[Jeroen52]

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Originally Posted by AdamsLT Well, I have two main points and I'd love to hear some answers from somebody on the first one. Compatibility issues. Will players with the 0.3.7-DL client still be able to play on vanilla 0.3.7 servers? Backwards compatibility is essential as smaller servers will 100% be hurt by splitting the community. If it's not backwards compatible it poses a huge issue in that regard. I'd rather no DL version than splitting the community up like that. Other is the reasoning, I would have accepted any reason, even saying too much work and being lazy, I would have been a-okay even if it would have been silly. But lack of interest? Is it the lack of initiative from developers to help with testing or what is the reason for declaring that most servers don't want this feature? I am without a shadow of doubt positive that most servers would instantly use these features - everyone from Freeroam to RP to some niche servers benefit from these features and it's not like them existing hurt the developers. The point I'm trying to make is that I think your environment and the developers that surround you may have had more influence on this decision. I know that developers here (non-English, servers of all sizes - from very few players, to hundreds) were eager to implement the new features, everyone was hyped. The reason they weren't vocal is because this forum is mostly English and that is not their target audience and they don't really have anything to participate in the community with. A shame but as long as there aren't any client compatibility issues, it will be fine and everyone will be waiting on your new releases, Kalcor and Beta Testers. Good luck and try not to linger too much on the hate that will probably be expressed here in the following days.

It'd be a damned shame if 0.3.7-DL players couldn't connect to 0.3.7-R2 servers.

Shitty engines like BYOND maintain backwards and even forwards compatibility, 510 players can connect to 511 servers.