ST Convention Mar 11-13, SF, CA ... someone pass out FO CDs?
posted on March 9th, 2011, 4:39 am
posted on March 9th, 2011, 7:02 am
posted on March 9th, 2011, 12:02 pm
do we have any san franciscans here? or people who can get there lol?
i think the main problem with this is that it requires people to go out and get armada 2.
obviously a rep couldnt point them to illegal methods, and legal methods require them to go buy the game, which can get expensive
thats the main restrictive problem with a mod of an old game, not that many people have the game lol.
at least the torrent for vanilla a2 is kinda healthy, so that any savvy people who get the CD could independently download it if they wanted to. but it still requires them to put it in some effort for the mod.
also i dont think it would be wise to store a copy of the guide main page on the cd, even if they could access that locally, all of them important bits of the guide would still need internet access. i'd just have a link to the guide main page.
i think the main problem with this is that it requires people to go out and get armada 2.
obviously a rep couldnt point them to illegal methods, and legal methods require them to go buy the game, which can get expensive
thats the main restrictive problem with a mod of an old game, not that many people have the game lol.at least the torrent for vanilla a2 is kinda healthy, so that any savvy people who get the CD could independently download it if they wanted to. but it still requires them to put it in some effort for the mod.
also i dont think it would be wise to store a copy of the guide main page on the cd, even if they could access that locally, all of them important bits of the guide would still need internet access. i'd just have a link to the guide main page.
posted on March 9th, 2011, 1:05 pm
And finally, I'm pretty sure that modding is actually illegal 
posted on March 9th, 2011, 1:06 pm
Megaman3321 wrote:And finally, I'm pretty sure that modding is actually illegal
i dont think that is true. modding is fine, they are keeping the requirement for purchasing a2, and they arent making any money from it. the original credits are all there as well. i dont think the current rights holders for a2 have any reason to sue modders.
posted on March 9th, 2011, 1:20 pm
The guide could of course be downloaded using one of the website downloader tools - however it wouldn't remain up-to-date very long 
posted on March 9th, 2011, 1:21 pm
Dominus_Noctis wrote:The guide could of course be downloaded using one of the website downloader tools - however it wouldn't remain up-to-date very long
true, but it would be worth it.
posted on March 28th, 2011, 5:56 pm
posted on April 2nd, 2011, 2:32 am
posted on April 12th, 2011, 12:48 am
Myles wrote:i dont think that is true. modding is fine, they are keeping the requirement for purchasing a2, and they arent making any money from it. the original credits are all there as well. i dont think the current rights holders for a2 have any reason to sue modders.
That, plus companies (such as lucasarts and EA) realized that suing over mods was utterly counterproductive back in the mid/late '90s. Only utterly idiotic comapnies sue over it now.
Dominus_Noctis wrote:The guide could of course be downloaded using one of the website downloader tools - however it wouldn't remain up-to-date very long
FULLY update the guide to the version on the CD, include full guide on CD, with a note that if they update it further, they will need to go to the online guide for the latest updates.
Also, idea, prehaps have the CD include the A2 demo (assuming there was one) modded for flops. If not doable quickly then forget it yeah.
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