I'm not a Decal Dev. I don't represent them in any way, however SOMEONE is working on this.


I can only say I know this, because there are two monarchies on Morningthaw that have been given a semi-working version of the new Decal memlocs. Those monarchies are Kanen Eagle-Eyes, and Ashake. Not all plugins are working with the beta version of the memloc, but ... someone IS working on it.

He dropped his laptop with the updater on it in the river while crossing over it on a tightrope


My fave by far!

 

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My only concern is people not having decal will open them up to those massive amounts of free tryouts... you find a new poison and poof your sub to AC is gone, and that means no more AC.

For everyone who is angry they haven't posted any status updates, have you looked at any older threads about memlocs?
They are filled with people complaining about it not being done.
Someone kindly used to start a "semioffical" thread every patch so that there would not be 15 different threads complaining about it. Much like getting Decal to work on Vista there was a new thread started by each person who has a problem, and they will not look to see if the question has already been asked.

Decal is a small team, and while it has been built on the works of others it is something unique and much different than when it started. Again other than the let new people in comments, which seem to be driven solely by the desire to provide memlocs, I have yet to see one person offering to join to help with development beyond that. I'd be interested to see how many of them are still willing to help once the memlocs are posted.

Because of the damage that could be done with Decal, they take their time adding new people. Every member of the current team carries the burden of having all of our trust. You think your game sucks now waiting for memlocs? Imagine a world where Turbine bans Decal because someone did something with the knowledge gained from being on the team.

Don't want to see this happen ever again? Get on Turbine and demand they restart the work on the Decal API Zyrca was working on. With an API life becomes simpler. It would be nice to be able to end the pretending that Turbine merely tolerates Decal. Decal has and will continue to add innovation to the game.

 

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Thank heavens, Wubbie remembers. It's only recently (as in, this year) that memlocs have been released so quickly. This has NOT been the norm.

 

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I enjoy the fact that they didn't put them on the Decal Website being used to say they;ve been the same since October...

Oh BTW they are up...
Sorry the guy who normally does it was Moving... Sorry he ruined your lives...

 

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I think we got so used to decaldev.com being broken that we just stopped trying. That's why I haven't updated the message on update.decaldev.com yet...

An API would go a long way to keeping “Decal”.


I think we should start a thread like that on the AC General Board.


I would like to thank those who worked on getting Decal up and running again.

Decal is not dead, and will not die. Development has continued over the years even if it does not seem like it. Decal developers have NOT simply faded into the sunset and left everyone else high and dry. People have lives...sorry, but that is just the way it is. That does not make them less dedicated or asleep at the wheel.

 

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I don’t want to make this sound belligerent, insulting or attacking, but from the outside it is difficult to see that Decal is not being ignored.


I am certain that there is a disparity from the outside view and the vision within the development and support team sees when it concerns Decal. Everyone understands that this application is supported by individual who are volunteering their time to make others AC experience better, but many may not know what that means.


I think if we wanted to really see how good of support Decal really does have, we could try in game assistance at some time and see how well that works. In my personal experience these two teams appear to have the same level and response of support. I would think that not bad for a volunteer team.


But if one were to go to Decaldev, one would see very little motion from knowledgeable personnel, both from within the team and other members of the community. This creates a perception, accurate or not, that Decal’s support within and without, is fading.


I think user education, and communication is the only way this might be overcome. Both would entail the support team to make some kind of regular appearances on boards each time work is done. It could be as simple as indicating that there is a known patch, memlocs are being worked on, or anything. I think communication would go a long way to dispelling myths, and the added involvement might even encourage more people to create plugins and help support the application.