[Installing the new Homecoming Launcher on a Mac (LaunchCat)]

On 1/15/2024 at 4:27 PM, TxTure said:

Im using the new Sanoma OS. It's telling me it can't launch it because it thinks its a possible malware. currently trying to find the settings to allow it, but its not obvious to me at the moment. They buried it somewhere I guess. Anway if you know what to do, please  say whats up with it.

 

Control-click / right click / two-finger tap on it and hold control when you click "Open"; you'll have the option to run anyway on the next pop up. If not, you may still need to hold "control" to make "Open" visible, I think this depends on your SIP / previous setup if you didn't start with Sonoma.

[Homecoming Server Update (June 26th): Donation Window Poll]

Here's another idea which I'm using myself.

 

I've decided what I would be comfortable donating on a monthly basis indefinitely. I didn't get to donate in May so I set the amount aside. I didn't get to donate in June either so I set that aside, so when July's window opens, I will have 3 months-worth of donation committed. If I still don't make it, then August's will be 4 months, and so on until I finally get to donate, however long that takes.

 

+1 Inf

 

Ditto.  This is a great idea.

 

My 2 cents, which will look a lot like justicebeliever's two cents:

 

Instead of asking folks to do more unpaid work so one can feel better about donating (not a judgement of feeling better), why not donate to a charitable cause in the name of the homecoming team?

 

Or like stated above, save the money? Heck, if you put it in a savings account that accrues monthly pro-rated / annually-accrued interest rate (rare, but they do still exist!), you're making some extra scratch for the few months you hold on to it - which you can turn around and add to your donation amount, if the timing's right.

[June 2019 Donations & Finances]

multiple donations from us! thanks, guys! glad we got a chance to pitch in this time. :D

[Homecoming Team News (May 8th): Pack your bags, we're going to Canada!]

To echo autographedcat , I'm currently in the US and have not really seen any significant latency - at least, not anything that I didn't experience (arguably, more often) with the old NCSoft servers. In fact, on my newer hardware, it runs so much better that it's basically a new game for me.

 

Not that it matters (and I mean that!) - but are there any metrics on where, regionally, the donations came from?  Perhaps some day that can guide where to place additional servers that target a region, if demand calls for it.

 

I would really like how you're managing this.  I'm hoping this project enables a community of open source MMOs some day - a community like you've been creating has a way of keeping something like this alive for a very, very long time.

 

If the NPO (once it is an NPO) would accept it, I'd be willing to donate my time; I have experience with multi-continental (banking) and high-traffic (wagering) digital services. You can do a lot with $6k/mo, and that you're doing this WITH $6k/mo tells me you already have a number of experts working on this and probably don't need my help - just know you have it if you ever do.  I'll also be donating, if I can ever get in to an open donation window, lol.

 

Thanks, guys! And keep up the great work!