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Hi all,

 

We have been working hard on the project plan, along with CTD and PRG guys. Special thanks to Mad and Dteviot for their hard work over the tasks definition that serves the purpose of defining the layout of this project plan (that it isnt finished yet, but it was a great help).

 

Well you can view it with Microsoft Project and grab the latest version from here: http://svn.projectxenocide.com/xenocide/tr...%20Planning.mpp

 

I will see if I can extract it to a jpg if posible so everyone can take a look. We can say that we are starting a new phase into Xenocide development with a clear view on what things have to be done.

 

Greetings

Red Knight

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Well definitely not the best way to show the information (I prefer the gantt chart version but anyways), but the only way I could export it. If someone knows from a better way, just let me know :)

 

Xenocide Planning in HTML

 

EDIT: Added more information, plus notes.

 

Greetings

Red Knight

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Xenocide  9 days?

 

hehehe. I'll put that on my calendar!

 

I have some comments on the art side.

 

And for the 'deployment' phase of the animated models, rigging and animating will take a good chunk of the time required to deploy the model, not to mention material scripting. You may use some of the same biped animations for some aliens, but I don't see animations as a very reusable asset. Rigging is a terrible headache to the uninitiated, and a tedious task to even experienced modellers. Keyframe animating is also a bit of a headache. Bear this in mind when you are categorically 'dividing the labour', so to speak. I would suggest drawing an expert from each camp to help you flesh out the list in more detail.

 

In general, I've heard that MPP is a little strange to use when for software development. Reasons include things like, if you have 4 days or greater on a programming task, you're being too vague on what the task entails. Consequently, people spend more time on the task definitions than they do on the actual work (this sounds like something I would do). These are obviously critiques regarding its usefulness in an industrial software development environment, though.

 

It is nice to have such a list, though. It looks like a lot of work!

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Hi all,

 

We have been working hard on the project plan, along with CTD and PRG guys. Special thanks to Mad and Dteviot for their hard work over the tasks definition that serves the purpose of defining the layout of this project plan (that it isnt finished yet, but it was a great help).

I'd also like to thank Azrael, Guyver and everyone else who helped with the task definitions.

 

 

Well you can view it with Microsoft Project and grab the latest version from here: http://svn.projectxenocide.com/xenocide/tr...%20Planning.mpp

 

I will see if I can extract it to a jpg if posible so everyone can take a look. We can say that we are starting a new phase into Xenocide development with a clear view on what things have to be done.

 

Greetings

Red Knight

 

And I'd like to thank RK for putting the list together, even if the list of tasks is somewhat daunting.

 

Edit: fixed quoting

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And for the 'deployment' phase of the animated models, rigging and animating will take a good chunk of the time required to deploy the model, not to mention material scripting.
I have deliberately taken them out, because those are required in battlescape and didnt want to complicate the planning further; we have enough complexity as it is :).
In general, I've heard that MPP is a little strange to use when for software development.  Reasons include things like, if you have 4 days or greater on a programming task, you're being too vague on what the task entails.  Consequently, people spend more time on the task definitions than they do on the actual work (this sounds like something I would do).  These are obviously critiques regarding its usefulness in an industrial software development environment, though.
I deliberately use vague definitions because of that. And yes, MPP has its quircks but well something is definitly better than nothing.

 

About the days, well you dont expect me to estimate how much free time do you guys have? Dont you? :D ... Only thing I could do on that regard is to ask you how much time will an specific time take you :) and try to guesstimate acurately enough.

 

Greetings

Red Knight

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About the days, well you dont expect me to estimate how much free time do you guys have? Dont you? :D ... Only thing I could do on that regard is to ask you how much time will an specific time take you :) and try to guesstimate acurately enough.

 

Greetings

Red Knight

 

Mwwahahahahahah L O L.

 

I don't think that that would be a good help to you either. Historically, 'whenever it gets done' would be about as accurate as you can get!

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You haven't included CTs for the different items. Was it intentionally?

Speaking of it, I think I will have finished CTD planning.mpp in about two days.

Mhhh because you where doing it? ;) ... When it is done I will import it :)

 

Greetings

Red Knight

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Mhhh because you where doing it? ;) ... When it is done I will import it :)

Oh, I thought maybe you just wanted to add something like "Write CT" and not the whole list I came up with... :)

Btw, if you don't need assignments or status of the different CTs, you can have the list now. I'm only working on the status of the different texts.

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