Updates purposefully held back

[Omali]

We all know that updates such as Summoning and Construction were withheld because of limits to the engine, as Runescape went through several engine updates usually before these updates were put in, and Runescape2 came from a need for more freedom in upgrading.

 

 

 

Anyway, I was thinking: What if some updates are being withheld until the graphics update next month? We know that Jagex found the Java engine to be mature enough "two years ago" which means they've been considering it for even longer.

 

 

 

I'm talking about the mahjarrat quests, the endings to some of these great series that have been going on for years and are bound to end in epic battles, such as the fighting up north. Why have it shown on the old runescape graphics when you can use these amazing quests to show off the new hardware rendering?

 

 

 

I'll bet you anything that some quest is going to come out next month to showcase the amazing new graphics, something that's been in the works for a long time.

[x1992x]

we can only pray the fat of our [wagon] off. that their are going to release them now :pray:

[Aneron]

Now I'm excited :wall:

[nightzero]

Lol that would be awesome.....graphics uptade and mourning ends part 3 back to back :D

[britonlongbow]

If they did pull that off it would be one of the more spectacular months we have ever had.

[IeatWindex]

I have to train and do these uber quests :D

 

 

 

By early July I sure as heck hope they mean July 1-5. Ive been waiting!

 

 

 

P.S. I wonder what chopping trees will look like..

[highlanders]

I figured that much but I don't think they're withholding them because of graphic limits. I think they're just trying to stretch the sauce for as long as they can. Hmm, in how many seasons do you think general o'neil will finally passionfully make out *for real* with carter? Same principle, the audience would have something less to look foward to. Meanwhile they just add filler stuff. Filler quests, filler cities, filler equipment. Look at you, feeding all these poor people with false hope ;__;

[alphakoldes]

we can only pray the fat of our [wagon] off. that their are going to release them now :pray:

 

 

 

I laughed out loud at that one.

 

 

 

Anyhow, I've been spreading the factless rumor to my friends that they'll be coming out with a nice new dungeon with the graphics updates. That might not happen, but I really do think think SOME updates'll come out with it.

[snake6man]

amagin the god wars dungeon after this update... :D I thought it was great with the regular grafics.

[Master_Smither]

Wow you got me excited ffs now I hope my Grahpics card is capable of running it otherwise I blame you for getting me excited about this. :mrgreen:

[compfreak847]

Hate to be a killjoy, but they have to develop the new graphics BEFORE they design the graphics for the quest. So yeah, they might have some of the plot and dialog worked out before the update, but it still takes a while to completely redesign the graphics for a quest. Anyway, they could just update an existing quest with just as spectacular of graphics... its not like this is a game engine allowing them to do better things, this IS the "better things".

[BloodArgon]

Hate to be a killjoy, but they have to develop the new graphics BEFORE they design the graphics for the quest. So yeah, they might have some of the plot and dialog worked out before the update, but it still takes a while to completely redesign the graphics for a quest. Anyway, they could just update an existing quest with just as spectacular of graphics... its not like this is a game engine allowing them to do better things, this IS the "better things".

 

 

 

The point is releasing them together.

 

 

 

Jagex has updated everything in the game to the new graphics, so, why would they not be able to model a new quest with these new graphics (and/or old) and simply have another team work on it and release it at the same time?

 

 

 

I hate to be a killjoy, but you need to learn some logic.

[Zantetsuken0]

I don't think any "unreleased" updates would hinge on the graphics update. I could be wrong, but the way I understand it is it's just another graphics option on top of High Detail and Low Detail. Any and all future updates, withheld or not, will be made for all 3 graphics options, meaning none will hinge on the release of the Fullscreen Detail mode.

[Triquos]

Jagex better upgrade the game engine to decrease the lag/disconnections many players are having or I feel they're gonna get less members soon until they fix it. I disconnect 50+ times a day now. I even recorded it. 25 disconnections in 1 hour, 39 minutes. Times that by two and you have atleast 50 disconnects a day. I've had eye twitches for the last 2 weeks because it's stressing the *enter bad word here* outta me.

 

 

 

If nothing's being done about it soon, i'm cancelling membership till they get off their backsides and do something about it. Right now, I would rather wish Jagex to stop the lag and disconnections going on and let me play freely than to have improved pixels. That is how bad the situation is right now.

 

 

 

And no i'm not exaggerting about the 50 disconnections a day either :roll: I wish I could say I was :cry:

 

 

 

And for future remarks saying it's just me or my computer, no, it's not just me, check the tech support forum on the RS forums, you'll see why. At first they had a stickified post named "RAM/DRAIN CONNECTION LOSS PT2." they then asked for system specs from everyone. They got them and said they were going to talk to the tech team about it. They then came back a few months later saying they'll have the results by Friday the 20th of June, which was EIGHT days ago. They then HID the sticky so we could not give reference to the *promised* results and they haven't spoken about it since.

 

 

 

So after their broken promise and delaying tactics, it better be resolved with this graphics update or they'll have hell to pay from me :evil:

[Andrew_s_2]

Jagex better upgrade the game engine to decrease the lag/disconnections many players are having or I feel they're gonna get less members soon until they fix it. I disconnect 50+ times a day now. I even recorded it. 25 disconnections in 1 hour, 39 minutes. Times that by two and you have atleast 50 disconnects a day. I've had eye twitches for the last 2 weeks because it's stressing the *enter bad word here* outta me.

 

 

 

If nothing's being done about it soon, i'm cancelling membership till they get off their backsides and do something about it. Right now, I would rather wish Jagex to stop the lag and disconnections going on and let me play freely than to have improved pixels. That is how bad the situation is right now.

 

 

 

And no i'm not exaggerting about the 50 disconnections a day either :roll: I wish I could say I was :cry:

 

 

 

And for future remarks saying it's just me or my computer, no, it's not just me, check the tech support forum on the RS forums, you'll see why. At first they had a stickified post named "RAM/DRAIN CONNECTION LOSS PT2." they then asked for system specs from everyone. They got them and said they were going to talk to the tech team about it. They then came back a few months later saying they'll have the results by Friday the 20th of June, which was EIGHT days ago. They then HID the sticky so we could not give reference to the *promised* results and they haven't spoken about it since.

 

 

 

So after their broken promise and delaying tactics, it better be resolved with this graphics update or they'll have hell to pay from me :evil:

 

 

 

I never lag or dc. and my computer isnt even that great...

[@Dan3HitU]

I have a feeling that the actual "reason" to RuneScape (officially said by Jagex Mods that it's uncovering the 3rd age and the actual God Wars and what happened).

 

 

 

I'm very sure you'll see new armour, weapons and especially new and better quests.

[Gravy]

They've got the chance to really make the release awesome, haven't they?

 

 

 

Graphics alone will be spectacular, but with that little push, for example the ending quests.

 

 

 

How great would that be? :pray:

[Da_Latios]

OMG I WANTS PRIFDDINAS PL0X

[Dragon_Scyth]

Jagex better upgrade the game engine to decrease the lag/disconnections many players are having or I feel they're gonna get less members soon until they fix it. I disconnect 50+ times a day now. I even recorded it. 25 disconnections in 1 hour, 39 minutes. Times that by two and you have atleast 50 disconnects a day. I've had eye twitches for the last 2 weeks because it's stressing the *enter bad word here* outta me.

 

 

 

If nothing's being done about it soon, i'm cancelling membership till they get off their backsides and do something about it. Right now, I would rather wish Jagex to stop the lag and disconnections going on and let me play freely than to have improved pixels. That is how bad the situation is right now.

 

 

 

And no i'm not exaggerting about the 50 disconnections a day either :roll: I wish I could say I was :cry:

 

 

 

And for future remarks saying it's just me or my computer, no, it's not just me, check the tech support forum on the RS forums, you'll see why. At first they had a stickified post named "RAM/DRAIN CONNECTION LOSS PT2." they then asked for system specs from everyone. They got them and said they were going to talk to the tech team about it. They then came back a few months later saying they'll have the results by Friday the 20th of June, which was EIGHT days ago. They then HID the sticky so we could not give reference to the *promised* results and they haven't spoken about it since.

 

 

 

So after their broken promise and delaying tactics, it better be resolved with this graphics update or they'll have hell to pay from me :evil:

 

Ummm i never lag or disconnect, most likely your ISP.

[nickeley102]

wont they want to iron out any basic glitches that emerge first? you know there will be glitches.

[AndyPandy]

What would be really funny, is if in the update, on the news page, they have a long spiel about the updates, but somewhere in it, just say 'Oh, and we also managed to add Mournings End Pt 3/Prifddinas'. In a really insignificant sentance, in the middle. Or in the 'In other news...'.

 

 

 

That would make my day.

 

 

 

~Boo

[Sy_Accursed]

Nothing was "held" back purposefully

 

 

 

Jagex simply could not do some things until java was able to handle it, as soon as it was those long awaited updates went into production, though of coruse the engine needed tweaking for them to work therefore engine updates came out in preperation for the release.

 

 

 

I personally think a great way to show off the new graphics will come from adding in a mage somewhere who can allow you to re-watch old cutscenes. Therefore allowing us experienced players to re-see everything from romeo and juliet to a tail of two cats in its new splender

[Hippodo]

OMG I WANTS PRIFDDINAS PL0X

 

Great minds think alike ;) (AKA ME WANTS IT TW00!1!)

 

 

 

As for Paw Claw's cutscene mage, great idea! I was thinking about how I will miss all those cutscenes in super high detail because I already did most quests :(

[haggisoflife]

I'm guessing its going to be a case of launch the new graphics, wait a week to iron out all the bugs that will be there (not because its a bad design etc but just because the only way to find what bugs will happen in a million+ player game is to have a million+ people play it) and then bring in some kick [wagon] new content to go 'So you thought that was good, now try this!'

 

 

 

well it's what I hope for anyway :-)

[salim123]

wont they want to iron out any basic glitches that emerge first? you know there will be glitches.

 

 

 

yes there will prob be the "RS3" beta for a while

 

Im saying RS3 because it kinda will be because of such a huge upgrade from now