torus wrote:This does NOT have to mean that Nexuiz is a dead project. On the contrary- here we have an opportunity to re-organize and consolidate our effort. Yes, the codebase is at least temporarily frozen, but there are many other things that can and SHOULD be worked on, especially on the art side.
I've thought we should freeze development for a while, so that people could make content to catch up with the code.
Truely, the amount of progress Nexuiz has made in recent months has been astounding. We have lots of stuff to work with, from better support for modeled maps (LOD, hole fixes, texture blending), to fixes in the core game. Now is the time to work on building stuff for this new code.
I agree with this. I am currently working on a new map that could be added to the core game (maching quality, style and license).
I never really thought about it, but I guess it's not supprising that all this would be too much for one person. I think that part of the problem (the problem being the lack of devs) is the lack of some type of official framework. We need something like a community contributions subforum with a stickied wishlist. Not only will this get people to contribute, but people can make the gradual transition of user - contributer - dev (code dev or otherwise) rather than the quantum leap of user - dev. And we NEED to have the official bug report site under something other than the search button! Also, like Torus said, the community is too large now to put everything to a direct vote. As for the asshats, they just need to done away with quickly before they cause a big downward spiral. Sorry things didn't work out for you.
I guess and hope so.