[BTMux-General] Status Update

[Greg T. <gt...@CL...>]

This list has been quiet for a long time, it's time to get it moving. We're=
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working on getting more of the Exile->3030 merge completed right now and=20
things are progressing. There are a number of projects coming down the pipe=
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in the near future and we're hoping to really get things going on the BTMux=
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front again. However, we're going to need a lot of input and help from the=
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players and other interested parties out there.

We're going through a period of expansion right now in terms of new feature=
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and we hope to get this done without introducing too many new bugs. Now is=
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the time to suggest new things for the codebase if you have ideas before we=
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start going into testing mode.=20

Suggestions don't have to be mainstream FASA to be accepted as long as they=
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are reasonable. We're giving admins the capability to configure and sculpt=
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their games how they like via a newly redesigned configure script that real=
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makes things easy to customize. As is such, admins may turn off features th=
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don't like and enable those they do. So even if your particular idea isn't=
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likely to see a whole lot of use outside of a game or two, it's still=20
perfectly fine as long as it brings a new interesting element into the=20
codebase.

Valid suggestions include things relating to:
* Combat Dynamics
* Templates
* Terrain Types
* Special Technologies
* Ammo Types
* Weapons
* Softcode Functions and Extensions
* And other constructive things

So if you have some ideas  about something and would like to voice them, re=
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or submit an RFE on our feature request tracker at=20
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=3D128056&atid=3D711030.

Instructions for setting up your own BTMux are available at=20
http://docs.btmux.com/index.php/Getting_and_Updating_the_Source.

If you have any questions, ideas, comments, or general discussion, direct=20
mails to this list or our forums at=20
http://sourceforge.net/forum/?group_id=3D128056