Guys, I fear from readin ghtese posts that most members are missing the entire point of X 10.
If I am to understand the situation correctly, it has been stated that new upgrades for the X9 version will still be made and worked on.
So FPSC X9 won't die the quick and horrible death everyone proclaims here.
We all, well most of us who have been around from waaaay back , know that it has been tough going at times,hard on some, impossible and crippling for others.Unfortunately , this is nothing new in the software development world, everything ever released has had its share of "teething problems".
Although many people are proclaiming VISTA to be going nowhere, we all have to remember, it is the future, every PC on the market will eventually step into the VISTA age and will not have X 9 or anyhting remotely related to XP on it.
even in our small corner of the world , every single pc sold since january is being shipped with VISTA.
What TGC is doing, and this has been statred by one of the mods , is allowing us to utilize this new platform and compete , even if only due to availability, with other titles,bigger ones i might add, head on.
Yes , its still the FPSC we all love or despise, whatever the case may be, but its there.
Now I can already hear all of you screaming about hrdware prices again, no one has said that we have to upgrade immediately, we could wait, all hardware goes through a price reduction phase 4-6 months after the tech is first avialable, if you don't believe me , look it up.
I don't agree with comments regarding the fact that FPSC is unstable in its current version, we're working on it, every day , fulltime, and we are about to release a title built entirely on v1.04, yes we have had small problems, but we have overcome them.
I think the main problem is that we as a community are spoiled, most of the newer users especially, read the adds, saw the box and thought "Sure, why not, I can do what other studios do in 4 years, only I can do it in 10 minutes."
Now, the fact that soemindividuals were disillusioned by the fact that creating a game takes actual work doesn't surprise me, at all infact.
But creating something takes time and effort, yes this framework we all use is a shortcut, but there is still work involved.
If we take a look at everyhting said and done, we'll find that what TGC is doing will benefit all of us in the long run, not only a select few, but the entire community.
FLAME ON !!!
