Ben Garney's Forest Pack Status?
by Jay Barnson · in General Discussion · 05/22/2005 (4:49 pm) · 146 replies
I know Ben has been swamped with higher-priority things lately, but I've been anxiously awaiting news of the forest pack that he was working on way back when. Is that one going to see the light of day anytime soon, or is it in a pretty back-burnered state?
If it's pretty much dead, is there any chance that what was done on it might get released to the community in its existing state?
If it's pretty much dead, is there any chance that what was done on it might get released to the community in its existing state?
About the author
Jay has been a mainstream and indie game developer for a... uh, long time. His professional start came in 1994 developing titles for the then-unknown and upcoming Sony Playstation. He runs Rampant Games and blogs at Tales of the Rampant Coyote.
#3
05/22/2005 (9:28 pm)
Maybe he can use the forest pack to do that.
#4
Anyway, thanks for the heads-up. If it looks like a real release is going to happen this year and you need a beta-tester, give me a yell!
05/22/2005 (10:48 pm)
Okay. It would be EXTREMELY helpful in a particular project (but for that matter, so would TGE 1.5... at some point ya just gotta put a stake in the ground and go with what you have).Anyway, thanks for the heads-up. If it looks like a real release is going to happen this year and you need a beta-tester, give me a yell!
#5
10/09/2005 (11:02 pm)
/me hopes the forest pack hasen't been forgotten 
#7
10/10/2005 (1:43 pm)
It hasn't been forgotten. Ben and Adam deGrandis have been making some nice strides with it. Brett was showing off a build of dRacer that was using it at IGC.
#8
10/11/2005 (8:12 am)
I saw the manual for the Forest Pack over at TDN... its locked away now ;) 
#9
02/19/2007 (6:45 am)
Bump, I want this badly. Any progress reports? Last I saw in the old demo it looked good enough for me! 
#11
02/19/2007 (8:39 am)
We're at a point where we could certainly use this too. I'd love to see if there's any new status on it.
#12
It's been over one year since that .plan was posted, along with the basically perfect ForestPack preview demo mission.
02/19/2007 (9:22 am)
Quote:If it tests well, then you might see a full release sometime after GDC.-Ben Garney's .plan
It's been over one year since that .plan was posted, along with the basically perfect ForestPack preview demo mission.
#13
02/19/2007 (10:12 am)
Ben, you can have my first born if you release this pack sometime soon!
#15
04/10/2007 (7:00 pm)
Bumpy, when's this beast going to be released? :)
#16
04/10/2007 (7:20 pm)
Bump. 
#18
04/11/2007 (3:54 am)
Did you guys actually read Garney's and Spilman's plans? 
#20
04/11/2007 (9:56 am)
Official... May 2007.... it will be done and ready to buy. 
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