We had a long chat, and I found out another of his frustrations was he had ideas he didn't have the pieces or know-how to pull off. One of them was building a railroad. The way he described it, I realized I had basically built something like that long ago in Second Life. So, we made a little deal: I help him get his railroad running, and he hangs on for a few months longer in Avination to see if things improve.
This evening, I delivered. It was really just a simple "vehicle" to demonstrate, but it did follow the monorail track trad built around the entire sim, you could ride it, and the tool I developed for making the configurable path for it made it take about 20 minutes to get it running on the track, once I started building the path. trad said he was happy about it, and I promised to help him out to make it fit his needs fully, since this is still just a generic path follower, with a few configurable extras.
I'm glad if my little 6 hour hack can save the sim Maggie and I have come to love as our home, at least for a while longer. trad has really created something special there, and it would be so sad if he just tore it down. He told me a couple of major creators, Redgrave and Mimi's Choice, have left Avination now, and I see stagnation in both sims and visitors from the stats I compile myself as well. I'm not sure if Avination will make it, because for every day that goes without much improvement, I doubt it more and more, but I still want to give it the chance.
Economy:
2011-04-05: -
2011-04-06: -
Avination stats:
2011-04-06 04:42 CET, 23,694 residents, 9,281 in 30d, 1,148 sims
2011-04-07 06:25 CET, 23,846 residents, 9,208 in 30d, 1,140 sims
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