Hi!
I share your feelings about Kenneth's desire to totally eradicate CM from existence... to me, it's pretty much a big slap in the face to those of us who spent literally years developing for it (stopping work on it is one thing, refusing to allow anyone to use the old versions ever again is something else!).
I've looked at a few CM 'clones' but have pretty much decided - barring something unforseen - that SexScripts is the one I want to get behind, given it A) runs fine on my machine! B) has an interface very similar to CM. C) Has a dev who will share the source code and vows to stick around!!! D) With practice, doesn't seem that hard to script for and is a lot more powerful than CM.
Like you, I had a lot of projects on the go for CM including new Ashley episodes and other smaller scripts and bits (and tons of Freya 'skins', made just to help Kenneth out, too!), but that work is pretty much wasted now. The one problem with SS is that it takes a lot to convert very complex scripts by hand to it.
It's ironic that many didn't seem to take up the 'upgrade' to Freya with CM due to some of the required script knowledge changes. Now we're all forced to re-learn a whole new language!
On the upside, SS uses a 'real' language (Java) as a base, so at least putting years into learning how to script for SS wouldn't be a waste even if the program folded one day too.
At any rate, I'd like to see as many CM 'old guard' here as possible, so please help spread the word! More than anything else, I feel SS needs to build a big user base if it is to succeed.
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