discolando27 said:
nooo, we must find a way to bribe sevo to work with warlords, maybe if we give him ice cream, or or, pizza rolls?
I can tell you my story about civ4. following by my conclusion.
I payd 42euros when civ came into the stores.1month terrible crashes, nothing worked, they got their first update before christmas, didn't change much. still crashes. It took me more then 1,5month to find out that it were the ATI drivers which caused the crashes. I asked firaxes for support several times. but their answers were more like the answers of a 6y.o. instead of answers of trained and experienced programmers who know how to deal with technical problems. So i was left alone. in the forums i didn't find a solution. I did reroll every single ATI driver, from 5.11 to 5.10 to 5.9 down to 4.12..then I found out, no crashes anymore. so I posted it and many people thanked me for it. but, it should be the team of firaxis to find this solution! they should post it! they did wrote it in their webpage, 2months later! so their support is ****! the game itself had so few features worked out. the possibilities are tremendous(as we can see with sevomod) but firaxes themself did not make this a game to play for a year with the standard installation.at least for me it'll be boring with so few options. I got so frustrated by the game and most of all firaxes for their lame support. that i really threw away the disc, deinstalled the game, never to install again.
then a light began to shine, i read about the sevo mod. i looked at the modifications, and thought:"wow, this can be interesting, if i count all the options by sevo they are by far more then the whole team of firaxis made in all those years of preperation" so i installed the game again, then the mod, and played. a whole new world opened! the game now really got exciting.
I hope you understand this is my personal experience. Of course i can understand some people like civ4 also without the mod, but for me personally, it was the mod that made the game, not the game itself! So i paid 42euros to a company with no support, no help, stupid answers, bad testing, releasing a beta as a final( i think the 1.61 is a final release, the 2 release before were definatly a beta release) and i got a mod to the game, which offered alot more then the game itself, for free.. now i like the game.
though, it would be stupid to buy warlords because Sevo made the game worth playing! I won't buy warlords because my experience with the first(final, actually beta 1.00 release) if i buy warlords, firaxes has a profit of my enjoyment while playing sevo! instead of buying warlords, i rather prefer to pay sevo the 40euros for his work instead of firaxis!
for those who want to critisize this, I DO NOT state this as a fact, it's my personal opinion about the game! I accept people having fun with civ4 standard, please also accept my opinion that not the firaxis team, but sevo is the man who made this game interesting for me!
but If i could convince sevo, to keep on the modding and pay him for it. I am SOOO willing to do this!!! first time i got into contact with sevo, i asked him questions, suggestions, etc etc, I wonder why he never told me:"STFU"
because i really asked him many silly things...but, he is so willing to help you solving problems, he is so nice, he does find solutions and patches everything. he is the true software developer:"not only develop and sell, but give pure support to people who enjoy his creations"
if someone deserves to earn money on this project(civ4) it is him and his fellow developers like keldath, GIR, those are the people making this game what it is!
Sevo, if money can convince you continuing this project, I hope other sevo mod players feel the same like I do, then please open a poll about it and how much people are willing to give you for your awesome mod, and see if the sum if enough to convince you continue your work with civ
of course, if it's a personal matter(wife complaining) i can understand money cannot solve such issues
but, dear friend, mod developper, I am sure going to miss you here!
and no continuing sevomod? ha, I will not buy the warlords! what i saw in warlords, besides the scenarios, what did they add? vassal state yes(very interesting!!!), and some leaders..what do i get with sevo? modified screens, a hell of alot extra units, extra buildings, extra resources, extra civs, ...you name it, it's there..installing warlords and not able to use sevo anymore, means i loose 90% of all extras and get 5% back by warlords..am I going to do that? NO! the only thing that i personally like is this aspect of vassal state..but loosing all sevo extras for this???? NO NO NO!
Sevo, you're the man! I will miss you alot, and without you continuing the project..I hope maybe keldath will continue your project, because without sevo, this is the end of the continuous expanding of civ.at least for me.
We hope to see your other projects too
........shine man shine!
There goes another great modder I hope he visits.
