Because of recent events, mainly related to:
http://www.lemmingsforums.net/index.php?topic=3371.0We should discuss things and make a plan for the future.
As namida won't be working on NL from now on to a undetermined point in time, we need to adapt. Nepster has in-depth knowledge of the Player and new editor code, but I don't know if it's enough to actually finish the format change.
I don't really know the current exact state of the format change. It could be that we are so close that Nepster is able to finish the rest and we can proceed to convert packs, tilesets and other stuff to it. The last thing I've heard is that it's mainly the Toolkit that's missing. Maybe the format change is still possible, but I don't know. ---> To clarify this is one main point of this topic.
So I've thought of a more conservative future plan,
if the new format change seems to be set back too much at this point.
Maybe in that case, if more changes will come, they should be more on the smaller side, as the main coder is abscent. That would probably mean:
- Focus on fixing more bugs and issues on the stable version.
- Adapting the new editor to work with the stable version.
- Only adding in features that require small effort.
A statement from Nepster and maybe even namida on the current state of the code and about the possibility of the format change still coming would be very appreciated. I just want to clear out a plan for the future for everyone, instead of leaving everyone in uncertaincy. Uncertaincy at this point would only end in chaos.
Still I can promise you even when development will stand still for quite some time, I will continue to test packs, help you with your content, create new content, run contests and generally be there.
The NL engine is still strong in it's cureent state and even when new things won't come for a while, the ability to play and create, the absolute core of the project, won't go away and will always be there!