Renegade
17.11.2011, 20:29:50
Olaf...you do realize this is a re-run, right?
We've had this exact conversation multiple times in the past, and it hasn't changed since.
If anybody wants to start a full, open port of YR to C++, all power to him.
I, personally, am not gonna spend the next five to ten years doing that and supporting it afterwards.
(OTTD was announced 2003, iirc, so no, that's not an exaggeration.)
Point is, writing a complete, working port on par with the stock game takes a shitload of time and work. It's not a job you can do on a random weekend. If someone is willing to invest that time and work, that's great, and I'm sure several of the community's coders would lend a hand here and there. But there's a vast difference between coding a feature every few months, and committing yourself to working with Westwood's madness for years to come.
So the question really isn't "what goals would you like to achieve?". The question is "are you masochistic enough to practically start from zero and spend another five years on this?".
As said: This ain't a new discussion, and all these arguments have been heard before.
We've had this exact conversation multiple times in the past, and it hasn't changed since.
If anybody wants to start a full, open port of YR to C++, all power to him.
I, personally, am not gonna spend the next five to ten years doing that and supporting it afterwards.
(OTTD was announced 2003, iirc, so no, that's not an exaggeration.)
Point is, writing a complete, working port on par with the stock game takes a shitload of time and work. It's not a job you can do on a random weekend. If someone is willing to invest that time and work, that's great, and I'm sure several of the community's coders would lend a hand here and there. But there's a vast difference between coding a feature every few months, and committing yourself to working with Westwood's madness for years to come.
So the question really isn't "what goals would you like to achieve?". The question is "are you masochistic enough to practically start from zero and spend another five years on this?".
As said: This ain't a new discussion, and all these arguments have been heard before.
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