Omg kickstarter stream was awesome

[LordEntrails]

I've got my calendar marked!

The YouTube announce was great, but a few questions I still have:

1. Is a player, running FGC ("classic") able to connect to a GM (with an ultimate license) running FGU ("unity")? (obviously the player would not have access to FGU specific upgrades)
2. Related to #1, assuming the answer is "no", if a GM is using the Beta (from having backed the Kickstarter), will backers also get access to a free FGU version they can pass on to their players for testing?
3. It's very clear that FGU will be fully backwards compatible with FGC content (and, thank you for that!). But, will there be any issues with running content created within FGU in FGC?

Looking forward to the KS!

1. No
2. Don't know, but assume so or it wouldn't be a very effective Beta would it?
3. Unknown, but I would assume not since FGU modules will probably have capabilities (dynamic line of sight) that FGC will not.

[notrealdan]

I have a Standard license I bought in 2007. I've been thinking of upgrading to Ultimate for a little while now. If I upgraded to Ultimate today, I wonder which discount level I would get to move up to FGU during the Kickstarter...

I'm going to be a backer either way, just wondering!

[notrealdan]

3. Unknown, but I would assume not since FGU modules will probably have capabilities (dynamic line of sight) that FGC will not.

I doubt they're going to want to make creators publish modules (including modules coming from SW) in two different formats if they wish to support both FG versions. Since FGC will still be supported going forward, maybe it will be patched to be able to read modules created with FGU and just ignore extra information that only FGU can utilize, so new published modules could just be released only in the newer format and work on both? I guess it depends on how drastically different native FGU modules are.

I'm sure the team have thought this through a lot, since they've gone through so much backwards-compatibility effort.

[ddavison]

I have a Standard license I bought in 2007. I've been thinking of upgrading to Ultimate for a little while now. If I upgraded to Ultimate today, I wonder which discount level I would get to move up to FGU during the Kickstarter...

I'm going to be a backer either way, just wondering!

It counts as a Rookie purchase.

[naezgul]

Yeah, the pricing levels Doug mentioned seem very reasonable.

I’d like to see newcomers that donate for a particular level get access to the Classic version until the Unity version is operational.

Just one “purchase” instead of getting classic then donating for the upgrade.

[Trenloe]

I’d like to see newcomers that donate for a particular level get access to the Classic version until the Unity version is operational.

Just one “purchase” instead of getting classic then donating for the upgrade.

Welcome to the forums.

That's a little bit too much like double dipping to be perfectly honest. The main drive for a kickstarter is to back (kickstart) a new project. But, I suppose this "level" will be available - buy FG Classic right now, and then back the FGU kickstarter at a "Rookie" level - for an ultimate it'll be $30 more than just a normal new FGU backer (no previous FGC purchase), but you'll get FGU pretty soon (when it goes to beta) and can use FGC right now.

[naezgul]

Welcome to the forums.

That's a little bit too much like double dipping to be perfectly honest. The main drive for a kickstarter is to back (kickstart) a new project. But, I suppose this "level" will be available - buy FG Classic right now, and then back the FGU kickstarter at a "Rookie" level - for an ultimate it'll be $30 more than just a normal new FGU backer (no previous FGC purchase), but you'll get FGU pretty soon (when it goes to beta) and can use FGC right now.

We’ll make it a donation of $150
The release pricing, remember those that are getting this never garnished any enjoyment for having it previously.

[LordEntrails]

We’ll make it a donation of $150
The release pricing, remember those that are getting this never garnished any enjoyment for having it previously.

We, the community, don't get to negotiate and set our prices. If you want FGC, then you have to buy FGC. You can then get FGU for the additional price via the KS.

Of course, you can always ask

For the most part, I don't think SW is going to release more details until next week's FGF stream, and I would not expect all details to be announced until May 1st.

[naezgul]

We, the community, don't get to negotiate and set our prices. If you want FGC, then you have to buy FGC. You can then get FGU for the additional price via the KS.

Of course, you can always ask

For the most part, I don't think SW is going to release more details until next week's FGF stream, and I would not expect all details to be announced until May 1st.

I’m not trying to negotiate.
I am making a suggestion that I believe will garner much more KS cash(what they need) without any perceptible costs

[JohnD]

Well, you can always buy FG as it currently exists and support the KS campaign in a month.