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I’ve updated the server-side code in the Sandbox 1.0 beta to fix some of the problems people were still having, with object creation not working and groups randomly ungrouping themselves. Tomorrow I hope to push out the first client-side update on your shiny auto-updater to complete the T command rose and fix some minor issues with various objects.

On a sidenote, I got myself a fancy new Xbox 360 a couple weeks ago. Feel free to add me as a friend, my gamertag is Elxx. Same goes for Playstation Network too, of course. Unfortunately, my copy of Bad Company for 360 doesn’t work because the 360 has stupid region locking. Thus, I will be forced to repeatedly kick your ass in Uno for now.

Well, the release of the Sandbox 1.0 beta went about as smoothly as an episode of Maury. It took three uploads of the files until everything was in a somewhat-working state for people. Luckily, most of the problems were fixed within hours of the original release.

Right now I’m focusing on getting all the server-side scripts running nicely - there are still a few glitches where everyone suddenly loses the ability to spawn stuff, and that’s no fun. Those should be fixed by the end of the day. (Cue the “HAHA YEAH RIGHT MORE LIKE 55 YEARS!”) After that, I’ll start pushing out updates to the client-side stuff to fix the command rose and things like that.

Thanks for playing and bearing with me during the problems and instability - as a lowly modder, I don’t have the resources to hire a fancy pants QA team, so you guys get to be the guinea pigs. Hopefully you’re enjoying the fleeting moments in the server where everything works right. Once we get these basic issues fixed, I know Sandbox 1.0 is going to be epic and I’ll be able to provide you with new mod content a helluva lot more often than once a year. Cheers.

I did get the beta out the door before midnight - there are witnesses that can vouch for me. Unfortunately, the package managed to corrupt itself in transit, so I took it down shortly afterwards. I took this time to fix a couple of small glitches with the updater, and it’s reuploading now. you can go download it now.

I’ve created a Sandbox 1.0 forum, please commence with discussion of the beta there. Feel free to post suggestions, and when you find problems, put them in the Bugs & Errors subforum. I’m going to post a few instructional threads there in a second.