Project Snow

[petesky]

*Labradoodle notices a crowd of people camped out outside his office - all scoffing from pic-a-nic baskets* 

[Cutter65]

*Labradoodle notices a crowd of people camped out outside his office - all scoffing from pic-a-nic baskets* 

Crowd looks like the one at the after Thanksgiving sale at Walmart.  LOL

[YogiBear]

*Labradoodle hires extra security to control crowds*

[Matthew K.]

* Labradoodle-360 wonders what people would think about 1.1 being released TONIGHT?!

Edit: here is a preview of some of the controls.

[Eudemon]

holy, i see money dropping 

[TehCraw]

That's called subliminal messaging. Someone is looking for donations.

[Matthew K.]

Here is an update on Project Snow 1.1's development...

I finished my "Project Snow 1.1 'Beta'" which is my final test in which I assure the install and uninstall both work, as well as a clean error log, and settings work and so fourth; this is my last step in the development process before the actual release, so I was just about there.

After installing the Beta on a clean RC4, I noticed a bug in the Load code that I wrote many months back that made some of the toggles not do what they were supposed to. As I already had to re-write that section of the Load.php edit, I decided to clean up the rest, as my coding style has changed since it was originally written, and I've learned some new stuff that better optimized it.

In addition to completely re-coding the Load.php edit (which at my last count was 61 lines) I re-wrote some of the admin settings themselves, to help improve the settings and how they actually worked.

After 4 revisions, I finally have Project Snow 1.1 for RC3 and RC4 working completely error free, and fully optimized.

I do apologize that it's still not released, but as this bug was not expected, nor was I expecting to recode 61 lines of Load code, I figured that was more important than a non-stable, bugged version of 1.1.

However, we are still working hard to get this released before we head off for the night. We still have to work on back-porting this to SMF 1.1.12 along with mod documentation.

SMF Modders Co-Founder & Core Developer,
Labradoodle-360

[Matthew K.]

After 16 revisions it is now snowing on SMF 2.0 RC3, SMF 2.0 RC4, and SMF 1.1.12.

In the morning, screenshots will be taken and the readme will be updated then the release will be submitted for download.

[cryptic3]

whoop whoop

[sharks]

So, after so much time, is this mod out of beta yet and safe to be used? It's the 1st of December... high time for some snow!!

Edit: Labradoodle-360, i just read your replies above. If you need help to beta-test before you release 1.1, feel free to PM me. I am especially looking forward to the 1.1.12 compatible version.

Edit #2: My primary concern is how the snow effect will be generated? How much extra CPU and memory will this snow effect require? In the past, the snow effect php code that i used was very resource intensive so i had to disable that modification from my forum as many of members who had slower PCs complained of considerable slowdowns when visiting my forum.

[Matthew K.]

I could have definitely used a beta tester last night. I was exhausted and hitting a lot of problems I shouldn't have been

But yes, it's finally done! ScottyBoy and I are just finishing up the readme and screenshots then it'll be released.

So, after so much time, is this mod out of beta yet and safe to be used? It's the 1st of December... high time for some snow!!

Edit: Labradoodle-360, i just read your replies above. If you need help to beta-test before you release 1.1, feel free to PM me. I am especially looking forward to the 1.1.12 compatible version.

I have completed the readme. In addition, Scotty and I have worked on fixing a couple of bugs we found still in 1.1 as of this morning which is why it's taking so long. I do believe we are down to one last bug before we're ready to submit it!

[cryptic3]

the excitement is killing me.................

Where Art Thou snow?

[YogiBear]

Shhh, cryptic, we can't rush these things. Have another sandwich from this pic-a-nic basket while we're waiting... 

[cryptic3]

But the BBc says we have lots of snow 

I would love a sandwich but I am on a diet.... I can have the filling but not the bread...

[Matthew K.]

After hours, we FINALLY fixed the last bug - Which actually turned into quite a few! There were multiple things that needed to be fixed in the JS itself. Then I caught a couple coding issues in the Load code.

Scotty is taking screenshots, then we are packaging it up and submitting! Expect to see it within an hour on the SMF Mod site!

[Eudemon]

*Eudemon is eating sandwich and watching snow falling on the screen

nice job,  Labradoodle-360

[TehCraw]

You mean the old version is working for you? We haven't uploaded the package to the mod site yet.

[Eudemon]

i downloaded the one that says update: today, on mod site
anyways i didn't install it
i was watching it at the source website

[Matthew K.]

I know some of my "planned" release times have been thrown off. It will be out tonight, without a doubt, for SURE.

Some of these delays have been caused by things in my life needing to take priority to Project Snow, but most of the delays have been due to us finding more things to fix - Some being bugs, some being major things we considered enough to delay to fix.

Right now, I am waiting for Scotty to get back on, I need to look into one more thing with him, then it hits 1.1 public release.

[Eudemon]

relax, no need to rush
there is still a long way til Christmas
im happy to see it finally coming out
but im not that impatient  so take ur time