Sillmarilion

llamabeast · #1 July 24th, 2007, 07:19 PM

Modding dominions is very easy, and quite a number of modded nations have already been created. I'm working on one myself - it's good fun. The time consuming part is indeed creating the graphics, although the face that only two fairly low-res sprites are needed per unit makes it reasonably manageable.

I think Foodstamp already did a Rohan mod - you can probably find it in the mods forum.

Taqwus · #2 July 24th, 2007, 09:13 PM

Hardest part might be dodging the lawyers, if they ever notice.

NTJedi · #3 July 24th, 2007, 10:11 PM

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Taqwus said:
Hardest part might be dodging the lawyers, if they ever notice.

I contacted Tolkien Enterprises for permission on creating a Mordor nation for our dominion3 community, but they denied my request.

Wahnsinniger · #4 July 24th, 2007, 11:30 PM

Then just make one and pass it around the forums. Without a link to it on a website then it isn't official enough to be able to go after, no? Its not like it'll be "officially suported" by Illwinter or anything.

Lingchih · #5 July 25th, 2007, 03:31 AM

You guys are nerds.

Just joking. I would love a Silmarillion mod. Maybe change the names slightly, to avoid litigation? I know there was a Civ 2 mod that was very Tolkien based, but with the names changed. And it survived for a long time, and was very popular.

llamabeast · #6 July 25th, 2007, 05:33 AM

I don't think they would ever bother with litigation. They'd never notice for a start. And in the extremely unlikely event that they threatened you - well, you could just take it down. Nothing more serious than that.

Sombre's producing Warhammer mods, there've been no problems there. And the one he's finished already, Skaven, is quite excellent and worth checking out incidentally.

Gandalf Parker · #7 July 25th, 2007, 10:54 AM

Im afraid that doesnt work here. On non-corporate forums that would be the standard response and it would be true. But on company owned forums you will come up against the forum controls first. If it falls into a category that it COULD draw unwanted attention from another corporation then any link to it will likely be deleted long before any such action could occur.

You and I can operate that way but Shrapnel cant. They cant be insensitive to copyrights. We have had it happen on Shrapnels forums before and had to delete links to mods. In some cases people were able to ask and get permission from the copyright holders. If there are any that you feel use graphics directly, or use too much specific reference, feel free to report them so that staff can pass judgement.

HoneyBadger · #8 July 30th, 2007, 02:59 PM

If you *really* want to see a whole host of copyright offenses, have a close look at peoples' icons sometime.

Nobody in-or even only somewhat out-of their right mind is going to try persuing it though, because it's an "homage" rather than a violation.