Mod dead ?

[Zeppelin4]

I have seen no news in weeks. I know Thal is busy and seems to have no time anymore. The last news was giving access to others to help mod. Is anyone doing this? Is the mod dead in the water? Any news at all would be nice.

 

[Zimdictive]

Github.

 

[rltmd317]

I don't think the mod is dead. With the major changes of Brave New World I expect a lot of modding will change to match how the game is played which means you have to play the game and see what may be good to change and what people would like to see. Thal and his team have real lives whereas Firaxis are paid individuals who a living is dependent on their work. There seems to be a big shift in game play for this expansion. I believe most regular players will switch close to the release window and play vanilla since no mods will be solid. I really like this mod and I really expect it will adapt to the next expansion. I personally will play the existing mods (1.13 or 1.14 beta 2 depending on my mood lol) until the expansion comes out or whatever Thal and his supporters may develop in the meantime. Thanks gang for all the hard work in developing a great mod for a great game……..

 

[Hawawaa]

What the man can't take a 2 week break. Come on now. Its ok, its ok.

 

[Johnny Deacon]

LOL Some people simply don't understand that programming in some cases, is about resting when your tired. . .

 

[Erikose]

Agreed. Modding is a labor of love, and the people like Thal should be supported as they are doing this for the community for no pay, as an addition to all their other commitments - both personal and professional.

\donning flame retardant suit

I would even support emulating the new system on Nexus that makes it easy to donate directly to the modders on this site or Steam Workshop (as the donate button on Thal's site seems broken ATM).

Thal has certainly extended the playability of this game for me well beyond what I initially invested in the Steam sale the year it came out!

\stepping down from high horse

Regardless, no reason to even suspect the mod is dead without a communication to that effect . . .

- Erikose

 

[Gothic_Empire]

Thal doesn't owe us anything, and his mod is an outstanding labor of love. =)

I, being paranoid, am wondering if he's okay.

 

[Zeppelin4]

Regardless, no reason to even suspect the mod is dead without a communication to that effect . . .

- Erikose

The first sign is usually the lack of communication. With that said my original post was not to point blame and or show lack of respect. My main thought was we have not heard from anyone else that has joined the project after Thal's last post looking for help. This leads me to believe that the mod is dead in the water.

 

[Gothic_Empire]

It's been around since Civ 3 or 4 in different forms, and more than one person is involved. If it died, or went on hiatus, there'd be an announcement. Relax.

https://github.com/Thalassicus/gem/tree/master/Gem

A quick check here shows that people worked on it 8 days ago.

 

[Gothic_Empire]

And here, people have been working on it much, much more recently:

https://github.com/Thalassicus/gem/network

 

[Tomice]

AFAIK he has a new job, and we all know how this can minimize spare time especially in the first few weeks. Also, he's a Blizzard fan IIRC, guess he's playing a bit of SC2 HOTS, too.

Don't worry, there have always been periods of lower activity around here. I'd start worrying if long-term followers like Ahriman - who's constantly been around since the first days - start worrying as well

I'm pretty sure he'll at least release a "final" version of GEM completing the most important changes that are currently in the beta and still a bit buggy. I also expect him too adapt his mod to the newest bugfixing patch (which should be rather easy, it#s only a few fixes after all).



Not sure about the BnW-Expansion. Guess it changes so much again that it would take months to rebalance it. I guess he could really use a few co-workers for that...

 

[Johnny Deacon]

And here, people have been working on it much, much more recently:

https://github.com/Thalassicus/gem/network

Maverik, PedropaG and me are working on translations

 

[whoward69]

We know BNW is due out on the 9th July ...
We know Thal was on the Frankenstein Group for G&K ...

Put 2 and 2 together and ...

We can deduce he is on the Frankenstein Group for BNW ...
So he is probably busy with other (more interesting) stuff

 

[Dunkah]

Hasn't this become Standard Operating Procedure?

He usually disappeared a week or so before major patches as well.

 

[Seek]

I think he's taking a break. Looks like he's playing a lot of Saint's Row on Steam..

 

[Hawawaa]

Ya I remember before G&Ks too he took a break so all is well. Also good time to relax and reenergize oneself before making another dive into civ.

 

[donZappo]

Dang, it appears he's on vacation so it will be a real long time before the next update. What is this whole personal life thing about anyways?

 

[Gamerwiz]

Would've been nice to get a stable patch out (I'm still on 2.3/1.12) but I foresee this as him gearing up to get ready for any post-BNW adaptions of the mod, which is good. Enjoy your break, Thal.

 

[rltmd317]

I have been playing 1.14 beta 2 and there are a few quirks but overall it plays fine

 

[Zeppelin4]

I don't know of any stable version. The last so called stable version has a nasty faith bug among other bugs that need to be fixed. The beta version has its own problems too. I wish we could have at least got one stable version before the vacation. Oh well back to guild wars 2