Carb in Cataclysm *CONFIRMED*

love4stupidppl · 10-13-10, 07:31 PM

I contacted one of the original owners/devs of this addon via email.
Here is his response:

Yes, I am one of the owners of Carbonite and the main programmer of the addon.

We plan on releasing a new version for Cataclysm when Cataclysm comes out.

Now that this has been cleared up, I say those of you who were waiting for a definitive answer go donate so they can get some encouragement.

Updates:

Originally Posted by carboniteaddon

We were caught off guard by the 4.0 patch. Haavok is out of town. I have not been playing games the last several weeks, since I'm busy on other projects. My son plays Wow, but has not for the last few days, so we had no idea there was a patch until I got that email today and thought he meant Cataclysm. I ran WoW and the update started saying "4.01". Needless to say I was surprised!

There will be a Carbonite update.

I will be working on fixing immediate 4.0 issues tonight/tomorrow. Don't know how long that will take. Still trying to get our computers patched up. Son's is having errors...

Originally Posted by carboniteaddon

Thanks for the donations! They definitely encourage us to work on it.

We now have the patch applied and WoW seems to be running OK, so I'm looking into the errors now. I'll be up late.

Originally Posted by carboniteaddon

Good news! A ton of code has been patched. The UI, options, map, watch list, quest log and warehouse all seem to be working well.

Blizz is restarting the servers, so I'm off to bed, but I should have a 4.0 beta out tomorrow night (Oct 14) after I wake up and get 4-8 more hours of fixes and testing in.

Beta Version has been released.

To follow latest posts by Carboniteaddon:
http://www.wowinterface.com/forums/s...archid=1773412

DJ Particle · 10-13-10, 07:58 PM

Originally Posted by love4stupidppl

Now that this has been cleared up, I say those of you who were waiting for a definitive answer go donate so they can get some encouragement.

this.

I will be donating next week (when I get my next paycheck, I didn't budget for it this week). I don't have much but every bit helps!

Foras · 10-13-10, 08:01 PM

Fantastic. I sure hope you are for real.

waldodamon · 10-13-10, 08:06 PM

Great, so until 12/07 we all get to see the stupid default minimap, as opposed to the customized map / minimap I have known and loved for the last three years......awesome.

Other options, use some inferior addon like chinchilla, which blows...awesome.

DJ Particle · 10-13-10, 08:12 PM

Originally Posted by waldodamon

Great, so until 12/07 we all get to see the stupid default minimap, as opposed to the customized map / minimap I have known and loved for the last three years......awesome.

Other options, use some inferior addon like chinchilla, which blows...awesome.

It's not the best solution, but the lack of Carbonite, like patch 4.0.1 itself, is temporary. I'm not going to just stop playing for 2 months because of it. I'll cope.

TrotskyIcepick · 10-13-10, 08:14 PM

If you're being truthful I'm grateful that the £20 I've already donated in the past 4 months won't go to waste. I use Chinchilla and Mapster in conjunction with Carb anyway and they both work with 4.0.1 as does TomTom....so less than 2 months is worth the wait.

You can't really blame them for waiting till final Cata release to update such a major addon, just wish they'd responded in some form to the many other posts.

Why do Blizz insist on releasing patches/updates in drips and drabs? Surely they realise there are scores of developers out there releasing popular addons in their spare time that can't possibly keep up-to-date?

WoW isn't the first game to utilise addons, not by a country mile, but I would add it is a game where addons have become more important than most.

love4stupidppl · 10-13-10, 08:23 PM

I swear on my life, my wow account, and my 7 80s. I found his email via some snooping, fired off an email earlier in the afternoon. Half expecting it to get bounced off some email server, instead what ya know. To be honest I half expected his answer, in the 3 years I've been using carbonite it's always been this way.

1. Carbonite Working Fine
2. Blizz Releases Patch that breaks Carb.
3. Chaos ensues on the boards.
4. Sometime later an update is released silently.

Just kick back, enjoy wow in its raw state. Contribute what you can, because I can tell you this, back when Carb was subscription based there were alot more new features, now that its free its only just been an effort to keep it stable. If we all really miss these addons this much, as I obviously do because I had to go snooping through the internet to find this guy, we should support them.

TrotskyIcepick · 10-13-10, 08:29 PM

Agreed, make this a payed for addon once again. It's more than worth it. I've only played for the last 9 months so don't remember the hey-day, but if even better functionality could be possible, I'm more than happy to pay for it.

To be honest, with a game as big as WoW that by necessity undergoes many updates, and also by it's very size/complexity/openness has many addons, there are gonna be many times when we just have to sit back for maybe a few days and eventually enough of our addons are updated to make the game playable again. And major complex ones like Carb will just take that little bit longer.

Happy to wait no I know the truth.

Amaryn · 10-13-10, 10:53 PM

Well, I've been using this addon for a few years, and I haven't donated..simply because it hadn't crossed my mind. But soon as I get my card, I'm going to do so.

So much time has to go into this, and they deserve some compensation.

Starbuxx · 10-13-10, 11:05 PM

Very happy to see carbonite will be out in cata.. its sorta funny the frenzy this one mod has created when its broke.. and i dont know the authors.. but with kids and im sure a job.. those are first then comes game.. so i can respect that and i thank them for creating the one mod i would keep in a heartbeat if i had to choose only one mod to keep....

Starbuxx

WallyWest · 10-13-10, 11:15 PM

Thank you so much for the update. It really is appreciated.

I have shamelessly used Carbonite without donating a dime for the last year or so. Today I realized how much I rely on it. I'm gonna donate $100 or so ASAP.

Thanks again.

radellaf · 10-13-10, 11:23 PM

Wish I could afford that much, but I agree with the sentiment. Seeing how much WoW sucks without Carbonite, I sent in a donation.

'course the lack of Carbonite isn't the only issue. I'm taking a few days more or less off while Blizz finds my missing characters and fixes (I hope) the uneven frame rates. The extensiveness of the changes came as a total surprise to me.

ucdavew · 10-13-10, 11:27 PM

I know I'm a first-time poster, and am going to soon be a first-time contributor, but I read the forums frequently, and just have to throw a tremendous bravo and thanks out for updating. Though I wasn't giving up on Carbonite OR WoW... I was starting to get a bit blue around the lips from holding my breath. LOL

Myzou · 10-14-10, 05:17 AM

Thank you SO much

I have 6 80s at the moment, and 2 71s. I pretty much cannot level without Carbonite ever since I first found it, after my first 2 80s were at 80, XD

Luckily, I can no longer seem to play my rogue, as it's very confusing, XD And my warlock is fine in dungeons for a while

rpelham · 10-14-10, 11:28 AM

There is no doubt that Carbonite is the BEST! I donated $50 just now and will donate another $50 when the new upgrade comes out. Thanks much to the devs for their hard work.

CrackaG · 10-14-10, 11:36 AM

I do have to say Carb is one the the best addons I ever used. I would give up all my addons just for carb. Wish I could send you guys money for the addon but having 2 kids takes up to much money lol. Even moving in a week dont help.

I will be checking the site every hour waiting for the addon to come out lol.

toshira · 10-14-10, 07:06 AM

I miss the maps too skyesfury!! Can't wait =) I'm not sure which I'm more excited for hehe

Khurz · 10-14-10, 08:45 AM

You won me over, since I've been a lurker here before but never posted, let alone sent out my hard-earned cash. But finding I had no Carb last night was like being a fish out of water, and if it makes that big of difference to me, then it must be worth something, so I sent you something! Thanks for all your hard work and for making our WoW lives so much better.

damkram · 10-14-10, 10:37 AM

"Thank You"!! "Thank You"!! "Thank You, Carbonite developers!!! My donation is posted, and I am impatiently awaiting a fix for patch 4.0.1. Can't hardly sstand playing WoW without my friend Carbonite!!!!!!!!.................!!

gizmo74 · 10-14-10, 11:06 AM

Just wanted to post really quick and say thank you very much for working on a fix for this wonderful addon. I have been using carbonite since the days of paid subscription and find my game play really suffers without it. So again thank you for keeping this great addon alive, I have sent in a donation today and will continue to suppot you great devs along as you keep up the great work that you do.