Kerbus Gambus

Thank you again for answering my questions, I truly appreciate that. You are right. I did not consider that such questions can demotivate really quickly. If that's the case for author of this mod - then it's understandable. Maybe I got something wrong - I considered these two takedowns as a continuous one. And also the title up top says "Thread of the month May 2022" followed shortly after with statement of closure. I'm sorry, maybe it's because English is not my native tongue - I considered the meaning of this phrase as a date on which the thread was last updated - and thus closed down. And to add to that - the guy I've quoted first also talked about two years, and it assured me in my belief. If not, then this issue is also voided, and sorry for misunderstanding. You are right - I have also been able to find the guide using internet archive. Now that both mod files and guide have been collected - I can happily play this mod. And since the problem on my part has been resolved - I have no personal issues with closure of this mod, especially if it wasn't as long as I initially thought. I can also attest that the mod still works. If I have come off as rude or arrogant, I'm sorry - that wasn't my intention. I truly was disheartened that such a great mod was closed down for so long for reasons I couldn't understand.

Thank you for answering my questions! Let's discuss them. Just because some people can skip instructions doesn't mean you need to shut down the mod entirely from everyone else. I understand that it will lead to increased amount of support requests, which can be disregarded with just one question - "Have you installed both X and Y?". It's their problems after that, persist in the doomed world you have created. Yet it's a reasonable point, but it has one issue: As I said, the mod has not been released yet. And it's been a few years since. Right now, people can't combine these mods. A reasonable point, too, but it has less drastic solutions to it. You can, again, write in the description that the mod is out of support as you focus on other mods. Everything else can be ignored. It's not like complaints disappeared when he shut down the mod. Even thought he has explicitly stated that the repository is down, people are still posting "GitHub for some reason doesn't work". It will be persistent in both cases. Just in one case, you will have an open mod for those who (like me) downloaded it a long time ago and now need to restore it, and in the other case - nothing, not even a guide (at lease I haven't been able to find one) for those who have folders backed up. Hard to argue against that. Don't get me wrong, I like the mod and grateful to the author for creating it, but I still don't think this reason justifies completely nuking down such a great mod for a few years.

Totally agreed here, I honestly don't understand how "potential for people to combine your mods" justifies taking down the mod entirely. The mod itself still works! And it's not going to somehow change whether you are making a new one or not, especially given that the new one is not yet released. And even when it will be released, you can just... say that "until tested, you shouldn't combine them" in the description? Thank God, they are archived and can still be downloaded using the link from PT_P's post above.