alessandro@lemmy.ca to PC Gaming@lemmy.ca · 6 months agoModder claims Star Wars: Battlefront Classic Collection used their work without permissionwww.videogameschronicle.comexternal-linkmessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1external-linkModder claims Star Wars: Battlefront Classic Collection used their work without permissionwww.videogameschronicle.comalessandro@lemmy.ca to PC Gaming@lemmy.ca · 6 months agomessage-square9fedilink
minus-squareMongostein@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-26 months agoIf you had permission and they were paying you to do it, you would be a game developer, not a modder. You would be updating the game, not modding it. And yes, I know some companies are cool with mods and grant permission and even provide tools, which is awesome. I made no comments on the distribution of mods, only the creation.
minus-squareirmoz@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·edit-26 months agoYou are entirely missing the point, mate. Creating skeletal animations is game dev work. I didn’t say they were working for the company! A modder’s work is the mod, not the modified game. And a company releasing someone else’s work is not “the exact same” as a modder adding to the game.
If you had permission and they were paying you to do it, you would be a game developer, not a modder. You would be updating the game, not modding it.
And yes, I know some companies are cool with mods and grant permission and even provide tools, which is awesome.
I made no comments on the distribution of mods, only the creation.
You are entirely missing the point, mate. Creating skeletal animations is game dev work. I didn’t say they were working for the company!
A modder’s work is the mod, not the modified game. And a company releasing someone else’s work is not “the exact same” as a modder adding to the game.