Hello there!

[MatthewChow]

The Buggy parts thing, sorry about ignoring, i meant to get back to you. Everything on the server needs to remain exclusive to the server, so I hope you can understand why we'd rather not share something like a car's model file, to somebody who is not part of the NFSSA team. Yeah, sorry about any miscommunications, but content from hardworking fans is always appreciated and welcome, however there are limits to it.

That seems to be an important piece of information to be told right away... I made the same question about the Buggy to 3 different people in your team and none of them referred that, two of which responding simply with silence. If I had gotten that answer right away I would have understood perfectly and skipped to some other car. Now, silence is quite demotivating. It's as if no one gives a crap about you and you simply don't know why. I honestly had doubts if I was actually helping or just being a burden, the latter being what I assumed after a while of asking around.

This and some other reasons is why I used the expression "force-fed". Before I had made my first bodykit, I had asked a couple of times on the forums if someone was interested if I contributed with a few parts, getting no reply. Then I "finished" the bodykit and went to contact you directly, which, worked out well for this bodykit, after you patiently ironing out some of its kinks. Then I tried to see if you guys had use for other kind of parts, you said you already had enough of them, but it took me a long time to understand the actual reason why not and it was even at random (The thing about you having to edit each exhaust, spoiler, bumper and the such repeatedly to fit each different car). Once again, a vital piece of information I should have known right away. Then I made the bodykit for the Cadrona, which I think it had a lot less issues than the Fortune's because I already knew what I was doing better now, so, it supposedly was much faster to get ready, however, you told me right away that you didn't wanna use it because it would make the Cadrona have three bodykits instead of just two, but then both you and Quindo told me it was possible for the car to have three, so, ever since then, I got confused. To this day, I'm still not certain if you're gonna use that bodykit or not, and, until you mentioned me in Discord a while back asking for the name, I still had doubts if you were using the Fortune's or not! I know you told me at the time that you were, but then, all that silence and the Buggy situation got me feeling down and uncertain. I actually stopped the work on the bodykit for Uranus I was coming up with, waiting for an update's part list thread where I could get actual confirmation my things were getting used.

Yes, there are indeed miscommunications and a lot of uncertainties, and they're exactly what made me all screwed up. It's a confusing process.

Despite loving the server and wanting to help you guys in anyway I can, I would be pretty much next to useless as part of the developing team, that's why I don't make the proposition. I work from 9 to 6 and gotta take care of my own things at home, time is pretty limited and I can only really get into these sort of projects on weekends, however, as far as I know, you aren't looking for UI changes or reskins, which is the only thing I can do properly, and my 3D modelling experience is pretty much connecting dots. I only started learning a few months ago, so, every model of mine has to get finished by someone else, unless someone actually teaches me to take care of the UVs and lighting myself, which I would love since my main goal here is still to learn and earn experience with the programs until I can make something from start to finish. But, as of now, yes, arguably, I could help a little bit, but not enough to really make a difference. It would be, like, one bodykit per week tops that later would need yet some other person to finish. That, I can do now without failing compromises or having someone depending on my work. I hope you understand my reasoning behind this... It's just not worth it. I prefer giving you extra stuff from time to time with no compromise.
And to clear any doubts. In no way I wanna force you to use the stuff I make or take it the wrong way if you don't wanna use it, you're 100% free to judge and decide, but, please, just clearly tell me if yes or no and the why of it. Feedback is literally the most important part for me. Please, just no silence, it's the worst thing ever! Xb
I'm sorry for anything bad and for me making assumptions based on silence, I just wasn't sure of what was actually going on until recently.