PlaneShift

Gameplay => Wish list => Topic started by: Sun_Quan on November 02, 2003, 03:21:41 am

Title: Will this game be permanently free?
Post by: Sun_Quan on November 02, 2003, 03:21:41 am

Even after the final is released? Also, is there any sort of modification tools you can use? I am curious because I want to find out as much about this game as I can before I decide to join in when I upgrade my PC. And yes, that is the main thing I want, is for this game to be entirely free. No fees of 9.95 per month and crap like that.

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Post by: Princess Aelya on November 02, 2003, 03:22:55 am

yes. that is the plan. Im not sure about mod tools...But I doubt it.

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Post by: Sun_Quan on November 02, 2003, 03:24:32 am

Nice! Thank you Aeyla. Mod Tools would be awesome though, sorta like what Neverwinter Nights has going on.

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Post by: acraig on November 02, 2003, 03:29:01 am

I think that there will be a full suite of mod tools available at some point.  But since it is more fun to work on the core parts of the game, nobody is working on these tools at the moment.  

I think the ability for others to add new content ( that will be reviewed by the PlaneShift team ) will be a good aspect when we start to hit a lot of users.

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Post by: Princess Aelya on November 02, 2003, 03:35:03 am

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Originally posted by Sun_Quan
Nice! Thank you Aeyla...

hey no problem. and dont feel to bad, EVERYONE misspells my name on the first try :P

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Post by: Davis on November 02, 2003, 05:32:25 am

It had better always be free, or I will be mad.

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Post by: Auran on November 02, 2003, 05:37:35 am

Yes this game is free right now but dont count on that. Things always change. That which don\'t perish. Hopefully PS will be an exception but hoping ensures nothing.

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Post by: AendarCallenlasse on November 02, 2003, 06:31:30 am

The main goal of this game is to be free.  There will never be a charge to play PS, that has been said from the very beginning and that was the reason the devs started this.

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Post by: Fanomatic2000 on November 02, 2003, 08:27:45 am

As soon as the game is being \"released\" I\'m pretty sure the fans of PS will create a lot of stuff on their own, editor or not.

And this game is free and will always be.

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Post by: Jessyn on November 03, 2003, 07:43:21 pm

isn\'t this in the FAQ?  it\'s kind of sad that no matter how many times you say something is free, people won\'t believe you, they keep looking for the catch.  sigh.

P T Barnum was right, but these days, there\'s a lot more than 1 person being born every minute.

Jessyn

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Post by: hook on November 04, 2003, 08:31:27 am

yes, it\'ll be free and open-sourced ...and pretty ...and all that ...just RTFP!!!

*hook weeps over all those \"is this really free\" posts and threads*

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Post by: Beatie on November 04, 2003, 09:57:16 pm

I\'m sure when you create a free game of this quality, you can expect to get donations and stuff. You should have an online donation service or something  :))

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Post by: Jessyn on November 04, 2003, 10:17:03 pm

there has also been much discussion about that, a long time ago, and i believe it was decided that ANY money would corrupt things, so they were going to do everything on a volunteer basis.  besides, when PS is the biggest, baddest game on the planet, the dev team will be able to put it on their resume\'s and walk onto any team they like

Jessyn

All: feel free to correct me if i am wrong

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Post by: Waylander on November 05, 2003, 04:24:10 am

sun quan lol, lui bei is so much better... oh, yeah, topic stuff, well I think that it should be free but i would be willing to pat a small price 1.25$ a month for it if need be.  But the damn 9.95$ is too much.

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Post by: Wedge on November 05, 2003, 04:47:41 am

The reason they don\'t have a donation thing is simply because at this time they have no need for it.  Labor costs are a non-factor, they have all the development tools they need, and they\'re getting free server space.

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Post by: Beatie on November 05, 2003, 08:38:22 am

Well, it\'s your call :) If you ever decide to charge people in any way, I\'m pretty sure they (we) will.

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Post by: hook on November 05, 2003, 01:06:23 pm

i remember when proposing PayPal, Talad refused saying they\'ve no idea what to spend the money, they\'d get, on ...so all we can is buy them a beer/tea/coffee/whatever when/if we meet them IRL

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Post by: Beatie on November 06, 2003, 07:59:23 am

If we donate, they can buy coffee themselves  :P

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Post by: hook on November 06, 2003, 10:08:37 am

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If we donate, they can buy coffee themselves  :P

yea, but getting coffee or getting money for coffee is a different feeling :)

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Post by: dorbian on November 06, 2003, 10:38:17 am

how about a capuchino, if we give them money for that it will be different then getting a cup off coffe in real life  :P

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Post by: Xandria on November 06, 2003, 04:44:16 pm

Jessyn,

You\'re darn right that the devs could get an awesome job after \"finishing\" PS.  I mean, it\'s one thing to produce something good when it\'s your job, but it\'s even more to produce something incredible when it\'s something you do in your free time :)

It just goes to show how devoted the devs are: it\'s not their job, they wouldn\'t have to work on it if they don\'t want to, but they do despite the fact that they could be spending their time partying/going on road trips/skiing/eating watermelon/making out/etc. they still work on PS because they\'re the kind of people that stick to a project, no matter what!

Devs, this spud\'s for you!  :D   :D
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Post by: Jessyn on November 06, 2003, 09:19:07 pm

of course i\'m right, i\'m always right  :D

and yes, hear hear to the gifting of the virtual potato.  I jsut wish they\'d get back to me about helping with the setting/plot/items.....*hint hint*

Jessyn

[Edit] SWEET, i made double as :P

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Post by: Djaggernaut on November 07, 2003, 11:42:43 am

Lot of devs already have a job in their sector. ;)

We don\'t need *glurps*.. money! :)
Enjoy the game and we\'ll be rewarded enough! ;)

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Post by: Ald'Amun Dungeonrunner on November 07, 2003, 04:29:47 pm

*claps and dances around happily* (like this?)