Re: Twilight II Press Release

[irsman@iastate.edu (Ian Schmidt)]

Jim Maricondo, disguised as Nathan Mates, wrote...

>You're knowledable? What have you produced? Yes, you have the specs to
>produce things. Yes, you were planning to make some modules. If you haven't,
>then is it Twilight II's fault, or your own? Twilight II works. Others have
>made modules successfully, why not you?

I was stalled by a certain someone you know well ;) for several months, and
I recieved no sample source code like all the other developers.  The provided
developer documentation is shaky at best by itself and is self-contradictory
in many places.

>It looks better than Phantasm's stars module, and it's much more configurable
>(and faster too!)

Phantasm's is in color and has a variety of color options.  T2's has no such
thing.

>I invite you to contribute more to this discussion when you've actually seen
>and dealt with the latest version, and also have dealt with the competition.
>Until then, you're simply spreading mis-information.

I have the final non-release version.  I also have used the release version of
Phantasm.  While I agree that T2 is much better than Phantasm, it also is 
more complex for the end user.  I'll be damned if I know what half the 
config options do, and I have the developer ERSes for the thing.  User
interface is everything, as demonstrated by the overwhelming choice of The
Manager over SwitchIt! in the face of increased incompatibility and decreased
capability insofar as being able to run more things at once (stack sharing).

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        Ian Schmidt - Two Meg Software: irsman@{iastate.edu | aol.com}
"I will choose a path that's     | Author of AudioZap, MODZap, and more.
 clear: I will choose free will" | Co-author of SoundConvert and DeskTracker.
 - N. Peart, 1980                | Coder and Musician for the GS<>IRC.