28.11.2007, 07:53
For those that have remarked badly about Oleg/1C when it comes to their decisions NOT to make some of the changes that have been done fairly easily by the modders, keep in mind that official changes must be supported.
Before support can be given, changes must undergo a lot of testing, and when (not if) glitches are found they must be fixed. That's the kind of thing they don't have time to do.
Imagine how people would have complained if the 6DOF cloud shake bug or the airstart spawn bug had been part of an official release. Even something as mundane as the lack of lower gunner animation on the Jill when controlled by a player would have been thrown in their face.
Now, I'm not saying that any of the mod users would be included in the "...people would have complained..." comment above, but, before bashing them, keep in mind that the audience they release to includes every single user and not just those that are willing to take a risk, experiment, and accept some limitations.
Before support can be given, changes must undergo a lot of testing, and when (not if) glitches are found they must be fixed. That's the kind of thing they don't have time to do.
Imagine how people would have complained if the 6DOF cloud shake bug or the airstart spawn bug had been part of an official release. Even something as mundane as the lack of lower gunner animation on the Jill when controlled by a player would have been thrown in their face.
Now, I'm not saying that any of the mod users would be included in the "...people would have complained..." comment above, but, before bashing them, keep in mind that the audience they release to includes every single user and not just those that are willing to take a risk, experiment, and accept some limitations.