Not to get involved your arguement or anything but I think that Bullshock was the first one to work on a weapon importer.
When Code Master announced he was working on weapon creator Bullshock didn't get upset.Neither did I.
I have used both products and they have different features and different ways of going about importing your weapon.
There are a variety of resources available and this isn't a compeititon.To be honest,there are a lot of forum members that can't buy either WCS or Weapon Creator and want to import their own weapons.A free weapon importer might stem the tide of "can you make this weapon FPSC ready?" posts that sometimes flood the models and media forum.
If a working,free weapon importer is available to all of the forum members then there will be no excuses for someone not to be able to import their own weapons.
Weapon Creator is a fine product.I am beta testing it and I can say it works really well.
Code Master will have no trouble selling a few copies of it.
A free weapon importer is not going to cost him sales.
You don't get a lot of sales around here anyways.
Ask anyone who has sold anything on these forums.
Think of it this way.
Either you could have those that can't afford to buy the two weapon importers bug us incessantly about making their weapons FPSC ready or they can do it themselves.
I pick the second choice.
I don't think Opposing Force is making this to horn in on Code Master's action.If he were then he would be charging for it.
I think he is just doing it for the good of the community.
For what it is worth I do understand how you feel.
I am still going to buy Weapon Creator when it is released one way or another.
I have been around since the beginning of Weapon Creator.I have also purchased WCS.
It is no different that when I bought Signs III and Magic FPS.
They are two somewhat similar choices but do different things.
I like having all of the available options when making my game.
Then if my game sucks only I am the one to blame.
This is just my opinion,of course,and doesn't matter to anyone but me.
Just thought I'd express it anyways.