So how are developers deemed offical then? If I'm with a group that has been around for 5 years or so and have 2 years worth of developing (same as BVEFan), that should be offical enough. I'm just confused is all.
It isn't. It never was. Presence does not make you an official developer, and anyone can develop, however that doesn't make them "official". Training does.
OBC has been around for
ten years, and BVEStation for almost fifteen. The developers mentioned, past and present, have a combined experience even longer than that. Since I have been seeing, as well as getting, a lot of negative feedback from that team and here, your name was not mentioned and posts have been removed. Secondly, I cannot validate where your information from the 7 is coming from, so I cannot tell if the route is accurate or not. The team is using the most accurate skeletons, the most of which were originally created by Joe (Phantom909), who had all the signal diagrams, A.K.A. Track maps, from MTA. Since neither of those were reported to have came from those sources, and the objects were reported to have come from third-party sources, I can neither confirm nor deny its plausibility.
Developers are deemed "official" through a variety of ways. By starting off coding short test routes or fictional routes to master proficiency and by developing trains, which BVEfan does, and they can be official in one or the other, or even both. The IRT being made by this group is coordinating their efforts into one object folder system that will hopefully spread to other routes in the BMT/IND divsions as well. I would also like to point out that developers are also held, and should hold themselves to a higher standard than most members, which means that they must be able to ignore conversations which derail topics and must avoid spam posts at all times. Much like normal members, there's no arguing with members or spammers, simply move forward and attempt to retail the topic. If that fails, ask for administrative help.
I hope this helps. If you have any further questions, I will gladly accept private messages. Otherwise, this topic will continue to focus on development updates.
BStyles
