HSovieticus Posted January 29, 2011 Share Posted January 29, 2011 (edited) I've thought of this a few times as well. I think it's a good idea and would love to see it work. If someone were to do this and have it work, and if they wanted to share it with others but are worried about legal ramifications, I would think the solution would not be to upload the merged contents directly, but to create a program that will use the game files already existing in some form on the user's computer and then combine and edit those files in the proper way. An .exe file which does the same things that the modder would do to make the combination work. There is nothing illegal about it, so long as you do it right. Just make sure that the "installer" program does not contain anything copyright of bethesda. It should only contain code written by you and your friends. But if you want to add new game content or recreate things from scratch, then that should be fine. The problem is when you upload something made for one game (or derived from something made for one game) -- for use in another game. I would also add that while combining the two games so that you can travel between the two areas would be pretty cool, it would also not be canon, nor would it make sense. The two games are based in different eras, and each game has a different protagonist and a different storyline centered around each protagonist. So if you can manage to combine the two games in the way that you plan, your next step would be to pretty much redo all the characters and quests, and maybe even change the architecture somewhat (nothing stays the same). You wouldn't have to redo everything, but you would have to redo a lot. No one is expecting a whole new game to replace the main quest as well as all the relevant side quests. But it sure would be nice just to travel the two areas as a new character, even a generic nobody/anybody character, who can interact with NPC's without talking and being talked to as though you were someone who you cannot be. Good Luck. Edited January 29, 2011 by HSovieticus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miax Posted January 29, 2011 Share Posted January 29, 2011 This thread is going to get locked (actually it Should be locked). This isn't even optional, the master files will not work together and this is highly illegal. Miax Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psycoace2 Posted January 29, 2011 Share Posted January 29, 2011 And you laugh at my puny 3200HD!!! Hah, but sorry about that. Reinstalling Fo3 as I type, so I'll take a few shots at it for the remainder of the weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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