Motivation for modders.

Hmm... The very idea of reaching out to Ubisoft itself isn't bad, but I have some doubts about whether they are at all interested in "popularizing" or even continuing the life of their project. After the last expansion was released, the game was abandoned so quickly, it was as if the development team had been kidnapped by aliens, and their patch 3.1 fixed, at best, only 10% of all existing bugs. But they could have at least opened up the game's resources (after a certain period) so that the fan Community could fix everything themselves. But, of course, they didn't do that. As far as everyone knows, the "source code" (which is access to everything, the ability to create ANY level of modification, bug fixes, any new features, AI) is owned by some programmer from abroad (someone who goes by the nickname Quantomas). But he has categorically refused to share this treasure for many years (back in 2011, when it was still possible to revive the game and make it a "classic of the genre"). He was the one who promised to do a lot and repeatedly hinted that this would require DONATIONS (apparently, he wasn't afraid of the wrath of the guys from Ubisoft). But, as I understand it, the lack of widespread interest in his project, and trust in him personally, did not have such a positive effect on his plan. Of course, he could still "somehow" pull off his plan, but no, and his lack of diligence led to the death of the fifth part of the game :smile16:.