and when the project it's ready for live servers?
Let's say, when main quests, GBs and olys (is reworking now, in couple of days should be done) will be ready
aCis economic model moves on!
So, here we are. Those are the links to bookmark from now :
aCis YouTube channel : new implemented features in videos
faCebook fan page : unique infos sometimes.
That forum
I guess you discovered the new organization of forum with some "surprise eyes" (if you're a normal user). Reason is simple,
I decided to change the "economic system" of the pack. The fact is, between
leechers removing credits feeding their own PRIVATE pack and
ghosts users which never send back feedbacks on my commits, I had to act.
aCis will use a L2DC system,
where people contributing for the pack will have access to it. I think it's quite fair than not only me work on that project. From a one man project, it became a community project. The problem is,
the community is quite passive, and to make things move, I decided to change of system.
So, here is a little FAQ about how things are going to be for the next months.
Q : how the system will work ?A : The system is quite simple :
you help me, and I help you. I already said it a lot of time, but you can contribute for the project in really simple ways :
- searching issues and report them.
- sharing things : (in that case, DP side such as SQL, HTMs, scripts are welcomed), others timelines patches, part of codes if you think it's not working.
- contribute to forum life like answering questions, promoting project on others forums, doing tutos and such.
Q : What about old timeline ? You dropped it entirely ?A : Ofc not, it has been exported first then imported to another timeline. The previous Assembla timeline has been then dropped.
Q : what about commits and timeline "write" right ? Any changes ?A : Nope, nothing will change. Commits quality will be the same, and I still got all powers about what is commited. Until someone with around same level of knowledge than me join us, I will be alone committing.
Q : I'm lazy or don't want to share my awesome codes, how can I ninja your timeline ?A : I will allow a monthly fee financial support, 20€ for one (1) month read timeline. You will be granted access to the timeline and the SVN checkout for the whole month,
added to updates of that month and of previous months. The amount of updates can be different per month,
I can't guarantee there will have any update in one particular month. I will eventually give back money if I judge I took your money for nothing. The money
will be injected in the pack (my thoughts are actually secret :p).
Donators AREN'T considered as Inner Circle members. I give access to timeline, that's all. You won't see any inner discussions, beta patches, etc about actual developement.
The amount of money seems high, but you will have access to the whole timeline, sources, old updates and make your market for your private pack as you want. Now if you sell your pack 40€, you make more money than me for sure. I don't recommend normal users to use that function, but to invest their time on it. The timeline is mainly for ppl who know what they want to leech.
I accept only Paypal, on the following address (which is my MSN aswell) : dragonlords|at|hotmail|point|fr
Consider PMing me / add my MSN for more infos.Q : I'm afraid you scam my money.A : So contribute actively to project.
You're encouraged to share your TIME more than your MONEY (more benefits for you and for me).
Q : What are the different groups, their boni/mali ?A : Here is a short review of the different groups :
- Guests on forum got access only to Announcement section.
- Normal members got access to public section. They got access to the latest "free" revision (release 214) sources, and to the latest precompiled pack (core + DP).
- Inner Circle are chosen people who help me. They got access to source + timeline, plus the private section.
Q : I'm an Inner Circle member, what's now ?You got more details on Private section in order to access the timeline.
Some ppl of Inner Circle are considered as lifetime users, as they decided by their will to help the project. That state can be canceled if bitchy things are found (infos leaks, and such).
Q : I want to be a Inner Circle member !A : See higher for the answer. I must add
the position of "Inner Circle member" isn't FOREVER. If I judge this member doesn't help anymore, he/she will be demoted without warning. He/she could access it back
speaking with me (on MSN / via PM) for exemple.
If I find you play a double game (infos leaks and such), you will be demoted aswell.Q : But I'm really a pro Java dev, I dev since 6 years ! You can trust me !A : So you're probably an arrogant young greek, and I hate the "you can trust me" part. You will join Inner Circle if I decide you worth to join it.
Make your way in "shares" section, and we can discuss after.Q : I shared 10+ shares, but I got nothing in return ! Wtf ?A : It's not about the quantity,
it's about the quality. If you share 10 or 100 useless things, nothing is commited, so you got the picture... I prefer 10 verified shares than 100 custom/copy-pastes ones.
Q : But how can we help if we don't have access to the latest sources ?A : Normal members got access to latest precompiled pack (to search eventual bugs) and to the latest release (214). The DP is big enough to get endless shares (both about scripts such as quests/Ais or even HTMs / XML / SQLs fixes), so take your luck where you can and join aCis.
Q : does aCis will be free as before in future ?A : If that new model is a success, it will surely stay as long as the pack needs it. Understand that system is made for normal users to react and to avoid leeching.
Q : does it mean L2JBroken* is the latest free IL pack ?A : answer is yes
if you don't want to care about what you use. aCis is still free
for people willing to help the project to move on. For others, it has no reason to be free, and will stay hidden.
* Replace 2 letters for the correct name !