[Snow Racer]

I'm not gonna write long useless post for this... so...


Hello
As a contributor to the Myriad Islands I think it is time to let go.

It was fun.

[spaceeinstein]

I would prefer to keep this mod alive but sadly there is the lack of activity or interest. I had hoped that the main islands be at least filled up by now. The GTA LC project is just as old and is closer to completion than ever. Lots of other major map projects came and went. So what happened to this one? If more people support ending this, then I will let it go.

[JasonB]

Greetings all and sundry. I feel it is worth coming out of my several year hibernation, and submit my 2000th post, for this topic.

I am proud to have witnessed the birth of this project from illspirit's "Big Empty City" project, and began work on my own stuff shortly after. I think some of the work put into this project is simply outstanding, and the potential it had was amazing.

However this project has long since expired. We never really got the full effort of this project onto San Andreas and that entire era has now gone by. Out models, code and practically everything else are outdated, and there is (as far as I know) little to no work even happening here. Myriad Islands is finished. This forum should be locked and kept as an archive for the interested.

That is my two cents.

[jim_gta]

Let this mod go.I am a big fan of it and I want it to be a success but this time over GTA III engine.

[Spider-Vice]

I really liked this mod, I want it to continue.

[Gforce]

there is still quite a lot of unreleased work for this mod and i have quite a lot of it bolted together for another release.

however i have had quite a busy real life so far this year so nothing much has been done, it doesn't really matter whether YOU decide to close this mod off because either way i will be continuing to use the mod for my own 3D modelling and modding anyway and will continue to make and add new models to it as and when i feel like it, even if that means me opening a website for it.

i suppose your next target is going to be the LC mod ? or maybe kill off modding completely on this site and expand the Off topic Gen Chat forum.

why do you feel the need to close this forum anyway ? got nothing better to do in your life than come back and kill off the original breeding ground that taught most of the GTA modding community how it's actually done ? if the server needs space go delete some of the less useful locations that keep people talking about non gta related bollocks !!

[illspirit]

While my opinion probably isn't worth much given that I lost interest in modding GTA a long time ago, it's probably best just to decide on a "final" version and leave it at that. Could leave the forum open for people who want to talk about it or need help, and in case anyone wants to post "unofficial" mods, but overall, the map is just too complicated to maintain and upgrade.

I blame myself for this (though the pre-cooked lighting doesn't help..). Illcom was my first real attempt at a threedee map, and I really didn't know wtf I was doing yet. Not only was it ugly (especially the sharp intersections ), but the arbitrary layout of the roads and such didn't lend itself well to a group effort.

For an open community map to work, it probably should have been totally modular, almost like LEGOs or one of those old "pixel city" thingies, with a road set which could be mixed and matched so that it all snaps back together horizontally and vertically. While I tried to keep most of the northern islands on a grid, the heights/terrains were still a bit random, and there was little rhyme or reason to the curves.

If IV wasn't such a pain in the ass, I'd say the best thing to do would be start over there with a blank slate and a better plan of how to make it modular..

[jim_gta]

But this time who will lead?

[Natedogg.]

I think finishing up LC Mod should be priority number one and then come back to this with a new project leader or something.

[jim_gta]

But what about Cerebra?There is no one like him.

[badboy_zay]

at least do something in the end
this mod is very great,it take a lot of history from the mod,from VC to SA,...

but the link dl of this mod is dead(not dead but slow,10k/s),i hope someone gonna reupload it

[jim_gta]

The thing is not about re realesing the mod but its about leading it.I think someone should talk to Cerbera so that he can find some way to keep this going.By the I know something which can make it good is a new storyline along 15 to 20 missions atleast.

[knocker]

Yes, no-one knows me in here, but i've been lurking in these forums for years, and i'd like to give my two cents too.
How about licensing the mod under some Creative Commons license, to give a chance (or make it clear) to a random opportunist to use/develop the mod, maybe under a different or custom-made game engine (i know, i'm not realistic) ?

[Daniel Wilson]

This mod was launched in our country also and I played it and finally I decided to visit the thread.Well i can do some modding work for you all but we'll need a team.

Keep up the mod.

[aad]

referring back to what G-force said the mod is still far from complete there are still lots of unreleased bits from everyone and most of them are not shared or made public to anyone which is really a bad thing for this mod.

Even though i haven't worked on the mod for about a half year it still has some interest of just filling in those gaps with my newly gathered inspiration specially after my holiday to Londen.

I have shared most of my work with G-force and Loco-G which are by as far as i know the people who have really tried to get Myriad Islands to a higher state and revamp it a lot, while testing all these files with the new pre-lighting, newly added textures and all fixed collisions it was really nice to play around with myriad again.

As far as the mission and coding goes there was a lag on that i was experimenting with some basic scripts myself and adding in small features it didn't really make a big change to it all. Also a lot of ideas of me didn't got realised for example the following.

- The Airports at the black messa islands
- Landing strips and airports linked to Grand Tani Islands on the seaside's.
- Ferry's between some islands (scripted)

besides those ideas i am pleased what has been done with my unreleased work i have given to G-force and Loco-G they have revamped them and used them in their designs of their lots.

So closing this forum for future use would be a big loss for the people who still care, even though i have been cleaning it up a bit lately and checking all the forum links/ downloads / pictures if they still worked and removing any outdated posts without usefull information.

So my statement.

FINISH OF A SEMI- FINAL RELEASE FOR THE PUBLIC WHICH CAN BE USED AS A DEVKIT FOR INTERESTED PEOPLE WHO STILL LIKE TO MOD GTA SAN ANDREAS.

OR

CREATE LITLE PACKAGES WHICH CAN BE USED FOR UPDATING THE OLD 0,69B INSTALLER WHICH I GUESS ISNT A GOOD OPTION.

for now i just think the people who still care just need to get back in IRC and share all the stuff to save time and get things sorted.

bye

[plastus]

any updates of that planned release???

[Duskidauni]

Is there ANY active link to download Myriad islands? Or am I just that instant too late? :(

[James.95]

Don't make it a dead mod........

[AleXXX]

Hello, guys
I'm agreed with Snow Racer, but... if some of members wants to continue contribute work in this project, they can do it without doubt. New public version is a good idea!
These days i have no interest in modding and even gaming. To set up a thick point, my unfinished lot - illsub_c1_r2 :
http://www.filefactory.com/file/b301ca4/n/illsub_c1_r2.rar or
http://rapidshare.com/files/414322582/illsub_c1_r2.rar
Goodbye!

[speed racer]

Come on guys such a good mod shouldn't be left4dead rather we all should join hands and make contributions for these and I am ready for this.I am a san andreas modder.