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Sun_Quan

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Will this game be permanently free?
« 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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« Reply #1 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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« Reply #2 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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« Reply #3 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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« Reply #4 on: November 02, 2003, 03:35:03 am »
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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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« Reply #5 on: November 02, 2003, 05:32:25 am »
It had better always be free, or I will be mad.
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« Reply #6 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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« Reply #7 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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« Reply #8 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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« Reply #9 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.

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« Reply #10 on: November 04, 2003, 08:31:27 am »
yes, it\'ll be free and open-sourced ...and pretty ...and all that ...just RTFP!!!

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« Reply #11 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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« Reply #12 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

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« Reply #13 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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« Reply #14 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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