Because that would be a lie.
Once you have coded your own game and it has gotten as successful as Minecraft, you can explain to Mojang how they can improve theirs. They are working on it now, but unlike what 12 year olds like you might think, coding a game is not a matter of "Hey let's add this" and it gets added. It's a time-consuming process, and they need to make it possible for a mod to add ANYTHING.
I'm sure they could add some kind of filter that allowed people to add blocks, but this needs to work for anything human minds can come up with. It was never going to come out in 1.5 anyway, at Minecon they confirmed it for (I believe) 1.6. Maybe you should stop being a greedy idiot and think about them.
If I was coding a game and every time I tried to add something people asked for mods, I would stop bothering. You are basically saying nothing they do will ever be good enough for you.
Idiot.
/rage over
(oh and yes, i'm mad bro)
You ignorant *****, game developers have to add things to their games. How about you stop saying you CAN code a game and go actually code one. The person you replyed to was making a valid statement. Everytime it was supposed to come out, the api was "postponed", Mojang has done this so much times now that it's not even funny anymore. People want it, and if Minecraft doesn't provide it then the fans will be pretty upset. So yes, they DO have to listen to the "12 year old kids" because the "12 year old kids" take up 70% of Minecrafts audience. -_-""
1.5 is probably going to be much more than just the comparitor, so.. We'll see.
Meanwhile I'm content to use what I have right now. Sure, it's cool to get a peek at what's coming but I'm not going to let it "Ruin" the game in my mind. Sure, the API would be nice to see over the horizon but I have a theory there... it's already in the works:
Changes to Datatags and spawning, along with command blocks and editable "rules" seem to me to be setting the groundwork for that very same API. From what I can see.. some very VERY cool things are coming our way.
I don't think Mojang can satisfy everyone any more. They can't add anything to the game without a large portion of MCF complaining about it.
Agreed, as the saying goes "You can't please all the people all the time".
Mojangs method of development is by far a different bird than the method of other Game studios (You'd never see Valve changing features in a released game for instance , unless it was to fix a bug or add content )
unfortunately, that was a fake post momarma. Don't expect them to pop up in vanilla Minecraft anytime soon. However do keep an eye on the more subtle features being slipped in , Sethbling is a great information source on these.
Because that would be a lie.
Once you have coded your own game and it has gotten as successful as Minecraft, you can explain to Mojang how they can improve theirs. They are working on it now, but unlike what 12 year olds like you might think, coding a game is not a matter of "Hey let's add this" and it gets added. It's a time-consuming process, and they need to make it possible for a mod to add ANYTHING.
I'm sure they could add some kind of filter that allowed people to add blocks, but this needs to work for anything human minds can come up with. It was never going to come out in 1.5 anyway, at Minecon they confirmed it for (I believe) 1.6. Maybe you should stop being a greedy idiot and think about them.
If I was coding a game and every time I tried to add something people asked for mods, I would stop bothering. You are basically saying nothing they do will ever be good enough for you.
Idiot.
/rage over
(oh and yes, i'm mad bro)
That would be valid if they had never said they were going to add the modding API, or even if 1.5 was the first version that they suggested they would add it in. But they've been suggesting this since 1.0, with apologies that it hadn't come out yet by 1.2 and promises that it was coming in 1.3, followed by again being delayed to 1.4, followed by yet again a promise that 1.5 would be dedicated purely to the modding API. I'm sorry, but this boy has cried wolf too many times. Of course Mojang is not required to create a modding API; they are not required to do anything else besides the game that already exists. But they really need to stop putting out a notice for every update that they are adding a much-desired feature only to later say "fooled you!" again and again. It's not professional behavior, and it's disruptive to the modding community, as many modders may decide not to take on a modding project "the old way" due to a promise by Mojang that the official API is coming out in the next version.
Whether the modding API is coming out in 1.5 or coming out 10 years from now, they need to stop promising it if they aren't certain they can deliver it. Imagine if Blizzard had advertized an expansion for Diablo 3 with new character classes, new areas, etc... and then a day before the release they reveal that the expansion is actually just going to be bug-fixes. Do you really believe players of that game would sit quietly and say "well, they don't owe us anything anyway, so we're not going to complain that they said one thing and did another."?
That would be valid if they had never said they were going to add the modding API, or even if 1.5 was the first version that they suggested they would add it in. But they've been suggesting this since 1.0, with apologies that it hadn't come out yet by 1.2 and promises that it was coming in 1.3, followed by again being delayed to 1.4, followed by yet again a promise that 1.5 would be dedicated purely to the modding API. I'm sorry, but this boy has cried wolf too many times. Of course Mojang is not required to create a modding API; they are not required to do anything else besides the game that already exists. But they really need to stop putting out a notice for every update that they are adding a much-desired feature only to later say "fooled you!" again and again. It's not professional behavior, and it's disruptive to the modding community, as many modders may decide not to take on a modding project "the old way" due to a promise by Mojang that the official API is coming out in the next version.
Whether the modding API is coming out in 1.5 or coming out 10 years from now, they need to stop promising it if they aren't certain they can deliver it. Imagine if Blizzard had advertized an expansion for Diablo 3 with new character classes, new areas, etc... and then a day before the release they reveal that the expansion is actually just going to be bug-fixes. Do you really believe players of that game would sit quietly and say "well, they don't owe us anything anyway, so we're not going to complain that they said one thing and did another."?
Even this 12-year-old can see this doesn't work.
There are too many people on these forums that argue on topics that they know nothing about. Developing a Mod API could take months, even a year to perfect. And, like everyone knows, they arent focusing their entire team to work on it. They expressed interest in it earlier. Does that mean there has been a dedicated team on it? No, it doesnt. They could have ran into problems that screwed up their timeline. Games never have delays? BS. Almost all major games delay their launch date by months due to an unforeseen problem, sometimes they delay it multiple times. This happens more to add ons like this because Mojang already has your money, they have nothing pressing them to do it like other major game corporations do
Developing a Mod API could take months, even a year to perfect.
if an api is such an impossible work then tell me how did forge come out? maintained only by a group (and yet amateur) no bigger than mojang?
and we didnt ask for a perfect api, what we need are betas, and everything needs to be started then improved (like bukkit and forge). dont say something like "they need to make their builds perfect enough to publish it" , we've already seen enough bugs in 1.4.2 and 1.4.4
but it's clear that mojang hasnt even started working on it (or we would have seen betas long ago), which is the most annoying.
I don't think Mojang can satisfy everyone any more. They can't add anything to the game without a large portion of MCF complaining about it.
He didn't spell "used to" correctly, therefore his statement is invalid.
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You ignorant *****, game developers have to add things to their games. How about you stop saying you CAN code a game and go actually code one. The person you replyed to was making a valid statement. Everytime it was supposed to come out, the api was "postponed", Mojang has done this so much times now that it's not even funny anymore. People want it, and if Minecraft doesn't provide it then the fans will be pretty upset. So yes, they DO have to listen to the "12 year old kids" because the "12 year old kids" take up 70% of Minecrafts audience. -_-""
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Meanwhile I'm content to use what I have right now. Sure, it's cool to get a peek at what's coming but I'm not going to let it "Ruin" the game in my mind. Sure, the API would be nice to see over the horizon but I have a theory there... it's already in the works:
Changes to Datatags and spawning, along with command blocks and editable "rules" seem to me to be setting the groundwork for that very same API. From what I can see.. some very VERY cool things are coming our way.
Agreed, as the saying goes "You can't please all the people all the time".
Mojangs method of development is by far a different bird than the method of other Game studios (You'd never see Valve changing features in a released game for instance , unless it was to fix a bug or add content )
That would be valid if they had never said they were going to add the modding API, or even if 1.5 was the first version that they suggested they would add it in. But they've been suggesting this since 1.0, with apologies that it hadn't come out yet by 1.2 and promises that it was coming in 1.3, followed by again being delayed to 1.4, followed by yet again a promise that 1.5 would be dedicated purely to the modding API. I'm sorry, but this boy has cried wolf too many times. Of course Mojang is not required to create a modding API; they are not required to do anything else besides the game that already exists. But they really need to stop putting out a notice for every update that they are adding a much-desired feature only to later say "fooled you!" again and again. It's not professional behavior, and it's disruptive to the modding community, as many modders may decide not to take on a modding project "the old way" due to a promise by Mojang that the official API is coming out in the next version.
Whether the modding API is coming out in 1.5 or coming out 10 years from now, they need to stop promising it if they aren't certain they can deliver it. Imagine if Blizzard had advertized an expansion for Diablo 3 with new character classes, new areas, etc... and then a day before the release they reveal that the expansion is actually just going to be bug-fixes. Do you really believe players of that game would sit quietly and say "well, they don't owe us anything anyway, so we're not going to complain that they said one thing and did another."?
Even this 12-year-old can see this doesn't work.
if an api is such an impossible work then tell me how did forge come out? maintained only by a group (and yet amateur) no bigger than mojang?
and we didnt ask for a perfect api, what we need are betas, and everything needs to be started then improved (like bukkit and forge). dont say something like "they need to make their builds perfect enough to publish it" , we've already seen enough bugs in 1.4.2 and 1.4.4
but it's clear that mojang hasnt even started working on it (or we would have seen betas long ago), which is the most annoying.
so tell me what's their focus if they arent devoting to working on something that most people needed?
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