Jeez...
My name gets mentioned quite a few times, while I prefer not to even be part of this catfight. Yes, I advocate a free open source community. Yes, I am disappointed some (senior) members don't want to do more on their part (tutorials, walkthroughs). Yes, I can say some members of the GWX team have provided me with useful information, and even a glimps at some of their tools. Yes, they are not selfish by standard, as a team and as a whole.
I also agree the tone of certain SH4 modders are out of line. You are not helping here.
But you know what? As a team you (GWX) also keep fueling this by denying people what tools and knowledge you have in store. So you have this, have that, a zone editor since one or two years, who knows what. I've seen some more tools as ref showed me some. Potentially great tools. I know my stuff. Look at my sig.
I understand the fact that it took a lot of you a long time to learn and discover about the game. But I can say the same. Isn't it a waste of time for people to do the same thing over and over?
All the arguments I've read to not release certain tools are a non-issue to me (like I said earlier). Usersupport? I hardly had to do any. Why? Because people around here are smart. Hell, S3D has NO MANUAL. None. And I may remind you the first 5-6 releases were very crappy ones.
Time constraints? Sure, very possible (I have them too). But there's more coders around here... Why not seek help? An open community, more souls, more talent, better tools, more ideas, etc.
Like I said above, and I hope even the anti-GWX people read this, all isn't so bad as some may think. Not from my experience (please people, read the S3D changelog and look for 'privateer' and 'ref'). I just wish you all to leave this all behind, stop the mud slinging, and work together and as much as possible in public, but not per se exclusively. Keep on helping others out (as you already have), and don't let people feel you have superiority in certain areas. That's where the unfair feeling comes from.
GWX has achieved much, and so they will for SH4 as well. Better bring them in as friends and get them to open up their bucket of tools and knowledge by themselfs then to force them to another forum and demand their tools, don't you think?
Here's my thought of the day...
"I am not pro Uboat, not pro Fleet, not pro SH4, not pro SH3, not pro GWX, but pro Silent Hunter - the game, and I wish everyone would feel the same..."
And it rhimes as well...
Respectfully yours,
[edit] Some edits, I don't want this to sound like an attack at GWX.
[edit2] My post may be a bit confusing as my talk is sometimes directed at some of the GWX crew, and sometimes at SH4 modders, and sometimes to all. Hope you can decipher it, I find it hard to explain in english...