ELORAAM

[Skvapter]

It wasn't? :O

I don't think so, referring to prior replies, RP2 really did start a riot shall we say? Eloraam didn't update it for a while and a lot of people adored the mod, when she couldn't update it to a new version people got extremely annoyed and most likely had faces like this:

Saying that, I don't actually know if it's true but I do rely on most of the information gathered. I came into modded minecraft only about a year ago, so the events could have happened way before I knew about them. Sorry if this wasn't any help but I think this is generally what lemming meant by "let's not pretend RP2 was pure sunshine and bunnies."

 

[Azzanine]

I am failing to contain my intense levels of ambivalence.

 

[NJM1564]

Yeah, and she managed to pick a topic to start tweeting about that is going to make her comeback into a fucking nuclear bomb of drama.

Don't get me wrong, glad she is at least provisionally, back. That said, I really, really hate what both her and RedPower do to the modding community. Not blaming her, not even her fault, just, yeesh.

And if she vanishes again, which like it or not her history shows is possible, I'm going to have to find another hobby for 3 months or so because the modded community is going to become a fucking toxic waste dump, or does everyone forget what happened last year?

That won't happen. Not with 90% of her mod's function being duped by other mods. It will take a lot of work on her behalf to bring her mod up to the level where it would actually have a place use in today's modpacks. Though I an for one looking forward to seeing her try. Lets give here some space and see what she can do. As far as I'm concerned we should forget the past and treat her like a entirely new modder.

And that has nothing to do with the fact that many a player has never used her mod before.

 

[ThatOneSlowking]

That won't happen. Not with 90% of her mod's function being duped by other mods. It will take a lot of work on her behalf to bring her mod up to the level where it would actually have a place use in today's modpacks. Though I an for one looking forward to seeing her try. Lets give here some space and see what she can do. As far as I'm concerned we should forget the past and treat her like a entirely new modder.

And that has nothing to do with the fact that many a player has never used her mod before.

I have not met many that have not used redpower...

 

[Azzanine]

I have not met many that have not used redpower...

I dunno, when RP3 or whatever comes out I bet you dollars to doughnuts we will get some pillock say "Dis eloramm broad is copieing Projekt Red".
There WILL be at least one. She's been gone a while and I bet a lot of new blood has came in since then.

 

[ThatOneSlowking]

I dunno, when RP3 or whatever comes out I bet you dollars to doughnuts we will get some pillock say "Dis eloramm broad is copieing Projekt Red".
There WILL be at least one. She's been gone a while and I bet a lot of new blood has came in since then.

Except it seems everyone and their mother knows that P:R is a replacement for redpower...

 

[trajing]

I dunno, when RP3 or whatever comes out I bet you dollars to doughnuts we will get some pillock say "Dis eloramm broad is copieing Projekt Red".
There WILL be at least one. She's been gone a while and I bet a lot of new blood has came in since then.

If it's on this forum, I'd just laugh.

 

[Azzanine]

Except it seems everyone and their mother knows that P:R is a replacement for redpower...

But someone wont, don't forget there may be a sizable portion of FTB players that do not post nor read here.
One problem with people in the know is that they don't know not everyone is in the know. (@_@)

 

[ThatOneSlowking]

But someone wont, don't forget there may be a sizable portion of FTB players that do not post nor read here.
One problem with people in the know is that they don't know not everyone is in the know. (@_@)

If they do not read here why would they come here in the first place?
The newer ones would join and see redpower
The older ones that do not get on the forums, well, why would they get on the forums?

 

[GreenZombie]

Why exactly should I be excited? To start investing in a mod that has already burnt-out the sole developer once. No offence. RP2 was a huge bloody mod. And working alone, on something that size, for no recompense, is going to burn anyone out. Again.

Perhaps this time it will be on github.

 

[trajing]

The real problem would be the older players from 1.4 jumping on, seeing RP, and yelling REDPOWER IS BACK YEAH! And we'd be flooded with it.[DOUBLEPOST=1402651931][/DOUBLEPOST]

Why exactly should I be excited? To start investing in a mod that has already burnt-out the sole developer once. No offence. RP2 was a huge bloody mod. And working alone, on something that size, for no recompense, is going to burn anyone out. Again.

Perhaps this time it will be on github.

Doubt it.

 

[Azzanine]

If they do not read here why would they come here in the first place?
The newer ones would join and see redpower
The older ones that do not get on the forums, well, why would they get on the forums?

Because reasons?.. I dunno.
Also I didn't specifically restrict my comment to this forum. They talk about mods over at the Minecraft forums too and the game it's self has a chat system if you play multiplayer.

 

[trajing]

Because reasons?.. I dunno.
Also I didn't specifically restrict my comment to this forum. They talk about mods over at the Minecraft forums too and the game it's self has a chat system if you play multiplayer.

a) itself
b) Most SMP servers are toxic anyway. Which is why I'm making a private one.
Don't get your hopes up, I'm not accepting applications.

 

[GreenZombie]

The real problem would be the older players from 1.4 jumping on, seeing RP, and yelling REDPOWER IS BACK YEAH! And we'd be flooded with it.[DOUBLEPOST=1402651931][/DOUBLEPOST]
Doubt it.

Which is why this is a mistake for Eloraam and the community. The competing mods have teams of people working on them. They're going to be available pretty soon after each Forge update.

Eloraam has burn out once already on the update from 1.4.7. Now we have 1.7.2 and 1.8 updates looming, and a lot of catchup Eloraam would have to do on base RP2 to get it on a feature parity with the competition. Drama will ensue.

 

[Adonis0]

Which is why this is a mistake for ELORAM and the community. The competing mods have teams of people working on them. They're going to be available pretty soon after each Forge update.

Eloram has burn out once already on the update from 1.4.7. Now we have 1.7.2 and 1.8 updates looming, and a lot of catchup Eloram would have to do on base RP2 to get it on a feature parity with the competition. Drama will ensue.

mm, but the thing is, as versions get on, as I understand it, the modders have to do less and less work to update

That'd be pretty good motivation I think

 

[McJty]

I have never seen RP as I only started playing MC pretty recently but what exactly was in RP that isn't already duplicated in some other mod like ProjectRed? Perhaps she could concentrate on a smaller mod bringing back only those features and work together with (for example) ProjectRed.

 

[GreenZombie]

mm, but the thing is, as versions get on, as I understand it, the modders have to do less and less work to update

That'd be pretty good motivation I think

Less to do? The updates for 1.6.4 to 1.7.2 seem to be taking longer than 1.4.7 to 1.5 (excluding a certain mod being the implicit topic of this thread). It doesn't seem that the mod authors are having things at all easier.

 

[midi_sec]

blah blah projectred. project red doesn't have forth.

for that, wb eloraam.

 

[trajing]

blah blah projectred. project red doesn't have forth.

for that, wb eloraam.

Fine, I still prefer lua.

 

[Skullywag]

If Elo wants to work on her mod as "she misses it" thats up to her. If somone else has already updated it in another form who cares. Her time, she can do as she pleases with it. I hope she finds enjoyment in modding again. I for one have tonnes of mods written from the ground up that I use personally (things like replacements/alternatives for soul shards, btw etc) ill never release them due to the fact that the modding culture in minecraft is painful, however i enjoy tweaking them and writing new features. Nowhere has Elo said shes going to be releasing what she does...she might...she might not...her choice.