Some sad news about SA-MP

[[Rstar]Paul]

Due to an unfortunate turn of events, shortly after the release of 0.3c, we are having to re-release the SA-MP 0.3c client. Many of the custom models, like the stunting primitives, that were added to SA-MP 0.3c during the development phase have been removed.

This update is not mandatory but it should be considered high priority for server owners and people who are designing 'Game Modes' around 0.3c. The objects added to the initial release won't be suitable for use on most servers, since they're being phased out in this client update.

All of the other features added to 0.3c like: number plates, vehicle control, scripting functions, attached objects, particles etc. are all still part of 0.3c.

Extended explanation:

The person who contributed some of the new models, like the stunting objects in the SAMP.img, left the SA-MP beta team under ambiguous circumstances shortly after 0.3c was released. SA-MP doesn't have the time, or resources, to deal with people who contribute to the project without making their intentions or motivations clear. It has been decided that the best way to deal with this problem is to simply remove this persons contributions from the SA-MP distribution - and eliminate any long-term problems that it might cause.

I understand this move is going to disappoint a lot of server owners who have already been working on scripts to take advantage of the content that was added to 0.3c during the testing phase. It is also disappointing to us in the team as we had dedicated several weeks of development time to new features surrounding the new objects. Unfortunately, the SA-MP team does not have complete control over everything that happens with this mod. We can only take steps to correct problems and try to prevent them from happening in the future. Accepting contributions to the project from external sources has been extremely rare throughout most of the development - as we have always recognised the risk of doing so.

We will attempt to make up for this disappointing turn of events with some new content in the next version of SA-MP (0.3d) - which hopefully won't take too long to be available.

[Mike_Johnson]

:O.. That sucks.