Comment on The mod who bypass' the PSN login for God of War Ragnarök got removed on Nexus Mods

scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• Aielman15@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I blame the news outlets for making it public and screaming from the rooftops that they were bypassing it.

  It’s not the journalists’ fault if they are informing people of the existence of something. And the idea that gamers would’ve been able to enjoy the mod without Sony noticing if journalists never spoke of it is dumb.

  So anyone have a copy saved?

  I’m still able to download the file from the original link.

  www.nexusmods.com/godofwarragnarok/mods/22?tab=fi…

  This was the original description of the mod:

  Notes
  This project does not touch or modify any original game code and is NOT intended to encourage the piracy.

  1. Download the latest release
  2. Copy the version.dll and PsPcSdk.dll to the game folder
  3. Enjoy!

  Troubleshooting:
  If you still encounter the login screen error, make sure to remove this file first:
  C:\Users[Username]\Saved Games\God of War Ragnarök[AccountID]\userpreferences
  Upon the first popup when it asks to link the Steam account, press “NO” button.

  It’s worth mentioning that the mod could stop working with future updates of the game, however.

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  • Draconic_NEO@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    It’s worth mentioning that the mod could stop working with future updates of the game, however.

    That’s why it would be good if somebody had the source code, not just a backup of the mod. Available source code will allow somebody else to tweak it or more easily make a better one in case Sony tries to break it.

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• pearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.online ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  The author deleted it, not nexus.

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  • scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    and whether it was the modder directly or nexus, it was only a matter of time before Sony lawyers sent a cease and desist.

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    • TachyonTele@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      There are mods and alternate launchers that skip these things for pretty much every single player game that has launchers and sign-ins. This isn’t a new concept.

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      • scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        and it’s not a new concept that it’s begging corporations to threaten legal action for things they don’t like

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• Draconic_NEO@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I blame the news outlets for making it public and screaming from the rooftops that they were bypassing it.

  We should put our efforts and energy towards fighting back against the companies that do this and not against each other. Pointing fingers at each other doesn’t do anything.

  These companies have their own intelligence divisions whose job it is to find out about projects like this. They don’t find out about it from the news they find out about it from their intelligence divisions long before it becomes popular.

  If anything projects like this being popular is better for them because it means people like us can copy them and redistribute them faster than they can issue takedowns.

  If anything I would say that this mindset is exactly what these companies want, they want these projects to be obscure and copied by very few people so when they issue the takedown, it’s not saved by anybody else. They also would prefer it over the retaliation that some people might do to them, I mean just look at what people are doing to Rockstar right now. They would rather we fight with each other, then fight back against them. They are the enemy and they always have been, the sooner we realize it the better.

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