Deeper Space

[chinp]

I'm diggin' the ideas so far... keep 'em coming.

I was thinking of perhaps adding an Infinite Improbability Drive (although I don't know if there would be any troublesome legalities involved with it), which would be similar to the Hyperdrive. There would be no downtime like the Hyperdrive has, but there would be a small/medium chance that something would change every time it's used (items in the Cargo Hold, ship systems, the ship itself all would have a possibility of being changed for better or for worse).

[TaoLibra]

chinp said:
I was thinking of perhaps adding an Infinite Improbability Drive (although I don't know if there would be any troublesome legalities involved with it)

It is my understanding that as long as you aren't charging money for it, and it is clearly, indisputably a FAN-produced mod, nobody can sue you for using elements from any existing Sci-Fi source you care to use.

A similar question once arose in regard to a fan-produced shipset (mod) for Space Empires III which used ships from Star Wars. If I am remembering correctly, Malfador Machinations (who made SE3) hosted the shipset as a free download on the same site where the game was sold, which caused LucasFilms to warn them to remove it. But the Star Wars shipset continued to be available as a free download on various SE3 fan sites — where it never got any warnings from LucasFilms, because they couldn't possibly claim that anyone was making money from it. And later, there were numerous Star Trek and Babylon 5 shipsets for SE3, too.

[Phoenix-D]

No, it never got any warning letters probably because LucasFilms never saw it. Not getting money for it does NOT offer any protection at all.

[MrFantastic]

Regardless of the legality, clearly there are dozens of player created mods for many games that copy copyrighted material. They are all over the place.

So I say, feel free to look at other games and settings for concepts, but try to at least change the flavor a little. I don't want X-wings vs Birds of prey here.

[MrFantastic]

I am moving these suggestion to the
http://s7.invisionfree.com/SAIS_Foru...p?showforum=11

because they seem to be a lot more active.