Thank you for that timeline @Ondis
We should consider the the 2.0 timeline and try to work together so the timing works out.
2.0 is anywhere from 10 to 30 days from a soft launch.
At soft launch:
- 2.0 lobby server will be up
- 2.0 lobby will have bots
- We'll advertise in lobby that 2.0 is in early access
Perhaps 3-7 days after soft launch, assuming no major problems delay us, we'll enter into 'hard launch'
At hard launch:
- We'll trigger the in-game messaging that "your version of triplea is out of date, please upgrade"
- The official website download link will be updated to 2.0
- In lobby we'll ask players to start new games in 2.0 and to start migrating
- Any accounts created in 1.9 will need to be re-created in 2.0 and will not be migrated
- We'll reduce 1.9 bot capacity probably by about half to two thirds
At 10 days post-hard launch, we'll likely reduce bot capacity further and increase the urgency in the lobby messaging that all new games should be 2.0
At about 30 days post-hard launch we'll turn off probably all but one or two bot servers in 1.9
At about 45-60 days post hard-launch, the 1.9 lobby will be turned off.
Bottom line, the 1.9 lobby is anywhere from 33-66 days before we see reduced bot capacity and 50-80 days before it is turned off.
If that timeline does not work out, we can perhaps try to bring 2.0 forward perhaps. I realize this might be taking the wind out of our sails here, we just need to plan and talk through this to make sure we all lines up on the schedule.
Haha