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Hi everyone,
Looking at our mod's thread, I noticed that it had sunk into the depths of this forum's oblivion.
So I guess it was time for an update.

Most of what happened in the past month was conducted behind the scenes.
We had several beta versions tested untill we found one whose tech tree seemed both interesting and natural to the team members.
So what can I show you : pages of code ? A tech tree that will be changed when adapted to DC ?
I thought that you might prefer some eye candy instead and thus I decided to break my own rule of not showing anything untill it's 100% finished.

OK, so where is our mod heading now ?
Well, the plan was to adapt the code to be used in Dark Crusade, while the buildings were being made.
Unfortunately, Dark Crusade broke mods. I mean it broke the very act of modding.

Past patches had added some various code changes, but that was easily fixed once we got the new luas.
The problem with Dark Crusade is that it broke the mod manager. So there is no easy way to play a mod in Dark Crusade.

I know there are workarounds, but they involve modifying some core files and launching the mod through a shortcut. That's something that a modder can do, but definitely makes it impossible to ditribute mods to players, a good number of which lack the required computer skills to unzip a file correctly.
So here we are, awaiting for Relic' good will to repair the Game Manager, which will take an unknown amount of time, amount probably defined by whatever marketing strategy they have (I really don't believe it's a "oops we forgot about the Mod Manager" kind of mistake).
Oh and before some zealot tries to fry me because I am unfaithful to Relic's Holy Words (boy, they make a religion out of any thing these days, soccer matches, video games, cola drinks...), I am not complaining, I am stating a fact.

OK, in the meantime, I'll play Dark Crusade and keep on making buildings.
After all, if DC is not moddable, WA is !

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