1 Topic by parasti

  • parasti
  • Developer
  • Offline
  • From: Latvia
  • Registered: 2005-06-18
  • Posts: 2,704

Topic: Neverball 1.5.0 released! (The long version.)

Well, jamm already gave it all away, but since I had a short announcement prepared with a few important notes, I'm posting it separately.  So...

--

Neverball 1.5.0 has been released.  Visit neverball.org for downloads and a list of changes since 1.4.0.

A few things you should be aware of before launching this version for the first time, if you've ever played Neverball 1.4.0:

* Replays

To address several replay instability issues, the replay mechanism has been mostly rewritten, so replays recorded with earlier versions are incompatible with and are not read by Neverball 1.5.0.  A replay converter has not been written, but is not out of the question, although it might not be very useful since many of the existing levels have had significant changes.

* High-scores

Due to high-score file format having changed to support bonus levels, countless changes to many levels and all sets having gone through a major reorganisation, conversion of existing high-score files is not possible.  NOTE: Neverball 1.5.0 will overwrite existing high-score files, so back them up if you want to preserve your 1.4.0 scores and progress.

Thanks to everyone who has contributed to this release in any way.

--

So spread the word!  Today is when pigs fly.  thwomps/smile

Last edited by parasti (2009-02-03 03:58:09)

2 Reply by Dave

  • Dave
  • Moderator
  • Offline
  • From: Idaho, USA
  • Registered: 2005-06-11
  • Posts: 1,948

Re: Neverball 1.5.0 released! (The long version.)

Yee-haw! I got the first reply!

What a momentous occasion! It has been a very long road, but we finally got there. In celebration of the release, neverball 1.5.0 will be the first 3D game that I play on my new computer! Just downloaded and installed it!

A HUGE thanks to parasti for all of his help - he was the driving force behind 1.5 getting finished!

Three cheers for parasti - Hip hip...

3 Reply by jammnrose

  • jammnrose
  • RarelyBall
  • Offline
  • From: Some part of the universe.
  • Registered: 2006-04-07
  • Posts: 1,807

Re: Neverball 1.5.0 released! (The long version.)

HOORAY!

Official™ Mac OS X package maintainer.

If you have some Neverball related files you need hosted somewhere, please send a me forum PM/email.

jammnrose's Website

4 Reply by themacmeister

  • themacmeister
  • NeverBall
  • Offline
  • From: Tasmania, Australia
  • Registered: 2005-04-16
  • Posts: 2,578

Re: Neverball 1.5.0 released! (The long version.)

"YOUU LITTLE BEWDY!!!"

(aussie slang for Well Done)

thwomps/grin

Is the Nevertable 1.5.0 compliant yet?

Last edited by themacmeister (2009-02-03 05:44:59)

Windows XP SP3
2.53GHz (@2.78GHz) Core2Duo - 2GB RAM
512MB DDR3 GeForce 9800GT

themacmeister's Website

5 Reply by Cheeseness

  • Cheeseness
  • RarelyBall
  • Offline
  • From: Australia
  • Registered: 2006-06-03
  • Posts: 1,624

Re: Neverball 1.5.0 released! (The long version.)

Fantastic!! I've been netless for days. It's a good thing I looked!

Congratulations everyone!!

Josh Bush
==========
Fearless Leader
Valiant Systems

Cheeseness's Website

6 Reply by jammnrose

  • jammnrose
  • RarelyBall
  • Offline
  • From: Some part of the universe.
  • Registered: 2006-04-07
  • Posts: 1,807

Re: Neverball 1.5.0 released! (The long version.)

Whoa:
http://neverball.org/download.php?extrastats

Downloads are moving along quite quickly!

(Exceeding 1 per minute already! Holy F*CK.)

Last edited by jammnrose (2009-02-03 06:40:54)

Official™ Mac OS X package maintainer.

If you have some Neverball related files you need hosted somewhere, please send a me forum PM/email.

jammnrose's Website

7 Reply by themacmeister

  • themacmeister
  • NeverBall
  • Offline
  • From: Tasmania, Australia
  • Registered: 2005-04-16
  • Posts: 2,578

Re: Neverball 1.5.0 released! (The long version.)

4 were Source, 20 were Windows and 160 were Mac OS X.

Someone has either put the OSX version on Digg/Slashdot/MacUpdate/VersionTracker, or something is terribly wrong with the world... I thought OSX was a minority operating system?!

Windows XP SP3
2.53GHz (@2.78GHz) Core2Duo - 2GB RAM
512MB DDR3 GeForce 9800GT

themacmeister's Website

8 Reply by Dave

  • Dave
  • Moderator
  • Offline
  • From: Idaho, USA
  • Registered: 2005-06-11
  • Posts: 1,948

Re: Neverball 1.5.0 released! (The long version.)

It is. They are just trying to make it *look* like there's a lot of them by downloading multiple copies using IP masking/readdressing to skew the results in favor of OSX...

Or else maybe Neverball just really rocks. or rOSX, which almost sounds like rocks.

9 Reply by Cheeseness

  • Cheeseness
  • RarelyBall
  • Offline
  • From: Australia
  • Registered: 2006-06-03
  • Posts: 1,624

Re: Neverball 1.5.0 released! (The long version.)

It's on download.com already.

Josh Bush
==========
Fearless Leader
Valiant Systems

Cheeseness's Website

10 Reply by jammnrose

  • jammnrose
  • RarelyBall
  • Offline
  • From: Some part of the universe.
  • Registered: 2006-04-07
  • Posts: 1,807

Re: Neverball 1.5.0 released! (The long version.)

There's actually no IP checking... You can inflate the results as much as you like.

Official™ Mac OS X package maintainer.

If you have some Neverball related files you need hosted somewhere, please send a me forum PM/email.

jammnrose's Website

11 Reply by jammnrose

  • jammnrose
  • RarelyBall
  • Offline
  • From: Some part of the universe.
  • Registered: 2006-04-07
  • Posts: 1,807

Re: Neverball 1.5.0 released! (The long version.)

Hum it looks like some users use download accelerators...

Got a lot of dupes from macupdate.com...

143.169.6.63 - - [03/Feb/2009:03:57:31 -0500] "GET /neverball/files//1.5.0/neverball-1.5.0.dmg HTTP/1.1" 206 16190256 caffeinatedcontent.com "http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/15557/neverball" "SpeedDownload/5070" "-"
143.169.6.63 - - [03/Feb/2009:03:57:32 -0500] "GET /neverball/files//1.5.0/neverball-1.5.0.dmg HTTP/1.1" 206 8243492 caffeinatedcontent.com "http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/15557/neverball" "SpeedDownload/5070" "-"
143.169.6.63 - - [03/Feb/2009:03:57:33 -0500] "GET /neverball/files//1.5.0/neverball-1.5.0.dmg HTTP/1.1" 206 8235656 caffeinatedcontent.com "http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/15557/neverball" "SpeedDownload/5070" "-"
143.169.6.63 - - [03/Feb/2009:03:57:35 -0500] "GET /neverball/files//1.5.0/neverball-1.5.0.dmg HTTP/1.1" 206 6915068 caffeinatedcontent.com "http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/15557/neverball" "SpeedDownload/5070" "-"
143.169.6.63 - - [03/Feb/2009:03:57:35 -0500] "GET /neverball/files//1.5.0/neverball-1.5.0.dmg HTTP/1.1" 206 6617832 caffeinatedcontent.com "http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/15557/neverball" "SpeedDownload/5070" "-"
143.169.6.63 - - [03/Feb/2009:03:57:36 -0500] "GET /neverball/files//1.5.0/neverball-1.5.0.dmg HTTP/1.1" 206 5365916 caffeinatedcontent.com "http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/15557/neverball" "SpeedDownload/5070" "-"
129.247.247.239 - - [03/Feb/2009:02:33:09 -0500] "GET /neverball/files//1.5.0/neverball-1.5.0.dmg HTTP/1.1" 206 11651048 caffeinatedcontent.com "http://neverball.org/download.php" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; de; rv:1.9.0.5) Gecko/2008120122 Firefox/3.0.5 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)" "-"
129.247.247.239 - - [03/Feb/2009:02:33:10 -0500] "GET /neverball/files//1.5.0/neverball-1.5.0.dmg HTTP/1.1" 206 12479048 caffeinatedcontent.com "http://neverball.org/download.php" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; de; rv:1.9.0.5) Gecko/2008120122 Firefox/3.0.5 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)" "-"
129.247.247.239 - - [03/Feb/2009:02:33:11 -0500] "GET /neverball/files//1.5.0/neverball-1.5.0.dmg HTTP/1.1" 206 12827163 caffeinatedcontent.com "http://neverball.org/download.php" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; de; rv:1.9.0.5) Gecko/2008120122 Firefox/3.0.5 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)" "-"
129.247.247.239 - - [03/Feb/2009:02:33:16 -0500] "GET /neverball/files//1.5.0/neverball-1.5.0.dmg HTTP/1.1" 206 1847236 caffeinatedcontent.com "http://neverball.org/download.php" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; de; rv:1.9.0.5) Gecko/2008120122 Firefox/3.0.5 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)" "-"
129.247.247.239 - - [03/Feb/2009:02:33:16 -0500] "GET /neverball/files//1.5.0/neverball-1.5.0.dmg HTTP/1.1" 206 1044456 caffeinatedcontent.com "http://neverball.org/download.php" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; de; rv:1.9.0.5) Gecko/2008120122 Firefox/3.0.5 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)" "-"
90.200.173.223 - - [03/Feb/2009:04:42:04 -0500] "GET /neverball/files//1.5.0/neverball-1.5.0.dmg HTTP/1.1" 200 10578264 caffeinatedcontent.com "http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/15557/neverball" "Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X; en-us) AppleWebKit/125.5.7 (KHTML, like Gecko) Safari/125.12" "-"
90.200.173.223 - - [03/Feb/2009:04:42:07 -0500] "GET /neverball/files//1.5.0/neverball-1.5.0.dmg HTTP/1.1" 206 10255178 caffeinatedcontent.com "http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/15557/neverball" "Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X; en-us) AppleWebKit/125.5.7 (KHTML, like Gecko) Safari/125.12" "-"
90.200.173.223 - - [03/Feb/2009:04:42:07 -0500] "GET /neverball/files//1.5.0/neverball-1.5.0.dmg HTTP/1.1" 206 10546144 caffeinatedcontent.com "http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/15557/neverball" "Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X; en-us) AppleWebKit/125.5.7 (KHTML, like Gecko) Safari/125.12" "-"
90.200.173.223 - - [03/Feb/2009:04:42:07 -0500] "GET /neverball/files//1.5.0/neverball-1.5.0.dmg HTTP/1.1" 206 10553160 caffeinatedcontent.com "http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/15557/neverball" "Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X; en-us) AppleWebKit/125.5.7 (KHTML, like Gecko) Safari/125.12" "-"
90.200.173.223 - - [03/Feb/2009:04:42:12 -0500] "GET /neverball/files//1.5.0/neverball-1.5.0.dmg HTTP/1.1" 206 10551700 caffeinatedcontent.com "http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/15557/neverball" "Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X; en-us) AppleWebKit/125.5.7 (KHTML, like Gecko) Safari/125.12" "-"

Guess I didn't think about that...

Official™ Mac OS X package maintainer.

If you have some Neverball related files you need hosted somewhere, please send a me forum PM/email.

jammnrose's Website

12 Reply by Cheeseness

  • Cheeseness
  • RarelyBall
  • Offline
  • From: Australia
  • Registered: 2006-06-03
  • Posts: 1,624

Re: Neverball 1.5.0 released! (The long version.)

Ah ha! So that's what's going on. thwomps/wink

Has anyone contacted Ryan? It would be cool to score an icculus.org news post if we can.

Josh Bush
==========
Fearless Leader
Valiant Systems

Cheeseness's Website

13 Reply by jammnrose

  • jammnrose
  • RarelyBall
  • Offline
  • From: Some part of the universe.
  • Registered: 2006-04-07
  • Posts: 1,807

Re: Neverball 1.5.0 released! (The long version.)

44 seconds dude? Wow.

Official™ Mac OS X package maintainer.

If you have some Neverball related files you need hosted somewhere, please send a me forum PM/email.

jammnrose's Website

14 Reply by nue

  • nue
  • SometimesBall
  • Offline
  • From: Vienna, Austria
  • Registered: 2005-05-19
  • Posts: 434

Re: Neverball 1.5.0 released! (The long version.)

Wow!

Can't wait to play it. Also, the new website looks extremely polished!

Very well done everybody. So when is the release-party?

15 Reply by Cheeseness

  • Cheeseness
  • RarelyBall
  • Offline
  • From: Australia
  • Registered: 2006-06-03
  • Posts: 1,624

Re: Neverball 1.5.0 released! (The long version.)

mym and I are catching up in Montreal at lunch today. Everyone is welcome to join us!

Josh Bush
==========
Fearless Leader
Valiant Systems

Cheeseness's Website

16 Reply by nue

  • nue
  • SometimesBall
  • Offline
  • From: Vienna, Austria
  • Registered: 2005-05-19
  • Posts: 434

Re: Neverball 1.5.0 released! (The long version.)

That's not exactly what I had in mind thwomps/grin although I would like to.

However, I just noticed that the link to "Official Site" beneath the Neverball banner in the forum still points to the old website.

17 Reply by mym

  • mym
  • Administrator
  • Offline
  • From: Montréal, Québec, Canada
  • Registered: 2005-04-15
  • Posts: 2,966

Re: Neverball 1.5.0 released! (The long version.)

HIIIIIYYAYAAAAAAAAA !!!!!
Great news, I'm so happy thwomps/grin
At last!
So many years have passed!!
kao_pompom kao_pompom kao_pompom

mym's Website

18 Reply by nue

  • nue
  • SometimesBall
  • Offline
  • From: Vienna, Austria
  • Registered: 2005-05-19
  • Posts: 434

Re: Neverball 1.5.0 released! (The long version.)

Just tried to addict a friend of mine. After 1.5 hours of playing, he is currently at hard 5, where hard 4 took about the last 20 minutes. Seems the learning curve is gentle indeed!

19 Reply by rlk

  • rlk
  • Developer
  • Offline
  • From: Red Stick
  • Registered: 2005-04-16
  • Posts: 856

Re: Neverball 1.5.0 released! (The long version.)

Great work everybody!  I'm so happy, I'm gonna express my emotions in the form of Hello Kitty: kao118

I got an update notice from a Mac software site last night at 11:30pm.  I don't know how they found out, but that might have kicked off some OSX downloads.

20 Reply by jammnrose

  • jammnrose
  • RarelyBall
  • Offline
  • From: Some part of the universe.
  • Registered: 2006-04-07
  • Posts: 1,807

Re: Neverball 1.5.0 released! (The long version.)

The site officially went live around 10-11pm EST (Botson, MA).

Impressive.

Official™ Mac OS X package maintainer.

If you have some Neverball related files you need hosted somewhere, please send a me forum PM/email.

jammnrose's Website

21 Reply by rlk

  • rlk
  • Developer
  • Offline
  • From: Red Stick
  • Registered: 2005-04-16
  • Posts: 856

Re: Neverball 1.5.0 released! (The long version.)

So if you guys want to post release announcements anywhere, go right ahead.  happypenguin is probably a good target.  You all put a lot of work into this, and you're free to reap any fame and attention you can.

My one request is that you NOT go stuffing ballot boxes.  There are a number of software ranking sites out there, and some groups encourage their users to up-vote as often as possible in order to inflate their rank.  Do not do that.

22 Reply by parasti

  • parasti
  • Developer
  • Offline
  • From: Latvia
  • Registered: 2005-06-18
  • Posts: 2,704

Re: Neverball 1.5.0 released! (The long version.)

I posted an update to Game Tome.  I was going to post one to Freshmeat too, but the project page there is locked down and apparently only to be edited by the guy who created it...

23 Reply by tonesfrommars

  • tonesfrommars
  • OccasionallyBall
  • Offline
  • From: Los Angeles, CA
  • Registered: 2005-08-08
  • Posts: 926

Re: Neverball 1.5.0 released! (The long version.)

Wow.. stoked. Parasti, you should feel really good about your efforts to pull this thing across the finish line.
Good work everybody!

tonesfrommars's Website

24 Reply by mym

  • mym
  • Administrator
  • Offline
  • From: Montréal, Québec, Canada
  • Registered: 2005-04-15
  • Posts: 2,966

Re: Neverball 1.5.0 released! (The long version.)

What's that Fedora games icon/link on the LGT Neverball's sheet??

mym's Website

25 Reply by parasti

  • parasti
  • Developer
  • Offline
  • From: Latvia
  • Registered: 2005-06-18
  • Posts: 2,704

Re: Neverball 1.5.0 released! (The long version.)

mym wrote:

What's that Fedora games icon/link on the LGT Neverball's sheet??

It was there before.  I don't know why it's there, but it's in the descriptions of many games on Game Tome.

tonesfrommars wrote:

Parasti, you should feel really good about your efforts to pull this thing across the finish line.

I really do.  I might have pissed off a few people and made one too many compromises while trying to get this done as quickly as possible, but I think it was definitely worth it.