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Quote from Soaryn

We will have a website up soon that will handle not only XyCraft, but my other projects as well so you won't have to go to twitch or twitter (though I don't see how hard it is to go to them.)

Nothing difficult, but why should I sign up for Twitter, just to get information updates for 1 mod. I am sure I am like many others, I have no interest in twitter, and see no need in having it.

I have a twitch account, but I have used it about twice in the last year. Twitch is for streaming game-play, not information distribution in my opinion. Twitch would be the last place I would ever look for information on something, well maybe a paper encyclopedia at the library after that.

An actual website that is maintained and updated would be a nice... the last one... well lets pretend it doesn't exist.

I am all for dev builds by the way, many authors use them, and seem to find them great for tracking down bugs or finding great player suggested improvements. Just have the disclaimer in red type 42 font that it may break world and is not recommended for server play as other mod authors do with their dev builds. I use quite a few and have not seen anymore complaining, crying about bugs/ broken worlds than a normal release thread, if anything I find less in WIP or dev build threads in most cases.

You don't need a twitter account to view tweets, only reply. The streams are not FOR information but they provide information.

It doesn't matter if you have a neon sign, fireworks or what ever
NOT EVERYONE READS THIS BEFORE DOWNLOADING.
However, we will release it when it is ready.

Quote from Soaryn

No, you are not all "spoiled children"; however, maintaining 3 different sources of the exact same information is highly unintuitive and popularity has nothing do to with it. Personally I find the text editor here a pain to deal with for NEW information to format nicely. I could just use a paragraph form, but as we mentioned before: Many people don't like reading. We will have a website up soon that will handle not only XyCraft, but my other projects as well so you won't have to go to twitch or twitter (though I don't see how hard it is to go to them.)

The over abundance of ore has been fixed and the method of gunning them have changed. Fabricators are definitely still in, but we have a few Multi-Blocks as well as the power-net for the next version.

Being 35, 25,10, 72, I don't care; age is not a credibility form factor here. If you don't find the mod useful and only wish to complain further, find a different forum to utilize. I'm sure the Moderators would appreciate it.

Im pretty sure popularity has everything to do with it otherwise you would check in here more often to see if anyone cares about your project. But you already know because you have followers. And like a previous poster said, looking on twitter for specific information without having to sort through a bunch of conversation...not fun. I just dont get that site's popularity with you youngsters, it sucks. And I do find it useful, which is why I went through the tedium of learning and writing a custom ore generation config for it. I just didnt like how caves looked with those ores everywhere, and absolutely despised what the crystals did to my framerate. but didnt want to do without the fancy blocks and fabricator.. Also got some use out of the xychorium soil for my cactus farms.

I just want to say,
Great Mod!

I mean... wasn't the reason behind creating this topic to allow people to use this fantastic mod?

So, can we stop being.... y'know.... Ummm... How do I put this so it doesn't make anyone feel bad...
You guys know what I mean....

(I do not wish to create/continue a very silly fight.)
Let's just review this mod and give bugs, or suggestions on the mod, not the mod author's life.
Thank you.

Have you considered making the mod opensource? That way people could help you, and the complainers would have nothing to complain about because it would be just as much their responsibility as anyone else's. Though I could understand why you wouldn't want to for buttloads of reasons.

Quote from Oblivionking13x

Have you considered making the mod opensource? That way people could help you, and the complainers would have nothing to complain about because it would be just as much their responsibility as anyone else's. Though I could understand why you wouldn't want to for buttloads of reasons.

I suppose that being open-source would make XyCraft more prone to people copying the code, running off and using it, but that could be just me.

I'm curious, will the new XyCraft have item/fluid transport, is that not planned, or is it a secret?

Just remember: You will always be remembered for what you did...or didn't...do.

I sir, am still patiently waiting. Keeping myself busy right now with a more magical modpack till your mod gets released, and by that time I will probably jump back over to the Direwolf20 pack. Because your mod would definitely be worth it!

Keep working on it at your pace, and when you finally release it people will probably be immensely excited! Some people just need to learn the fun of awaiting something great. And you probably have a closed group of testers for your mod, so I do not see the exact need to ask for a dev build.

Do it your way, your people will be waiting!

The point is not how much time is available for modding, but what gets done during modding time. I saw some of the early January Twitch stream and you were testing a Xychorium digging tool on a new worldgen vein. That time could, and arguably should, have been aimed at finishing XyCraft 1.4.7 implementation in 1.6.4 for release.

The goal is to maintain 2 builds. The first is the production/release build and is designed to keep the mod current for the customers (yes, Mojang's rather than yours). That takes priority whenever a new release of Minecraft/Forge breaks existing code. The other is the dev build you have now, essentially an experimental playground to play in when the production build is mod pack current and out the door. Once an item or feature from the dev build is ready for the production build then it can be brought over.

The only change other than straight port is to add Item IO-style modes to the tank valves.

1. Blue is input only. Pumping pipes do not work.
2. Orange is output only and pumps as fast as the connected pipe/block can take.
3. White (default) is bidirectional or storage. External pumping is required for pipe output. A TE3 Tesseract or AE Extra Cells Fluid Storage Bus needs to attach directly to a valve and simply work.

The vapor is strong here.

Holy ­ people here are ­s to Soaryn o.O
Since you all love complaining so much, why don't you put the time into learning how to code, then make your own mod that is similar to Xycraft... You should also try going to college to see if you would be able to handle a huge project like Xycraft on the side of college work. here's a hint: You probably couldn't, unless you're in Psychology (not to bash on people who like that, it's just probably one of the "easier" programs. then again, easiness is subjective).

Anyways, you probably won't see this but I can't wait for Xycraft to be updated Take your time and make sure it's what you want it to be before you let angry people at an incomplete version

I am wondering how a thread about a mod that has not been available for almost 2 years is still active and has not been locked yet. At least until a mod is released for it, as all it has become is an area for people to complain that is is not available.

Quote from AleXndrTheGr8st

It was locked, however the author expressed their desire to have it unlocked, explaining that they ARE indeed still working on the mod, and that all new information can be found on twitter

If all the information can be found on Twitter, and not here... why was thread reactivated?

@eagle: If I had access to the 1.4.7 code I would be updating this myself. I did see the strawpoll.me vote from the Twitter stream. I think the 1.6.4 port is a valuable foundation to build the 1.7 mod on. The only glaring bug is the crash on chunk unloading when other chunk loaders like chickenbones' are present. The port from alekso56 is insufficient as it lacks the machines.

@AleXndr: This is a lot bigger than mere impatience. Soaryn aspires to be a real Android developer with paying clients. Do you think those clients will put up with these kinds of "feature creep" delays in their projects? "Continuous delivery", or keeping a product current with the latest versions of Android or Minecraft/Forge can make or break a career. Threads like this will be scanned by potential employers to see what kind of worker Soaryn is. Polls from gamers who could sit in 1.4.7 for a while like I have until XyCraft updates are, by comparison, irrelevant. I want Soaryn to be a successful professional developer someday but that professional attitude needs to start now.

Quote from Armigus

1) I think the 1.6.4 port is a valuable foundation to build the 1.7 mod on.


2)Soaryn aspires to be a real Android developer with paying clients.

Considering I'm doing 1.7 and having rewrite major components of the mod, no, 1.6 is not viable.

I'm fairly certain being an Android dev does not imply paying clients nor do I believe when I have a full time job I will be studying full time simultaneously. You guys HAVE to keep that in mind. I am a student with limited free time. Coding every waking moment is not ideal in any scenario. Summer just started so hopefully coding will pick up momentum. We are working on it right now the IDE says 224 errors remain... however then we have to test and readd some features that were commented out.

Quote from Soaryn

Considering I'm doing 1.7 and having rewrite major components of the mod, no, 1.6 is not viable.

I'm fairly certain being an Android dev does not imply paying clients nor do I believe when I have a full time job I will be studying full time simultaneously. You guys HAVE to keep that in mind. I am a student with limited free time. Coding every waking moment is not ideal in any scenario. Summer just started so hopefully coding will pick up momentum. We are working on it right now the IDE says 224 errors remain... however then we have to test and readd some features that were commented out.

Soaryn I believe in you and I fully understand being in college and not being able to put full effort into the mod as well as having a life lol. good luck and have fun