I think it's taking so long because Colin is trying to help out the actual site. That's more important then working on a new battle simulator, when we already have a fully functioning one already. Have you noticed any of the new forum changes around here? Such as upgrading the forums, and the new name change and order preference features? I don't think it's just coincidence that all these new things got programmed in once Colin became an administrator. This is most probably why the simulator is not out a couple months after he said it might be out. Of course, he may have some irl issues also. I'm also very anxious for the new one, but it will come. But in the mean time, we have a perfectly working battle simulator already.Listen, it's understandable we're pretty anxious as shit to see this Simulator out. I understand Colin/Bearzly have there hands full, and it's also volunteer work coming from them. But there was a time given when it was gonna come out September at the earliest, But no hard promises. Tbh, Colin gave to many people high hopes with that. I understand "No hard Promises", But nobody hasn't kept us updated on "WHY" is taking so long. I'm guessing they are either implementing HG/SS and it's keeping the Sim on a delay, or w/e it is. If Colin needs help on this, why doesn't he find somebody else to join the Dev team to speed things up?! Not trying to be selfish, i just think Colin could use all the help he could get right now.
And if it's not to much problem, can we see new screen shots? I wanna have another nose bleed and see so far the new features.
The server is a cross-platform C++ application. The network protocol is much simpler than Shoddy Battle 1's, uses a lot less bandwidth, and overall should make the program much faster (Shoddy Battle 1's protocol is very bloated).
I'll second on that - since it's exactly what I did when I first tried to use Shoddy.To discourage people from asking for battles, the Find Tab should be the default tab that is open when you open the program. A lot of people who ask for battles on the main chat are beginners who don't know how to use all the program's features, so having the Find Tab be the default would help them find battles.
We had originally intended to finish Shoddy Battle 2 by the end of September, and that seemed reasonable at the time. However, my progress slowed down for various reasons, including school and other things. I don't get paid to work on the battle simulator or any other pokemon-related programming project, so I don't feel obligated to meet any particular deadline, and that's why the opening post of this thread said "at the earliest" clearly.
That said, Shoddy Battle 2 is reasonably close to being done. The general battle framework is mostly done. (The incomplete part is stuff like displaying status effects in the client.) Over 99% (actual ratio) of the moves are done. 85% of the abilities are done. Around half the items are done. The remaining work includes a lot of tedious administrative stuff and general "glue" to hold the program together. The thing about large projects is the final "small" amount of work can end up taking a lot more time than you would think, and that's happened here for various reasons. It's my "fault" Shoddy Battle 2 isn't released yet, but as I emphasised above, this is volunteer work. It will be finished when it is finished. (After Doug finishes his damage calculator for the site, which he has been working on for a long time now, so it's nearing completion, he has expressed an interest to help finish Shoddy Battle 2 as well, so that should aid in completion.)
Anyway, I plan to post a more detailed overview of the state of Shoddy Battle 2 later, including some information on what features are in the initial release, and what ones will have to wait for later releases. As for a "release date", I reiterate again that this is volunteer work, but I understand that a lot of people are excited for the program. I may say something more specific when I make my more detailed post.
Thanks everybody for your continued interest, and as I said, I'll be posting some more information a bit later.
Shoddy Battle 2 has not been released yet.is shoddy2 downloadable? if yes, can anyone PM me with the link?