Separate forums for supported/unsupported hacks

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Originally Posted by peterska2

Each modification has a checkbox which is set by the author as supported/unsupported and can be found in the top right hand corner or the modification post. While it is impossible to ensure that modification authors use these boxes correctly (ie setting them as unsupported if they are going to be away for a while or otherwise), they are provided so that the author can change their modification(s) to supported/unsupported easily.

Providing all the modifications in one forum gives a much easier way to search for something than having modifications spread over a number of forums.

so you are saying that there is nothing vb.org staff can do about my concerns? For the love of god, just look at all the 3.6 hack threads, the authors barely post in the threads. They make a hack, and they just suddenly disappear when it's time to fix the bugs.

At least force authors to check supported or unsupported box and please do make an option to sort the hacks with respect to supported/unsupported criteria. I am spending more time fixing my forums due to hack screw ups and fixing the hacks themselves than anything else and afterall this is a paid service (i know vb.org is free, use at your own risk, so on and on). I really want vb.org staff to be more strict about this.

there is a great example:

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...82#post1149082

I sent 2 PMs to the author and I sent them on december. "Last seen online: Jan 2007", so he did read my PMs. Yet he didn't even bother to answer me let alone fix the bugs in the hack. AND the hack is supported.

Let's look at the author:

- Without fixing the bugs in the current hacks, Cyb kept releasing more and more and more hacks everyday:

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=133564
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=132576
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=131254

These are all released after the hack I m having trouble with. I know authors are not being paid and they don't have to be here 24/7 but at least:

1. Why not answer PMs?
2. Why not answer the threads?
3. Why not give support to the hack that you say you will support?

I'll tell you why they check supported and not do anything, because they know they will loose popularity and nobody will download the hacks if they are unsupported.

The idea of having 2 separate forums is not to organize hacks but to encourage authors to give support for their hacks. When people don't even look at their hacks (in the unsupported forum), they will realize their mistake and maybe change a bit.