Shiny Days discussion thread

[sanahtlig]

Tim is a project manager.  His main job is to manage and coordinate with other people.  From what I understand, he's not busy with Shiny Days, and since he's not the one actually doing the work he can't make it happen any faster.  He's been personally managing less important tasks like the forum redesign while all of this has been going on, so he's clearly not that busy.  He's stated that while he's been playtesting the builds Overflow sends, most of the time he's stuck waiting on Overflow to provide the next build.  It's not all that surprising that getting Overflow to fix bugs takes longer than verifying that the bugs are actually fixed.

[Josephl64]

JAST confirmed they're working on it.  The restoration patch won't be out til the general bugfix patch is out.  That'll also be available--eventually.  Might be a week.  Could be a month.  Could be several months.  I'd recommend busying yourself with something else in the meantime.

thanks for at least this update, still have my copy sealed since I wanted to play it with all the routes available from the start.

[sanahtlig]

 still have my copy sealed since I wanted to play it with all the routes available from the start.

Likewise (I opened the box to check out the artbook but that's it).  Having a less buggy game will be a nice bonus too.

[GlassDemon]

Ooookay so they managed to ship me the actual worst keychain out of 20 or so variants.

(One page of the artbook lists them.)

Yamagata.

Why.

[sanahtlig]

All but one of the known bugs has been fixed in the latest test build.   Once the bug is fixed the general bugfix patch and restoration patch can be released.  They didn't give an estimate but I'm guessing 2-4 weeks.

[sanahtlig]

I poked around and it looks like Overflow wasn't the only party holding the patch up.  JAST appears to be relying on outside contractors to make the patches--contractors whose first priority is not JAST releases.  Thus making the patch means coordinating between two third parties: Overflow and outside contractors, both of which JAST has limited control over.  That's why the patch(es) are taking so long.  The only thing worse than relying on a third party to get something done quickly is relying on TWO third parties, both of which aren't getting paid for the extra work.  Obviously they're going to drag their feet as much as possible because time is money and time spent working on patches is time that could've been spent on higher priority projects (e.g., Kickstarter projects, which report directly to backers and where speed directly affects their ability to get future projects funded). 

Edited December 3, 2015 by sanahtlig

[Stormwolf]

Controversial material and someone holding it up.. Color me surprised if the uncensor patch is ever released. 

[UrusaiSenpai]

Any news with the restoration patch? T_T 

[sanahtlig]

The restoration patch is expected soon after the bugfix patch.  JAST released a beta of the bugfix patch a week ago but there was still an unresolved issue.  Each iteration of fixes and testing seems to take 2-4 weeks, so expect more news at the end of the month maybe.

[UrusaiSenpai]

Merry Christmas to everyone :3  
~Cough~ ~Cough~ The Restoration Patch is out ~Cough~ ~Cough~ Have a Wondeful Christmas :3 

Edit: Turn off Anti-Virus before installing the patch or else the patch might not work.

Edited December 24, 2015 by UrusaiSenpai
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[sanahtlig]

Shiny Days restore patch released + Installation guide

[Josephl64]

great, not i can rip the plastic off ~

 

I've waited so long ~

[johnnysasaki]

finally.

I just hope all the stress this game caused does't stop JAST to try and bring Cross Days to finish the trilogy or any other game with risky content.

[Josephl64]

I'm just hoping that they delay a game if it's this broken in the future.