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BPP · 04-22-2003, 07:00 PM

Very interesting post!

Now what is it that you do there? (I don't feel like sifting thru a bunch of posts as I am sure you already mentioned)

As far as the costs of development of expansions and patches, maybe if they were to release an SDK to the public, much of the work of new material can be done by the mod community for free. I am thinking of Half Life in this case...

However, if the mod community is able to create better expansions then the developer, (I think Desert Combat in its 0.3 alpha is better than RtR, just my opinion

) then EA won't be justified in charging money for a subpar expansion pack.

Could this be the main reason they have not/will not release the SDK to the public? Are they afraid of what the mod community can do not only to their product, but to their profit margin as well?

What are your feelings on this issue EA One Eye?

04-22-2003, 07:00 PM	#2 (permalink)
BPP Sergeant Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 404	Very interesting post! Now what is it that you do there? (I don't feel like sifting thru a bunch of posts as I am sure you already mentioned) As far as the costs of development of expansions and patches, maybe if they were to release an SDK to the public, much of the work of new material can be done by the mod community for free. I am thinking of Half Life in this case... However, if the mod community is able to create better expansions then the developer, (I think Desert Combat in its 0.3 alpha is better than RtR, just my opinion ) then EA won't be justified in charging money for a subpar expansion pack. Could this be the main reason they have not/will not release the SDK to the public? Are they afraid of what the mod community can do not only to their product, but to their profit margin as well? What are your feelings on this issue EA One Eye?