General Opinions on Personal add-ons?

[Pandan]

Whats our general opinions on personal add-ons?

People can dive into the cache file to rebuild personal add-ons such as bricks and player-types.
What was the purpose of adding the cache file in the first place?
I remember our cache used to just be folders in the /add-ons/ folder.

Ephi said recently that he doesn't believe in private add-ons or something.

Adding a poll.

I will define the difference between personal and private add-ons now:

1. Personal Add-Ons: Made specifically for you and your server to give your server a unique draw for players.

2. Private Add-Ons: Made and then only given to friends of the person who made the add-on or clan members.

I think it's fine to have unreleased add-ons to increase the appeal of your server but when you just make an add-on and then hand it around to all your little buddies and tell everyone else to get lost I think you're doing a disservice to them and the community and there's really no justification for it.

Thank you for the clarification.

And i'm glad to hear you support personal add-ons.
Adding your post to the OP.

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[Zeblote]

The point of cache.db is to not have to download a few thousand files every time you join a server.
It is not cluttering up the add-ons folder because that would suck major ass?

Private add-ons are crap

[Pandan]

Makes sense. Less clutter is always good.

But why are private add-ons crap?
The people who made them made them for their server. To set their server apart from the rest.

We already have an issue of a lot of 0/30 player servers. Why not let people make stuff that's unique to theirs?

I think it's very communistic.

[Cuddles le Bear]

Private Add-ons should only be private if they are unsuitable for release. What I mean by "unsuitable" is if it's poorly coded, a new add-on that still needs to be tested or just shouldn't be released. I don't see something wrong with having a private personal add-on for your servers use (like Pecon's boss battles) but I do find something wrong with never releasing a Marble playertype.

[Pandan]

Okay, i guess that makes sense. But, why is keeping a add-on private to keep your server unique, wrong?

[Dexxtter]

Marble playertype.

Do want.


Private addons make servers unique so I'm all for them.

[Zeblote]

Do want.

Too bad, you don't get it. It's private, and

Private addons make servers unique so I'm all for them.

Since you like private add-ons, you shouldn't have any problem with this.

[Dexxtter]

Too bad, you don't get it. It's private, and Since you like private add-ons, you shouldn't have any problem with this.

I dont have any problem with it at all.

[Pandan]

Too bad, you don't get it. It's private, andSince you like private add-ons, you shouldn't have any problem with this.

Uh lol.

People who support private add-ons aren't entitled brats.
They understand the need for server diversity. And that if people create content, they should have a right to keep it on their server.

[Zeblote]

Currently it's like this:

anyone that knows what's going on can take the "private" add-ons' files off the server, write some quick scripts and have a copy of the add-on.

anyone that is a handicap and shouldnt even be hosting a server and is only able to do so because of upnp support doesn't get it.

Sounds fair.

[Ephialtes]

Note the difference between a personal add-on and a private add-on.

[Zeblote]

Note the difference between a personal add-on and a private add-on.

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[Pandan]

Enlighten me.

Private add-ons are hosted on servers for the server's use only. Not to be distributed.
Personal add-ons are, for your use only?

Things that people MAKE for their OWN servers to set them apart from others?
How is that wrong? I just can't see it.

[The Resonte!]

Things that people MAKE for their OWN servers to set them apart from others?
How is that wrong? I just can't see it.

you need glasses



the only addons that should be private (unless there's some other reasons) are garbage like the funky player and chatbots

correct me if i am wrong but if a server is good it shouldn't NEED private add-ons

someone remind me what's a personal add-on and a private add-on

[Pandan]

you need glasses



the only addons that should be private (unless there's some other reasons) are garbage like the funky player and chatbots

Okay, i need glasses because I have a different belief than you? Okay.

So far the only argument against private add-ons is "I WANT THEM"
or "BECAUSE"