Old News

99-03-01:
  1. Fixed the links to the Hotline Client and Geocities guest book
99-02-09:
  1. Development of the B5 plug has not advanced since the release of v2.1 back in September 1998, as university is taking up a lot of time. As well, our own interest in continuing development has waned, perhaps as a result of reevaluating our priorities in life (i.e. I have to pay through the nose for university, and I can't get anything from the B5 plug-in, and Brian is finishing up high school and preparing for university). We're not quite sure what we want to do with the plug-in just yet, but we do know that we will not be releasing it entirely for others to develop. We may let others do future missions (subject to our approval, since some mission ideas would twist the original B5 storyline too much even for our liking) and new and improved graphics, but nothing will be decided until probably late April, when my exams are all over.
  2. For everyone who's emailed me in the last few months and haven't received replies yet, I apologize; for various reasons I have been unable to reply to all of them (mostly the inability to provide an answer within ten minutes, or because we weren't sure what we were going to do with the plug-in from hereon out). Hopefully News Item 1 here provides most of the answers you're seeking. Emails I haven't replied to yet from mid-November 98 to now I have in the outbox, waiting for a message body (email database was wiped out due to massive problems caused by an increasingly screwed up L2 cache card; don't worry, it's all fixed now); at the time of this writing there are about 6 that need replying to, and I'll try to get them all answered within the next week.
Thank you for your time and patience.
 
98-09-28:
  1. As of this date, all download sites listed here have the "Files" folder in the documentation visible. Users who download the plug-in from one of the three available locations after September 28 do not have to download the replacement for the Documentation.
98-09-25:
  1. New Tripod mirror site added.
  2. Status of download sites:
    hotline.luser.net (Hotline): very reliable; try this option first. Note that this site may not be up 24/7, but is online nearly every time I check.
    Tripod: Reliable; file downloaded and unstuffed fine with Internet Explorer (Navigator not tested)
    Geocities: Unreliable; primary bin and hqx files removed, smaller files remain.
    Last Resort: Reliable; file downloaded and unstuffed fine with Internet Explorer (Navigator not tested)
     
  3. A minor issue has come to our attention with regard to the presentation of documentation files. To clarify: there are three items in the documentation folder: the two intro files for Navigator and Internet Explorer, and the primary documentation files, which are housed in an invisible folder called "Files". A few people on the EVO discussion board have expressed concern with regards to the installation of an invisible folder being installed on their drive without their knowledge. We understand this concern, and have therefore immediately made available a replacement for the Documentation folder. Nothing has been added or changed except the invisble flag for the "Files" folder has been toggled off. Our apologies for any concern and confusion this may have caused. Note: anyone who downloads from the Tripod mirror site will have the Files folder visible; you do not need to download the updated docs.
98-09-13:
Some people have encountered difficulties downloading from the Geocities site, typically a connection loss around the 30 percent complete mark. Two alternative download sites have been added; one is the Hotline site "Luser.Net" at hotline.luser.net (199.104.120.23 for now), which also archives other B5-related items. The main advantage of Hotline over other file transfer methods is that downloads (and uploads) can be resumed if terminated, but you must have the Hotline Client to access this site. The other site is from the Carleton University server; please download from this site only as a last resort, after trying the Hotline option first. The Carleton servers are not a set up to handle heavy traffic.