lonewolfkai

***SPOILER ALERT FOR THOSE WHO HAVEN'T READ IT YET*** (Should be obvious from the title) So I finally got around to reading Eragon and was actually disappointed in the end with the battle between Eragon and Durza the Shade. Does anyone else feel that he won that fight based on a sucker punch? (err.. sucker stab?) Side note, refrain from talking about the other books please, I haven't read them yet and plan on it. :sweat:

On the topic about rips, I'll refer you to this thread: http://www.thenexusforums.com/index.php?/topic/368712-rules-of-forum-use/ You can't even upload a picture of a rip let alone discuss it, even if it's being implied in between the lines. **Edited**

I say myself! Yeah... wait, no? Oh come on, Stealth Wars was really hard to put together! :wallbash: In all seriousness, I would say Jojjo. He's one of the best equipment modelers I've ever seen. Also, Corepc, and the rest of the MMM group. I'm also starting to really like Waalx's stuff as well, so put Waalx in there too.

Here is the Original one Here is an Updated one Here is the Streamlined one And, here is my shameless plugin: Weapon Tool Belt

That still doesn't prevent PMs though. Personally, I'm with you, but admin has been pretty specific in this thread (and now in TOS) about your point and how they feel about it.

[/thread] now? :wacko: Thanks Dark0ne. I think that'll help with a lot of this confusion and define a nice line that users should not cross. It'll also give ammo for the moderators and those posters that give friendly warnings to other posters. :biggrin: :thumbsup:

People either view my content where I post it or they do not. Makes a lot less drama that way. But if it contains any sort of ripped material, you can't post the link here, correct? Edit: I didn't catch the edit you made to my quote. Thanks for correcting my grammar....

Really? There's like two in the first page that I see.... :mellow: Are you sure you did it right?

But at the same time, other posters here might get banned for things they have no knowledge about. I.E. those that were "helping" find such mods. This is why I brought up the thread in the first place: 1. to understand the intentions of this forum, and 2. to ask for a more specific TOS about this situation. As it stands now, I don't see anything that states such material is not allowed here. I hate to say it, but bannings based on those types of violations is a bit unfair. It seems unjustified when you consider the current content of the TOS and Rules of Forum use. And Savage, you can't link to those sites to show people here your screenies, so how would that work?

Well you're right, theres a lot of mods that allow you to enchant outside of the mages guild. I'd suggest you search Enchant and see what you can find. What you need to do is go to Advanced Search, click on the NPC category from the drop down menu, and type in enchant for the description contains box. Submit and browse through and take your pick. :thumbsup:

Learn to mod yourself, there's plenty of thorough tutorials that explain how. I'd also suggest you take a couple hours and look through the armor category. Who knows, you might actually find something better. btw, whining will often actually bring about the opposite of what you want.

On a personal note, I agree with this as well. I do not see the issue here with such pictures, so long as it does not mention anything about the mod or is talked about. I would like to stress again that this needs to be put somewhere in finer writing, not necessarily a book, but a simple one line sentence. Since Lon actually put some finer points in explanation earlier, a sticky here would be great too. Is this something you guys will consider please? Roquefort, the Parody plead is probably as hard to prove as a Slander lawsuit is.

Mods with intent of commerical use, or any sort of money making for the mod author, are not only a violation on this site, but is also against Bethsoft's agreement. Therefore, any such talk of that is really irrelevant. Replicated material is allowed so long as it follows this simple ruling. Again, I point to Jojjo's Frostmourne as an example.

I think this is a good example of why this needs to be stated somewhere in the TOS/forum rules, or at the very least stickied. To answer your question, there's nothing wrong with making something that looks like it's from another game by your own hand and tools. Take Jojjo's Frostmourne sword for example. The second question is a yes, that's even stated in the mod uploading rules I believe. If you copy any material from another game and put it into an oblivion mod, that would be considered a "rip" or illegal material. Third question, I'm not so sure about. I don't see why it would be, but that game the free materials are made for might have explicit rules governing said free material.

They add companions, but are not quite like Vilja in terms of interaction with the player other than stats and equipment menu stuff. Vilja is pretty much unique. There are other similar companion mods such as Viconia, Stoker Wolf, Saerilith, Rhianna and her updated Rhianna Redux. I believe an intereactive companion mod also was just recently released, Arren. Among the same lines as CM partners, there's also Companion Recruit and Share

Can we get this stickied in the News, Rules and Feedback section? I think this is good plain English that would help to put a stop to a lot of that activity. Might even be good to sticky this to the Mod Talk section too. Though I'd change the title somewhat. Thanks for defining the answer to this question(s) LHammonds, Dark0ne, and Myrmaad.

So any type of posting of an image of ripped content is not allowed at all? Even if said image is void of any questions about where it came from, links to other sites that contain it, being advertised or promoted, or any other means of ability to share?

Well understood then, or at least in the admin staff's intention. However, and this is probably due to the part of my education that deals with Business Law (no I'm not a lawyer :tongue: ), I feel a general statement should explicitly state this issue. Something along the lines of "Unauthorized or illegal material may not be advertised, discussed, distributed, linked, or promoted." Maybe even sticky this thread. Otherwise, a poster could simply say it's not in the TOS or stated in forum rules and think they are safe in asking or answering. Not only this, there seems to be a lot of confusion in regards to images of ripped mods with inquiries to where they came from. Read through a couple pages of the Mod Detectives thread to see this. I'm not trying to be a stickler here, only trying to clear up some of this mist. It has been clarified in this thread, but should that not also be stated somewhere in the TOS in general terms?

I've opened a new topic in the feedback section of the forums related to this. I'd like this to be further expanded if possible rather than here. I don't see how the above examples would consitute a violation of the TOS.

Okay I finally found it. Terms of Service. /slaps forehead. BUT, how does naming the file of the mod or naming the website that has such content fall under that rule? The top of this page is a prime example of why I am questioning this There is no link, only a person simply stating what the name of the file is. Also, would telling someone to google this also be considered a violation?

I've always understood that linking to web sites that contain "ripped content," which is in essence material such as meshs/textures/etc. that come from a different game and are ported to the Oblivion game, are a strict violation. However, I do not see this specifically listed in the forum rules. Posting a mod that contains ripped content would probably fall under the uploading rules, but what about simply linking forum posts to sites that contain such mods? Is this something that is stated elsewhere? There's also been mention of even the act of simply naming (not linked) a mod or website that has such material is also considered against the rules. Again, I don't see this stated anywhere. Please inform me as I would like to know what is truth and what is hearsay.

Have they caught you yet Desu? I like that song for some reason. :turned: :tongue: Be careful with things like this. You can get banned for offering help with finding illegal material, if you are not banned already. I stand corrected, you can and will. This is administration rules.

Sounds like you have a mod conflict somewhere if you're hearing a rocking boat sound in a forest.

Well they basically do the same thing, plus you never know if the person you're advising might have the older version of Blender.