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Next release

How big will the next release be?

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a GIGABYTE

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Thanks a lot. I hope you have fun.

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We cannot say that for now.

Depends how large the ships, textures, sounds and voices are. There will be of course update files, but I really don't know how big the next one is...

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A very good question. We use a new compression method called iterative packing.
We rar the stuff , then we rar the rar , then we rar the rar of the rar and so on till the whole release only measure 1 byte.

Then we provide it as download and you have to deflate it 25.357 times.

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Just thought because my internet connection will be gone for month or two but I would still like to get the new files. A friend of mine could download them (with 56k) and burn them to CD but he won't do it if the files are very big.

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LOL, don't worry...in one or two months there will be no new release...

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Of course I'm presuming that you will publish them in two months.

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Darn. Yeah, stupid me.

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To answer the next queston before someone asks it for the thousdanth time.

The second release will come out sometime after the first release. Since first release is out, it will be coming sometime.

Capiche?

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The release date is firmly set at some point before the end of existance... though this is also subject to change.

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i reckon your probably looking at about 60-70Mb for the second release, though this could vary quite a lot.

then you'll have the additionals

a music upgrade say 15Mb ?

some more animations (but done completely differently this time) say 15Mb (for 10-15 animations)

large textures upgrade, about 10Mb

so something similar to the current version i think

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Am I glad that I have DSL...

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I sooooooooooooooooooooo wish that i had DSL. What is the cheapest i can get it for? Scotsdale AZ area.

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Is scotsdale very big??? I'm thinking about visiting there... me and my Axe.

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