I am very sad to read this thread.
I do respect DLPB for his work on reunion, but it is sad to see him diss 7thheaven so bad when right now its by far the best modding tool for the game. It is buggy but its still the best.
I dont like installing mods that require their own installer, primarily the issues are I dont know whats been replaced/updated by the installer, and also that typically these mods are not modular in the sense they play well with other mods.
For this reason my ff7 installation remained in a static configuration for several years as I didnt want to change any of the files from the working setup I had, I then discovered 7thheaven and the way it works by allowing you to setup a profile of mods to work together and dynamically load on top of a static install of ff7 is brilliant. Ironically the only real flaw I found with 7thheaven was reunion, as it used a custom exe that was overwriting my custom changes. This is when I realised the flaw of using custom exe's vs hext patching.
This was a prime motivator for me to look into making enhanced stock mod after I seen the hext version of reunion iro posted a while back. As I wanted a higher resolution UI without been locked into using a specific exe and in a modular fashion. Of course looking at all the hext code in that mod I also can see the sheer amount of work that has gone into menu overhaul.
I cannot comment on r06 modding features as it seems only a few developers have been allowed access to it, so I am completely blind as to what it is capable off, how mods will be integrated and as such enhanced stock is in a iro only format.
The problem of not been modular may still exist with r06 it seems because if I as a gamer cannot use r06 alongside mods installed via 7thheaven, then its made absolutely no progress from its r05 form. The community should work together and not be split like this.
The issue raised by DLPB losing control of MO on 7thheaven I assume could be resolved by a conversation with alyzza to get it removed from that catalog and then making his own iro which he maintains by himself, sega chief maintains his own iro for new threat. I have never heard of anyone who thinks 7thheaven is the actual mod.
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