Hello everyone! I have an announcement. I was busy this weekend with a few surprises. All of the changes announced today are due to a sudden raise in demand for LC.
Live Beta System Evolved!
Over the last week something happened with LC. It was posted onto Reddit and since then, there's been over 6000 new downloads. This is amazing news and consider this my thanks to everyone for the support, but there was a problem I had to address. On the night that it was posted, the Live Beta IPS link was exhausted from all the new downloads and eventually it went offline. The service I relied on had blocked the file from being able to be downloaded due to bandwidth. This meant that nobody could download LC until I fixed it.
So I fixed it, and recreated the download page to match LC's Bootscreen. I also added 4 mirrors, so that if it ever happens again there's a mirror to turn too. All 4 of the mirrors are Live Beta compatible, so they all give the latest release!
But, that's not quite all of it...
LC's Main Hub
For ever since I can remember, this was the main base for LC. It was posted here first back in 2007, and has continued to be the place that's kept updated the most. The Main download was located on my forums, The Pokémon World being the exclusive place to get it. Well, due to Reddit and high activity of LC that can't be the case any more.
From this day forward, I have created a new site dedicated to LC, over at
http://linkandzelda.com/liquidcrystal. You can find a lot of things on the site such as the main Download link, Features, Videos and other information about LC that you guys might not be aware of.
But, there's something special on that site that will be useful to you guys.
The Development Journal - New Live Log
For a while I relied on the Live Log as the primary means to update everyone on the latest additions and fixes. That method works flawlessly for people, but only if they come to this thread and find the link to the Hack Bug Report Database on the first post. While I consider this to be sufficient for everyone following this thread, it's not sufficient for new-comers that don't know about Pokécommunity or The Pokémon World. The Hack Bug Report Database is also not findable easily from The Pokémon World forums.
That's why I decided to build a new solution, the Development Journal located on the main LC site at
Linkandzelda.com/liquidcrystal/journal. It's a blog which completely replaces the Live Log and is integrated to the main LC site. Over there i'll be posting *everything* that happens with LC whenever it happens. Instead of just a simple change log item, there will be a blog post with explanations and other details, reasons and all sorts of stuff you might find interesting.
Every time I make a post to the Journal, it get's automatically posted to
My Twitter and the new
LC Facebook Page. This means that the auidicene for LC has reached a much much larger area than just a simple hidden section on The Pokémon World. So it's official, the Live Log has moved to the Journal, Twitter and Facebook. It also means you can follow my twitter and
Zeikku's Twitter to be informed of the updates. I guess what I'm really saying, is that I no longer have the time to post updates on the forums.
What Should You Do
Well I would like to encourage people to visit the Development Journal and to subscribe via Email, the you can be informed of the updates that way. You can follow mine or Zeikku's twitter for the Journal updates too. Oh, and if you can go ahead and Like the Facebook page that would be great! For the time being the Hack Bug Report Database will remain at The Pokémon World, so continue to use it like normal. When I get back to work on LC I'll be going through the bugs posted there again and fixing what I can.
Also, I'm just gonna say this and you can take it how you please. These services are starting to cost me quite a bit of money to keep running. If you ever feel like supporting me and LC to the max, then feel free to use the donate button on the main site. This isn't a request but I'm just letting people know I added a button there.
Oh, and if there's any problems with the site then let me know and I'll get it sorted! I'll still be around here but just expect less frequent updates from me and Zeikku here.