I've played Median for ~3 years now.
There have been many patches in that time.
Some good, some not so good.
One commonality in every patch is painful installation -- skips normal/nightmare, straight to hell difficulty
I set aside 6 hours every time I re-install MXL. "Install Night", I call it.
Last time, I was going to show my buddy, but *knew* that I wouldn't have it working Night 1.
I'm not a completely computer-illiterate person. I'm a pharmacist, not a developer, but consider:
Most whom I show this AHK (script to message people rather than /m *) to on bnet are utterly bewildered.
You might crack a grin at how amateur this is, but I assure you, it mentally overwhelms people:
; ## Fast MSG - Input
LAlt::
InputBox, Username, Fast MSG, Account to MSG (` Key), , 200, 125
Return
; ## Fast MSG - Output
`::
send {enter}
sleep, 200
send /m *%UserName%{space}
sleep, 200
Return
It should NOT take me 6 hours every SINGLE time I want to play this otherwise wonderful game.
And what about the people who are blown away by ^^ shit script above? What chance do they have? Honestly?
If my girlfriend saw c00005, she'd call me in the room. There would be no effort to resolve the problem, whatsoever.
I have not been impressed by the staff's collective efforts to make the game more available to the lay public.
Now, if Marco/SB/Whilst/Quinirus consistently made sub-par content, I wouldn't bother asking. You can't get blood out of a turnip.
But if you all can take a 17 year old game and be a Mod of the Year contender,
I have to believe you can facilitate install further than present!
And, frankly, I'm not even going to get into PlugY/D2SE. The new core will be worth losing it.
Again, this is coming from a guy who's played the game 3 years, hopefully another 3!
It's a damned good mod, installation (c000005, C++ Redist. Error, Service Pack 3 compat, Run as Admin,1.14 vs 1.13, D2SE/PlugY) issues are worth it.
As they say in sports, the best ability -- is availability.
P.S.: Do NOT respond with "system specs pls", "what was the issue", no no no that's not the point.
The point is that it should not matter. You download Quinirus' launcher --> hit install --> its ready to play
Or, you go through the manual channel (ModDB DL), same deal. 20 minute delivery