[REQ] WWI submarine mod

[keltos01]

models from Shells of Fury



U35



U53




UB1





UC2

seen here in fragMOTION

Sledgehammmer427 UB Class


and an unidentified Uboot by Iambecomelife (didn't say the class he was working on in his post)


keltos

[Sledgehammer427]

and suddenly we have all the subs we need

EDIT: IABL identified it as the U-9

[gimpy117]

is it legal to pull them from shells of fury?

[Sledgehammer427]

from the liscense agreement

3. Prohibited Uses. The following uses of the Software are prohibited. If you wish to use the Software in a manner prohibited below, please contact the Company at the address, phone, or fax numbers listed above for information regarding a "Special Use License. "Otherwise, you may NOT :
(a) Make or distribute copies of the Software or documentation, or any portion thereof, except as expressly provided in this Agreement.
(b) Use any backup or archival copy of the Software (or allow someone else to use such copy) for any purpose other than to replace the original copy in the event it is destroyed or becomes defective;
(c) Alter, decompile, modify, reverse engineer or disassemble the Software, create derivative works based upon the Software, or make any attempt to bypass, unlock or disable any protective or initialization system on the Software;
(d) Rent, lease, sub-license, time-share, or transfer the Software or documentation, or your rights under this Agreement.
(e) Remove or obscure any copyright or trademark notice(s) on the Software or documentation;
(f) Upload or transmit the Software, or any portion thereof, to any electronic bulletin board, network, or other type of multi-use computer system regardless of purpose;
(g) Include the Software in any commercial products intended for manufacture, distribution, or sale; or
(h) Include the Software in any product containing immoral, scandalous, controversial, derogatory, obscene, or offensive works.

EDIT: so it really depends on what your definition of "software" is.
other than that, as long as we credit them for the original models, it seems to be okay.
Another edit. Section (f) worries me, as well as (c)

[Highbury]

I hate to say it (I want a WWI mod sooo bad) but the EULA definitely says no. This is the stance taken by pretty much all game companies. Sometimes they will allow you to mod their past work into current engines. (Example, SimBim racing titles. You are allowed to port cars from older to newer titles made by SimBin, but not the other way around, or to titles by other companies.) But extracting the models from one game to another is usually "taboo" if not outright illegal.

Lines (c) and (f) aside, you can't get by (a):

"(a) Make or distribute copies of the Software or documentation, or any portion thereof, except as expressly provided in this Agreement."

The models are definitely a portion of the software by anyone's definition. Putting them in the mod for download is distributing them.


You can always ask permission and see......

[iambecomelife]

Originally Posted by Highbury

I hate to say it (I want a WWI mod sooo bad) but the EULA definitely says no. This is the stance taken by pretty much all game companies. Sometimes they will allow you to mod their past work into current engines. (Example, SimBim racing titles. You are allowed to port cars from older to newer titles made by SimBin, but not the other way around, or to titles by other companies.) But extracting the models from one game to another is usually "taboo" if not outright illegal.

Lines (c) and (f) aside, you can't get by (a):

"(a) Make or distribute copies of the Software or documentation, or any portion thereof, except as expressly provided in this Agreement."

The models are definitely a portion of the software by anyone's definition. Putting them in the mod for download is distributing them.


You can always ask permission and see......

Not a problem - I will simply use the SOF models as references instead. There are already several models for the game (including U-9) that are either scratchbuilt or incorporate small numbers of SH4 parts.