ERT Multiplayer

Monterey · 01-13-08, 12:25 PM

Multiplayer is coming Memorial Day!

Wall Street, Resurgent, and Tesseraction Games
Here's the link:
http://podcast.mktw.net/wsj/audio/20080109/pod-wsjsblink/pod-wsjsblink.mp3

Sonarman · 01-13-08, 05:14 PM

That's great news, will this be "Sink the Hood" or an addon for ERT?

Thanks

Monterey · 01-13-08, 05:36 PM

It will be the original ERT with the addon.....Only I'll be able to sink Pioneer.

Sonarman · 01-13-08, 05:45 PM

will there also be land & ports?

Monterey · 01-13-08, 05:56 PM

Not in the immediate plans. That is going to be reserved for ERT2. There is a SLIGHT possibility of some islands, but no promises. Minimal changes are being made, so as to be able to just get some sort of multiplayer out there for the customers. Multiplayer is what everyone has been chomping at the bit for, for so long anyway.

The really sweet stuff can come with ERT2.

Sonarman · 01-13-08, 07:09 PM

Sounds great... you better get your life preserver ready!

EAST · 01-13-08, 08:29 PM

Actually, the multiplayer is being made a part of the Hotel Da Volta add-on.

timetraveller · 01-14-08, 09:03 AM

Hi there East and company. Long time no see.... life has gotten in the way...

Not trying to be difficult here, but I have to say at this point I am thoroughly confused as to what is offered/what exactly is coming/when/if/HDV/is it available now/will it be available/is HDV now out in May/ERT2...???? Who's on first?

I've read all the posts, and what I can find on the HDV site. Says 3.1% signup so far....I think this is the HDV addon which includes mission editor and file editors (which is what I'm most interested in). Well to me, 3.1% and holding indicates it will not see light of day in the $9.99 form. Now a Wall Street report is thrown in here about release....so if I can't understand it, being one who is familiar with the product and has followed it for lo all these years, methinks the casual user will not get any of this at all and move along without purchase....

Please somebody lay it all out.

Thanks.

TT

EAST · 01-14-08, 09:19 AM

The Hotel Da Volta Add-On (as described in the website) was ready for release Dec 1. Response has been below expectations and below the pre-order release target. Taking a step back from it we recognized that the only add-on for Enigma that anyone was really interested in would be one that included multiplayer. We decided to pull back HDV and refactor it for multiplayer.

The announcement in the WSJ interview was...a surprise. We've been putting all the pieces together to announce it, update the sites, notifiy customers, etc. Until we get the changes implemented, anyone who orders HDV will get the multiplayer version of it for the $9.99. We haven't finalized the new price point for MP-HDV.

No ones credit card will be charged until we either hit the pre-order target or hit our "release it anyways" date.

--East

timetraveller · 01-14-08, 10:16 AM

Thanks East.

TT

01-13-08, 12:25 PM	#1
Monterey Watch Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Tennessee Posts: 16 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	ERT Multiplayer Multiplayer is coming Memorial Day! Wall Street, Resurgent, and Tesseraction Games Here's the link: http://podcast.mktw.net/wsj/audio/20080109/pod-wsjsblink/pod-wsjsblink.mp3 Last edited by Monterey; 01-13-08 at 12:39 PM.

01-13-08, 05:36 PM	#3
Monterey Watch Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Tennessee Posts: 16 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	It will be the original ERT with the addon.....Only I'll be able to sink Pioneer. Last edited by Monterey; 01-13-08 at 08:37 PM.

01-13-08, 07:09 PM	#6
Sonarman The Old Man Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Ayr,Scotland,UK Posts: 1,384 Downloads: 79 Uploads: 0	Sounds great... you better get your life preserver ready! Last edited by Sonarman; 01-13-08 at 07:44 PM.

01-13-08, 08:29 PM	#7
EAST Sparky Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Eugene, OR. USA Posts: 153 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Actually, the multiplayer is being made a part of the Hotel Da Volta add-on. __________________ ENIGMA R.I.P.

01-14-08, 09:19 AM	#9
EAST Sparky Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Eugene, OR. USA Posts: 153 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	The Hotel Da Volta Add-On (as described in the website) was ready for release Dec 1. Response has been below expectations and below the pre-order release target. Taking a step back from it we recognized that the only add-on for Enigma that anyone was really interested in would be one that included multiplayer. We decided to pull back HDV and refactor it for multiplayer. The announcement in the WSJ interview was...a surprise. We've been putting all the pieces together to announce it, update the sites, notifiy customers, etc. Until we get the changes implemented, anyone who orders HDV will get the multiplayer version of it for the $9.99. We haven't finalized the new price point for MP-HDV. No ones credit card will be charged until we either hit the pre-order target or hit our "release it anyways" date. --East __________________ ENIGMA R.I.P.

01-13-08, 05:14 PM	#2
Sonarman The Old Man Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Ayr,Scotland,UK Posts: 1,384 Downloads: 79 Uploads: 0	That's great news, will this be "Sink the Hood" or an addon for ERT? Thanks

01-13-08, 05:45 PM	#4
Sonarman The Old Man Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Ayr,Scotland,UK Posts: 1,384 Downloads: 79 Uploads: 0	will there also be land & ports?

01-13-08, 05:56 PM	#5
Monterey Watch Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Tennessee Posts: 16 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Not in the immediate plans. That is going to be reserved for ERT2. There is a SLIGHT possibility of some islands, but no promises. Minimal changes are being made, so as to be able to just get some sort of multiplayer out there for the customers. Multiplayer is what everyone has been chomping at the bit for, for so long anyway. The really sweet stuff can come with ERT2.

01-14-08, 09:03 AM	#8
timetraveller Beach Leaf Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Atlantic Shipping Lanes Posts: 287 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	Hi there East and company. Long time no see.... life has gotten in the way... Not trying to be difficult here, but I have to say at this point I am thoroughly confused as to what is offered/what exactly is coming/when/if/HDV/is it available now/will it be available/is HDV now out in May/ERT2...???? Who's on first? I've read all the posts, and what I can find on the HDV site. Says 3.1% signup so far....I think this is the HDV addon which includes mission editor and file editors (which is what I'm most interested in). Well to me, 3.1% and holding indicates it will not see light of day in the $9.99 form. Now a Wall Street report is thrown in here about release....so if I can't understand it, being one who is familiar with the product and has followed it for lo all these years, methinks the casual user will not get any of this at all and move along without purchase.... Please somebody lay it all out. Thanks. TT

01-14-08, 10:16 AM	#10
timetraveller Beach Leaf Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Atlantic Shipping Lanes Posts: 287 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	Thanks East. TT