Because this is totally going to over well once Microsoft sees how bad it gets. Pending C&D in 3…2…1…
ai bros? being dishonest, greedy and having zero consideration for anything? whaaaaaat??? /s
The Community behind Daggerfall Online has now introduced MTX
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carotte@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 day ago
warbond@lemmy.world 1 day ago
That sucks. I haven’t been following it, was this a sudden but inevitable betrayal? Was it ever going to be anything else?
Essence_of_Meh@lemmy.world 1 day ago
It’s a vibe coded project built on Daggerfall Unity, with a bunch of “improvements” and original additions (like a Dwemer shotgun). They also already have an active Patreon and Ko-fi which apparently aren’t enough for their AI tokens so this was the next logical step, I guess.
HarkMahlberg@kbin.earth 1 day ago
Patreon and Ko-fi which apparently aren't enough for their AI tokens
XD How pathetic can they get?
TALL421@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Imagine that, AI users are idiots
Airfried@piefed.social 1 day ago
How completely and utterly expected from vibe modders. It’s that exact kind of business sense that kept their kin away from wholesome modding communities for decades. Now they’re going to hollow them out from within with enshittification. Just like most of the internet.
Rheinish@lemmy.world 1 day ago
This is why I feel like we need a known, standardised community mod license. Daggerfall Unity uses the MIT license which allows this kind of behaviour. I don’t know how much thought the DFU team put into license selection, but I bet most mod authors spent little time on it. A known license that prohibits commercial exploitation but leaves it open for the community to build on it would be ideal imo.
RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I do not see any universe where this doesnt end in legal action. I would imagine the people behind this aren’t from a country where copyright law is enforced, because this is monumentally stupid if they are.
gaylord_fartmaster@lemmy.world 1 day ago
How are they violating copyright law? You have to provide the game files yourself, and it’s a freely available game.
RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I am fairly certain this would be considered a derivative work because it relies on the base content of Daggerfall to function. That or because the court may determine that a reasonable person may conclude that it is officially connected or sanctioned by Bethesda. Though I am not a lawyer or IP law expert, so it is possible I may be wrong.
Master167@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
Man, I just heard about this and was considering pulling it up this weekend.
Not anymore.
dreadbeef@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
It’s safe to avoid any game that ends in -fall. You can be assured by the title alone that it lacks any creative direction.
egrets@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I don’t think you can apply this retroactively to a game from 1996, or modern projects directly referencing that name.
That said, I’m glad I’m not the only one who’s noticed this weird trend of -fall in mediocre games! See also -borne, -bound, and the word “rise” anywhere in the title.
Sanctus@anarchist.nexus 1 day ago
Its because Daggerfall is legendary, one of the biggest game maps ever. Similarly so is Bloodborne but for different reasons than size. So people name it close to the popular ones to show up in searches.
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 day ago
Titanfall 2
SharkAttak@kbin.melroy.org 19 hours ago
I knew about Dagger fall 3D , but not online...
MoogleMaestro@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
I should have known that DFO was an AI project. I did pop up at the height of this AI RE stuff.
zod000@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
If there is anything Daggerfall didn’t need, it was paid horse armor DLC type bullshit.