Be Careful Discussing Awesomemod!
kuronue:
But... playing without a disk != pirating. I can understand not handing out where to get a torrented copy but sheesh. I like virtual disks and no-CD cracks because I don't have to carry around a case full of disks when I bring my laptop on vacation. That seems a little excessive.
Drakron:
There are two checks, one with the Launcher and one with the core rules.
There does not seem to be a build-in CD check on the game executable so AM is hardly a "no-CD crack" since its not "cracking", it simply disables a flag on the core rules that goes looking for the disk.
JamesNine:
Quote from: Drakron on 2009 December 03, 20:35:41
There are two checks, one with the Launcher and one with the core rules.
There does not seem to be a build-in CD check on the game executable so AM is hardly a "no-CD crack" since its not "cracking", it simply disables a flag on the core rules that goes looking for the disk.
This was my initial reaction, I just couldn't consider Awesomemod a crack, piracy, or an intellectual property violation. If that was the case then twallan's mods would be subject to the same thing because hes got a no-cd mod in his forums. As far as I'm concerned, those are the two major Sims 3 mods atm. All I did was give a link to a mod... this mod, which has been done many times before by others with apparently no consequence.
But back to my initial post, this site has some other things which, I assume, is why I got the warning. If that's not the case then I suppose I won't understand it.
Quote from: purplehaze on 2009 December 03, 17:59:49
I am a Mod at MTS. That post was in reply to a question on how to play the game without the disk. AM is discussed everywhere on our forums. We just do not like to call attention to the fact that it has a no CD crack. If you search for awesome mod at our site, you will find thousands of hits. We do not discourage it's use. In fact, we often refer folks to it for solving game problems.
Now, if I could just get the darned thing working in my WA game, I'd be golden.
From my perspective the problem is that this is the second time I was warned with regards to Awesomemod. The first time was something about "We don't support third party material" in reference to "How do I get to CAS ingame". It was just a warning but still, you sure you guys don't have Awesomemod on a DNP list?
Regardless, after reflection I probably should have even posted in the first place. I feel like I was baited and then punished for trying to help, lol.
GnatGoSplat:
They do have at least a couple nitpicky mods and very strict rules there. They typically don't like any discussion about anything relating to piracy, no matter how distant or remote. It's true a No-CD hack would be useful for even a legitimate game owner who hates having to insert the disc every time (which I would think is everyone). However, all pirated copies must have a No-CD hack, so therein lies that connection to piracy that they would object to at MTS. Anything that even has a distant relation to piracy is not allowed there. Back in the end of May when pirated copies of Sims 3 were leaked, you weren't allowed to discuss anything you knew about the leaked copies because that knowledge would have had to come from either pirating the game, knowing someone that had pirated the game, or having read about the pirated game.
Unrelated to the piracy issue, I've even had posts deleted for simply disagreeing with a mod's advice and having a different opinion.
I wouldn't take it personally. They just run a really (excessively) tight ship.
jolrei:
Quote from: GnatGoSplat on 2009 December 03, 22:03:26
However, all pirated copies must have a No-CD hack, so therein lies that connection to piracy that they would object to at MTS.
Very logical. All pirates have boats; therefore, all discussion of seafaring, navigation, and even wind speeds is encouragement of piracy.
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