War for the Overworld is out of Early Access now

[TheVampire100]

The last patch renderes the game also unplayable for me. Every level I start crashes with the text "too many threads" (whatever this means).
Looks like I have to wait now.

[WingedKagouti]

Every level I start crashes with the text "too many threads" (whatever this means).

Wikipedia article about Threads.

Short explanation: Threads are a way to let a program do multiple things independently of each other at the same time. This way a game doesn't have to eg. wait for a picture to be rendered before doing AI calculations or accept user input.

A somewhat classic example is a simple window with a few buttons, one of which starts a calculation that takes several seconds. If the program runs with the user interface and calculation in the same thread, the user will not be able to interact with the program while the calculation is going on: The program will appear to have completely frozen until the calculation finishes. If the user interface and calculation are in seperate threads, the user will be able to do other stuff while the calculation is going on.

While this is usually a great thing, it does come with a cost and there are limits to the efficiency of multithreading, especially if some resources are shared between threads. There's also a CPU cost to each additional thread (even with multiple cores to handle extra threads).

[TheVampire100]

Every level I start crashes with the text "too many threads" (whatever this means).

Wikipedia article about Threads.

"Fehler: Server nicht gefunden"
Maybe you should check the link again.

Okay, thanks for the information. I think I understand the problem now a little. Another patch has been released, I will check again if the game works now.

[eRe4s3r]

War for the Overworld is out of Early Access now... or is it?

No, it isn't. It released early, way way too early. And thus squandered first impression. I am actually more hyped for Dungeons 2 right now.

Also I still think this game lacks tons of atmosphere. The beating of the dungeon hard echoing through the chambers, the screams of Succubi in the night.. the CASINO, giant fat-bags wobbling through your dungeon. Proper interaction between creatures, proper moods and creature AI and more importantly, a less stagnant building system. Why the heavens does it have to be grid based? And why is possession totally broken? ;/

Anyhow.. hopefully this will improve to a not just playable state, but a state where it is polished and comparable to DK... right now though, it really is a sad example for Early Access shenanigans on Steam

[Mánagarmr]

I'm actually quite puzzled why they decided to release early. It's so painfully obvious it's not done yet.

[madcow]

It's a shame really. This game seemed promising, but I'll just probably pass on it altogether. I really have too much in the queue to play as it is anyways.