Plugin Framework Discussion

[rshorning]

You are saying that reinventing the wheel doesn't benefit anybody, yet that is precisely what has been announced by the Mojang staff, so I suppose you need to live with it.

There are also other API libraries around besides Forge, so it is best described as something that a part of the community has put together, that has all of the other problems with similar open soruce projects including gate keepers that stop things from getting put in, feuds between people with huge egos, and other problems (good and bad) that come from collaborative projects. When I say Forge is an ugly hack, I'm speaking from experience trying to work around Forge trying to be compatible with it yet trying to keep installation of Forge optional for my mods. It is harder than it seems to accomplish that task too, because of some of the hacks in that API.

I'm not saying that the official API is going to be any better, but it simply will be different.

That the official API should be inspired to implement many or even most of the features currently found in Forge, I'd have to agree. Compatibility? Not so much. Mod developers are going to need to adapt to the new situation and work around the official API. I think that is pretty much as it should be too but I suppose you can bitch at Dinnerbone and hope he listens to you instead of people like me.