Status of the mod:
The 2018 mod is closed alpha. It has been "open alpha" since around November 2017, but I recognize it was a mistake to share it for Christmas.
At the same time, the 2014 version Phantasy Calradia has never been taken down. It's always been up, and continues to be so. It even gets more downloads than 2018 ever did, even at its height. I must conclude 2014 is everything that is right, while 2018 is an acquired taste.
It's painfully obvious how Guspav could sit on his mod for 3 years and then deliver code that was so broken as to be unable to compile, in about 34 different places, while still having something genius in much, if not all, of it. Some of it remains today. Some of it is completely replaced. Some people liked some of the changes. Others felt that in an incomplete state, they couldn't or wouldn't play it. I respect that. And point the door is that way.
I don't want suggestions if those suggestions involve more work. I feel like I already work to my breaking point.
I don't want your bug reports by way of suggestions either. If it really is broken, chances are I'll agree with you, in which case it shouldn't be shared. If on the other hand it was fixed yesterday but you're too stubborn to reread the last 50 posts about the same topic, then I'll call you a Monkey. Even if you really aren't. Then I'll call MYSELF a Monkey for letting you share it. Then someone else will call me a Monkey ffor being upset, saying its MY fault for LETTING you try something alpha. Then I'll say you know, it was better when only 10 people saw the mod. Then I'll be reminded that look, there MIGHT be some path between these seemingly irreconcilable positions, where people that really are willing to try bleeding edge, in your face mods (like this) MIGHT have access, assuming they play quietly. I don't want your feedback. I just wanted you to have a good time. If you can't let me work in peace, and you can't wait, you can't have access. Its as simple as that! Maybe the part you feel is a big struggle now is meant to be THROWN AWAY in 2 months and replaced with a different layer, anyway. So struggling with it just has my ulcer bleed, you feel bad, and we both rage quit. Better to push you away before then. At least that way you get on with your life and I enjoy my game without people telling me how miserable it made them.
So that's it. The next public openeing OUGHT to be the 1 year anniversary of getting the code from Guspav. That'd be August 2 2018. Its a technical mistake to let the "public" play the game now. They will feel obliged to machine gun me with "bug reports", and I will feel obliged to boycott this forum. Nobody wins. Better to declare the project closed alpha. Now if you really think you want in, convince me. Or go play Pop, or Perisno, or someplace that WANTS your bug reports, your "I can't use it", your "it sucks its not balanced". OK. Fine. Come back in 6 months. It disturbs me more than it disturbs you. I thought I was doing you a favor. You thought you were doing ME a favor. Now we're both unhappy.