Okay, gotcha! You do need Uru:CC to install the UU shard Uru: Deep Island, but after you've installed it you don't need to keep a disk in the drive. You don't need Uru:CC to install and run UAM Shard, which is entirely download based. There has been some controversy over this in the past, (
viewtopic.php?f=10&t=6807&hilit=uam+shard), but I look to Cyan to tell us if they think that there is a problem with the way non-commercial individuals and organizations use their open-source product. As far as I can tell, Cyan World's fans are more loyal and supportive of their source company than Trekkers/Trekkies are of CBS-Paramount.
I want to feature Fan Developments, both in Fan Ages and in crossover developments like The Open Cave's City of Dimensions. The more diversity I can feature, the better, as far as I'm concerned.
I understand having a preference for stand-alone content, but I don't know what it would take to make City of Dimensions or the Gahreesen Wall playable solo, (not that it's completely playable in Uru:DI; it doesn't seem to be quite there yet). Most Fan Ages are available through the Uru Age Manager to play solo in Drizzle, even if they didn't start out that way. I wish that Laki'anay/Argosy/Giloto/Cholanay were ready for MOULa, but they are not for multiple reasons.
How active is Dev's' Hood? Zeke never really got it off the ground. Was this because time zone differences kept people from meeting for group activities? Was it because his vision of the Hood was too narrow? Was it because he didn't advertise it and promote it adequately? I don't have those answers. He is, unfortunately, not available for comment. I didn't name it, nor create it, nor did I even come up with this new vision for it until I was asked politely to take it over by someone who was less suited to it than I am.
I only got the related forum postings up in the last week or so. As I asked on Friday, "How long should I hang on to something like this without substantial feedback before I abandon the effort?" And I asked because I really don't know. Everything has to start somewhere, and the Post-Zeke version of this Hood is just starting out now, thus I cannot attribute relevance to the present level of activity or lack thereof. I believe in allowing things to advance based on their own merits, and in my opinion GoW hood is very likely not fulfilling its potential, based on its merits, because it doesn't have the in-game personal support that such fulfillment would require. If I were trying to join GoW Hood, how long would I have to wait for somebody to respond to my KI Mail and get me in?
GoW may look like the defacto center of content creation to those who are it it, but I think that the New Uru Content Project group that produced the Laki'anay-series Ages from 2012 to last April has effectively shown that things can be done in secret and brought forth when they are ready, and that they will take you all by surprise. I hope that there will be more such projects. I have no idea how many are in the works right now, nor who is doing them. I hope that they will be worthy of you, and of Cyan.