Adam Ryland Posted October 16, 2017 Share Posted October 16, 2017 Here is the second progress report on WMMA5 so that everybody knows where we are with the project. The Status Of The Game The game itself is pretty much finished. The interface still needs to be completed and there's a few very minor parts that need polishing, but for the most part it's fully working and done. The game went into testing a few weeks ago and everything is going extremely well in that regards. Feedback on the changes and new features has been very positive and the team are making good progress at finding and fixing bugs. The Release Date As mentioned in the previous Progress Report, the expected release date for WMMA5 was December or January. That still holds, although I'm pretty sure we're going to go for a January release at this point. The reason that we'll likely take the extra time is twofold. Firstly, there is simply so much new content that it's going to take quite a while to properly test every new feature. The second is that I'd like to have at least a full month of hardcore testing on a 100% complete game with 100% complete data, so January will likely work better for that. The Default Data As some people have asked, I can confirm that the default data will be set one year on from WMMA4. There will be some slight retconning in that a lot of the new characters will have been fighting at the local scene for a few years and so technically would have been in the WMMA4 game world but weren't. However, everything major from WMMA4 - title changes, previous results, etc - remain unchanged. One thing that you will be getting is full histories for each company for the year that has elapsed. So that will be every event and every fight recorded and visible in the database. On top of that, every fight has been simmed using the game engine, so everything will fit nicely within the framework of the game. The Developer's Journal Finally, I can confirm that the popular Developer's Journal will start next week on the 23rd. This will be where all the new features and changes will be revealed and discussed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackman Posted October 16, 2017 Share Posted October 16, 2017 Glad to see you're especially excited about it. I was expecting it to be some sort of WMMA4.5 with more fan-service in the form of tourneys and less contactual hassle, but it seems it'll be much bigger than that. Nice to see at least partial histories to elapse the time between games. Hopefully we can get some people together to make a full history mod for those that desire this. If you feel like doing a little release competition: perhaps it could be fun to let the forum members anticipate the title holders for the major promotions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
javier_83 Posted October 16, 2017 Share Posted October 16, 2017 thanks a lot for the news!! will be glad to star reading the development journal!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Judoku1819 Posted October 16, 2017 Share Posted October 16, 2017 <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Adam Ryland" data-cite="Adam Ryland" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="44288" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>every fight has been simmed using the game engine, so everything will fit nicely within the framework of the game.</div></blockquote><p> </p><p> Happy to see this. Was pretty frustrating in the last game that a lot of the new champions (Bobby Brubaker, for instance, who dethroned Julio Regueiro) would lose immediately and never be an elite level fighter. Made the feat of beating a legend to win the belt feel pretty hollow.</p><p> </p><p> The hype for WMMA 5 is very real for me. Cant wait to read the dev journal.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freakywwe Posted October 17, 2017 Share Posted October 17, 2017 The landscape of MMA in real-life has changed so much since WMMA 4 was released, can't wait to see the new features!<img alt="" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/biggrin.png.929299b4c121f473b0026f3d6e74d189.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WCW Mark Posted October 17, 2017 Share Posted October 17, 2017 Very excited for the full histories and the new characters. Shame it's going to be a January release as I have three weeks off for Christmas but will have little free time in January, but I'd rather see a fully tested and working product so that's fair enough Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarslArts Posted October 17, 2017 Share Posted October 17, 2017 I'm so hyped for this. To read that there will be a developer's journal next week is awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iceisle Posted October 17, 2017 Share Posted October 17, 2017 Thanks for the update. Looking forward to the journal, as always. The way you handled it with TEW2016 in particular was excellent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayne28 Posted October 17, 2017 Share Posted October 17, 2017 My body is ready! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grits207 Posted October 17, 2017 Share Posted October 17, 2017 Can't wait! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donners Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 Good to hear. I always enjoy the developer journals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nephrinn Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 Definitely excited about the developer diary starting next week! Can't wait to see all the new features! <img alt="" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/biggrin.png.929299b4c121f473b0026f3d6e74d189.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattandbenny Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 <p>Sounds great, cant wait for the game. </p><p> </p><p> I prefer the real world mods so will probably hold off buying till one of them is out.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
We are APW Posted October 21, 2017 Share Posted October 21, 2017 Marvellous - nice surprise to pop back in here and see we're two days off a Dev Journal starting. They're always a highlight. Best wishes with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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