People give up there hacks simply because they think they're ready to release it after mapping. No offense, but those new to hacking usually think, "Oh, well, mapping that first town was easy! The rest will be easy too!" I was guilty of it too. Then came the horrors of scripting, every newbie's worst nightmare. The whole thing is, you've gotta use the game as a reference! You want a script of someone talking? Load up a script from the game and modify it. No offense but newbies complain when they make up a script that's entirely wrong, and then expect more experienced hackers to fix it, without even doing a little trial, error, and snooping around to get the answer. Then, when the more experienced hackers see that question that's been posted three times and answered three times already by three different people, they don't want to answer it a fourth time and the newbie posts over and over, "Answer my question, it's three pages back and no one's answered it!" The newer generation of hacker's, (those that started within the past six months,) want instant satisfaction. They can't get a script right, so they ask the question the instant it doesn't work. Then when it comes time they think they're ready to release their hack, they don't know what they're doing because the basic script that they messed up was done for them and they didn't learn anything! Hacks are given up because people are overwhelmed by the realization of, "I have no idea what I'm doing." And it's the truth because earlier on in their hacking experience, most people never learned that you're not gonna know everything the second you start. And then complain to experienced hackers when they don't have the will to practice! My advice is to start a hack you never intend to release. Practice and practice over and over on that hack, just to get the basics of each area covered. Why, before Orchid, I had atleast fifteen hacks unfinished because I was practicing. You should do the same and you'll learn alot.
No offence to the more recent hackers who aren't guilty of this, who actually took the time to practice before actually getting serious. This is aimed at the more recent hackers who seem to expect everyone else to help them with every little problem. I learned to hack by following the game's example. Try it, it works.
