[Onkel Neal]

Originally Posted by sergbuto

Yes, he admitted that on SimHq forums both for Seawolves and SW-Med addons. That person was Leonard Hjalmarson, as I understand the owner of Combat Planes. He was in e-mail and PM contact with me about those mods. I told him that they should not use my mods after the scandal about their intention to release free mods as payware without modders permission but they did it anyway.

I have already described before how anyone can easily check that himself, provided the person really wants the facts, not speculations. Coincidence of 8-digit identification codes for every single object in a number of 3D models in my mods and SW addons tells it all. This coincidence is impossible unless the files were copied.

When the first rumours, that X-1 Software is going to release first Seawolves addons with free mods without modders permission, appeared X-1 Software people denied that. In followed-up discussions owner of X-1 Software Trombke (if I remember correctly the spelling) went as far as making anti-Jewish remarks on UBISOFT's forums and posting porno on Subsim's forums, although later he said that it was done by his younger relative using his nick while he was away.

When it was proved that X-1 Software people are lying about not having free mods without modders permission, they had to remove the mods but they removed only those which were named/pointed out to in discussions and kept the rest, like some of my mods. And they did the same thing for the second addon SW-Med.

Now, if some want to believe this kind of people, represented X-1 Software and Combat planes during SW scandals, that is their choice of the principles in live. But I believe those some will not convince the majority of Subsim forum visitors that X-1 Software and Combat planes people were unaware of their wrong doing with both SW addons.

Now back on topic.

Bis71,
Unfortunately, most of modders who were doing their work on SH3 in the past are not visiting Subsim's forums. They moved on. Therefore, they are unaware of your call. I may suggest to send e-mail to Nico. That is the guy who managed to force Combat Planes people to remove the stuff from SW by threatening to sue them. But I do not know whether all the stuff he was talking about was removed or not.

Very good summary.

I think Bis' editorial is a good idea. The problem is substantiating enough facts and evidence. That could be hard to come by. But at the very least, he can interview people who are mod creators and community leaders. Serg's credentials are pretty well-established. I concur that my experience during this period matches his. The porn spamming the forums, the BS Stefan tried to pull on people who came up with the mod ideas and made them work, they blatant disregard for the mod work done by others.

Over the years I have seen a few people plagurize other people's work. In the case of Seawolves/X1, they were caught using Subsim mods without permission. Of course, when the whistle was blown, the X1 guy started e-mailing all the modders and tried to smooth things over by "asking" for their permission with the promise of a complimentary copy of the SW mod and full credit. I know because several modders filled me in on this with documentation.

Maybe Wulfman and SubWolf believe X1 was honest and on the up-and-up, but I was there too, and I came away with a very different opinion.