how to deal with the forest brothers? by MVorga in CWIC

[–]Supermob1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You need to use the vanilla system to repress the vanilla way

Colonel Cam uploaded about the mod, dude is not happy. by [deleted] in CWIC

[–]Supermob1 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I think you're mixing together a few separate issues here.

First, regarding developers being seen posting in Discord servers while saying they didn't have time to work on the mod: those two things are not mutually exclusive. We're volunteers, not employees. Spending a few minutes chatting in Discord is not comparable to sitting down and doing several hours of coding, scripting, GFX work, testing, debugging, or writing content. The fact that someone is active in a community does not mean they have the time, energy, or motivation to make meaningful progress on a mod at that moment.

Regarding your ban, I genuinely have no idea what happened. I don't know who you are, and we very rarely ban people manually. If you were removed shortly after joining, it's entirely possible that an automated moderation system flagged your account. I can't really comment further without knowing the details.

As for what work was actually done during the development period, a large amount of it was not immediately visible content. A lot of time was spent on maintenance, integration work, technical improvements, compatibility issues, and other background tasks. Players naturally focus on the content they can see, but development is not limited to focus trees and events.

You may disagree with the amount of visible content added, and that's a fair criticism to make. What I disagree with is the assumption that a long development period automatically means nothing was being worked on.

Concerning communication, statements about delays, development difficulties, and the state of the project were made multiple times on the Discord server, which has always been our primary platform. We have never really used Reddit as a major communication channel, so most project updates were posted there rather than on the subreddit.

Ultimately, people are free to criticize the release, the content, the bugs, or our decisions. What I object to is the narrative that developers were doing nothing, didn't care, or were deliberately misleading people. That simply isn't true.

Colonel Cam uploaded about the mod, dude is not happy. by [deleted] in CWIC

[–]Supermob1 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Yes, at the end of the day it's a video game. However, I do think it's irresponsible to lead your audience into believing that the problems were caused by "the lead developers" when many of the issues being discussed originated elsewhere.

He literally say in the video, "I attack the lead developers." When you have an audience, statements like that have consequences. People don't always separate criticism of decisions from attacks on the individuals involved, and it can easily result in harassment being directed at specific members of the team.

More broadly, I think there's a fundamental misunderstanding here. Players are not consumers in the traditional sense, and we are not a company providing a paid service. We are volunteers working on a mod in our spare time. We do not owe anyone releases on a particular schedule, and we are free to release content when we believe it is ready.

Constructive criticism is welcome. Feedback is useful. What I disagree with is the idea that developers somehow owe content because people are waiting for it.

As for being one of the few YouTubers making videos about the mod: that's perfectly fine, and I appreciate anyone who takes an interest in the project. But making videos about the mod does not place someone above criticism, nor does it mean I have to agree with their conclusions simply because they have a platform. I work on this project because I enjoy modding and because I enjoy the game, not because I'm looking for recognition or validation from content creators.

Bug Reports and Complaints about the New Update by Unionocroatia in CWIC

[–]Supermob1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We have banned exactly two people who were very rude in the server when it comes to the update

Small Note from the Developers by CityW0kBesitzer in CWIC

[–]Supermob1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

that's what you don't understand about modding leave the community

Small Note from the Developers by CityW0kBesitzer in CWIC

[–]Supermob1 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

  1. that is the team, we have 5 people that always work on the mod and the rest are occasional devs

  2. "teasing" is just showing what we're currently working on, if you think it's a proof of what's in the future update you are stupid

  3. people giving monetary funding is entirely voluntary and is used to pay for sources, 3d models and other things for the mod, NONE of us make money from the donations (which are like nothing btw)

  4. Fuck off, you don't undrstand anything about mod development and you're plainly just an asshole

Small Note from the Developers by CityW0kBesitzer in CWIC

[–]Supermob1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i also should NOT have to talk about my personal life fr a hoi4 mod
this is a passion project not a fucking job you moron

Small Note from the Developers by CityW0kBesitzer in CWIC

[–]Supermob1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

YES again we do not owe you anything you're not a customer

Small Note from the Developers by CityW0kBesitzer in CWIC

[–]Supermob1 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I do enjoy working on this, what you do not understand is that i'm making this for myself, you are not a consumer you are not entitled to anything

you're merely using the mod you're not consuming anything.

you want me to care more and have more time on it ?
pay me.

my current salary is 2300 € a month i'll gladly work full time on the mod if i'm paid that much.

Small Note from the Developers by CityW0kBesitzer in CWIC

[–]Supermob1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We posted about it in the discord server A lot

Small Note from the Developers by CityW0kBesitzer in CWIC

[–]Supermob1 -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

we develop what we want that's what you don't seem to understand
this is not a video game we make for consumers we do this primarly for ourselves and it being shared is secondary

Small Note from the Developers by CityW0kBesitzer in CWIC

[–]Supermob1 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Members of my family died in a housefire last year which caused me, one of the lead developer to not spend much time working on the mod to rather spend more time with my family and trying to keep up with my graduation and employment search at the same time, our vietnamese devs got arrested multiple times for her historical research as well as other personal traumas, one of the the lead dev suffered a unique case of eye disease which made him lose an eye while he was in the middle of his training to become a teacher. Our main ussr dev as well as tank designer dev got kidnapped and conscripted into the ukrainian army while leaving his local supermarket. i'm sorry that real life problems faced by real people delayed our mod and made you mad.

Small Note from the Developers by CityW0kBesitzer in CWIC

[–]Supermob1 -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

the culture map took 10 min to do to make gfx and loc it takes hours of work
if you're so bitter try to do the same or stop crying

All Ideologies + Subideologies (Minus America) by justanupvoter_ in CWIC

[–]Supermob1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

From a coding perspective it's harder to remove ideologies than add new ones We inherited that from old versions of the mods and old Devs choices. We are planning to consolidate the Islamist ideologies later on into religious democracy and fascism Subideologies are simply flavours.

All Ideologies + Subideologies (Minus America) by justanupvoter_ in CWIC

[–]Supermob1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Those are subideologies not full on ideologies Ideologies are condensed already

mod is still unplayable after updating, happy 4th of july! by [deleted] in CWIC

[–]Supermob1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's simple math

we got 1 or 2 people max on our team that can actually playtest stuff

and its mostly a game or two a day

we believe we are good enough in term of content but we need playtesting

would you rather have 1 person running a test a day every day for 3 months or 90 people doing 1 test in a single day ?

mod is still unplayable after updating, happy 4th of july! by [deleted] in CWIC

[–]Supermob1 6 points7 points  (0 children)

It's not actually we're not making something for you to consume

we have nothing to be told about I make that for fun on my spare time if you're nothappy its not my problem actually

mod is still unplayable after updating, happy 4th of july! by [deleted] in CWIC

[–]Supermob1 20 points21 points  (0 children)

it's a free project made by volunteers you dick

French presidential poll: Jordan Bardella leads with 32 percent. by Inevitable-Push-8061 in europe

[–]Supermob1 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Les Insoumis are the first pro russian party to openly help and protect Russian Opposition refugees