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Originally Posted by Kpt. Lehmann
Hi Digital Trucker,
The other day you posed a question asking why a modder would want to keep a modding tool to themselves... and seemed to feel as if keeping such a tool under guard was a selfish thing....
You asked for one reason why retaining limited access to such a tool should be viewed as acceptable.
I will answer your question with our primary reason:
We have limited manpower, and though we assist modders DIRECTLY via PM on many occasions, with the huge distribution of the GWX mod and its massive user support mechanism... We have chosen to mod for the user. We can either produce mods or teach people how to mod (and deal continuously with mass-confusion).... but we simply don't have the manpower to do both.
At any rate, we'd get roasted either way.
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Kpt. Lehmann,
I agree with you whole heartedly, there just isn't enough time in the day for me to do everything I want to, but unfortunately we can't change the fact that there is only 24 hours in a day.
I also understand that because you have limited manpower you can only do so much, but wouldn't it make more sense if you and the modders that ask you for help were to make in the open forum instead of PM's. Wouldn't it save you and your team from having to tell someone, 3, 6 months, or longer the same thing that you have done in the past. To me, if the help was made on the open forum, then it would benefit the modders of the future on how and why some of the files are changed to create the desired mod. Thus, you would not have to repeat the cycle every time someone needed some help and you and your team would have more time to mod the AO to your standards.
This would result in a larger knowledge base that benefits every modder and non-modder in the community. Just my 2 cents.