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Jan 9, 2002, 3:22am

Yes...Alpha World now qualifies for the term- mongrel. The cruel ppl called
it that before, now even I, a great lover of AW ( I wouldnt build elsewhere)
call it the biggest mongrel out. Textures have been changed on old builds.
Textures have been corrupted so that windows now appear where doors used to
be . New objects render old objects obsolete, the whole world is just a
hodge podge of mess....


WHY couldnt they just create a new world for the new objects as Factor said
they planned? I would rather see Alpha dead and buried than this mutilation
of its twitching corpse. It is literally a kick in the teeth for all the
builders that spent years building in AW. *sigh* *crying for a dear, dead
friend*

Jan 9, 2002, 10:06am

Maybe they are allowing the builders to get a look at the new objects now
while a new world is being built - no-one knows - which may be an attempt
(desitined to failure as most people here seem to be in "AW Bashing Mode"
regardless of what happens) to placate you a little in the short term.

Here is a suggestion of what (I think) will probably happen if a new, better
looking building world was introduced. I reckon AlphaWorld would end up
being dumped and everyone will get really pissed off crying over their old
builds for prosperity. AlphaWorld is a dinosaur - it has looked cheap, nasty
and uninviting for some time now - and is more than likely a huge drain on
resources to keep it going. I can see it getting dumped within 12 months if
this new building world people are talking about is opened.

Another quick thought ... There are three possibilities for these new
objects:

(a) They are introduced for use in AlphaWorld - which has been done. This is
nice and simple starting point for AW to improve its overall look.

(b) They are introduced in a new world - what people seem to want - which
means that, with such a small set of objects, everywhere will look the
same - like prefabs. There simply isn't enough range there yet to make this
viable with the current object set.

(c) AW keep them to themselves and build up the new object set without
making them available to the public. Then a new world is opened at a later
date, when the users will first see them.

My opinion is that (b) is paramount. A new world at this time with just this
small set of more attractive objects will fail because there is only a small
number of perms and coms that can be created with them.

It seems that everyone has dusted off their AW-Bashing-Sticks and is gagging
to use them as often as possible. Is no-one capable of posting something
here without the addition of a few gallons of melodrama?

If existing builds are being corrupted because of these or other changes
(this isn't just an issue with AlphaWorld, but also the private worlds that
rely on the AlphaWorld OP) then point it out to AW and ask them politely and
maturely to address the problem.

Posting an emotive messages in a newsgroup that has done all it can to
alienate AW and its staff in the past week isn't going to solve anything.

Are there any examples of what has happened? Most people won't see the
problems in AlphaWorld thanks to the crash and AW may be able to do
something about it quickly and easily if they are asked.

This is, afterall, what citizens are now being asked to pay for - support.

Grims


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Jan 9, 2002, 10:16am

"thanks to the crash" ... oops ... crash = cache

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Jan 9, 2002, 10:50pm

If the company is serious enough to spend time, money, etc. getting new
objects, textures, models to us, they should be just as serious about
maintaining the original ones. It's dead wrong to change out the textures
on existing models. Forget the bull about spiffying it up to show off to
corporate suits at gz. Artists do not like for their work to be changed, a
stone texture without grooves was what I, the artist, intended for my roof
and that's the way it should stay. My roof looks like a big tire track now.
Good grief, talk about getting run over! Please change the textures back to
the original.

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Jan 10, 2002, 1:57am

Did I miss something??? What stone texture are you talking about because I
haven't noticed any getting changed. Maybe I immigrated a little too late
to see it though. :)

SW Chris

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Jan 10, 2002, 10:32am

I made a memorial for my mom who passed away sept 24th of 01 at 32658.9S
9478.2E 1.1a 358 in aw, her memorial is the centerpiece of the city, the
gazebo was done using tile5 ( a pretty blue texture) with her picture in
the water at the base.......My mother would have loved it. I went there
just a bit ago......... it is black and white ugly stripes
:((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((( please put back
the tile 5 i used wheni made it. it is very upsetting to me to see it
this way. It is unkind to change the texture in my opinion.. you have no
idea just how upsetting this is to me. I do NOT curse.. but i did when
i saw this!!!!!! AWER for 4 years please please please put
the pretty blue tile 5 back
Donna
i posted this elsewhere but i think we may be talking about
the very very same texture
:(((((((

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Jan 10, 2002, 4:27pm

Some of the textures may have been accidentally overwritten when the new
object set was uploaded? I'm not sure. We'll know soon though.

SW Chris

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