Open sourcing the mod wouldn't help anything. For starters the code is not in a very maintainable state plus how many people who are interested in LU are able to code or reverse engineer? That and if it was open sourced you'd just have a load of different, custom versions of LU knocking around or badly made clones.
As for joining up with VCMP, at the time some of us had time to work on either LU or VCMP but lately none of us do. We have got lives away from the internet you know, we don't earn anything from LU or VCMP so they remain as a hobby so other things take priority.
And yes the update should be for the good of everyone and it would be if anybody had the time to finish it. It probably doesn't help that the code in the current state has lots of unfinished things in which doesn't make much sense to anybody other than me at the moment. My point was that exploiting a bug to try and 'force our hand' is the wrong way about things and if anything has given us less incentive to look into finishing it.
So... i don't get it...
Will you continue enjoying your hobby or you completly tired of it... or you have any other reasons to gave up all your progress?
Because "no time" is never a reason, such as things like "DiKhe@d players" (and it's a... kinda shame to show them any serios attention - because, you know, it's pointless... all people have theyr own opinion based on theyr IQ, so... i think you get what i am about) or some other people showing no respect.
"And remember... respect is everything"
1st of it all you doing this or that for yourself, and only 2nd you do it for someone... because it's your hobby - not someones (but if you really want, you can do it for someone in 1st line, so this will be one more reason to do it
). From that you and other people, what like this mod - can just ban other disrespectfull people, if they disturb or interrupt developing process or fun of a game on any of servers. Cause "lu hack" not the reason either - you can develop anti hack system (don't say you can't, cause nothing are impossible).
Too small amount of people are playing in LU? (Yes, not that mutch like in SAMP, or World Of Warcraft either...) but this is not the reason too, don't this? I don't think, what you expect much from LU in a begining...
I develop a GTAIII club from 01.08.2008 in social site (like facebook, with wiki), i never expect much from it, i'm enjoying the process and result, cause this is just a hobby, not a step before something bigger... i got lazy sometimes, much times i'm give up, or choosing other interesting things in life... but i'm never stop doing this, cuz 1st - i like this, 2nd i need hobby and this one is best for me, and 3rd i'm really want to finish this cuz i know, no one do it better, than me - thats why i'm trying do it even better than i can do it myself)
I don't know why you started develop this mod, but broke up such a progress... nuh, you doesn't stop this, don't you? Cuz if you do - you've already been writed the post about you choose something better for youreself in life, and choosing something else better is good for any life :-)
So... for yourself you can do anything you want, what you think is better. But for all other people, what like gta3 or lu and wait for any news about it... please, write what you going to do with it on the 1st page. Because, maybe you don't know, but when you release LU - for some people, for what gta3 is not just a game, or even not just a significant memories - for this people you gave great gift and hope for something, what fans of this game dream about many years before from 2001... and... yeah, this is just a game after all. But... this is just a life. You choose, how you will live it, and for someone of us this game can be somethig such strong... as a part of a soul. Like a refuge (is it right word?) from a hard past times... place, where we can calm down, rest and hide for a while... this place is never changes... unlike us :-)
Too many words? I can continue... but it anough i think. Anything you do - take effect on a people around you, like it or not, but's this is true.
And after all, this is just one of my views of this theme. Thank you and goodluck in anything
