I have described them, 'Oz, in detail.
What? You think I have PacDude's and other's tables at savefile? I said I have my tables and my work there. To be clear, I have no complete tables there, other than Mr. & Mrs. PAC-MAN. What I was hoping for was to describe the changes for each of the tables I have modded, the script changes, and table elements that replace the elements on the tables that people want to mod for their personal use.
You can look at this as releasing mods in no way. Think of it instead as kits to dress up tables. What if UP did indeed release a VP with Randy's blessing? Or Randy did it with their's? If we all starting converting our unlocked tables to take advantage of the new features, would that be unauthorized modding? Even if we each did it to the tables we had and not re-released them to others? Would you call Randy a knob, if he did that, and people took advantage of the new features, or it changed the play of the tables we had automatically? What if the new version broke some tables? Would you have us describe to those that don't know how how to fix them back up into working order, how they could do it if they did understand? Or would you expect those of us that can to help as much as we can? Or would we have to wait until the authors revisited each table?
I know I would start converting everything that would benefit from it. Would I post that up to the database as a released version? NO. Would I give it to people privately that wanted it but could not do it themselves, and saw no such fixes from the original authors? Yes.
What I have in mind for VP7 is offering less than you suggested. Script changes, not changed scripts, bare tables, other than the elements that are placed perfectly to be pasted into their versions. And explanations on how to do it. It would be a learning situation, people would only have to do it so many times until they understand how to fix them up themselves, and perhaps expand on their table building knowledge in the process. It would only be for those that want to go through the process to learn and/or have better looking and playing games. The only thing that would have anything to do with a specific table, would be the subtle differences in the settings and placements, so the only thing used from the original authors would be the name of the table, and that would only be as a reference.
If that is wrong, against the rules, unethical, or otherwise a bad idea, then I am willing to entertain those thoughts. If it merely makes me a knob, in your opinion, then I'll hear that as well.
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