Post#82 » Mon Feb 21, 2022 8:16 pm
As a Battlefield 2 historical total conversion modder who has released 3 mods so far since 2016, I do get both sides. In the BF2 modding community as long as you haven't released something yet, only showing gameplay it is fine. Do you know how many people make private mods they never share for BF2? People take Project Reality, and Forgotten Hope 2 content and mod them into personal mods, which are by far the 2 most high profile mods. Thing is, they just can never upload them and share it without permission. Only Project Reality gives permission for the most part, Forgotten Hope 2 never does. They just do not operate like that.
Anyways, point I am trying to make, is that GreenRanger hasn't actually released anything yet, so no need to get all bent out of shape about. No harm no foul. Going forward we can all agree that there should be better precautions going into the future. I also would hate for him to work on something and release it just to get a modder to say take it down.
My mods do use content from others, with permission, but we also make and produce hundreds of our own things as well. I don't call that stealing. Stealing is a harsh word with bad connotations. I never steal content from other mods, I borrow or am shared it with permission of course, and myself and my many team members do share content back with those mods who helped us out.
Anyways, just my 2 cents. The more people helping the Dreamcast community to grow and giving more gameplay experiences such as modding is really welcomed. I have been saying it for years, but one day I will FINALLY learn the Half-Life engine and start porting over more singleplayer PC mods, or work on some all new ones if I can find time to finish up my WW2 and Korean War mods for Battlefield 2. Too many projects actively on my plate to start any more. But we need more HL mods for sure!