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Yesssssss...

6 (11.5%)

No! It's gonna be my Christmas present!

4 (7.7%)

Yes!

0 (0%)

My last final is the 22nd, so it ought to come out the 21st

0 (0%)

When it's ready^(tm)

42 (80.8%)

Total Members Voted: 52

Voting closed: December 20, 2016, 03:21:42 AM

[Soychi]

Just a thought that's been swirling around in my head ever since an earlier forum post regarding the update cycle. I would not be surprised to discover if Alex has some dark power granted by an evil god, as his game and community are much like Rasputin, and will not die. Seeing as that paints it in a darker light, I infer his powers may be aspected to darkness, and so on the winter solstice will be at their most powerful, making it a likely candidate for the release. Let me know what you guys think, any alternatives you have in mind, and so on.

[Dri]

Most things point towards the patch not making it in December. Santa probably took a Salamander up the tailpipe and won't deliver the patch till Jan. or Feb.

[Nick XR]

Feb 21st

Any game released now will virtually guarantee developers fixing stuff during xmas, which is a PITA no programmer wants.

[Gothars]

No chance. I'm afraid it's very unlikely it will release this year. Alex is still implementing new features, alone all the balancing and testing after that will take more days then this year has to give.

Luckily the Steam sale starts in a week and my wishlist has many entries this time

[Clockwork Owl]

Brace your wallet... the Sales are coming!

[Voyager I]

0.7 was first announced in early April and released in mid November, making for a cool 6 1/2 months of anticipation.  Of course, 0.7 was revealed shortly after the final updates to version 0.6 and was probably the largest update so far in terms of expanding the scope of the game, so it's reasonable that there was still a lot of work to do at that point.  0.8 looks to be an even larger expansion of the game and required the development of entirely new systems like the procedural sector generator in addition to other new features that Alex hasn't even revealed to us yet, so I wouldn't expect it particularly soon.  The good news is that he's been quietly plugging away at this one for the better part of a year already, so it's probably closer to completion than 0.7 was at its announcement unless implementing something proves to be more complicated than he expected (which is entirely possible given the stated scope of the additions).

I'd guess 2-3 months, though not with any real authority, and if it's sooner than 2 months I'll eat a sock.

[TheDTYP]

If I had to make an educated guess, I'd say we're getting it around March, unfortunately.

[Seth]

Those patch notes really killed my mood, I'll explain why:
Most changes seem so fantastic that playing current version of SS doesn't feel so appealing anymore, and if by any chance update will roll out in Feb or Mar, I still can't imagine this game without all these amazing mods I have, so until all that stuff will be updated, I fear I'll have to wait about 6+ months to fully enjoy Starsector 8.0a...

[Elijah]

I came to the forums attracted from the last dev blog to make your exactly same thread. I'm heart-broken now, though!

[Sutopia]

Will there be 0.79 for us to just have a quick glimpse of what's going on ?

[Bastion.Systems]

I am getting conscripted at the start of the next year so no 0.8 for me for the next 11 months 

[Midnight Kitsune]

I am getting conscripted at the start of the next year so no 0.8 for me for the next 11 months 

Ouch...
Let's get together and send this man a laptop with SS .8.2 on it!

[Doom101]

I am getting conscripted at the start of the next year so no 0.8 for me for the next 11 months 

Ouch...
Let's get together and send this man a laptop with SS .8.2 on it!

IF you're serious, i shall aide in this endeavor

[Midnight Kitsune]

I am getting conscripted at the start of the next year so no 0.8 for me for the next 11 months 

Ouch...
Let's get together and send this man a laptop with SS .8.2 on it!

IF you're serious, i shall aide in this endeavor

I wish I could do that... Sadly, I am broke. I DO have a laptop sitting around but it is well worn and runs SS even worse

[Soychi]

Any minute now....