Why again do we need ANOTHER library? I'd rather not see SS turned into a version of minecraft with every mod having their own required library. This stuff could have been easily put into Graphics Lib...
Because we have already several mods using stuf like direct sprite rendering or fake beams (including all of my owns) and incompatibility/versioning issues are already not uncomon. For example, for months all my mods had their visual effects removed due to another mod using an outdated version of the same plugin that overrode mine, leading to a waste of ressources because several instances of the same plugin with different names had to be run at the same time to avoid conflicts. Also this provides a whole bunch of methods that could improve new and existing mods.
And while
some of this stuff could have been added to GraphicLib, a whole lot has no place in there. But be reassured: the intent is for this to be a community library, meaning that
a-priori if it pickup no other library will ever be necessary. (Plus come on! That's just
one thing to tick in your launcher for a lot of benefits on the modding side)
Is that a bad thing?
