The Energon Pub

Goodie goodie!

Okay, so this actually just became news to us, and given the timing ... *looks suspiciously at GS*

This is what we (the Mods) know from a e-mail we just received from Ryan.

Omega Sentinel has stepped down as the site's HMW programmer.

So I guess i'll answer the question that everyone will want to know.

Q: What does this mean for the future of HMW and HMW2?
A: I don't know. I cannot answer that at this point in time.

Like always, when we know something we'll post it. Until then just keep carrying on with your lives because the world is NOT ending.

Burn wrote:So it's an update you'll be wanting then?

There is one, expect it soon.

And i'm not screwing you around either this time.

IMPORTANT UPDATE!??!!!



Burn pulls chains, and is related to the boy who cried wolf

Film at eleven.....heh

Easy now, Burn has told you everything we know but sadly its not good news.

OS has said he doesnt have the time to spend on the new game but HMW is not going away, Ryan has said its a permanent fixture here we just need to find someone who can replace him.

As we learn more we'll tell you guys, and make a proper annoucement when we have caught up.

yea, i know,.....guess I shoulda put a smiley instead of a "heh" at the end to emphasize the joke a bit more, heh (and i guess my large font would LOOK kinda prick-ish if ya didnt know I never take anything seriously)

Burn is still related to the boy who cried wolf though,...i have a family genealogy report....or something

still sucks though,...maybe we can just have the unfinished product that some of you mod type people have been beta testing? I'm playing another game over at imperion.org (formerly space-project.net) and that's in a beta right now as well.

So who all thinks we should get a HMW2 BETA version for ourselves? I like bugs

Give him 4 months, OS will be back on the job.

In all seriousness, this kinda sucks. We seriously need someone that knows progamming that has the time to finish what OS has started or at the very least fix this version of HMW. I know RoS said that he is an experienced programmer but I don't know how much time he has to spend on fixing HMW/programming HMW2. If he does have the time, maybe he could sit down with OS discuss what is done and what needs to be done for HMW2.

Of course this is all based upon Burn not yanking our chain and trying to get us to stop asking questions all the while the final touches are being put on HMW2 for a late August/early September release date. I really doubt that is the case though since OS's name is no longer highlighted.

Now is not the time to panic, but if you happen to know someone who can code ...

My coding experiences have been limited what I have done with the AWC (ie tinkering around with code that was given to me), C++ course in college (freshman level course), and assembly language coding for my microcontroller course (doen't even come close in helping in this situation). I can be a helper, but not the outright coder for this.

Well it looks like I won't be waiting until HMW2 to fully relaunch the AWC. Better go get busy with that.

yay bugs!

seriously. this is bad news. is OS willing to give up what he has of v2 for a start for the next guy?

ummm... well this is disheartening. oh well.

I hate comparing HMW2 to Duke Nukem Forever, but it looks like it just happens...

I suggest that if somebody takes over the project, simply rename it to HMW3, because 2 seems to be cursed...

It better not be like Duke Nukem Forever










And yes the AWC is still active. We are taking applications. Just PM me or any other AWC member. We will be happy to help you out.

hell, I'd offer my coding, but I haven't held an IT oriented job in over 4 or 5 years,...burnt myself out on the crap,...I built and ran a local music equipment shop webstore and it was mainly PHP, SQL, HTML, and Java. (the site is still up and hasn't been updated in forever but for posterity it's http://www.mooresmusic.net i doubt that would qualify me at all haha)

now I just sell tools at Sears haha,...(it's hella less stress than ANY tech-type IT job I've held)

Maybe Ryan should post something over on getafreelancer.com to have people bid for the job,...he can get some quality work done for the cheapness! well not cheap,...but probably about the same cost as,...i dunno a couple dozen lean cuisine pannini's haha ....seriously ryan go check that crap out man.

vaporretarder wrote:hell, I'd offer my coding, but I haven't held an IT oriented job in over 4 or 5 years,...burnt myself out on the crap,...I built and ran a local music equipment shop webstore and it was mainly PHP, SQL, HTML, and Java. (the site is still up and hasn't been updated in forever but for posterity it's http://www.mooresmusic.net i doubt that would qualify me at all haha)

now I just sell tools at Sears haha,...(it's hella less stress than ANY tech-type IT job I've held)

Maybe Ryan should post something over on getafreelancer.com to have people bid for the job,...he can get some quality work done for the cheapness! well not cheap,...but probably about the same cost as,...i dunno a couple dozen lean cuisine pannini's haha ....seriously ryan go check that crap out man.

I'm under the impression the job doesn't pay. otherwise someone would just get it done. It seems more like a pro-bono side job if anyone can handle it

Name_Violation wrote:I'm under the impression the job doesn't pay. otherwise someone would just get it done. It seems more like a pro-bono side job if anyone can handle it

That's the problem, it's more of a side job that takes up most of your free time without pay. You have to really like programming and be willing to put in the time, plus liking transformers helps.

Ive made the offical annoucement here and we dnt need 2 threads about the same thing.

Please feel free to continue the discussion there, we're as in the dark about this as you guys are so any ideas are greatly recieved.