There hasn't been to many comits done lately but we are still working on phpBB-Evolution. I have been working on the last few days on finishing the Submit News which was started by BBGun. It should be finished next week sometime. I am also picking away at the Downloads. The module is shaping up to be awesome in my opinion. Once it is done it should be one of the best out there.

So just stay tooned. Alpha will be making an appearance in the future

Thank you to everyone that has brought this to my attention. I figured I would get this off my chest and hopefully let everyone know what the deal is.

Just as an FYI I am doing it on my blog because I want to keep the NE site clean of crap like this.

I am not selling a version of Nuke-Evolution nor the project itself. What is happening is that a person who will remain nameless has gotten their hands on an outdated copy of the project and is claiming that he "fixed" it and is trying to sell it.

Before I get to the "fixed" point I want to cover why are they selling it and not giving it to me to use. Two reasons, first is because the person selling has a strong dislike of me for not being bullied into a situation that I felt was right with our users or the Nuke community as a whole by him. Because of this the person became aggressive, angry, and bitter and choose to lash out in a child like fashion. As a result I blocked him from my IM and banned him from the site. His unprofessional attitude and idiotic threats were inexcusable. In his child like mind his answer was to do this, which is fine because of my second point.

Secondly is because I don't want it. He encrypted part of the system to hide some features that he added and keep them from being removed. I don't know about all the features that were added except one. The reason for that feature was to block people that he deems as "bad" from your site. He wants to keep a database of users that he feels have "stolen" from the community. When these users try to go on to your site they will be blocked from accessing it. You as the admin have no control over it. What's so bad about that you ask? Well lets break it down.

I should state this is all done on the assumption that the system is still based around the ideas he pitched to me. I might be wrong but I doubt it.

First the db would be run by him on his site. So people put on this db are done so by him. You have no control over it and since you can't remove it because it's encrypted then well your stuck. Also people on that list had no way to get off it if they made a mistake or changed. So once you were on it you were stuck on it. Just to prove my point all my the staff on NE and I am on his list as his way to get back at us. Hmm...that seems impartial and fair right??

Secondly I haven't seen the code, but I am going to assume he has done it stupidly because the php questions he used asked me made it appear that his skills were slightly better than novice but not by much. Let's say that this become popular and say 5,000 sites use it. So each time a user even goes to the site it will have to call home and ask if this person is someone that should be allowed to use the site or not. Imagine all the traffic that would generate in just requests!? Do you think he has purchased a server big enough to handle that? There would be no way I would want to pay that out every month. What do you suppose will happen when the server bogs down, or is down completely? Think your site will continue to work correctly?

Finally how efficient do you think this method is at stopping people? What are you going to do block every proxy? What happens if someone gets a new ISP? What about people that share the same IP pool? Remember this process is fair, so surely he would rectify the situation....right? So just think of all the logistics that go into this, so you think one person can handle it?

Oh did I mention that encrypting software like this violates the GPL license? So basically he is being the same type of person that he is trying to protect you from. Kettle meet pot comes to mind.

Now I would like to cover his concept of "fixed" 2.1.0. I know the biggest bug in the system is one that someone of his limited skills in PHP couldn't fix. It's a bug that doesn't show up but in certain situations. But when it does it's very problematic and will bring your site to a crashing halt. So I am sure he doesn't know that it exists but it will surely show it's ugly head at some point in his version. It's the bug that ReOrg and I have been battling for some time and we are having a difficult time correcting it 100%. So I imagine that it's still and issue in his version and I can't wait for the person that buys it comes across it and wonder WTF! Why can't I get this site working at all.

He is also claiming that he doesn't want us to get the "fixes" because we don't deserve them and acts like we will never find and fix these problems. Yeah....right. I have never said I can't fix them, it's simply a matter of priority and time. I just don't feel that my time is best spent working on this (or writing this stupid blog post on him). ReOrg has managed to actually fix a number of bugs yesterday and today. It's probably a lot more stable today then the version he surely has. But what ever.

I would like to end with this fact, 2.1.0 is open to anyone that really wants a copy. 100% free. It always has been. I have said it before and will say it again, I will give you a working copy if you want. The only reason we keep it private it to stop people from using it when they shouldn't be (like before yesterday's fixes!?). It's not some top secret project. It's a GPL project and we stick to that. Just drop me a line.

So if you want to buy or use some 1/2 done version of 2.1.0 by a person that can't code, is childish and unprofessional, and is forcing his beliefs and crappy code on you, then by all means go right ahead. But don't come crying to me when you realize you have made a HUGE mistake.

I really thought 2.0.7 would be better. When we tested it we didn't come across that many issues. But what always seems to happen, happened this time; It goes to the public and they find tons of unexpected issues. Really bums me out.

It also points out that 2.1.0 will have even worse issues because it was built around some of the core features 2.0.7 has and are becoming problematic. I think it's in the projects best interest to put on hold or cancel 2.1.0 at this point. At least until we can get 2.0.7 back in shape and working.

I had already planed that I would leave NE to focus more on PE once 2.0.6 was released and that is still the case. But I can't do that until 2.0.7 is stable and I think one of the best ways to do that is to work on 2.0.8 which will have the ability to revert/switch features which are causing issues in 2.0.7 on or off.

That's the plan right now anyways.

My brother made both of these images.

I have this one hanging in my office. Fucking kills me every time I look at it.

Wonder how many people know what game it's referencing?

I think only 1 out 15 people I have shown this to know what this is or why it's funny. Kinda sad!

Having beat the game and pretty much done all the side missions I am now ready to say goodbye to the game. I might still play the online part from time to time, but I am mostly over it.

So let me sum up my feelings on the game.

It's a great game. Is it one of the best...no. Overall it works on many levels but I have tons of issues with it. Since my praise of what works was pretty well done in my last post about it, I will just get out my complaints. The one praise I want to add is that the game felt long enough and worth the $$$. Which is a nice change.

The perspective issue I discussed earlier still is frustrating. Also the lack of buildings you can go in sort of sucks. Though you couldn't in any of the previous ones, its still seems like such a waste of space.

I am also disappointed in not being able to customize my guy more. I loved that about the previous installment. The lack of clothes and customizations is irritating. Even the lack of car types. They all seem too similar in this one. Really a let down.

The aiming is still an issue. Though much better, it still needed more polishing.

Is this going to be game of the year, probably. Should it be, well lets see. Its a good game. It just needed more work and flexibility in my opinion.