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06-02-10, 07:51 PM

The Official responce from RAD Games.
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Hi, Jeff, this is Jeff from RAD!

We'd probably wouldn't license a group of people, since there are no legal protections or anything (I mean, who would even sign the contract? <grin>). So, if you wanted to do this, you'd have to start an official company before we could start talking about a license

In any case, though, I believe Ubisoft used a customized version of Granny in Silent Hunter, so I don't think a Granny license would help - that, is you'd still need a bunch of custom code from Ubisoft.

Really, the right way for this to happen is for Ubisoft to get a source license for our exporter, and then modify it to write out Silent Hunter data files specifically...

Thanks,

->Jeff
RAD Game Tools

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So the ball is in Ubi's court?
Not really if you look at the seeming facts.
They have no source License from this information.
And I'd doubt they would buy one.
So that option is out.
I do doubt that statement of a customized version.
I know better then that!
A Company, not a Group, with someone to sign a deal?
Can be done.

It comes down to this.
Who owns a Company that all of us trust?
Or do we start a new Company?
Who selects the people that have access to the Software?
Can we really raise the money required?
$12,500 is not an amount that happens over nite!
Is this an effort that is worth even starting?
Given that SubSim did a Major work for SH2?
I'd say let's show it could be done again for SH5!

06-02-10, 07:51 PM	#158
Madox58 Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	The Official responce from RAD Games. ********************************** Hi, Jeff, this is Jeff from RAD! We'd probably wouldn't license a group of people, since there are no legal protections or anything (I mean, who would even sign the contract? <grin>). So, if you wanted to do this, you'd have to start an official company before we could start talking about a license In any case, though, I believe Ubisoft used a customized version of Granny in Silent Hunter, so I don't think a Granny license would help - that, is you'd still need a bunch of custom code from Ubisoft. Really, the right way for this to happen is for Ubisoft to get a source license for our exporter, and then modify it to write out Silent Hunter data files specifically... Thanks, ->Jeff RAD Game Tools ********************************************** So the ball is in Ubi's court? Not really if you look at the seeming facts. They have no source License from this information. And I'd doubt they would buy one. So that option is out. I do doubt that statement of a customized version. I know better then that! A Company, not a Group, with someone to sign a deal? Can be done. It comes down to this. Who owns a Company that all of us trust? Or do we start a new Company? Who selects the people that have access to the Software? Can we really raise the money required? $12,500 is not an amount that happens over nite! Is this an effort that is worth even starting? Given that SubSim did a Major work for SH2? I'd say let's show it could be done again for SH5!