Update Speculation thread

its not even that nice

 

Its barely a luxury but the best we have in that category.
If you like to count full beige leather interior, full auto multzone climate control, heated seats and a SatNav a luxury class orientated vehicle

 

Unless that lamp post is a mod I'm not aware of, could this mean that we are finally getting working street lights?

 

You're alive?!?
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I don't think the update will be this week, that would require American developers to work on bug fixes during Thanksgiving

 

They have done updates during Thanksgiving week before, for example 0.11 (the WCA update). It's definitely not out of the realm of possibility.
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Here's a list of all Nov/Dec updates for reference.

0.21 - Dec 15, 2020
0.18 - Dec 9, 2019
0.15 - Dec 20, 2018 (Do note that this year there was an update on Oct 30 too)
0.11 - Nov 23, 2017
0.8 - Dec 21, 2016
0.5.1 - Dec 30, 2015
0.5 - Dec 18, 2015

Fun fact, the last two updates on that list both added vehicles (Burnside and Old Pessima), meaning there were two new cars within less than two weeks, it's crazy to remember how often all new cars were added back then.

Although this does indicate more of a pattern of December releases, do remember:

• Creator Branch updated over a week ago. If the creator branch has the update, then it is almost certainly ready enough for the developers to be comfortable having people make videos of it, not to mention that 10 days (time since said update) is more than enough time for videos to be made.
  
• Tdev said "Mid-November at the earliest", meaning that, if things went well, an update coming soon could be reasonable
• Increased SteamDB activity regarding the QA branch (3-4+ updates a day), which if present for a few weeks usually means an update is coming soon.
• November/Thanksgiving Week updates have happened before (see 0.11).
  
• Black Friday is this week, and timing a massive update before a major sale could be good for business.
• Given the cancellation of the (assumed to be September) update, the whole update schedule as a whole isn't the most predictable right now.
  
• With how out of control the hype train has gotten recently, if the update wasn't coming soon, Nadeox or someone else would have probably stepped in and tried to mitigate it, as has happened before when hype has gotten out of control a while before an update actually comes out.

Personally, I think there's a very good chance of the update this week, but we'll just have to wait and see.

 

For some reason I just feel like it’s gonna be November 30

 

The only reason the developers feel comfortable giving it to them is because the creators are under an NDA, so they cannot make videos or say anything. The "update" could technically be nothing more than a non-running version of the game with some revised files. But, like you, I think/hope it will come out this week, so I am going to say it is almost done as well.

 

Im betting on January right now
Also pretty sure not all of the teased content is coming in the immediate update, if only because of pattern.

 

It's so they have videos ready for when the update comes out

 

I believe the purpose of the Creator Program's Early Access was, unless I'm horribly wrong, to allow content creators to make their BeamNG videos early so that when the update comes out they can release a non-rushed video then as opposed to the previous situation of trying to get a video out as fast as possible right after the update, which might impact the quality of the video.

 

Also testing

 

I hope I am not being rude, but I respectfully disagree. Here are the official guidelines for the Creator Program:
Keep in mind, the WIP content is just one of the perks (albeit the most exciting) of the Creators Program. They get Steam codes for giveaways, shoutouts from Beam themselves occasionally, and probably many more things that they don't say on the Creator's Program page. The point of the Creator's Program Early Access is probably so they can see what the video should feature. I haven't seen the NDA itself, but I'm willing to bet that showcasing even outdated pre-release software would technically go against it. Also, pre-release content is very likely to change, so it would look a little odd in a video, especially considering that these people are supposed to be anonymous, basically, so they don't get blackmailed by forum twelve-year-olds bribing them with V-bucks or something.

 

That too, but I'd assume that it'd be at least mostly stable to avoid overwhelming people with the "holy shit everything is broken" that's almost always the case at the beginning of bugfixing something.
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You might have misunderstood what I was trying to say. Basically, this is what I believe the timeline might be.

Creator Program Early Access (Pre-Public Release)
- Creators have an early version of the update to start making their videos, however they are under the embargo as mentioned earlier so they cannot be released yet.

Public Update Release
- Embargo lifted, creators can now release their videos on the spot as opposed to just now starting the video making process as would be the case without Early Access.

Also, it's probably better in a marketing sense (especially as YouTubers seem to function as BeamNG's marketing in a way) to have the videos released right as the update comes out as opposed to hours/days/weeks later to maximize on the hype and the event.

 

Ah, yeah, classic misunderstanding. Sorry!

 

To the devs:
If the update hasnt been released to the public yet, because of me not unpacking my computer after the move, i just want to say im so very sorry. Ill unpack it right away if thats the case, just hmu <3

 

Good point, ill let it simmer for a while longer and go get myself a cup of coffee instead

 

maybe looking into things way to much. BUT a dev commented. BUt it was NOT wait longer.
No stopping hype train.

maybe the update is near?

Why else will the Content creator program be out.

So maybe bigger things is testing this new way of bring out some updates, ?



hey Tdev time to post the final Count down ( kidding )

but maybe its sooner Then we know.

 

Guessing it's time to speculate teasers again. so what d you think might be shown this week? More news on the new car, a cool H Series or Pessima Variant, some sort of transforming refrigerator, or could it be something we haven't seen yet?