Can I publicize this mod, without breaking the DH laws?

[unmerged(315494)]

Hello.

I prepared mod for DH. It is created on the base included in the folder "Darkest Hour Full" from the original game. I modified some of the files included in this folder and wrote several new.

Can I publicize this mod, without breaking the DH laws? Of course mod doesn't walk without the original version games.

 

[Trunyx]

Every mod is based on dh full
Thats a silly question

 

[unmerged(315494)]

Perhaps it's stupid question, but one moderator on the certain forum questioned the legality of such action. To be sure that I am doing well, I asked DH authors here.

 

[Mexbuild]

The only thing you could not publish is a modified exe. file.

 

[unmerged(315494)]

I also think so. However in order to be sure, I would like to hear the reply of DH authors.

 

[unmerged(174159)]

If they didn't want you to mod the game, they wouldn't let you. If you wanted to sell the mod for money, that would not be legal. Nor would be distributing a modified .exe - I think that's about it though.

 

[Trunyx]

Man you have to modifie the dh full folder for a modification.... thats the meaning of mod.

 

[unmerged(315494)]

Mod would be free of any charge.

 

[Trunyx]

If it costs it's illegal

 

[Bizon]

I think the most effective way would be for you to publish only files from DH Full that are modified, then ask people to make a copy of their DH Full folder and overwrite these files with the ones from your mod. This way you save people over 500 MB of downloaded files (size of DH Full mod directory) they don't really need because they already have it on their computers.

 

[unmerged(38985)]

If it costs it's illegal

Can you take donations?

 

[unmerged(174159)]

Mod would be free of any charge.

There's nothing that says you have to publicise your mods through Paradox forums - so yes, you'd be fine from my understanding of the situation, though I can understand why you'd like a Dev to comment, their grasp of copyright law may be just as tenuous as ours. Given that the modding documentation is provided with the game, I doubt that, unless you're claiming to be another mod or such nonsense (Such as making a Kaiserreich spoof) there would be any issue.

Can you take donations?

Kaiserreich forums takes Donations for hosting and running costs. I have no idea if anyone ever has donated though XD

 

[unmerged(315494)]

I wanted to say that mod will be for free. My English is not good So maybe I publicize it some in this forum.

 

[unmerged(174159)]

Might be a good start

 

[MartinBG]

The game is supposed to be modified and those mods to be freely shared with other players

I would recommend you to do what Bizon suggested - upload only files modified or added by you unless the mod changes pretty much everything in the game (like KR, RDD, TRP, Fallout etc)

 

[unmerged(315494)]

I thank for the reply. The problem is in it, that I already finished this mod. It will be hard for me to find all files which I modified and only to publish them.

 

[novapaddy]

I thank for the reply. The problem is in it, that I already finished this mod. It will be hard for me to find all files which I modified and only to publish them.

Devs will probably give you a better way: But in the meantime, you could try searching my "modified" date etc. and see if that does it?

Or Compare Folders? etc

 

[Trunyx]

Or tell us what it is about

 

[Arturius]

I thank for the reply. The problem is in it, that I already finished this mod. It will be hard for me to find all files which I modified and only to publish them.

There are tools like WinMerge which compares datas. So compare your modified folder with your unmodified one.

Uhm, what about some notes about your mod?

 

[novapaddy]

There are tools like WinMerge which compares datas. So compare your modified folder with your unmodified one.

Uhm, what about some notes about your mod?

Yeah, if it sounds really good, I might still download your 500MBs...