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Anachronous · 09-24-08, 07:12 PM

While I dont make mods for SH, I do help manage a mod community for another game and have been making mods for years, and as a modder I can say:

Its not a matter of simply deciding to stop supporting a version. People mod the version that they play. If you play 1.4, you arent able to make 1.3 mods, nor would you want to. The same goes for those on 1.5.

Mods are made first and foremost for the modder that creates them, then released to share with the public. Just normal people like you or I, modding the game that they play, and allowing other's to share in their work. There is no production line or paid job.

It's definitely a pain when you are on one version and the community is on another, but there is little that can be done for it. Essentially if we want to use the mods, we are at the will of the majority of the community, and the majority usually tends to run the latest, most stable and preferred versions of the game that they are modding.

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Anachronous Medic Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Tasmania Posts: 167 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	While I dont make mods for SH, I do help manage a mod community for another game and have been making mods for years, and as a modder I can say: Its not a matter of simply deciding to stop supporting a version. People mod the version that they play. If you play 1.4, you arent able to make 1.3 mods, nor would you want to. The same goes for those on 1.5. Mods are made first and foremost for the modder that creates them, then released to share with the public. Just normal people like you or I, modding the game that they play, and allowing other's to share in their work. There is no production line or paid job. It's definitely a pain when you are on one version and the community is on another, but there is little that can be done for it. Essentially if we want to use the mods, we are at the will of the majority of the community, and the majority usually tends to run the latest, most stable and preferred versions of the game that they are modding. __________________ Use of undefined constants causes assumptions!