Comment on Bully Online mod taken down abruptly one month after launch

LodeMike@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

• fishos@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Problem was he sold it. Can’t profit off a mod because it’s technically profiting off someone else’s work. Not defending it, but it’s well known in the modding scene that you don’t do exactly that or this predicably happens.

  Basic rules are simple: don’t announce you’re working on it, just release it. Can’t remove the files from the Internet once they’re there. If you announce too early, you give them time to shut it down before release.

  And never, EVER, try to profit from it. You run into all kinds of issues, even just using the games name.

  This isn’t legal advice so much as “if you want to mod and actually have it see the light of day, follow these guidelines or you’re pretty much guaranteed to get screwed”.

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  • sj_zero ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    No, Rockstar has been pretty consistent on shutting down all mods for their games. There is a source Port of vice City and GTA III I got shut down too, and it wasn't for sale.

    • fishos@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      True, but the ones who don’t sell tend to exist for longer. The ones that do sell ALWAYS go down.

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  • TheWeirdestCunt@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    It’s annoying how many people think paid mods are ok now. Sim racing is full of paid mods even though they’re not just mods, they’re unlicensed copies of existing vehicles too.

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    • fishos@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Yup. And then people point to those mods as proof you can charge for your mod and act Pikachu surprised when someone actually does something about it.

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