40-60% at best. Cant really say as this is my first time doing this, but if my checklist is right, should be around there.
An honest attempt at a SRX Mod
- Thread starter SprintRacer92
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Just let the person work on their mod in their own time okay
was i talking to you?
GOODBYE, SO SOON.
Short Version: Mod is cancelled, point simple. Hurricane Ian destroyed us, and I must focus on rebuilding life.
Alright, Long version here it comes; Hi. So, for those who may not know, I live in Fort Myers right near the Caloosahatchee River. For us, everyone and everything is down here, from my grandparents to our family racing shop. I don't want to go too far into detail, but we are a family of Fire and EMT. My dad is a fire captain on Pine Island, Grandpa literally built one of the first stations on Iona with his dad, grandma was the financial manager for Lee Memorial before she retired.... Long of the short, its been a really busy week. Why you may ask? Well my fellow rock-dweller, a Category 4 hurricane wiped out my home town. Family is firing on all cylinders, dads worked 200 hours these past 2 weeks with one being a 96h straight, I've been fixing stuff and cleaning. Luckily, as you can imagine by me being here, everyone in my family is safe, houses are structurally there, and we are very fortunate to be able to look forward rather than downward. That being said, we took on 4 feet of water. Walls need to be ripped out, all 4 of our race cars need to be completely tore down and rebuilt, over 4 generations of memorabilia and parts are molding and rusting and need attending too, all while I juggle a college degree in there too.
I'm proud of what I was able to accomplish, I really am, but there's bigger fish to fry for me. I only figure you guys deserve an update since you guys have been supportive of this project and yall are swell people. Ill be back to projects eventually, not now, not this year, maybe not next. This game somehow kind of became a creative outlet for me, so i don't think ill be going away, just going dark for a while. I still have the kinda-sorta knowhow and the older files survived the flood, so who knows...
Thank you for following the development of the SRX Mod
Until we meet again.
Short Version: Mod is cancelled, point simple. Hurricane Ian destroyed us, and I must focus on rebuilding life.
Alright, Long version here it comes; Hi. So, for those who may not know, I live in Fort Myers right near the Caloosahatchee River. For us, everyone and everything is down here, from my grandparents to our family racing shop. I don't want to go too far into detail, but we are a family of Fire and EMT. My dad is a fire captain on Pine Island, Grandpa literally built one of the first stations on Iona with his dad, grandma was the financial manager for Lee Memorial before she retired.... Long of the short, its been a really busy week. Why you may ask? Well my fellow rock-dweller, a Category 4 hurricane wiped out my home town. Family is firing on all cylinders, dads worked 200 hours these past 2 weeks with one being a 96h straight, I've been fixing stuff and cleaning. Luckily, as you can imagine by me being here, everyone in my family is safe, houses are structurally there, and we are very fortunate to be able to look forward rather than downward. That being said, we took on 4 feet of water. Walls need to be ripped out, all 4 of our race cars need to be completely tore down and rebuilt, over 4 generations of memorabilia and parts are molding and rusting and need attending too, all while I juggle a college degree in there too.
I'm proud of what I was able to accomplish, I really am, but there's bigger fish to fry for me. I only figure you guys deserve an update since you guys have been supportive of this project and yall are swell people. Ill be back to projects eventually, not now, not this year, maybe not next. This game somehow kind of became a creative outlet for me, so i don't think ill be going away, just going dark for a while. I still have the kinda-sorta knowhow and the older files survived the flood, so who knows...
Thank you for following the development of the SRX Mod
Until we meet again.
Sorry for the struggles you and your family have to go through from Ian. Stay safe and stay well. Take care, wishing you the best!
Rob
Glad you and your family are ok.
As for everyone else: don't be disappointed if you were looking forward to the mod, be glad you got to see something unique for a moment in time. I know I sound like a broken record but the tools and people with the knowledge to guide you to make a mod are out there. All you have to do is load up blender and start modeling to begin the process. Not saying its easy but at the same time no one else will make the mods you want except you. Waiting and hoping on others when it comes to modding is never a solution (at least not for me). Don't see this as a loss but an opportunity to take control if this mod being cancelled really bummed you out.
As for everyone else: don't be disappointed if you were looking forward to the mod, be glad you got to see something unique for a moment in time. I know I sound like a broken record but the tools and people with the knowledge to guide you to make a mod are out there. All you have to do is load up blender and start modeling to begin the process. Not saying its easy but at the same time no one else will make the mods you want except you. Waiting and hoping on others when it comes to modding is never a solution (at least not for me). Don't see this as a loss but an opportunity to take control if this mod being cancelled really bummed you out.
Thank you
And i second this 100%, I encourage anyone to give it a try. That's why I did it; I wanted a mod that no one would make. If some random marginally clever sprint car racer from florida can get this far, you can do it too.
Really sorry for the unfortunate struggles you and your family are going through. I am thankful you are all safe though. The mod is 100% unimportant at this time. Take whatever time you need to clean up and rebuild what needs rebuilt. Family first ALWAYS.
Thank you for taking us all along on the mod making ride and the occasional updates. Here's hoping this game and community can once again become a great creative outlet for you in the future.
Thank you for taking us all along on the mod making ride and the occasional updates. Here's hoping this game and community can once again become a great creative outlet for you in the future.
So sorry to about what has happened to you and so many people in Southwest Florida. Glad to hear you and your family are all okay despite the devastating loss to your property and personal possessions.
When we first arrived in Florida 20 years ago we lived in Ft. Myers. Loved that area. We used to go to Sanibel and Captiva all the time and it's heartbreaking to see what has happened there as well. We lived through hurricane Charlie and thought that one was bad, but Ian ended up being much worse. I have friends in Cape Coral and Naples. Thankfully all of them survived. We now live in Central Florida and there is plenty of flooding and damage here as well.
Best of luck to you and yours and thank you for sharing your story with us.
When we first arrived in Florida 20 years ago we lived in Ft. Myers. Loved that area. We used to go to Sanibel and Captiva all the time and it's heartbreaking to see what has happened there as well. We lived through hurricane Charlie and thought that one was bad, but Ian ended up being much worse. I have friends in Cape Coral and Naples. Thankfully all of them survived. We now live in Central Florida and there is plenty of flooding and damage here as well.
Best of luck to you and yours and thank you for sharing your story with us.
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