Posts by delta007

Hmmm ... I like the "climb mountains" idea. What mountain range would you recommend the most in your area? Over here, we have the Drakensberg and Table Mountain, and that's about it

You seem to be suffering from a developer's version of "writers block" ... which is particularly common amongst perfectionists - or so I am told.

Also, the thing to understand about motivation is that it cannot be forced. It's the by-product of a whole bunch of underlying factors, and true motivation is not really something that you can "choose" on a conscious level. Taking a few steps back for introspection along with some well deserved R&R and TLC could very well be all that is required to ignite that spark again.

While I am fairly new to this forum, I have been playing Freelancer for many years now, and I have been involved with computer games since the forlorn days of the Pentium 286. In that time, I don't recall coming across ANY mod for ANY game in a similar genre that comes even close to matching the "WoW" factor that Crossfire 1.7 offers.

If what I have seen is anything to go by, Crossfire 1.8 is set to shatter the benchmarks in terms of what can be made possible in a game mod by a small group of highly dedicated and obviously talented individuals. Certainly, there has never been a more anticipated Freelancer mod than Crossfire 1.8, and in my humble opinion, you are one of the finest modders that this world has ever seen.

This does not mean however that you won't struggle with motivation from time to time.

Let's face it ... visionaries, pioneers, inventors, writers, artists and creators never have it easy. They take a lot of rap from the public who criticize just about every action, drop of ink, typed word, line of code, brush stroke, musical note or hand craft that they invest towards their creations ... right up until the proverbial light bulb moment when they finally get praised and recognized. They work like demons for many thousands of hours, wondering themselves why they do it, and sometimes they don't even get paid attention, let alone money.

They push themselves to breaking point regularly, and after all of the blood, sweat and tears, it becomes so easy to just chuck in the towel. Yet even when they do give up, they start hating themselves just for quitting. That is how powerful dreams and visions can be, and sometimes they are just so good that the world has to see them ... somehow.

Nothing truly good ever comes easy, and some of your biggest successes in life happen when you are just about to quit.

Sure ... words are cheap, and I am not part of the developers team for CF 1.8. Be that as it may, I can say without reservation that regardless of what happens from here on, you have earned the timeless respect from myself and countless others from all around the world. I salute both you and the rest of the CF team.

The Mona Lisa? Shakespeare? The Crossfire Mod? it's a perception really. You don't always see the work behind the creation.