stuff than I am, so a lot of the stuff he handled is pretty much out. It means I'll be expanding out of animals and working on a lot of stuff. Bioxx has promised to keep TFC up to date with current MC releases and update the download section when I add new content.

what I'm going to do: As some of you may have guessed, this means I'll have to essentially let go of the animals I've been working on. Instead, I'll focus on making the game more playable, fixing bugs, tying up loose ends, that sort of thing, smoothing things out and making it more fun. This does not exclude new features, you may find more suggestions making their way into TFC, but I can guarantee that you're total overhaul of TFC suggestion won't make it in.

Thanks

[killster550 401]

good luck, keep up the good work, nice to have you back, and see you around (hop along IRC sometimes maybe?)

Hackett out

[AlmightySquid 72]

Good luck, looking forward to you polishing existing features.

[Winterbrass 18]

As a thought, you could outsource work that you'd wanted to do and put a thank-you in the readme so that things are still getting done at a decent clip.

[ruhl4 24]

Does that mean no RPG-style weight limits in the near future?

[Holy_Shield 17]

I hope he comes back, everyone needs to take a break sometime.

[Menoch 335]

May the Schwarze be with you! I hop the best for you, my friend.

[Kimbblesrath 503]

Welcome back Dunk! Haven't seen you in a while. And as for Bioxx, I hope he comes back soon.

May the Schwarze be with you! I hop the best for you, my friend.

hope* /end Spelling Nazi

[Bob 31]

Everyone needs a break once in awhile. No worries.

Please don't burn yourself out Dunk.

Bob

[Menoch 335]

Welcome back Dunk! Haven't seen you in a while. And as for Bioxx, I hope he comes back soon.

hope* /end Spelling Nazi :D/>

No... I hop up and down for joy when i see a Dunk post. Lol

Thank you Kimb! I wish you were in my phone!

[warfighter67 124]

I hope bioxx comes back soon, but I trust dunk in his direction with TFC!

[dukejuke 47]

I hope bioxx comes back soon, but I trust dunk in his direction with TFC!

That i can guarantee we all do ^^

Dunk keeps up with what happens on the forums (psst protip dunk,

IRC is a helluva good way to find out what people think)

[transcengopher 349]

Just out of curiosity — what will bioxx do in the time? Is there some new projects he wants to work on or is he just took a break from developing to do real life stuff?

[Bioxx 796]

There is no point hiding it I suppose. Work is underway on TFC2, an almost total rewrite of TFC. Those who visit IRC are probably already aware of this as I drop stuff in there time and again. Not going to go into specifics on it right now, but a lot of things will be changing. I'll make a post on the front page explaining why, when the time is right.

[transcengopher 349]

Delightful.

I completely understand why you would rewrite it from the start - sometimes it's just so much code and it's all so much convoluted on itself, that it is much easier on sanity to just dump it all together and go from clean ground.

[dukejuke 47]

That would also allow for potential performance enhancement maybe??

...mhmmmm...

I like the idea of a non lagging TFC very much

[Treyflix 277]

TFC2?! Yikes, this is big news!

[Menoch 335]

Wow! I think I just sizzled my britches! Very good news indeed! But the question stands to be asked... Is TFC2 still using MC or will it be standalone, as I know has been tossed around on the forums before.

My guess is it will be using MC, but hey who knows.

[Kimbblesrath 503]

O__________________________O WOW. That is extremely big , and awesome news. TFC2 Hooray!!

[Sda215 8]

TerraFirmaCraft II? I would love to see this complete-rewrite! When TFCII is released, maybe we can employ a YouTuber (I'm speaking of Direwolf20, here) to review this rewrite?

P.S. - If this post becomes negatively controversial, Dunkleosteus, delete this post.

[Winterbrass 18]

Okay, curiousity is piqued. It might be time to buy Colloquy so I can keep up-to-date.

[ECC 508]

dunk: You better sit on that bloody IRC more now

[MadDoctor5813 4]

TFC2? Wow, I haven't written a single line of code, but I do know that coding something as large as this is very difficult. Good luck on this ambitious endeavor!

[Mephistos_chan 26]

Welcome back Dunk! Haven't seen you in a while. And as for Bioxx, I hope he comes back soon.

hope* /end Spelling Nazi

Menoch has entered the anals of history for inappropriate spelling mistakes and shall be forever stuck, nay poxy'd in my memory.

Changes happen Dunk, I hope you can carry on making TFC even more awesome than it is, maybe young Winterbrass could lend a hand?

[Kalix 9]

Work is underway on TFC2

ALL OF THAT CODE.

Now on a more serious note, I am sure Dunk will keep TFC great and add stuff in the meantime... but my god... to imagine all the code it took in the first place... rewritten...