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Originally Posted by endgame
And others in your position went where to get it to work? The community, where it originated. It's one of, if not the best, many third-party utilities. If you examine each version of the game carefully, you could go so far as to say the community is itself the ultimate third-party utility. Many contributions of both generous ideas and measureable substance have a way of falling on Markus' equally generous ear and making their way into subsequent installments of OOTP, Cato-like record keeping notwithstanding.
To put the burden of bringing forward something that didn't come with the original game on the developer is, IMHO, unfair and potentially undesireable. From my vantage -- not taking anything away from the developer -- the creative persistence of this community has driven the direction of this game second only to his original visions. I like the idea that we, or more rightly those talented enough in thought or deed, are the ones who continue to assist, control, and fix our own creations, or those of our colleagues.
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Hey Endgame, I totally agree. I'm one of several who never got the thing to work well for me, even after going to the community. Still, I tend to blame my lack of technical skill more than anything else. I too though have always just smiled at the few who seem to insist Markus owes them CATO compatibility.
On a general level a community who contributes to the game leads to a better game, a developer open to such contribution sees his or her product improved. A collaborative effort is far superior than expecting or accepting one product produced by an external entity.