[HotSnoJ]

Back to the money.

What I was meaning earlier is that I being part of a MOD team get a copy (downloaded or by mail with the idea below) of the campaign. And then I can sell it to ppl in my area. This would apply to everyone that is with the MOD. Of course there would be a download version for free. But what if they don't want to download it? Something like what M$ has at their sites with their software (i.e. Internet Explorer) you can download it for free or you can order a copy on disk and pay for it.

I am a 56Ker. I could never download all the stuff for the campaign. So my next option would be to find a friend who has broadband.  But if I can't then I'd need to "order" it. Now the guy who burns the disk to mail it to me will be out of $5-$10 depending on what he uses to send the disk in. So I could just pay him what it costed to send the campaign and there you have it.

[EdrickV]

Originally posted by HotSnoJ
I am a 56Ker. I could never download all the stuff for the campaign.

Large Download Solutions:
1. Get GetRight. (www.getright.com) Lets you pause and resume downloads. Can download huge files over the space of several days. Can also do things like go offline/shut your computer down at specific times and/or when it's done downloading. Very handy. Not all servers support pausing and resuming downloads. (GeoCities doesn't.)
2. Let your computer download files overnight or while you are away from it and/or doing other things. (Like buying food, going shopping at the local mall, doing 3D modeling, playing FS2, etc. This idea works particularly well with GetRight.
3. Get broadband. Not always an option, but the coolest one if you can do it.

I use a 56k modem. Worse yet, I use a 56k modem with AOL. And I've regularly downloaded 100MB+ files. (While most of those files weren't downloaded by GetRight, they were downloaded by a program that also supports pausing and resuming downloads. And I'd have used GetRight if I could have.)

[HotSnoJ]

A couple things wrong with some of those suggestions.

1. We only have one phone line. I would work at night but how would I explain to my mom what it is for?

2. I'm impatiant.

[Solatar]

Originally posted by HotSnoJ
A couple things wrong with some of those suggestions.

1. We only have one phone line. I would work at night but how would I explain to my mom what it is for?

I always hated that. I used to use AOL, and I had a limit of one hour.

But my parents got tired of the internet being slow, so we got an 11mbps cable modem. Ahhhh..heaven.

[Black Wolf]

Originally posted by HotSnoJ
A couple things wrong with some of those suggestions.

1. We only have one phone line. I would work at night but how would I explain to my mom what it is for?

Try saying this - "Hey Mum, you know that game I'm always playing? I'm downloading some **** for it tonight."

And if she asks what say 'A dynamic interspatial multi branching series of plausibly linked scenarios and game additions and/or modifications.' or any other combination of large polysyllabic words. She'll soon lose interest and flaze over, and then say "Whatever".

[QuantumDelta]

Originally posted by GalacticEmperor
What about the folks who submitted missions for Silent Threat? Were they compensated in any way? Were the missions avaliable for free elsewhere? These are similar circumstances; except it's not Volition doing it.

All those who submitted missions were given the chance to pick up ST for free, so says Adam Pletcher.

....Hades, that connection would make a really nice stand alone server in PXO, It could host a lot of those new missions that don't need mods be helluh popular lol

Suuuuuuuuuuu------------ I need to have a word with you an' stuff!! you got email anymore buddy? (I'm still at [email protected]) O.o

In theory, this stuff is possible to do, Plenty of other games have done it and survived via it, however more of them went legally through the company (who didn't have copywrite issues with publishers...) that developed it, it may take somework, but in theory, you could do it...


, between Su and I we could probably do it...it'd just take our souls if we went it alone

My business studies college background can see pretty much how it could be done, just that I'd probably need to visit Interplay myself, rather then the lazy sob phonecall/email...
You'd also need to draw up a financial case to present to the company....interplay would probably demand at least 51% of the profits (same as they would rights to the missions) etc..
...Hmm, the more I think about this the easier it seems... O.o

[Su-tehp]

QD, you can e-mail me at [email protected]

Is there something in particular you wanted to discuss, QD?

I just want to say that nowadays, I'm EXTREMELY busy, what with this being my third year of law school, having to take the MPRE (Ethic portion of the Bar Exam) in less than a week AND scripting DatDB in my (limited) leisure time.

But, yeah, QD, we can talk. What do you wanna know?

[QuantumDelta]

Space Above and Beyond music...

wont take long, I'm just after a few song names 'n' stuff, "hey ho lets go" ...there's another version of that done by ramones, but I was after the one they played on the show, you're just about the only person I know that might know anythin
I'll mail ya later (but I got the main theme at least...)

[Kamikaze]

I only skimmed through the thread but I wanted to make a point which may or may not have been made...

I believe that is was mentioned for some game (not fs2) that the missions and modifications to a game all belonged to the developer/publisher and that any the ability to mod was a 'priveledge' and the publishers could take it away at any time and freely distribute the content...

I don't remember if this was the exact case with the game or the game it concerned but I think we should get it cleared up if we can actually complain about payment/distribution before ranting about whether we should allow it.

[USS Alexander]

Why don't whe all raise money....like 10 bucks each perso and mayby then whe can buy the rights for fs and give them to ......just a idea:D

[<<ERROR>>]

There is a section in the FS2 license that lets you make copies for friends (but I would buy it new anyway) and [V] have released the source code for FS2, so we basically have free access to Freespace 2. Nobody can claim legal ownership on mods that are made and also, how could any open source game be sold for profit? The only case that I would ever pay for mods is for Fileplanet to burn them on a disc, as I have a 56k modem and my mum would kill me for running up a £200 phone bill (I am on this forum, and the VWBB as BananaOfTheNight at college, so I can't download files here)

[kasperl]

i like the ideae of campaigns burnton disc and sent to you, but campaings should always be downloadable for free. but you coulod do a sort of re-relase of FS2,FS1,silent threat, and a couple of campaings for both FS1andFS2 in a big colection box. but for drmedia himself, i doubt that he's for real,and i will stay doubtding till he as the rights! anyway i think that those rights should be with :V: and NOT with this guy. about the ideae of a donating action for the rights, GREAT IDEA!, just one thing, dunno how to get everyone to donate!

[ZylonBane]

Isn't anyone else bemused by the very idea of an infomercial for a PC game?

I can see it now...
Image of inhumanly-smiling infomercial dude randomly waving joystick around and mashing keys while FS2 plays.
"Isn't this great Sally?!"
"It sure is Jim! A game this great must be really expensive!"
"Not at all!"
yadda yadda yadda...

[EdrickV]

Originally posted by kasperl
i like the ideae of campaigns burnton disc and sent to you, but campaings should always be downloadable for free. but you coulod do a sort of re-relase of FS2,FS1,silent threat, and a couple of campaings for both FS1andFS2 in a big colection box. but for drmedia himself, i doubt that he's for real,and i will stay doubtding till he as the rights! anyway i think that those rights should be with :V: and NOT with this guy. about the ideae of a donating action for the rights, GREAT IDEA!, just one thing, dunno how to get everyone to donate!

FS1+Silent Threat is still available in stores.

[aldo_14]

Originally posted by ZylonBane
Isn't anyone else bemused by the very idea of an infomercial for a PC game?

I can see it now...
Image of inhumanly-smiling infomercial dude randomly waving joystick around and mashing keys while FS2 plays.
"Isn't this great Sally?!"
"It sure is Jim! A game this great must be really expensive!"
"Not at all!"
yadda yadda yadda...