Post: #7

I can't say that I have seen anyone told not to learn sphere script because they don't have any other programming knowledge. Honestly sphere is the only emulator you really can learn to script for without some prior knowledge given that the others use C#, java e.t.c..

Many questions have been fielded from people new to the server, a lot of them in IRC. Most of the problems come from getting the server up and running, since the nightly and the pre-release are both missing some crucial files and folders that prevent it being a simple install and run program, even though those missing files are nothing more than blanks.

You always get that percentage who want everything handed to them on a silver platter, who want scripts written for them rather than writing them themselves or trying something out to see how it works. Those people never last long anyway, because when problems arise they cannot fix them.

It's true however that the sphere community has dwindled somewhat since it's heyday, not helped by the old site going down and so much stuff being lost and by the fact that Ultima is simply not as big as it used to be.
I have tried to get people to share stuff to kind of build up the scripts available again, but you can't force people. You attract players to your server by offering unique features, those features are lost if you start sharing all your scripts willy nilly. Which is not to say that smaller less important script couldn't be shared, but at the end of the day all you can do is lead by example, share some scripts and hope that other people follow along.