MPQ 2025 Dev Update #3

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S0kun
S0kun ADMINISTRATORS Posts: 971 Critical Contributor

It’s time for our third MPQ Dev Update of the year and after previously discussing how we’ve shifted our resources into steering the Unity Engine update to the finish line, we’re excited to reveal that the finish line is nearly in sight!

As of this blog, we’re conducting a Unity beta test with a select group of players from a wide variety of devices on all four supported platforms (iOS, Android, PC Steam, and Amazon Kindle Devices). The main goal of this test is not only to ensure build stability, but also to make sure that when the game engine transition does happen, player accounts will seamlessly integrate into the new engine with no major hiccups.

If all goes well with the beta, expect to have Unity rolled out platform by platform starting with PC Steam and Amazon. We’ll then push the builds out to mobile since those are the platforms that have the largest playerbase.

Huge thank you to the players who are hard at work helping us test out this brand new build! Once the beta dust has cleared, we’ll be releasing an updated Roadmap blog that will peek into what a post-Unity MPQ development cycle looks like so stay tuned for that exciting blog in the near future!

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  • ThisisClemFandango
    ThisisClemFandango Posts: 1,069 Chairperson of the Boards
    edited 24 April 2025, 21:57

    Animal variations of all characters or I, for one, will riot.
    But not like the Howard the duck one I was met with on log on today. He will haunt my nightmares

  • MCPenance
    MCPenance Posts: 23 Just Dropped In

    The chibi Howard is cute as heck, Man!

    But, he does look like he will peck your face off if you touch his coat.

  • ThisisClemFandango
    ThisisClemFandango Posts: 1,069 Chairperson of the Boards

    See I view him like a black mirror creation. He looks cute but there's something behind those eyes...

  • MCPenance
    MCPenance Posts: 23 Just Dropped In

    Optic nerves?

    OH! You mean something more sinister.

  • rainkingucd
    rainkingucd Posts: 1,531 Chairperson of the Boards
    edited 25 April 2025, 11:46

    @MCPenance said:
    Optic nerves?

    OH! You mean something more sinister.

    Doesn't Sinister only mess with Mutants? I don't think he did that to Howard.

  • NMANOZ1
    NMANOZ1 Posts: 164 Tile Toppler

    Nice, this means will get the engine before the end of the year. ;)

  • ThisisClemFandango
    ThisisClemFandango Posts: 1,069 Chairperson of the Boards

    Possible.
    Depends how much they like to test, might be like Aperture Science

  • revskip
    revskip Posts: 1,127 Chairperson of the Boards

    @S0kun said:
    It’s time for our third MPQ Dev Update of the year and after previously discussing how we’ve shifted our resources into steering the Unity Engine update to the finish line, we’re excited to reveal that the finish line is nearly in sight!

    As of this blog, we’re conducting a Unity beta test with a select group of players from a wide variety of devices on all four supported platforms (iOS, Android, PC Steam, and Amazon Kindle Devices). The main goal of this test is not only to ensure build stability, but also to make sure that when the game engine transition does happen, player accounts will seamlessly integrate into the new engine with no major hiccups.

    If all goes well with the beta, expect to have Unity rolled out platform by platform starting with PC Steam and Amazon. We’ll then push the builds out to mobile since those are the platforms that have the largest playerbase.

    Huge thank you to the players who are hard at work helping us test out this brand new build! Once the beta dust has cleared, we’ll be releasing an updated Roadmap blog that will peek into what a post-Unity MPQ development cycle looks like so stay tuned for that exciting blog in the near future!

    Did Amazon get pushed out? Or am I just getting the Facebook login bug on my Kindle Fire? Samsung is working fine.

  • S0kun
    S0kun ADMINISTRATORS Posts: 971 Critical Contributor

    @revskip said:
    Did Amazon get pushed out? Or am I just getting the Facebook login bug on my Kindle Fire? Samsung is working fine.

    It should not have gone out and doesn't seem to be a widespread issue. IF you get a prompt, please DO NOT update, but also shoot me a DM with your account info so we can investigate further.

  • VALACK
    VALACK Posts: 25 Just Dropped In

    Is there a way to link steam and mobile ? Or is there a separate emulator for PC ? ㄷ

  • dianetics
    dianetics Posts: 1,495 Chairperson of the Boards

    @VALACK said:
    Is there a way to link steam and mobile ? Or is there a separate emulator for PC ? ㄷ

    Contact CS they can link the accounts manually

  • r0cket5
    r0cket5 Posts: 10 Just Dropped In

    I can't get to my account now it disappeared is it due to this?

  • Scofie
    Scofie GLOBAL_MODERATORS Posts: 1,630 Chairperson of the Boards

    @r0cket5 said:
    I can't get to my account now it disappeared is it due to this?

    Send your in game name to @S0kun on a DM and he'll investigate for you.

  • r0cket5
    r0cket5 Posts: 10 Just Dropped In

    r0cket5 is my game name. I put in a ticked this Saturday morning, but my Account is still gone.

  • DAZ0273
    DAZ0273 Posts: 11,430 Chairperson of the Boards

    You guys have been a bit leaky recently what with this and Sidewinder going out unintended- hope the full roll out of operation “MPQ everything” fares better.

  • r0cket5
    r0cket5 Posts: 10 Just Dropped In

    @S0kun said:

    @revskip said:
    Did Amazon get pushed out? Or am I just getting the Facebook login bug on my Kindle Fire? Samsung is working fine.

    It should not have gone out and doesn't seem to be a widespread issue. IF you get a prompt, please DO NOT update, but also shoot me a DM with your account info so we can investigate further.

    Yes don't update it killed my account when I did.

  • bluewolf
    bluewolf Posts: 6,321 Chairperson of the Boards

    Will there be any app updates/revisions before the new engine release? Amazon users got an R324 release which was the new engine version or something - and broke things for them. So I’m wondering if the plan is to not do any more updates between now and a finalized new engine release. Or if there will be updates, just maybe more slowly, as work proceeds on the version with the new engine.

  • WhiteBomber
    WhiteBomber Posts: 749 Critical Contributor

    It's completely possible they require another update on the old engine just to make things work with the new one. I would sincerely hope it is much more carefully rolled out than the Amazon one though :smiley:.

  • r0cket5
    r0cket5 Posts: 10 Just Dropped In

    Still waiting for my Account to come back. It been since Saturday Morning. I put in a ticket Saturday.

  • GJB1138
    GJB1138 Posts: 16 Just Dropped In

    A while back there was talk of game save via facebook being removed is that still a thing with the unity move?