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Originally Posted by Kyle There's a discord full of people, pop in and speak to the people 'on the ground'.

This.

Also,

A lot of people tend to use discord/a server's forums to share modeling work be it skins, weapons, vehicles or miscellaneous modding resources. Tanz makes a good point on the 'look in the mirror' part of the argument Kalcor set.

I think there is a definite need for more faces chiming in to post content in the 0.3.DL section, be it; problems and solutions/workarounds to certain opcodes, sharing their REL mods, introducing buried plugins for blender, 3dsmax etc to the masses that'll be using them if DL is to be set in stone officially etc.

Why are we seeing the opposite effect?

Simple reasons to this are people tend to reach out for their resources on already established and 'known' platforms, e.g. modding discord/forum (sa-mp) servers that have promoted their corner of the internet so other likeminded people can chime in and bite on the content/ contribute theirs. Another reason, owners of these modding discords have more control over their discord and can create channels etc w/e to organize everything. Third reason, now paraphrasing this in Kalcor's words "not everyone who uses SA-MP is on the SA-MP forums" as he once said, meaning the lack of exposure or expectation for the section in the first place makes the rest of the snowball effect.


How can this be solved?

I think the masses who will be using 0.3DL in the future are going to be keen on SA-MP starter resources for help, first they chime in on the DL section to download and access useful tools like DL itself and KDFF. And then possibly look for more resources to help kickstart their modding adventure. I and many others, I think we know of some resources available that the masses may not and all of this should be shared to ultimately help the DL version and it's users in the future. Of course, there are also tools and techniques unknown to even me and hell I would also like to know how to do x,y or z. But I think this is the part where the ego and selfishness take place unconsciously.

Simply put, a lot of people have experienced problems and found workarounds - if they only fend for themselves then information is contained selfishly and that puts newer DL users at a disadvantage because they'll need to scratch backs with someone or find a solution the long way.

The solution I would say is for people that know of the DL section, be it server owners etc - to sort of direct and pointer their modding communities/pupils or modding discords etc to acknowledge the existence of the DL section and indirectly chime in to share their content of desire to help allocate new information to users in the dark i.e. blender plugins, modding resources, techniques, released content etc.


After all, the only reason this is the most trending thread on the forums right now is due to word of mouth.