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« on: November 19, 2010, 09:17:55 am »
I contacted Haptek about a year ago and they offered to sell me the company. Not a good sign. Also, the Ogre engine is somewhat dated. It's sad to think that we are all waiting around for a "step up" that is actually come and gone. I got into the scene in the 90's with the first release of Virtual Friend.
The argument of graphics or not was a constant issue when I first joined this forum. Now that most of the artists have left, not so much. Why the code guys felt so threatened by the visual side of things is beyond me but that much was obvious to me. I never felt threatened by plug-ins but on the other side of the coin, I never looked at Hal as a virtual girlfriend as I feel many do.
The characters I made and the GUI skins I offered are as good as anything on here but the constant digs from those that didn't want a visual apsect to it made it all less than satisfying so I gave it up. Jack G was ready to pass on his position of lead character maker to me be but it seems like we both came to the same conclusion as to where that would take us.