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40k 8th edition?

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murgel

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Hi all,
Have I missed some news?
8th is on the marked for quite some time and I have not heard anything about a data file.

Any word on that?
 
You can post with the rest of us in the 40K forum but the team that worked on 7th has gone silent, even on their own website. Remember that LWD only supply the program. Any data files have to be developed by individuals who want to use a particular game system.
 
As a wise man said once: "If the traditional file designers don't want to do this file, it's time for a new generation of designers to appear."
 
Sorry, I do not have the time to spare. Work consumes most of my time and frankly, the 5 hours I have to spare each month I would prefer to spend playing not programming.
 
Tekwych said:
You can post with the rest of us in the 40K forum but the team that worked on 7th has gone silent, even on their own website.
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per their FB page, a reply they posted on 6/25:

"As to 8th edition, unfortunately I can't give you an update yet as we don't have an ETA. A major change like this does take time, and the team have jobs and families to spend time with. Further updates will be posted, but you'll just have to patient."

But yeah, they haven't responded to other posts since...

Hopefully they get it done in the next couple months. I'm not a particularly huge fan of BattleScribe (tho it's tolerable).
 
I've been building a very basic framework but haven't made it very far yet. I used to work on the 40k files back in the days of 3rd and 4th editions but took a long break from the game. Setting up stuff like detachments is a very new concept to me, so I haven't even taken a whack at that aspect yet. At the basic level, it's a ton of data entry, so very slow and tedious.
 
When you make the 8th edition data file, could you put in a Blank Object for every army that:
1. always causes validation errors that cannot be cleared (will say - using a custom unit)
2. can be renamed
3. can have the stats adjusted
4. and can have points amount adjusted?

The purpose for this is many fold. 1, it allows you add things on the fly that have not been upgraded into 8th datafiles. 2. it allows you to add some custom units for fun.

I tried to get LoneWolf to make an entire blank datasystem like this, but they just ignored me. Just trying to make them money, but whatever.
 
timothy.paterson said:
When you make the 8th edition data file, could you put in a Blank Object for every army that:
1. always causes validation errors that cannot be cleared (will say - using a custom unit)
2. can be renamed
3. can have the stats adjusted
4. and can have points amount adjusted?

The purpose for this is many fold. 1, it allows you add things on the fly that have not been upgraded into 8th datafiles. 2. it allows you to add some custom units for fun.

I tried to get LoneWolf to make an entire blank datasystem like this, but they just ignored me. Just trying to make them money, but whatever.
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Hi Timothy - we can possibly look at this but it would be a lot further down the line - we have to concentrate on getting the core files set up first
 
timothy.paterson said:
I tried to get LoneWolf to make an entire blank datasystem like this, but they just ignored me. Just trying to make them money, but whatever.
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I don't see that LWD could do anything like this. That would be a feature of a game system and would need to be included by the data file creator. The product from LWD is one big blank file to build what ever you want so in essence, the base product is exactly what you are asking for.:)

Also how many blanks would be needed in W40K. One that works in an infantry role, one that works as a flyer, one for Titians, another for fortifications. Just doesn't seam like a reasonable request for work vs benefit. Just launch ABCreator, dupe the profile that is closet to what you want and save it with its new name. Probably be faster than starting with a true blank anyway.
 
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Saw that. Downloaded it. Haven't had time to try it yet.

thanks to Homer and all the guys that worked on it.
 
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