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| Topic Started: Nov 24 2013, 09:58 PM (77,832 Views) | |
| SLGray | Mar 14 2018, 02:18 AM Post #406 |
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So you are going through all your downloads to check copyright issues? If yes, thanks for doing it and posting links to ones that are good to go. |
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| Whalebite | Mar 14 2018, 05:26 PM Post #407 |
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Yeah, have selected which downloads are good, the issue is pretty complex, and even using googles usage rights tool isn't perfect. The inaccessible island rail I did for II was done from Wikipedia commons, and comes up to be labled for reuse, but I chased it down the rabbit hole and turns out it requires that Brian Gratwicke (who took the photo) requires he is given credit. It is an issue that fortunately hasn't hit anyone in the community to my knowledge, but I just feel weird about it. In particular the fish I made last year, which were just 3d versions of a model no alterations. Many of my older downloads also just used a piece of art that someone spent a lot of time on, they might not appreciate that work just being used to make something for a game. So, yes, besides those downloads I reposted last night which were either made within the community, using some PD skins made by other designers, or are self generated, I would like other downloads taken down. I would be interested if anyone has looked into copyrights and it potential effects on this community, I wonder if we as a community should start creating our own refs (I could see starting a website or something to build up a library). There is probably and argument that all mods and downloads for any game not explicitly said to be ok by the original game maker/distributor is technically infringement, we are using Blue fangs and Microsoft codes and animation skeletons in every mod produced. What wikipedia says on the matter is not all that much. Not to mention the variety of laws and ethical theories that an international community such as this will fall under. Although I feel TRT has always done a good job at protecting the work of the designers in our small island in the internet, but sometimes the community has fallen short, many designers have left over their work being distributed without permission, Some have made their work not PD because people were not properly attributing, and projects have fallen apart due to leaks. I am curious if it is time to start elevating that to the wider world of copyrights, art (paintings and photography), and video games, that we should protect those as well. This is why I am only doing hand drawn stuff right know. The Hand drawn skins are a little strange, but there is kind of a nice style to them. I do intend to do a few remakes over the next month or so before taking another designing break and figure out where to proceed from there. Anyway I would like to here about your thoughts on the copyright issue, and the ethics of modding. -------------- I also have the New Zealand Woodrose rework done, I am not sure how much I like the dark variant, however it is nothing more than a little bit plant in the dark corners of a New Zealand Exhibit, so I think it is fine. So with all these current ones I did a graphite texture and then paint in GIMP. ![]() Credit to Hendrix Needs the AD Biomes ![]() hope you enjoy, and a few more reskins will be out in a few days Edited by Whalebite, Mar 14 2018, 11:33 PM.
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| SLGray | Mar 15 2018, 01:30 AM Post #408 |
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Again thanks for all the hard work you have put into your downloads and now redoing some. |
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| Whalebite | Mar 16 2018, 05:42 PM Post #409 |
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Ok so I am liking the idea of starting a texture library, currently working on a new version of my site. So I have been working on some Antarctica Stuff. This one is more of a remake though, as I have updated the Parakeet model![]() So yes I have released a parrot model based on the Jay Animations, that has wings! Enjoy Antipodes parakeet Credit to Hendrix and Zerosvalmont for model You will need the Jay Animations, and I recomend having the AD Biomes as It looks really strange in the snow. ![]() Ross Lilly Original Skin and Model ![]() |
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| SLGray | Mar 16 2018, 10:47 PM Post #410 |
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Wow! A parakeet with wings! |
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| Captain Phasma | Mar 17 2018, 10:28 AM Post #411 |
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Captain of the First Order and Boba Fett 2.0
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Love these! Excellent work! |
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| Whalebite | Mar 18 2018, 12:28 PM Post #412 |
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I have a few more releases for you today! First off is the Remake of the Easter Island Butterflyfish, which ever since I saw the one by dycki has become one of my favorite marine fish ![]() This is my first try at hand coloring, I did some color edits in gimp though. ![]() ------------------------------------ I also have 3 remade Hawaiian Plants. First is the Alula, which I was introduced to by Island Excursions ![]() ![]() Next is the Hawaiian Silversword. This will crash your game if you place to many so be carful ![]() ![]() and finally the ʻ ōhi ʻ a lehua. ![]() Credit to Hendrix/ZTabc for model and base coding ![]() BUT WAIT, you say; that tree uses referance pictures and is not hand drawn! Yes it is, but these pictures are my own. I was in San Fransico last year, waiting to board a street car, and at the station were some Metrosideros trees, not sure of the species, probably not an ʻ ōhi ʻ a lehua. Anyway I say them and thought to myself, I want to remake the ʻ ōhi ʻ a lehua at some point let me get some refferance pictures. I didn't have the best camera so the leaves are not super sharp. With that I am Happy to officially open my Texture Library I am excited to see what you do with my reffs and textures. All the Images on the site are public domain and you do not need to credit me for them, they are just a resourse for you to use. I don't have that much up right now but will be doing plenty of uploads. If you want a particular reff from my Zoo reveiw series on Youtube (zoo playlist on backyard expeditions, follow the link in my signature) please pm me |
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| antek234 | Mar 19 2018, 03:52 PM Post #413 |
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Thank you for new relases! The ʻ ōhi ʻ a lehua is my favourite! |
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| Whalebite | Mar 21 2018, 12:44 PM Post #414 |
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Ok my last three downloads I have done are all from Antarctica So First is The Imperial Shag, I really like this species and it was an important one to keep around. ![]() Credit to Zerosvalmont for Model ![]() I also had to save the Antarctic Starfish, It is really my favorite plant I did for the pack and the most versatile. ![]() ![]() and Finally the primary object from the pack, the Blue Whale Skeleton, you just cannot forget it. ![]() ![]() The whale is another download that uses my refferance library, in its case a fossil whale bone texture in the rock section. I have been uploading lots of textures and you should definatly check out the site. So these are all I currently have done. I may do some remakes of a few of the fish I did last year comming up, but we will see. I am not that excited by designing right now. If I were to do some remakes of fish; so from Aquarium Essensials, Into Darkness, II Rapa Nui to all the fish packs like lake tanganika, indopacific, Carribbean, and deep reef; which fish would you like to see, I have a list of the ones I want but maybe some people want others a whole lot. |
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| nige1 | Mar 21 2018, 05:46 PM Post #415 |
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Thank you for these amazing releases! |
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| Mecheon | Mar 23 2018, 03:08 AM Post #416 |
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I will say, as someone from a few other modding communities (Hi by the way, I'm Mecheon, you might have heard of me over in the Warcraft 3 or Neverwinter Night sides of things), I've never heard of this happening. Ever. The closest cases I'm aware of was us raising a stink over pure WoW ports in the WC3 stuff and requiring them to be modified, or something more related to story elements of a mod and less to the content But, well, we've uh, sort of ported a fair bit of Zoo Tycoon to NWN because we really needed some more creature models. Plus with Models Resource being around, there's much bigger targets around. This is very much 'check with a lawyer' type stuff but the few times we've honestly had things like that happen in the other communities weren't over textures, they were over story elements (BBC, it turns out, cares a lot if you want to make a Doctor Who story, and does not care at all if you want to make things from their series. As long as you're not making stories they don't do anything but the moment you mention story their legal team is on the hunt). But, y'know, not a lawyer and I know modding is basically this legal nightmare My own philosophy has been "genie's out of the bottle, too late to put it back in" on this, when there's absolute craziness like Garry's Mod that gets on by with barely any warnings despite being several times more illegal But eh, if you're going to remake stuff my vote is the Giant Squid for obvious reasons. Some version of that beautiful critter is enough of "I need" for me to go hunting and scrounging the original pack from whatever depths of the Internet I can find it on. Plus the frilled shark. (And some of the behind the scenes and aquarium background stuff because dangit, right when I find out this game has a modding community you pull all of the stuff I want to download :p ) |
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| SLGray | Mar 28 2018, 03:14 PM Post #417 |
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I know you are busy going through your downloads, but could you redo your Wild Hawaii packs? You used the German version of ZTABC Wildes China. It causes my English version to be overridden. |
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| Whalebite | Mar 28 2018, 09:32 PM Post #418 |
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Like redo the packs? Do you mean the Dwarf Naupaka lang file? I am not planning on remaking it. However I am planning on doing a few Hawaiian Honeycreepers, I have a short list, but What Species would people like to see? I have begun working on the fish reskins, have 10 or 11 (depends if I can draw the Femininus Wrasse Skin, because that looks hard) Do you want them released as packs, or individually when I get them done? Thanks for you imput Mecheon. Zoker has an amazing frilled shark on his site. I might make some of the behind the scenes models availible, really only the dolphin sling would be the good one to do that with. The squid was pretty experimental, and had some rigging issues, really need squid animations. The collosal squid will be availbile again at Tamara Henson's descression. |
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| Tamara Henson | Mar 28 2018, 11:54 PM Post #419 |
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Yes I am going to re-post the Antarctica animals I worked on with Whalebite, including the squid. I wish to add gifts or update the Lang files first through so it will probably not be until next month or so. By the way - the squid was my favorite or the pack and I have a good in game photo of it...
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| SLGray | Mar 29 2018, 12:37 AM Post #420 |
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I mean just the foliage lang files so they do not override the English version. |
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