Jason Petho
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Joined: 6/22/2004 From: Terrace, BC, Canada Status: offline
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ORIGINAL: Ladmo I have a question on this send and encrypt operation and the request for new units. If a modder wants to come up with a specific unit, not already in the existing game setting and this unit, whilst vital to the mod, would not generally be well received in the game setting - WWII - Battalion level; In this instance I am talking about a mod set in the Third World that would eventually, hopefully be included in Divided Ground but that has to be designed with Rising Sun because there is no real Divided Ground right now. (This is not hypothetical). Will the modder be at the caprices of the encrypter, who may not "like" his idea or understand that it is not designed to go into the existing WWII format? What if the encrypter, not giving a fig for any Third World Mod, say: "You just don't need that."Is there some committee who will sit in judgment and say: "Give'em this, withhold that?" What will be policy in force in this event. If, as you describe above, we can tinker with the platoon and weapons files and get them encrypted then many of my early objections to "The Policy" would be resolved. Amplification is needed. I would just like to know whether or not this is going to be worth the headache to keep working my project within this system or whether its time to just walk away from this game. I ask these questions because I do not know how this is going to work. I have just gotten out of the hospital and am trying to get back up to speed. If Jason just wants to point me to posts, I'd be grateful. If there is more to be said, I want to know. I want to know if substantive modding on CS is a thing of the past or will it still be the life blood of this series. Good day. Well, some good news and bad news. The good news: You can mod to your hearts content. A committee does not exist. The bad news: We are already working on a "Third World" addition for the series, so your work might be for naught? Or possibly wait and see what will be coming down the pipe before going through hours and hours of modding? Might save you a bunch of time and effort, and could possibly be easier to modify what will be available instead of starting from scratch? Of course, you are free to do what you wish *smiles* Hope that helped! Jason Petho
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