> Ever consider that there is more to a sim/game than graphics?
> At the risk of feeding a troll, I'll continue.
> Right out of the "box", NKP was plagued with lack of documentation, MP
> connection issues, high pings errors, etc. Admittedly, some of that has
> been corrected and for that, the author is to be commended. But I still
> have the sense that this was rushed out the door to generate some
> income for a project that has been in the works for a long time.
> Does that mean it won't become a great sim? No, absolutely not. But it
> is not one right now.
I don't believe Alan is a troll although I personally don't agree with
him! We have two viewpoints on NKPro. One (mine) is that it represents
an opportunity for a community project and we are investing in a product
that will become one of the best, if not the best, *** sim. Right
now it needs work but all indications are the issues are being worked on
at pace and this isn't going to follow retail releases that are
abandoned with outstanding issues.
The alternative view is that as with the rules for any other product
available for purchase, NKPro does not represent merchantable quality
with the current release and the developers need to address this asap
and arguably shouldn't have released it yet.
I amongst others am tolerant of the concept that we the sim community
should be prepared to act as beta testers, that without our financial
input the project could not have continued, certainly at the pace we
would wish.
It does rely on some blind faith, so I understand why some others would
not share my view.
I guess some of my tolerance comes from the fact that this is a tiny
development team, what they sorely lack is any kind of communications
officer and this shows, although many over at RSC are prepared to fill
the void which ends up a bit ugly. Some feedback on progress being made
would go a very long way to those sharing Alan's concerns. Even iRacing
with all their resources felt compelled to recruit a communications
officer from within the sim community, it really is that important. It
doesn't need to be a paid role, just a person with the necessary
diplomatic nature and ability to write "paid" with beta test status IMHO.
Over the years I have both wasted money on titles that never quite made
it and have had ridiculously good value out of titles like GPL, so I
consider investing in NKPro a small risk in the overall scheme of
things, YMMV...
Cheers
Tony
