Subj : Re: Galactic Dynasty error
To   : apam
From : Avon
Date : Fri Dec 13 2024 10:31 am

On 12 Dec 2024 at 03:43p, apam pondered and said...
 
 ap> To be honest, I've lost track of which versions are which. I thought I'd
 ap> fixed the lua bug a while back but I mustn't have committed it. If you
 ap> want me to make another build for you I can, (though the lua bug just
 ap> really needs the .lua file copied over)

let me dig out which latest versions I have and perhaps there's no need.. will get back to you. thanks Andrew.

 ap>  > opt not to want to fix them any more... is it worth continuing to run
 ap>  > the inter-bbs game if a bug that's discovered may not get fixed going
 ap>  > forward? 
 ap> 
 ap> Maybe not, I guess that's a question best put to those who are playing
 ap> it. Apart from the buying billions of planets overflow thing, which can
 ap> be avoided by resetting fairly often I guess, I don't think there's
 ap> anything too game breaking. (and it's not like Barren Realms Elite or any
 ap> of the other more popular InterBBS doors are getting updates either ;)
 ap> 
 ap> If people are actually keen on playing it (rather than just setting it up
 ap> for the sake of setting it up) I would be happy to fix that over flow bug
 ap> (but it would mean an actual update)
 ap> 

seems to me like there's a core group of people actively  playing the game and some who set it up and never play it, so the usual mix of engagement / disengagement.. same can be said for any inter-bbs game I think.

I agree other inter-bbs doors are not (for the most part) being actively updated/extended... and mostly work fine even now :) I guess that was an appeal at the time for GD and FH in that the community had you developing something at that stage.

If you opt to do further work on the games then that's great but if you're essentially done with them I understand that also. I just need to factor in to offering the inter-bbs stuff the issue of supporting stuff if it breaks and my ability to do so (or not)... so that's what I'm pondering.

I think it seems fine to keep them running at the moment in Z21... 

Kerr Avon [Blake's 7] 'I'm not expendable, I'm not stupid and I'm not going'
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