03.01.2017, 11:31
Firstly, don't take this as hate. Just maybe constructive criticism...?
Free-roam doesn't need to have "a lot" to do, as long as there is a few teleports to make getting around easier. Spawners for a few cars to make it easier to get around again. Heck when I joined SA-MP I was going around with no-bodys playing the game modes which came with SA-MP, and we still had fun. It's eassentilly the people you meet which can keep others there, so long as someone is in your server who gets on with someone else your fine.
If it was me I would continue to develop slowly, at the end of the day progress is always slow going. Some game-modes can literally take a single person years of on and off work or months of continuous struggle. I would ONLY invest in this once you've reached a point where you can look at what you have and say, "you know what I'm happy" which can be hard for a programmer as they always see potential to improve. Although this will save you money and the likeliness of building a "bad-wrap". There's not much benefit to the Hosted Tab in early stages anymore either as there's so many people on it to so just keep that in mind.
As for time and dedication to your server, if you can't dedicate your time... it may not be worth doing it at all. Time and time again I've gone to servers and it's been full of people breaching rules etc etc and this makes it not fun. This has often been servers owned by my former friends so I've known the cause to be lack of dedication from the team running it so programmers and admins etc. This means they aren't online and they aren't doing their job of keeping the playing field even, and keeping the game fun.
Last note, is if your going to get a scripter anyway. Expect to lose control of your server and don't try to hold him/her down, this is because many of times I've worked under people and I've found that I want to do something cool but the owner doesn't like it and I don't like their ideas. Just at the very least compromise else they'll leave or put less effort into the work and less effort means more bugs and issues.
Again no flames, no wars just my experience.
Free-roam doesn't need to have "a lot" to do, as long as there is a few teleports to make getting around easier. Spawners for a few cars to make it easier to get around again. Heck when I joined SA-MP I was going around with no-bodys playing the game modes which came with SA-MP, and we still had fun. It's eassentilly the people you meet which can keep others there, so long as someone is in your server who gets on with someone else your fine.
If it was me I would continue to develop slowly, at the end of the day progress is always slow going. Some game-modes can literally take a single person years of on and off work or months of continuous struggle. I would ONLY invest in this once you've reached a point where you can look at what you have and say, "you know what I'm happy" which can be hard for a programmer as they always see potential to improve. Although this will save you money and the likeliness of building a "bad-wrap". There's not much benefit to the Hosted Tab in early stages anymore either as there's so many people on it to so just keep that in mind.
As for time and dedication to your server, if you can't dedicate your time... it may not be worth doing it at all. Time and time again I've gone to servers and it's been full of people breaching rules etc etc and this makes it not fun. This has often been servers owned by my former friends so I've known the cause to be lack of dedication from the team running it so programmers and admins etc. This means they aren't online and they aren't doing their job of keeping the playing field even, and keeping the game fun.
Last note, is if your going to get a scripter anyway. Expect to lose control of your server and don't try to hold him/her down, this is because many of times I've worked under people and I've found that I want to do something cool but the owner doesn't like it and I don't like their ideas. Just at the very least compromise else they'll leave or put less effort into the work and less effort means more bugs and issues.
Again no flames, no wars just my experience.