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Sure, conitec may release a similar set

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Man, you are so funny!!!

@Rhuarc - noob question with this shader pack does the terrain shader use a bump, normal or detail map or is all the 'detail' supplied by the colormap?

I hope more people make tools like this to save time for other game developers. I don't mind spending money on tools that will free up my time for other aspects of game development that there are no tools for and I have to custom make (believe me, there's enough scripting work to keep me entertained).

The complaints are prob pretty discouraging for these developers. Some of you want to make an income without spending years working on a game and this is a great way to have a source of income and still be a part of game development or a supplement to get you by until your game is done.

We NEED these tools! And we NEED people to develop tools like these. If they can earn some money off of it, it will encourage them to develop their product even further or develop something else that will benefit the community.

Perhaps more people don't make tools, because they can't afford to give everything away when they need an income source to purchase software upgrades so they can programme with the latest and greatest tools to create these apps. Let people earn something for their hard efforts. Some don't mind giving things away, others can't afford to, others want to start a business doing things like this. It's gotta be a real discouragement for them to read posts where people constantly complain ... I'm sure for some, it's not worth the hassle.

I dont really see how it's a user contribution if your selling it.

Contributions arent always free, and this was probably the best forum for it...

Back on topic, it looks nice but unfortunatly, I quit serious game designing of all teams and now I just do it as a hobby and vouluntary work... so now I have no use for it. Looks like your doing good in sales though

That was a great post Atlantis.
You really managed to hit a lot of good points on the head, such as that people often forget that 3DGS is ultimetly a Capatalist community, not Communist and that Money is a great incentive for innovation, quality, and completion.

@Why_do_I_die: Would you rather post on the jobs offered forum, wait for someone to answer, and pay them what a coder/effects designer should expect to get paid per hour to create something similar for you (*)? I thought not...

Edit:*(insert: and STILL not get something close to what you want after 2 or three revisions, all the while STILL paying the person to work for you)

Okay. Let's not go too far off-topic. Contribution is contribution. Period. A product that a user contributes can be free or NOT. In other words, contributing a product doesn't have to be free. I don't want to close Rhurc's thread.

So let's turn this topic back to Rhuarc's product, Outdoor Shader Package.

Thank you.

PS: See this thread for an example. Nordvall's contributing his force feedback source code for $49.95.