But DB probably would benefit from all the new people that will be buying and playing UT04 and trying out mods like DB. If you stick with UT03 you can guarantee the user base will not grow but at least with UT04 you will have a chance of it growing.
Also as Scotteh said aren't you planning on entering the next stages of MSU, which requires UT04?
DavidM wrote:
I don't see how DB benefits from 2k4 technically, and I am not planing to buy 2k4 for my fun (I play funny games for that ), so why not stay with 2k3?
Don't go to 2k4 = killing your own mod (or at least not giving it the oppurtunity to grow)
format it for 2k4, my pc runs too slow and i cba to waste an extra 3.5 gigs for 2k3, a huge number of people are gonna buy 2k4 and if they're in a similar position to me then they won't be happy about the extra wasted 3.5 gigs either, JUST FOR DB
METAFrank wrote:
ut2k3 = compatible with ut2k4
-> New Models and Textures in Deathball + a little coding = compatible for 2k3 only owners AND 2k4 only owners
Actually, i believe you are dead wrong here. They did promised us yes but the netcode changed in such a way that there is no thing like being compatible at the moment.
You misunderstand. 2k4 and 2k3 are incompatible because of the netcode... this means that 2k3 cannot join 2k4 servers and vice versa. This does NOT necessarily mean that 2k3 and 2k4 are incompatible at unrealscript level... meaning that a mod may well work on both 2k3 and 2k4 with no or very minor changes.
Chick-kun wrote:
that means the community will be split into two =|
Right, thats why it's so important for ME, (maybe others) to get DB into ut2004, ok, I might be overreacting, and like froste said, harddisk aren't expensive, but the 3.5 gigabyte still are a tad much and I doubt people will still buy ut2k3
Bringing DB into 2k4 is important because lots of people will be getting the game who skipped 2k3, and loads of new players looking for decent mods will be around as well... so if davidm doesn't do it someone else will.
), so why not stay with 2k3?
