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[翻译]XNA在线俱乐部网站即将开站！

风海迷沙 — Mon, 19 May 2008 06:04:41 GMT

下周，XNA在线俱乐部将关闭一小段时间，准备我们的新网站：在Xbox LIVE Beta上的游戏社区。我们兴奋于增加的XNA在线俱乐部网站的一些新的设计和功能，和我们希望你们再度归来！在这段时间里，我们对此产生的不便表示歉意。

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blueTG — Mon, 19 May 2008 06:50:35 GMT

Finally,the BIG day is coming.

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CptCheerios — Mon, 19 May 2008 21:39:06 GMT

Whens the down time supposed to end?

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jenkmeister — Mon, 19 May 2008 23:11:50 GMT

We aren't giving out an end time just yet...

but since we did say to look here for updates, we are about 30% through our deployment/upgrade process right now... though, that was the quick part of the process... Hang in there, it's worth the wait.

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sofakng — Tue, 20 May 2008 00:57:12 GMT

I'm just wondering, but how are non-creators club members going to access these news games when the full version of this is released?

Will they need a PC or can they just use their 360 to download the games?

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jenkmeister — Tue, 20 May 2008 01:30:45 GMT

During the beta, members will be able to access games that are approved for the community directly on the marketplace.

Unfortunately for non-creators club members, there will be no access to these games during the beta.

Once the beta is completed (as to your question), anyone will be able to access approved games via the Xbox.

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jenkmeister — Tue, 20 May 2008 01:31:59 GMT

Another update on our progress... we are around 50% complete now... things are looking good so far :)

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Twanks — Tue, 20 May 2008 02:30:12 GMT

Any new updates you're willing to throw our way? :)

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jenkmeister — Tue, 20 May 2008 03:04:25 GMT

Ok, we are about 66% done now... ;)

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sofakng — Tue, 20 May 2008 03:33:15 GMT

Thanks for the updates!

Will user created games be able to use LIVE networking for online multiplayer, etc?

(my last question, I promise!)

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Twanks — Tue, 20 May 2008 03:41:57 GMT

Yeah, user created games will be able to use LIVE for online multiplayer.

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jenkmeister — Tue, 20 May 2008 03:43:25 GMT

That'd be a big yes. Your user created games are the same games you can make now, only we've given you a way to distribute them.

We are almost done with all the prep work and will go into a final testing mode shortly.

Still can't say exactly when we'll be back but we have moved a few more % now... ;)

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Twanks — Tue, 20 May 2008 03:49:22 GMT

If you can't answer this I understand but does part of this process move the site to faster hosting? I usually don't have a problem with the speed but there are certain times it could be a little more zippy.

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jenkmeister — Tue, 20 May 2008 04:20:38 GMT

That one I can answer. We have moved to a new operations environment and every piece of code is new. While we haven't finished every piece of optimization and performance work just yet, we'll continue to do that in the coming months.

For now though, you should expect much faster response times, page loads and downloads. If you aren't, please let us know so we can make that better and better...

Ok... the team is going offline now to dive deep into final testing. See you on the other side!

Go get those games ready! :)

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Twanks — Tue, 20 May 2008 04:30:13 GMT

One last thing, will we need to be building in XNA 2.0 or do we need to go ahead and install the 3.0 CTP for the Community Games Beta?

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bitterwhendead — Tue, 20 May 2008 05:51:30 GMT

This is very exciting. I'm very impressed with what Microsoft has done for indie developers. I can't wait to see the new site!

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jenkmeister — Tue, 20 May 2008 06:11:49 GMT

For the beta, GS 2.0 will be the only supported platform. GS 3.0 will be supported later this year.

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Twanks — Tue, 20 May 2008 06:54:19 GMT

Should anyone looking here still be up waiting or should we just check in the morning?

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jenkmeister — Tue, 20 May 2008 07:42:57 GMT

Since I can't give you an exact time right now, check again in the morning/lunch time and we'll put out another update to let everyone know what's going on. Stay tuned!

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BenS1 — Tue, 20 May 2008 13:17:40 GMT

The new site sounds exciting, but as I'm based in the UK I believe that the Beta of the Community Games wont be open to me?

Please don't take this as a negative comment, but if you are moving to a new web server then wouldn't it of made sense to of setup the new site on the new server in private whilst the old site continued in parallel, and only once its working and you're happy that its been fully tested then switch over from the old site to the new site instantly, i.e. without any downtime?

I guess this way it helps build up the anticipation and excitement, which is not bad thing. And a day or 2 offline isn't the end of the world.

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CatalinZima — Tue, 20 May 2008 15:44:41 GMT

They coulnd't do what you said (private server) because they need to preserve the contents of the current forum. And setting it up while the forum is still active would result in inconsistencies.

Data streaming over live?

Malmer — Tue, 20 May 2008 16:05:25 GMT

Is it possible to stream data/content from an external server using Live? This could be used to make use of more space than the minimum 150 MB (or whatever) for stuff like video, or even cooler, it could be used to make games that are based on things like real world weather, news, etc. Would be so COOL!!!

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Ultrahead — Tue, 20 May 2008 17:38:22 GMT

Interesting times are coming ... :)

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Twanks — Tue, 20 May 2008 17:44:49 GMT

You won't be able to access external servers using the Xbox Live API that is in XNA.

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jenkmeister — Tue, 20 May 2008 18:02:13 GMT

Well folks, we are almost there. Everything is looking really good. Everything is in place. Probably just a couple more hours and we'll turn things on.

Since we are moving environments, there will be some lag time around the world as DNS servers pick up the new IP addresses for the sites, so once we go live, it might take a little bit of time for the new site to appear depending upon where you are in the world.

So, are your games ready? :)

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Twanks — Tue, 20 May 2008 18:44:12 GMT

Putting some finishing touches on one I've been working on. I just wrote it to test out the submission process.

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John.Doe — Tue, 20 May 2008 20:14:13 GMT

The new colors a little bit difficult to read, orange on gray seems to hurt my eyes ;)

Also, is it intended, that the forum sizes with the page width? I do have a 24" widescreen monitor and this is the first forum where I have the impression that each line contains almost no content when the browser is on full screen. I think it would be better if the forum width is the width of the header bar.