To all potential beta testers - I am very tentatively setting a beta release date of 1/1/09 for the Merchant Fleet Mod's 2nd beta release (American & British Merchant Fleets). This is basically a wild guess - I might have it done on 12/26 (unlikely) or two weeks into January (also unlikely - probably too pessimistic). Depending on how stable it is I might distribute the beta to the entire community. Work will obviously continue, with patches, better damage modeling, more ships, and new nationalities (Holland, Denmark, Japan, etc). In fact the MFM will probably always be a work in progress. Nevertheless, there's light at the end of the tunnel. To think I once thought this would take me a month or two!
Merry Christmas, and thanks for putting up with me for two years.
