RunUO Community -
As many of you have been asking about ConnectUO and it's future I wanted to publicly address what we have decided and know at this point.
First and foremost... I appreciate the conversations I've had with a lot of you in private, the frankness of the conversations gives me hope that this community still remembers it's roots as a free software development community and know we can and will see our way through any and all obstacles that come our way.
On to the details...
ConnectUO will have a future. We debated canning the name but the reality is what else are we going to name a shard portal? So... ConnectUO it is. How it will work is a whole different story...
Our initial step into getting this done will revolve around building and maintaining an all new site at ConnectUO.com This site will be a custom developed portal which will allow you to register and maintain your shard and provide potential players the ability to find a shard they are interested in, simply click the button on the site and play it.
Instead of building and maintaining a "thick client" on the computer we've long since recognized the proper model was to simply move as much of the functionality of ConnectUO to the web as possible. The reality is trying to maintain a website and application for the sake of logging into shards is just downright silly in the long run.
When we were deciding on how to make the "magic" happen on the client side we thought the most prudent route was not to re-invent the wheel. Over the next few days we will be pushing a Razor update which will have a small feature pack which will enable it to work with ConnectUO.com's upcoming revamp. This will enable you to click a button at ConnectUO.com (or a shard's website) and immediately get launched into their shard.
The initial iteration of ConnectUO v3 will not contain the ability to apply a patch. We understand the importance of patches for custom shards but as of now our goal is to get the portal done and basic log in functionality working.
Patching will be coming in the future, just please be patient.
The portal features and functionality will be a surprise to everyone when we get there...
Overall I know the decision to discontinue ConnectUO (in its former iteration) was a dissapointing one for many of you, I also realize not having patching in our first re-release of ConnectUO isn't the greatest news you're getting but the reality is for just under 24 hours of development we've made a ton of progress up to this point.
ConnectUO's portal will remain at http://www.connectuo.com and it's forums will remain here.
Thank you for your continued support of RunUO and our affiliated projects.
Regards,
Ryan
As many of you have been asking about ConnectUO and it's future I wanted to publicly address what we have decided and know at this point.
First and foremost... I appreciate the conversations I've had with a lot of you in private, the frankness of the conversations gives me hope that this community still remembers it's roots as a free software development community and know we can and will see our way through any and all obstacles that come our way.
On to the details...
ConnectUO will have a future. We debated canning the name but the reality is what else are we going to name a shard portal? So... ConnectUO it is. How it will work is a whole different story...
Our initial step into getting this done will revolve around building and maintaining an all new site at ConnectUO.com This site will be a custom developed portal which will allow you to register and maintain your shard and provide potential players the ability to find a shard they are interested in, simply click the button on the site and play it.
Instead of building and maintaining a "thick client" on the computer we've long since recognized the proper model was to simply move as much of the functionality of ConnectUO to the web as possible. The reality is trying to maintain a website and application for the sake of logging into shards is just downright silly in the long run.
When we were deciding on how to make the "magic" happen on the client side we thought the most prudent route was not to re-invent the wheel. Over the next few days we will be pushing a Razor update which will have a small feature pack which will enable it to work with ConnectUO.com's upcoming revamp. This will enable you to click a button at ConnectUO.com (or a shard's website) and immediately get launched into their shard.
The initial iteration of ConnectUO v3 will not contain the ability to apply a patch. We understand the importance of patches for custom shards but as of now our goal is to get the portal done and basic log in functionality working.
Patching will be coming in the future, just please be patient.
The portal features and functionality will be a surprise to everyone when we get there...
Overall I know the decision to discontinue ConnectUO (in its former iteration) was a dissapointing one for many of you, I also realize not having patching in our first re-release of ConnectUO isn't the greatest news you're getting but the reality is for just under 24 hours of development we've made a ton of progress up to this point.
ConnectUO's portal will remain at http://www.connectuo.com and it's forums will remain here.
Thank you for your continued support of RunUO and our affiliated projects.
Regards,
Ryan