classic is best but era staff is better  

Posted by Cookie Xanadu

Why don't you ever post as often on Zodiac as you do here bruh?

Because Zodiac Forum threads contain too much rage and qq.  

When I were staff I felt like the people developing wanted to do everythig on their own.
I can understand that but as an example the railroad caves could have been made alot faster if only people worked together. I said many times that I wanted to and had time to help out but was never assigned to do any levels. When I finished updating the ow nothing new was given to me, even though I asked.
This could be because they didnt like my levels. But I just got the feeling of a small group who wants to do it all alone.
Please don't get me wrong, I think the classic staff team is doing a good job, but it can always get better  

Posted by Zerxus

When I were staff I felt like the people developing wanted to do everythig on their own.
I can understand that but as an example the railroad caves could have been made alot faster if only people worked together. I said many times that I wanted to and had time to help out but was never assigned to do any levels. When I finished updating the ow nothing new was given to me, even though I asked.
This could be because they didnt like my levels. But I just got the feeling of a small group who wants to do it all alone.
Please don't get me wrong, I think the classic staff team is doing a good job, but it can always get better

I would have loved some help during the railroads, though I don't remember ever being asked/even knowing Classic had a levels person. It also depends a lot on when I was asked during the project. I don't really plan ahead much, so if someone came to me early on I wouldn't know what to even have them do. Also, I make graphics as I need them for levels... and sometimes levels can depend entirely on graphics(such as the subway center in Graal City). Since I plan and level at the same time, it would be very hard to coordinate any sort of effort with someone else during the early/planning stages. During the end of the dev cycle creating the interior caves was the most monotonous thing, an extra hand would have been a godsend. Ya I'm looking at you, CRONO!

I also doubt it would have really cut down the dev time too much though. A lot of the time spent on the railroads went into scripting. Diving itself underwent nearly 4 functional iterations before I was happy with the end result. I also went on a month or so hiatus during that time.  

Posted by Dusty

I would have loved some help during the railroads, though I don't remember ever being asked/even knowing Classic had a levels person. It also depends a lot on when I was asked during the project. I don't really plan ahead much, so if someone came to me early on I wouldn't know what to even have them do. Also, I make graphics as I need them for levels... and sometimes levels can depend entirely on graphics(such as the subway center in Graal City). Since I plan and level at the same time, it would be very hard to coordinate any sort of effort with someone else during the early/planning stages. During the end of the dev cycle creating the interior caves was the most monotonous thing, an extra hand would have been a godsend. Ya I'm looking at you, CRONO!

I also doubt it would have really cut down the dev time too much though. A lot of the time spent on the railroads went into scripting. Diving itself underwent nearly 4 functional iterations before I was happy with the end result. I also went on a month or so hiatus during that time.

I still offer my help if you need it. Pm me if you want.  

Posted by Zerxus

I still offer my help if you need it. Pm me if you want.

Sure thing, but levels tend to not really be too much of a bottleneck in development. I really never get stuck at the point where I'm overwhelmed as far as levels go. Graphics and scripting are very easy to get overwhelmed with because it's the kind of content that you always need. You really never need levels too often, and when you do it's just a few. Large-scale projects like the railroads are very rare.  

Posted by Dusty

I would have loved some help during the railroads, though I don't remember ever being asked/even knowing Classic had a levels person. It also depends a lot on when I was asked during the project. I don't really plan ahead much, so if someone came to me early on I wouldn't know what to even have them do. Also, I make graphics as I need them for levels... and sometimes levels can depend entirely on graphics(such as the subway center in Graal City). Since I plan and level at the same time, it would be very hard to coordinate any sort of effort with someone else during the early/planning stages. During the end of the dev cycle creating the interior caves was the most monotonous thing, an extra hand would have been a godsend. Ya I'm looking at you, CRONO!

I also doubt it would have really cut down the dev time too much though. A lot of the time spent on the railroads went into scripting. Diving itself underwent nearly 4 functional iterations before I was happy with the end result. I also went on a month or so hiatus during that time.

Darn, I'd love to help, however I'm not very talented in either or lol. If there was anither way I could assist, I'd be more than glad to lol. But if it comes to GFX or leveling I wouldn't make the ideal assistant.