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Next Patch: Targets & Testing

Now that most of the kinks have been worked out of the international side of things, it's time to start thinking about the next patch. This one is likely to be quite a lot of work, and as a consequence of that we're looking at doing some open testing before we set it loose. The preliminary release date for the next patch is the 29th of September 2009. This is not a definite date; depending on how the testing goes it could slip a bit, but the 29th is the current target date.

Back to testing

AirlineSim used to have a comprehensive set of automated tests. This means, most functions of the game had at least one corresponding test which ensured the respective function behaved as it's supposed to. The big advantage of this approach is that you can easily test hundreds of different situations with a simple click of a button. If you apply a change to something at one end of the system which breaks some functionality at another end it's likely to show up in one of the automated tests.

Patch to Version 1.3.20b

Nicosia has been patched to the latest version. Changes this time

Patch to Version 1.3.19b

Nicosia just received a small patch including the first of some changes

Laying a foundation

As mentioned in my last post, doing clean-up work like improving the usability and taking care of the inevitable bug-fixing and performance-tuning, is tedious. Given the prevalent temperatures and the fact that it's Friday I decided this afternoon to pick up some stuff I haven't touched in many months but which is a heck lot more fun than doing the stuff mentioned above: Developing AirlineSim 1.4. This post will be geared a little towards the tech-savvy so it might not be of interest to everyone.