GWX 2.0 Projected Release Date (Yes Really!)

Kpt. Lehmann · 11-21-07, 06:11 AM

Okayyyy... Where to begin.

As most of you are aware from the GWX developmental update sneak peak threads we've posted over the last few months... we have been working on our final release of the Grey Wolves Expansion for SH3.

Only until now, we had referred to it as the "Version 1.04 update."

About three months ago as we experienced a great deal of pain knowing what we could do, but weren't doing out of concern for the size of an 'update' myself and the senior GWX devs basically decided that since this would be our last organized release for SH3... that we would END THE PARTY WITH A BANG!

GWX 1.04 has basically been a thin cover for a final FULL-GENERAL release... GWX 2.0 will not be an 'update' but instead will totally replace all previous GWX material.

In so doing, we were able to reabsorb a lot of the file weight that was being generated by the original 1.04 update. We've been able to revisit large files previously modded by GWX and improve on them further still... without adding more to the total weight in some cases.

After undergoing roughly TEN evolutions from the alpha through beta states, I am happy to announce that development and testing of the GWX 2.0 mod files is COMPLETE and has yielded a stable mod.

Once these core files are placed in an installer by our programmer, the entire package will undergo a final round of testing to ensure it functions as planned.

Assuming all is well following the final installer tests, we hope to release GWX to Subsim.com on a donations only basis for one week on or about December 9th. All proceeds will go towards the upkeep and bandwidth charges for Subsim.com.

The one-week donations period is being established as a salute to Neal Stevens and out of respect for his efforts in running Subsim.com as a not-for-profit organization dedicated to the promotion of submarine and naval simulations.
All proceeds will go to the upkeep and maintainance of Subsim.com. Subsim.com depends on the good will of its members for continued existence.
No donations will line the pockets of Grey Wolves team members or other mod contributors.
The Grey Wolves Expansion is and will remain freeware and will be made more readily available to the community at large following the one week donation period. Neal Stevens has been our benefactor on more than one occasion during the production of GWX. In my opinion, it is the least we can do.

Following the one-week donation-only download period, we hope to release GWX 2.0 to the general public on December 16th. (As it so happens, December 16th is the one year anniversary of the initial release of GWX 1.0)

Barring real life disasters and unforseen problems... that is our plan.

I can speak for all of the GWX devs and testing crew here... It has been a very long and difficult road... and we've overcome challenge after challenge. There are few here that know what I mean. Each of them has sacrificed something and/or dealt with personal crisis' during the long fight to see it through.

Every one of them has my heartfelt gratitude.

From the first day of work on the original TGW 1.0 a little over two years ago, to now... GWX 2.0 will be our fourth major release.

Words escape me on how huge this feels for all of us. I know it is hard for users to be patient... but the amount of work that went into it will show. There aren't words that can adequately express the dedication that the developers and testing crew for the GWX 2.0 effort have put into the journey we've shared.

The GWX 2.0 Development Team

"AG124" Shipping and skinning

“bigboywooly” Chief of Campaigns, shipping, and mod file compilation
“BlueZulu” Programming and installer instructions
“danlisa” Lead Graphic Artist, web artist
“DivingDuck” 3D modeling, hex editing, and object importation
“Dowly” Graphic Artist, aircraft skinning, environmentals
“ichneumon” Graphic Artist, shipping, lead ship skinner
“JU88” Aircraft 3D modeling and lead aircraft skinner
“Pablo” Chief of R&D (Research and Documentation); mission editing
“Privateer” 3D modeling, hex editing, and object importation
“Ref” Chief of 3D Modeling, hex editing, and object importation

“Rubini” Environmental effects

Testing Crew Leads for GWX 2.0

“Jimbuna” “Chief of the Boat” lead testing and forum moderation; development team liaison; communications

“Penelope_Grey” “Navigator” Lead testing, forum manager, development team liaison

Testing Crew for GWX 2.0

“KeptinCranky”
“Alex”

“Kpt. Munson”

“Melnibonean”
“Etna”

“Packerton”
“Poorsailor”
“GoldenRivet”
“Richi (24th Flotilla)”
“Tarjak”
“Irish1958”
“Joea”

“_Seth_” (reserve tester)
“Beltza (24th Flotilla)” (Reserve tester)

“Mancuso24 (24th Flotilla)” (Reserve tester)
“FIREWALL” (Reserve Tester)

“Caminante (24th Flotilla)” (Reserve Tester)
“Growler66” (Reserve Tester)

We have travelled a million miles...

...and now we are coming home.

I strongly recommend that you buy some new socks.

Kpt. Lehmann
GWX Project Manager

Collected developmental update threads:
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=116843 part 1
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=117511 part 2
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=118211 part 3
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=119741 part 4
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=121331 part 5
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=123357 aircraft

Kpt. Lehmann · 11-21-07, 06:12 AM

reserved

Cohaagen · 11-21-07, 06:16 AM

Jesus!

Samwolf · 11-21-07, 06:33 AM

WOW!!!!! Where do I donate!!!!

Rotor · 11-21-07, 06:36 AM

Life is good!

Anvart · 11-21-07, 06:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rotor

Life is good!

And to live well...
But good to live even (more) better...
On russian:
Жизнь хороша ...
И жить хорошо ...
А хорошо жить ещё лучше ...

STEED · 11-21-07, 06:37 AM

Borgneface · 11-21-07, 06:39 AM

S! Kpt. Lehmann!

On behalf or all SH3 GWX fan, I wish to thank you and all the DEv team for the incredible and fantastic works you have done for us!
I am getting ready for long hours of Download to get this last wonder!

Also got all my tools and docs ready to translate the Manual as soon as available.

Thousand thanks

Jimbuna · 11-21-07, 10:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Borgneface

S! Kpt. Lehmann!

On behalf or all SH3 GWX fan, I wish to thank you and all the DEv team for the incredible and fantastic works you have done for us!
I am getting ready for long hours of Download to get this last wonder!

Also got all my tools and docs ready to translate the Manual as soon as available.

Thousand thanks

French translations are already sorted......but not sure about the manual :hmm:

Phoenix3000 · 11-21-07, 10:47 AM

Excellent news guys!!

I for one congratulate you all on a wonderful piece of work!

GWX has transformed Silent Hunter into an experience the likes of which we could only have dreamt of when the original SH3 was first released. I'm definitely looking forward to seeing what GWX 2.0 offers

Roll on 9th December!

Thanks again,

Cheers!
Px3000

999-Jay-999 · 11-21-07, 07:19 AM

WOW... Well done to everyone.....

thehiredgun · 11-21-07, 06:33 AM

I take this to mean that all previous versions of GWX will be obsolete & we'll just load SH-3,1.4 patch & GWX 2.0 ?

Kpt. Lehmann · 11-21-07, 06:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by thehiredgun

I take this to mean that all previous versions of GWX will be obsolete & we'll just load SH-3,1.4 patch & GWX 2.0 ?

As I already stated above, mate:

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kpt. Lehmann

... GWX 2.0 will not be an 'update' but instead will totally replace all previous GWX material.

Anvart · 11-21-07, 06:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kpt. Lehmann

Okayyyy...

I strongly recommend that you buy some new socks.

...

Kpt. Lehmann
GWX Project Manager
...

Kpt. Lehmann · 11-22-07, 10:33 PM

To all concerned. Please read ALL of the following from the first post, very closely, to remove any confusion.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kpt. Lehmann

The one-week donations period is being established as a salute to Neal Stevens and out of respect for his efforts in running Subsim.com as a not-for-profit organization dedicated to the promotion of submarine and naval simulations.

All proceeds will go to the upkeep and maintainance of Subsim.com. Subsim.com depends on the good will of its members for continued existence.

No donations will line the pockets of Grey Wolves team members or other mod contributors.

The Grey Wolves Expansion is and will remain freeware and will be made more readily available to the community at large following the one week donation period. Neal Stevens has been our benefactor on more than one occasion during the production of GWX. In my opinion, it is the least we can do.

Following the one-week donation-only download period, we hope to release GWX 2.0 to the general public on December 16th. (As it so happens, December 16th is the one year anniversary of the initial release of GWX 1.0)

Barring real life disasters and unforseen problems... that is our plan.

To all, on behalf of the entire GWX Dev team and crew... thank you for your kind words and encouragement. Your good words are sincerely appreciated.

We appear to remain on schedule.

Attention all crew, please report back to the flotilla offices for briefing no later than this Saturday.

11-21-07, 06:11 AM	#1
Kpt. Lehmann GWX Project Director Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: The Republic of Texas Posts: 6,994 Downloads: 124 Uploads: 0	GWX 2.0 Projected Release Date (Yes Really!) Okayyyy... Where to begin. As most of you are aware from the GWX developmental update sneak peak threads we've posted over the last few months... we have been working on our final release of the Grey Wolves Expansion for SH3. Only until now, we had referred to it as the "Version 1.04 update." About three months ago as we experienced a great deal of pain knowing what we could do, but weren't doing out of concern for the size of an 'update' myself and the senior GWX devs basically decided that since this would be our last organized release for SH3... that we would END THE PARTY WITH A BANG! GWX 1.04 has basically been a thin cover for a final FULL-GENERAL release... GWX 2.0 will not be an 'update' but instead will totally replace all previous GWX material. In so doing, we were able to reabsorb a lot of the file weight that was being generated by the original 1.04 update. We've been able to revisit large files previously modded by GWX and improve on them further still... without adding more to the total weight in some cases. After undergoing roughly TEN evolutions from the alpha through beta states, I am happy to announce that development and testing of the GWX 2.0 mod files is COMPLETE and has yielded a stable mod. Once these core files are placed in an installer by our programmer, the entire package will undergo a final round of testing to ensure it functions as planned. Assuming all is well following the final installer tests, we hope to release GWX to Subsim.com on a donations only basis for one week on or about December 9th. All proceeds will go towards the upkeep and bandwidth charges for Subsim.com. The one-week donations period is being established as a salute to Neal Stevens and out of respect for his efforts in running Subsim.com as a not-for-profit organization dedicated to the promotion of submarine and naval simulations. All proceeds will go to the upkeep and maintainance of Subsim.com. Subsim.com depends on the good will of its members for continued existence. No donations will line the pockets of Grey Wolves team members or other mod contributors. The Grey Wolves Expansion is and will remain freeware and will be made more readily available to the community at large following the one week donation period. Neal Stevens has been our benefactor on more than one occasion during the production of GWX. In my opinion, it is the least we can do. Following the one-week donation-only download period, we hope to release GWX 2.0 to the general public on December 16th. (As it so happens, December 16th is the one year anniversary of the initial release of GWX 1.0) Barring real life disasters and unforseen problems... that is our plan. I can speak for all of the GWX devs and testing crew here... It has been a very long and difficult road... and we've overcome challenge after challenge. There are few here that know what I mean. Each of them has sacrificed something and/or dealt with personal crisis' during the long fight to see it through. Every one of them has my heartfelt gratitude. From the first day of work on the original TGW 1.0 a little over two years ago, to now... GWX 2.0 will be our fourth major release. Words escape me on how huge this feels for all of us. I know it is hard for users to be patient... but the amount of work that went into it will show. There aren't words that can adequately express the dedication that the developers and testing crew for the GWX 2.0 effort have put into the journey we've shared. The GWX 2.0 Development Team "AG124" Shipping and skinning “bigboywooly” Chief of Campaigns, shipping, and mod file compilation “BlueZulu” Programming and installer instructions “danlisa” Lead Graphic Artist, web artist “DivingDuck” 3D modeling, hex editing, and object importation “Dowly” Graphic Artist, aircraft skinning, environmentals “ichneumon” Graphic Artist, shipping, lead ship skinner “JU88” Aircraft 3D modeling and lead aircraft skinner “Pablo” Chief of R&D (Research and Documentation); mission editing “Privateer” 3D modeling, hex editing, and object importation “Ref” Chief of 3D Modeling, hex editing, and object importation “Rubini” Environmental effects Testing Crew Leads for GWX 2.0 “Jimbuna” “Chief of the Boat” lead testing and forum moderation; development team liaison; communications “Penelope_Grey” “Navigator” Lead testing, forum manager, development team liaison Testing Crew for GWX 2.0 “KeptinCranky” “Alex” “Kpt. Munson” “Melnibonean” “Etna” “Packerton” “Poorsailor” “GoldenRivet” “Richi (24th Flotilla)” “Tarjak” “Irish1958” “Joea” “_Seth_” (reserve tester) “Beltza (24th Flotilla)” (Reserve tester) “Mancuso24 (24th Flotilla)” (Reserve tester) “FIREWALL” (Reserve Tester) “Caminante (24th Flotilla)” (Reserve Tester) “Growler66” (Reserve Tester) We have travelled a million miles... ...and now we are coming home. I strongly recommend that you buy some new socks. Kpt. Lehmann GWX Project Manager Collected developmental update threads: http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=116843 part 1 http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=117511 part 2 http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=118211 part 3 http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=119741 part 4 http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=121331 part 5 http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=123357 aircraft __________________ www.thegreywolves.com All you need is good men. - Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock Last edited by Kpt. Lehmann; 11-21-07 at 03:29 PM.

11-21-07, 06:12 AM	#2
Kpt. Lehmann GWX Project Director Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: The Republic of Texas Posts: 6,994 Downloads: 124 Uploads: 0	reserved __________________ www.thegreywolves.com All you need is good men. - Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock

11-21-07, 06:33 AM	#4
Samwolf Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: South Carolina, CSA Posts: 684 Downloads: 37 Uploads: 0	WOW!!!!! Where do I donate!!!! __________________ GWX 3, JSGME 2.3, Sh3 Commander 3.2 SH3 Gen 8.1, Water Stream for U-boats, LRT LITE 2.0, Lifeboats for SH3

11-21-07, 06:36 AM	#5
Rotor Torpedoman Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Denmark (Falster) Posts: 114 Downloads: 54 Uploads: 0	Life is good! __________________

11-21-07, 06:37 AM	#7
STEED Lucky Jack Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Down Town UK Posts: 27,695 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 48	__________________ Dr Who rest in peace 1963-2017. To borrow Davros saying...I NAME YOU CHIBNALL THE DESTROYER OF DR WHO YOU KILLED IT!

11-21-07, 06:16 AM	#3
Cohaagen Frogman Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: UK Posts: 296 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	Jesus!

11-21-07, 06:39 AM	#8
Borgneface Captain Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Near La Rochelle - On board U-205 Posts: 540 Downloads: 679 Uploads: 0	S! Kpt. Lehmann! On behalf or all SH3 GWX fan, I wish to thank you and all the DEv team for the incredible and fantastic works you have done for us! I am getting ready for long hours of Download to get this last wonder! Also got all my tools and docs ready to translate the Manual as soon as available. Thousand thanks __________________ Borgneface

11-21-07, 10:47 AM	#10
Phoenix3000 Weps Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: London, England (Usually in a pub...) Posts: 358 Downloads: 49 Uploads: 0	Excellent news guys!! I for one congratulate you all on a wonderful piece of work! GWX has transformed Silent Hunter into an experience the likes of which we could only have dreamt of when the original SH3 was first released. I'm definitely looking forward to seeing what GWX 2.0 offers Roll on 9th December! Thanks again, Cheers! Px3000

11-21-07, 07:19 AM	#11
999-Jay-999 Loader Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 89 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	WOW... Well done to everyone..... __________________

11-21-07, 06:33 AM	#12
thehiredgun Samurai Navy Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Missouri Posts: 581 Downloads: 517 Uploads: 0	GWX 2.0 projected Release date I take this to mean that all previous versions of GWX will be obsolete & we'll just load SH-3,1.4 patch & GWX 2.0 ?