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Spack
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Old October 16th, 2013, 09:56 AM
The Space Marine files are being worked on, and have been for some time. The guys working on them are volunteers who have a life outside of creating the files, and the new codex requires pretty much a ground up rewrite. It has gone through a couple of rounds of internal testing and issues are being worked on before they can be released. There isn't an ETA, it's a "when it's done" and that's all I can say on it right now.

And it's not just the Space Marine codex being worked on. What many of you may not be aware of is how this impacts other lists - for instance, Imperial Armour lists that share units with the Marines, other Marine variant codexes that partially share units; these have to be worked on too, it's not just a case of slapping together a few files for one codex.

Also to address Kikasstou's post - the volunteer groups who create the files do not get paid. When you pay for AB, you pay for the software itself.

And to mabbs - I don't work for Lone Wolf, if you have issues with how they advertise their software then address it to them, not me. I'm simply a volunteer who helps out the AB40k guys, nothing more. See how it says "Volunteer Data File Author" under my name, not "Lone Wolf" like staff members have. And if you bothered to check the FAQ on the LW site in the AB section, it says:

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3. When will data files for game system XYZ be completed/updated?

Unfortunately, this is a question we simply can't answer. Data files for most game systems are written by volunteers. These volunteers work diligently to complete the data files as quickly as possible and keep them updated. We supporting the authors to the best of our ability, but the completion of data files is ultimately outside of our control.
which makes it pretty clear that LW don't create the files themselves, and are therefore not part of the AB software.

Any announcements about file releases will be on http://www.ab40k.org and the Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/ab40kmaintainers (announcements from the forum site are normally automatically posted to FB within an hour or so).

Dan
AB40k Site Admin
http://www.ab40k.org - home of the AB40k maintainers

Last edited by Spack; October 16th, 2013 at 10:28 AM.
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