Finding what's causing the problem is the time consuming part. Just because you know a problem exists, doesn't mean it's easy to fix. Besides that, there's a difference between being blunt, and rude and condescending. I mean was the eye roll really necessary?
I think I might as well toss in that this isn't his job. For most modders it's a hobby and a passion. These mods weren't even his to start with. That I've been able to play them at all, even with hiccups, is thanks to him.
Oh, and couldn't you just go mess with the ship/weapon stats yourself? If game breaking bugs are 'trivial', messing with numbers in notepad shouldn't be beyond your capabilities.
The time it takes to fix the most blatant issue with all three mods is less time than it takes me to write this post. So yes the eye roll was necessary. Now why is compiling the mod with JDK8 such an issue?
- It has compatibility, stability, and performance issues on some computers running SS with Java8.
- It requires the user to install that version which no other mod does and are the only mods that will not run on a "stock" SS at all.
So after all the pages and pages and pages of bug reports all regarding this singular issue which can be solved with a tiny amount of effort can you see why this situation is so ridiculous? Sure, the mods can be balanced badly, have a multitude of bugs, but an issue so serious such as that has no business existing at all.
And sure it isn't his job, but think of it this way. Having these mods which basically don't function at all without forcing a sub-optimal setup upon the end user is actually destructive to SS itself and the modding community as a whole. The number of folks you see posting on the forums is a
tiny fraction of the overall mod playerbase, how many will try to run these and it crashes and they assume that it is SS itself or just write off running mods entirely because of issues that they may never figure out?
So in the end, I just want to these mods at least work on the most basic level and I was blunt about this because other folks reporting the issues was going nowhere at all clearly.
Edit for adding Gif: