Oh well. Easy come, easy go. ZC has lived without Z3 scrolling for a while, so who says the feature can't wait for a while longer? No hurry. But it would've been nice to have. You gotta admit that.
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Thanks Jman. Seriously. You saved us from a long and grueling flaming session.
Hang on, I'm lost here. What's Z3 scrolling?
basically it'd be like attaching a multitude of screens together so that instead of transfering from screen to screen by exiting out their sides, the camera would follow Link across all those screens. Sorta like in LTTP where there were areas that were bigger than just 'one' screen.
Oh, I get it. That would be really nice to have eventually.
I guess what some of it somes down to is: once we release 2.5, are we going to take a break for a few months, or are we jumping right into the next version.
I actually have a proposal that would be pretty cool, apease the masses tired of waiting years between versions, and actually may speed some things up.
What if after 2.5, we do single feature releases. For example, maybe 2.6 only adds Z3 scrolling. It only takes a few days/weeks between versions, and single feature focusing makes DBugging MUCH easier. The downside here is that people constantly need to download new versions, but I'm sure something can be worked out.
....If I had to download a new version every week just to play new quests, I would leave ZC, for sure. Again, think of the dial-up users.
@Amaster42... I wouldn't mind that at all really. And seriously, 4 megs isn't that bad to download, even on dial-up. So I say go for it. Besides, most cable companies charge high speed around 30-40 bucks now. So its more than affordable.
...It takes me 2 to 4 hours to download a 4MB file, and I cannot get a faster connection in my area. Again, think of the dial-up users.
The only major problems that could come of Z3 scrolling are:
- Enemies. How would they be constrained?
- What if you want an irregular shape, such as a cross?
- Rooms. How are they distinguished?
- Warp returns. How will you be placed?