Ok, it hought long and hard about this post. Usually im like "meh, there will be stupid replies, noone reads long posts anyway, blabla".
But I like Starmade too much to "simply let it go" like I usually do.
This Community is BAD. Its the worst ive ever seen in a Sandbox game.
Why? Well, everybody seems to work for him / herself.
It starts with Blueprints and Ships and Desings. Everyone is locked and lockable. Seriously? WHY? But it doesnt stop at Ingame-Stuff.
There are no fancy Youtube "howtos" except for Bench, who is working for Starmade AFAIK. There are just Youtube Videos of "look what I did" and "im so great, I might share a tiny bid of my Wisdom with you".
The Player made Wiki is heavily outdated (Rails are not THAT new).
When it comes to modding and stuff, everything is "find it yourself or die".
Google searches are delivering more Minecraft results than starmade.
When it comes to server stuff this gets even worse. Noone cares to document what theyre doing and sharing with the Public.
I know, everyone put hard work in his / her project. Youre not getting paid.
BUT - this attitude will keep new players from joining and, exchange is a vital Part of Sandbox Games.
This is not something the Devs screwed up. Thats a Community Issue (it starts with "WTF is the Community Council? Where is the Howto for That?)
Take a minute and think very hard where you want starmade to be in a year. A bunch of Elitists where noone new joins and every player that leaves will be missed?
Now, a little Warning: If you decide to reply to this post, make sure you read it completely. Dont pick a single Argument to "disproove" it. You may, of course say, thats stupid. But take the whole thing into consideration. Dont link to a HowTo that might be found after reading 500 Pages of Sourcecode. You get my point. Im talking from the perspective of someone who is rather new. I have talked to a few other new people, they had the same opinion about this. It seems to be difficult.
Another addition, im really good at "letting it go" or "walking away". You might not get a reply from me, simply because I feel people ignored the "warning" above too much. Thats ok, I guess, there are many reasons to not like a Game and while this would be a "first", community is one of them.
You've not played LoL, have you? The bile and angst going on there makes most other gaming communities look and smell like rose gardens. That being said, the community here is actually pretty decent.
I am not sure what you mean by "locked and lockable"? Anything posted to community content can be downloaded, imported and enjoyed in your own single player game, or favourite server.
There are plenty of howtos on YouTube. Even if a video is simply "look what I did" there are plenty of clues on how to replicate what was done.
You're a player. If you think the wiki is outdated, feel free to update it. Missing info? Ask the devs for it, or ask how to find it, then post it. This is kind of silly to complain about because the EDIT button is, like, right there dude.
As for server stuff, uhm, no where is it written that people have to document and share.
I seriously doubt many players are lost because they cannot have something someone else made.
People aren't entitled to the stuff other people build. If someone shares it, cool. If not? Build something yourself. No good videos on how to to X, Y or X? Get a microphone and recording software and make some.
You speak of exchange, and you seem to think that people keep stuff to themselves. You've been here a month. In the three years I've been around, I have seen plenty of exchange. Take a look at the drone thread, for example. There is plenty of information on how to create and launch a horde of drones, and the people in that thread will answer questions and offer suggestions. There's an other one on using warheads. Still more on how to build ships, logic tutorials and more. The shipyard thread also contains a plethora of info.
And outside the forums there are G+ groups, Facebook groups, YouTube groups...
The community for StarMade is doing just fine. New people continue to join. Old folks who've left occasionally come back to see what's new.
No one will give you what you want on a silver platter. If you cannot find what you're looking for, ask for it politely. If it's still not there, then you'll have to take the lead and create it yourself.
