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by D3k61
Thu Dec 01, 2005 5:23 am
Forum: ID Tech
Topic: The ethics of converting levels from other games
Replies: 77
Views: 21028

Except that your analogy is not compatable. For a start, the benefit of transferring a level to another game is not the same as transferring a website to another web server. That much is obvious. Second, websites aren't created off the back of *and dependant upon* a common commercial product which ...
by D3k61
Thu Dec 01, 2005 5:02 am
Forum: ID Tech
Topic: The ethics of converting levels from other games
Replies: 77
Views: 21028

See this I can't get my head around. How is it disrespectful to have someone dig your level so much they would actually spend the time and effort to use it as the basis for another level? How has the mapping community got its perception of reality *SO TWISTED* that it honestly sees the levels produ...
by D3k61
Thu Dec 01, 2005 4:21 am
Forum: ID Tech
Topic: The ethics of converting levels from other games
Replies: 77
Views: 21028

It's not about "locking down" anything in my mind. It's about having respect for the time and creativity that the original author put into the map you want to remake. I'm not against remakes or remixes (I think I may have even coined the term remix when I did cpm1a) but I am against people...
by D3k61
Thu Dec 01, 2005 4:00 am
Forum: ID Tech
Topic: The ethics of converting levels from other games
Replies: 77
Views: 21028

There is a guy over on the ESReality forums remaking ztn3tourney1 for Q4 without getting ztn's permission. You can read about it here . My comments where as follows; "Running around on this "remake" makes me ask the question "what's the point?" I'm really not getting why peo...
by D3k61
Fri Oct 21, 2005 12:38 pm
Forum: ID Tech
Topic: Anything planned for Q4?
Replies: 68
Views: 23165

I might take a stab at Q4 mapping. It'll depend on how much free time I can scrounge up.

Decker