What happend to iEra
 

Since if been gone for awhile I now see that iEra is faltering. What happen to it it used to flourish over everything, what happened?

PR team is bigger than Dev.

Unfortunately this is correct.
We lost devs to other servers, or they resigned/got fired.

I'll work for iEra's gani team <3

The growing number of problems persist that strain players to decide whether they want to stick it out or not. Though the playercount will be high on some weeks around 3k, we are losing some players who have been with us for years because of things like the lag which just seems to keep getting worse each year in my opinion.

Lag is a problem too, but we've done all we can with scripts to try and fix this.
Unfortunately, that could only really be fixed by toonslab upgrading the hardware

In order to get a chance to be in Gani Team, contact Grief Hero.

What happened to iEra? A 70$ gun happened.

Heard he resigned?

Not according to our account list, but that could be outdated.

Yeah we need scripters to make progress, so it's slow going when we rely upon what we have. But onward and upward. Things'll come out soon.

Cool to hear you're still with iEra *waves*

Yea. Basically we need more scripters and developers. Also when the trailer was released for countryside, there was a massive buzz. That has died down now and people have lost hope in it

I'm still alive.

iEra should hire me pls.

That would make my day :love:

Maybe you can charm him into it :)

Someone showed me a thread of you saying your goodbyes.

But he's back now :)

Dope.

<3 Miss you

Haha, not sure what chance I have getting back in given some 'do gooder' will alert unixmad I'm part of graal reborn the moment I step in the door.

Yeah snk said no :( it was bound to happen though.

Just name yourself Trixctb and I'm sure no one will notice.

This is genius, I'm not sure why I never thought of it earlier.

this

Go on strike, force them to upgrade :p

Staff who went on strike about the hardware issues would be fired and replaced swiftly I would think.

Uh, oh no.

Replaced with who? Lol, anyone who posses talents to work for a server, either do or don't want to. That's why PR team is overflowing and dev team is lacking on really any server.

Graal thrives off of conning people to work for free. If there is no one who knows how to do the jobs required, Graal goes away simply because they don't hire professionals and rely heavily on volunteers.

The flaw with this approach is that you are limited only to the people that actively take in content from Graal, and out of those, the ones who are willing to learn what it takes to dev. Which if anyone has been paying attention, is dwindling lower and lower as the time goes by. People would much rather take the easier approach by calling themselves a "PR".

Fun fact, Graal needs scripters, however those that do know how to script don't help or share that knowledge with others in a widespread basis (this could be because it is harder to teach scripting, idk I don't script, just speaking on what I've noticed over the years). Compare that to something like GFX or LAT, anyone can pick that up because that community is larger and people get help and feedback quickly alas helping them improve.

If you need more scripters, train some :)

That's why Testbed is now a hosted server.

That being said it's hard to just 'learn' GS2 because let's face it, it's a poorly implemented language. It requires access to a server to even debug. In my opinion this is the main reason there's a lack of scripters, it's not an accessible language.

Toonslab couldn't give a toss about the old development tools, or even real documentation. Discounting the function lists you can find on the bible, there's no 'real' documentation. To combat the very obvious scripter drought Toonslab should have either adapted their older tools, or even recreated them from scratch, to be compatible with GS2 or have real and thorough documentation created by a professional. I assume they have the resources to do that.

The community created tutorials either finish too early, not covering all of the essentials, or focus on aspects that aren't helpful for server creation. Some just aren't complete.

I wish it was as easy as just 'training' scripters =/

And yeah, getting volunteers to assist in creating Graal servers and moderate them probably makes Toonslab laugh their way to the bank lol. I understand that they do employ some people though, outside of the Graal community.

P.S I'm aware that GS2 needs a server because it talks to the NPC-Server etc. I'm sure that an editor could be created that could have a modified NPC-Server emulated inside it.

I was added on Testbed by my friend Deshi but I have no idea how to start off learning GS2, no one ever teaches me how.

Pretty sure FP made a little emulator for simple GS2. Might only be for the stuff in his tutorial though.

#rehire the king jatz

Then let them replace. It won't end very well for them. A large scale strike would accomplish the goal of essential upgrades which I'm sure toonslab can afford. This would work if people really did care about the server over their own reputation.

Same.

exactly same as all servers (keen on repetitiveness instead of progression on stuff)

Fp4's guide is a very simple and easy one to look at.

Take a look here.

Then, start practicing on testbed or another server on the dev. After reading his guide then you'll get an easier view of GS2.

I do share what I know and always have. I'm only a PM away after all, and I keep my eye on the General Graal Development forum for newer scripters that need some help :(

Be my sensei and teach me your arts of scripting then! :'( :'(

Traitor!

Nevertheless, the next big release is obviously new town - which will absolutely be worth the wait. Less original content is being worked on so they can open space on previous projects, which is a good step IMO.

But who am I to judge? :)

It's not being a traitor when the best of the best says no! :'(:'(:'(:'(:'(:'(

Best move 2015. :P

Well said, but there's a simple answer. The vast majority of scripters are smart enough to realise they can take there talent elsewhere, and get paid for it.

In here I go into more detail (as well as most of my occasional posts recently) about the, imo, unethical actions implemented by Eurocenter since Graal's inception.

The developers that stay, and hang around, are still around for one of two things:
1. The social scene/reminiscing on the ol' days (ie. most people <2012 lol).
2. Too lazy, unaware or lack of interest in pursuing better and bigger things in the field of programming and software engineering.

And these 2 reasons keep Graal up and running and the content flowing.

Well to me, Graal was a cheap way of seeing your code come to life and be played by hundreds of people and reaping the satisfaction from that without having to invest in all the infrastructure myself, hence making it an excellent part time hobby while one studies...

Yeah, the word 'lazy' has more drastic connotations than a word like 'convenience' which would be a better way to put it.

I can python, java and lua but still not GS2, more variables and functions would be useful for GS2/3 but since Stefan is gone, no one cares about that.

Era's player base has greatly increased :o Now, most of the time, Era has more players than Classic.

Talking bout the countryside, it haven't got release :angry:

It did, its called old west.

Country is very different from ol'west.

The difference being one wont be released and one already has been.