MOST RECENT SOLECISMIC RELEASE UPDATE (12/16/05) - Page 2

WrongWay · 12-17-2005, 03:31 AM

I thought for sure Solecismic would of released a "Gold" edition of their games by now. The Gold edition would contain both TCY and FOF2004 for one low price. But, maybe you can't do that with e-license games?

korme · 12-17-2005, 06:03 AM

fof 2006/07 please.

Tekneek · 12-17-2005, 08:09 AM

TCY, IMO, would seem the ideal candidate for a new release.

At any rate, it would seem we are probably 6 to 7 months away from learning anything substantive about this anyway, right?

stevew · 12-17-2005, 09:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Dutch

Fixed it for you.

HA is a chinaman?

Kodos · 12-17-2005, 11:52 AM

Cringer · 12-17-2005, 02:35 PM

Glad to hear some news on this. A nice welcome home from the work week for me. Now I can go ahead with what I have TCY wise for the Imperial League and not have to worry about cutting it short anytime real soon since it will be 6 months to a year it sounds like.

And I am surprised Jim isn't moving until October, I don't get to read everything so maybe that is wht I thought it was happening fairly soon.

Raiders Army · 12-17-2005, 03:59 PM

Doesn't matter in the grand scheme of things, but I vote for FOF as well.

Coltfan Chris · 12-20-2005, 08:29 AM

Just to chime in- I vote for FOF2006!! I just don't find college football that enjoyable, and I work at a University. Granted, we have a crappy team, but it's more than that. With the college game, players turn over every 3-4 years. You just settle on a starter and . . . he graduates or goes pro. Bummer. With the pro game, you get to take some chances on young, but promising talent and work on developing them for 5-6 years. That whole volatility thing is wonderful!! So, please Jim, FOF 2006. Please?

Cheers,
Coltfan Chris

DaddyTorgo · 12-20-2005, 02:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Coltfan Chris

Just to chime in- I vote for FOF2006!! I just don't find college football that enjoyable, and I work at a University. Granted, we have a crappy team, but it's more than that. With the college game, players turn over every 3-4 years. You just settle on a starter and . . . he graduates or goes pro. Bummer. With the pro game, you get to take some chances on young, but promising talent and work on developing them for 5-6 years. That whole volatility thing is wonderful!! So, please Jim, FOF 2006. Please?

Cheers,
Coltfan Chris

i agree with this wholeheartedly. although i do find bbcf enjoyable. but there's no way i'd buy 2 college games (i say that now although i probably would). but i'd rather have a pro one

ZXTT · 12-22-2005, 12:45 PM

FOF - I just find pro football much more interesting.

falios · 12-22-2005, 09:37 PM

Shameless little plug, but I know a little town about 45 minutes west of Ann Arbor that is looking to grow and would be a great spot to raise your new son Jim. The town has been in the media a lot lately and would no doubt be a fine fit with plenty of land to develop. Anyways, just a shameless little plug.

Mo.Raider · 12-24-2005, 02:33 PM

I would vote for a pro version also. I tried the demo of TCY and Bowl Bound, and just can't get into them like the pros. Of course I have been stuck on FOF 2001 and haven't upgraded to FOF 2004. I downloaded the demo and think I will make the jump soon. I like the interface better in FOF 2001 plus expansion, but after playing the demo of FOF2004 I think enough changes have been to justify an upgrade at $24.95 (which is more of an attractive pricepoint for a downloadable text sim).

bselig · 12-26-2005, 04:31 PM

Was hoping for a new product, but probably makes too much sense for an independent studio to work on an existing code base. My vote is for the pros.

Chubby · 12-27-2005, 01:22 PM

TCY MP, k thx

Cringer · 12-27-2005, 01:47 PM

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Originally Posted by bselig

Was hoping for a new product, but probably makes too much sense for an independent studio to work on an existing code base. My vote is for the pros.

FOF and TCY have so much room to grow that I see no reason for Solecismic to depart from them.

vex · 12-27-2005, 01:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Chubby

TCY MP, k thx

Word.

Toddzilla · 12-27-2005, 03:45 PM

It's gotta be TCY. Pro Football, for the most part, hasn't changed all that much since the last release. College Football, however, has had a major shift in the conference landscape which makes TCY way out of date and in most need of an update.

Klinglerware · 12-27-2005, 04:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Toddzilla

It's gotta be TCY. Pro Football, for the most part, hasn't changed all that much since the last release. College Football, however, has had a major shift in the conference landscape which makes TCY way out of date and in most need of an update.

tru dat

Dutch · 12-27-2005, 09:23 PM

My guess is that FOF2k5 would be a less "painful" update than TCY2.

TazFTW · 12-28-2005, 12:18 AM

TCY NEEDS multiplayer.

Qwikshot · 12-28-2005, 11:39 AM

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Originally Posted by TazFTW

TCY NEEDS multiplayer.

MARS...NEEDS...WOMEN!!!!

Toddzilla · 12-28-2005, 12:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Qwikshot

MARS...NEEDS...WOMEN!!!!

Mars Needs Guitars

Ben E Lou · 12-29-2005, 11:56 AM

Bump. Un-stick. Linked in reference thread (post 12 for now...first post in thread will be updated at some point in the relatively near future)

Chubby · 12-29-2005, 01:29 PM

if it turns out to be FOF, there needs to be a MP league import function no matter how long it takes

Northwood_DK · 01-03-2006, 07:07 AM

Just saw this in the Bowl Bound Developer Chat.

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Q: So whats the status of the pro football sim?
Arlie Rahn- Once I get through these update with BBCF, I will start looking at a pro football sim.

EagleFan · 01-26-2006, 11:16 PM

Wow, wopuld love to see a TCY update with MP. That would get me back in the sim league mode. Just think about having a fully functional pro and college sim league running simultaneously with players progressing from college into the pros. That makes me need a kleenex.

sooner333 · 01-27-2006, 01:15 AM

pretty amazing i missed this the first time around...good stuff.

JeeberD · 01-28-2006, 12:34 PM

Whoa, an EagleFan sighting!

Dutch · 01-28-2006, 12:45 PM

My favorite part of the news.

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As we enter 2006, Solecismic Software remains strong. Our goal is to provide cutting-edge sports simulations with clean, simple interfaces. We're not going to waste valuable development time with expensive graphics. We will continue to work on presenting as much information as humanly possible on each game screen, in ways that are clear and easy to understand.

Ben E Lou · 01-28-2006, 12:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Dutch

My favorite part of the news.

Word.

Buccaneer · 01-28-2006, 01:14 PM

One of the industry standard rule of designing user interfaces that are clear and easy to understand is to not to present as much information as humanly possible.

Dutch · 01-28-2006, 01:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Buccaneer

One of the industry standard rule of designing user interfaces that are clear and easy to understand is to not to present as much information as humanly possible.

It all depends on how organized the information is. If it's cluttered, yeah, too much info is bad. But if it's a spreadsheet, there is definately room for improvement over FOF2k4.

CraigSca · 01-28-2006, 02:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Dutch

My favorite part of the news.

Agree wholeheartedly. Keep the game engine as incredible as it is without kludging it up by having 3-D buttons and animations that are merely a distraction.

And don't make it take 25 years to sim a day.

Schmidty · 01-28-2006, 02:14 PM

Yay. Another spreadsheet game. Woohoo.

FOF2006: Brought to you by Microsoft Excel.

Poli · 02-27-2006, 05:12 PM

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Originally Posted by falios

Shameless little plug, but I know a little town about 45 minutes west of Ann Arbor that is looking to grow and would be a great spot to raise your new son Jim. The town has been in the media a lot lately and would no doubt be a fine fit with plenty of land to develop. Anyways, just a shameless little plug.

I remember reading this post and wondering what the story was of the little town. I got the rest of the story yesterday.

Shkspr · 02-27-2006, 07:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Schmidty

Yay. Another spreadsheet game. Woohoo.

FOF2006: Brought to you by Microsoft Excel.

Don't worry, Schmidty. There's bound to be some other football simulation produced someday with 3D graphics and customizability and stuff.

Schmidty · 02-27-2006, 07:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Shkspr

Don't worry, Schmidty. There's bound to be some other football simulation produced someday with 3D graphics and customizability and stuff.

Heh. Maximum sarcasm.

I don't want all that crap though. I just want a game that doesn't make it feel like working. I see enough spreadsheets at work, that by the time I get home, I have no desire to fire up a game that feels more like a inventory list than an inventory list does.

I know that the guts of FOF are awesome and I still love it and will always support it, but I don't think it has to be so spartan. Heck, I'm not even asking for interfaces like GD puts out (although I like them), I just want something half-way pleasant.

Shkspr · 02-27-2006, 07:32 PM

I'd kill for a little XOR-style action in my FOF too, I have to admit.

Poli · 02-27-2006, 07:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Shkspr

I'd kill for a little XOR-style action in my FOF too, I have to admit.

No doubt. I've been waiting all my life for one of these.

Shkspr · 02-27-2006, 07:52 PM

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Originally Posted by ardent enthusiast

No doubt. I've been waiting all my life for one of these.

Poli · 02-27-2006, 08:03 PM

You would have to get specific, wouldn't you?

Passacaglia · 02-27-2006, 08:08 PM

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Originally Posted by ardent enthusiast

I remember reading this post and wondering what the story was of the little town. I got the rest of the story yesterday.

What was the story?

Poli · 02-27-2006, 08:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Passacaglia

What was the story?

I'm afraid I can't share that, though it is impressive and interesting.

Passacaglia · 02-27-2006, 08:17 PM

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Originally Posted by ardent enthusiast

I'm afraid I can't share that, though it is impressive and interesting.

Well at least tell me the name of the city!! Don't let a Michigan guy down only a few days after his birthday!!

JeeberD · 02-27-2006, 10:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Schmidty

but I don't think it has to be so spartan.

I'm amazed that the UM guys haven't jumped all over this...

Poli · 03-02-2006, 09:53 AM

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Originally Posted by ardent enthusiast

No doubt. I've been waiting all my life for one of these.

This was on my advancement test. Good thing I posted it.

RedKingGold · 04-26-2006, 09:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Solecismic

Not bad. Twelve minutes from updating the web site to a new item here, and another ten for a sticky.

I see this as a compromise solution. The "no news whatsoever" tact worked fine as long as I was releasing games fairly frequently. However, it has become too much of a distraction in and of itself.

I have been working on updates to both games. I have not fully focused on either and don't have anything close to release. I have also taken a lot of time off in the last couple of years, I've been helping design our new home as completely as possible. And before that, I just needed some time off, so I only worked on patches and tried a couple of new things (one of which is the free ftp program on my site).

For the next couple of months, I'm going to work on interface stuff. I just received my copy of Visual Studio 2005, and that will open up a few new things for me. Hopefully, by the end of February, I will make my choice, contract necessary artwork, and continue with the intensive programming. I do not have a perspective release date, though I do know that we intend to move sometime around October 1, so I will try and avoid that time period for the heavy work (or Angela will kill me).

And it is now April...............................................

Celeval · 04-26-2006, 09:11 PM

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Originally Posted by RedKingGold

And it is now April...............................................

Which likely means Jim has made his choice.

He doesn't typically announce these things.

RedKingGold · 04-26-2006, 09:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Celeval

Which likely means Jim has made his choice.

He doesn't typically announce these things.

I know...but its fun to stir up the crazies every once in a while....the jbmagic's of the world (pre-Quiksand-tutoring)

And I can't forget about the clowns and those who go the wrong way in life on this forum.

Michelle Wie Haters Unite!

Solecismic · 04-26-2006, 09:16 PM

I thought I'd fire up the old TRS-80 and work on my graphics tonight. Nice to know people still care.

12-17-2005, 02:35 PM	#56
Cringer Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Edinburg,TX	Glad to hear some news on this. A nice welcome home from the work week for me. Now I can go ahead with what I have TCY wise for the Imperial League and not have to worry about cutting it short anytime real soon since it will be 6 months to a year it sounds like. And I am surprised Jim isn't moving until October, I don't get to read everything so maybe that is wht I thought it was happening fairly soon. __________________ You Stole Fizzy Lifting drinks! You bumped into the ceiling which now has to be washed and steralized, so you get NOTHING! You lose!

12-24-2005, 02:33 PM	#62
Mo.Raider H.S. Freshman Team Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Missouri	I would vote for a pro version also. I tried the demo of TCY and Bowl Bound, and just can't get into them like the pros. Of course I have been stuck on FOF 2001 and haven't upgraded to FOF 2004. I downloaded the demo and think I will make the jump soon. I like the interface better in FOF 2001 plus expansion, but after playing the demo of FOF2004 I think enough changes have been to justify an upgrade at $24.95 (which is more of an attractive pricepoint for a downloadable text sim). __________________ "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me."

12-29-2005, 11:56 AM	#73
Ben E Lou Morgado's Favorite Forum Fascist Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Greensboro, NC	Bump. Un-stick. Linked in reference thread (post 12 for now...first post in thread will be updated at some point in the relatively near future) __________________ The media don't understand the kinds of problems and pressures 54 million come wit'!

01-28-2006, 12:34 PM	#78
JeeberD General Manager Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: The Town of Flower Mound	Whoa, an EagleFan sighting! __________________ UTEP Miners!!! I solemnly swear to never cheer for TO

01-28-2006, 02:14 PM	#84
Schmidty Coordinator Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Early, TX	Yay. Another spreadsheet game. Woohoo. FOF2006: Brought to you by Microsoft Excel. __________________ Just beat the devil out of it!!! - Bob Ross

12-17-2005, 06:03 AM	#52
korme Go Reds Join Date: May 2001 Location: Bloodbuzz Ohio	fof 2006/07 please.

12-17-2005, 08:09 AM	#53
Tekneek Pro Rookie Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: USA	TCY, IMO, would seem the ideal candidate for a new release. At any rate, it would seem we are probably 6 to 7 months away from learning anything substantive about this anyway, right?

12-17-2005, 11:52 AM	#55
Kodos Resident Alien Join Date: Jun 2001

12-17-2005, 03:59 PM	#57
Raiders Army Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: The Black Hole	Doesn't matter in the grand scheme of things, but I vote for FOF as well.

12-20-2005, 08:29 AM	#58
Coltfan Chris n00b Join Date: May 2005	Just to chime in- I vote for FOF2006!! I just don't find college football that enjoyable, and I work at a University. Granted, we have a crappy team, but it's more than that. With the college game, players turn over every 3-4 years. You just settle on a starter and . . . he graduates or goes pro. Bummer. With the pro game, you get to take some chances on young, but promising talent and work on developing them for 5-6 years. That whole volatility thing is wonderful!! So, please Jim, FOF 2006. Please? Cheers, Coltfan Chris

12-22-2005, 12:45 PM	#60
ZXTT n00b Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Beaverton, OR, USA	FOF - I just find pro football much more interesting.

12-22-2005, 09:37 PM	#61
falios n00b Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Lower Michigan	Shameless little plug, but I know a little town about 45 minutes west of Ann Arbor that is looking to grow and would be a great spot to raise your new son Jim. The town has been in the media a lot lately and would no doubt be a fine fit with plenty of land to develop. Anyways, just a shameless little plug.

12-26-2005, 04:31 PM	#63
bselig n00b Join Date: May 2005	Was hoping for a new product, but probably makes too much sense for an independent studio to work on an existing code base. My vote is for the pros.

12-27-2005, 01:22 PM	#64
Chubby Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Syracuse, NY	TCY MP, k thx

12-27-2005, 03:45 PM	#67
Toddzilla Pro Starter Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Burke, VA	It's gotta be TCY. Pro Football, for the most part, hasn't changed all that much since the last release. College Football, however, has had a major shift in the conference landscape which makes TCY way out of date and in most need of an update.

12-27-2005, 09:23 PM	#69
Dutch "Dutch" Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Tampa, FL	My guess is that FOF2k5 would be a less "painful" update than TCY2.

12-28-2005, 12:18 AM	#70
TazFTW Pro Rookie Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Honolulu, HI	TCY NEEDS multiplayer.

12-29-2005, 01:29 PM	#74
Chubby Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Syracuse, NY	if it turns out to be FOF, there needs to be a MP league import function no matter how long it takes

01-26-2006, 11:16 PM	#76
EagleFan Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Mays Landing, NJ USA	Wow, wopuld love to see a TCY update with MP. That would get me back in the sim league mode. Just think about having a fully functional pro and college sim league running simultaneously with players progressing from college into the pros. That makes me need a kleenex.

01-27-2006, 01:15 AM	#77
sooner333 College Starter Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Norman, OK	pretty amazing i missed this the first time around...good stuff.

01-28-2006, 01:14 PM	#81
Buccaneer Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Colorado	One of the industry standard rule of designing user interfaces that are clear and easy to understand is to not to present as much information as humanly possible.

02-27-2006, 07:32 PM	#88
Shkspr College Benchwarmer Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Amarillo, TX	I'd kill for a little XOR-style action in my FOF too, I have to admit.

02-27-2006, 08:03 PM	#91
Poli FOFC Survivor Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Wentzville, MO	You would have to get specific, wouldn't you? __________________ Cheer for a walk on quarterback! Ardent leads the Vols in the dynasty forum.

04-26-2006, 09:16 PM	#100
Solecismic Solecismic Software Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Canton, OH	I thought I'd fire up the old TRS-80 and work on my graphics tonight. Nice to know people still care.

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