was that a reserved post reg quoting yourself?
Iceman wrote:FWIW, AFAICT a good chunk of the framework for diplomacy is already in place, it just isn't hooked into the rest of the game yet - mostly due to missing/incomplete features.
cool, great to hear so
some good diplomacy already improves the game alot. the last time I played I only could declare war or send/demand money I think, oh and order minors to member me
well diplomacy shouldn't be a big thing and is a good chance to improve upon current botf implementation
but there's alot where supremacy already differs from botf and same for the botf2 fork of supremacy and during progress I am sure it'll continue so
given that, the unsteady development and possible future changes it simply makes no sense to put an estimation and the one I've put compared to botf actually is no worth
guess in a month suddenly Mike shows back with some buddys plus the other coders working on it and they are in a rage of enthusiasm to get things done
on the other hand I know from big projects they always tend to start suffering from coding concept issues, library- and programming language limitations as well as gameplay issues at some point and it makes them slow down and possibly requires lots of rework and it only gets worse the more they code
for Supremacy and Botf2 I think the best is to focus on a limited but fully working and stable first major release and I wish some good progress with that
afterwards all the glitter like a 3D combat still can be worked on
if I had more time I'd be happy to help on that but you see I'm not even advancing with my botf projects right now.
on friday I just had some talk with my current main employer I'm booked full time for the next two months, not sure how it goes thereafter.
anyway each day I hope to find some time though and I know some day it'll progress again and that's just like how it progresses with Supremacy and the other fan projects too.
How can I get in touch with Mike to see what he would like to do moving forward? Just want to help keep this project alive with the skills I know best. 
thought I offered this to him (well, of course this server runs under his name and so I understand him to give nobody access for it)
