Continued absence.

Let the flames roll in...
Err... yeah, well I suppose you can talk about other stuff as well, maybe?

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Continued absence.

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^ - -^ I will be away this month while I visit family then a gauntlet of meetings realted to other (income related) projects.

^- - ^ I will continue to scratch notes and should have something to contribute mid-april.
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Have a nice trip!
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Yeah, have a nice trip, Snow_Cat; and I can't wait for the rest of that story; it's very interesting and promising.
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Gah! I forgot about the tradeshow. My absence continues.

The first chalange I'll deal with is implementing the metagame in game when I am availble.
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If you can figure all that python code, that would be great.
It could even end up being used as a template for similar future paradigms.
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This is such bullshit, mods should be allowed to delete bot accounts!

This thing has been posting spam for almost a week now.
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I'll be happy to summarily execute all spammers if someone gives me administrative rights ;)

A lot easier than deleting all the spam.

And it's not that there is much doubt that they're spambots...
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Could you request a promotion to admin from Hellcatv or do you not have his contact info?

A forum should always have an active admin around anyway.
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I do have him... just that since I haven't seen him around the forums for so long I just didn't even think of asking him ;)

But you're right... he must have admin access.
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^- -^ Meow;
It's been a chaotic couple of years.
I haven't even had a working machine for more than a few months at a time, and rarely one capable of running VS (and about 1/3 rd of the games I own).

Anycase;
I did say that it would take two years to developing that subplot, and I guess the "Content Contributor" approval (two years later) means that it is time for me start... on the first week of next month.

Where should I direct my attention when I do return?
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This has come up in your absence, actually. I started one a plot here, but I'm only so-so of a writer, and inspiration has not struck in a while.
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Since I wasn't here when you were I guess the biggest question (and also since its been a few years anyway) is where your talents are. Story, python, csv?

Right now I think what needs the most attention is the wiki. Its heavily outdated in sections and hasn't seen any love in a long while. Also would be the easiest to start with if your time limited in what you can work on for now (and until you can get up to speed on all the changes since your absence).

Beyond that... just need to know where your interests and skills are to get a better picture of where to point you to. Glad to see your returning :)
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My talents seem to lie in Story, csv, and documentation.
I guess, writing and documentation for the time being since none of my current machines are even OpenGl1.1 compliant...
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So the cat came back :D sorry couldn't resist now if R/L can give chuck_starchaser a break maybe PU will also get back on track,Any way nice to see your handle again stray cats are so endearing :wink:

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I was thinking something similar. The atrophication of the Wing Commander side of things is a shame, and likely worsened by not being able to sign up new accounts on WC Junction. (I tried and never got the activation e-mail.:( Maybe I'll mention on the site rebuild thread to do a new WC room.)

Still in need of story writers.

Pheonix is right, the wiki could be a job in and of itself.

Not to mention the pending economic system rebuild.

Glad to see an "old timer" back, just jump on in!
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There already is a Privateer forum: http://forums.vega-strike.org/viewforum.php?f=35 Also includes the forums for Gemini Gold and PU
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Alright then... time to wake it up!
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snow_Cat wrote:^- -^ Meow;
Me Au!

Welcome back Snow Cat.
^ it rhymes :D

Yeah, wikifying all your VS experience will probably help other people help.

In any case, if you want to revive the WC mods, they will require a lot of updating (to be compatible with the latest code).
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I'd be interested in brainstorming the econonomy rebuild.
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Feel free to voice your opinion on the corresponding thread.
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Well...

The topic started way back here.

It died with little progress and restarted (in the same thread) here.

Most of the current discussion has been here.

The down and dirty is that
  1. The economy needs to be dynamic, responding to and generating game events.
  2. Goods come from logical places, including ships and upgrades.
  3. The price of goods includes those goods necessary for their production.
  4. The markup on goods needs to include the difficulty and length of the rout needed to get them there.
  5. Basic Supply and demand should be used.
I think that covers most of it. Also bear in mind that along with the dynamic and logical nature of the universe rework is a "heat radiation" type model of faction distribution high power and population near the capitol weakening as it goes out.

klauss' post takes you to the end of where we are now, an new point of view is most welcome!
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Say, is there some sort of opensource/software arts grant coming up?
I've gotten emails from many diffrent groups asking for my time these last couple of weeks.

I have some ideas for the cargo handling, but other RL priorities are takign up my time. I'll post when I am able to.
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GSOC maybe?
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shame we can't get some love from GSOC programmers
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