[crossfire] Vote: Next major project

[Kevin R. Bulgrien]

> Feedback on the result is appreciated, but people are expected to actually try 
> to look first, to dig slightly (and searching is digging slightly, IMO). 
> People wanting to write maps can also ask on the list, on the forum, on the 
> wiki, on irc, ingame.

I did.  That's why I wrote, and I stand by my assertion, though perhaps a
smiley on the last sentence or two might have helped show I was not griping.
 
> I'll also restate what I said some time ago: I volunteer to write Python 
> scripts for people provided they specify exactly what they really want and 
> they *ACTUALLY* *NEED* it *NOW* (I'd fed up with writing stuff no one ever 
> uses just because "I'd be nice to have xxx").

If you think this issue is because I wanted someone to do my work for me,
it isn't.  I think both of you have got a wrong idea about this.  I didn't
need or want CFDialog, but it was interesting when I read about it because
I had no clue it existed, and I'd been working on an NPC issue off and on,
banging my head (and documenting) on the broken match code.

I had trouble with having a clue where to begin with CFDialog, and did, by
the way, see the stuff on the wiki, and still had trouble, so, even though
I didn't need it for myself, figured if the work was to be appreciated, the
non-CF Python people out there might need a bit more help in the map side
of the example.  Did you look at how little was needed to get what was
suggested?  I made the change, but it took hours, just as I figured it
would.  I  volunteered to figure it out for the project last night and
document how easy it is to use once you have been given a complete example,
and to prove to myself that I hadn't slipped a cog when the suggestion was
made.  It would have taken someone else less than half an hour probably.

The suggestion was legitimate and the reply was completely out of control.
Though negatively motivated to do it, I am glad to have introduced myself
to the scripting side of the system, because I like scripting myself, but
in fact, it is unlikely I'll be doing maps at the moment as I've been
quite consumed by other things.

Kevin