Model changers?... How would that work? Would that just be like having the 4 directions of his taunts turn him into different forms, or what? I'm trying to figure out some PSA stuff, but that seems like quite a feat and amazing if you can pull it off.
Model changers is essentially setting a switch to turn the visibility of a bone on or off.
Do you know how Link "puts away" his sword and shield when he fires his bow? They actually just get turned invisible and then the sword and shield on his back become visible.
Then after he's shot the arrow, the reverse happens: sword and shield on back become invisible and the sword and shield in his hands become visible.
If you're too lazy to do that, I'm going to paraphrase what I wrote:
"If the OP posts again after a long time with a status update, that's fine. But if someone unrelated to the op posts after a period of 6 months or more, that should be considered necroposting"
If the OP is working on "making this advanced 3d model" and they take 6 months without a single update, then either they're lying or not dedicated.
"B-b-b-b-but look at PM! They take forever to update!"
Which isn't the case. The most recent drought on the PM thread was 3 months. And you know who posted? The OP, aka Nano.
Now if PM went of the radar and no one posted on that thread for two years, and suddenly someone random posted on the thread, that's a problem. And that's what we're talking about.
Many other forums have this rule in place that after a set amount of time, the thread is automatically locked. No questions asked. KCMM is much more lenient and people shouldn't be taking advantage of that. Even if it's just some newbie.
And yes, I am on partially on a Dev team. I help out Project M Unbound when I have free time, so I know what it's like with these long drawn out updates.
I also know what it's like to have my own thread and not post anything for about a month.
If you don't have the time to put up a single line saying "hey, I'm still busy" or "I'm working on something cool" then you obviously don't have time to be hacking or modding to begin with.
I meant if the owner and/or team member posts a progress update or suggestions to improve it. Makes more sense to me than to create a new thread.
Do you know what it means when a thread has been dead? That means no posts at all. Zero, zilch, nada.
If a topic still has regular posts in it, it's fine.
If a topic doesn't have posts for X amount of time, then it's considered dead. At which point, KJP is arguing it shouldn't be allowed to be revived at all.
Considering how fickle some people can be when supporting something, most people call it dead when there's no posts for about a month. Having the necropost rule at 6 months is MORE than enough time for the owner to come back to post an update or have them lock up the thread.