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 

It's all great and wonderfull... what you can ban the player's ip on all servers at once if it need to be so.. but how about that point what crashing was because of lu's bag? On some servers, such as gta.ru server if you didn't write /login password - all players are automatically disconnect from this server. So.. i think you need fix this 1st, and only after that ban the player. Also ban the player on all LU servers - it's not so good point... give the server owners possibility to choose ban or not at they own servers... - this is enough for the truth.

That is.. no reason for creating global ban list i think...

The reason of crashing in gta.ru server is what someone new doesn't write /login password - then all players lost the connection because of it.

Thanks 

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What means "bots"? Is this the bot players or something else?

I have something like this... i build the skyscrapper with many same houses.. and game is crashed then i reached that place.. can't say at the moment how much it was.. but on luwiki limit of objects are - 5000, 345 on screen... so that much more then i made.

I see, thx for the info..

1. I can help with "scripting help topic" - will write all what i know for other players, don't you mind? :-) Where can i do it - here or at one place or need topic for each script?
2. How to create 5000 hidden packages if it limited by "331 on screen"? Cus i tryed create 332 in random places of LC, and can't see the last of them..
P.s. Thanks for position saver script, i change it for saving packages and it much easyer to write them on the map)

lol it's more easy than i think.. thanks alot it works 

I want to do more than one sphere... but all are teleport player to the one point.. i fink need to set sphere.id or "if sphere.pos".. and then they will teleport to the needed coordinates.. but it is too hard to get it by myself.. can help me anyone with it?

example

function onScriptLoad()
{
   CreateSphere( Vector ( 89.51, -1548.7, 28.34 ), 3.00, Colour( 0, 0, 255 ) )
        CreateSphere( Vector ( 351.501, -328.052, 173.163 ), 3.00, Colour( 0, 0, 255 ) )

   return 1;  
}


function onPlayerEnterSphere( pPlayer, sphere )
{      
   if (Sphere.Pos = Vector ( 89.51, -1548.7, 28.34 ))
   {
       pPlayer.Pos = Vector( 116.93, -1545.4, 244.58 )
   }

   if (Sphere.Pos = Vector ( 351.501, -328.052, 173.163 ))
   {
       pPlayer.Pos = Vector( 374.1, -327.9, 173.16 );
   }

   return 1;
}

I mean.. the program with buttons - no need to script.. just press and edit all server parameters, object positions, game modes.. etc... hmm.. like windows for pc using.. it will make the LU easyer for noobs like me x) I can script, but sometimes it too hard... some things i don't understeand, cus in luwiki not the full info at the moment..

Is it possible (not too hard) to make server editor? For those ppl, who can't script cus it kinda hard for some of us... it will be really great... 

Thanks, it helped)

Hey, ihave problem with the new update, it was downloaded, and no applied. When i restart app, it was want to update, any HELP? 

Have the same problem.. then update downloaded - browser are swithch to off with the words what update will be aplyied - then again download update...