MLC: How has the development of Cortex Command since B23 gone, so far?

Data: a little more specific, please
unless you want a vague answer too, like "great"


MLC: Have you hit any problems in development?

Data: many, but that's what development is all about
solving problems


MLC: Weasel used to be very active in reworking the community, but now he seems to have gone off of the radar. What happened?

Data: well he handled the transition from when WJ left
and then he didn't need to do so much more work after that. he's now doing game dev on his own


MLC: What can we expect to see in B24, as far as new features for modders, and first-party content?

Data: you an expect to see a first revision of the metagame, but probably without much of an AI
so it should be somewhat playable against other people on the same machine
hotseat
also, a reworked scenario/skirmish mode
the metagame mode is called 'campaign' and the scenarios are called 'skirmish'


MLC: Can we expect a release this year?

Data: yes, early dec
for b24
that is fairly certain, since it has to coincide with an event we're planning iwth some other studios


MLC: Thank you for answering my questions!

Data: you're welcome

CrazyMLC: I was just curious, how will Lua change in B24?
New functions, anything like that?

Data: yeah some new functions
biggest change is that scenes can be tested for compatibility in the activity scripts

CrazyMLC: Sounds useful!

Data: so the scenario/skirmish menu will let you select an activity first, then automatically present all the scnes which are compatible with it
that's what i'm working on right now

CrazyMLC: Ahhh, I gotcha
Well, good luck!

Data: thx

CrazyMLC: How's the CC release coming along?
You said early December?

Data: mid december is the deadline
things are going well
working on the scenario/skirmish mode menus right now
entirely new; the old ones were outdated
since you can now have 4 teams in a game
now you can first select an activity from all available
and then it shows the sites on teh planet which are compatible with that activity
so you select a site, and then configure the player team assigments

CrazyMLC: Hm... sounds good!
But it also sounds like you have a lot of work ahead of you. :S

Data: of course