: Sat Feb 28, 2009 12:44 am  

These games are awful IMO, if your a team such as wakefield or castleford, you will lose and probily be nilled, on the other hand, if you are Leeds or Saints ect, you will Nill a team. Id rather pay for a proper version to be made by someone like Sigames. Also, you can breach the salery cap as much as you want!

: Sat Feb 28, 2009 3:09 am  

RLFans2 wrote:

yes i see what u mean.

will see how it goes come summer time.

Any link for RLM 05' or does anyone have it ? Fancy playing on it for a bit.

: Sat Feb 28, 2009 1:05 pm  

wakeyjosh wrote:

Id rather pay for a proper version to be made by someone like Sigames

it doesn't seem to be an option

: Sat Feb 28, 2009 1:53 pm  

wakeyjosh wrote:

These games are awful IMO, if your a team such as wakefield or castleford, you will lose and probily be nilled, on the other hand, if you are Leeds or Saints ect, you will Nill a team. Id rather pay for a proper version to be made by someone like Sigames. Also, you can breach the salery cap as much as you want!

i don't entirely agree, as i've made the play offs with both Wakefield and Castleford, and lost many matches with St Helens and Leeds, especially in the medium and hard difficulty settings.

the salary cap and other player restrictions are applied in medium and hard but were turned off for easy mode in the patch, as the consensus seemed to be easy was too difficult.

other sports management games have had time to evolve to the quality they are reached presently, some started out with text based match simulators originally, and if u check the credits they do tend to be backed by large teams.

functionality has to be a priority before anything else or the program won't run. but now the framework is created, gameplay, graphics and sound can be the main focus of following releases so things should improve.
especially if groups such as Black Dragon Games express an interest in developing the project further.

: Sat Feb 28, 2009 2:14 pm  

Is there any chance of a Mac release?

: Sat Feb 28, 2009 2:15 pm  

RLFans2 wrote:

i don't entirely agree, as i've made the play offs with both Wakefield and Castleford, and lost many matches with St Helens and Leeds, especially in the medium and hard difficulty settings.

the salary cap and other player restrictions are applied in medium and hard but were turned off for easy mode in the patch, as the consensus seemed to be easy was too difficult.

other sports management games have had time to evolve to the quality they are reached presently, some started out with text based match simulators originally, and if u check the credits they do tend to be backed by large teams.

functionality has to be a priority before anything else or the program won't run. but now the framework is created, gameplay, graphics and sound can be the main focus of following releases so things should improve.
especially if groups such as Black Dragon Games express an interest in developing the project further.

I guess some people don't acknowledge the work that you have put in. It takes many many teams to put together a game such as FM or CM and your just one man.

The game is absolutley fantastic considering that it is free and I would pay money for it. It's certainly better than when other games, that you have to pay for, started out.

: Sat Feb 28, 2009 2:50 pm  

RB wrote:

Is there any chance of a Mac release?

i would if i had the stuff to do it. maybe in the future.

: Sat Feb 28, 2009 3:14 pm  

yeh it's hell of a job for one man. I do a bit of programming in my free time, and just thinking about the complexity of making a management simulation on my own gives me a headache.

how long in total did it take you to make the game?

: Sat Feb 28, 2009 3:30 pm  

its hard to say because the time has been fragmented. bits here and bits there kind of.

if i was to do it again from scratch now i'd say about 12 months, plus the extra time for the patches.

actually created a full 3D version with meshes and animation sets a while back which i'd like to introduce at some stage, once the other stuff has been sorted. will see how it goes.

: Sat Feb 28, 2009 9:25 pm  

RLFans2 wrote:

its hard to say because the time has been fragmented. bits here and bits there kind of.

if i was to do it again from scratch now i'd say about 12 months, plus the extra time for the patches.

actually created a full 3D version with meshes and animation sets a while back which i'd like to introduce at some stage, once the other stuff has been sorted. will see how it goes.

...Understand your busy mate but do you know any download links for RLM05 (other ones don't work) ? if not if you still have it can you upload is please

Be very grateful.

(Tried to PM you but wouldn't let me)