MTW-Redux Beta Released!

[Cyprian2]

Hard to believe it's been 10 years! Redux was the first mod I ever installed -- back when I didn't have access to Viking Invasion, and had to find something good for regular MTW. Redux really made the grade, and provided countless hours of entertainment. Believe it or not, I still have one of the earliest builds (from 2008?) and I occasionally revisit an old campaign as the Polish. Though the new map is absolutely gorgeous, the older maps still have their charms.

Congrats on continuing the legacy, Ax. Looking forward to what 2019 might bring for Redux!

[Axalon]

Thanks for posting guys... Anyways, the traditional "notes to self" for 2018...
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Redux & 2018:
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Releases: 1 hotfix...
Downloads RXB1007: 1837
Views in 2018: +24.000, this thread... (For comparison, the TWC Redux-thread had +39.000 views)
Posts in 2018: +7 & 3 where mine, this thread... (For comparison, the TWC Redux-thread had 22 posts & 11 was mine).

In 2018, I was away from the Org and the RX-area for 8 months straight (Jan-Aug). From May to Aug this entire section (the RX-area) was effectively shut down due to Org-management had screwed up after their "upgrade of the site" - leaving all major threads in the RX-area totally inaccessible and thus impossible to post in/edit as a result. Why? Because they simply failed (or did not bother) to check out the site properly AFTER they applied that "upgrade".... You know, like normal/serious sites do....

I discovered all this as I returned here, and once I complained it was finally fixed. This within 24 hrs, and that is the only good thing I can say about this entire affair. The TWO other moderators assigned to this place (by the administration!) - besides myself - where were they during those 3 months of shutdown, one wonders? Again, what is the point of assigning any additional moderators to this place/section if they will not patrol the area somehow, sometime? If you ask me, its just some more of that "Org-logics" in all its glory...

I have no doubt that my personal absence here AND the administrations screw-up from May to Aug have somehow influenced the numbers we get for the Redux-area in 2018 (both for views and posts). Strictly statistically speaking, 2018 was a rather poor year, especially for this thread compared with 2017 - as it generated only half the views it had generated back then. In terms of posts its more of the same - less then half of that of 2017. I think these final numbers and the related circumstances here show somehow what happens when practices are as poor as we have had here, thus far. Poor practices, generates poor results... Imagine that.

Now, if we look at sheer downloads - Redux fared much better then the statistics related to this Redux-area (and site) would suggest. In fact, it has been an exceptionally good year for the project in terms of sheer downloads - so it can hardly be that people in general have somehow lost interest in it. Nah, the statistics paint us different picture - and one that stands in great contrast to this place (and site) at large - things has essentially never been as good as it was in 2018 for Redux, as it was downloaded more then ever (since I first released the 1000-betas)...


REDUX Betas (3rd ED)
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Year & downloads:
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2011 ---- 500+
2012 ---- 950
2013 ---- 1300
2014 ---- 1350
2015 ---- 1800
2016 ---- 1050
2017 ---- 1237
2018 ---- 1837 (All-time high? It looks like it...)


So that don't match up with the relatively poor numbers that we have had from this site/area, this year (again, compare with the TWC-thread). Instead it seems to be something that is not working well around here (at the Org). Furthermore, I have not seen any attempts to improve or combat the obviously poor practices by Org-staff thus far - either here at the RX-area directly, or the site at large - this since August 2018. I can only explain the administrations unconcern/disinterest for combating such overtly deficient practices due to complacency. Or is it just more of that notorious "Org-logics" at work, or is it perhaps both? ...Who knows? ...Who cares?

- A

[Leith]

Couldn't agree more, YanBG. Redux is undervalued even though it is one of the best MTW mods ever. It is unique in almost every single aspect:
the unit roster, the map, the graphics, even the rebels, who can be deadly in this mod. I would like to thank Axalon for his great work on getting the weapons/shields co-ordinates right. Thanks to his hard work, my vanilla units finally look decent enough. Wish him more success.

[edyzmedieval]

Axalon, I will give your mod a significant try-out, now that you released the 2018 / 2019 version. Should be great fun.

[Goalum]

Yeah, this is a mod with a lot of effort put in it, kudos for still going at it..

[Axalon]

Hello folks and thanks for posting guys... How are things on da Org-side of the world?

... Redux should be more popular and played on Youtube even, but i guess it's tied to the game's overall fanbase?

Well, I agree but the fanbase is rather small these days... I would welcome some more Redux-youtube clips any day - playthrough or battles, makes no difference to me. It would just be fun to have some more of that. Another thing is that many who still bother with MTW are convinced "purists" - especially here at the Org, it seems. Redux is all about doing the very stuff that the purist-crowd don't like... Changing, altering and improving things...

Redux is undervalued even though it is one of the best MTW mods ever. ...

I would say that Redux is undervalued by some people but not all - often, it is by people who never even tried it, or actually understand what it does and brings. However, it is hard to escape that there are plenty of folks that do like and value Redux. While it does not show much here at the Org - despite the existing Redux-section here - it does show some more over at the TWC where Redux has ended up as No:1 MTW-work/mod in both posts and traffic (there). Obviously, it would be fun if Redux had more support around here - but what can you do? If people or the site (as such) don't want to actively support your stuff - you can't force them. Anyhow, I have always valued your support and posts here...

Axalon, I will give your mod a significant try-out, now that you released the 2018 / 2019 version. Should be great fun.

Hi Edyz, you have ended up an administrator?!? That's quite a promotion... Congratulations? You may very well be the first Org-administrator - since Tosa - that I might actually get along with. That is a welcome change. Let's hope for that. Anyhow, I do welcome this unexpected surprise but I can't help but to wonder what changed your mind? I mean, Redux have been around and supported here for more then 10 years - so why the sudden urge to play it now? Is there a special reason for this?

- A

[Axalon]

3000+ downloads!

As of this weekend the RXB1007 has managed to generate over 3000 downloads in total (since release), which of course is fantastic but also amazing as the base-game (MTW1) is... Almost 17 freaking years old, which is essentially a small eternity in the fleeting world of video-games. Yup, almost 17 years old AND a sequel on top as well! As unlikely candidate as that, and still some people evidently keep playing MTW and Redux all the same! It is some 13 years since the RX-project started - more then 10 years (and counting) on the public scene. Needles to say, the RXB1007 and the entire Redux-project have exceeded any expectation I had (or dared to have) on it, as I first started working on it in 2006. Its all somewhat unbelievable and amazing to me - yet its true... Imagine that....

Any comments/thoughts on all this?

- A

[edyzmedieval]

HHi Edyz, you have ended up an administrator?!? That's quite a promotion... Congratulations? You may very well be the first Org-administrator - since Tosa - that I might actually get along with. That is a welcome change. Let's hope for that. Anyhow, I do welcome this unexpected surprise but I can't help but to wonder what changed your mind? I mean, Redux have been around and supported here for more then 10 years - so why the sudden urge to play it now? Is there a special reason for this?- A

Hi there Ax,

Thank you for the kind words.

To be fair to you, the state of modern gaming right now has left me a bit indifferent. I mean there are still plenty of games I do play but that fantastic excitement of playing a game like MTW is not there with the new games. And I've played vanilla TW for a while, so I'm looking to freshen things up a bit.