Hello all, I am currently working on a project that utilizes the AWKCR color and decal swap slots to easily change the vault suit textures and number decals. So far it includes the Proto Vault Suit and Vault Suit Recolors. The proto vault suit can be installed alongside my mod and it will just use the Proto textures without messing with the files. The Vault Suit Recolors author gives permission to reuse his textures, so I'm just repacking them into a folder structure that my mod can use. There is another mod I want to add, HexCamo Vault Suit. Because of the way it is packaged, I can't just ask users to install it alongside my mod like the Proto Vault suit, and the author doesn't give general permission to reuse the textures like Vault Suit Recolors. The author (Reelo2228), has been inactive since 2016, so I don't think he will respond to my request for permissions. I'm a new modder, so I apologize if this topic has been covered already, but I couldn't find a clear answer in the forums. Maybe I was searching for the wrong thing? Anyway, my question is this: what is the protocol for using content created by an inactive mod author? Is it just off-limits, or is there a point where it becomes free to use? Can someone besides the author approve it? Any advice you can offer would be appreciated. I've included a couple of pictures of what the mod does so you all can see how I would like to use Reelo2228's work: http://imgur.com/gallery/ErcuB
