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  1. Hey!

    How knowledgable are you with using B9 Part Switch?

    1. Stone Blue

      Stone Blue

      So-So.... whats up?

  2. So, I thought it was about time I returned, and explain my absence. 

    I apologize for dropping off the map.  My first wife passed on in mid 2016, causing many changes to my life.  I tried to keep up with modding, but by 2018, RL changes were preventing me from spending any time on modding.  I tried to get back into it a couple of times since then, but work always got in the way.  My last job during the pandemic had me working 16+ hour days with many all nighters.  I'm getting too old for that, and after that job ended, I had some time to decompress and think about what I wanted to do going forward.  

    I'd always thought of myself as a good teacher, tho I had no professional experience as one.  I taught a lot over the years on a voluntary basis, and enjoyed it immensely.  So, a little over a month ago, I was presented with such an opportunity.  A software instructor at a private high school, decided to try his hand in professional software development.  A good friend of mine, who teaches at this school, and was aware of my interest in teaching, thought of me and recommended I apply for the position.  Lo and behold, with his recommendation, I landed the job.  I've been teaching for about a month and loving it.

    I teach Unity 3D game design, game analysis, game development, graphic design, and software programming.  Talk about a dream job... :D

    So, as part of that curriculum, I also teach game modding to those students that have a desire to learn.  Since KSP is my main game for modding, it now makes perfect sense to "get back into the game".  

    Thanks to those fine people in the community that assumed support for my mods, and those that I was supporting.  I owe them a great debt of gratitude.  I will be resuming responsibility for those mods where the current maintainers are willing to relinquish such responsibility.  I do not presume to own them, they are the KSP community's mods.  I will be reaching out to those modders and discussing options going forward.

    Thanks so much for the support you have shown me over the years, and I hope to earn your support back going forward.

    Cheers!

    Papa_Joe

  3. Hi there,

    Very sorry to hear that you took your Deadskins mod down completely due to the CKAN team's policies and actions. I only just realised you had done so. 

    I've taken references to DeadSkins off of CKAN as per our new policy, and it will not be added back without your approval.

    Sorry for the delay, and for any problems the CKAN has caused you.

    Myk

    1. Stone Blue

      Stone Blue

      Politas, Thanx for letting me know... I DO admit, my decision was a bit of a knee jerk, at the time... I wasnt too concerned whether it stayed up or not, as in its existing form, its not even my original work, and is open licensed as-is... I figured if anybody wanted it bad enough, someone would just re-host it somewhere, and resubmit meta for CKAN... Which is fine by me... :)

      However, I have plans to possibly add more parts/features to the mod, which I still have to see how the licensing would go, on MY contribution, when the base work is open... I also am not sure yet on whether I would want it on CKAN or not.. Most likely, yes... I have a few other, different mod projects in the fire, and hopefully will have something to release soon...

      Now that a mod dev can opt out, or have sole control over the meta, I am more inclined to have any thing I develop in the future, listed on CKAN.
      So THANK YOU for the HUGE compromise, that I know had to be made to make that happen... :)

      -PS... Its just a little creepy, that out of curiosity, I looked at the NetKAN listing on Github to see if it was indeed still listed, and then just a few hours later, you contacted me about it... lol

      -Stone

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