Not A Blog Redux V

[countercruel]

So 2-3 weeks and we should be seeing a release? AWESOMENESS!

[Omnifas]

I wonder what they have to do after they get the game all finished in order to get it into our hands?

Runic Version/Perfect World Version:
Upload to Server hosting the website or third party->Make Announcement->Get the Activation Server ready(likely third party)->enable the link to purchase/download->Post Announcement

Steam Version:
Upload to Steam->Wait for Steam Verification process->Make Announcement->enable download/purchase->Post Announcement on Steam/Site.

All within a single day, maybe 2 or 3 for steam.

[Redrum13777]

I wonder what they have to do after they get the game all finished in order to get it into our hands?

Runic Version/Perfect World Version:
Upload to Server hosting the website or third party->Make Announcement->Get the Activation Server ready(likely third party)->enable the link to purchase/download->Post Announcement

Steam Version:
Upload to Steam->Wait for Steam Verification process->Make Announcement->enable download/purchase->Post Announcement on Steam/Site.

All within a single day, maybe 2 or 3 for steam.

I didnt think it would be so simple and i think they're doing a hard copy somewhere too

[Omnifas]

Physical copy, they'd have to send the "golden" copy to the distributor to create copies on discs, and then the distributor would package and deliver them to retailers. Definitely going to take a little longer.

[CheesyPeas]

Still on track for a PAX release, or at least release announcement, eh?

Thanks for the update, another good read. Get well soon, and here's hoping Act 4 gets shiny in time.

[FalconHeart]

*Matt T made characters save immediately after trading

I can see, what you did there.

For next week, I'll try to write up a few examples of the way tier bonuses work on a few skills, as I'll ideally be all done with those.

I'm really looking forward to this.

Thanks for the update!

[forevernomad]

Always good to read what you guys are up to.

You have to feel pretty good about getting Act 2 finished as well.

Illness aside, is the office a hive of stress and sweat or are you all taking it in your stride?

[Zidders]

*Matt T made characters save immediately after trading

I can see, what you did there.

Yeah, heh. Slick.

[FroKni]

I love the amount of community interaction you guys have, actively changing the game based on feedback and talking back to feedback.

I just love it.

[dreamworks]

While waiting on the release from last winter, i got into PoE. An overly complicated and failed attempt at doing something different with the currency/crafting system just so they can claim their concept is new and special.

Fixed that for you.

ANYWAY

What i meant to say is that i am a clueless reject with a low IQ who can't properly spell my name and i don't have high expectations from myself when i play a game.

I fixed it for you also.

[Vortaka]

Soon, the darkness (left by, ahum, another game that I will not name) will vanish and Torchlight 2 will rise to take it's rightful place, it's rightful rank in the gaming world! (I know, I know, it feels psychological or something, but were early in the morning here!).

Great work runic!

And, for a side note, I really appreciate, more then I thought I would, the Not A Blog Redux. It's just great to follow the game's "making of"!

Continue the GREAT work Runic!

Vortaka

[Serkevan]

I fixed it for you also.

We all know it is easy to fall into the personal disqualifications thing, but let's just keep things civil.
Now, back to your den,please, before you embarrass yourself even more, which is quite hard considering that, for me, you already fall into the category of "mindless hater" and thus have lost all hopes of being taken seriously.

On topic: Nice to see the wait is nearing the end
Gotta love the character save, and can't wait for the skill tiers for my Engy and Zerker!

Also, don't work yourself to death, Mr. Baldree, it's usually not worth it!

[SilverD]

I just love reading these, so awesome!
Travis I hope you feel better!

[WhisperByte]

I don't expect an answer but I'll ask anyway. How much will be available in demo? Cause it would be really good to be able to run through couple of most pc resource taxing areas just to be able to see if my craptop can handle it (in TL1 it has pretty consistent fps but slows down into a slideshow when you are around those waterfalls in cavern levels)

[Atheos]

Looks like it will be very close to "Summer" release .. give or take a week or two (or more).

[Azaael]

Nice short and sweet update-everything seems like it's coming together nicely. Really liking the idea of looking at the tier gear bonuses.

I also want to echo the 'get well' message! Hope you end up on the mend soon!

[ogboot]

Thanks Travis, we really appreciate the updates.

[ArtimusFoo]

so a week to finish skill pass' and then you are going to help with act 3. You started this blog as you were starting act 2 so thats around 5 weeks and going on that some of act 3 is already done and there will be the two of you on it, we will call that 3 weeks at worst. Then the entire team is aplitting to work on the last act, which is shorter so we could call that another 3 weeks to allow for probable problems. So what 7 weeks and we can expect at least a release date?

[Franpa]

@ travisbaldree

Please make sure the game will properly support mice that use Smooth Mouse Wheel Scrolling and that such devices will work properly and not cause the game to react too frequently to tiny movements of the scroll wheel rendering the scroll wheel unusable. There are just too many great game titles released these days without proper support for it :/

A quote from the help file of Microsoft Intellipoint 8:

Some programs do not support scrolling for anything less than a full line at a time, so they do not process scrolling instructions from a smooth scroll wheel correctly. If you have a program that scrolls too quickly, barely scrolls, or lurches forward when scrolling, you can add it to the scrolling assistance list. Then, when you use your mouse with a program that is on the list, IntelliPoint automatically detects the program and modifies the scrolling instructions to send only full lines of scrolling. If the program is later updated to support smooth scrolling, you can remove it from the scrolling assistance list to return scrolling control to the program.

Note: The option this is for, is not available for all Microsoft Mice for some stupid reason and the option this information refers to, depends on the applications exe file checksums so if the game was to ever get updated then the user would have to repeat the process of applying this work around to yet again resolve the problem. (Should the game not properly support smooth scroll wheel functionality in the first place)

Edit: Method 5 described in this article is another source of information about what I speak of. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/303091
Edit 2: I made a separate thread for discussing this that can be found here viewtopic.php?f=30&t=31876

[tekkamansoul]

I need pictures of Runic naked.

Don't ask me why.