Hmm, I agree but think you missed my point completely... I wasn't talking about making WFF or TCF into D3 engine wise. In fact I do agree about art assets and the time/resource costs of getting them -- and my point was that you're not going to attract the best, the brightest or even the most enthusiastic if you keep WFF/TCF hidden away in your basement...
Some kind of idea where you'd like WFF/TCF to go, and even the simplest plan of how to move it in that direction with a little fanfare sure couldn't hurt. That both these projects are so fragmented, with so many contributors, across so much time doesn't make things any easier; and the longer it takes to get some manner of reassuring and leading project direction disclosed the greater the separation you'll see between opportunity and available and interested game asset artists...
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