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The Past, Present and Future of SJ3 on February 1st 2002.

past

Well, finally. [huge sigh of relief] The much-anticipated, the much-publiziced and the much-delayed version 3.10 is available for download now!

It took a while longer than I thought, but I'm really glad that it's out. I still fixed one bug about an hour ago and some of the translations are not in 100% shape, but I hope from the bottom of my heart that there are no major hick-ups left in the version I just released.

Over the years as I've kept on adding stuff to the game it has ballooned to quite a big pile of a project. It's starting to be quite time- and brain-consuming to keep everything and functioning with each other. Or maybe I'm just getting old.

present

The Registered Users of v3.00 will get their upgrade package sent to them during Friday, those souls who will receive their versions via old-fashioned mail will have to wait until next week before the mailman drops off the upgrade diskette. It's never too late to inform me of your updated address you know.

You may have noticed, but the Swedish and the Slovenian accounts are no longer functioning. I had a lot of problems with both, so I decided to stop using them - this means you should too. The European Union has made some principal decisions that will greatly make paying for registrations from abroad a lot easier. Time will tell when these guidelines will actually make changes in the rigid banking systems of Europe.

And oh yeah, don't get mad. I raised the prices for registration a bit with the new version. We have the new currency in full effect and I like even sums and I'd had the same-old prices from the beginning (from 1997!!!), so a little check was in order. The game is still very cheap, this still won't make me rich, so please try to understand.

future

I need some sleep.

There are lots of features in the new version that will spark up some new life to these pages; Replays, loads of new High Scores and so forth. Enjoy, I've given it my best.

And sorry if I've left your e-mail un-answered during the last week or so, I've been concentrating really hard not to screw-up the new version. I'll try to reply as soon as possible.

If you have any questions or suggestions, don't hesitate to contact me at vkononen@cc.hut.fi.

Thank you very much for your interest in the game!

Rumors and windmills from Dec 2001.