Opinions on Microsoft buying Mojang
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and microsoft understands that modded is a large community and neutering them is a mistake
Shame on you, ulgrath. You can't bring level-headed logic into a discussion about Microsoft, what were you thinking? Go stand in the corner and come back when you have come up with a suitably depressive prediction of a terrible future.
This reminded me of a tweet I made on the 11th > https://twitter.com/TheLawbroken/status/510033394319650816
So, CPW's ragequitting because Microsoft bought Mojang? ...Okay, can't help it, I have to laugh. That's the most hilarious shit I've heard in a long damned time.
Maybe...I could see a one time charge for a modding devkit or something.
Obviously, this is all total speculation...but I think we can say safely that $27 for Minecraft 2 and all future content is probably not the way it will go.
I'll be sticking around until given a concrete reason to leave. Rumor and innuendo are not going to control my game.
I've seen worse situations with games before.
Heck, if Microsoft rewrites MC using a real language (JK) and provides an API I may jump on the modding wagon myself. I don't want to take the time to mess with Java and it's funky garbage collection. We had to do enough of that in "C" in the early 80's.
Any of the Visual Studio languages would be fine, since VS is now basically one language that you can choose which syntax (C++, C#, JavaScript, Visual Basic) you want to create with, and the Express version of VS is a free download. The only thing missing are the Enterprise collaboration tools such as shared server workspace. Sneaker-net is still doable for small groups.
I've seen worse situations with games before.
Heck, if Microsoft rewrites MC using a real language (JK) and provides an API I may jump on the modding wagon myself. I don't want to take the time to mess with Java and it's funky garbage collection. We had to do enough of that in "C" in the early 80's.
Any of the Visual Studio languages would be fine, since VS is now basically one language that you can choose which syntax (C++, C#, JavaScript, Visual Basic) you want to create with, and the Express version of VS is a free download. The only thing missing are the Enterprise collaboration tools such as shared server workspace. Sneaker-net is still doable for small groups.
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I love Minecraft. It's absolutely my favorite game to play. But vanilla has been just a hodgepodge of feature updates that could already be found in mods for awhile now. The most important feature of 1.8 is the performance improvements. Mutton and bunnies and a few new blocks (without slabs or stairs of course, because Notch Slab Principle or something) have been available to modded MC players for years. Something like 60% of the game is still written in Notch's "My Furst Java" spaghetti code. I've long wanted Notch to just completely leave Mojang and Minecraft up to others. I don't know if Microsoft is the best place for Minecraft, but I'm not going to worry about it yet. I can't make decisions about anything without more information. Actions, not speculation about potential actions, will determine what kind of future I have as a budding modder, texture artist, and player. For now, I have a tree farm to build and more stuff to think about for an HQM pack I'm working on.
Just figured I will chime in on this whole business. Regardless of Microsoft's involvement in this game, I will continue to offer Faithful 32 for modded packs. If they want to buyout Vattic's work or even the entire Github repository of textures its not happening. For one I don't even have the rights to all the textures, and second I would not feel comfortable giving control of my work to Microsoft unless they included it in the vanilla game for free.
As to all the other people in the community, players and contributors alike, stop jumping off the fucking boat. We are still tied to the dock and Microsoft has done nothing as of yet to convince us that its a speedboat headed for rocky waters.
As to all the other people in the community, players and contributors alike, stop jumping off the fucking boat. We are still tied to the dock and Microsoft has done nothing as of yet to convince us that its a speedboat headed for rocky waters.
I hope this whole "Minecraft 2" thing isn't serious. I know its likely a joke, but I've been bitten by that before, so I'm a tad leery of assuming such.
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I will continue modding as long as i can. If microsoft starts taking action against modders, i will take my code off of github, and develop it personally.
imagine a world were the only way to get to the API is to buy a dev license
Well before the MS deal we didn't even have that. Remember that all mods we have now were created without any API. The modding community just reverse engineered Minecraft.
Right. If there was a reasonable price on a dev license, I don't think that'd be the worst possible outcome.
I wouldn't suggest swearing to often, However you maybe seeing my warning hammer.
I'm glad to see everyone sticking their ground and being optimistic and happy and not instantly scurrying off. I myself have only gotten 3 hours of sleep waiting for this and am drinking lots of coffee downloading and backing things up. Every modpack I can find I am shoving onto my hard drive. I've got 30 TB of space because I have like 10 external drives my brother left when he moved out.