15.03.2008, 21:35
A generalised patch has been discussed before, and the same reasoning against then, is the same as it is now. As Fly_Zo has stated, not everyone likes everything. People like to chop and change, and choose what they want, and what their system can handel.
Say for example Josse's long range mod saw completion and was encorporated into a standardised patch - I can garranty you that within 30 minutes of a generic patch being offered, you would have multiple posts whining on about how they now have 1fps.
Having the oportunity to pick and choose, and to basically CUSTOMISE your game to how you want it is whats made this site, and her mods, so succesful.
So no, I dont believe its a good idea. Already we have two official versions (albiet one is still only Beta) to choose from, and if you were to make a generic 'patch' that was classed as a indepenant version... well you can imagine. If however you're using the term 'patch' to indicate you wish to mearly make a 'mod pack' then that has more merit, but again; people like to pick and choose.
Personally the only way I would download a 'pack' is to get something that pack offers, which isnt available as a single download.
One other aspect of this is rather simple, and is based on the same example I used with Josse's visability mod; if some machines cant handel it, or if this mod causes problems, as a indepentant download its easier to find, isolate, and thus eliminate problems.
Say for example Josse's long range mod saw completion and was encorporated into a standardised patch - I can garranty you that within 30 minutes of a generic patch being offered, you would have multiple posts whining on about how they now have 1fps.
Having the oportunity to pick and choose, and to basically CUSTOMISE your game to how you want it is whats made this site, and her mods, so succesful.
So no, I dont believe its a good idea. Already we have two official versions (albiet one is still only Beta) to choose from, and if you were to make a generic 'patch' that was classed as a indepenant version... well you can imagine. If however you're using the term 'patch' to indicate you wish to mearly make a 'mod pack' then that has more merit, but again; people like to pick and choose.
Personally the only way I would download a 'pack' is to get something that pack offers, which isnt available as a single download.
One other aspect of this is rather simple, and is based on the same example I used with Josse's visability mod; if some machines cant handel it, or if this mod causes problems, as a indepentant download its easier to find, isolate, and thus eliminate problems.