Freelancer mods 2015 update#
That same day a small update to Ark will be applied that adds a menu to the game allowing players to access the list of the current month's sponsored mods and easily download them.
Freelancer mods 2015 mod#
The official announcement from Studio Wildcard about this new sponsored mod program will take place this week at GDC. "We hope to not have to do that," Stieglitz said.
Freelancer mods 2015 Patch#
So, if the mod needs to be updated in the future to be compatible with a new version of Ark, and the modder is unavailable to do the work (or is uninterested in doing so), the developers at Studio Wildcard will be able to make fixes themselves and push out a patch for the mod. That policy: when entering the sponsored mod program, modders will have to upload their source assets to the Ark devs. We're not looking to run their lives or anything like that," said Stieglitz. "We don't expect anything of them after that, if they are no longer in the program, or if they quit, they have no obligation to us, it really is no strings attached. So, if there's some dispute, technically it's up to the modder to deal with that, at that point."Ĭonsidering games, even after launch, continue to receive patches, updates, and new content, and those patches often break or disable mods, I wondered how Studio Wildcard would insure sponsored mods will continue to work even after a modder has completed their work and is no longer part of the sponsored program. They don't have to be closed source, but they have at least open source rights to the work. "When they sign up for this we do have them represent that they have the rights to all the work. "We ultimately feel that at the end of the day the modders that enter this program are kind of, you might say they're making a commitment, I guess, to handle that, to some extent," said Stieglitz. I asked Studio Wildcard about these types of complications, and how they planned to resolve issues if or when they arise. This mod had to be removed from the paid mod program as a result. And, one of the immediate issues with Valve's failed system was that a modder started selling a mod that used animations from another mod without permission. One recent example: two Ark modders clashed over Pokémon mods they were each developing, leading to one modder filing a DMCA notice against the other. While this type of sharing is what makes modding communities great, it sometimes leads to conflicts, infighting, and accusations of theft between modders. They also borrow models, skins, textures, code, and ideas from one another, and many mods rely on other mods not just for inspiration but to actually function. These teams often collaborate online, sometimes completing a project without ever meeting in person.
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Modders often work in teams, large or small, official or casual, to develop their mods.
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Naturally, there's the potential for complications with this type of paid sponsorship.
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"Once we get this kind of process going, we're almost certainly going to work out a community-driven aspect to is it as well," said Stieglitz, "where the community maybe even ultimately can vote, along with some discretion, maybe, on Cedric's part on who goes into that voting pool."
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This could change down the line as a community feedback element may be added, which would have some influence on which mods become or remain sponsored. Cedric Burkes of Studio Wildcard, whose own mod, Primitive Plus, was adopted into Ark as official DLC, will be deciding which mods make it into the new sponsored program, and determining each month if the mods will remain sponsored or be dropped and replaced by others.