Downloading 1.85 this very mo.
I only have my late hours free these next few days, but I'll post a more detailed "most wanted" list,
or my suggestions for a "recommended classes" list asap.
It's good to read various opinions up there;
I figured it would end up as kind of a compromize which suits me fine. :thumbsup:
After all - hence the net & it's chaotic anarchy - we will never be able to
actually DECIDE how stuff is done, and I for my part haven't got any dreams on doing so.
What I'd like to see is just some common sense :
NOT this :
Units/TMB_pack1
... or :
Units/TMB Addons / {TMB_Pack1, 2, 3, etc. }
.... that would stink, coz if everyone did this we'd have to scroll down the
"Units/" menu for HOURS before finding the thing we want.
(if we can remember at all what "TMB_pack1 was?!
)
I'd much rather see stuff like this :
UNITS / SEA / BIG SHIPS / "MyShip" and : .../ SMALL SHIPS / MyBoat... etc.
Same for trees & bushes, like this :
UNITS / LANDSCAPE / {trees,bushes,rocks...}
... or better :
UNITS / LANDSCAPE / NATURE (incl. trees,bushes etc)
UNITS / LANDSCAPE / INFRASTRUCTURE (incl. roads, tlf.poles, bridges etc.)
.... and so on!
Imagine me looking for some specific rock or bush - what should I do if some d00d offered me
an addon with a DisplayName like "TMB_pack1"
Soon (after I got the addon), I'd have forgotten all about this addon,
thus I'd be VERY happy to simply be able to
*USE MY COMMON SENSE*
hence one of the posts above in this thread.
meaning :
UNITS / LANDSCAPE / NATURE / TMB_pack1 or whatever name for his custom bushes.
By using my common sense, I could easily find the stuff I needed!!!
And the other way around - the Addon_Author guy could use HIS common
sense and simply put his addon under an already defined class,
be it orig. or a custom class.
Then, by time, we would have common classes & menus!
Excuse me for being "naive" in wishing for this, but I have to put up these
suggestions in a hard & stubborn way, due to the ways of the world
(thats : compromises, the demon of demons, lmao
;D ) !!!
I'll get back asap with my final suggestions
( but PLEASE, do add your own stuff too, m8s )
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P.S.
A summary on the whole idea Sending out SIGNALS to the ofp community about thinking ABOVE your own little addon
would - I hope - remind ppl of what they allready know, but keep forgetting :
Your addon should (in theory) appear as invicible and cool so that if it wasn't
for the custom author tag, ppl would think it's a part of the orig. game!
That's my personal ideals for addons, and they sprout THREE things:
The addon has to be
- Easy to find & use in the editor
- 98.3% bug free (ofp itself ain't 100%)
- in some way original
ok, so it wasn't a short summary - guess I got carried away there!
;D I'll shut up for now! :-X
*BEHOLD MY CLASSES LIST* :beat: :noo: ;D (may take a few days, though)
Laterz