I just felt like posting a rant about what is a serious problem. This isn't critiscim directed at Cratos because he has some really sweet stuff for UT but against authors who protect their mods in general. There are probably excellent reasons for this (avoid hacking for example) but it also leads to another problem.
Since the code is protected, it cannot be maintained and this means that any update to fix bugs or to add features is not possible. It also means that if the original author suddenly disappears, the advancements that the mod brings are completely lost, the mods risks becoming out of date and ends up no longer being used. Despite unrealscript supposed to encourage sharing code, UT's history is littered with projects like this and it can make someone who is trying to make their own useful mods quite angry.
The reason I brought this up is because MapvoteLA could have some useful stuff added that wouldn't take many modifications. I have tried extending classes but compilation just doesn't work since the MapvoteLA is protected. As for contacting Cratos for some advice, it has been impossible to reach him for months. If any mod maker is out there I have some special advice for you when you decide to protect a mod : be like a responsable "parent" and make sure that one or more of your "children" (people of trust or fellow coders) has the source so it can be updated when needed.
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Since the code is protected, it cannot be maintained and this means that any update to fix bugs or to add features is not possible. It also means that if the original author suddenly disappears, the advancements that the mod brings are completely lost, the mods risks becoming out of date and ends up no longer being used. Despite unrealscript supposed to encourage sharing code, UT's history is littered with projects like this and it can make someone who is trying to make their own useful mods quite angry.
The reason I brought this up is because MapvoteLA could have some useful stuff added that wouldn't take many modifications. I have tried extending classes but compilation just doesn't work since the MapvoteLA is protected. As for contacting Cratos for some advice, it has been impossible to reach him for months. If any mod maker is out there I have some special advice for you when you decide to protect a mod : be like a responsable "parent" and make sure that one or more of your "children" (people of trust or fellow coders) has the source so it can be updated when needed.
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